The members who went to the Southwest Competition this time were Han Kui, Cao Guang, Lan Shen and Old Pastor Liu, who were the leading teachers, and yes, this bad old man surnamed Liu replaced Zhang Ruonan's original treatment unit. The participating team members include Bai Yutong, Yudian, Gu's brothers and sisters, Bai Siqi, Yan Jiatu, Sima Dongliu, Shang Fei, Shang Mohai, and Tong Du.

Their destination was none other than Melosas, one of the three economic centers of Warfrani. "Melozas" is a homonym for the Nora language, which translates to fortress on the plain. Melosas is an ancient city even on the mainland, with a history of more than 4,000 years.

There are three most powerful countries on the Nora continent, namely the Luolan Guting Empire, which occupies the east of the continent, the Wolfleni Empire, which occupies the south of the continent, and the Northwest Alliance, which occupies the northwest of the continent.

According to the division of this competition, Wavleni is divided into four major regions, namely the southwest division, the southern division, the southeast division and the northern division, of which the designated place for the southwest division is this city called Melozas. Compared with the cultural heritage of Melozas, Hanjiao is like a newborn baby - since ancient times, Melozus has been the largest granary of the Wolf Leni Empire, and as long as Melozus has not been lost, Wolf Lane is a standing existence, mainly thanks to Melozas' advanced production technology, convenient transportation and supply capacity.

The journey to Melozas was so long that it would take three days and two nights for the coachman to get from Cape Han to Melosas. Of course, if you take the waterway, it only takes one day and one night to get there...... If Hakumiki doesn't get seasick.

The convoys ran on wide roads, and there was a lot of trade between city and city vendors, so the roads were built wide to prevent car accidents from delaying deliveries.

With the sound of wheels and horses' hooves in his ears, Bai Yutong crouched on the windowsill and looked at the flowing buildings in the distance, which reminded him of the scene when he took a long-distance bus with his grandfather and grandmother back to his hometown for the New Year.

Grandpa and grandma have very severe narcolepsy, as soon as they ride in the car, Bai Yutong's grandfather and grandmother are early farmers who entered the city to work, they have hope, want to fight for their own world in this strange city through their hard-working hands, and it turns out that they did.

Of course, the sensible Bai Yutong will not disturb them, but chooses to quietly watch the passing scene outside the window alone...... Yuzhou is a veritable mountain city, with a very undulating terrain, so the angle of road construction is often tricky, especially the long-distance road between big cities and towns.

So the scenery along the way is like a potted plant with a unique shape - there are deep streams, viaducts, and narrow and dark tunnels, and Bai Yutong passes a lot of time with his own vision...... But a person is still bored after all, and all that accompanies him is the noisy sound of the gasoline engine.

And now, the sound of the gasoline engine has disappeared in Bai Yutong's mind, and only the sound of horses' hooves is left in his ears...... This gave him the illusion that he couldn't go back.

"What do you want?" Han Kui leaned over and said with concern, she followed his gaze and looked out the window.

Bai Yutong scratched his head, "It's nothing, it's just that I'm very bored, look at the scenery...... By the way, how far are we from that city called Melozas?"

Gu Qing, who was sitting across from him, interjected, "There are still about thirty kilometers to go, and at our current speed, we can get there in one or two hours." ”

Hearing him say this, Bai Yutong was obviously excited, and even the wind outside his window was exceptionally cool.

Gu Qing handed out a grape-flavored lollipop to Bai Yutong, "Do you want it?" ”

"Thank you!" Bai Yutong unceremoniously took the lollipop, then tore open the package and stuffed it into his mouth.

Gu Qing smiled cheerfully, and then took out a pomegranate-flavored stick and stretched it out to Han Kui next to him, "Teacher Han, do you want to taste it?"

"Hmm. Han Kui took the lollipop in his hand, and then tore open the candy wrapper, but she didn't put it in her mouth at the first time, but turned around and looked at Bai Yutong next to her with a strange smile.

Bai Yutong was a little hairy by her, so he said tremblingly, "What, what's the matter?"

"Open your mouth, ahhh......hhh

Bai Yutong hesitated for a moment, and then slowly opened his mouth.

Han Kui quickly took out the lollipop in Bai Yutong's mouth, and at the same time stuffed the pomegranate-flavored lollipop in his hand into his mouth.

After doing this, a triumphant smile appeared on the corner of Han Kui's mouth, and she put the lollipop stained with Bai Yutong's saliva into her mouth without disgust.

After witnessing all this happening, Bai Yutong screamed in panic, his voice was very terrifying, he didn't expect that he would be taken advantage of by Han Kui so easily. Even Gu Qing was taken aback by Han Kui's bold move, in his impression, Bai Yutong had a fiancée, wouldn't he be subjected to domestic violence if he messed around like this?

Feeling the shaking of his body, Gu Yanrou next to her raised her head from Gu Qing's shoulder, she rubbed her hazy eyes, "What's the matter, have you arrived at Melosas......

Seeing Gu Yanrou who was woken up by herself, Bai Yutong immediately straightened her posture, trying her best to hide her embarrassment.

Han Kui smiled and nodded, seemingly satisfied with Bai Yutong's reaction, because it gave her a sense of beauty of flirting between lovers.

"Not yet, do you want to sleep for a while?" Gu Qing looked at her dotingly, "I'll call you when I get there." ”

Gu Yanrou shook her head gently, "I want to drink water." ”

Gu Qing turned his hand and handed the kettle to her.

Bai Yutong glanced at Han Kui and warned her with his eyes not to do this, but Han Kui just stuck out his tongue at him, unspeakably playful.

After I don't know how long, the speed of the carriage suddenly slowed down, and Bai Yutong opened the thick curtain when he noticed this, and when he glanced out, he couldn't take his eyes off it anymore, because he was deeply shocked by what he saw in front of him...... Wide and deep moats, mechanical suspension bridges with complex structures, towering and sturdy iron-gray city walls, neat and beautiful teal floor tiles, and streets with fish-like traffic......

At this moment, Bai Yutong even felt that he had traveled to the Middle Ages in Europe, and everything in front of him was like a castle in a fairy tale...... If only you could see a princess in a crystal slipper and a knight in a red cloak.

On the huge gate hung a red banner with the words "Welcome to Melosas, dear friends", in large gilded letters.

After a week's long journey, they finally reached their destination, the great granary of Wolfleni, Melosas.

As soon as he entered the city, Bai Yutong couldn't wait to rush out of the carriage, and he sighed at the top of his throat, "Oh!

Bai Yutong only felt that he was now acting like a peasant who had just entered the city, but he didn't care, because it was the first time he had seen such a real and magnificent castle.

As soon as Sima Dongliu and Yan Jiatu got out of the car, exclamations began one after another.

"Hey, I'm not dreaming, is this Melosas! It's so big! It's better to see than to hear!"

"I heard that the rice here is bigger than rat droppings, I don't know if it's true!"

"Damn, you can make such a disgusting analogy, and in some ways your taste is horribly vulgar. ”

"Are you sick? What kind of analogy do I have to do with you?"

"Why doesn't it matter? Your presence has already lowered the overall quality of our team!

"You—You're no better!"

Watching them bickering, everyone also had a lively mood in their hearts, as if they had been infected with neuropathy.

Shang Fei gathered and smiled, "We can't just compete in Melosas when we come all the way to Melosas, why don't we go to the streets together?" I heard that Melosas is rich in products, I want to bring some jewelry and small pieces back to my mother and father......

"Okay, good!" Bai Siqi was the first to raise her hand in favor, because her family is a big businessman, she likes to go shopping the most.

"Brother, let's go shopping too?" Yudi looked at Bai Yutong expectantly.

Bai Yutong nodded, "Okay!"

Just last week, he just received this month's salary, plus Gu Qichen's bonus as a thank you, he got a total of 15,000 yuan. The abundant wallet also aroused Bai Yutong's desire to shop, so he was eager to show off his deep pockets, and his current psychology was like that of a male monkey who wanted to show off his muscles to the female monkeys.

As soon as they heard that Yudi said that they were going shopping, Sima Dongliu and Yan Jiatu quieted down and said that they would also join...... Bai Yutong knew through their indecent expressions that they must be plotting against the raindrops. He felt that as Yud's brother, he needed to do something for her.

I will set the criteria for choosing a mate for the raindrops!" Bai Yutong nodded silently.

Gu Qing lowered his head and pondered, "I think I can take a stroll, just relax before the game." Qiaoqiao, Yanrou, you guys come along, right?"

Lu Qiaoqiao and Gu Yanrou glanced at each other and nodded at the same time, they became more and more tacit, like a pair of real sisters.

Tong Du is the kind of character who is where everyone is, so he decisively chose to follow the footsteps of the army.

Cao Guang sighed helplessly, "I have no opinion, but we have to sign in to the arena first, and then find a hotel to check in...... Without further ado, let's go check in immediately!"

"Yes!" everyone replied.

The sign-in process was very smooth, and everyone was familiar with the competition venue and learned about the rules of this competition by the way.

The rules of the competition are very complicated, first of all, the team that has not obtained the qualification certificate must be the first to participate in the first round of the selection competition, and the elimination rate of the selection is as high as more than 70%, which can be said to be very competitive.

As for why the Qualifiers are being played, this is mainly due to the fact that the strength of the teams that make it to the Regional Rounds from different cities is also different. If two teams with a huge disparity of strength collide together, it will inevitably cause unnecessary fights and slow down the progress of the tournament...... Therefore, the official set the standard of the qualification certificate, and divided all the teams into two parts - the qualification certificate needs to be obtained with sufficient strength, so the team that does not have enough strength can only participate in the qualifying tournament or withdraw from the regional competition early.

It can be said that it is precisely because of the existence of this competition system that the previous competitions will be so interesting, and there will rarely be any teams that "win or lose are not important".

Teams that have obtained a qualification certificate can directly enter the group stage, while those teams that have not obtained a qualification certificate will only be eligible to participate in the group stage if they have made it to the qualifying round.

Once in the group stage, each team in the group will take turns to play against the other team, and the game will be based on a point system, with one point for one win and no points for one loss. In the end, the top two teams with the highest points in the group qualified for the knockout round.

The selection tournament ended a week before the arrival of Bai Yutong and others, so from tomorrow the competition officially entered the group stage.

The 178 teams were divided into 16 teams, with 11 teams assigned from the 1st to 15th teams, and only the 16th group consisting of thirteen teams. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the competition in the sixteenth group must be the fiercest, and the typical monks have more porridge and less porridge.

And Qiyao's team happened to be assigned to the sixteenth group......

"No......"

Knowing such a result, everyone's hearts were uncomfortable, after all, they had to play two more games than other group teams for some reason, and no one would be happy to change it.

Bai Yutong was most afraid of trouble, so he was the first to disagree, "Is there a mistake? This is definitely a conspiracy to consume our combat power!"

Bai Siqi said lifelessly, "The protest is invalid, this is the official arrangement of the competition, and every session is about the same, we are just unlucky...... After all, it's all because the captain's luck stinks!"

Gu Qing touched the ash on his nose and smiled apologetically, "I'm sorry everyone, it's really my fault...... Let's let Mr. Cao come to the next draw......"

After hearing this, Cao Guang waved his hand again and again, "Don't be, I don't want to carry this pot!

At this time, Shang Fei stood up, "Actually, it is also beneficial to draw sixteen groups." ”

"What's the benefit?" Bai Yutong's eyes lit up, and he jumped out and asked, he liked to take advantage of it the most.

Shang Fei smiled kindly, "Time, since we are the sixteenth group, so the game is not our turn for the time being, we can take the opportunity to rest and adjust our condition, after all, we have been sleeping in the open for several days......"

Cao Guang nodded, "Well, this is indeed good news for us, everyone is really not in good shape, so while the game has not started, everyone should adjust their state well." ”

"Yes!" everyone replied.

Under the leadership of Cao Guang, the Qiyao people found a well-equipped hotel, which was not luxurious, but it was not far from the arena, which could save them a lot of time.

After lunch, everyone organized a group to go to the local commercial street, except for Cao Guang and Pastor Liu. Cao Guang wanted to write a letter to the top of the academy to explain the situation of their group, but Pastor Liu liked to be clean, so he had to refuse. Lan Shen followed behind everyone with the reason of "I am a bodyguard", and Han Kui led everyone into the commercial street under the excuse of "this piece of old lady is very familiar".

The streets of the shopping street are wide and long, and almost all the shops are designed to be avant-garde and attractive, so that the front of the shops is overcrowded, giving the feeling of being flooded.

This shopping street is very lively and noisy.

Through understanding Bai Yutong, I learned that most of these people are tourists who came to the city to watch the Southwest Competition, and it seems that the holding of the competition has also successfully affected the economic development of the tourism industry and promoted cultural exchanges between cities.