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

Does Chapter 300, Ping 35, actually have any impact?
"Let's congratulate EDG on sweeping DK 3-0 to become the 2021 League of Legends World Championship winner! After eight years, they have finally achieved their goal. Their perseverance has moved everyone, and they deserve this championship."

At the end of the documentary, Wang Duoduo's concluding remarks from the commentary panel were still echoing.

"Congratulations to Xiaofei for winning the FMVP again! He becomes the first player in history to win the FMVP twice in a row, and also the first player in history to win the FMVP in different positions!"

The camera focused on Ming Jing holding up the FMVP trophy, amidst a thunderous roar of cheers from thousands of spectators.

"In esports, new talents always emerge, each dominating for three to five years. The first decade of League of Legends belonged to Faker. The title of 'Great Demon King' was like a banner, bringing League of Legends to the forefront of the economy."

"And in this second decade, the emergence of Phi seems to signify a kind of inheritance. Perhaps he was born to push the League of Legends professional league to a new peak."

"Just like his player ID, Phi, which means perfection. Not that he is born perfect, but that he dares to be perfect. I hope that Xiaofei can continue to contribute perfect performances to us in the rest of his professional career."

The documentary has now come to an end.

It began with clarity and respect, and it also ended with clarity and respect.

Upon seeing this, Mingjing simply pressed the power button to turn off the phone screen.

Song Xuan stared at him expectantly, "Why don't you look at the comments?"

"It doesn't seem very interesting."

What was supposed to be a documentary about EDG's championship win turned into a personal biography of Mingjing since his debut.

Tengjing's intention to promote Ming Jing couldn't be clearer.

Ming Jing could easily imagine what the comments would be like.

But Ming Jing didn't like this, since he always felt that every championship he won was achieved through the joint efforts of his teammates, and this kind of concentrated attention was somewhat like taking credit for himself.

"Want to go for a walk?"

Let's go!

The current restrictions remain severe, and the two can only move around in the corridors between school buildings; they can't even go to the playground.

But it's enough.

"The team disbands and goes home tomorrow. What are your plans? Will you go back to play in matches?"

Song Xuan asked.

"Probably not." Ming Jing thought for a moment and said, "I've informed the team that I won't be playing any matches in the first half of the year. I'll probably just stream ranked games and prepare for the IMO."

This year's IMO will start in mid-July, and the national team will return a month in advance to begin pre-competition training, which means that Jing can move around freely until mid-June.

It's early April now, which is a bit of an awkward time.

The LPL Spring Playoffs are now coming to an end.

Just a few days ago, on April 4th, EDG was eliminated in the loser's bracket semifinals, missing out on the upcoming Mid-Season Invitational.

Even if Ming Jing rejoins the team now, there are no matches to play. The team has already been eliminated, so what's the point of playing?

The summer tournament also starts in mid-June, and Mingjing is about to begin IMO training. Given the conflict, it's clear he won't be able to play.

Ming Jing wants to return to the team, but he has to wait until the summer playoffs in August no matter what.

However, Ming Jing is not worried about the impact of missing most of the matches.

In terms of the League of Legends esports system, championships other than the World Championship are not really important.

Mingjing from S10 only debuted at the World Championship and only won the S-series championship throughout the year. But so what? He still attracted most of the attention with an FMVP award. He was at his peak right from the start!
Considering the current resurgence of the virus and other factors, it's best for Mingjing to stick to live streaming from home.

"So, do you have time to help me rank up?" Song Xuan asked softly, "I want to reach Master rank."

The two have known each other for over a year now, but they have never actually played a single game together.

After all, Ming Jing rarely plays ranked games on match days, except for matches and training matches. He might play a few games casually on rest days, and spends the rest of his time chatting with Song Xuan and doing math problems.

It was a rare break after the S-series ended, and Ming Jing was either preparing for the math competition or competing with Wang Hao for points, which meant he was somewhat neglecting Song Xuan.

But the good thing about Song Xuan is that her upbringing and rational personality prevent her from throwing a tantrum over being neglected.

Upon hearing this, Mingjing hooked his arm around his girlfriend's shoulder and said, "You should have said so earlier. I'm always available whenever you have time."

Song Xuan smiled slightly and continued walking forward with Ming Jing.

"Oh, right."

"Ok?"

"It's your birthday today, right?"

"Oh?" Ming Jing was somewhat surprised. "You know that too?"

"Of course I need to know," Song Xuan said with a hint of smugness.

Mingjing's birthday is actually no secret.

After all, Ming Jing only turned seventeen last year, after his birthday on April 8th, and was finally able to make his debut on the LPL stage.

Countless piglets have been eagerly awaiting this day.

This year's national training team started in late March, and after two weeks of training, today is April 8th.

Ming Jing is now an 18-year-old adult.

However, Mingjing didn't take birthdays too seriously, so he didn't mention them at all.

Song Xuan rummaged through his bag for a moment, then quickly pulled out a box and handed it to Ming Jing.

"This is a gift for you." The girl's eyes were clear, and her smile was bright. "Happy birthday!"

Ming Jing took the box and looked it over. "What's this?"

The box has an exquisite appearance, with the words "BREITLING" clearly printed on it. I don't know what brand it is.

"It's just a watch, a Breitling mechanical chronograph, a new model that just came out this year." Song Xuan helped Ming Jing open the box and urged, "Try it on!"

Mingjing opened the box and saw the watch inside.

The dial is exquisitely designed and exudes elegance and luxury; it's clearly not cheap.

Ming Jing carefully took out the watch and asked, "How much does this cost? It looks a bit expensive."

"It's alright." The rich woman took the watch, gestured for Mingjing to raise his left wrist, and said casually, "It's only a little over sixty thousand."

Upon hearing this, Ming Jing breathed a sigh of relief.

Theoretically speaking, it's not expensive.

Ming Jing was afraid that Song Xuan would throw away hundreds of thousands of valuables, making it difficult for him to reciprocate.

Although Ming Jing doesn't spend money extravagantly, he actually earns tens of millions a year, so he can accept gifts worth tens of thousands.

Ming Jing watched as the girl carefully adjusted the length of the watch strap in front of him and laughed, "You even prepared a gift, aren't you afraid I'll be eliminated early?"

After all, only if Ming Jing advances to the finals and is selected for the national team can he stay at Peking University until April 8th.

Without looking up, Song Xuan quoted a word that had just appeared in the documentary, "Believe." After fastening the clasp, Song Xuan examined it carefully and then nodded, "Hmm, not bad~ Now even if you can't see me, with this watch, you won't forget me."

Ming Jing was a little confused: "How could I possibly forget you?"

"Hmph, that's hard to say!"

"Forehead"

The night passed, and the next day arrived.

Mingjing waved goodbye to Song Xuan, and then they each embarked on their journeys home.

Song Xuan had family members to pick him up and drop him off, but Ming Jing went alone.

Anyway, Mingjing's abilities are beyond doubt. He could return on his own no matter where he was in the world, so his parents weren't worried.

Of course, Dad still drove to the airport to pick him up.

After returning to Wuhan, Mingjing's life seemed to be on fast-forward.

Mingjing no longer has any short-term goals; all he needs to do is keep training, whether it's studying or playing games.

As before, Mingjing started streaming all day long, spending the morning studying and practicing problems in the study room, and the afternoon playing solo queue on the Korean server to climb the ranks.

At this moment, EDG has been eliminated and missed MSI. Countless fans, facing the failure of the Spring Split, naturally began to miss the performance of Fei Shen. Countless people gathered in Ming Jing's live broadcast room, shouting words such as "The team is in danger and must return quickly".

If Song Xuan has time, he will immediately end the broadcast and accompany Song Xuan to rank up.

It means that none of the three sides were delayed.

Gradually, Song Xuan's Canyon account finally reached the Master rank.

The girl didn't seem interested in ranking up further; she was mainly enjoying Mingjing's company and didn't care about the score.

It's the same as doing practice problems together via voice chat.

Mingjing's Korean server account ranked up incredibly fast.

Previously, Mingjing's account had already reached the top five in the Korean server. Although he dropped a lot of rankings in half a month, it didn't make much difference to Mingjing. Getting first place was just a matter of time.

In the final game where they won, Mingjing filled in as the jungler and was matched with Faker and his former youth training friend Yu Zihan, who is also known as Qingtian.

Yu Zihan did not have a smooth game. Playing Poppy, she was targeted and killed repeatedly, and in just over ten minutes, she had a score of 0-5.

If it were a normal ranked match, Yu Zihan would definitely have just started waiting for level 15.

But seeing that his jungler was Ming Jing, Yu Zihan couldn't really lash out, so he could only ask the god of Jing to save him in the chat channel.

Ming Jing simply told Yu Zihan not to rush, and then continued to coordinate with Faker in the mid and jungle. They made up for their disadvantage in the upper half by leveraging the advantage in the lower half of the map, and easily won the game in the last few team fights.

There was no thrilling battle, just an ordinary ranked match, and Mingjing successfully reached the top of the Korean server.

Meanwhile, the League of Legends esports scene continues to progress steadily.

The pandemic did not prevent the Mid-Season Invitational from being held.

Even though RNG was restricted from traveling abroad, they still participated in the Busan tournament remotely.

RNG will represent the LPL in the Spring Championship this year, facing off against Faker's T1!

It turns out that both T1 and RNG, the teams that shone brightly at last year's World Championship, have real talent.

Both teams had obvious weaknesses last year, and it was precisely because of these weaknesses that they were both eliminated and failed to reach the final.

Now that they've addressed their weaknesses during the transfer window, the results have been immediate, and they've become champions in their respective regions, with a hint of a showdown at the top.

Of course, RNG's championship was built on the premise that Mingjing did not return.

On the contrary, T1 broke DK's regional championship streak and avenged their defeat, which can be described as a truly impressive achievement.

Countless viewers are eager to see what sparks will fly when these two teams, who went to five games in the quarterfinals last year, meet again at MSI.

Ming Jing also had a chance to slack off. Taking advantage of having reached number one on the Korean server and having nothing else to do, he simply started streaming himself watching the matches.
Surprisingly, this year's MSI still produced quite a few amusing incidents.

RNG lived up to the reputation of being the top region, achieving six consecutive victories in the group stage. However, due to a delay bug caused by Riot Games, the results of three matches were canceled, forcing a rematch.

It must be said that the decision to replay the game is quite abstract.

Since it was a bug by the tournament organizers, the teams shouldn't have to pay for it.

RNG wasn't blinded by anger and maintained their stable performance, winning three more games and ending the group stage with an unprecedented 9-0 record.

The subsequent elimination rounds were even more turbulent. Some people discovered from a first-person perspective that the T1 player's ping value was not the prescribed 35 ping, but 22 ping, and developed a new equation 22=35.

For example, some people think that the knockout stage schedule is unreasonable and that T1 should not play back-to-back matches.

Anyway, the conflict between China and South Korea has been going on and on without any resolution.

Fortunately, RNG maintained a stable mentality. Perhaps their 9-0 record in the group stage gave them great confidence, allowing them to continue their steady progress and eventually meet T1 in the finals.

Nothing is more convincing than a championship.

Regardless of which side public opinion leads before the match, it will only become a weapon for the victor when the match ends.

With Ming Jing and tens of thousands of viewers in the live stream witnessing the two sides play a full five games.

In the final match, MID Tiger performed exceptionally well, with his Ice Maiden perfectly suppressing Faker's Ahri, helping the team secure the victory.

LPL has once again won the MSI championship trophy.

In the live stream, the five RNG players were in their base, decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations, and together they raised a replica of the MSI cup.

Busan had been turned into a library by now, and it was a thousand miles away. Although there were no cheers from the audience, the five RNG players were quite content, which was more than enough.

Nothing is more fitting for RNG's MSI journey than a championship.

During Mingjing's break, RNG perfectly upheld the reputation of the LPL.

But the real fun is yet to come.

In the post-match interview, Faker once again revealed that the 35-ping limit set for this remote match had a significant impact on him.

There's a saying that goes, "When you've lost, everything you say is just an excuse."

Faker's ramblings and inconsistencies seem to the audience no different from his stubbornness.

Originally, Faker held a lofty position in the LPL, was the Great Demon King, and was the current GOAT. His very existence represented a spirit of perseverance.

Given his age, even if Faker loses a match, the audience won't be too harsh on him.

Age is the best excuse. If Faker simply said after the match that he was too old and couldn't concentrate like he used to in the fifth game, then probably no one would criticize him. Instead, they would feel sorry for him.

But Faker brought up ping values, touching on this sensitive point where the two had previously clashed, which generated a lot of public discussion.

Even that very night, Mingjing's live stream was flooded with comments.

Does a ping of 35 actually have any impact?

(End of this chapter)