The God of Football Starts With Passive Skills-Chapter 207 - 60: Revolutionary Upgrade! Mainz’s Most Powerful Weapon! You’re Actually a Girl? We’re Going to Take Down Bayern
Wang Shuo didn’t see any problem with it.
Besides, there were so many catfish accounts on QQ, and it’s not like anyone actually believed them.
Isn’t there a saying?
You never know who’s on the other side of the screen.
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After ending the online chat, Wang Shuo showered, brushed his teeth, got into bed, and closed his eyes.
The moment he entered the Ball God System, he immediately received a system notification.
"Congratulations on winning the 2008/09 Bundesliga top scorer award. Reward: one Passive Skill Card or 50 Passive Value."
When he saw this, Wang Shuo was dumbfounded.
’Seriously? That’s all I get for winning the season’s top scorer award?’
’Does the Bundesliga’s top scorer title have so little prestige these days?’
The European Golden Boy Award had given him a National Level Passive Skill Card or 150 Passive Value.
Even the Bundesliga’s half-season championship came with a Regional Level Passive Skill Card or 100 Passive Value.
’And the season’s top scorer only gets 50 points?’
But on second thought, Wang Shuo started to understand.
The prestige of the Bundesliga was indeed quite low at the moment.
Take the simplest example: player valuations.
Transfermarkt in Germany is a widely trusted platform in the European Football Scene, and its player valuations are considered relatively authoritative.
Ibisevic from Hoffenheim was 24 years old. Never mind his value after his severe injury; what was his valuation before it, back in January 2009?
A powerful goalscorer who had netted 18 goals and provided 7 assists in the first half of the Bundesliga season, nearly helping Hoffenheim win the half-season title, was valued at 7.5 million euros.
That’s right. You didn’t misread it. 7.5 million euros.
Now, after suffering a severe injury, his valuation is 8 million euros. 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝙬𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝒎
Seems absurd?
No, no, no. This is the normal price range.
Helmes, also just 25, a German national team player, scored 21 goals and is currently valued at 10 million euros.
Note, this was a valuation Wang Shuo could look up right at this moment.
Griffith from VfL Wolfsburg, who just finished second on the scoring chart with 28 goals, had a market value of 11 million euros.
Of course, Griffith was already 30 years old.
What about Dzeko?
The 23-year-old center-forward from Bosnia and Herzegovina was currently valued at 15 million euros.
And Wang Shuo?
Not a cent more, not a cent less. Exactly 12 million euros.
That’s why the highest offer from Bayern to Mainz was only 15 million euros.
What about the best striker in Germany right now? What was his value?
Mario Gomez, who would turn 24 in July, currently had a market value of 23 million euros.
And mind you, Mario Gomez was Germany’s star starting center-forward. He had scored 24 goals in the Bundesliga this season, the most among all German native players.
Bayern and Stuttgart were in talks, arguing over Mario Gomez’s transfer fee.
Bayern originally wanted to sign Mario Gomez for 20 million euros, but Stuttgart wasn’t happy, feeling it was too cheap.
They later raised the offer to 25 million euros, but Stuttgart still refused.
Stuttgart’s desired price was 35 million euros.
However, there was a clause in Gomez’s original contract with Stuttgart: if Bayern made an offer of 30 million euros by May 31st of this year, they could sign him from Stuttgart.
But Bayern’s stance was to stick to the valuation from Transfermarkt.
Understanding all this, he finally grasped the true prestige of the current Bundesliga top scorer award.
A reward of 50 Passive Value didn’t seem so small anymore.
After entering his personal interface in the Ball God System, Wang Shuo glanced over it. He now had a total of 214 Passive Value.
Standing before the giant soccer ball again, gazing at the pentagonal panels, Wang Shuo’s heart filled with excitement.
Especially his highest-level skill, [Breathing].
Upgrading it from National Level to Intercontinental Level had increased the Passive Value cost from 50 to 100 points.
But the improvement between the two levels of Breathing was tangible, and the effect was rock-solid.
Just as Wang Shuo had said before, the Ball God System had a very rigid, by-the-book style.
What you put in was what you got out.
Now, Wang Shuo had a very strong premonition.
To upgrade from Intercontinental Level to World-level, it actually cost 500 Passive Value—a full five times the previous amount.
’In that case, the improvement in effect after upgrading must also be more than five times greater.’
’It might even be a game-changing enhancement.’
But Wang Shuo couldn’t imagine it right now. The Intercontinental Level [Breathing] was already so formidable; even if the World-level version was stronger, could it really be five times stronger?
’Wouldn’t that make me Superman, with my underwear on the outside?’
Not to mention, there were levels above World-level.
’How powerful would that be?’
’Could a single person take down the entire opposing team?’
Wang Shuo found the thought amusing.
But based on his understanding of the Ball God System’s straightforward nature, it certainly wouldn’t go that far.
It was just that, at his current stage, he couldn’t imagine what kind of improvements were still possible.
And he had no intention of saving up 500 Passive Value in the short term to upgrade [Breathing], which was already sufficient for now.
So, he spent 100 points each on the National Level [Ball Sense] and [Swift].
"Upgrade Passive Skill [Ball Sense] from National Level to Intercontinental Level?"
"Yes!"
"Upgrade Passive Skill [Swift] from National Level to Intercontinental Level?"
"Yes!"
After confirming the two passive skill upgrades, Wang Shuo’s Passive Value was wiped out again, leaving him with only 14 points.
But he now possessed three Intercontinental Level Passive Skills simultaneously: [Breathing], [Ball Sense], and [Swift].
During the match against Bayer Leverkusen, Wang Shuo had already clearly felt that, at his current stage, [Ball Sense] and [Swift] were the most important skills, providing a direct boost to his on-field effectiveness.
