At this moment, Wu Shuheng finally walked toward Yu Shao's table again.
His expression was grave. His eyes lowered as he scrutinized the board. Only after a long while did he finally clamp up a Go stone and gently place it down.
Tap.
Eleventh column, fourteenth row—Connect!
The moment the white stone landed, Yu Shao clamped up a stone and immediately placed it down.
Eleventh column, thirteenth row—Cut!
The black and white stones continued to alternate. They were only Go stones, yet it was as if a vicious tiger and a wild wolf were tearing into each other, filling the air with killing intent.
Soon, it was Wu Shuheng's turn again.
Wu Shuheng stared intently at the Go board, delaying his move as he fell into thought.
"Too perceptive. The moment I connected, he immediately cut through, giving me no chance at all..."
After a long while, Wu Shuheng took a deep breath, finally clamped up a stone, and slammed it down!
Smack!
Eighth column, sixteenth row—Stand!
The instant this stone landed, everyone present couldn't help but jolt.
"Stand! The white stones chose to stand? But if they stand, that group of white stones on the right wing will be surrounded and hunted down by the black stones!"
"Was that a sacrifice?"
Although they couldn't understand the whole game, they could still see that if the white stones stood, the black stones would immediately gain the upper hand in this contested local fight, while the white stones would be surrounded and hunted down.
A student who understood Go gazed at the board in shock, shook his head, and said, "No... this is a sacrifice, but... it isn't a sacrifice either."
"What do you mean?"
Someone was confused, finding those words utterly contradictory.
"A sacrifice means voluntarily giving up stones to create a favorable formation for an attack. But this game clearly isn't like that..."
"That group of white stones has already been forced almost to the brink by the black stones. The white stones could choose to defend to the death, but the situation is still extremely precarious."
"That is precisely why the white stones chose to sacrifice them. But this isn't a voluntary sacrifice. It's a forced sacrifice. You could even say it's cutting off its tail to survive..."
He drew a deep breath and said:
"In other words, the black stones forced the white stones into a position where they could only sacrifice stones and forcibly open up the situation through an attack..."
"Otherwise, the white stones would never have chosen to give up that local area. After all, that area is extremely important!"
Hearing this, everyone around them was deeply shaken.
When Wu Shuheng had played against the students at the other tables just now, his stones had flown across the board as he slaughtered everything in his path. Yet now, in this game, he had been forced to cut off his tail just to survive?
Seeing Wu Shuheng choose this Stand, Yu Shao pondered for a moment before clamping up a stone and placing it down.
"A Flying Move?"
When Wu Shuheng saw this move, his expression changed drastically.
The students below who understood Go could no longer control their expressions either. One after another, they cried out in shock.
"He actually played a Flying Move?!"
The people around them looked utterly bewildered. They couldn't understand the intention behind this move at all.
"What happened? Why are you all making such a fuss?" someone grumbled. "What's wrong with this Flying Move?"
"It's too slow! After the white stones sacrificed their stones, the black stones should have immediately surrounded and hunted down those sacrificed stones before turning their attention to the white stones' attack. But this move is too slow. It will give the white stones a chance!"
"So the black stones made a mistake?"
"No, they didn't!"
The student stared fixedly at the board and said in shock, "This Flying Move did indeed fall behind in initiative on the surface, but this position is too ambiguous. It can precisely leave a flaw in the white formation."
"Therefore, the black stones might well have follow-up moves, turning a later move into an earlier initiative and seizing an even greater advantage!"
"This kind of Go is terrifying the more you think about it. Its artistic conception is simply too... too profound!"
The people around them listened in confusion. Although they didn't quite understand, they somehow felt that this game would be spectacular.
If only they knew how to play Go.
Many people suddenly had this thought.
The two sides soon played another four or five moves. When it was Wu Shuheng's turn again, he did not continue playing. He merely took a deep breath and went to the next table.
Wu Shuheng continued moving back and forth between the final three tables, placing stones.
Everyone could clearly see that compared with his two games against Yu Shao and Xu Ziqin, Wu Shuheng was clearly playing much more easily at the last table.
Finally, the last second-year high school student could no longer withstand Wu Shuheng's relentless attacks.
"I lose."
He lowered his head dejectedly and chose to resign, but at the same time, he also let out a sigh of relief.
He had already given this game everything he had, but in the end, he still couldn't withstand Wu Shuheng. Even after receiving a two-stone handicap, he had been almost completely suppressed by the middle game and could only barely hold on.
As a result, he had played this game in extreme frustration, even finding it torturous. But now, the game had finally fallen to the point where he could no longer defend, allowing him to resign with peace of mind.
Wu Shuheng nodded at him, then walked toward Yu Shao's table again.
"I was able to hold out this long against a professional Go player. That's pretty good too."
The second-year student who had just resigned did not feel too disappointed. He even felt that he had played well, since seven people had already resigned before him.
He looked at the board, a faint smile appearing on his face.
"As expected of a professional Go player. He's unbelievably strong. I didn't have any chance to fight back at all."
"But I'm not bad either. I even made him sweat. He must have put in quite a bit of effort to attack his way in, right?"
"The other two should also be close to giving in. After all, even I could only hold out this long."
After gathering up the stones, he thought of this and couldn't help glancing to either side.
Then he discovered that all the students who had resigned earlier were now staring blankly at the big screen, as if questioning their entire lives.
"What happened?"
Confused, he also raised his head and looked at the Go board on the big screen.
Then the smile on his face instantly froze, and his eyes slowly widened.
At that moment, the big screen was showing the game between Wu Shuheng and Yu Shao.
"How... how is this possible?!"
"The white stones have actually been completely suppressed by the black stones?!"
He widened his eyes in disbelief and opened his mouth. He instinctively rubbed his eyes, as if he had seen something inconceivable.
Although the game was extremely complicated, he could still see the situation at a glance.
The black and white stones were not even locked in an evenly matched battle. Instead, the game was almost completely one-sided, favoring the black stones, just like his own game—
The white stones had been suppressed by the black stones to the point where they could no longer move. They couldn't even struggle and could only cling to defense, yet even that defense was beginning to collapse!
The difference was that in his game, he had been the one unable to hold on.
Now, Wu Shuheng was the one unable to hold on.
Had their positions been reversed?
"No... compared with me, the white stones are in an even worse situation!"
"Multiple white formations have cracked open, and the entire board is under restraint. The black stones have so many attacking moves that they can't even be counted!"
"Calling this suppression is actually too mild. Even under suppression, the white stones should at least still be able to struggle and have moves to play. So could it be said that the white stones are being crushed?"
He stared at the big screen, dumbfounded.
"How did the game end up like this?"
"That is a professional Go player. Even with a two-stone handicap, he absolutely shouldn't be someone an ordinary player could contend with!"
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Because the black and white stones keep switching back and forth, I often end up mixing things up while writing. If any dear readers notice something, please point it out, and I'll go back and revise it.
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