nucmednet Chapter 28: Has Tazan begun to fulfill his filial duties?
Chapter 28: Has Tazan begun to fulfill his filial duties?
Lin Jin's Weibo account, which he had only registered not long ago, quickly gained a large number of followers.
Lin Jin's popularity is soaring due to his outstanding performance at the World Championship.
Netizens left numerous comments below his Weibo post.
"Brother Huo, have something good to eat."
"Huozi is awesome, a world-class carry!"
"That's really awesome, Huozi-ge, you've worked hard."
"Top Esports' most stable player is you; with you around, I don't feel anxious."
Keep going, the path to godhood is right here.
"Huozi, eat more. Only when the top laner is super fat can he carry."
The meal lasted until the early hours of the morning. After returning to the hotel, Lin Jin washed up and rested early.
When he was on the forum, he noticed that some netizens discovered that White Crescent seemed to no longer be on Top Esports.
"Could he really have been killed?"
"After changing to the white crescent moon logo, Top Esports' performance immediately improved. Isn't that amazing?"
"Wow, that's amazing! The White Crescent Moon is gone?"
"The assistant coach has been promoted, and the draft picks are good."
"The white crescent moon is definitely problematic."
"I heard that someone from Top Esports had a fight with White Crescent? It was pretty serious."
"I don't know, they're just rumors, how big of a fuss can they get?"
"I feel there is definitely some contradiction, but it's not that serious."
"I'm curious, who exactly is arguing with the white crescent moon?"
"It's definitely Xiao Tian; he's been unhappy with the head coach for a long time."
There were all sorts of opinions, and Lin Jin scrolled through several videos but couldn't find any related ones.
It seems the authorities have intervened and prevented media personnel from exposing this matter.
But it was bound to be exposed sooner or later, and Lin Jin didn't care.
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The next day.
Lin Jin got up early to train in the training room, and his ranking score on the North American server continued to rise.
Later tonight, they will be filming a promotional video for the quarterfinals, which will take some time, so there will only be one best-of-three practice match.
Everyone took the rankings very seriously and was full of hope for the knockout stage.
Top Esports' coaching staff also thoroughly studied the DK team.
DK is South Korea's third seed, with Canyon and Heo Soo as their tactical core.
They can only be a team that plays mid and jungle.
Therefore, the coach's idea is that the midfielder and jungler must engage in high-intensity physical contact.
Gao Tianliang remained confident, leaning back in his chair as he slowly said, "No problem. Canyon and I are old rivals. Let's give him a little push."
Everyone exchanged smiles; the rivalry between the second and third uncles was quite fascinating, even without being told.
Zuo Shou also gained confidence, feeling less pressure playing against Xu Xiu, especially since Xu Xiu's form hasn't been very good this year.
Coach Fang then talked about the situation in the top lane, mentioning that Niu Guli, who had been resting for half a season, had returned.
The world champion top laner, Alistar, one of the three heroes of the Minotaur faction.
The top laner who won the S10 championship was hailed as a revolutionary figure. Even though he didn't win the championship in the LPL that year, his strength was recognized by everyone.
There's no doubt that Niu Guli is a superb top laner.
Even if the coaching staff thinks Lin Jin is amazing, they are still a little worried about him facing off against Niu Guli.
Coach Fang glanced at Lin Jin and said with a smile, "Little Fire, are you feeling the pressure playing against Niu Guli?"
Lin Jin smiled naturally: "We're playing against the world champions, what pressure could there be?!"
"Well done!"
The coach smiled and nodded: "I won't say much more about the top lane, trust Xiao Huo."
"Alright, regarding the bottom lane, Jack is in great shape, let's just go for it."
After the mobilization meeting, Lin Jin focused all his energy on ranked matches on the North American server.
It has now entered the top 20 and is still steadily rising.
Furthermore, as Lin Jin's research into the version deepened and became more advanced, he is now somewhat dominant and overpowered.
In ranked matches, he delivered a consistently carry-like performance, consistently ranking high in the green (indicating a favorable position in the game).
The professional players in the North American region have all gone on vacation, and many have stopped playing ranked games. Only the world championship teams from China and South Korea, as well as high-ranked solo queue players, remain.
Lin Jin took the lead and had already entered the top ten before the start of the knockout stage. Everyone believed that it was only a matter of time before Lin Jin won the number one spot in the North American server.
Some forums have even started betting on how quickly Lin Jin can take the top spot on the North American server.
Under these circumstances, LPL viewers are filled with anticipation for Top Esports.
Lin Jin's performance is absolutely phenomenal; he's definitely the best top laner in the current World Championship.
Even Zeus from Tier 1 wasn't as amazing as Lin Jin.
On various forums, everyone is saying that LPL's hope lies with JD Gaming and Top Esports, the number one and number two seeds, going all out to defend their title!
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The next day.
The first match of the World Championship knockout stage has begun.
Li Ning vs. T1: A thrilling match right from the start.
The outside world believes that if Li Ning wants to defeat T1, it needs to completely crush Oner in the jungle.
Li Ning's jungler Tazan is an absolute carry; as long as he plays smoothly, there's no problem.
With a pre-match approval rating of 7:3, it was generally believed that Li Ning's support was too high.
Lin Jin was also watching the match in the rest room, while Gao Tianliang said he wanted to learn from the pro jungler's tactics and watched very attentively.
Soon, the first game began, and T1 already demonstrated their formidable laning prowess.
Especially in the bot lane, T1's bot lane picked Caitlyn and Karma, and completely crushed Lamp King.
The ADC is two levels behind, how can we play like this?
The entire team, from the small dragon squad to the vanguard squad, was completely one-sided, and Li Ning seemed to have no chance at all.
The commentators were also very anxious, feeling that Li Ning was slowly dying and had no ability to initiate team fights.
As for Tazan, the jungler who was so proud of himself, he barely initiated any team fights with his monkey in this game.
It wasn't until 27 minutes into the game that they finally managed to unleash a slightly decent ultimate skill, but the subsequent damage was completely insufficient.
It needs more damage!
In the first game, Li Ning was quickly crushed.
The commentators expressed their regret, while netizens launched a barrage of criticism.
"It felt like we weren't even in the same league; I got completely thrashed."
"Next game, choose the blue side carefully and play well. If we really get swept 2-0, we have no chance at all."
"Where's the opportunity? This is clearly a 3-0 lead, what are you still talking about?"
"Li Ning's entry into the World Championship is truly ugly. They lost a small match to South Korea, had such a good opportunity in the group stage but were defeated twice by Samsung, and then were crushed by T1. They are constantly doing their duty to South Korea."
"What is Tazan doing? Use your ultimate already! What are you doing if you don't use it?"
"What a waste, Tazan is just starting out! Damn!"
"Is the whole team counting on Tazan to carry? What's Big B even doing?"
"Isn't Big B a matchup against Flick? Get awesome, Big B!"
"Hehe, Kim Tae-sang already finished his glutinous rice long ago, what a noob."
"Damn it, what a garbage game we played in the first match! Cheer up!"
The internet is full of criticism, and Lin Jin and his teammates, after watching the match, also felt that Li Ning's chances were slim.
Just then, the system suddenly assigned Lin Jin a task:
"Help Tazan get rid of the public pressure (for fulfilling his filial duty to Korea), and you will be rewarded with 10% of your rescue points."