Chapter 216: Crazy Side Quest (Transitional Chapter)

Zinedine Zidane arrived at the France national team's locker room.

"You are the best; after the match, don't care about any outside opinions. A temporary loss is merely..."

Suddenly, he noticed that Arsène Wenger beside him had disappeared.

We had agreed to come together to encourage the juniors.

Where are they?

He turned his head toward the door and saw the Arsenal manager sneaking into the Spain national team's locker room!

Zinedine Zidane blankly raised his right hand and rubbed his shiny bald head.

He really is still too young.

Vicente del Bosque warmly shook hands with Arsène Wenger.

He still wanted to exchange a few pleasantries, but the other's gaze swept past him, openly searching for something in the locker room.

"Santi Cazorla's performance is not bad; he's Arsenal's pride... Hi! Li! We meet again!"

Li Kang smiled and nodded.

Arsène Wenger had many things he wanted to say; his eyes gradually lost their fervor, replaced by warmth and kindness.

The two had met once before when they were in South Korea.

"Li, Arsenal has money... If it's not enough, I can still take out a loan."

These words were ultimately impossible to say out loud.

He gave a bitter smile, patted the shoulder of Spain's number six, and then turned and left.

The silver-haired old man left behind a lonely, desolate silhouette.

It isolated the joy and celebration in the Spain national team's locker room.

A mechanical electronic synth sound suddenly rang in Li Kang's ears.

【Ding! Side quest triggered: Sundial King! (Optional)】

【Quest description: Help this old man win back a UEFA Champions League trophy; he'll give you everything he has best, including the captain's armband.】

【Quest reward: "Force Against the Tide" module (Legendary), "Bullet Time" module! (Legendary)】

【Force Against the Tide: For each injured teammate in the club's season roster, you will temporarily gain an extra boost of that teammate's advantageous attributes in battle! Can be stacked, no limit!】

【Bullet Time: You will have more ample time to deconstruct the opponent's system.】

【Quest time limit: 45 days.】

Two legendary modules with functional aspects?

Arsenal's scariest opponent isn't any team, but the injury wave; combined with this tailor-made "Force Against the Tide" module... it's overly strong.

As for "Bullet Time"?

I've experienced it when the youth team played Bayern; it's also a heaven-defying divine passive!

If I join Arsenal, this gift package is just too heavy.

The Spanish national team's bus slowly drove toward the airport.

Sergio Ramos took the lead in singing "LaRojaBaila".

This guy is famous for being able to sing and dance, and he even participated in composing for the European Championship.

As for ability, in this era he is also a top-tier center-back.

However, in this European Championship he hardly had any chance to perform, because Li Kang stood in front of him; unless another super monster like Mbappe appears, and without knowing the opponent's traits, it's unlikely to get past him.

As Real Madrid's all-time yellow-card king, a La Liga yellow-card contender, and a UEFA Champions League yellow-card contender... the outside media were very disappointed with his foul count in this European Championship.

Sergio Ramos is a highly controversial figure: 9248, a professional Messi-tackler, Marcelo's father, and vice-captain of the martial arts team.

Those who like him love him to death.

Those who hate him hate him to the core.

The more he plays for the national team, the better his temper gets.

On the contrary, San Jose, who was violently beaten by opponents and occasionally made mistakes, attracted attention from many wealthy clubs.

The Athletic Bilbao center-back is currently reading a newspaper.

"Even Guardiola and Mourinho are praising my ball-playing ability?"

"I just keep passing the ball to Li each time..."

Yinniesita pondered for a moment, patted his shoulder, and said, "Piqué might not have your kind of clear thinking."

Everyone burst out laughing.

Piqué in the back seat twitched the corner of his mouth.

Speaking of the back line...

Who is the most eye-catching center-back in the European Championship?

Pepe!

The formerly hot-tempered martial monk has become a holy monk.

Calm and composed, anticipating, positioning, blocking, stealing, intercepting—he could do it all, literally carrying Portugal's weak back line into the European Championship semifinals!

The media spread the word, and veteran experts all predicted: Pepe could break into the top ten Ballon d'Or candidates for 2016, and he would be the sole defender!

"Real Madrid's center-back: the old horse still feeds from the trough, ushering a second spring of his career!"

"The most underrated divine defender of 2016!"

Ré Island, France.

The Spanish players crossed most of Germany and finally returned to the training base.

Li Kang had empty hands; his personal luggage was snatched by David Silva.

"Li, Guardiola called me; he hopes to have a chance to chat with you after the European Championship ends."

How about we both shave our heads bald?

The system prompt sound rang again.

【Ding! Side quest triggered: Moon Goddess Descends! (Optional)】

【Quest description: You will participate in a tactical obsessive's crazy experiment... championship trophy? Even if it's the Champions League final, it will become his testing ground!】

【Quest rewards: 'Blue Moon Mage' module (legendary), 'Destroying-type Midfielder' template LV2.】

【Blue Moon Mage: Your chemistry with midfield teammates will deepen; they will grasp your tactical intentions more quickly, and you will hold a magical feast on the green field!】

【Destroying-type Midfielder LV2: Greatly enhances template capability, additional effect unknown.】

【Quest time limit: 45 days.】

Legendary function modules and template upgrades.

Li Kang repeatedly muttered the descriptions of the two rewards... for a moment he couldn't fully grasp the meaning of their effects.

It also looks pretty impressive.

The content of the quest description can be understood as the season goal.

His thoughts gradually became chaotic.

His transfer inclination seemed to be interfered with by the reward options...

Morata stepped forward and grabbed his shoulder.

Li, what's wrong? Are you hungry? I'll break a banana for you to eat!

【Ding, side quest triggered: Great Dreamer (Optional).】

【Quest description: No matter which team you go to, it's your childhood dream...】

【Quest reward: 'Passerby' module (legendary).】

【Passerby: God's perspective module disabled, greatly increases all panel attributes.】

Ding ding ding.

The phone rang.

He slid the screen and saw it was a message from Wo Le Er.

The content roughly said: Don't let outside matters distract you; prepare well for the final.

The system prompt sound hasn't stopped the whole way.

Almost every time a teammate says something to him, it triggers the corresponding team's side transfer quest.

【Ding! Congratulations on triggering side quest: Basque Warrior. (Optional)】

【Ding, Nou Camp Crown Prince Returns. (Optional)】

【Si Teng Fo Qiao Blue Giant Beast. (Optional)】

【Mei Er De Long Despair Great Wall. (Optional)】

【Lao Te La Fu De Dynasty Revival. (Optional)】

【...】

The weaker the team overall, the higher the reward.

For example, Manchester United and Athletic Bilbao actually gave a god-tier module of group benefit halo.

However, the season goal revealed in the quest description has a correspondingly very high difficulty.

'Lead Athletic Bilbao to a 100-point La Liga championship in the first season, with the additional condition of double-killing Barcelona, Real Madrid, and Atlético Madrid.'

'Help Manchester United create a myth of winning the Premier League with fewer than five goals conceded in the first season.'

As for teams as strong as Atlético Madrid and Chelsea, the reward content is somewhat hard to understand, but judging by literal meaning, it's far inferior to the rewards of Arsenal and Manchester City.

Could it be that Guardiola's first season coaching Manchester City was very arduous?

As for Barcelona, the reward is simple: it's a bonding module with Messi.

Of course, Li Kang could never return to Nou Camp.

After a long while, the dense system prompt sounds finally quieted down.

Begin settling the rewards for defeating the France team.

Buffon suddenly popped up a video via a social app.

【Ding, congratulations on triggering quest: Zebra Prince!】

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