I can't stand how smug and pleased the streamer looks anymore!
Someone, anyone! Hurry up and knock the streamer down a peg!
I'm going to find those chess-streaming hosts right now!
Move aside! I don't believe the streamer is that good. Let me try!
Everyone in the livestream was filled with righteous indignation. Some started calling for reinforcements, while others stepped up to issue challenges themselves.
For a time, the barrage of comments in the livestream grew increasingly dense, and the number of viewers kept climbing.
Over the next stretch of time, challengers came one after another to challenge Long Yue, seemingly determined to see her lose and embarrass herself.
Long Yue remained calm and unhurried, completely fearless. No matter who it was, she accepted every challenge from anyone who entered the room.
Soon, challenger after challenger was defeated and slunk out of the game room.
There were almost no exceptions. Whether they were amateur Go enthusiasts or professional high-ranking Go players, all of them lost to her in utterly crushing fashion!
"Next~"
After easily sending off another opponent, Long Yue cracked sunflower seeds she had taken from Lin Fan while casually calling out to the livestream.
Yet this time, several minutes passed without anyone entering the room.
"Oh? Could it be that no one dares challenge this Empress anymore?"
"Ah~ In the end, they're merely insignificant mortals. How could they compare to this Empress? It's only natural that they lose to this Empress~"
"For mortals to dare challenge this Empress is courage worthy of praise, ho ho ho~"
Seeing that no one had entered the game room for so long, Long Yue smugly covered her little mouth and let out a series of snickers that sounded like praise, yet also like mockery.
The Empress was so smug...
Could this be the legendary case of a petty person getting carried away by success?
Could the streamer be some world-class Go master pretending to be ordinary?
Was there really no one who could curb the streamer's arrogance?
Just as everyone in the livestream was furious and calling for a hero to come punish the Empress, the first viewer, whose username was "Demon Supreme Next Door," stepped forward.
"Empress, I'll give it a try."
Seeing those words, and then that familiar ID, Long Yue turned to glare at Lin Fan irritably. She then gave a disdainful smile and pretended not to know him as she said in the livestream:
"Fine, then this Empress shall accept your challenge, Demon Supreme~!"
"Just don't lose too quickly, or you'll ruin this Empress's interest~"
Lin Fan revealed a meaningful smile, sat down before the computer, and opened a new game room.
"Empress, I've opened the room. Come in."
"Hmph, you even specifically opened a new game room. Fine, no matter where we play, the outcome won't change."
Long Yue was brimming with confidence and did not take Lin Fan seriously at all. She gave it no further thought and directly entered the game room using the room number he gave her.
She refused to believe that, no matter how skilled Demon Supreme was at chess, he could be better than those old geezers from the Immortal Chess Sect.
As long as she beat Demon Supreme, she could say that she had beaten him. Even if it was only in chess, a win was still a win!
In all her past encounters with Demon Supreme, neither of them had ever emerged victorious. Perhaps after winning this time, she could seize the chance to mock him properly!
At that thought, the corners of Long Yue's lips secretly curled upward.
No matter how she looked at it, this chess match was one she was guaranteed to win.
She could already start thinking about how to mock Demon Supreme later~
After Long Yue entered the game room, the viewers quickly noticed something strange.
There's something wrong with this game room...
Shh! Don't say anything!
What's wrong with it? It's perfectly fine!
"Hmm?"
Long Yue noticed the comments, but before she could figure out what was wrong, Lin Fan had already clicked start.
As soon as the game began, Lin Fan placed four black pieces in a straight vertical line without the slightest hesitation.
What kind of move was that?
Long Yue's delicate brows furrowed slightly as she stared at the screen, her expression exceptionally serious and cautious.
This was the longest she had thought since beginning her matches today. When playing against everyone else, she had placed her pieces without hesitation. But facing Demon Supreme, she felt certain there had to be some trick!
Yet no matter how long she stared and studied the board, she could not spot anything unusual.
After thinking for a long time, she could only reach one conclusion:
Demon Supreme simply didn't know how to play chess!
Hmph! This victory was hers!
Long Yue smiled confidently. No longer wary, she continued placing her pieces according to her own plan.
The moment her piece landed, Lin Fan's lips curled faintly upward.
"This Venerable won~!"
With that, he placed a fifth black piece beside the four black pieces on the board.
The black piece fell, and the five black pieces connected into a line. The screen immediately declared Black the winner!
"W-What?! How is that possible?!"
Long Yue's expression changed drastically. She leaned over the desk in disbelief and moved close to the computer screen.
What move had she missed? Why had the game only just begun, yet Demon Supreme had already won?!
This was only the fifth move!
"Demon Supreme! You cheated! What did you secretly do?!"
Long Yue refused to accept it and questioned Lin Fan from the bedroom.
Lin Fan innocently spread his hands.
"Empress, this Venerable did not cheat. I merely changed the Go match into Five-in-a-Row. The game title was displayed in the room."
"Five-in-a-Row...?"
Hearing of a chess game she had never encountered before, Long Yue looked confused. She turned to look at the game room's title, only to discover in shock that the Go room had long since been changed into a Five-in-a-Row room—and she had not noticed at all!
The livestream viewers had noticed, but no one told her!
"Let this Venerable explain the rules of Five-in-a-Row to the Empress. Whoever first connects five pieces into a line wins. Isn't that simple?"
As he spoke, Lin Fan gave Long Yue a comical, teasing smile.
"Five pieces connected into a line...?"
Upon learning the rules of Five-in-a-Row, Long Yue was dumbfounded, her face full of disbelief.
There was actually such a simple chess game in this world?!
And she had lost to Demon Supreme under such idiotic rules...
Who on earth invented these rules?!
This wasn't chess at all!
From the moment she entered the Five-in-a-Row room to the moment she lost, the match had taken less than five minutes—and most of those five minutes had been spent thinking...
Seeing Long Yue, who had defeated every opponent she faced, finally suffer a setback at Lin Fan's hands, everyone in the livestream was overjoyed.
Hahaha, the Empress is so skilled at Go, yet she doesn't know how to play Five-in-a-Row.
You should've said so earlier. I would've challenged the Empress to Five-in-a-Row too.
As expected of Demon Supreme! It really was different when he stepped in.
Sure enough, only Demon Supreme could deal with the Empress.
Demon Supreme's methods were too underhanded! But I like it!
Long Yue's face turned red with anger. Her cheeks puffed up as she glared fiercely at Lin Fan, clearly unconvinced.
"Demon Supreme! Let's compete again!"
"No. This Venerable won, so I'm not playing anymore~"
Lin Fan gave a teasing smile and slowly rose from the computer desk with the air of a victor.
Long Yue's little mouth fell open in disbelief.
Who stopped playing after winning just one round?!
He would not even give her a chance for revenge!
How shameless!
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