In the dark vision, a bit of light gradually emerged.

A blue ethereal ocean slowly appeared in Li Guanqi's sight. It seemed to be boundless, with no boundaries visible. Many dark blue light spots were scattered and suspended in this world.

This is the sea of ​​consciousness.

The abode of the soul.

"Um?"

Li Guanqi lowered his head, but the water under his feet made him slightly stunned.

The rippling water surface was as clear as a mirror, but the water surface that was supposed to reflect his appearance only reflected a hazy white shadow, making it impossible to see his true face.

Li Guanqi was a little surprised and quickly raised his hands to look.

The result was the same two hazy white shadows, which looked like reality but not reality, and seemed like illusion but not illusion.

Can't see clearly?

He can't see his own soul?

Seeing this scene, Li Guanqi was at a loss at first, but soon, the words Pluto once said to him seemed to reappear in his ears.

"If you want to break through the ninth-level soul, there is another prerequisite."

"The ninth-level soul, also known as the self-realm soul, in addition to a strong emotional stimulation, you also need to fully realize your inner self. To put it simply, you have to understand what you are living for, otherwise you will never be able to

Step into the realm of ninth-level soul."

"So, Li Guanqi, tell me, what are you living for?"

"..."

Li Guanqi raised his head, closed his eyes, and thousands of thoughts ran through his mind.

At the same time, the sea of ​​​​consciousness where he was was also suddenly rippled with waves, one after another, and the waves were crashing with astonishing momentum.

Every wave that rises on the sea surface is a memory scene.

"What am I living for?"

Li Guanqi opened his eyes.

For a moment, the entire sea of ​​consciousness stood still, the undulating sea surface, rolling waves, splashing water drops...etc., all stagnated and solidified.

Moreover, the different memory images in the countless waves were synchronized at the same time and turned into one image.

It's an open-air basketball court.

On the court, there was a little boy about 3 or 4 years old, wearing a small version of the Lakers jersey, holding a basketball in his arms, with a happy smile on his face.

In front of him was a tall man with an equally cheerful smile.

"When I was young, I actually didn't know what I was holding in my arms."

Li Guanqi looked at this scene, his eyes blurred, and murmured to himself, "I don't understand the meaning of competitive sports. I just know that as long as I keep hitting that round thing, my father will be very happy, and he will be happy."

When I was young, I would buy me a lot of delicious snacks and fun toys... For me when I was young, happiness was the meaning of life."

The words just fell.

The scene among the waves on the sea began to flow rapidly and change rapidly.

Finally, it settled on another extremely lively indoor basketball court.

A 13- to 4-year-old boy with crisp short hair and a tall, thin boy wearing a white jersey dribbled through half court. Under the shocked gazes of his teammates, opponents, and spectators, he completed his first game in the city.

Actual dunks in district official games.

After the hanging frame landed, he had an excited smile on his face and enjoyed the cheers wantonly.

“When I was a teenager, I still didn’t understand the meaning of competitive sports.”

Li Guanqi walked on the sea, and ripples continued to appear in the water under his toes.

"I just enjoy the joy and pleasure of victory and the sense of accomplishment of defeating my opponent."

"Of course, I also enjoy the frustration and discomfort of failure. The repeated failures also inspire me to keep moving forward."

"For me as a teenager, winning games, enjoying the victory, enjoying the cheers, enjoying the adoring eyes of girls, and enjoying the occasional girls coming on the field to hand out water are the greatest meanings of life... As a teenager, I started to care about others because of others.

And feel happy.”

"From that time on, I wanted to be cheered, shouted, and even worshiped by others."

The sound of self-talk resounded in the depths of the frozen and still sea of ​​consciousness.

Li Guanqi was walking and stopped.

What stood in front of him was a huge wave ten meters high, and the scene where the waves appeared turned into another scene.

It was a more luxurious indoor basketball court, and the decoration of the venue was full of symbols of Los Angeles culture.

Off the field.

The audience, composed of white people, black people, and a few yellow people, was packed with people, and the cheers and shouts shook the eardrums.

On the field.

A tall yellow boy, about sixteen years old, wearing a black jersey, stood under the basket, looking at a black boy in a white jersey rushing towards him with the ball. He raised his arms and stood ready.

The black boy plays ball and jumps high.

He then jumped up, raised his left arm high, and tried to block the strong black boy.

but……

"Bang!"

With a loud collision of limbs, he was directly knocked away by the opponent's strong body. He could only watch with disbelief and no resistance as the opponent launched a humiliating head-on dunk on his head.

!

He is even one year older than the black boy.

He is even 8 centimeters taller than the black boy.

He even took off later than the black boy, but when he started to fall in mid-air, the black boy was still in the air... In his eyes at that time, the other person really seemed to be flying.

"oh!

!”

When the black boy's hanging frame fell to the ground, the audience roared with cheers.

The black boy also looked arrogant and beat his chest vigorously.

In stark contrast, the yellow boy was knocked away and fell to the ground, with a look of despair on his face.

"That was probably the first huge setback I suffered in my life."

Li Guanqi looked at this scene of waves, but the corners of his mouth turned up and he smiled.

"How should I put it? That time I was dunked, it probably hurt me more than when I was in elementary school, when the class beauty said to me, 'The boys you play ball stink to death, can't you learn to draw like Xiao Yang?'

The damage should be greater, right?

ha.

That friendly match abroad made me realize that I was not a genius, and there were a lot of people who were more talented than me...but I didn't give up.

Li Guanqi, you have never given up, right?"

As soon as he said this, the scene in the waves began to speed up rapidly.

Throughout the game, the yellow boy never competed with the black boy on the opposite side. Instead, he used his strengths and circumvented his weaknesses and began to use his shooting skills to move around the outside. In the end, he used a very high shooting percentage to help the team win the game.

victory.

The winner is the one who laughs last.

"I never gave up."

Li Guanqi took a step forward and continued to move forward.

"In the face of setbacks in life, I have never given up since I was a child, because my father taught me that losing is only a temporary failure, but giving up means permanent failure, so I have never given up."

"Crack!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the ten meters of waves blocking his front exploded, turning into water droplets and splashing in all directions.

Li Guanqi continued to delve deeper into the sea of ​​knowledge.

Soon, another huge wave solidified in the air, blocking him like a mountain.

It was a dark, eerie hut.

An eighteen-year-old tall boy was tied to a chair, looking at the old dwarf in black robe opposite with a solemn expression.

"Wei Mo..."

Seeing this scene, Li Guanqi stopped and paused for a long time.

"This is the biggest turning point in my life."
To be continued...