zero second lore

Chapter 225 Group of Death
In Shanghai one week after the new year, the atmosphere of the Spring Festival has disappeared, and the city that was somewhat empty during the Chinese New Year period will soon become crowded as people go to work after the new year.

People from all corners of the country regroup to this huge port city to start a new year cycle.

Bai Ye arrived at Pudong International Airport by plane alone. Tomorrow will be the opening match of the East China competition. 32 teams from three provinces and one city will compete here for the eight national competitions in East China.

The 32 teams will be divided into eight groups for a single round-robin competition within the group. The team that wins the first place in the group will enter the quarter-finals, followed by a knockout round. The top four teams will directly enter the national competition.

The No.2 of each group will enter the knockout round of the loser's bracket. The four winning teams will fight against the four losing teams in the quarterfinals. Together, they will qualify for the national competition.

This kind of relatively complicated game rules ensures that each team can get sufficient opportunities to qualify for the national competition. In addition, it is during the winter vacation, so the East China competition is much more exciting than the city-level competition. more attention.

When Bai Ye got off the plane and came out of the VIP tunnel, he could see the promotional posters of this year's NHBA East China competition on the wall of the tunnel.

The poster is very beautifully made, quite like an NBA poster, and the three players on the poster look very eye-catching, they look like high school students.

Generally speaking, NHBA promotional posters will use photos of student players as negatives, but they are usually photos taken during games, or photos of a certain star player with makeup, and it is rare for three players to stand together.

Bai Ye glanced at these three people and thought they looked quite alike, but he didn't pay much attention, hurried to the parking lot, got on the special car he called earlier, and went to the hotel where Licheng Middle School was staying.

This time in the East China competition, Lizhong was assigned to the Fudan University Gymnasium for the competition, so they stayed at the Xiangshuyuan Hotel near Fudan University.

When Bai Ye arrived at the hotel with the trailer, it was already past two o'clock in the afternoon. As soon as he entered the lobby, he saw Lu Yuan standing in the center of the lobby, looking up at the ceiling at 45 degrees.

"What is this idiot doing here..."

Originally thinking that she hadn't seen Lu Yuan for more than two weeks, and would see him soon, Bai Ye was still a little excited.

But when Lu Yuan stood in the hall and looked up at the ceiling, he knew that this idiot must have done something wrong again, and he wanted to pass him by pretending to be a stranger.

As a result, Lu Yuan had already noticed Bai Ye, as soon as he saw Bai Ye enter the door, he rushed up excitedly and wanted a bear hug, but Bai Ye ruthlessly rejected him, and asked, "What are you doing standing here?"

"Ah, I accidentally flew the room card onto the chandelier just now, and I'm waiting for the staff to pick it up with the ladder. I was just a little bit close, and I was able to get it."

Bai Ye didn't want to ask why Lu Yuan flew his room card onto the chandelier, for fear that his IQ would be insulted.I had no choice but to register my ID card information at the front desk, and then tragically found that I lived in the same room with Lu Yuan, and the room card was on the light, so he couldn't get in now.

"Ye Zi, you seem to have lost weight?" Lu Yuan looked at Bai Ye's face, feeling that he had lost weight a lot after not seeing him for two weeks.

During the Chinese New Year period, everyone is more or less fat, why is Bai Ye thin?

Bai Ye said: "Because I have trained desperately." Bai Ye's tone was very flat, but only he knew what the word "desperate" meant.

Just the day before he came to Shanghai, he was still training in the training center until he was about to vomit, and his sister accompanied him throughout the training, hardly giving himself a moment to relax.

However, the continuous high-intensity training for two weeks is effective, and Bai Ye feels that his condition is better than ever.

"I also trained hard, and broke my leg." Lu Yuan boasted, although he did train hard, but his broken leg had nothing to do with hard work.

Bai Ye saw it right away, and said, "It's normal for you to break your leg, you don't need to work hard."

After waiting for a while, the hotel staff still didn't come, Bai Ye was a little anxious, Lu Yuan jumped towards the chandelier again when he saw this, but he still almost managed to get to the room card.

At this time, a person came down from the elevator, just in time to see Lu Yuan jump vigorously, obviously a little surprised, stepped forward to ask Lu Yuan what happened.

Lu Yuan pointed to the chandelier and said that his room card had flown to it.Then look at this man, he is quite tall, with a round face, and what is even more impressive is that he has a pair of word eyebrows!

Yi Zimei listened, looked at the room card on the chandelier, nodded, took off his coat, moved his knees, took a few steps back, and then jumped suddenly.

His arms are really long, and he gently tapped the key card, and pulled the key card off the chandelier.

This should be the first time that Lu Yuan lost to someone else in height touching, even though the other party was almost a head taller than him.

Lu Yuan picked up the room card, thanked this person, nodded his eyebrows and said you're welcome, and left the hotel.

Bai Ye looked at the unibrow and felt very familiar, as if it was the player he saw on the poster at the airport. He stood in the middle of the three, and his unibrow was impressive.

After getting the room card, Bai Ye and Lu Yuan went back to the room together. After tidying up, Gao Jing learned that Bai Ye had come back with a neat team, and planned to take everyone to Fudan University at three o'clock in the afternoon to get acquainted with the venue in the gymnasium.

When Bai Ye came back from BJ, she brought a lot of BJ's local specialty snacks to share with everyone, which surprised everyone. I didn't expect Bai Ye to bring everyone something.

"Lu Yuan, you see that Ye Zi has already brought something for everyone, why don't you bring something for everyone, you know you want a red envelope." Zhang Fan said to Lu Yuan, eating the preserved fruit that Bai Ye brought.

Lu Yuan was gnawing on the twist that Bai Ye brought, and said, "Why didn't I bring you anything, I'm about to bring you victory!"

"Bah! Shameless!"

"Victory is not brought by you, but everyone strives for it."

"I haven't seen you for a few days, Lu Yuan, you have learned to brag."

"Just practice your mouth."

Lu Yuan was unanimously despised by all his teammates, but Lu Yuan remained calm and ate all the twists without missing the sesame seeds on them.

Gao Jing said at this time: "Okay, everyone, stop talking. Let's go to the stadium to get used to the venue later. Before that, I want to introduce the grouping situation to everyone."

Having said that, everyone is silent, grouping is very important for any team, eight groups, eight qualifying places.Every year in the East China region competition group stage, there will be a group of death, because there are more strong teams in the East China region.

Lizhong, as the team that entered the East China competition for the first time, cannot be a seeded team, and the score will not be high. The possibility of being assigned to a relatively strong group is very high.

Gao Jing took out a competition manual and said, "This East China competition, we are divided into the eighth group, the last group."

"The eighth group is good!" Lu Yuan felt very excited when he heard the eighth.

Gao Jing ignored Lu Yuan, and continued: "The seed team in this group is Model High School in XH District, SH City, and the other two teams are No. [-] Middle School in NJ City, and Huifu High School in Linhai City."

"Coach Gao, are you kidding me?"

"I'm not kidding, that's how the draw came out."

The expression on Gao Jing's face was extremely determined, and it was impossible for her to make such a joke with the players, and then the whole team would be blown up.

"What kind of group is this? How can there be such a group! The three national champions are divided into one group! Add us! This average score can't be lowered!"

"That's right! I already won a national championship in the municipal competition, why are you still here!"

"It's over, it's over, how can I fight this damn?"

"Forget it, lose less and win."

But anyone who understands the history of the NHBA will know the weight of these three teams. In the history of East China, there have been four national champions. These three, together with the previous Changshu Sports, are the team hall of fame in East China. .

Meeting four national champions in one competition, Lizhong is really lucky this year.

When everyone calmed down, Wu Peng said, "Coach Gao, why are these three teams divided into one group?"

Gao Jing said: "Why can't we be divided into one group? Everyone stipulates that the national champions cannot be divided into one group. The determination of the seed team must be based on both historical records and current results. Anyone who has not won the city championship The team is not qualified to be a seeded team. Neither the Ninth Middle School nor Linhai Middle School won the city-level championship this year, so they cannot be a seeded team. It is not normal to be grouped with us."

It has been a long time since Ninth Middle School lost its dominance in the Nanjing area. Unexpectedly, Huifu High School, the strongest in Zhejiang, also failed in the city-level competition and failed to win the championship, which is really surprising.

This led to the unlucky Lizhong and the three national champions being assigned to a group, which became a veritable group of death.

When Gao Jing said this, everyone had to accept this fact. Anyway, they also survived the Changshu gymnastics at the beginning. Let’s survive the same match three times.

Gao Jing saw that Lu Yuan was frowning, with a solemn expression, and thought that this kid finally knew how to worry. After the Changshu Sports Battle, he probably knew the level of the former national champion.

"Okay, everyone, get ready. Let's go to the gymnasium and familiarize yourself with the venue. Tomorrow afternoon is our first game, against No. [-] Middle School!" Gao Jing shouted. She knew that no matter how strong the opponent was, they would have to go Facing it, because of Lizhong's strength, it was no longer Wuxia Amon.

"Lu Yuan, what are you thinking, hurry up and leave." Gao Jingjian was still frowning and dazed.

Lu Yuan said: "Teacher, I have a stomachache. Maybe I ate too much at noon. I want to go back to my room."

"Immediately, immediately, go back."

(End of this chapter)