I’m Really a Superstar

Translator: Legge Editor: Legge

Fellow Japanese and Korean Go players were going crazy!

"What have I witnessed?"

"Go can even be played like this?"

"How amazing! The Chinese are incredible!"

"Just what kind of genius would it take to be able to think of playing this way?"

"I\'ve never seen it before! I\'ve really never seen something like that before!"

"I have a hunch that this method is going to create a new style of playing!"

"How can there be someone so strong?"

"He, he\'s really not a pro Go player?"

On the live broadcast.

Chen Ying 7-dan exclaimed, "I\'ve got it!"

Yu Yingyi quickly asked, "So how\'d he do it?"

Chen Ying quickly turned to operate the computer in front of her. "Switch the view and have a look over here. Let\'s go back a few moves…a little further back…OK, right here. This was the critical juncture that we talked about earlier where everyone was waiting for Professor Zhang to make his move. If it were any other player, they would definitely have chosen to attack this corner here. Or if not, they would play at this position here. But Professor Zhang did not choose either of those moves. Look at this, everyone. He played his stone over here, and then another one over here!"

Yu Yingyi could not understand. "What does that mean?"

Chen Ying said, "Professor Zhang was setting up his frameworks! Ever since this move here, Peter stepped into the maze that is Professor Zhang\'s frameworks! All of us had been taken in by Professor Zhang as well! It wasn\'t until this move that we finally saw that Peter had seemingly realized something. But it was already too late! Professor Zhang had already completed his setup! All of the later moves were centered around the black stones from earlier! Every move he made seemed quite casual and not carefully considered, but they were actually all very well-thought-out moves. For example, Black\'s 23rd move could only be placed in this position. There\'s no room for deviation at all!"

Yu Yingyi asked, "But what\'s behind Professor Zhang\'s decisions to play those stones at those places?"

"Influence," Chen Ying said.

Yu Yingyi was taken aback. "Influence?"

Chen Ying was finding it hard to believe too, but it was right before her eyes. "To play high approach moves, using strong attacks that are supported by the balance of the board\'s situation—that\'s the essence of Professor Zhang\'s playstyle!"

Li Qinqin praised, "How did he think of that!"

Wu Changhe said excitedly, "Good! That was a good one, kid!"

Li Yi 9-dan said in shock, "This way of playing is amazing!"

Dan Donghe remarked, "He\'s really a genius! This is what a true genius is!"

When Tian Weiwei saw this, he kept quiet. He was once hailed as the genius who would succeed Xiang Rong in the Go world. The public had very high expectations of him and often extolled him as well, so much so that even Tian Weiwei himself felt that he was really a Go genius. But as Tian Weiwei witnessed today\'s game, he realized that he was probably nothing. In the face of Zhang Ye, no one could claim they were a genius!

So this was Zhang Ye?

This was who the smartest person in today\'s world was?

In the past, Tian Weiwei only had two idols. One of them was Wu Changhe, the other was Xiang Rong. But today, he added another person to that list of people he idolized!

Having seen this game, no one could not be moved!

Li Yi.

Liu Hong.

Xu Han.

Many pro Go players were asking themselves what they would do if they were sitting across from Zhang Ye. If this game had been between Zhang Ye and them, they would definitely have resigned by this point in the game!

…

Back to the game.

Peter\'s went deep in the tank!

Five minutes!

Ten minutes!

There was no sign of activity from it!

The Americans looked surly and sullen!

"Dammit!"

"How could this be happening!"

"Don\'t worry, believe in Peter!"

"Yeah, Peter will definitely have a way to deal with this!"

On the other hand, Zhang Ye looked carefree. He knew that his playstyle had stunned Peter!

This playstyle had a very cool name, the Cosmic Style, and was pioneered by Takemiya Masaki. Of course, Takemiya Masaki preferred to refer to it as the "Natural Style," but everyone was accustomed to calling it by the former name. The Cosmic Style was very famous in Zhang Ye\'s previous world and was different from the Apollo Opening. It was a more perfected style of play and had made great contributions to the Go world. This way of playing was highly popular at one time and was even used later by quite a few top players in key international tournaments. As for the people of this world, they naturally would not have seen it before

This style was extremely difficult to play and would require more than just a high approach in the opening to work. It was also very demanding of the player and could even be considered harsh on them, as it would require a player to have a very strong awareness of the overall board state and be skilled at setting up an opening!

Of course, due to the strong attacks made in the game\'s opening, Zhang Ye\'s Cosmic Style of play was not in perfect shape, and there were still some weaknesses in it. But this was how Go was. No one could play perfectly. As long as he could deal Peter a blow, Zhang Ye would accomplish his goal.

Yu Yingyi said, "Peter has still not made its move!"

Chen Ying said loudly, "That\'s because it\'s discovered just how fearsome this style is! It needs to fight back! Although it might not look like the much difference in their scores, Peter is losing to Professor Zhang by too much in terms of influence!"

…

Beijing Television.

The Go commentator cried out, "The scale of victory has tipped toward us! This is amazing! Professor Zhang is incredible today!"

…

On the Online Go Server.

The commentator was howling, "PeterGo has been stunned! It has been sorely beaten by Professor Zhang! I can already see that the dawn of victory is upon us! This is the closest that humanity has come to victory in the war between humans and machines! I don\'t know how to describe what I\'m feeling! Professor Zhang, you can do it!"

…

On a Korean webcast.

A Korean 8th dan Go player was explaining, "Peter has met with unprecedented trouble! This is the first time its getting pushed to such an extreme by humanity!"

…

The game timer was ticking.

Half an hour had gone by!

Since half an hour ago, Peter hadn\'t shown any signs of activity!

This time, it was Peter that was faced with an extremely important decision to make!

Zhang Ye yawned. Looking at how there was no response from the computer, he was starting to get impatient. He even forgot that he was currently on a national broadcast. He settled his hands onto the keyboard and sent a message.

Everyone was startled.

Yu Yingyi stared at him. "Eh, what is he doing?"

Chen Ying blinked and said, "Professor Zhang is typing something?"

Yu Yingyi quickly said, "Let\'s switch to the feed in the game room!"

Everyone who was watching the broadcast on TV saw what Zhang Ye typed!

Zhang Ye: "What are you doing? The flowers are wilting as I wait!"

Everyone was floored!

The host was floored!

The Americans looked angry!

The eyebrows of the American representative jumped!

The two international referees had an impulse to vomit blood. The two of them looked at one another and did not know if they should stop Zhang Ye. For good reason, there are rules in a Go tournament that prevent a player from affecting their opponents. But it was a different case here as the opponent was just a computer. It was impossible to affect it at all.

Zhang Ye typed another message. "Hurry up, did you fall asleep?

"Bro, give up and resign if you can\'t do anything. Don\'t force yourself.

"We\'re all waiting!

"Did you crash? Why don\'t you try restarting!"

Everyone who saw didn\'t know how to react!

Resign?

Restart?

Why\'re you arguing with a computer!