The road to godhood starting from Ligue 1 Chapter 115

《Upset! Bastia 3- 1 Lyon, Second French Cup Victory in Club History!》

《Gao, the Name of a Genius – First French Cup Final Hat-trick!》

《Youngest French Cup MVP!》

The media quickly reported on this unexpected French Cup.

A Ligue 2 team actually won the championship!

Bastia fans on the internet “crowned” Gao—“Under the Louvre’s dome hangs the millennium-old brilliance of humanity, and Gao’s left foot is the most exquisite exhibit of the twenty-first century”;

And Ajaccio media wrote:

“The cliff waves of Corsica carve the genes of conquerors. When Gao spreads his arms at the Stade de France in Paris, Ajaccio’s Napoleon statue seems to quietly turn its direction in the sea breeze—

This island, which once nurtured a continental overlord, is now displaying a new ‘Napoleonic-Gao Code’ to European football through Gao’s breakthrough trajectory.

When the final whistle blew, the eagle banner totems floating above the stands were a devout coronation for Corsica’s new emperor…”

On this night of Bastia’s victory.

The giant screen of the Terra-Vecchia Center Building seemed to become a prophecy in the hearts of the fans.

Bastia stood at the pinnacle of the French Cup and will aim directly for European competitions next season!

From Corsica, to Paris, France, and then to Europe…

The path walked by predecessors seemed to reappear under Gao’s feet.

Late at night.

When all Bastia members returned from Paris to the airport, thousands of Bastia fans waited there in the cool sea breeze of the early morning.

The players walked out of the airport.

Instant madness.

“Gao!”

“Bastia!!!”

“Gao, where are you going next season?”

The players were exhausted, but they still forced themselves to interact with the fans.

And Gao, facing the fans’ questions, made no secret of his answer.

“I want to stay here.”

Whoosh!

As soon as these words came out, the fans nearby who heard them were stunned.

The next second, there was excitement—“Gao is staying with the team next season!!!”

The news spread like wildfire to everyone.

Even Bastia’s players were stunned. In their opinion, Gao already had the performance to play for a big club.

He was actually staying.

Rothen walked over, putting his arm around Gao’s shoulder, and walked towards the bus, “Confirmed?”

“Mm.”

“Then I’ll fight with you for another year. I think the team will definitely need to bring in some players. I don’t know if I’ll still be useful, but I’ll renew my contract with the team for a year with a pay cut, and then… maybe retire.”

When Rothen said this, there was a smile in his eyes, without the slightest regret.

Gao looked at him, carefully choosing his words.

Rothen, however, laughed, “Don’t try to comfort me. To be able to work with you at the end of my career, to see your rise, and to even get two championships, I’m already very satisfied. You know, before coming to Bastia, I hadn’t played football for a year. I originally wanted to leave football, but I couldn’t let go.”

Before getting on the bus, Rothen saw his other teammates already approaching Gao, and he quickly finished his last sentence, “Perhaps, I can create another miracle with you.”

After speaking, he patted Gao and resolutely got on the bus.

Behind Gao.

Vincent had already come up, “Are you really staying with the team?”

On the way back to Bastia’s training base, the entire bus was filled with discussions about Gao staying with the team.

Hadžibegić sat in the front seat of the bus, beaming with a smile.

Coming to Bastia was the best decision of his life.

Back at the base, everyone went to the dormitories assigned to each player by the team to rest. Generally, they all had their own rest rooms, but many simply didn’t want to live at the base.

They all had their own lives.

Gao lay down on the bed contentedly, his mind still filled with the cheers of tens of thousands of people, and his ears still seemed to be ringing.

This experience was great.

Gao finally had time to check his victory points.

When he opened the system.

Seeing the new 120 victory points, he was stunned. So many!

As expected, important matches added more.

His current victory point balance was 181. Gao didn’t hesitate and immediately redeemed a victory treasure chest.

[Redemption successful!]

[Victory points – 100, remaining victory points: 81]

[Obtained: Victory Treasure Chest * 1]

He quickly chose to open it.

Then more information was displayed.

[Opened Victory Treasure Chest * 1]

[Obtained random enhancement ability—Flexibility attribute gains additional enhancement!]

[Flexibility Enhancement + 1: Additional effect, when Ball Control attribute is higher than 85, this effect will be triggered—Control ability in unconventional movements increases by 30% (all touchable parts except hands), and dominant foot improves to 50%;

Unconventional movements: such as slipping, loss of balance, non-standing posture, etc.]

Flexibility enhancement!

When Gao saw this information, he smiled. This might seem like nothing, but in reality, for a forward, it was simply a divine skill!

Gao knew very well that although it said it improved control ability, shooting also counted as a form of control.

His shooting attribute being so high was inseparable from his top-tier ball control.

For goalkeepers, the most difficult shots to save were “unpredictable shots” because they were hard to anticipate.

Gao once again sighed that good things really came from treasure chests.

In the early stage, he had to rely on treasure chests to quickly improve his strength.

In the mid-to-late stage, he would rely on points to increase his upper limit and slowly refine himself.

Having thought all this through, Gao felt even more that transferring was not cost-effective for him at the moment.

He had to think carefully about which players the team could intercept for next season.

He had to prepare in advance.

The next day.

The entire Bastia team was on holiday.

Even though there were less than two days until the next Ligue 2 match, the team had already won the championship early.

The remaining four matches didn’t matter whether they won or lost.

Hadžibegić also decided to let the main players take a break for the last four rounds and play the substitutes.

To see if there were any players who could be used next season.

Bastia’s training base was unusually quiet today. Even Gao, rarely, didn’t get up for extra training because he was sleeping.

But outside the training base in Bastia.

It was as bustling as last night!

In the streets and alleys, fans held newspapers, constantly reliving last night’s match and enjoying the double-championship moment.

And the most important news, of course, was Gao’s own words about staying.

This made the fans even more uncontrollably excited.

They had always been afraid.

Even avoiding rumors of Gao’s transfer.

But at this moment, they could confidently answer everyone—“No, you cannot take Gao away, he is our legend! He is our king!!”

Soon,

People discovered a graffiti on a house next to the Terra-Vecchia Center Building.

It had only one line of text, complementing Gao’s painting—“The day you chose Bastia, Bastia embraced football.”