In 2025, the announcement of the "Star Road" Nostalgic Invitational Tournament allowed Xu Xingmian, who had been out of the industry for three years, to touch the groove on the old keyboard - the mark she had left all night long when the Star Wings competed in the global finals in 2018. The peeling paint on the space bar, the whitened team logo on the collar, and the "star" badge left by captain Zhou Yan in the old account all turned into unfinished regrets.
In order to fulfill the promise of "hanging stars on the ceiling of the base", she reorganized the Star Wings: the former conflicted teammate Chen Ke returned to the team with the guilt of atonement, the substitute Lin Ye of the third-rate team was eager to get rid of the substitute label, and the youth training newcomer Ayou came with Zhou Yan's tactical notes. From the running-in quarrels in Internet cafes to the use of unpopular heroes to make comebacks in the invitational tournament, they used "nostalgic tactics + new player energy" to break the prejudice that "old players can't do it".
When capital revealed the truth about Zhou Yan's retirement, when he developed a "fusion of old and new" style of play after a losing streak in the spring split, when in the final group of the global finals when the two versions were switched, Xu Xingmian recreated the flash start of the year - Star Wings is no longer a symbol of nostalgia, but a sharp blade forged by old experience and new passion.
When the trophy was finally lifted, the ceiling of the venue lit up with "star wing" lights, and the echoes of the old keyboard overlapped with the tapping of the new one. This is not a throwback to youth, but the original intention of e-sports, which will shine again at the restart of the star track.
