The next day.
After school, Yu Shao shouldered his schoolbag and returned to the activity room.
Because the teacher had not held them over during the last class today and had left as soon as the bell rang, Xu Ziqin and Zhong Yufei had not arrived yet when Yu Shao reached the activity room.
Yu Shao put down his schoolbag and sat down at a Go table.
Looking at the Go Board before him, Yu Shao blinked. He suddenly realized a serious problem—
Whose game record was he supposed to review?!
Chen Jiaming had told them to review game records and study on their own, but Yu Shao did not know a single game record from this world!
He remembered quite a few game records from his previous life, but he had already analyzed those games countless times. Reviewing them again now would be of little use.
At his level, Go players generally focused on analyzing games when reviewing records. The main purpose was to find their opponents' weaknesses, understand their styles, and formulate corresponding strategies.
Alternatively, they reviewed their own games to find the places where they had not played well enough.
Laying out the entire sequence of moves from a game between experts was a good way for low-dan players to develop their Go sense and improve their Go strength, but it was not of much significance to high-dan players.
After all, the gap between high-dan players was often minuscule.
The only thing that could make high-dan players review game records repeatedly, just like low-dan players, was a game played between two top-level AIs!
"If only I had asked Zhou De for that Go book earlier. It's an introductory book, but it should still contain some game records from Go players in this world."
Yu Shao felt a little regretful.
Even though this was a Go world that had yet to be ravaged by AI, since Go was so prosperous here, the people who could become top players in this world were certainly no pushovers.
Therefore, Yu Shao was actually quite interested in games between high-dan Professional Go Players in this world.
"Then... I'll play against myself?"
With that thought, Yu Shao opened the Stone Box, played both Black and White, and began playing against himself.
Click.
Click.
Click.
The crisp sounds of stones landing rang out continuously, echoing throughout the quiet activity room.
Before long, Xu Ziqin finally arrived at the activity room.
She was slightly surprised to see Yu Shao playing against himself.
Her beautiful eyes flickered. Without saying anything, she silently walked toward Yu Shao, finally stopping behind him and looking at the Go Board.
After quietly watching Yu Shao play several moves, Xu Ziqin was just about to leave and find a place to review game records herself.
But just then, Yu Shao reached into the black-stone box, clamped out a black stone, and gently placed it on the board.
Click.
Xu Ziqin's footsteps halted at once.
"Played here?"
Xu Ziqin stared intently at the Go Board and continued watching.
As the stones continued to fall, Xu Ziqin's expression gradually changed as well.
From confusion, to shock, and then... bewilderment.
At that moment, Zhong Yufei finally arrived at the activity room.
The moment he entered, Zhong Yufei could not help complaining, "What a pain—"
He had barely said one word when he suddenly noticed Xu Ziqin staring blankly at the Go Board.
"What's wrong?"
Confused, Zhong Yufei also walked over, stood behind Yu Shao, and looked toward the board.
"The position is so fierce!"
Looking at the position on the board, Zhong Yufei could not help feeling his heart pound.
"Black has seized the initiative and launched an attack on White's dragon, but White hasn't just sat around waiting to die. White must have made an astonishing counterattack on the right wing through an exchange earlier!"
"But overall, Black should still have the advantage, right?"
At that moment, Yu Shao clamped out a white stone and placed it down.
The moment the stone landed, Zhong Yufei's eyes widened in shock. He swallowed with immense difficulty.
Then Yu Shao clamped out a black stone and placed it down.
Click.
The sound of the stone landing was very soft, but to Zhong Yufei, it was like a thunderclap in a clear sky, making his eardrums ache.
Zhong Yufei stared blankly at the Go Board, his entire body seeming frozen in place.
A while later, the door to the activity room was pushed open again.
The moment Chen Jiaming entered, he saw the two people standing blankly behind Yu Shao and was slightly stunned.
"This...?"
Puzzled, Chen Jiaming walked over to Yu Shao, stood behind him, lowered his head, and looked at the game.
"How is the position this chaotic?!"
Chen Jiaming stared at the Go Board in shock, moving his gaze from the upper left to the upper right, then from the upper right to the lower left, and finally from the lower left to the lower right!
"The whole board is a complete mess, practically tangled into one! How did the position become this chaotic? The black and white stones are locked in a death struggle, biting into each other. The position is impossibly complicated! How did it come to this?"
"However... looking closely, White should still have a slight advantage?"
But after watching Yu Shao play several more moves, Chen Jiaming's expression suddenly changed.
He, too, stood blankly behind Yu Shao, staring at the game.
Black and White continued to alternate as they landed.
A moment later.
Chen Jiaming pushed up his gold-rimmed glasses, his eyes filled with shock.
"Every time it seems White can't hold on, White comes up with a completely unexpected move to turn the tide, even managing to seize Black by the throat!"
"Just now, when I thought Black was in danger, Black played several nimble moves to avoid White's edge, then bit back at White instead!"
"Whether Black or White, every move is breathtaking!"
"One move affects the entire board. There's simply no way to tell which side has the advantage. It's too bewildering. Every move from both sides could cause the position to reverse completely!"
"This..."
"This game..."
For a moment, Chen Jiaming could not find the right words to express what he was feeling.
From the way Yu Shao occasionally stopped to think, he could tell that Yu Shao was not replaying a game record. He was merely... playing against himself!
A thought suddenly rose in Chen Jiaming's mind—one so absurd that even he found it difficult to believe.
In yesterday's game between Yu Shao and Wang Rui, although Yu Shao had crushed Wang Rui from beginning to end, Chen Jiaming could only judge that Yu Shao was probably at Professional First Dan level.
That was the only judgment he could make.
In the eyes of Professional Go Players, an amateur Four Dan was actually considered someone who did not know how to play very well.
Therefore, whether an amateur Four Dan faced a Professional First Dan or a Professional Ninth Dan, they would basically be crushed.
The same had been true of the earlier wheel battle. Even though Yu Shao had gained an astonishing advantage and forced the Professional Go Players into desperate straits, it had still been a Handicap Go Game combined with a wheel battle.
Even Professional Go Players could only display a limited amount of strength under those circumstances.
But in this game against himself, the Go strength Yu Shao had displayed—
"Perhaps he's not merely at Professional First Dan level!"
"Could it be... far beyond that?"
The thought felt utterly absurd to Chen Jiaming. Yet as he watched this game against himself, he... simply could not refute it.
A moment later, Yu Shao frowned as he looked at the Go Board and stopped playing.
In this game against himself, White had followed the style Yu Shao was best at, while Black had attacked and killed recklessly, hoping to hone his own attacking ability through the process.
In the end, however, Black had still been surrounded and destroyed by White.
"My attacking ability is ultimately still lacking..."
Yu Shao raised his head and only then noticed that three people were standing behind him. He froze slightly and asked instinctively, "Why are you standing behind me?"
Xu Ziqin pressed her lips together, gave Yu Shao a deep look, then walked straight to the seat opposite him, pulled out the chair, and sat down.
She took a deep breath, raised her head, looked at Yu Shao, and said, "Come play a game with me."
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