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

Chapter 231 Will the two of them start fighting?

After the departure ceremony, the entire EDG team took the high-speed train back to Shanghai.

According to the World Championship schedule, EDG's first match will be on October 11th, which is 10 days from now.

Abu even generously gave the players a two-week vacation.

Other clubs are on holiday now, so it's impossible to schedule training matches. It's better to rest properly; a balance between work and rest is the right thing to do.

However, Ming Jing did not take the opportunity to return to his hometown of Wuhan during the break. Instead, he stayed at the training base and continued to maintain his extremely high-intensity training.

The training includes not only games, but also math problems.

Mingjing's plan is to get up every morning, do three hours of practice problems, and then start his personal ranked match training in the afternoon until he goes to sleep.

"Wow, can you handle playing like this?" Even Saint Gun couldn't help but ask after learning about Ming Jing's plan: "I feel incredibly tired."

Saint Gun is probably getting a bit old; he feels exhausted after playing several training matches every day.

Needless to say, as for practicing coding problems, if Saint Gun Bro could even understand the problems, his parents would never have agreed to him becoming a professional player.

What if both come together? Hard to imagine.
"It's alright." Ming Jing confirmed that the answer process in front of him was correct, and then put down the draft paper in his hand. "I often do this."

Ming Jing was telling the truth; he genuinely didn't think it was a big deal.

Ming Jing actually worked much harder than this last year when he was in the youth training camp.

He was the first to arrive and the last to leave every day. He had to play ranked matches, study video recordings, and do practice problems. He spent more than ten hours a day using his brain at a high intensity, but Mingjing was still as if nothing had happened.

When I was sixteen or seventeen, I had so much energy that I couldn't possibly use it all.

Moreover, Mingjing is exceptionally good at concentration. People who can actively enter a state of flow have extraordinary talent, and they can achieve twice the result with half the effort in anything they do.

"Awesome." Looking at Ming Jing's hardworking appearance, Saint Gun Bro began to wonder if his choice to go back to his hometown to rest was a mistake.

The team's top players are all grinding ranked matches, how can he possibly take a break?!
There was no other way; he had already spoken to his family and bought his plane ticket, so he had to go back.

However, inspired by Ming Jing, Flandre decided to shorten his rest time and return to the team as soon as possible.

Ming Jing had no idea what Saint Gun was thinking. Having finished his morning practice, he casually ordered takeout to tide him over before starting his afternoon ranked matches.

During this rare break, it's time to start playing ranked matches and accumulate points.

Ming Jing's live streaming contract isn't cheap, but due to his busy training and competition schedule, he doesn't actually stream much; he basically only streams once a day during breaks.

Douyu acted incredibly quickly, immediately giving Mingjing a surge in traffic as soon as he started streaming. Combined with the millions of followers his account already had, the number of viewers in his live stream skyrocketed, reaching tens of thousands in just a few minutes!

Countless comments flashed by at lightning speed!
[Hey, isn't this the only streamer to have won the FMVP Grand Slam?]

[Last live stream time: 2021-8-21, you're something else!]

[You want to cram a month's worth of livestreaming time into four days, then disappear for a month, huh?]

Why are they even streaming games now? Where am I supposed to catch up on my studies? Are you trying to make me fail my graduate school entrance exam?

[Let's enjoy this while it lasts, because once the World Championship starts, we probably won't see them for another two or three months.]

Is the next live stream not until 2022?

Ming Jing looked at the comments and said cheerfully, "Don't worry, brothers, I'll be streaming every day after this two-week break!"

Surprisingly, the viewers in the live stream had exceptionally high expectations for the study room.
Ming Jing was considering whether to continue broadcasting live from the study room at the base, hoping to accumulate more time, since it all cost money.

But after thinking about it, he decided to give up. After all, the training room wasn't just for him; there were other teammates who hadn't gone home yet, and the noisy atmosphere wasn't suitable as a study room.

Mingjing logged into the Korean server with practiced ease, intending to start climbing the ranks.

He hasn't been doing much ranked training lately, since he spends part of his free time outside of matches and practice games on math problems.

This has led to his ranking plummeting, dropping from first place in the Korean server to outside the top 30.

At this point, we can see that Scout, who is not playing, is firmly in first place with 1755 points, leading Showmaker by a full 150 points!
Showmaker scored 150 points higher than the third-place Minion!
It can only be said that the current Korean server rankings have been somewhat de-competitive due to the dominance of these two mid laners. Not only do they have a high number of games played, but their win rates are also among the top in the rankings. They are simply unbeatable!
Of course, there are always stronger players out there. While these two dominated the Korean server with a win rate of just over 60%, there were still some experts above them.

At this point, it can be clearly seen that Ming Jing, ranked around 30th, has a win rate as high as 72%!

For Mingjing, it's only a matter of time before he takes first place.

And these ten-odd days of rest are more than enough.

Mingjing started solo queue, eager to give the Korean server a little shock.

But then, another message came in.

The message came from the toothpaste company. When he saw Ming Jing log on, he immediately sent a question mark.

Ming Jing didn't understand what this person meant, so he replied with a question mark.

It can't be that you want to duo queue, right? You can't duo queue with players above Master rank now.

"Are you coming to the squad?" Toothpaste asked. "Da Zong and Da Zuo are also here."

Ming Jing raised an eyebrow, somewhat surprised.

Now that everyone's on holiday, why are these JDG players still playing games?

You should know that after winning the championship last year, these people didn't get a call for a month or two.

Clearly, the guys were also spurred on by this year's dismal results, and they were motivated to improve after being ashamed.

"Sure," Ming Jing didn't refuse, but still typed, "We're still missing one. Are Pian Ge and Lou willing to come?"

“They went back to South Korea and are hard to contact.” Toothpaste continued typing, “Do you have anyone there? If so, come over; if not, I can find someone else.”

"Is anyone here?" Ming Jing turned his head and looked around, hoping to find someone in the training room.

As soon as I turned my head, I saw the door to the training room being pushed open.

It turned out to be my cousin Mingkai who walked in.

Since retiring, my cousin has been very idle, wandering around aimlessly.

"Kai-guo," Mingjing called out, "Anyone coming to the squad? We're one short!"

Inside the live stream, countless viewers strained their ears to listen to Mingjing's Wuhan dialect.

Wuhan dialect is relatively easy to understand; even people from other places can understand it.

"Team play? Which other options are there?"

"And Zoom, toothpaste, and green hair." My cousin thought for a moment, then nodded and sat down on the empty machine that Holy Gun Bro had left. "Come on, let's play a couple of rounds!"

Upon hearing this, countless viewers in the live stream immediately became excited.

Holy crap, a factory!

As everyone knows, the factory manager is a real show-off.

Since retiring, he has never done a live stream. It's as if he has simply disappeared, letting the massive influx of viewers slowly cool down.

If it weren't for Ming Jing's sudden emergence, which brought the Ming family back to prominence, many people would probably have forgotten that the factory director even existed.

All I can say is that my cousin's connections are really effective; my older cousin just showed up when he asked!

Mingjing closed the Korean server client and logged back into the Chinese server, Ionia.

Looking at the ID "Eulerrrr" in Zone 1, Ming Jing even felt a little nostalgic.

This could be considered the beginning of his professional career, right?
Although it was only a year ago.
At this moment, JDG's Sanpang had been waiting for a long time in the friend list, and Yagao even sent a message immediately to ask Mingjing if he had found the person.

"Of course I got it! I got a big one!" Mingjing replied while creating a group room and sending a team invitation to his cousin.

"Shake for a big one?" the toothpaste player immediately asked. "How big?"

The big one will arrive soon.

"Clearlove has joined the room."

Upon seeing this ID, the three members of JDG simultaneously gasped in shock.

That's actually quite big!
Back in the day, the factory manager, using the ID Clearlove, reached the top of the Ionia server with a 74% win rate, becoming a well-known top player in the Chinese server, and of course, everyone in the Chinese server knew him.

"Holy crap, the factory manager is here!" Green Hair was also surprised, then immediately started flattering him, "Bro, are you going to play jungle?"

The factory manager put on his headphones, looking quite cheerful. "I'll jungle, you guys just play your own positions."

"Okay, okay!" The toothpaste nodded vigorously.

Actually, the debut time of the JDG members was not much later than that of Clearlove. If you have to say, it's fair to say they are of the same generation.

However, because of their relationship with Ming Jing, the group always felt that the factory manager was an elder.

Ming Jing didn't say anything, but just smiled and locked in the AD position, returning to his old job.

When the hero was being selected, seeing that the factory manager locked in the classic Sejuani, Mingjing laughed and said, "Is this any good, Kai? If you get crushed in team play, you'll be ruined."

"Isn't it you who's here?" the factory manager said dismissively. "You can just lead the way, can't you?"

The factory manager is indeed getting on in years. Born in 93, he is almost 30 now. In addition, he has been out of action for a long time, so he is now struggling to even defeat a master!

Fortunately, none of the players were highly skilled, and the opponents they faced in the team were not particularly strong. In addition, they had four top-tier active players leading the way, so they easily pushed through the competition.

After several rounds of squad play, the group was laughing and chatting as they pushed through the enemy lines.

In the end, everyone felt that it was no longer difficult, so they simply switched positions to play.

The factory manager came to the bottom lane and picked Yone to support Mingjing's Yasuo, playing the two brothers in an abstract and ruthless way.

In an eight-minute skirmish, Yone used his E to engage but missed with his Q and R, resulting in his death in one combo. However, Mingjing used his EQ flash to knock up two opponents, easily slicing through the AD carry first, and then, with the help of Conqueror, killed the support, completing a 1v2 double kill.

"Ouch!"

"Fuck, that's awesome!"

"What a smooth Yasuo!"

Immediately, the sycophantic voices of JDG's three fat men reached my ears.

Judging from the voice, it seems that Sanpang has completely entered the state of watching the game commentary, as if what is in front of him is not a ranked match, but the Summer Finals that just started.

Inside the live stream, countless viewers were also amused. These guys are all grown up, why are they fawning over a 17-year-old kid like this?
The video editors were quick to act and rapidly saved countless materials.

Soon, these materials will appear on major video websites.

The group played all afternoon, right up until dinner time. Ming Jing temporarily ended his stream, went out for a meal with his cousin, and then returned to the rest room alone to start his Korean server ranking up again that evening.

In the following period, Mingjing entered a full-speed sprint mode. With high-intensity live streaming to rank up, his Korean server score soared, increasing by tens or hundreds of points almost every day!
In less than half a month, just over a week, Mingjing's score had already risen from 1200 to 1755.

This score increase is actually quite difficult to achieve.

Because the top two players in the previous Korean server were both mid laners, it means that Mingjing cannot team up with either of them for a win-win situation; he can only be an opponent, playing a zero-sum game.

Being able to score over 500 points in a week under such circumstances means that the growth rate of the other two has been completely suppressed by him!
that's the truth.

After a week of playing, Showmaker's score dropped instead of increasing, falling to 1575 points, and he has dropped out of the competition for the top spot on the Korean server.

Scout fared slightly better. Although he lost points to Mingjing, he managed to win back points from others. After a week, he slowly climbed to 1800 points, stubbornly maintaining his number one position.

It's also worth mentioning that Scout didn't take a break; instead, like Mingjing, he stayed at the base to climb the ranks.

Having to undergo a 15-day quarantine upon arrival from South Korea, and with the Korean players preparing for the World Championship, it was impossible for them to return to South Korea. So Scout and Viper stayed at the base during this period.

By this time, the EDG players who had gone home to rest had gradually returned to the team.

Under the pressure of being a favorite to win the championship, the EDG team tacitly chose to end the game early to allow themselves more training time.

At this moment, everyone was standing behind Ming Jing, watching him play another ranked game, and none of them dared to speak.

As everyone could see, Scout was also entering ranked selection mode in the corner of the lounge behind Ming Jing.

Looking at the bans, both sides were in the same game and were opponents.
Behind him, Flandre and Viper exchanged glances and whispered to each other how he had spent the last few days in the training room.

The two were locked in a fierce battle in ranked matches, and the atmosphere was getting really intense.
Viper nodded with pursed lips, her expression rather abstract.

That was really shocking; he didn't even dare to say a word.
As for the result of this game, it was completely unexpected.

Mingjing's style is to rise to the challenge when facing strong opponents. He usually plays casually in ranked matches, but if he encounters a tough opponent, he plays seriously. If he encounters a tough opponent and his teammates are at a disadvantage, he immediately activates the second phase and plays with full concentration!

This is a crucial battle for the top spot in the Korean server, and he's facing his strongest opponent. Mingjing certainly won't hold back and goes straight to the second phase.

The final result was quite brutal. Mingjing, playing Akali, completed two solo kills against Scout, completely dominating him!
Then, they quickly spread their advantage to the side lanes, and the number of kills soared, forcing the opponent to surrender with a score of 4-1 at the 20-minute mark!

After the game ended, Mingjing's score soared from 1755 to 1779.

On the other side, Scout, who had just struggled to climb to 1800, suffered another blow, with his score dropping sharply to 1770.

With the rise and fall of forces, the top spot in the Korean server has changed hands once again!
(End of this chapter)