News of the duel soon spread throughout Guanlong City and Xincheng, and everyone eagerly discussed the matter.

In the conference hall, Sun Xiuqing gathered with representatives of Guan Longcheng, Xincheng and the new residents, and also planned to discuss this matter.

Sun Xiuqing said: "I have no opinion on selecting the right candidate through the competition, but everyone is their own person, and we must formulate appropriate regulations and not cause evil." ”

Everyone agrees.

After some deliberation and a vote. The new rules of the event were released, and Ma Yi eagerly arranged for Ohno and several representatives of the new city to explain and demonstrate, equipped with Su Li's simultaneous translator, recorded a video and transmitted it to the square projector, interspersed with broadcast.

Eager residents gathered in front of the big screen, and many people could not even squeeze forward, and could only listen to the relays of their companions.

Rules: Residents who want to participate in this duel event should register at Surrey before sunset today. The arena of the duel was set on the large clearing that the excavator had just dug and leveled.

The first round is a knockout round. Every team of two people stands in a circle with a diameter of two meters and pushes your opponent out of the circle, regardless of the method used. There is a special requirement for this round of knockouts, that is, until the end of the game, both sides must not hurt anyone, but anyone who causes injury to the opponent will lose the game immediately.

The knockout rounds are played in two rounds. Sun Xiuqing calculated, even if all 3,000 people participated, one thousand and five would be eliminated in one round, and seven hundred and five would be eliminated in another round.

The second round is a wrestling match. It is also a team of two, and the opponent is knocked down with various techniques and methods during the game, and the opponent is pressed to the ground for ten seconds without being able to get up to win. Again, don't deliberately hurt people.

The wrestling tournament also took place in two rounds, from more than 700 people to more than 300 people, and then to more than 100 people. It's close to the fifty people needed.

The third round is the Metro version of the triathlon, which is a swimming, discus throw, and long-distance running competition. The top 50 in the shortest swimming, the farthest discus throw and the shortest long-distance running time will be allowed to participate in the advance force.

As soon as the rules came out, the residents were convinced. After such a heavy selection, the selected person is really the strongest who deserves to be. The strongest go looking for their loved ones, what do they disagree with?

In addition to the new 3,000 residents, the old residents of Xincheng, and some residents of Guanlong City also watched the incident with great interest. Many people asked, can non-newcomers participate? Sun Xiuqing discussed with the delegates and replied: "Everyone can participate in this duel, but if they win in the end and are qualified to participate in the advance force, they must accept the dispatch unconditionally and participate in the family search activity with the other team members." ”

As soon as this regulation was issued, it really attracted about 1,000 residents to participate.

Without further ado, the time for the first knockout round is set for the next day. This can almost be said to be the participation of the whole people, early in the morning of the day of the competition, only the personnel on duty were left in each post, the production was basically stopped, and all the residents of Xincheng and the residents of Longcheng flocked to the competition venue. Even if you don't participate in the competition, you automatically act as a cheerleader for the team members, cheering everyone on.

When I arrived at the new, wide, newly cultivated clearing, I found that twenty circles had been drawn in white lime on the ground.

Su Li counted that almost all the residents of the new city had signed up, including the old residents. Coupled with the 1,000 people in Guanlong City, the number of applicants exceeded 4,000, and everyone's enthusiasm was really unexpected.

There are too many applicants, and if you want to get the preliminary round done in a day or two, twenty circles is really not enough. So Sun Xiuqing immediately arranged for someone to clear the scene, adding thirty circles. Fifty circles arranged fifty honest, reliable, and trusted people to serve as judges, and then assigned the players, each circle has about eighty players.

Eighty players means forty games, and according to an average of ten minutes per game, the first two thousand can be selected within today.

With the announcement of the tweeter, the race officially began.

The contestants and cheerleaders dispersed around fifty circles, and the first pair of contestants entered the circle at the orders of the judges. The first person who participated in the game suffered a little loss, without any skills, and was pushed out by the opponent defenselessly within a few seconds after entering the game, and was eliminated with a confused face, which successfully caused the onlookers to laugh. However, through observation and summarization, the latecomers have more and more skills and methods, and the game time is getting longer and longer, ranging from a few minutes to more than ten minutes, and individual evenly matched players can even stalemate for more than 20 minutes.

Sun Xiuqing and Ma Yi went around in various circles, went wherever they saw the excitement, took or recorded the wonderful moments with their mobile phones, and planned to edit an event video in the future and put it on the big screen for everyone to watch and reminisce.

From the morning light to the setting sun, the first round of the knockout round finally ended, and everyone was still unsatisfied, talking about the performance of the players just now. Although the eliminated players were unwilling, so many people were eliminated, and they didn't feel embarrassed, and automatically turned to onlookers, but no longer looked at the duel in the original circle, and went to other groups of players they were interested in to watch.

At the end of the day, the referees reported the winner's name. It's hard to believe that in this era, there are no words and pen and paper, and they can remember accurately and clearly by memory alone, and who won and who lost, there is no mistake at all.

The next day was the second round. In order to make it easier for everyone to watch and not miss the event, the circle was reduced to half.

Yesterday's referees were paired in pairs, and the winners who came out of their hands the day before also formed a group and played in random pairs. The players who lost the day before are now excited to see how their opponents will turn out today.

In the loud whistle, the knockout round began again. Please note that the whistle here is blown out of the mouths of the referees, in order to increase the fun of the game, Sun Xiuqing made this small suggestion during the meeting last night, and asked the referees who could already whistle to teach everyone. Just clasp your thumb and forefinger together and stuff it into your mouth, and you can blow loudly...... It looks very simple, but Sun Xiuqing himself can't learn it, but the primitive referees have learned all of them, and one blows louder than the other, which is really strange.

Without gossiping, Sun Xiuqing held her mobile phone and looked around for wonderful pictures.

The same rules of the game, because there are many residents who are pure onlookers today, everyone has also learned a lesson that they think is very reasonable, because the event scene is unprecedentedly enthusiastic. The player who supports him wins, he is happier than he wins, and the player who supports loses and sighs louder than anyone else.

There was an atmosphere of eagerness and excitement in the whole venue, Sun Xiuqing was deeply touched when she saw it, and thought: It's rare for everyone to be so happy, even if they don't select the advance troops in the future, they can hold a sports meeting or something on a regular basis.

There was a lot more evenly matched on the battlefield today than there was yesterday, and by the time of the lunch break, the referees reported that more than half of them had not finished the race.

"It's okay, if it's not over before dark, then continue in the evening. We lit a bonfire near the venue and prepared some food and drink to welcome today's victors. ”

The afternoon game was even more intense, and some opponents even stalemate for half an hour before deciding the winner. Unlike Sun Xiuqing and Ma Yi, who purely watched the excitement, Su Li wandered around the various competition venues, carefully noting down the players she was impressed, and I didn't know what her intentions were.

By sunset, part of the circle had already finished the race, but the race continued in the circle where time dragged on due to the confrontation between the strong players.

The crowd of onlookers, organized by the captain, went to find firewood and food, and lit a roaring bonfire in the competition venue, and the light of the fire gradually replaced the daylight to provide light for the fierce confrontation.

One by one, the circles are reduced, there are still three circles left to play, there are more onlookers, and the warriors are working harder!

Finally, when the moon hung high in the sky, all the games were over. The winners of the final battle were tossed high into the sky, and they could finally celebrate with peace of mind, eating, drinking, singing and dancing.

As of now, the first round of the knockout round is officially over. Nearly 3,000 people were eliminated in the first round, of course, because of the random combination during the game, some combinations were both very strong, but one person had to be eliminated, this result was a bit regrettable, and the eliminated strong man could only suppress his unwilling mood, turn his grief and anger into appetite, and eat happily!

When it comes to eating, the mouths of the residents of the new city are getting better and better. In the past, Sun Xiuqing obtained a small amount of condiments for his own use through a monthly procurement opportunity, and a small part was rewarded to residents who had made outstanding contributions to urban construction.

But over the past year, more and more vegetables and ingredients have been grown on Xincheng's own land, especially common condiments such as chili, ginger, garlic, shallots, and even attempts to make tempeh and miso from beans.

On such a bonfire night, the residents will find red-hot charcoal from the fire, place it on a specially made iron grill rack, and use sharpened skewers to smear different kinds of vegetables, meat, and pasta with fat made from a native plant, and when they are shiny and fragrant, they will share them with everyone.

On such an occasion, Sun Xiuqing remembered her winemaking business again. However, winemaking needs food, and this group of people is still solving the problem of food and clothing, she called A-Ying, who was in charge of this part, and gave her such and such an explanation, hearing A-Ying's eyes brightened, and she nodded again and again.

Under her leadership, the women of Xincheng and many men have worked hard for everyone to eat and drink well, and have gained an unprecedented sense of achievement. And Sun Xiuqing told her that there are more exciting plans in the future, and she is looking forward to it every day!