Football: After Being Reborn, I No Longer Play as a Winger

In 2026, Zhou Deyuan died suddenly in his rented apartment after working overtime.

When he opened his eyes again, he was eighteen.

In this life, he had once been one of the most promising Chinese wingers in Ajax’s youth academy.

Two-footed, fast, gifted at beating defenders.

Then came a serious injury...

A ruptured ACL and a badly torn meniscus.

Ajax terminated his contract. No one wanted him after six months of trials. The boy once thought to have a chance at Europe’s top leagues had only one last opportunity left.

League Two. Notts County.

His agent told him:

“This is the last club.”

Zhou Deyuan looked out the window and gave only one reply:

“Then let’s not lose again.”

But once he actually returned to the pitch, he discovered...

The injury could be healed.

His speed, however, was never coming back.

The player who once left everyone trailing along the touchline was gone forever.

In that case...

He would stop playing as a winger.

Inside the System’s space:

Pirlo taught him how to make the ball move faster than a player.

Busquets taught him to be in the right place before danger appeared.

Xavi told him that midfield had never been a one-man game.

It all began with one last trial at a League Two club.

The number six, the number eight, the number ten...

Some players tear a match open with their speed.

Some bulldoze their way through midfield with their physicality.

And Zhou Deyuan decided...

He would learn to control the entire match.

This is the story of a gifted winger who lost his speed, learned football all over again, and ultimately rose to the top of the world.