"Lao Xia, has the visa been completed?"

"It's been done a long time ago, if nothing else, it will arrive today, anyway, Team Lin, what's going on with you these days, you've asked me several times about this question."

"It's okay, I just asked casually, I heard that Poland's visa is not easy to get."

"How could it be, not to mention how enthusiastic the people at the Polish Embassy were when we came to the door, and one of the staff members was still a fan of our team!"

"yes, hehe..."

This is a conversation between Lin Mu and Xia Zeguang in mid-March, after the fourth week of the spring season.

Although it has been more than half a year since the team defeated E and won the IEM8 Shanghai championship, no matter when the IEM8 finals start, RT will not be forgotten.

In fact, as early as the beginning of the year, the club received an official invitation letter from IEM officials, and the vice president of IEM called three times just to make sure that RT would not be absent.

Compared with the S series and CG, as the only existing unofficial world event, IEM is far less valuable and professional than the S series, and its fame and attractiveness are not as good as CG.

As the official world No. 1 team for more than ten consecutive weeks, RT's attendance or absence determines the ratings and gold content of this IEM8 finals to a considerable extent.

Fortunately, Lin Mu is not Ming Kai and Zhuge Bu, and RT is not EDG, after several exchanges, RT decided to participate in this IEM8 earlier.

Now, the IEM8 teams and schedules have been released one by one.

Intel Masters IEM8 World Finals

Date: March 18-March 20

Location: Katowice, Poland

Teams: 8 teams

Group A: IG, FNC, KTB, Millenium

Group B: RT, TPA, GMB, C9

Format: BO1 round-robin double-defeat, knockout round BO3

Two days before the start of the game, the RT team set off.

Since there was no direct flight to Katowice in China, Lin Mu and others could only take the high-speed train to Beijing first, take Warsaw, take a full 10-hour flight, and then go to the destination through the special car provided by the organizer after landing.

When this famous city in Central Europe appeared in the middle of the morning, it was already the evening of the next day.

The sky was cloudy and rainy, the ground was damp, and along the way, we saw extremely complicated railway traffic, a large number of coal mines and metallurgical factories.

As the largest transport hub and heavy industrial center in Silesia, the entire city of Katowice seems to be enveloped in a layer of gray smoke in this weather, giving you a sense of oppression and dreary.

It wasn't until after entering the city that this cold metallic hue gradually faded and was replaced by a cultural scene unique to European countries.

Staying at the hotel arranged by the organizer, Lin Mu and others came to the restaurant to eat.

Even though the hotel serves Chinese food, there is still not much appetite for these foods.

In particular, the team's support player, Wool, had eaten almost nothing, only drank half a glass of hot milk, and his whole body was listless, his face was pale, as if he was sick.

It was his first time going abroad, and the trip was really hard, counting the time for various transfers and boarding, it took nearly 20 hours along the way.

"Little lamb, can you still hold on? Do you want me to go to the doctor and take care of you? Xia Zeguang asked with concern, as the only entourage of the team, his duty is to take care of the daily life of the team members.

"It's the first time I went abroad, it's normal, it's the same when I was the first time, just get up and get some sleep." Xiao Hei said with a big grin.

"Well, I'm fine." Wool squeezed out a smile.

Lin Mu nodded: "Go to bed early tonight, the time for this game is very urgent, and it will start tomorrow, so we probably won't even have time to go shopping." ”

"By the way, IG they seem to have arrived yesterday, why didn't they see anyone?"

"I guess it's training, the organizer provided us with a training room in the venue, but it's too late today, I'm afraid we can't go."

"Rest well today and gather early tomorrow."

Nothing was said all night.

The next day, at 9 a.m., the RT team arrived at the competition venue.

In the background, Lin Mu and others met the IG crowd led by Su Xiaoluo.

In a foreign country, it is particularly friendly to be able to see faces of the same skin color, and the two teams have established a regular training relationship since last year, and they are quite familiar with each other, so it is natural to be close to each other.

"Team Lin, let me tell you, the organizers have really worked hard this time, especially the teams invited are really strong, the Korean team doesn't need me to say more, and the other ones also have a lot of sassy things!" Sao Pig opened the conversation.

They came a day ahead of RT, and through yesterday's one-day training match, they have already touched the bottom of several teams.

Similar to RT, IG participated in IEM8 Singapore at the end of last year and successfully won the championship.

It is worth mentioning that in the game against the South Korean team CJ.Frost, PDD successfully took revenge and gained an absolute advantage in the confrontation with his long-cherished rival HY, and was ashamed of being an all-star. Especially the picture of this guy's bloody Rambo countering the opponent's half-blood poodle, which is praised by many domestic players.

It's just that at that time, RT raised the flag on CG, which led to the limelight of IG, the champion of the sub-station, completely overshadowed.

If it is according to the script of the previous life, IG that successfully resisted South Korea in Singapore has won a lot of flowers and praise, after all, this is in the previous life, it is the only time that the Chinese team defeated South Korea in the entire S3 season.

It is not without reason that IG dares to claim to be the vanguard of resistance to South Korea.

RT, the champion of Shanghai.

IG, Singapore champion.

GMB, winner in Cologne.

Millenium, winner of São Paulo.

In order to make the competition more interesting, in addition to the four teams that won the championship, the organizers also invited teams from the other four regions. There are eight teams in total, including C9 in North America, TPA in Southeast Asia, FNC in Europe, and KTB in South Korea.

As in the previous grouping, the two teams from the LPL were not placed in the same group, IG was in Group A, and RT, who had replaced the E position, was placed in Group B.

This means that the two teams will not meet until at least until the knockout rounds begin, which also facilitates the exchange of information and intelligence.

"On the schedule, you seem to be going to take the lead today?" Lin Mu Dao.

"Well, the opponent is FNC, and we play training matches with them almost five or five, to be honest, this team is quite strong, but we are not afraid, we have prepared a set of secret weapons for them." What he spoke was a gesture, and this guy was gearing up, and he obviously couldn't wait for the next game.

"Just have faith, come on!"

"Come on Lin team, let's fight for the finals of the division!"

“……”

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