Early on Friday morning, Lin Qi and his entourage took a bus to the train station.

From today, they are heading to the capital to play in the national league.

"This time, I don't know when I will come back," Yu Lion said with some impatience and excitement.

"Don't worry, if you can qualify for the group stage, just stay a little longer, you can't qualify for the group stage, and you'll be back in about a week!" Ji Shuai said mercilessly.

"Then we'll have to stay longer!" Lin Qi said with a smile.

"Yes!" When asked, his teammates also responded.

Wang Qichao also went with him this time, although he couldn't play because his back injury had not completely healed, but he was unwilling to miss this rare opportunity!

After staying on the train for almost ten hours, Lin Qi and the others arrived in the capital.

By this time it was already dark, and there were not many people at the station, but there were still people waiting for them.

With the confirmation of their identity, Lin Qi and his entourage followed the guide to the coolest gymnasium in the entire country!

The grand scale and high-tech experience made them all surprised by it, especially when they thought that they were going to play here, Lin Qi couldn't help but be excited!

After having dinner in the designated restaurant, Lin Qi and the others came to a set of high-rise buildings on the edge of the gymnasium, and the arrangement of this point was basically the same as that of the provincial league, taking into account the needs of their game.

With the experience of the last time, Lin Qi and the others immediately fell asleep after a simple wash.

The group confrontation in the group stage will not be officially announced until tomorrow morning, so Lin Qi's hearts are also full of reverie for the unknown future...

Lying on the bed alone, Lin Qi couldn't help but think of Mo Yuqing again.

But this time, Lin Qi's relief in his heart was even more regretful, because he knew that in the country on the other side of the ocean, she would definitely wait for herself.

"What I want to do is to fulfill my promise and become stronger!"

With this belief, Lin Qi fell asleep groggily.

At five o'clock the next morning, everyone got up one after another, and everyone's faces were excited or excited!

The geniuses on the outside are bright, but they have already begun to feel like they are living like a year!

The opponents of the national league are really from China, the best in the same age group, and the intensity of the game will be far greater than that of the provincial league!

Finally, with the passage of time, teams from all over the country came to the gymnasium one after another for the opening ceremony.

Lin Qi and the others came to their own stands and sat down, ready to survive the next opening ceremony.

After the leaders spoke impassionedly, it was finally the turn of the group to announce the grouping.

"Next, we asked the coaches of each team to come up and draw lots to decide the collective grouping for the next game."

This sentence was the loudest sentence that Lin Qi heard in their ears.

Ji Shuai stood up with a smile on his face and sighed, "I didn't expect that there would be a chance for our group of old men to show up"

Ji Shuai's words immediately amused everyone.

"Ji Shuai, you have to wipe your hands clean!"

Listening to Wang Qichao's ridicule, Ji Shuai turned around and made a gesture.

Lin Qi and the others looked excitedly at Ji Shuai who walked to the field, and kept waving their hands.

As the coaches took out the table tennis balls with numbers written on them in their boxes, Lin Qi's hearts all rose to their throats at once...

Ji Shuai secretly glanced at the numbers from between his fingers, and then closed his hand.

When all the coaches were selected, the staff present took out the list of group assignments that had already been matched.

The coaches in turn hung signs with their team's names on their drawn numbers.

When it was Ji Shuai's turn, the other eight schools in Qin Feng's group had already been hung up, Ji Shuai glanced at it casually, and he couldn't take his eyes off it, and after a long time, he hung up Qin Feng's sign with a wry smile.

Although Lin Qi and the others sat in the audience, they kept looking at Ji Shuai on the field, how could they ignore this detail.

"Even Ji Shuai showed such an expression, it seems that this grouping is not very optimistic!" Lin Qi silently guessed in his heart.

After all the group groups were officially announced, all the players stood up in unison as the national anthem sounded, watching the national flag rise.

Subsequently, the mobilization of this competition also officially ended, and the first game was scheduled to officially start at seven o'clock tonight.

After leading their players back to the lounge, Lin Qi and the others finally couldn't help but ask Ji Shuai who his opponent was this time.

Ji Shuai stretched out his hand and wiped his forehead, and said with a wry smile, "I have to say, our luck is really good, four of the eight opponents this time are the top eight teams in the last national league."

"Hiss"

When Lin Qi and the others heard this, they couldn't help but gasp.

There are a total of 90 teams participating in the national league, divided into 10 groups, and the top two teams in each group have a chance to enter the next round of semi-finals.

Right now, Lin Qi and their group have met four super strong teams in the first round, and the chance of this appearance can be said to be quite slim...

However, now that the results have been decided, Lin Qi and the others did not intend to continue to regret it, and continued to ask with a slightly solemn expression, "Ji Shuai, then you tell us now, which four teams are respectively?"

Ji Shuai nodded and began to introduce, "The four top eight teams this time are Peking University High School, Rongmei High School, Dacheng High School and, the winner of the last national league for five consecutive championships, Qinghua High School."

"Qinghua High School"

This school is like thunder for Lin Qi and them, the myth of high school basketball, no matter how many waves of players they have changed, they have never fallen out of the top three.

After listening to Ji Shuai's words, Lin Qi and the others fell into deep thought again.

"Okay, do our best and leave the least regrets, even if we can't qualify from the group in the end, we must play well," Ji Shuai comforted.

"Good"

For Lin Qi, this can only be the case.

However, in fact, after thinking about it, although encountering these strong opponents must have a great impact on Qin Feng's record, it is also an experience for them.

It is a rare opportunity to play against such a strong team, and Qin Feng's shortcomings will be infinitely magnified, and this is also a good opportunity for them to be sublimated.

Although Lin Qi's heart is heavy, they have not lost their fighting spirit, on the contrary, they are more eager to prove themselves by playing beautiful results in this group stage.

……

At lunchtime, Lin Qi, Sun Hao, and Yu Liang walked together.

Lin Qi looked at Sun Hao and asked, "Sun Hao, this time you came to participate in the national league, do you have any hard requirements for you?" ”

Sun Hao shook his head and said, "Since the successful qualification of the provincial league, the voice of our family against me continuing to play has been much smaller, and the results of the national league are naturally good, even if they really can't reach the quarterfinals, or even the top sixteen, after all, it is the first time, so they won't say anything."

"That's okay" Lin Qi couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, he was afraid that Sun Hao's family would put a lot of pressure on him this time.

On such a platform, appropriate pressure can promote performance, and excessive pressure can easily crush people.

Sun Hao also understood what Lin Qi meant, patted his chest, and made a reassuring gesture.

Yu Liang also sighed with emotion, and said, "I didn't expect that our first national league trip actually encountered such a hard stubble, I really don't know what to say, if you want to qualify for the group, you have to step on the top four teams in three groups to be sure, this test is really not small"

Lin Qi nodded and said, "Ji Shuai said, this time in the group stage, our team is said to be the least favored team, and many people think that it is difficult for us to win."

"yes, it's angry to mention this, even if we can't show up in the group, we have to win a few more games and slap those people in the mouth!" Yu Lion said with some indignation.

"Hey, don't say that, Lin Qi said that he would take us to win the championship, don't suddenly set the goal so low!" Sun Hao said with a smile.

Lin Qi was immediately amused, and said, "Okay, okay, I originally came with the goal of winning the championship, isn't it Qinghua High School, I have to play sooner or later, let's see the real chapter in the group stage first!" ”

"You said that!"

Yu Liang and Sun Hao said in unison, and at the same time hugged Lin Qi's neck together.

Lin Qi put his arm around them in turn, and said with a serious face, "Of course I said it, but I can't do without the help of the two good brothers."

"Yes, of course we'll help you together!"

"Hey, I'll just say it, men who fall in love are just different"

"Cut, you guy! Again! ”

Lin Qi couldn't help but laugh and scolded Sun Hao's ridicule.

The three of them were joking and cheering each other up, and the depression in their hearts gradually dispersed.

In tonight's first matchup, Qin Feng fought with Black Dragon No. 7 Middle School first, and as for the match of Qinghua High School, it was the penultimate game of the group stage, which can also be regarded as a blessing in misfortune for Lin Qi and them.

The further they played, the more Lin Qi and the others could find the rhythm of playing in the national league, and the more they could fight with Qinghua High School.

That evening, the national league officially began.

Qinfeng High School, which entered the national league for the first time, as the least favored team in this group, unexpectedly crushed the Black Dragon No. 7 Middle School with 72, proving itself with strength.

This has also led to the attention of the outside world starting to focus on this new team.

For them, no one thought that Qin Feng would be able to appear in the group, after all, in this group, there were four of the top eight last year! It's not an exaggeration to say that it's a death group, if it's in other groups, Qin Feng's situation will be somewhat optimistic.

However, after this race, everyone couldn't help but start wondering, how far can Qin Feng go?