But behind these upper limit values, William Sullivan also noticed a plus sign, and after clicking this plus sign, a prompt suddenly popped up on the system interface: “Do you want to spend 500 Iron Value points to increase the high school elite-level shooting upper limit?”

After William Sullivan selected yes, the original [48] became [49], and the plus sign was still there, so William Sullivan continued to click. When the shooting upper limit reached [67], William Sullivan found that the plus sign disappeared.

“Looks like this system needs to be constantly upgraded. Luckily, I have plenty of Iron Value points.” William Sullivan believed that at the current system level, his potential also had an upper limit, so he needed to keep upgrading the system to raise his own ceiling.

So, after William Sullivan clicked away all the plus signs, he clicked to upgrade the system again.

“Upgrade complete!”

A true big spender is a true big spender—this feeling of having more Iron Value points than you can ever use is just too satisfying!

After upgrading again, William Sullivan’s system interface had turned green.

“Current host ability values (college level): Mid-range shooting: 15 [60]+, Three-point shooting: 12 [48]+, Passing: 3 [31]+, Ball handling: 14 [28]+, Jumping: 15 [50]+, Strength: 6 [41]+, Defensive rebounding: 7 [21]+.”

“Currently equipped shooting motion: None. Currently equipped special skill: None. Current Iron Value points: 228055. Iron Value points required to unlock the next system stage: 500000.”

“Huh, after this upgrade, it seems like there are more ability categories—three-point shooting, defensive rebounding, and ball handling?”

“So my previous understanding was wrong. The system doesn’t just have those basic abilities; you have to keep upgrading the system to unlock more ability categories. Otherwise, you can’t improve or even see those abilities… I see!”

After upgrading the system to version 3.0, William Sullivan found that his ability values looked even more miserable, because under the American college-level rating, his ability values had been automatically converted again.

And the potential points he had previously added were also converted accordingly.

William Sullivan found that this time, the conversion error was about 7 ability points.

So, just like before, William Sullivan clicked away all the plus signs first.

After all, with potential, William Sullivan could keep improving through training.

But in version 3.0, each potential upgrade for William Sullivan now cost 2000…

So damn expensive! If it weren’t for Kobe Bryant the little angel, who knows how many years it would take William Sullivan to train up!

So, after adding all the potential, William Sullivan’s potential values were: Mid-range shooting [68], Three-point shooting: [68], Passing: [36], Ball handling: [35], Jumping: [58], Strength: [44], Defensive rebounding: [23].

After adding all the potential, William Sullivan confirmed one thing: the potential values in the system are not increased evenly. For example, his three-point shooting could be increased by 20 potential points at once, but strength could only be increased by 3 points.

Looking at his not-so-thick arms, William Sullivan guessed that certain abilities probably required corresponding training and improvement in real life before they could be further increased.

“But honestly, why is my ball handling potential only 35? My dribbling is obviously super cool!” William Sullivan said with a dissatisfied look.

And as if it heard William Sullivan’s complaint, the system interface suddenly started playing a highlight reel of William Sullivan’s mistakes from today’s one-on-one with Kobe Bryant…

Getting the ball stolen from the front, from the side, from behind, easily getting stripped… After watching these clips, William Sullivan’s face turned red.

“Is my dribbling really that bad?” William Sullivan muttered quietly.

After being slapped in the face by the system, William Sullivan had pretty much finished studying version 3.0. After clicking all the plus signs, he had a total of 122055 Iron Value points left.

And the next system upgrade required a total of 500000 Iron Value points, so since he couldn’t upgrade for now, William Sullivan’s attention was drawn to the new roulette feature in version 3.0…

“Want to prove you’re blessed by luck? Try your hand! Not 999998, not 99998, just 9998, and take home a mysterious prize…”

Emmmmm, of course the system’s explanation wasn’t this silly, but in William Sullivan’s view, wasn’t this roulette feature just like the gacha draws in the mobile games he used to play?

“Just spend, that’s it!” Don’t ask, if you have to ask, it’s because you haven’t spent enough. Now that William Sullivan is flush with resources, he decided to see what changes this feature could bring him…

Chapter 5: 4 a.m. in Philadelphia

“Congratulations, host, you have received a 3-day supply of nutrient solution!”

“Congratulations, host, you have received a 5-day supply of nutrient solution!”

“Congratulations, host, you have received a 4-day supply of nutrient solution!”

“Congratulations, host…”

What is the essence of the system?

“Isn’t this system just a parrot?”

After reading the description of the nutrient solution, William Sullivan felt much more confident about his plan to make it to the NBA, marry a rich and beautiful woman, and reach the pinnacle of life…

But…

Having played gacha games in his previous life, William Sullivan knew very well that if you keep drawing the same item over and over again…

It usually means that item…

Is just trash.