It is clear that reaching the maximum perfect score in any game or system is a crucial final step where quantity transforms into quality. This is because it signifies reaching the peak, where no further additions are possible or necessary. In short: it is perfection.
Since getting the NFL Superstar System, Lu Ke had never truly thought about this. Reaching a perfect score seemed like a distant, unattainable goal. Instead of daydreaming, he focused on working hard, improving step by step. He knew that when all the conditions were met, success would come naturally.
It wasn't until today that Lu Ke stood at the threshold of a perfect score. According to Little Seven's prompt, each attribute's score could only be increased from 99 to 100 by using another special kind of points: Golden Points. His current Base Points and Special Points could not be used for this.
Lu Ke's gaze fell on his skill panel again: "Prediction: 99" and "Special Points: 1". Although Lu Ke knew this was to be expected—in many games, character attributes can get permanently stuck at "99," becoming the dividing line between an average player and a top player—he still felt a bit unwilling to accept it.
He hadn't seriously considered it before, but when the first attribute on his personal panel reached 90, he couldn't help but feel a hidden anticipation. He looked forward to having an attribute with a perfect score. It felt like... like his long struggle and hard work had finally reached the finish line. The joy and happiness would be unimaginable, and he would work even harder and sprint faster.
Now, he had finished the incredibly difficult marathon and saw the finish line. But then he was told that this was a triathlon, and the part he had just finished was only swimming and cycling. The finish line was actually the starting point for the running portion of the race. This feeling was hard to describe, and for a moment, he felt a bit discouraged. But then a stubborn determination welled up inside him.
So, Lu Ke conducted another experiment. "Base Points: 17", "Tactical Awareness: 95", "Injury Resistance: 95".
Originally, Tactical Awareness and Injury Resistance were Lu Ke's best individual attributes. If given the chance, Lu Ke hoped to be the first to raise these two attributes to a perfect score, maximizing his strengths, which was part of his plan.
The former was the main reason Lu Ke was able to defeat the Pittsburgh Steelers in this game. It was also the foundation of Lu Ke's success in the league, even more important than his passing accuracy. After all, there were many quarterbacks in the league who could complete passes, but there were only a handful who could defeat their opponents through tactical plays.
The latter was the key for Lu Ke to stay on the field. Although his physical fitness had never reached its peak, his flexibility and resistance had significantly improved through a year of yoga training, which was crucial for avoiding injuries. For the playoffs and for his career, this was also an attribute that he had to improve. Today was the best opportunity, and Lu Ke decided to give it a try.
In the first second, he tried once. In the second second, he tried again. Two seconds later:
Base Points: 9
Tactical Awareness: 99
Injury Resistance: 99
Sure enough, just as Little Seven had said, whether it was base points or special points, they could only raise each attribute to 99. The last point was an impassable wall and could only be completed with Golden Points.
But there was an unexpected bonus. After Injury Resistance reached 99, Physical Fitness also increased by one point, from 77 to 78. This was an unforeseen change. This showed that although there wasn't a direct link between physical fitness and injury resistance, there was still an objective, indirect one, which was consistent with the biological phenomenon.
Now that the perfect score barrier was confirmed, his brief disappointment slowly subsided. Thinking about it, it all made sense. The reason why Special Points were "special" wasn't because of their unique use but because they were specifically used to upgrade hidden attributes. So, it was only natural that they couldn't break the perfect score barrier.
After taking a long breath, Lu Ke quickly pulled himself together. Although there was an impassable and unbreakable barrier between 99 and 100, Lu Ke would not get discouraged, give up, or surrender easily. Since his journey had brought him this far, he would speed up again, sprinting faster and faster. He would accelerate, accelerate, and accelerate again until the day he reached the peak!
The more difficult and dangerous the mountain was, the more beautiful and magnificent the scenery would be when he reached the summit.
Lu Ke calmed down and carefully looked up the system's explanation for Golden Points, but he didn't find much. "Used to break the perfect score barrier from 99 to 100." There was no other information. So, Lu Ke asked, "Little Seven, how do I get Golden Points?"
"Playoff tasks," Little Seven answered clearly and concisely. Although there was no further explanation, Lu Ke immediately understood. Golden Points were indeed extraordinary. If the team couldn't make it to the playoffs, it meant he wouldn't even have a chance to encounter a task related to golden points. More importantly, even if they made it to the playoffs, setting aside the difficulty of completing the game tasks, the opportunities were few and far between.
The NFL playoffs were a single-elimination tournament, where one game determined the winner, and the chance of an upset was very high. Also, even if he started from the wild card round and won all the way to the Super Bowl, there would only be four playoff games in total. In other words, even if he won the Super Bowl, there were only four chances to earn Golden Points in one season.
Generally, every team worked hard to improve their record during the regular season to try to get the number one or two seed in their conference, which would allow them to skip the wild card round and go straight to the divisional round, giving them an extra week of rest and home-field advantage. But now, Lu Ke was seriously thinking about whether he should choose to start from the wild card round to earn Golden Points.
Of course, this was a joke. He still had to go all out in the last two regular season games. Home-field advantage was still very important. Otherwise, he could lose any of the playoff games, and the Golden Points would go to waste.
Lu Ke couldn't be sure how many Golden Points he could get from a playoff task, whether it was more like base points or special points. But he was sure that no matter which it was, it would not be easy to break the perfect score barrier and reach the peak of perfection. As for getting a perfect score in all attributes, that was even more distant.
Vaguely, Lu Ke felt a new sense of anticipation for the playoffs.
After confirming the perfect score barrier, he still had one Special Point left. Lu Ke casually added it to his Luck. He wanted to continue improving its baseline, which was now "-16-75." He still had a long way to go to get rid of the negative values, but since his Prediction had reached 99, he could now focus his Special Points more on other attributes.
Before opening the various skill packages, Lu Ke chose to add his Base Points first. He had used eight base points for the experiment, and now he had nine left. After scanning all the individual stats, his eyes landed on Long Pass Accuracy.
There was no doubt that Lu Ke was a quarterback who was good at long passes. This was true even before he got the system, and it was still true after he fortunately got the system. This had always been his most outstanding skill and had saved him multiple times at critical moments.
Last week, after the game, Lu Ke decided to further highlight his strengths, so he focused on adding to his Long Pass Accuracy. This attribute had now reached 90. Now, Lu Ke had nine base points in his hand, and he had just learned about the perfect score barrier today, so his choice became simple and easy. He decided to get his Long Pass Accuracy to 99.
Now, his Long Pass Accuracy had also touched the perfect score barrier, along with Tactical Awareness and Injury Resistance.
This meant two things. On one hand, the golden point tasks in this year's playoffs would be at least three. On the other hand, as a quarterback, he had already reached the top in tactical awareness and long pass accuracy.
Lu Ke couldn't help but wonder: could the four elite quarterbacks have perfect scores in their attributes? Brady's short pass, Rodgers' long pass, Manning's tactical awareness, and Brees's zone passing, were these signature skills truly perfect? If not, would their technical and tactical skills be completely transformed after reaching a perfect score according to the system?
Of course, Lu Ke kept reminding himself that even if all attributes reached a perfect score, it didn't mean he would be invincible in games. Not only was this a team sport, and a single person's ability to change the game was limited, but competitive sports were also a process where on-paper strength and on-field performance were constantly being combined. There were very few players who could perform at 100% of their ability on the field.
But deep down, he couldn't help but start looking forward to it, as if thousands of butterflies were flapping their wings at the same time.
Today's harvest was undoubtedly huge, but this was still not the end. So, taking a deep breath, Lu Ke's eyes finally fell on the rewards from the various skill packages. At critical moments, skills could always play an unexpected role. In today's game, the Falcon's Eye left a very deep impression on Lu Ke! So, would there be any more surprises today?
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