You've only been playing for half a year, and you've already reached the finals?

Chapter 185 The True Future Star!
The awards ceremony concluded with Ming Jing's confident speech.

After the awards ceremony, Sjokz specifically reminded the audience to leave in an orderly manner and avoid gathering.

However, not many audience members were willing to get up and leave at this time; most of those who left were holding DK support items.

Most EDG supporters are unwilling to leave and want to see Mingjing's figure more often.

Although Ming Jing has only been in the industry for a short time, his incredible achievements are already enough to make his name known all over the world!
Even the JDG players watching the second stream were reluctant to turn off the broadcast, and several of them were still discussing the terrifying nature of Mingjing's honor.

"She's only been in the industry for less than a year!" Zoom couldn't help but exclaim in admiration. "She's already won the S-series Finals MVP and the MSIFMVP? That's really a bit unreasonable, isn't it?"

Generally speaking, anyone who can win these two international championships is already a top-tier player.

In all the years that LOL competitions have been held, only the SKT team has achieved this feat.

If we narrow this down to FMVP players, then only two people have achieved this feat.

One is Faker, and the other is Myung-kyung.

In other words, Mingjing easily achieved in less than a year after his debut what no player other than Faker could accomplish in their entire professional career.

Even his former JDG teammates had to admit that Mingjing was getting more and more monstrous.

"Moreover, it's not just that they've been in the industry for less than a year."

The toothpaste suddenly seemed to remember something, and then laughed, "Mingjing has probably only been playing this game for less than a year, right?"

After thinking it over carefully, the JDG members nodded in agreement.

Damn, it really is true.

They remembered that Mingjing had come across the game at the end of May last year.

It's May 23rd now, not even the end of the month yet.

unbelievable!

This world has far too much favoritism towards geniuses.

Song Xuan also expressed the same sentiment.

It is no exaggeration to say that Song Xuan grew up surrounded by geniuses.

After all, she had always attended the best schools in Shanghai and was one of the top five math students among her peers.

When it comes to academics, Deng Leyan, who became the top student in the country in his first year of high school, now sits at the front of the classroom, solving past IMO exam questions as easily as eating and drinking.

When it comes to games, Mingjing is right there on the phone screen, having achieved the highest honor in less than a year since his debut.

This is so unreasonable! Why can't it be my turn?

Thinking of this, Song Xuan was also furious.

Ming Jing had no idea what his friends were thinking. Holding the FMVP trophy in his left hand and the MSI trophy in his right, he bowed deeply to the camera and the audience who were unwilling to leave. Then, surrounded by his teammates, he happily left the stage.

But as soon as he stepped off the stage, his teammates grabbed the two trophies in his hands to take photos with him, leaving Ming Jing to lie on the sofa and take out his phone to check messages.

After connecting my phone to the internet, countless messages came flooding in.

Mingjing patiently replied to each of his close friends' messages.

After replying to messages from his parents, cousin Wang Hao, and Song Xuan, Ming Jing saw another message from Song Xuan: "You're a big star again!"

Below the message is a screenshot of a trending topic on Weibo.

[#EDG wins MSI championship again!]

[#Phi FMVP]

[#Phi is so handsome!]

【.】

Looking through the list, apart from the fixed advertising slots, almost all the other positions were occupied by news about EDG's championship victory!

It can only be said that LPL's performance in recent years has been outstanding, with consecutive victories attracting a lot of attention from outside the industry. Now, even a small piece of news can make it to the top of the trending searches, let alone big news like winning the championship.

Ming Jing thought about it for a moment, then opened Weibo to take a look.

To be honest, Weibo is a bit scary. Every time Mingjing clicks in, he sees hundreds of thousands more private messages. It's impossible to keep up with them all. It's quite terrifying.

This is even with his good reputation; at least his private messages are full of praise.

If the match goes badly and the private messages are full of insults, that's even more terrifying; even a normal person could see that it's YuYu syndrome.
Surprisingly, upon clicking into Weibo, I saw that in addition to private messages, the account had received a large number of new likes and comments.

The moment he won the championship, Weibo automatically posted a related tweet on his account.

This is also the third post on his Weibo account.

The first two posts were a repost of JDG's championship documentary and a photo of them holding the trophy when they won the championship last year.

Mingjing's Weibo account already has over four million followers. These four million people have been watching these two posts every day, waiting for a long time. Even though they were posted automatically by the system, they are still being forwarded countless times.

[Fans of Dawn are so lucky! The kid is so amazing!]

【Ahhhhh, Fei Bao, give Mommy a hug!】

【Husband, husband, husband, husband! 】

[Fei Bao is only seventeen years old; he's not allowed to have female fans!]

It can only be said that the style of Weibo comments remains consistent as always.

After thinking for a moment, Mingjing asked Yicun for the photos taken on stage and posted them on Weibo.

The caption was simply two words.

【Take it! 】

After posting it, Mingjing logged out of Weibo and went to the Baidu Tieba forum he had been longing to visit.

Weibo feels too overpowering, Tieba has the authentic feel!
Sure enough, as soon as I entered, I saw the forum members having a wild party.

【Cool! 】

[A god among gods! That last game's Lee Sin was absolutely amazing!]

[I hereby declare that DK is Xiaofei's custom-made RBQ. Who supports this? Who opposes it?]

[That's so true, bro. Xiaofei has only been in the industry for a year and he's already won two championships from DK. His level of devotion is comparable to Uzi's devotion to Faker.]

[That's unreasonable. At least Uzbekistan rebelled a bit at the Asian Games, but DK is truly devoted to their country to the end!]

【Wait, why isn't the rating post posted yet? Don't you even understand how to maintain a monopoly?】

It just so happens that the official account of the performing arts troupe just posted a rating post right below this thread.

[2021 Mid-Season Invitational Finals: EDG 3:1 DK (Congratulations to EDG on winning the championship!)]

This post was indeed a few minutes late, but it had a lot of comments. Now, only a dozen minutes later, the number of replies to the post has quickly exceeded five thousand!

Mingjing clicked on the link and sorted by popularity, and immediately saw his official makeup photo at the bottom.

[The greatest of all gods, none more than Bo Hun!]

[That's incredibly strong, both stable and powerful!]

Although the final score is 3-1, the head-to-head record is 4-0, without a doubt!

[This is incredibly well-rounded. He's unbeatable in his original role as an AD mid-laner, handles assassin mid-laners with ease, and can also easily pick any fighter mid-laner!]

This can only be described as talent.

The only downside is that he focuses too much on laning and doesn't like to roam.

[Screw swimming! If you can dominate the mid lane, how can you not win? You have to focus on laning!]

Ming Jing looked at the comments, seemingly lost in thought.

It has to be said that what the netizens said really hit the nail on the head.

Balancing laning and roaming is indeed a problem he has been studying recently.

In conventional thinking, laning and roaming are, to some extent, contradictory.

After all, no matter how fast you roam, you'll still have to make a trip to the side lane at least once, which will inevitably give the enemy mid laner some breathing room.

Even better, if the enemy pushes the lane faster, they might be able to recover health through the plating, or even stop the damage in the other half of the map!
Want to balance laning and roaming? Occasionally, when the game is going well and the hero's mechanics synergize well, it might be possible. For example, Xerath in the second game of the Mingjing finals.

But to do that every time is almost impossible; it's too idealistic.

But Mingjing was pursuing this ideal.

As his understanding of the game and his experience in the competition deepened, Mingjing could feel that he was gradually getting closer to this ideal.

He can become even stronger!
Of course, this requires him to continue exploring in the future.

Mingjing swiped his finger and saw the Showmaker rating post below.

As the team with the biggest gap today, the members of the Anti-Japanese Bar have nothing good to say about Showmaker.

[The show god got crushed again today!]

[I grant your request! I grant your request! I grant your request!]

[ShowGod really went berserk today. He was pressured in lane for four games in a row, and in the last game, he was even kicked to death by Lee Sin right in front of the jungler. Canyon was stunned!]

[Canyon is probably out of the question; he's not exactly clean himself anymore since leaving the jungle carry meta.]

[I told you, Show God is only good at playing with toothpaste; when he faces a truly strong mid laner, he's guaranteed to mess up.]

It's a pity that Left Hand was acquired by JDG last year, otherwise, he probably could have gone toe-to-toe with Show God.

Which maggot is on the left hand?

[Haha, you even used your left hand? That's insane!]

[The fake future star: Xiao Fei Ge. The real future star: Zuo Shou]

Ming Jing smiled helplessly as he looked at the comments below.

I don't know how the topic veered to the left hand.

However, it must be said that TES's situation this year is indeed not good.

If they don't rise to prominence in the summer season after being eliminated early in the spring season, they might not even make it to the World Championship.

Mingjing continued scrolling down and saw other contestants' rating posts.

With a resounding 3-1 victory, naturally no one in the forum would engage in the "most beautiful retrograde" trope; the general sentiment was one of praising the winner and criticizing the loser, with only Nuguri receiving a relatively high score.

Nuguri has been doing very well with his live streams in China recently, gaining a lot of followers. People have a pretty good impression of him and call him "Niu Bao" (meaning "cow baby").

Ming Jing read through the list but found it uninteresting. He exited the rating thread, refreshed it a couple more times, and soon found something good again.

[Let's bring some Korean online discussions to XDM]

This was the real spectacle, and Ming Jing quickly clicked on it.

The victim's feedback always gives the abuser the greatest physical and mental pleasure.
Mingjing moved his phone slightly closer and then began to browse slowly.

At this point, the Korean INVEN forum was filled with wailing, and countless Koreans had collectively broken down.

【Ugh, DK, can you please stop embarrassing yourself in public?】

Why did we lose again? I'm so angry my stomach hurts!

I stayed up all night specifically to watch the game, and this is the ending you give me?

[Damn it, I'm off to deliver a wreath to the DK base!]

[It would have been better to let T1 take over. If Sang-hyeok were still here, he definitely wouldn't have let EDG be so arrogant!]

Is the person upstairs joking?

Why isn't T1 coming? Is it because they don't want to come?

[If you don't understand, who did EDG beat last time they won the MSI championship?]

[Daesang Hyeok should just pray he never meets Phi in his life, otherwise he'll really be brought down from his pedestal.]

[That's easy. If he never makes it to Worlds, he's doomed. Phi can't possibly make it to the LCK, can he?]

What's most frustrating is that even with this level of performance, DK is invincible in the LCK, not losing a single game in the playoffs.

Is the fly going back to his sewer again?

All I can say is that the Korean translations by the forum members are generally quite good, emphasizing accuracy, fluency, and elegance.

Even Ming Jing couldn't hold back his emotions after reading that last sentence.

Beside him, Flandre also peeked over and looked at Mingjing's phone screen. After seeing the comments, he couldn't help but click his tongue in amazement, "Is it really that desperate? Why are they cursing their own team like that?"

On the other side, Meiko peeked over after hearing this, then shook her head. "It's alright. That's what they used to say to me on the anti-fan forum."

Upon hearing this, Flandre couldn't help but chuckle.

In previous years, when EDG consistently made it to the quarterfinals, Meiko faced far more criticism than DK did.

Meiko still has tens of thousands of private messages, but I haven't dared to open them yet.
But now that the wind is favorable, things are probably much better.
"Alright, stop looking at your phone," Abu called out from ahead. "Go do the group interview with the reporters first, then we can eat!"

Upon hearing that there was food to eat, the EDG team immediately stood up and headed to the interview room under the guidance of the staff.

Since the match was at noon Icelandic time, in order to maintain their competitive edge, everyone hadn't eaten at all, and they were indeed quite hungry.

After hurriedly dealing with interviews from various esports media outlets, the EDG team put on their masks, quickly got into their car, and headed straight for the restaurant!

Reykjavik, a coastal city in Northern Europe, relies on fishing as its main industry, and its specialty dishes are naturally based on seafood, reflecting a strong Nordic style.

Lobster hot dogs, shark meat, and roasted lamb chops are things that are hard to find in China; you can only say you're eating them for the novelty.

Ming Jing is known for not being picky about food and accepting everything offered. He first took a picture to show his parents and Song Xuan, and then began to eat heartily.

He also wanted to try the local specialty, Black Death, but Abu stopped him.

Minors are not allowed to drink alcohol.

While eating, Abu was still discussing the upcoming itinerary with his teammates, asking if they should stay in Iceland for another day.

This statement was unanimously agreed upon by the team members.

With the conclusion of MSI, this year's competition schedule is officially halfway through.

The next obstacle in EDG's path is naturally the Summer Split.

The Summer Split starts on June 7th, but the LPL is still giving extra consideration to MSI teams, as EDG will not be playing in the first week.

EDG's first match is on June 18th, which means they have 26 days of rest.

With such a long rest period, spending an extra day in Iceland is no big deal.

Because Iceland is located in the far north, with short days and long nights, and also experiences polar night, living there for an extended period is not a good thing and can increase the risk of depression.

But as a tourist attraction, if you only stay for one or two days, that's the best!

Pleasant air and a wide-open view will only make people feel good.

Besides, we flew halfway around the world to get here, it would be such a waste if we just went to play a game!

The next day, the EDG team went on a trip together and wandered around Reykjavik.

Reykjavik, the capital of Iceland, is not very large, covering only a little over 200 square kilometers, roughly the size of Hongshan District in Wuhan. You can easily explore it on foot.

Walking along the northern coast, smelling the salty sea breeze.

Standing atop Hallgrímskirkja Church, you can enjoy a breathtaking panoramic view of Reykjavik.

Standing at the foot of Snæfellsjökull volcano, watching the lava slowly creep around my feet.

The experience was quite novel.

Mingjing also made a special trip to Rainbow Street and bought some Icelandic souvenirs from various boutiques.

I bought fish oil for my parents, a sweater for my cousin, and also bought a lipstick for Song Xuan.

As for Wang Hao, there's no need for that.

Another day passed, and this time the EDG team did not delay and boarded their return flight directly.

After a short break, the intense and exciting Summer Tournament is about to begin!
(End of this chapter)