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

Chapter 291 Scout's departure has little impact on EDG.

The exams continued the next day.

Mingjing arrived at the examination hall early as usual, closed his eyes to rest, and cleared his mind to prepare for the exam.

But just as I was adjusting, I suddenly heard someone greeting me.

"Flying God!" The newcomer was a male student who smiled upon seeing Ming Jing and said, "Can we take a picture together after the exam?"

“No problem.” Ming Jing was not surprised by this and nodded in agreement.

Ming Jing is undoubtedly a superstar in this CMO. Even though there aren't many students who play games and follow competitions, almost all of them will find Ming Jing and ask for his autograph and a photo.

But what's with this "Flying God" title?

"How did Fei Shen do on his exam this time?" the man asked again.

"It's alright," Ming Jing said with a smile. "Getting into the national market shouldn't be a problem."

"Wow? That's amazing?" The visitor was somewhat surprised, clearly quite envious of Ming Jing's math scores.

Advancing to the national tournament means being guaranteed admission to Tsinghua or Peking University, which is the goal, or even the dream, of the vast majority of participating candidates.

After all, out of 450 candidates, only 60 can make it into the national training team, with an advancement rate of only 13.3%, which is definitely not high.

"Then let's keep it up and try to get into the national team together."

"OK."

The teacher distributing the exam papers had already entered the examination room, and everyone returned to their seats. The exam soon began.

The difficulty of the three questions on the second day was increased to some extent, but fortunately it was still within Mingjing's ability.

The first two questions didn't take Mingjing too long, and he easily solved them in two hours. He then spent the remaining two and a half hours tackling the last big question.

Time was tight, and Mingjing kept writing until the very last moment of the exam, finally managing to finish the final proof and answer the last question before the papers were collected.

Looking at the answer sheet in front of him, Ming Jing's expression turned somewhat solemn. He sighed slightly and walked out of the examination room.

At the entrance of the examination hall, the homeroom teacher had been waiting for a long time. He watched as the students who were taking the exam came one by one to gather and asked them how they had done.

Of course, Zheng Hu was most concerned about Ming Jing.

"How did it go?" Zheng Hu asked, noticing Ming Jing's somewhat uneasy expression. "Are you confident of making it into the national team this time?"

"I'm definitely confident," Ming Jing said with a relaxed expression. "You'll see when the results come out."

Zheng Hu still couldn't understand where Ming Jing's confidence came from, but he also knew that Ming Jing wasn't the type to make empty boasts. He could only wait for the results to come out the day after tomorrow and see.

The fourth day was study time, and top experts in the field of mathematics in China came to give lectures and provide detailed explanations of the answers to the exams from the past two days.

Ming Jing looked at the detailed explanation before him and shook his head slightly.

Sure enough, he didn't get full marks on the third question on the second day.

The last two and a half hours were a bit rushed. Mingjing was on the right track for the last question, but due to time constraints, a mistake was made.

Fortunately, only this one question was missed.

With a perfect score of 126, even if Mingjing lost the last question's 7 points, he still got 119 points, a success rate of 94.4%.

Last year, the top 60 score rate was 70%, and Mingjing's score rate couldn't be more consistent.

After the lecture, Ming Jing asked Song Xuan to go for a walk and also asked about the other person's score.

As expected, a perfect score.

"You actually lost points on a question?" Song Xuan shook his head, smiled and sighed, "You still need to work harder, Xiao Ming."

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Soon, it was the last day of the winter camp, the closing ceremony.

After the leader's lengthy speech, the CMO exam results were officially released.

The year-long hard work of 450 candidates will come to an end today.

Class teacher Zheng Hu cares about students' grades more than anyone else and waits in front of the list early on.

As usual, Zheng Hu started looking forward from 150th place.

The top 150 are considered gold medalists, who can sign contracts with top universities and are admitted as long as they pass the first-tier university entrance exam.

The top 60 will advance to the national training team and be guaranteed admission to Tsinghua and Peking Universities.

There's no point in looking at the results after 150th place; you can only say try again next year.

For schools, every gold medal and every guaranteed admission in competitions are real achievements that directly determine the school's ranking for the following year.

Zheng Hu nodded in satisfaction as he watched one student after another from Huazhong Normal University Affiliated High School appear on the list.

Based on this number of awards, they certainly didn't disappoint in this year's math competition.

However, it is worth noting that Zheng Hu did not see Ming Jing's name even after looking through the top sixty.

He actually made it into the national team?
How can someone maintain their math scores while competing? How does their brain work?
Zheng Hu was amazed and continued looking forward, seeing the score of the sixtieth place.

60 | Lu Yingdong | 83 points.

When the leader was speaking on stage, he specifically mentioned that the overall difficulty level was higher this year, and the score for the 60th place was slightly lower than last year.

Interestingly, the number of high-scoring test takers has increased significantly compared to last year.

1-3题拿满分的有6人，4-6题拿满分的有3人。

As for those who got full marks on all six questions, there were only two of them!
Looking further up, you can see many of Zheng Hu's senior high school students.

After all, it's a competition held together by the entire high school. Senior students have more time to study and more competition experience, so their scores are generally higher.

Of course, this pattern only applies to ordinary geniuses. Just like in the LPL, ordinary players who enter the LPL also need to gradually accumulate experience before realizing their potential.

But for true geniuses, they only need to use their talent to crush others.

15 | Wang Hao | 99 points

Zheng Hu nodded in satisfaction upon seeing the score.

Although Wang Hao made it into the national team last year, he failed to break into the top 15 in the first round and was unfortunately eliminated.

After a year of hard work, ranking fourteenth nationwide is a significant improvement.

Now they have a chance to break into the top six.

But Zheng Hu soon realized something was wrong.

Not right.

How come we've seen this far but haven't seen Ming Jing's name yet?
Is it not in the top 150? Or is it still higher up?
Or did I miss something?

Compared to the previous two, Zheng Hu is more inclined to believe that he overlooked it.
Then there are those who didn't even make the top 150.

In Zheng Hu's case, these two possibilities are more likely.

After all, he really couldn't believe that Ming Jing could make progress in mathematics while competing for a year.

This had a huge impact on his worldview.

That only shows that he underestimated Mingjing's mathematical talent.

Looking further ahead, you can see the names of the classmates.

7 | Chen Tianxiang | 106 points

This was the top student in the class last year, ranking seventh nationally in the national high school entrance exam. Unfortunately, he missed the IMO (International Mathematical Olympiad). His seventh-place ranking this year shows he's maintained a very good form, and his chances of qualifying for the IMO are very high. Zheng Hu's brow furrowed even more as he continued looking ahead.

Soon, he finally saw the names of the top three.

3 | Mingjing | 119 points

1 | Song Xuan | 126 points

1 | Deng Leyan | 126 points

Zheng Hu was dumbfounded when he saw these three names.

The first place winner, Deng Leyan, needs no introduction; his talent in mathematics is equivalent to Ming Jing's talent in League of Legends.

Last year, when he was just a freshman in high school, he had already achieved perfect scores all the way to the gold medal in the World Olympic Games without losing any points. So, getting a perfect score again this year is just normal performance.

The world is never short of geniuses.

The second point is somewhat unexpected. Song Xuan was consistently second in the country last year, always one step ahead of Deng Leyan. This year, he also achieved a perfect score and tied for first place, which can be considered a steady improvement.

But what about this third one?
When this news gets online, won't it scare netizens to death?
Zheng Hu was completely baffled and puzzled. He turned around and saw Ming Jing and Wang Hao walking towards him.

Wang Hao's eyesight was still good, and he spotted Ming Jing, who was ranked third, at a glance.

"Holy crap!" Wang Hao's reaction was no less than Zheng Hu's. "You're unbeatable, Ming Jing!"

"Am I invincible?" Ming Jing squinted at him, then laughed, "Normal, the score is the same as I estimated. I didn't get the 7 points for the third part of the sixth question."

On the other side, Song Xuan also reached the top of the list. She saw her score at a glance and immediately smiled happily.

Ming Jing and Song Xuan exchanged a glance, then gave each other a knowing high five.

A year has passed, and both of them have made progress.

Song Xuan improved from second place to first place with a perfect score, and Ming Jing also improved to third place.

The two truly embodied the meaning of mutual help and growth.

Zheng Hu looked at Song Xuan and Ming Jing clapping their hands, his eyes narrowing slightly, as if he understood something.

No wonder he's so confident.

After the CMO (Chief Management Officer) period ends, it will be time for universities to compete for talent.

In previous years, people from top-tier universities who seemed unattainable have now transformed into top salespeople, promoting the strengths of their respective schools to students in the top 150.

But this obviously has nothing to do with Ming Jing and the others, as they had already signed contracts with Peking University last year.

Mingjing took Song Xuan for a stroll outside the school and they ate an authentic Fuzhou-style Buddha Jumps Over the Wall.

After sending Song Xuan back to his room that evening, Ming Jing returned to his own room, only to be met with Wang Hao's resentful gaze.

As a good friend, Mingjing was extremely unqualified as CMO this time!
Not only did they get ahead of me in the exam, they also fed me dog food!
This was unacceptable to Wang Hao.

Jumped!

Fortunately, Ming Jing always had good emotional intelligence. He noticed his good friend's frustration and said cheerfully, "I know you're in a hurry, but don't worry. I'll help you rank up when the new season starts."

Hearing that he could rank up, Wang Hao relaxed a little. "Can I reach Grandmaster?"

Wang Hao didn't have much time to play ranked matches this year. He spent the whole year only to reach the Master rank, which is a bit lacking.

"Grandmaster?" Ming Jing's face was full of disdain. "Starting from King!"

Upon hearing this, a smile returned to Wang Hao's face.

Brothers!
The next day, it was time to evacuate.

Ming Jing and Song Xuan did not rush to join the main group of their respective schools, but instead sat and chatted on the side.

When Zheng Hu was counting the number of students, he found that someone was missing. He soon spotted Ming Jing sitting at the school gate.

Song Xuan and Ming Jing are both big stars at this CMO event and were already the focus of attention. However, the two of them seemed to be not acting at all, often leaning together and whispering to each other, making it hard for anyone to ignore them.

Both of them are exceptionally talented, so others have nothing to say but to give them a thumbs up in praise.

So Zheng Hu didn't bother to spoil the mood; he knew Ming Jing would come on his own when it was time to leave.

Ming Jing was also saying goodbye to Song Xuan.

"Then let's meet again when I get to Shanghai?"

Mingjing still has a lot to do, such as signing a new contract, attending an awards ceremony, and participating in the LPL All-Star event. He is destined to stay in Shanghai for a while, so the two will not be separated for long.

"Okay, see you in Shanghai!"

After saying goodbye, Ming Jing returned to the main group of students at school, boarded the bus with his classmates, and headed to the airport.

The plane took off quickly, landed at Tianhe Airport, and then returned to Huazhong Normal University Affiliated High School by school bus.

It was already evening by the time the trip was over.

Mingjing saw his father's car from afar. He picked up his luggage and was about to walk over when his homeroom teacher patted him on the shoulder.

"You did well on this exam," Zheng Hu said earnestly. "Keep up the good work, Guoji. You're a senior now, this is your last chance, so make sure you seize it."

Mingjing nodded to the old teacher, indicating that he could rest assured.

"Oh, by the way, I have a question for you," Zheng Hu suddenly continued.

"Hmm?" Ming Jing raised an eyebrow. "Please go ahead."

"You'll still be with EDG next year, right? Has anyone left the team?"

"There shouldn't be any, teacher."

"That's good."

Zheng Hu nodded in satisfaction, "Keep up the good work for next year's exam, and try your best to beat Faker!"

Someone like Zheng Hu, who has been watching the games since ancient times, has long been unhappy with Faker.

He just didn't expect that the person who pulled Faker down from the top spot would be his own student.

When he returned home, Mingjing could feel that the atmosphere at home had improved a lot, and his parents' faces were full of happiness.

The fact that their child has achieved such great success in games is already a source of pride for the family, but the parents never expected that their child would not only excel in games but also keep up with their studies, which is even more amazing!

Third in the country? My goodness!
Both parents were city kids and went to school when they were young, but why didn't they show this talent when they were in school?
All I can say is that my child is a true genius descended from heaven.

However, Mingjing didn't stay at home for long. He only stayed for two days before taking off again with his cousin, heading straight for Shanghai.

With the transfer window now halfway through, EDG needs to hurry up and finalize the contract renewals.

Mingjing was unable to sign a contract due to the exam, and his teammates could only wait helplessly. EDG Club, this behemoth, did not make any move during the ten days that the transfer window was open.

So far, the club's official Weibo account has only posted a message wishing Scout all the best.

It's also worth mentioning that Scout found a new team very quickly; just a few days after the transfer window opened, LCK team DRX officially announced Scout's signing.

Following Deft, DRX has once again recruited a carry player from EDG, giving them a bit of an EDG second team vibe.

Scout's quick transfer did not cause much of a stir among the Piggy and Little Knights, as if it were just a stone thrown into a pond, creating ripples before quickly subsiding.

It can only be said that Scout's departure will not have a significant impact on EDG.

Yes, this time it's for real.

(End of this chapter)