bookbashuk Chapter 395 I came, I saw, I conquered!
Chapter 395 I came, I saw, I conquered!
"Lin Tian is in lane seven. He's prepared and looks very relaxed! Judging from Lin Tian's past performance and experiences, I believe he's genuinely relaxed inside!"
"He's a true big-game performer. The bigger the stage, the more excited Lin Tian gets, and the more he can showcase his top-notch performance. He gets stronger when facing strong opponents—that's Lin Tian's hallmark!"
"Among the eight people present, Lin Tian is definitely the least renowned and has the least impressive past performance in the sprint event, and his chances of winning are absolutely the lowest!"
"But we all believe in Lin Tian! We believe he can create another miracle! But at the same time, let's not have too high expectations. At the very least, Lin Tian standing here is already a miracle and a surprise!"
"This time, I think our most reasonable expectation is that Lin Tian can break the 10-second barrier and set a new Asian record!"
"Alright, all athletes are crouching down! The competition is about to begin! Countdown!"
"The match begins!"
"Lin Tian's starting reaction was mediocre! He fell behind by half a body length right from the start! Wait, he's tied! He's tied with Montgomery, who was in the lead!"
"He's neck and neck with Montgomery! But he's pulled ahead! Lin Tian has pulled ahead of Montgomery!"
"Taking the lead! Lin Tian has surged to the very front!"
"He's still accelerating, he's widening the gap! He's more than two body lengths ahead of Montgomery! Keep it up!"
"Sprint! This moment belongs to China!"
"9.73!"
"A world record! A brand new world record has been set! Lin Tian! He has created a miracle once again! He won the championship! He set a brand new world record! He improved the world record from 9.79 to 9.73! The greatest improvement in human history!"
"Since the introduction of electronic timing in 1960, no human has ever been able to improve the 100-meter record by more than 0.05 seconds! But Lin Tian did it! He improved the world record by 0.06 seconds!"
"Number one in history!"
"A magnificent shot! Magnificent! Lin Tian surprised everyone! He did it!"
With Yang Jian's almost roaring commentary, the entire Chinese audience watching the live sprint went wild!
For the past 10 seconds, their hearts seemed to have stopped. Then, the moment Lin Tian finished his sprint, their hearts seemed to make up for the 10 seconds that had stopped beating, and began to beat wildly and intensely!
Excitement! Utter excitement!
Lin Tian! He has once again made history and broken records!
He has become number one in the world once again!
The third project in a row! The third project!
Lin Tian has achieved world-class status in all three projects!
What could possibly ignite the audience's passion and drive them to madness more than this?
A series of roars and frantic howls shook almost every building in China—the noise caused by people jumping up and down excitedly!
It's boiling!
In Washington, Jordan stared in disbelief at what was happening before him. He had accidentally switched channels to the 100-meter final and then saw that familiar yet annoying face. Then, he saw Lin Tian overtake everyone else and cross the finish line first.
"Fuck! What the hell is this bastard?!"
"Ding ding ding ding ding!"
Jordan was lost in thought and self-doubt when his phone rang. Startled, Jordan nearly burned his hand with the cigar in his hand. Cursing, Jordan picked up the phone, and a noisy voice immediately came from the other end.
"Michael! Michael! Turn on the TV! Right now! You won't believe what you're seeing! You absolutely won't believe what you're seeing! It's insane, unbelievable! Lin! It's Lin! He just won the 100-meter world championship!"
"That bastard, how could he run so fast?"
"He truly is Charles's best buddy! I knew he was this great! I've decided to call Lin right now and let him know that his most loyal partner is always by his side. Michael, what about you? How about you take a trip to Europe while you're at it?"
"Their competition has seven stops! We'll have a chance to cheer Lin on live!"
"Shut up, Charles, I saw it!" Jordan said coldly. "If this is all you wanted to talk to me about, then you can hang up now!"
"But don't you find it amazing? We all know Lin is fast, but how could he..."
Before Barkley could finish speaking, Jordan rudely hung up the phone, clearly annoyed.
He didn't even know what he was unhappy about.
Perhaps he was annoyed; Barkley considered himself Lin Tian's best buddy.
FUXX! I'm clearly his best buddy! You fatso, you're nothing!
As for calling Lin Tian to congratulate him?
You idiot fatso! There's no way Lin can answer the phone now! How could he possibly hide a phone on his person?
If you're going to fight, wait a few hours!
"Xiao Lin!" Yu Weili, who had been jumping up excitedly in the stands and shouting incoherently, quickly regained his senses. He took out a red flag that he had prepared in advance from his bag and threw it directly to Lin Tian.
Go! Go and enjoy the victory!
Go and show your strength, let everyone know where you come from and who you represent!
"Coach Yu, are you crying?" Liu Xiang, who was standing next to him, continued to play his unlikable role. After his initial excitement, he turned to look at Yu Weili.
"You little bastard, what are you saying! I didn't cry!" After Yu Weili finished speaking, he suddenly felt an overwhelming joy and relief, as well as the efforts he had made in the past two years to insist on getting Lin Tian into the team, and the various ridicule, misunderstanding and sarcasm he had received.
Then Yu Weili's nose tingled with a mix of grievance, discomfort, excitement, relief, and the thrill of finally proving himself right.
Overwhelmed by a flood of emotions, Yu Weili could no longer hold back and burst into tears in the blink of an eye.
"So what if I cried! I cried! Is that illegal? Is that a problem?"
"Sure! Of course!" Liu Xiang patted Yu Weili on the back and said, "In two years, I'll make you cry! I'll make you scream in despair, and I'll break a world record for you! I'll make you cry your eyes out!"
"You little bastard! Who's going to cry and roll around on the floor like that!" Yu Weili laughed and scolded, "But if you can break the world record and win a world championship, I'll really put on a show of rolling around on the floor for you! Is that alright?"
"It's a deal!"
On the track, Lin Tian held the national flag and walked around the entire stadium twice, enjoying the cheers and shouts of the audience. Then, he very knowledgeably walked to the timer that read 9.73 seconds, struck a pose, and had the photographers on site snapping away at him!
Happy!
Lin Tian felt extremely happy at that moment!
Winning a brand new world championship and starting a brand new experience feels really great!
A few minutes later, Lin Tian arrived at the interview area, where he was to be interviewed by media from all over the world.
"Lin, we all know you are a basketball player. In a sense, you are the most famous and have the most fans among all the contestants tonight, but in another sense, you are the least famous among all the contestants."
How do you feel about participating in the competition in this crossover role?
"I'm so excited! Extremely excited! I'm someone who loves challenging myself with different events, and I'm also someone who desperately wants to push my limits. I was full of confidence; I believed I could win before I even started! So I came, and I won, it's that simple!"
"Do you know you broke the world record? You pushed the limits of human capability to a whole new level, becoming the fastest human in the world. What are your thoughts on this?"
"I think I can go even faster! There are still 6 stops left in the Golden League, and my plan is to participate in them all and take home that 50 kilograms of gold! As for whether I can go even faster, just keep watching!"
"What do you think your top speed is? Or, what's the fastest speed you've ever run? Do you think you can break 9:70?"
"I don't think it's a big problem; I believe I can do even better!"
"Your starting reaction time was the worst among the eight finalists! It was only 0.20 seconds, yet you still managed to break the world record. Will you continue to train your starting reaction time to improve your performance?"
"I'll improve in all aspects. I don't think this slight difference in reaction speed is the biggest problem preventing me from running under 9.7. I'm just not in good shape tonight. The salmon I ate tonight was particularly delicious, so I ate a little too much. If I had eaten less, I probably could have run under 9.7 tonight."
Lin Tian's words left the reporters at the scene speechless.
What are you saying? What are you talking about?
Didn't you finish under 9.7 because you ate too much salmon? Why don't you just say it was because your shoes were uncomfortable?
"Lin, we've all noticed that you've covered up the logo on your spikes. Why is that?"
"Because they didn't give me a 'GG fee'," Lin Tian said bluntly. "I bought these shoes at the store downstairs on a whim, with a 8% discount! If they had given me a 5% discount, I would have torn off the tape and given them a 'GG'!"
Just bought it? Bought it downstairs?
Don't you want to listen to what you're saying?
The reason he didn't get under 9.7 was really because his shoes were uncomfortable?
Buying a pair of shoes downstairs and then running a world-class 100-meter final? Who the hell believes that?!
Lin Tian: You bunch of track and field reporters are really making a fuss over nothing! I, Lin the Great, have only just started my show-off mode and you're already scared to death?
Replace him! Send me a new batch of basketball reporters; they know how to interview me!
Lin Tian is absolutely right!
If the reporters interviewing Lin Tian on-site were basketball journalists familiar with his style, the interview would definitely not have been so normal.
The problems will likely be completely replaced by a whole new set.
"Are you confident you can outrun a cheetah?"
"If your life were threatened, could you run under 8 seconds?"
"Weren't these opponents a bit too weak tonight?"
"Were you unable to break the world record because your opponents were too weak, making you feel less motivated?"
Is running harder or easier than playing basketball?
"If you were to dribble and run, could you finish in under 10 seconds?"
Look, the difference is obvious!
Towards the end of the interview, a reporter who didn't speak English said to Lin Tian, "Gibberish gibberish!"
Lin Tian was stunned for a moment, not understanding what this person was saying. He knew at most two and a half languages.
Chinese, English, and some Japanese.
The mastery of Japanese, in particular, is entirely focused on the specialized vocabulary required for a particular type of two-person or multi-person sport.
The reporter, realizing he had been too excited to speak English, immediately said, "Excuse me, I'm from Italy. I was so excited I forgot to switch languages. My question is, could you please share your feelings about this successful cross-disciplinary experience?"
Italian?
Lin Tian grinned and said, "I happen to know a phrase in Italian that I think perfectly describes how I feel right now."
"VENI VIDI VICI!"
"Well, actually, this isn't Italian," the Italian journalist said somewhat awkwardly. "It's Latin, but I know what it means."
"I think everyone knows that." Lin Tian, with his thick skin, felt no embarrassment whatsoever, nor did he feel like he had been exposed. He was too lazy to bother with the differences between ancient Rome, Holy Rome, and Eastern and Western Rome. He was an athlete, not a historian.
As long as it tastes like that!
In short, this is a true reflection of how I feel right now!
I came! I saw! I conquered!
A famous quote from Gaius Julius Caesar: "A true king of Europe."
But Lin Tian now felt like he was the king of the world!
Lin Tian's words undoubtedly sparked enormous controversy and discussion in the sprinting world, but to be honest, it was just a matter of discussion.
No one thought Lin Tian was being arrogant or talking nonsense.
They've improved the world record by 0.06 seconds, making it the fastest legend in history. How can you question it?
Only a small group of haters insisted that Lin Tian had taken drugs, and that his speed was due to technology and ruthlessness, the power of technology rather than human strength. They refused to acknowledge Lin Tian's achievement until the urine test results came out.
Lin Tian didn't care at all; the test samples he left behind were enough for the IAAF to test for 50 years!
Do whatever testing you want!
After briefly shocking the world in Norway and setting a new world record, Lin Tian didn't stay in Europe for long. Instead, he quickly returned to China to join the Chinese basketball team.
Sprinting is just for fun, basketball is his real job!
Of course, he wouldn't be able to stay in China for long. In another 20 days, Lin Tian would have to leave again and head to the birthplace of 'VENI VIDI VICI' to experience an authentic 'I came, I saw, I conquered' journey with them.
The Rome leg of the World Athletics Golden Grand Prix!
Then, from mid-July to the end of July, he also had to go to Paris and Berlin to participate in the two races.
Then in August there are two more races in Zurich, Switzerland and Brussels, Belgium, and on September 2nd, the final Grand Prix will be held in Monte Carlo, Monaco.
Well, this schedule is a bit conflicting!
After all, the Men's Basketball World Championship starts on August 29th, and China's first game is on August 31st. If Lin Tian is to participate in the Monte Carlo leg, it means he will miss the entire first stage of the World Championship!
Despite this situation, Mr. Jiang Xingquan, who is still serving as the head coach of the Hebei China Fortune team, is quite magnanimous.
"Go! Why not go! We have to fucking go! Run those old blacks and young whites until they're scared out of their wits! Bring back those 5 tons of gold!"
"What? Only 50 kilograms? They can be furious! What? This year they've made it even harder to prevent anyone from taking it? Pah! Shameless! Then they absolutely have to bring the gold back! Who knows, they probably stole it from us back then!"
"The competition? The group stage? Don't worry about the group stage! Without you, we definitely won't win the championship, and we might not even make it to the third stage knockout rounds. But if you say we can't even get out of the group stage without you, then you little bastard are really cursing me!"
Jiang Xingquan's words make perfect sense!
Well, Lin Tian thinks it's reasonable anyway!
Speaking of which, we should first talk about the current group stage and schedule of the Men's Basketball World Championship!
This year's FIBA World Championship divides 16 teams from around the world into four groups: A, B, C, and D. Each group of four teams will play three round-robin matches.
Then the top three teams from each group, which is the top 12, advance to the next stage and are divided into two new groups to compete.
The top three teams from Group A and Group B form Group E, and the top three teams from Group C and Group D form Group F.
The new group has 6 teams, but the three teams that were originally in the same group in the first stage will no longer play against each other. Instead, they will play three round-robin matches against the three teams from the other group.
After these three matches, the top four teams from Group E and Group F will advance to become the quarterfinal teams of this tournament. Then the two groups will be shuffled again and the teams will play each other in a single-elimination tournament based on their results!
The one who wins in the end will be the champion of this competition!
This schedule sounds complicated, but it's actually quite simple. If the Chinese team can win just one game in the first stage, they'll basically be able to advance to the group stage in the second stage!
This is really not a difficult task for the current Chinese team!
After all, as Olympic champions and top-seeded teams, they were not grouped with the United States and Germany as they had historically done, but were instead placed in Group B.
The team in the same group includes Brazil, Turkey, and Lebanon. Brazil and Turkey are not weak, but they cannot be called top teams. Even if the Chinese team does not have Lin Tian, they can definitely compete with them.
As for the last team, it's Lebanon, the little brother from Asia.
Not worth mentioning, not worth mentioning!
This team is basically a pushover. In last year's Asian Cup, the Chinese team thrashed them by 30 points without Lin Tian. They are not even in the same league as other teams.
In other words, Lebanon is likely to be a pushover with three losses, while as long as the Chinese team can steadily defeat Lebanon, even if they fail to beat Brazil and Turkey in the two strong matches, it will not matter at all. One victory is enough for them to advance to the second round and continue their journey!
Therefore, Jiang Xingquan's confidence and generosity are not unfounded!
The Chinese team he leads is now known as the strongest Chinese team in history!
Yao Ming is the NBA Rookie of the Year and a key rotation player for top teams. In addition, he has reached an agreement with the Spurs and is preparing to go to the NBA next season. Even without Lin Tian, the Chinese team now has three NBA players!
Therefore, even without Lin Tian, this team's strength should not be underestimated!
After all, if Lin Tian remembered correctly, this Chinese men's basketball team had once led by 12 points in a single quarter when they faced the United States in the group stage, and was still leading the United States by 1 point halfway through the third quarter!
If it weren't for the huge gap in strength between the main and substitute players, and the huge gap in the ability of the guards, which led to a lack of follow-up and allowed the US team to go on a scoring spree from the end of the third quarter to the fourth quarter, the 02 Chinese team would have had a chance to become the first team to defeat the US team in a major international tournament!
At the same time, when facing Germany led by Dirk Nowitzki at his peak, this Chinese men's basketball team also unleashed a 13-0 offensive run in the fourth quarter, almost pushing the German team to the brink of defeat! Their problem was also that the key players were running out of energy.
Furthermore, that Chinese team not only lacked Lin Tian, but because of that utterly absurd reason, that Chinese team didn't even have the players from their peak!
Without Dazhi and Lin Tian, Yao Ming would not have entered the NBA for training.
This one Chinese team almost made it to the quarterfinals.
So, this Chinese team, which has won the Olympic championship, is full of confidence, and has the even stronger Da Zhi and Yao Ming, will have no pressure to enter the second stage of the group stage in this not-so-strong group, even without Lin Tian!
That's why Jiang Xingquan was able to be so generous as to let Lin Tian bring back those 50 kilograms of gold!
Even though Lin Tianhui was unable to train with the team and could only train intermittently and participate in subsequent warm-up matches, Jiang Xingquan did not care at all.
Confidence! Utter confidence!
This is the change that occurs after a team achieves success.
Instead of being picky and indecisive, I am full of confidence and motivation no matter what I do!
Lin Tian didn't say much after Jiang Xingquan gave him permission, and immediately threw himself into training!
He knew very well that he wouldn't have much time to train with the team. Although the World Championships were still two months away, Lin Tian still had six competitions to run, which would take up at least a month of his time.
In other words, the time he spent training and playing with this men's basketball team was at most 30-40 days.
We must go all out and stay on high alert at all times!
Otherwise, if you lose the World Championship title because of running, you'll become a laughing stock and be accused of putting the cart before the horse and trying to bite off more than you can chew!
But Lin Tian still resolutely chose this most difficult, tiring, and stressful way to play.
He has absolute confidence! He believes he can do it!
Simply put, I want both bear's paw and fish!
I have to be all!
Only children make choices!
As a transmigrated character with top-tier strength and a cheat code, Lin Tian never makes choices.
Then, just a few days after Lin Tian started training, Jiang Xingquan brought good news.
The team's upcoming training camp and practice matches have been announced.
Considering Lin Tian's special circumstances, the Basketball Association gave the green light to cancel some domestic warm-up games and moved all of the men's basketball team's warm-up games to Europe!
For example, during the days when Lin Tian is going to participate in the Berlin leg, the Chinese team will play two warm-up matches against the German team in Berlin! The main goal is to prevent Lin Tian from traveling back and forth, thus saving him a lot of travel fatigue and time.
After this operation, Lin Tian will be able to train with the team for a few more days and play a few more games together.
Then, regarding the final Montgomery game, because it conflicted with the World Championships schedule, after deliberation, the Basketball Association stated that if Lin Tian could win all six games in the first stage and maintain the possibility of winning gold and dominating the track and field, then he would be allowed to miss the first stage of the competition.
Let him rejoin the team in the second phase! If Lin Tian loses a championship at a certain stop, then he will not be allowed to participate in the subsequent competitions.
Let's talk about it next year!
I won't be busy next summer; there will be plenty of opportunities.
In short, the matter was settled so easily. Lin Tian didn't put in much effort throughout the process; he just focused on training, quickly improving his teamwork and condition with his teammates, and getting as familiar with them as possible.
During breaks in training, Lin Tian would fly to Europe to participate in the upcoming competitions.
Time flies, and Lin Tian really felt a bit tired after these two months. Fighting on two fronts and constantly flying all over the world, Lin Tian even missed the high-intensity business activities that bastard Pelinka arranged for him!
Fortunately, the outcome was good.
Lin Tian won the championship in the next five consecutive competitions!
He dominated the track and field!
It was the World Cup, a behemoth, that prevented Lin Tian from dominating the entire sports world. There's no other competition in the world that can compare to the football World Cup.
They're way behind the Olympics! Not to mention the Golden League.
Although he didn't manage to dominate the sports world, the miracle Lin Tian created still shocked everyone!
What's even more astonishing is that, in addition to winning six consecutive championships and raising the world record to 9.73 in Switzerland, Lin Tian also broke his own world record twice in Berlin and Brussels!
9.71 and 9.69!
In Brussels, Lin Tian raised the historical record of humankind to a new level, bringing it down to within 9.70!
His famous quote from Norway, "I came, I saw, I conquered," has become his defining characteristic!
If at first some people thought this guy comparing himself to Caesar was insane, utterly shameless...
Now, when Lin Tian reappears on the track and field, the fans no longer call him Lin.
Call him Caesar!
"Julius Caesar" also became Lin Tian's nickname on the track and field!
See everything, conquer everything!
All-powerful, super monster!
Lin Tian is sweeping through the entire track and field world in his own way!
September 3, Monte Carlo, Monaco, the final stop of the 2002 Golden League, the 9-meter final!
"Caesar! Caesar! Caesar!"
"Conquer us! Destroy us!"
"We're ready! To destroy everything once again!"
"Destroy all your rivals! Create a whole new history!"
"9.6! Breaking into 9.6!"
"Julius Caesar! Destroy me!"
"Invincible Caesar! The Eternal King!"
"Our King! Please continue to make history!"
It has to be said that when Europeans shout slogans, they have a very distinctive regional flavor.
There's a slight masochistic element to this worship.
That feeling is just so great!
Anyway, Lin Tian likes it!
With his hands raised to his ears, listening to the voices and shouts of all the track and field fans in the audience, Lin Tian once again immersed himself in the atmosphere and rhythm of the competition!
We need to do something big today!
We must break another record!
While warming up, Lin Tian moved and stretched his body as much as possible.
In the previous six competitions, Lin Tian actually gave it his all; he didn't hold back at all!
His grades have been improving because he is adapting to the project.
Even with top-tier abilities and talent, there are still many details, techniques, and aspects to pay attention to in running that are not easily known to outsiders.
The starting reaction that Lin Tian had practiced so hard was just one aspect of it.
All sports require hard work and dedication!
Only through hard work can you make progress!
But how could a normal person possibly improve their strength so rapidly, like riding a rocket, without a year or two of grueling training? The higher you get, the more difficult it becomes to take another step forward!
What about Lin Tian?
This guy was like a monster, rapidly absorbing all kinds of knowledge and skills. In two months, Yu Weili even felt that he had nothing left to teach Lin Tian.
Lin Tian has completely drained him of his skills!
Lin Tian's absorption speed is like a black hole; all the skills and knowledge that come near him are quickly absorbed and become his own!
The simplest example is that when Lin Tian first ran, his starting reaction time was over 0.3 seconds, which is an absolutely amateur performance.
Then, in two months, Lin Tian's starting reaction time has been reduced to about 0.22 seconds.
World-class standard!
For a normal person to progress from an ordinary amateur to a world-class player, they must have practiced diligently since childhood. Without more than a decade of honing their skills, it would be impossible to achieve this.
And what about Lin Tian?
Two months!
Even so, Lin Tian still had to run every day for the past two months, and he also had to play basketball!
Even the time he spends running is far less than the time he spends playing ball!
Absolute talent!
A talent that crushes everyone, even all of humanity!
This is Yu Weili's assessment of Lin Tian after spending the past two months together.
A complete monster!
At this moment, Yu Weili, sitting in the audience, still felt a sense of unreality.
He even wondered if Lin Tian might be some kind of reincarnation of Cao Cao, Sun Wukong, or Dai Zong, sent to protect the rise of Chinese track and field.
Otherwise, how can we explain his talent that transcends species?
Lin Tian: Nothing special, just a cheat code!
In short, now that the World Cup has long since ended, the attention of all of China and even the world is focused here.
They are all waiting for a basketball player who has won an Olympic boxing gold medal to create a new human limit on the 100-meter track!
Everyone is waiting!
While some are waiting, others are waiting to ambush Lin Tian and stop him from achieving his seventh consecutive championship!
After all, for track and field athletes, Lin Tian, a self-taught amateur, sweeping the track and field arena so easily is no different from slapping them in the face!
All their lifelong hard work, daily honing, and relentless self-torture were shattered by this monster, Lin Tian!
How could those sprint stars possibly tolerate this?
They have dignity too! They can't tolerate an outsider so easily defeating everyone, dominating the 100-meter race, waving goodbye, and then turning around to play basketball!
They couldn't stand it!
So this time, all the world's top 100-meter sprinters have come! (End of Chapter)