Mingkai, if you're this cowardly, you should just go home and raise pigs.

Both sides spent the remaining days training intensively.

Meiko and Mingkai have been staying by Zhou Hanyang's side for the past few days, learning his understanding of the game and its operational logic.

They are the team's commander and deputy commander, and in most cases, they are required to make decisions.

Zhou Hanyang often has to engage in high-intensity battles when he's on the road.

He didn't have a system after all; he was just a normal human being.

In a high-intensity game, it is impossible to consider the overall situation.

He can only give instructions to the jungler at most; he really can't take care of the situation in the bottom lane.

Besides the two of them, Coach Nofe has also had a lot of exchanges with Zhou Hanyang these past few days.

As the coach of the Tigers last year, he possesses an offensive awareness that other LCK teams do not have.

Moreover, last year the Tigers' top laner was Smeb, a player once hailed as a "hexagonal top laner".

After learning about Zhou Hanyang's game ideas, understanding of games, and operational logic, Nofe found that he actually had a lot in common with Zhou Hanyang.

He truly understands the underlying logic of this tactical system.

Zhou Hanyang, despite possessing a version-specific knowledge and game understanding that is far ahead of its time, is still a forerunner.

However, his perspective is ultimately limited to that of a professional player.

After clarifying Zhou Hanyang's underlying logic, Nofe provided him with many suggestions that were relevant to the current version.

It must be said that these suggestions greatly improved Zhou Hanyang.

In addition, mid laner Scout has been practicing Tristana and Lucian like crazy these past few days.

This version of Tristana isn't really suited for the mid lane; she's only viable when paired with Ivern.

But Lucian will definitely be a viable mid-lane pick in this patch.

In the original history, WE used Lucian in the mid lane to solo kill Faker several times in the upcoming MSI.

He was once jokingly called Lu Xiye by his fans.

The past few days have been fulfilling and busy, and they've flown by.

April 29th, the day of the finals.

Everyone got up at noon.

After having lunch at the base, everyone played a couple of ranked games to maintain their skills.

At 1:30, we set off on time for the competition venue, the Hongqiao Broadcasting Center.

The drive takes about half an hour.

It was already past 2 o'clock when we arrived at the venue.

However, the finals start at 4 p.m., so there is still plenty of time.

As soon as EDG's bus arrived at the venue, fans and spectators who had already arrived surrounded it.

"EDG come on!"

"Go, factory manager!"

"Go Mingkai!"

"Go, junior!"

"Crush WE 3-0!"

"Factory manager, have you studied MSI's competitors this time?"

"Hahahahahaha..."

Amid cheers from the fans, everyone successfully entered the backstage lounge inside the competition venue.

Coach Nofe, along with the analysts, began another last-minute cramming session for everyone.

Here are some of the WE players' little habits, as well as their ward placement habits.

After 2 p.m., more and more spectators arrived at the scene.

The stands in the stadium gradually filled up.

At 3:59, the lights on the large screen suddenly went out.

A countdown appeared on the big screen.

10, 9, 8... 3, 2, 1!

When the countdown was completely over, the host's voice rang out.

"Welcome everyone to..."

The host gave an opening speech, followed by the contestants' appearance.

Amidst deafening cheers from the audience, the players from both teams took to the field.

When Mingkai appeared, the cheers from the crowd almost lifted the roof off the stadium.

At that moment, the entire stadium was chanting Mingkai's name.

Let's give him our sincerest cheers.

Of all the LPL memes, Mingkai alone has eight out of ten.

Even though half of the LPL's top players were eliminated by Clearlove at last year's World Championship, he is still the most talked-about figure in the LPL.

Walking under the spotlight, looking at the packed stands.

Zhou Hanyang, who was experiencing the charm of e-sports for the first time, felt his blood boiling.

"How is it? Nervous, facing such a big scene for the first time?" Mingkai, walking beside him, chuckled softly.

"I'm not nervous!" Zhou Hanyang shook his head and smiled, "I'm excited."

"Look at you, still saying you're not nervous? You're really stubborn." Mingkai sneered.

“Of course someone like you, who lacks a competitive spirit, wouldn’t understand,” Zhou Hanyang retorted.

"You're saying I don't have a competitive spirit? How come I don't have a competitive spirit?"

"EDG will never be wiped out. You're a coward, you're weak, you just have to carry the team..."

"You coward, you idiot, I'll XXX..."

When the two started again, the rest of EDG were already used to it.

This has become their daily routine.

In any case, in the end, someone will inevitably break down.

Soon the players from both sides came to their seats and began to adjust their equipment.

During this time, the on-site commentators started spouting all sorts of meaningless nonsense.

Fortunately, this pointless chatter session ended quickly.

Before the draft phase, a pre-match promotional video appeared on the big screen.

The promotional video begins with AI portraits of each player, with their respective main heroes in the background.

After a series of flashy, embarrassing scenes that made people pick their toes.

This is followed by a comparison of data from each location.

Then, finally, it was time for the pre-match trash talk between the two players.

The first to appear was naturally Mingkai.

"Last year, before the Spring Finals, I said we were already studying our MSI opponents! Later we lost the Spring Finals."

Everyone's joking that we studied our opponents at MSI, only to find we couldn't beat them, so we just decided not to go!

But this year, we've actually been studying our MSI opponents. We're confident we can beat them this year, so we'll definitely go!

Mingkai's witty remarks caused an uproar among the audience.

"Aaaaaaaahh ...

Cheers erupted throughout the stadium.

For viewers and fans, losing the game...

It's not scary at all.

What's scary is the lack of ambition.

If esports players lose their fighting spirit, they might as well retire and go home to raise pigs.

April 29, 2017, happened to be a Saturday.

The May Day holiday was adjusted, so the holiday started as early as the 29th.

Countless viewers and fans were already waiting in the live stream room for the start of the LPL Spring Finals.

Mingkai's words caused the live stream chat to explode.

The live stream even experienced lag for many viewers due to the sheer volume of comments.

After Mingkai's departure, WE's jungler Condi took over.

In comparison, Condi's remarks seemed rather 'ordinary'!

It's all just the same old cliché: they made it to the finals, proving that their year-long efforts weren't in vain.

Then the others spoke, all of them rather blandly.

Until Zhou Hanyang appeared on screen.

"When the Tyndall effect occurs, light takes shape! When I stepped onto the stage of the finals, my dream was given a form and became completely tangible!"

Beneath Zhou Hanyang's wispy bangs, his dark eyes shone brightly, as if illuminating the deepest recesses of one's heart.

"From the moment I stepped onto the professional stage, I had only one goal: to win the championship!!!"

Zhou Hanyang's words were met with thunderous applause once again!

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