In the first week of the regular season, the San Francisco 49ers defeated the Seattle Seahawks at home. Lu Ke earned fifteen base points and also received a Quarterback Training Pack—Strength Training. After that, his daily training missions underwent a massive change, with the training cycle, plan, and missions all getting a complete overhaul.

The most direct change was that the strength training part increased significantly. In addition, the yoga training was also further enhanced.

Simply put, Lu Ke needed to gain weight and strength to improve his ability to withstand physical contact. But Lu Ke was a pocket quarterback, so his body couldn't be too bulky. Flexibility and agility were still important to ensure he could complete passes. Therefore, both strength and yoga training were given equal importance.

Today, after the end of the fifth week of the regular season, Lu Ke just noticed that the usable base points were not seventeen but eighteen. With the end of another cycle of daily training missions, Lu Ke naturally earned another base point after tallying them all.

Besides that, this also meant that four weeks had passed since he started the strength training and the upgraded yoga training. As Little Seven said, daily training was a long-term mission. Besides earning base points, Lu Ke's own physical attributes would also change accordingly. Now, the results of this round of training were ready to be reaped.

"I know. But the previous harvest cycles were relatively long. This time, it's only been a month, right?" Lu Ke hadn't calculated it in detail because daily training had gradually become a habit. But he was sure that besides the stacking of base points, the physical attributes of his body would naturally improve. This would take at least six months of persistent effort, or even longer.

Little Seven's answer was also simple and clear, "Because the system mission has been adjusted."

Before, the main focus of the daily training mission was Lu Ke's quarterback skills. The focused strength training was something that only happened in the last month. Now, the results of the strength training were also showing.

First, the most pleasing thing was his physical fitness. After quickly stacking it to seventy points, it increased by one point again in just one month. He could clearly feel the increase in his ability to withstand physical contact.

Second, his strength increased by two points, from sixty-one to sixty-three. His throwing power also increased by one point, from seventy-nine to eighty.

Third, his explosive power also increased by one point, from seventy to seventy-one.

Then, his agility went from seventy-one to seventy-two. His jumping also went from fifty to fifty-one.

Finally, and also the most unexpected and incomprehensible, his willpower went from eighty to eighty-one. Strength training couldn't train his willpower. Was it because of the yoga training?

Undoubtedly, the entire improvement was comprehensive, with a total of eight points gained. This wasn't a stacking of base points but a real physical change in his body's attributes. "Little Seven, can you explain this?" Lu Ke asked, even though he was training intensely for a month, such a growth was still illogical.

"This is a process of quantitative change leading to qualitative change. The accumulation of the past year was relatively limited in the stats, but after breaking through the physical fitness ceiling, the focused training of one month has resulted in a boost in the relevant stats," Little Seven's explanation was very detailed. "As for willpower, it's because of your persistent efforts in completing the daily training missions, especially the strength training of the past month. It also led to a quantitative change leading to a qualitative change, which resulted in the growth of your points."

In other words, Lu Ke's physical fitness was indeed getting stronger little by little throughout the past year of persistent effort, but it never broke through the barrier. The manifestation in his stats was relatively limited, but the actual situation was quietly changing. Now, after the focused training, it finally broke through.

Besides that, Lu Ke's weight also increased accordingly. It has now proudly reached ninety kilograms, a full five kilograms more than before.

However, the weight gain was probably a slow process. It might have increased slightly every week, but Lu Ke didn't pay much attention to it, so he didn't notice it until today when he saw that his strength-related attributes had undergone a massive change, and then he noticed the change in his weight.

Although Lu Ke was still a little underweight, he was not far from his final goal of ninety-five kilograms.

Then, another question arose for Lu Ke.

With training, his physical fitness was improving little by little. Even though it was slow, the improvement was still visible. So, what about his quarterback skills? After getting the system, his skill options haven't seen any improvements. They all relied on system points. Did this mean that his skills were still stagnant?

Without speculating, Lu Ke asked his question and received an answer from Little Seven.

It could be understood this way: before getting the system, Lu Ke's physical talent had reached its ceiling, but his technical ability had not.

To be precise, this was true for every player. Physical talent can only reach a certain limit. After reaching that limit, it becomes incredibly difficult to improve. But technical skills are different. Running routes, footwork, passing control, and so on can all be improved through persistent training.

After entering college, Lu Ke's physical fitness remained stagnant, but his technical ability was still growing, and there was a lot of room for growth.

After the system appeared, all the technical subdivisions were digitized and were given a "fast-track channel" with base points. In this situation, the actual growth rate of technical training couldn't keep up with the rapid stacking of base points. Before his actual skills reached the corresponding level, the base points had already rapidly completed the quantitative change to a qualitative change.

It was for this very reason that the quantitative and qualitative changes in Lu Ke's technical skills were never apparent. Perhaps, after a longer period of accumulation, they would eventually show up.

His physical fitness took almost half a year to show its first change, and Lu Ke had always focused on adding points to his technical skills, so it would inevitably take more time for the results of his actual training to show.

However, after this breakthrough, his physical fitness would once again enter the process of quantitative accumulation, and then he would look forward to the next qualitative breakthrough. One thing was for sure: as long as he persisted in his strength and yoga training, his related attributes would definitely continue to grow, and the speed of the improvement would be more efficient than in the previous year.

Whether it was a month, two months, or even longer, persistent effort would inevitably lead to rewards. Lu Ke firmly believed this.

"Now I finally understand the meaning of that quote: 'Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.' But the one percent inspiration is the foundation of everything," Lu Ke sighed in the depths of his mind. But it was only for a moment. His experience and journey over the past year told Lu Ke:

Now, he had that one percent of inspiration, and the remaining ninety-nine percent of perspiration had to be done by him. So, he had to work hard, work hard, and work harder.

Bringing his attention back, his eyes fell on the attribute panel. How should he use the seventeen—no, eighteen—base points?

First, his tactical awareness. This score was already at eighty-two points, and in the past few weeks, it had become the deciding factor in the outcome of games. This once again proved the importance of tactical awareness in professional NFL games. Even a physically strong player like Cam Newton couldn't lead his team to victory because of his shortcomings in the playbook.

So, Lu Ke decisively continued to invest in this skill, adding eight points in one go. In the blink of an eye, it became ninety points, which was the first skill of Lu Ke's to reach ninety points.

After adding the points, Lu Ke was about to continue to allocate the base points when his head started to swell, as if someone had stuffed an elephant into his head. He didn't know if it came from his ears, nostrils, or brainstem, but his brain became incredibly crowded, as if it was about to explode at any moment.

This feeling was even more painful and uncomfortable than the last time he stacked his physical attributes. Lu Ke's entire face scrunched up. His hands involuntarily grabbed the massage table, but he couldn't use any strength in his body. The weightlessness of dehydration and lack of oxygen was too unbearable. What was worse was that he couldn't even throw up.

Now Lu Ke finally understood what it felt like for Voldemort to tear his soul apart and create seven Horcruxes in "Harry Potter," and why this magic was called a dark art.

"Lu Ke, Lu Ke? Are you okay?" Lucas was completely frightened. "What's wrong? Is there a problem with my technique?"

In a flash, it came and it went.

The only thing to be thankful for was that the pain came and went quickly. The swelling feeling gradually began to disappear. Lu Ke closed his eyes. "No, it's not, Lucas. It's not your problem. I'm just a little dizzy. I think the room is too hot. Sorry, can you get me a glass of water?"

Next time, he should choose to add points while he was in an ice bath. At least, that would be a private space, which would prevent him from revealing himself.

More importantly, after experiencing the turmoil of stacking his physical attributes last time, he didn't learn his lesson and split the points into two or three batches. Sure enough, after getting so many points in one go, he was so overjoyed that he didn't pay too much attention to these small details.

Lucas walked to the side, poured a glass of water, and handed it to Lu Ke. He then saw the sweat dripping from Lu Ke's forehead. "My God, are you sure? Should I call the team doctor?"

"Lucas, I'm serious. I'm fine," Lu Ke quickly waved his hand and said with a wry smile. Although his brain was still a little swollen and dizzy, it had basically calmed down. "Yes, I just need a glass of water."

"Water, are you sure?" Lucas showed a look of disbelief.

For Americans, drinking plain water was an unimaginable thing. Even with mineral water, they preferred sparkling water—similar to soda, with a slight taste. In their daily lives, soda, beer, and soft drinks were their normal choices.

"Yes, mineral water, without bubbles," Lu Ke repeated, his tone slightly relaxed, and he chuckled softly.

Lucas also breathed a sigh of relief. "How about this, we'll stop the massage here for now. You get some rest and relax. If your throwing arm muscles still feel sore, use the method I taught you to massage them. Come to the facility tomorrow or the day after, and I'll personally relieve your muscles."

"No problem." Lu Ke nodded in agreement, sat up straight, and after watching Lucas leave, he opened the mineral water bottle and gulped down more than half of it in one go. Only then did he completely calm down.

Reopening the attribute panel, his eyes fell on the ninety points of tactical awareness. The torment he just went through was finally rewarded. This would definitely become his secret weapon on the field. But excellent tactical awareness still needed the corresponding skills to execute it, or it would just be talk.

After carefully weighing his options, Lu Ke chose field vision and short-pass accuracy.

Field vision was at seventy-five points. After adding five base points, it was now at eighty points. Short-pass accuracy was also at seventy-five points. After adding all five remaining base points, it became eighty points.

It was just two simple additions of points, and all the base points were used up. Just as Lu Ke was about to close the system and end the process, he noticed that a new sub-category had appeared on the attribute panel.

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