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

Chapter 301 Everyone Gets a Perfect Score!

Does a ping of 35 actually have any impact?

Under the intense rhythm, not only Faker's white and black pieces, but also other people who wanted to have fun joined the barrage, filling the entire screen with comments!

Seeing all these comments, Ming Jing couldn't help but scratch his head.

He was initially a little confused as to why the focus had shifted to him.

But upon closer examination, the logic behind it becomes clear.

The haters insist that Faker was just being stubborn after losing the game.

The idea that 35Ping affects gameplay is pure nonsense.
The difference between 35 ping and 0 ping is only 0.035 seconds!

But Bai Zi also had something to say.

He's Faker. What talent do you have? What environment do you have?
You can't tell the difference, but other people can!

China and South Korea are still different.

South Korea is such a small place that no matter where you are in South Korea, the ping value for playing games will probably not exceed 10 ping.

For example, T1's base is located in Seoul, where the ping value is only around 3. It's normal to feel uncomfortable when playing a game with 35 ping, which is the usual 3 ping in ranked matches and 0 ping in tournaments.

The two sides argued so fiercely but couldn't reach a conclusion, so they simply came to Mingjing's live stream and asked Feishen to mediate and settle the matter.

Fei Shen's talent is in no way inferior to Faker's, and may even be better. His words are the truth!
Ming Jing didn't want to get involved in this backlash, but the live stream chat was flooded with so many comments that he had no choice but to respond.

"There is a difference, of course." Ming Jing said honestly, "Every time I play a match, I can clearly feel that the operation is smoother."

Mingjing was telling the truth.

China is a vast country with abundant resources, and most of its servers are located in eastern coastal cities, so it's perfectly normal for inland players to experience ping values ​​of 30 to 50.

LPL professional players often switch between these two ping values, and you can feel that their actions in the game are indeed more responsive.

Upon hearing this, countless science fans were shocked.

Does this mean Fei Shen is on our side?

But Ming Jing then changed the subject, saying, "But if you're saying that this ping has any impact on me, that's nonsense. I have 35 ping when I play on the Korean server, so what impact could it have? I'm still number one."

This is also true.

If ping values ​​have such a significant impact, then Korean players should dominate the Korean server rankings, since their bases are all in Seoul, and they practically live on the servers while playing the game.

But clearly, that is not the case.

For the past two years, Myungkyung has dominated the top spot in the Korean server for an extended period.

Furthermore, considering Faker's 0-5 record in the final decisive game, it shouldn't be due to ping issues.
Upon hearing this, countless Kobe haters immediately burst into laughter.

Is this a case of forcing someone to grow up, using a strategy of first suppressing them to elevate them?

I knew Faker was just being stubborn! He said it had no impact!
Mingjing himself may not have intended to participate in this debate, but he was merely expressing his own views. However, his views have become the most powerful weapon for his critics.

Opinions such as Faker being stubborn and his future being uncertain are rampant.

These words even reached Korean forums!
At this time, the Korean INVEN community was discussing how everyone was immersed in anger over the MSI defeat, with fans of the DK and T1 factions fiercely arguing and cursing each other.

DK fans believe that if DK were to play in MSI this time, the championship would definitely go to South Korea.

If I can't beat Phi, how could I not beat RNG?

Sang-hyeok is already this old and is no longer suitable for fighting tough battles. He gave away so many kills in the last game. Shouldn't he go eat a few more bananas?

As for the T1 series, the same thing still applies—

Why didn't you come? Did you not want to come?
Haven't you given away enough championships to the LPL in the past two years? Are you thinking of continuing to give them away?
Just as the two sides were arguing heatedly, Mingjing's remarks added fuel to the fire, igniting the entire forum once again!
[What the hell is this person saying?]

What does this have to do with him? This guy doesn't even qualify for the competition, yet he dares to comment on the runner-up?

[Add insult to injury!]

[I think what they said makes sense. Sang-hyeok is obviously just being stubborn. Who uses a delay as an excuse after losing?]

This is embarrassing on an international scale.

[What's so embarrassing about it? Whose side are you on anyway?! You bastard!]

[How can someone say that 35 ping has no impact? Then I don't think Phi has any talent at all!]

Is it possible that their skill level is so high that they can still win even with high latency?

I used to think Phi was a really good player, but now I see he's just so-so, and his character is terrible!

[Phi! The Enemy of South Korea!]

Of course, Mingjing could not possibly know about these discussions.

Ming Jing never expected that his casual remark would cause such a huge reaction on Korean forums, putting him directly on the opposite side of the Korean audience.

Even if Mingjing knew, he wouldn't take it seriously.

This isn't the first time South Koreans have hated him.

After each victory against the South Korean team, Mingjing would see posts from Korean netizens on the forum, and he could see all those Koreans who wanted to tear him apart.

This time was no different from the previous times, except that the triggering conditions were special.

Regardless of the circumstances, Mingjing's remarks seem to be a characterization of Faker.

Originally, the black and white pieces were arguing fiercely, each with their own reasons, but after Ming Jing said this, the white pieces began to lose ground and their arguments could no longer stand up!
Mingjing's authority is based on his peak performance upon debut and his status as the number one player in the Korean server to this day.

It would be easy for Faker to turn the tide. If he could defeat Mingjing head-on in the competition, or even knock him off the top spot in the Korean server, then Baizi would have some room to maneuver.

The internet has no memory; once this storm passes, history will be turned over however one pleases.

Whether or not it can be done is another matter entirely.

Let alone defeating Mingjing in the competition, even taking the top spot in the Korean server would be difficult.

After Mingjing reached the top rank in the Korean server, his number of ranked matches began to decrease significantly.

After all, the ranking speed is too slow at this stage. It takes 20 minutes to get even a guaranteed match, and Mingjing is too lazy to practice on a smurf account. He just doesn't have the patience for that.

However, this did not prevent Mingjing's score from steadily rising. He became the first to break through the 1700 mark and is steadily moving towards 1800.

Behind him are a host of well-known mid-laners such as Chovy, Showmaker, Knight, and Rookie.

With frequent version updates, the current version can truly be called a golden age for mid laners. The influence of mid laners in the game is reaching a new peak, to the point that mid laners have already dominated the rankings on various servers.

But the only one who can defeat Ming Jing is Ming Jing himself.

Time quickly passed to mid-June, and with the summer seasons gradually starting in various regions, Ming Jing also needed to pack his bags to participate in the month-long national team final training camp.

The long training period meant that not only would those behind him be catching up, but Mingjing himself would also automatically lose points for not playing games, making it inevitable that he would fall from first place.

But it doesn't matter.

For Mingjing, being number one in the Korean server is a completely insignificant achievement.

He's about to embark on a truly challenging task.

The plane landed in Beijing soon after.

Three months later, Ming Jing finally saw Song Xuan again. Song Xuan was obviously impatient and, ignoring his mother watching right beside him, gave Ming Jing a big hug.

It was mid-June, already summer, and Song Xuan was only wearing a thin white shirt. Their embrace was intimate, a stark contrast to the winter when Song Xuan wore a cotton-padded coat.

Song's mother watched from the side. Fortunately, she had anticipated her daughter's situation and, being an experienced woman herself, she didn't think much of it and simply turned her head away casually.

Ming Jing, on the other hand, felt a little embarrassed. He smelled the fragrance emanating from his girlfriend's hair and gently patted the girl's back. "Alright, alright, let's go."

"Hum~"

Song Xuan then let go, and then ran towards the training ground with Ming Jing.

It's still Peking University's Yan Garden.

The training was still led by Mr. Jiang.

This training can be directly understood as the third phase of the national training team.

However, it lasts longer and is more intense.

"Actually, I believe that with your abilities, you wouldn't have any problems even if you went directly to take the Olympiad."

With a kind and gentle expression, Professor Jiang was giving the opening remarks, saying, "But you are all so outstanding, and you are all future students of Peking University, so I still want to give you more opportunities to learn and improve."

"I hope you will all cherish this opportunity. This learning experience will definitely benefit you immensely."

Professor Jiang is a pure academic; he's ruthless and doesn't talk much.

After the opening remarks, as before, a problem was given out, indicating that this was the main task for everyone over the next week, and then it was announced that self-study would begin.

Mingjing looked at the questions and felt overwhelmed.

Previously, at the national training team, the questions given by Coach Jiang were the most difficult Ming Jing had ever encountered. Even with his continuous learning and research, it took him a full week and a half to solve them.

But this question is significantly more difficult than the previous ones.

It's at the point where I can't understand the question again.
Only then did Ming Jing have a chance to ask Song Xuan, who was standing to the side, "Was it the same last year?"

"No way!" Song Xuan looked a little confused. "Last year's questions weren't this difficult!"

"No way, you don't know how either?"

"I really can't!"

Listening to his girlfriend's answer, Mingjing scratched his head and roughly understood the purpose of this training.

One thing is certain: this national team is very strong.

After all, three perfect scores were produced at the same time, and there was also a genius like Deng Leyan whose score was limited by the upper limit of the test paper.

It's no exaggeration to say that this session is the most intense one in recent years, or even in the last one or two decades.

Even in Wei Dongyi's year, the average intensity was far lower.

In this situation, regular national team training becomes meaningless. If they just use past Olympiad questions as real questions, they might be instantly defeated.

Therefore, the School of Mathematical Sciences decided to conduct a high-intensity advanced training program to further enhance the abilities of this group of people.

Anyway, it's quite a coincidence that all six of these are from Peking University, so there's no fear of losing out.

In other words, the six people are in luck; this training will be hellish in difficulty.

But Ming Jing wasn't afraid.

As one of only three people who answered the questions given by Master Jiang and scored full marks, Ming Jing firmly believed that even without the background of Song Xuan and Deng Leyan, as long as he kept up with the pace taught by the teacher, he should have no problem passing the training smoothly.

that's the truth.

Over the next month, Ming Jingxue stumbled along, almost always getting the answer to each question right at the last minute, but he never fell behind.

Even at this level, only three out of the six people present have achieved it.

As for which three people they are, there's no need to elaborate.

I don't know how many strands of hair I lost, but a month has passed in the blink of an eye.

July arrived quickly, and we were heading towards the middle of the month.

Although they spent very little time in school and didn't even take the college entrance exam, Mingjing and Songxuan have now officially graduated from high school and are about to embark on their university journey together.

Under the auspices of the state, the six took off from the airport and headed straight for Oslo, Norway.

This is not the first time Ming Jing has gone abroad to compete.

Strangely, every time Mingjing went abroad, it was to Northern Europe.
Even though the Nordic countries are sparsely populated and have beautiful scenery suitable for tourism, they can get a bit boring after a while.

And the journey is indeed quite long.

Having witnessed the Northern Lights in Reykjavik and having just undergone a month of grueling training, Ming and Song had no interest in sightseeing at the moment. They were only thinking about winning the competition as soon as possible and then returning home to get some rest.

The 63rd International Mathematical Olympiad officially began on July 19th.

589 students from 104 countries and regions were seated in different examination rooms.

Mingjing looked around but didn't see anyone he knew, so he could only look down at the three big questions in front of him.

After enduring a month of hellish training at Peking University, Ming Jing looked at the IMO problems that seemed like gibberish a year ago with a sense of ease.

Why does it seem a bit too simple?
While countless other test-takers around him were frowning and pulling their hair out, Ming Jing had already started writing furiously, filling the white paper with lines of numbers, letters, and symbols.

There are a total of six questions over two days, each worth 7 points, for a total of 42 points. Mingjing's goal is to get a perfect score.

On July 20th, the day after the competition, the difficulty level increased further.

But this still didn't cause Mingjing any trouble. The last number theory problem might have many solutions, but Mingjing only saw the solution that was most suitable for him—starting a brainstorming session.

He used Lucas's theorem to establish a recursion, writing down page after page of formulas, and through terrifying calculations that made one's scalp crawl, he forcibly completed the final proof problem.

The exam ended quickly, and Ming Jing soon found Song Xuan in the crowd. The two then rejoined the group, and everyone quickly checked their answers.

After listening to Deng Leyan's answer, the other five checked it and then nodded and smiled.

“Then I should be fine,” Ming Jing said. “Full marks.”

"I also got a perfect score!" Song Xuan clenched his fist lightly.

“Me too.” The others nodded in agreement.

Upon hearing this, the team leader's face lit up with ecstasy!
Does this mean everyone got a perfect score?
In the long history of the IMO, there has only been one instance where all six participants achieved a perfect score.

That was in 1994. The US team, with a super foreign aid combination of four Chinese, one Indian, and one American, achieved an exaggerated score of perfect marks, forcibly ending China's five-year championship streak.

Nearly twenty years have passed in the blink of an eye. Could this achievement be repeated?
July 23rd, the day the results were announced.

The results of this exam will once again be announced globally via live broadcast.

Because of Ming Jing's presence, this competition received a huge amount of attention from all over the world, and even crashed the IMO's official live streaming website at one point.

Although countless League of Legends players have absolutely nothing to do with math competitions, it doesn't stop them from watching to see how Phi, the potential GOAT, will perform in this competition.

But the result left everyone who wanted to know the outcome wide-eyed.

All six members of the Chinese team won the gold medal with a perfect score of 42 points, and ranked first in the team with a total score of 252 points, becoming the second team in IMO history to have all members achieve a perfect score.

(End of this chapter)