The hunger brought on by the energy consumed during the afternoon training had completely accumulated in his body, and perhaps it was even more than that. It felt as if everything he ate was quickly digested and turned into energy. His body was still in a state of extreme fatigue, but according to the description of the "Phased Burst" card, he would recover enough physical strength to complete another round of training before the next session began, and the more exhausted he was, the greater the consumption...

"Do I still need to reserve energy?" Brian Carter couldn't figure it out either, but just let it be. He took a sip of water and picked up the ninth burger...

"The ninth one! Keep going!" The onlookers nearby had already started to cheer...

Taking a bite of the burger and chewing, Brian Carter felt so stifled: "I've become a tourist attraction! But I'm so hungry!"

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After three hours of rest and preparation, Brian Carter felt some strength returning to his body and knew it was about to start again.

Rationally, he knew he should give up at this point, but feeling the mysterious recovery of strength in his body, it was as if all the food he had just stuffed himself with had really turned into energy. And although he was tired and sleepy, he just couldn't feel like sleeping no matter what...

Brian Carter knew all of this was real. He had this one chance to transform his body, to return to the state before he was completely drained. His stubborn personality wouldn't let him give up.

By 11 p.m., Brian Carter decisively threw himself into training again, this time focusing on his lower body and core muscles...

"Are they trying to push every single one of my muscles to the limit?"

That was Brian Carter's current thought...

Training the lower body and core wasn't limited to the gym; he also needed to train in some outdoor locations.

When training his upper body, Brian Carter's exhalations were just a bit forceful, but by the second round, every exhale was practically a wail...

Again and again, repeating endlessly...

If you didn't look at the scene and just listened to the sounds, it was quite something.

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By the morning of the 11th, Brian Carter had already started his third round of training.

His consciousness was almost blurry, but... he still couldn't fall asleep!

If his body had really reached the point where he just wanted to collapse and sleep, no matter how strong-willed Brian Carter was, he couldn't have held out.

But he just couldn't sleep, and after each set, when he regained a bit of strength before the next one started, Brian Carter's willpower would make him grit his teeth and keep going!

If he had chosen to use the star player simulation card during the trial training from the start, it would have been fine, but having persisted to the third round, to give up now... strictly speaking, maybe this wasn't even willpower for Brian Carter... but rather the fear of being poor, making him unwilling to lose out at any time!

Having come this far, of course he had to grit his teeth and push through!

While Brian Carter was training like crazy outdoors, he didn't notice that outside the low fence of the yard, someone was taking photos and videos.

There were people imitating the neighboring state's No. 24 player by going for a 4 a.m. morning run, and when they saw Brian Carter working out like crazy before dawn in Tianhai, they curiously filmed it and posted it on Facebook.

By 8 a.m., when Brian Carter started his third round of training, there were already people watching from outside the yard.

As early as last night, a video titled "Mysterious Eastern Youth Devours 10 Big Mac Burgers" had been circulating online. Some locals in Phoenix had seen it. In the internet age, everything spreads quickly. There was already a wave of buzz last night. Some recognized that the competitive eater from last night was now training like crazy and came to watch. Others, who had seen photos in the news of the "lucky winner" from the Suns' charity event a few days ago and knew Brian Carter was a basketball fan, also came.

They saw Brian Carter training over and over again...

The scene was quite astonishing, so more people started filming.

But at this point, Brian Carter was no longer aware of anything outside, mechanically repeating dribbling, shooting, and other basketball fundamentals.

The first two rounds of training had made Brian Carter accustomed to practicing every move slowly according to the standard actions shown in the system's images, similar to those in basketball instructional materials, always striving for perfection in every movement.

From an observer's perspective, training with such standard movements looked very aesthetically pleasing.

Instructional materials, of course, are made to promote basketball, so they naturally choose actions that are not too difficult for ordinary people to master but look the best at that level.

The onlookers saw Brian Carter shooting again and again, his sportswear soaked with sweat, but he didn't care, just kept training over and over...

Photos and videos went viral across the U.S., and since the protagonist was an Asian, some Chinese journalists took notice, investigated, and discovered it was the Chinese student who had been selected to participate in the Suns' final game event. They immediately knew how to write a story that would go viral...

"The hardworking Chinese youth, the Chinese basketball dream..."

Although the person who first posted the blog and video wasn't a basketball fan and just wanted more clicks and likes, such a blog post quickly caused a sensation in the Chinese basketball community as people were just getting off work and going online, even attracting the attention of "patriots" and sparking heated discussion...