novelODS Chapter 1 Do you think I'd let you bully me in my dreams?
Chapter 1 Do you think I'd let you bully me in my dreams?
2025 12 Month 26 Day.
In an NBA regular season Christmas Day game, the Los Angeles Lakers will host the Houston Rockets.
This should have been a high-profile match.
On one side is the Lakers, a powerhouse team with LeBron James and Luka Doncic, and on the other side is a young super team led by Durant, including Shen Jing, Amen Thompson, Shepard, Ethan, and others.
But the game unfolded in a way that surprised everyone. The Lakers fell behind by 12 points in the first quarter and were dominated for almost the entire game. The final result was 119-96, with the Rockets winning big against the Lakers on Christmas night.
LeBron James and Luka Doncic have shown signs of incompatibility, with neither displaying much fighting spirit on the court.
LeBron James scored 18 points, 2 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 turnovers, with a plus-minus of -33. These stats and performance undoubtedly became the focus of attacks from fans on Chinese sports forums like Hupu and Zhibo8.
"When LeBron wins, a bunch of fans come out to praise him, but when he loses, they stay silent and don't dare to utter a sound. Hypocritical!"
"It's all the Rockets' fault. Why did they play so recklessly on Christmas Day, losing to the Clippers and then taking their anger out on the Lakers!"
"With a win-loss ratio of -33, you should just retire already."
"Doncic has a lot of problems; his shots are unreasonable, but few people talk about him."
"These young Rockets guys have no sportsmanship. They're showing no respect to the elderly on Christmas Day."
"To be fair, how can the Lakers play if their star player and second-in-command are both bad defenders and they don't have a defensive anchor in the paint to cover for them?"
"LeBron: My main job is playing golf, and my side job is playing basketball to rack up points. Winning or losing has nothing to do with me."
"With the money in hand, who needs defense? Just keep going on the fast break!"
Zeng Zhen looked at the messages on the forum on his phone screen and silently started typing: "Sigh, this guy is already 41. Every time we criticize him, it's one less chance we can have. Let's all criticize him while we can."
Zeng Zhen's comment received quite a few likes and replies.
As an amateur basketball enthusiast, 28-year-old Zeng Zhendu has forgotten when he became a "LeBron hater".
Is it because he was unhappy from the moment LeBron James decided to form a Big Three?
Or was it his "23 vs 24" rivalry with Kobe that created a long-term antagonism between himself, a Kobe fan, and LeBron fans, leading him to become a LeBron hater because he did not recognize LeBron's historical status?
I think they all have them!
But whatever, as long as it's black, that's fine.
If you don't criticize LeBron James, where will the traffic come from?
Just like those sports articles, who would read them if they didn't criticize LeBron James?
After closing the live stream on his computer, Zeng Zhen walked out of his house and pressed the elevator button.
Zeng Zhen lives on the 23rd floor of an old-fashioned residential complex. The complex is older than him, but the only reason people live in this old and dilapidated apartment is because of its good school district.
A moment later, the elevator arrived, and I stepped inside!
It takes a while to get from Zeng Zhen's house to the first floor.
"Crunch!!"
The elevator cable making a sudden, unusual noise while descending.
"Holy crap!"
Zeng Zhen cursed, and his body suddenly plummeted downwards.
"I'm definitely going to buy a new apartment complex in my next life!!"
This was Zeng Zhen's final thought.
.....
[Ding, Superstar Fusion System binding in progress... Binding complete!!]
[Host detected as point guard. Skills from six top point guards will be provided for fusion with experience. Please select one!]
[A: Russell Westbrook's physical gifts and finishing ability around the basket at age 19]
[B: Kyrie Irving's dribbling ability at age 19.]
[C: The explosiveness of 19-year-old Derrick Rose.]
[D, Stephen Curry's three-point shooting ability at age 19]
[E, Steve Nash's organizational skills at age 19]
[F, Allen Iverson's mid-range jump shot at age 19]
[Please choose your fusion method carefully, as this fusion will determine your future development direction!]
.....
Is this a dream?
Can you play in the NBA by combining these superstars?
In a daze, Zeng Zhen was stumped by the mechanical voices. Every single one of these star players had top-notch abilities, making it too difficult to choose just one. But then a brilliant idea struck him: "I want them all!!!"
Children choose single-choice questions; adults choose multiple-choice questions!
[Ding! Multiple choice selection successful! Host selected ABCDEF simultaneously. The six superstars have begun to merge with the host!!]
[Fusion successful. Due to the host's inherent weakness, the host's basketball skill level has barely been raised to NBA level!]
[The host will unlock all sections of the system after entering the NBA!]
Like a dream, Zeng Zhen felt that he was dreaming and fell into a deep sleep.
.....
In a classroom at UCLA in Los Angeles.
"Zeng, Zeng, wake up, the teacher is calling you."
"Dude, the teacher is calling you."
In a daze, Zeng Zhen felt someone calling him from the side. It was clearly in English, but he could understand it.
Zeng Zhen opened his eyes, stood up, and looked at his deskmate with a hint of displeasure.
A somewhat anxious Black face.
Hey, isn't that Westbrook?
How come it's so tender?
This dream is outrageous; I'm classmates with an NBA star.
Zeng Zhen stood up and looked around.
However, this classroom has a somewhat dated feel to it, quite different from the classrooms I remember.
The surrounding area is mostly black or white people.
I've never been abroad, so why would I dream about this place?
"Zeng, if you want to disrupt the class, then please get out!" the white professor on the podium shouted at Zeng Zhen.
"Shut up!!" Zeng Zhen felt annoyed.
In my dreams, would you dare to bully me?
After he yelled, the classroom fell silent, everyone seemingly finding Zeng Zhen's reaction unexpected.
Zeng Zhen felt everything around him was real. He asked Westbrook next to him in English, "Dude, what time is it?"
威斯布鲁克虽然惊讶，但还是看了眼手錶抬头认真道：「2008年3月5日，下午5点10分。」
Upon hearing "2008," Zeng Zhen felt as if it were all unreal.
"Holy crap! This must be a dream."
Zeng Zhen cursed loudly, and then he strode out, leaving behind a group of bewildered classmates and the white professor.
.......
Zeng Zhen observed that all the signs inside and outside the observation building were in English, which was definitely not the kind of domestic university he was familiar with.
Zeng Zhen ran to the bathroom at the corner of the stairs and splashed his face with water.
Sizzle!
It's so cold!!
Zeng Zhen looked up and looked at himself in the mirror again.
It wasn't him from his past life, but he had sharp, angular features, was very handsome, and had a strong physique. He felt both strange and familiar.
Zeng Zhen walked out of the teaching building and sat down on a bench by the basketball court to sort out his thoughts.
It took a full fifteen minutes.
Zeng Zhencai has thoroughly sorted out his memories.
Nima!
He was reborn into the body of a freshman at UCLA.
He is currently 2.01 meters tall, from Guangdong, China. He has good talent and is a natural basketball player. With his decent basketball skills, he dominated the local high school. He scored 22 points, 8 assists and 7 rebounds in the Nike Invitational Tournament, which attracted the attention of NCAA universities. After coming to the United States, he became a player on the UCLA team. However, he did not receive a basketball scholarship. His family supported part of his tuition, and he still owes $30,000 in student loans.
Compared to his teammates who had a chance to make it to the NBA, Zeng Zhen was just a fringe player on the UCLA Bruins and was considered to have no hope of making it to the NBA.
He was not predicted to be in the top 100 by any of the major talent show websites.
It seems that once Zeng Zhen graduates from university, he can only return to the CBA to make a living; otherwise, if he stays in the United States, he will be eliminated in no time.
Zeng Zhen took deep breaths repeatedly, trying to accept this reality of being transported to another world.
This is not a dream!!
He had indeed transmigrated. Soon, Zeng Zhen thought of the system in his dream.
"Enter the system!"
Zeng Zhen tried to imagine it like a protagonist in a time-travel novel.
Sure enough, a 3D human figure appeared on his retina.
It was him.