Chapter 16: Swish! Swish! Swish!
“The ball is in again! That’s Lin Feng’s eighth three-pointer this quarter! Congratulations to Lin Feng—he’s broken the record for most three-pointers made in a single quarter in CBA history!”
“Incredible! Absolutely unbelievable! Even witnessing this with my own eyes, I feel as though I must be dreaming! This record was previously held by Zhang Weidong. He and I played in the same era, and I was actually on the opposing team the night he set it. I was fortunate enough to witness history then, and who could have guessed that eight years later, I’d be here again for another record-breaking moment!”
“So, Coach Liu, how does your feeling now compare to how you felt then?”
“To be honest, back then, as his opponent, I was already in despair from Zhang Weidong’s uncanny accuracy. If I recall, he exploded in the third quarter, taking eleven threes and making seven! But now, in less than half a quarter, Lin Feng has already hit eight out of nine attempts. That kind of percentage is nothing short of miraculous. I don’t think the new record will stop at eight. Every three Lin Feng makes from here on out will be a new milestone. I’m dying to know just how high he can push this record—”
“Whoa! He hit another one—Lin Feng’s ninth three of the quarter!”
Before Liu Nan could finish, the commentator Duan Wei cried out in astonishment.
That’s right—Lin Feng had sunk yet another three-pointer!
The stadium’s high-alert sirens blared once more.
The score now stood at 33 to 4!
Jiangning was ahead by 29 points already—and barely half a quarter had elapsed!
“That’s nine already. I didn’t even finish my sentence before the record changed again...” Liu Nan chuckled self-deprecatingly. “I think we’d better just keep quiet and watch Lin Feng make history.”
“I agree completely…”
…
On the court.
After his ninth three-pointer, Lin Feng’s mind was filled with that familiar mechanical chime.
Congratulations, you have broken the record for most three-pointers made in a single quarter in this competition. System rewards: 200 gold coins, 3 skill points, 100 experience!
“As expected, there’s a reward!”
Hearing the prompt, Lin Feng grinned.
For him, these record-breaking bonuses were practically a gold mine for farming coins and experience!
With only half a quarter gone, he still had plenty of time to keep pushing the record, and with each new milestone, more rewards would pile in. At this rate, he just might level up by the end of the game…
The thought of leveling up filled Lin Feng with excitement—his eyes burned with fighting spirit!
“Hey Lin, you’re on fire tonight! I’m going to pass you every ball from now on. You’ve already set a record, so let’s see how many more you can break!” Harris came over laughing.
“Alright, man. I really do need your support,” Lin Feng replied, shrugging.
Harris slapped palms with Lin Feng, then refocused on defense.
After a timeout, Beicheng managed to score.
Jiangning took possession, and Lin Feng, bringing up the ball, found himself double-teamed. But in his current state, he didn’t care about the pressure.
Facing two defenders, he leapt and launched another three.
The ball traced a strange arc through the air, struck the backboard—
And dropped through the net!
A banked three-pointer!
There was some luck involved in this shot, but it still went in!!
That was Lin Feng’s tenth three-pointer of the quarter!
“My god! He nailed it over two defenders!”
“The record is up to ten now! Lin Feng’s superhuman performance continues…”
Congratulations, you have broken the record for most three-pointers made in a single quarter in this competition. System rewards: 200 gold coins, 3 skill points, 100 experience!
Congratulations, you have broken the record for most points scored in a single quarter in this competition. System rewards: 200 gold coins, 3 skill points, 100 experience!
With his tenth three-pointer, another notification sounded in Lin Feng’s mind.
Not only had he broken the three-pointer record, but he’d also smashed the single-quarter scoring record!
“Oh my lord, the director just told me—Lin Feng has not only broken the three-point record for a quarter, but also the CBA record for most points in a quarter! The previous record was thirty, held by Miles. Lin Feng now has thirty-one!”
Duan Wei cried out in amazement.
“Tonight is destined to be a night of records. How many more will Lin Feng break? The half-time scoring record? The all-game scoring record? Most threes in a half? Most in a game? As long as he keeps this up, he could sweep all the three-point and scoring records!” Liu Nan marveled.
On the court.
Learning that he could “double farm” records, Lin Feng’s excitement only grew.
He poured all his energy into shooting threes!
The super-alert sirens above Jiangning Stadium sounded again and again!
Eleven!
Twelve!
Thirteen!
Fourteen!
In just three minutes, Lin Feng took six more shots and made four additional threes.
Congratulations, you have broken the record for most points in a single quarter in this competition. System rewards: 200 gold coins, 3 skill points, 100 experience!
System message: You have broken ten records today; further rewards will not be granted. Please try again tomorrow!
“What… No more farming allowed?”
Lin Feng had been racking up experience with glee, but the new message left him a little frustrated.
Just then, another system prompt sounded.
System message: You have leveled up.
Current player level: 2
Maximum number of superstars available for kidnapping: 2
Superstars already kidnapped: 1
Gold coins: 2000, Skill points: 30, Experience: 100
Experience needed for next level: 900
“Leveled up!”
Though he couldn’t farm more experience for now, Lin Feng was still thrilled to know he’d advanced.
“Well, if that’s it for now, I’ll just wait and keep going next game,” Lin Feng thought to himself.
At that moment, Harris passed him the ball again.
Since breaking new records no longer yielded rewards, Lin Feng saw no reason to keep pushing the numbers. Why make things needlessly difficult for himself?
So he passed the ball back to Harris.
“Hey Lin, I’m just one assist away from breaking the single-quarter assist record,” Harris said, shrugging and tossing the ball back.
Lin Feng was speechless—this guy was using him to pad his own stats!
Still, Lin Feng decided to help out. He couldn’t hog all the glory while leaving his buddy with nothing!
But he didn’t want to shoot another three—that would just push up his own three-point record.
So Lin Feng shook off his defender, stepped inside the arc, and went up for a jumper.
Clang!
The ball struck the front of the rim, hard.
A miss.
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