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[One heroine; currently writing Go Fighting! Season 4]

New book: The Long-Haul Driver Who Sends the Protagonist Off to Transmigrate

Lin Zhou, a 198-centimeter elite shooting guard, spent years playing in the NBA in jersey number 3. With five championship rings and five Finals MVP awards to his name, he is widely recognized as the greatest Chinese-American perimeter player in league history. At the very peak of his career, he chose to retire while he was still on top, leaving the court behind with one goal in mind: to return to China and enjoy a laid-back life. But the moment his plane touched down, he was caught off guard by a “warm welcome” trap laid by Deng Chao, Chen He, and Lu Han. Before he could figure out what was happening, the king of the court had been sweet-talked and tricked onto the road-trip van for Go Fighting!, plunging straight into the hilarious chaos of variety-show life.

Accustomed to meticulous game plans and last-second game-winning shots, he was forced to pick up all kinds of bizarre new skills on the show, from gathering seafood on the shore and farming to building a car with his bare hands. His impressive height and long reach unexpectedly made him the production crew’s go-to “human Swiss Army knife.” They either conned him into doing heavy labor or assigned him absurd challenges that left everyone in stitches. The dignity he once enjoyed while winning championships before a global audience was thoroughly shattered by this down-to-earth journey.

Yet no one could have guessed that this five-time champion and Finals MVP, who once ruled the court, would rediscover the simple vitality and warmth of everyday life amid the small, noisy moments of this unexpected career-crossing road trip. He begins an uproarious, heartfelt new chapter in life as a retired superstar.