Chapter 28: Duel

With the help of the farming skills, George quickly settled the chickens, ducks, fish and other younglings as well. After the seeds and younglings were settled, George noticed that there was still a lot of open space on the hill. It seemed that he still needed to make more money to buy more seeds and poultry. "Speaking of which, this place is huge. I haven't even surveyed the whole place yet. I don't have enough time today. Guess I'll have to come over tomorrow and have a good look. After all, this is my future logistics base." George looked around and muttered to himself. The area in ​​​​the mountains was quite large. In fact, it was dozens of times larger than the entire village. Not only was there land for planting, but there were hills and woods as well. According to the old village chief, the area of ​​​​the woods was very big, even larger than the small forest at the head of the village. People in the village rarely came to the back mountain, so no one had completely walked through the forest until now. No one was sure what was in it either. This aroused the desire to explore in George's heart, and he was ready to investigate. Soon, George's time here was up, and in an instant, he was back in his rental house. George did not miss his morning exercise again. After washing up, he went to the Jiangzhou University field. There were obviously more people at the field today than before. However, George still saw Batya Liu's figure among the crowd. Even amongst the crowd, she was still the most eye-catching one. Her outstanding appearance and cool temperament made her stand out from the crowd. When George was warming up, Batya slowly jogged pass him. He hesitated slightly and said to her, "Morning". Originally, George thought that he would not get a response from her. After all, there were many people who usually tried to strike a conversation with Batya, but he had never seen her respond to anyone. Surprisingly, after George finished speaking, Batya also replied "good morning", and then ran past him without looking back. George was very sure that Batya's "good morning" was in reply to him, and not someone else. However, she was still so cold. Although she responded, she had no intention of stopping. George only smiled and started running without caring much. When George was about to call it a day, a basketball suddenly flew over from the basketball court and was about to hit a girl sitting in the side-lines. George happened to pass by and rushed over. In a few steps, he reached out and caught the basketball. The field and basketball court were connected. There was only a two-meter-high barbed wire fence between the two.. "Bro, throw the ball over." On the other side of the barbed wire, a tall boy wearing a basketball uniform shouted to George. "Your ball almost hit someone, shouldn't you apologize first?" George frowned. The guy looked at the girl sitting in the side-lines and said nonchalantly, "She wasn't even hit, why is it necessary to apologize? Moreover, even if she was hit, it was an accident. Who asked her to sit there? Shouldn't she know that this place is close to the basketball court and a basketball might hit her at any time?" The girl stood up and looked at the basketball in George's hand, before looking at the tall boy and leaving with an aggrieved look on her face. "See, she didn't even say anything. Stop meddling around and throw the ball over." The tall boy seemed a little impatient. "You want it? Catch!" George tossed the ball twice in his hands before throwing it casually. The tall boy didn't pay much attention and reached out to catch the ball. However, he underestimated George's strength in throwing the ball and was not prepared. His arm felt sore and his wrist seemed to be sprained. "You did it on purpose!" The tall boy rubbed his wrist and glared at George. "Didn't you ask me to throw it over?" George said lightly. George did do it on purpose earlier. After all, he was now at the second level and had two points of strength. Combined with the two points of strength increased by the Lingyun Boots, he now had four points of strength. In reality, if the average person's strength was reflected by data, they would only have one point, just like when George first entered the game world. Those with stronger strength may only have two points, and only a few could reach three points of strength. In other words, based on strength alone, George had surpassed most people in reality. George used all his strength and the tall boy was unprepared, so the latter naturally suffered a hidden loss. "If you dare, let's duel!" the tall man said angrily. After suffering a hidden loss, he wanted to regain his face. Since he was best at basketball, he naturally wanted to use basketball to do it. His idea was very good. He felt that George would not dare to accept it, so he could take the opportunity to mock him and regain his face. "If you don't dare to..." the tall boy said proudly. "I accept." Before the tall man finished speaking, George agreed directly. This made the tall boy choke on what he wanted to say and his red was flushed red. Was he good at basketball too? The tall boy was a little confused, but after thinking about it, he was the main player in the university. He knew all the players from the other faculties and even the university team's players. He didn't recall seeing someone like George. "I guess this guy is just a casual player at most. He thinks he can beat me just because he is slightly stronger. Stupid fellow." The tall boy thought to himself. At this time, George had already entered the basketball court through the door next to him. "You first, or me?" George looked at the tall boy and asked without any trace of panic on his face. At this time, several of the tall boy's companions stopped and stood on the side lines while looking at the two of them. It was obvious that they wanted to hand the court over to the two of them. Even some people who were playing basketball nearby and those passing by stopped to watch when they noticed the duel. "I'll attack, you defend! Three hoops per person!" said the tall boy. "No problem." George said. The tall boy stood in front of George and dribbled the ball, staring at George as if he was thinking about where to break through. George did not put on a defensive stance. He just stood there casually, with a relaxed expression as if he was watching a show. "He is indeed a rookie!" Seeing George's stance, the tall boy became more disdainful. Then, the tall boy dribbled the ball forward. When he approached George, the latter didn't make any move. The tall boy sneered internally and prepared to pass by George's left. He passed! The tall boy passed George easily. However, before he could smile, he realized that something was wrong. He passed, but the ball was gone!