On August 26, 2011, on the plane from Beijing to Daegu, South Korea, Lu Yan was about to land in South Korea along with head coach Feng Shuyong and the support team that served him.
The World Athletics Championships are held every two years. Since they were mostly held in Europe in previous years, in order to adjust to the time difference and adapt to the venue, the national track and field teams basically go there at the same time a few days in advance.
However, this year's World Championships will be held in Daegu, South Korea. The two countries are relatively close to each other, so the athletes basically don't need much adaptation time. Therefore, they were divided into five batches to go to South Korea according to the schedule.
Lu Yan is one of the first to leave. The large group will fly to South Korea on the 26th, and the last group is the women's 100-meter athletes who will not go to Daegu to compete until September 1st.
On the plane, Lu Yan lay on the chair and fell asleep, but he was looking at his system template in his mind.
Recently, there have been a lot of inexplicable tasks in the system.
[After running 300,000 kilometers within thirty days, you will receive a secondary growth charm, which can increase your height by five centimeters]
Lu Yan was speechless. How old is he? He has graduated from graduate school. Does he lack the five centimeters in height?
You're cheating your father, ah no, you're cheating your host!
[The first place in the group stage will receive a Mad Dog Talisman. The winner is afraid of water and wind, and has severe aggressive tendencies... The symptoms will disappear after three days, leaving no symptoms or life-threatening symptoms]
"This is so damn okay!"
Lu Yan thought to himself, and then turned down again.
[The first place in the semi-finals will receive a fire talisman. The winner will feel as if all his internal organs are burned and his heart will be unbearable. The symptoms will disappear within 24 hours and will not be life-threatening]
[The first place in the semi-finals will receive an ice talisman, and the winner will fall into the ice cellar...]
"What the hell, if both the ice talisman and the fire talisman were used on one person, no one would be able to bear it! This ice and fire..."
Speaking of the system, how could there suddenly be so many inexplicable mission rewards? Could it be that it is poisoned? There is no anti-virus software.
"Ice and fire!"
Lu Yan didn't pay attention and muttered something. Ruan Xiaoxiao beside him couldn't help but touched it with his hand and whispered: "Pay attention, what are you talking about!"
The girl is not particularly busy at work, and Korea is relatively close. Ruan Xiaoxiao accompanied Lu Yan to participate in the competition with the idea of selling some cosmetics while accompanying her boyfriend.
For this reason, head coach Feng Shuyong strongly opposed it.
Old people have also watched "Young and Dangerous" and remember the one where Big Tou won the boxing match.
But Lu Yan insisted strongly and refused to share a room with Ruan Xiaoxiao, so Feng Shuyong reluctantly agreed.
But they only let Ruan Xiaoxiao and Lu Yan sit together on the plane.
When they arrive in Daegu, they will send people to keep an eye on Lu Yan 24 hours a day.
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"Ah, what's wrong?"
"What are you thinking, talking nonsense there!"
"Ah, is there?" Lu Yan was a little confused. He thought Ruan Xiaoxiao wanted to talk to him, so he didn't dwell on the question just now. He smiled and said: "I will only do the 100m and 200m this year. After the finals are over,
I'm here to have fun with you for a few days!"
"Okay, let's go to Jeju Island!"
"no problem!"
"I heard that the sea water is quite beautiful!"
Lu Yan smiled: "Absolutely! Do you know where the most beautiful sea view in China is?"
"Qiongzhou?"
"Wrong, it's Sansha in the South China Sea!"
"Okay, let's go after the game is over. We want to go swimming!"
Lu Yan glanced at the girl next to him and suddenly regretted bringing her to Korea.
In the afternoon of the same day, the plane arrived in Daegu.
In order to welcome Lu Yan's arrival, Lu Yan's posters were posted in many prosperous areas in Daegu City.
At the airport, a large number of Chinese and Korean fans gathered.
In another time and space, Liu Xiang enjoyed this treatment. However, because Liu Xiang was unable to participate in the 2009 World Track and Field Championships, Lu Yan rose to prominence.
Nowadays, the flying man who represents the dignity of Asia is Lu Yan, not the former king.
Liu Xiang arrived in Daegu in a low-key manner on the morning of the 25th, and not much was reported.
If he regains the gold medal in the competition, he can still compete with Lu Yan.
On Lu Yan's side, he got off the plane and walked out of the aisle. He spoke briefly to the hundreds of fans present, then accepted an interview with a CCTV reporter, and then followed the team straight to the athletes' village!
As for Ruan Xiaoxiao, Feng Shuyong sent someone to the women's team to prevent her from having close contact with Lu Yan.
The athletes' village has a movable training ground. Lu Yan ran twice first to stretch his muscles.
Feng Shuyong, who was watching from the side, became more and more delighted and said with a smile: "You have a really good physique, unlike Liu Xiang. His injuries are making people more worried every day!"
Lu Yan knew before he came that Liu Xiang was injured again, and he probably wouldn't be able to achieve anything this time.
But he said: "Maybe it's because I haven't practiced enough and my protection is good!"
Feng Shuyong said: "What are you talking about? You need to practice more to make it right!"
Lu Yan laughed and said nothing else.
Along the track, start jogging in circles.
Although he no longer needs the five centimeters of height provided by the "Second Development Talisman", if there is any other use, he still needs to get it first.
Feng Shuyong and other people in the team were watching Lu Yan jogging. Other athletes who had arrived first also came to watch.
"Don't run too much!"
"Yeah, don't get hurt. This year's gold medal is all pointed at him!"
Liu Xiang's coach Sun Haiping felt a little unhappy and called out to Liu Xiang who was coming over.
"Let's go, let's go to another training ground!"
Liu Xiang glanced at the figure running in the sunset in the distance, and felt a hint of envy in his heart.
He didn't envy Lu Yan's achievements, but he envied him for his freedom. He could arrange his training time as he pleased, he could open a company, and he could bring his girlfriend over to compete.
And for him, almost everything was arranged, and he didn't have any ideas.
Another day, August 27th.
The 13th World Athletics Championships officially begins.
At 8 o'clock in the morning, it is the women's marathon event. The previous champion Bai Xue was unable to participate due to injury. China does not have high hopes for this event.
At nine o'clock in the morning, it is the men's 100 meters in the decathlon.
The preliminaries of the men's 100 meters won't start until 11:55.
As the last gold medal winner and a player who broke the world record, Lu Yan received a lot of praise as soon as he appeared on the stage.
Then he easily got the first place in the preliminaries.
In the group stage that started at 20:45 that night, Lu Yan also easily took first place.
There were constant cheers at the scene, especially the compatriots from China who came to South Korea to cheer for Lu Yan. They were extremely excited.
But Lu Yan's thoughts were on the prompts given by the system in his mind, and he obtained a "Mad Dog Talisman".
By the way, are you sure the system isn't joking? How can there be such a thing? It can't be poisoned!