I really don’t want to play Go!

Chapter 354 The Transformed Misaki
Three days passed in the blink of an eye.

The fourth round of the title match has officially begun.

Yu Shao got up early, got dressed, washed up briefly, left the hotel, ate some breakfast, and headed straight for the Eastern Chess Academy.

Soon after, Yu Shao arrived at the door of the game room.

Yu Shao stared at the door of the game room, his feelings slightly complicated.

I've been in this world for over a year now.

Throughout the year, he played many games and encountered many opponents, some strong and some weak, each with their own unique playing style...

Now, he is finally going to face off against one of the world's strongest chess players.

Yu Shao stood quietly at the door for a moment, then finally reached out and pushed open the door to the game room.

As soon as Yu Shao entered the game room, the two judges and the scorekeeper all turned their gazes toward him.

Inside the game room, besides the referees and recorders, a figure was already sitting upright on one side of the chess table in the center of the room.

Zhuang Weisheng was dressed in a black suit today. His expression was calm, but he exuded an imposing aura. He sat quietly in front of the chess table, like a towering, unmoving mountain.

Upon seeing Yu Shao enter the game room, Zhuang Weisheng slowly raised his head, looked at Yu Shao, and calmly greeted him, saying, "Yu Shao, third dan, good morning."

Yu Shao nodded slightly and greeted him, saying, "Good morning, Teacher Zhuang Weisheng."

After speaking, Yu Shao went to the opposite side of Zhuang Weisheng, pulled out a chair and sat down.

"This is the first time I've faced you on the field."

After Yu Shao sat down, Zhuang Weisheng looked at Yu Shao and suddenly spoke again: "In any case, you are finally sitting across from me now, and we are going to spar."

Yu Shao was slightly taken aback and looked at Zhuang Weisheng.

Zhuang Weisheng's gaze remained calm, but beneath that calm lay an astonishingly sharp edge.

The atmosphere in the entire game room became oppressive after Zhuang Weisheng uttered those words.

Yu Shao's expression gradually became serious as he looked at Zhuang Weisheng's gaze.

That gaze seemed familiar to him.

In his past life, he had seen a similar look before...

At that time, the Chess Association held the World Chess King Tournament, which was held once every ten years.

To participate in the World Chess Championship, the minimum requirement is to be a world champion. In other words, all the players are top-level players of their time, standing at the pinnacle of chess!
He had just won his first world championship, and according to the rules, the player who has won the most recent world championship must defend their title as the reigning champion.

At that time, all the chess players who challenged him had this kind of vision.

In that World Chess Championship, he encountered countless strong opponents, fought a tough battle, and was even pushed to the brink of defeat at one point.

At this moment, Zhuang Weisheng possessed the same gaze as those who had been at the Chess King Tournament.

Back then, he was repeatedly cornered on the chessboard by people with similar vision!

"But no matter how difficult the process was, in that chess king tournament, without exception, all those strong players were defeated by me one after another!"

Yu Shao stared directly at Zhuang Weisheng, a surge of emotions welling up inside him, and his gaze sharpened.

"In the end, I won all nineteen battles, sweeping away all the strongest opponents of the time, and never suffered a defeat!"

……

……

Hands talking indoors.

The atmosphere was oppressive and heavy.

In this small chess room, under the calligraphy scroll that reads "Sitting and Discussing the Way," two chess players sit facing each other. Although they are only separated by a chess table, they seem to be worlds apart.

Both of them had calm expressions, but there was a captivating power in their eyes!

"Gudong!"

The female music notary, watching this scene, couldn't help but swallow hard.

Even though nothing had happened, and the two hadn't even exchanged a word, the three people in the game room inexplicably felt an incredibly solemn atmosphere.

Moreover, within this solemnity, there was a hint of impending doom!

It's like being in a Buddhist temple!
"If Yu Shao represents the future of Chinese Go, then Zhuang Weisheng represents the present of Chinese Go."

One of the referees felt the solemn and oppressive atmosphere, and even he became a little nervous at this moment.

"Now is the time for the future to clash with the present!"

Not just in the game room, but all over the world, people are already glued to their TVs or computers, nervously and excitedly awaiting the upcoming game!

Time passed by minute by minute.

Finally, after a few moments, a referee took a deep breath, stood up, and said in a deep voice: "The fourth round of the National Players Tournament, the winners' bracket final, is now beginning!"

"Each side has three hours of time remaining, with one and a half minutes of overtime. Black has a 7.5 komi. Now, please let the two players coin toss to determine who goes first!"

……

……

Seoul, North and South Korea.

Seoul Baduk Association.

"Lee Hyun-moo, I heard you defeated Park Woo-shik 9-dan very well in the Tianyuan Tournament. You are truly amazing."

Two young chess players were walking and chatting in the corridor of the chess academy. One of them, a thin young man wearing glasses, looked at the freckled young man next to him with envy and said, "Could you be any more talented?"

"Hahaha, how could I be a genius? I just won one game by luck."

Lee Hyun-woo smiled and shook his head, saying, "If I'm considered a genius, then what is Yu Shao?"

"You've started comparing yourself to Yu Shao, so how can you not be a genius?"

The thin young man rolled his eyes and complained, "How many people can compare to a monster like Yu Shao? Can you find someone else? Li Junhe isn't even in your eyes anymore, is he?"

"No way, no way. I'm far from being as good as Lee Joon-hyuk. He's only eighteen years old and he's already made it to the title match main draw."

Lee Hyun-woo smiled and shook his head, saying, "I'm already twenty-two, and I've just barely made it to the main tournament of the title match. Now I just want to work harder and try to win a title."

"If I can make it to the title match main event, I won't be too far from winning the title."

The thin young man chuckled and joked, "Maybe after a while I'll call you again, and I'll call you Lee Hyun-woo Cheon-won."

"Get lost! Don't you have a match today? Go play your match. I'm going to the seminar room to practice some chess," Lee Hyun-woo said with a smile.

"They're such geniuses and still so hardworking, how am I supposed to live?"

The gaunt young man looked utterly dejected and complained, "Give me a break! We both became professional dans in the same year, but you've already made it to the title match main tournament, while I'm still struggling at sixth dan!"

"Ha ha ha ha."

Lee Hyun-moo couldn't help but laugh out loud and said, "That's fate. There's an old Chinese saying: 'What is destined to be yours will be yours, and what is not, you can't force.'"

"You'd better shut up."

The thin young man rolled his eyes and said, "I'm not talking anymore, I'm going to the competition."

"go Go."

Lee Hyun-woo nodded, quickly parted ways with his friend, and then went straight to the seminar room, pushed open the door, and went inside.

However, to Lee Hyun-moo's surprise, there was no one in the seminar room today.

"Why isn't anyone here?"

Lee Hyun-moo was a little puzzled. Usually, when the professional Go players from North and South Korea had nothing to do, they would gather together in the seminar room to review games and study game records. Today was strange, as there wasn't a single person to be seen.

Just then, Lee Hyun-moo suddenly noticed a black laptop computer placed on the long table in the center of the seminar room.

"Isn't this Zhao Xingzhi's computer? Did he forget to take it with him?"

Lee Hyun-woo thought for a moment, then walked to the table, sat down, and opened his laptop.

"It's been a long time since I played online chess. Let's play a game."

Thinking this, Li Xuanwu quickly logged into the "19" online Go platform. After entering his account and password, he moved the mouse and was about to click "Match" when he suddenly paused.

"Ok?"

Lee Hyun-moo noticed that the cover push on the "19" platform was displaying news about "Zhuang Weisheng" national team match.

"Is today Mr. Zhuang Weisheng's national team tournament main event?"

Lee Hyun-woo smiled and muttered to himself, "It was really a shock when Teacher Zhuang Weisheng lost his 10th Dan title. Could it be that he loses his 10th Dan title but then wins the National Champion title, holding both titles at the same time again?"

Suddenly, Lee Hyun-moo seemed to have thought of something and frowned slightly.

"wrong."

"This isn't the National Team Challenge, it's just the main tournament, why is it featured on the cover of the 19th edition?"

Lee Hyun-woo stroked his chin, somewhat puzzled.

It's important to understand that 19 is an international online Go platform with an astonishingly large user base. If it were a Chinese national champion title challenge, then being featured on the cover would be normal, but this is just the main tournament of the national champion title challenge!

Although the main tournament of the national champions' tournament often attracts a lot of attention, it usually only attracts attention within the country. For other chess players around the world, the final title challenge is more of a focus.

However, these days, the cover story of the National Team Tournament's 19th round is almost never seen.

Thinking of this, Li Xuanwu clicked the mouse, canceled the matchmaking, opened the push notification webpage, and was directly redirected to the live broadcast room of the National Team Tournament.

"Has it just begun?"

Lee Hyun-woo first glanced casually at the chessboard, then looked at the live stream title: "Zhuang Weisheng, Tengen, vs..."

"right……"

Lee Hyun-woo was stunned for a moment, then his eyes widened suddenly, and his whole body leaned forward slightly: "To Yu Shao, third dan?!"

Seeing that the two sides were Yu Shao and Zhuang Weisheng, Li Xuanwu finally understood why this match of the national players was able to be featured on the cover of the 19th issue!

Zhuang Weisheng, yes, Yu Shao!

One side is Zhuang Weisheng, who is naturally a heavyweight, while the other side... is Yu Shao!

Lee Hyun-moo stared blankly at the live stream title. After a moment, he abruptly shifted his gaze to the chessboard!

At this moment, three chess pieces have just been placed on the chessboard.

"Black is played by Teacher Zhuang Weisheng, and White is played by Yu Shao. Teacher Zhuang Weisheng played the star point and small eye, and White's first move was the star point."

Lee Hyun-woo held his breath, his expression unconsciously becoming serious as he stared intently at the computer screen: "Next move, it's Yu Shao's turn."

Soon, under Lee Hyun-woo's watchful eye, a white piece was gently placed on the board with one hand holding it.

Hey!
Four columns and sixteen rows, a star!
The configuration of the two stars, with the small eye facing each other, has now clearly taken shape! ...

……

United States.

San Francisco, California.

It was late at night in America. A blond, blue-eyed man was fast asleep in bed, while a stunningly beautiful blond model lay naked beside him.

"Ding-ling-ling!"

The man was woken up by his phone ringing. He frowned, but still refused to answer. He turned over, hugged the woman next to him, and let the phone keep ringing.

Even after the call ended, the man still didn't open his eyes or answer the phone.

"Ding-ling-ling".

However, not long after, the phone rang again.

The blonde woman was also woken up by the ringing of her phone. Seeing that the phone kept ringing, she couldn't help but nudge the man next to her and whisper, "Honey, it's the phone."

The man finally opened his eyes impatiently, picked up his phone, glanced at the caller's name, answered the call, and said in an unfriendly tone, "What is it? It's so late, don't you want people to sleep?"

However, after the person on the other end of the phone finished speaking, the man's expression suddenly changed.

"what?"

The man suddenly sat up in bed and asked, "Really?"

After receiving an affirmative answer on the other end of the phone, the man immediately grabbed the clothes next to his pillow, and while putting on his clothes, said, "Okay, I understand, I'll go see it right away."

"Honey, what's wrong? Is it something about work?"

Seeing the man's anxious expression, the blonde woman couldn't help but ask curiously, "Are you going out?"

"No, it's Go. There's a Go tournament today, and I have to go watch it," the blond man shook his head and gave a casual explanation.

"A Go competition?"

The blonde woman pouted and said, "What's so interesting about Go? Just sleep with me, and we'll watch the rerun tomorrow, darling."

"No, you go to sleep by yourself."

The blond man shook his head and immediately refused, saying, "That's a match between Zhuang Weisheng and Yu Shao; I have to witness it with my own eyes!"

"Honey……"

The blonde woman wanted to act coquettishly, but seeing the man's expression turn cold, she gave an awkward smile and finally fell silent.

The man quickly got dressed, strode to the computer, turned it on, and logged into "19". From the homepage push notification, he entered the live broadcast room of the National Players Tournament.

"This is it!"

The man took a deep breath. Despite his long experience in business and his ability to keep his emotions hidden, his expression still became somewhat agitated at this moment!
"Zhuang Weisheng, yes—"

"Yu Shao!"

The man eagerly looked at the chessboard, where both sides had already made four moves. Just then, the fifth move was finally made.

Six columns and seventeen rows, a small flying hanger!
"Teacher Zhuang Weisheng, is this Xiaofei hanging here?"

The man's expression immediately became more focused, staring intently at the computer screen, eager to see the next move: "Small eye, small knight's move, Zhuang Weisheng is an old hand, could it be... that he's going to play the Weisheng style?"

"A Go opening named after Misa!"

……

……

Hands talking indoors.

"Little Eyes, Little Flying..."

Seeing Zhuang Weisheng play the small flying hook, the female notarizer and the two judges couldn't help but crane their necks, thinking with trepidation, "Will Teacher Zhuang Weisheng... choose the Weisheng style?"

In fact, after the star point is connected to the two stars, Black's small knight's move to the corner is a very common and normal move.

However, since it was Zhuang Weisheng who made this move, they couldn't help but think that Weisheng was the one who made it!
After all, this is a Go opening named after Zhuang Weisheng himself. Zhuang Weisheng used this opening in major competitions to make countless masters shed blood on the Go board!
"However, Yu Shao previously played a completely unbelievable new move against Wei Sheng, which most players are still studying... Teacher Zhuang Wei Sheng should also know about it."

The female music notator couldn't help but look at Zhuang Weisheng: "Does Professor Zhuang Weisheng already have a solution?"

This is not only a question in her mind, but also a question in the mind of everyone who is paying attention to this game!
Will this game lead to the emergence of the Unborn Style?

Click!

At that moment, the sound of chess pieces colliding rang out again.

The next moment, Yu Shao took a chess piece from the chess box and slowly placed it down.

Hey!
Three columns and fourteen rows, Little Fly!

Faced with Black's small knight's move, White chose to respond with a small knight's move!

Upon seeing this move, everyone involuntarily held their breath.

At this moment, the market has reached a watershed moment!

If Black makes the next move and extends the star point high, which is called a super large knight's move, then the board will form the famous Unborn flow!

Of course, if Black doesn't push the star point high, there are many other ways for Black to respond, leading to complex offensive and defensive maneuvers for both sides!
Although it's entirely feasible to fly without using the Super Big Flying technique, what everyone is most looking forward to now is seeing Zhuang Weisheng bring out his most proficient Weisheng Style again!
At this moment, Zhuang Weisheng, sitting opposite Yu Shao, looked at the chessboard but did not make a move.

Time began to flow slowly.

One minute……

Two minutes...

three minutes……

This is a place where long deliberation is unnecessary, yet Zhuang Weisheng found himself deep in thought!
“Teacher Zhuang Weisheng should have immediately dismantled the star positions without even thinking, but… Teacher Zhuang Weisheng didn’t.”

A comment appeared in the live stream chat.

Indeed, if it were Zhuang Weisheng, he would have made that high-level move without hesitation, because he is Zhuang Weisheng, and because that is the Weisheng style!
When Zhuang Weisheng swept the Go world with his Weisheng style, Japanese Go player Murashita Jun even said that times are changing, but as long as the rules of Go remain the same, the Weisheng style will never be outdated and will always be an undeniably good game.

However, Zhuang Weisheng is now deep in thought.

"Aren't you planning to use that high-profile demolition tactic?"

Beside him, the female music notator stared blankly at Zhuang Weisheng: "Teacher Zhuang Weisheng..."

Zhuang Weisheng gazed quietly at the chessboard, and after a moment, slowly closed his eyes.

Finally, after another two or three seconds, Zhuang Weisheng opened his eyes again and looked at the chessboard in front of him, as if he wanted to see through all the changes on the chessboard!

"It's time to say goodbye."

Zhuang Weisheng stared at the chessboard, his eyes clear and bright, a glint of light flashing in them!
The private chess game between him and Yu Shao was known only to him, Yu Shao, Qin Lang, and a few others; no one else knew about it.

Therefore, he himself knew that because of the upheaval of the land and the power, the long sword of the Unborn Stream seemed to have rusted!
"I know how difficult it will be to win this game by using high-level demolition."

Whether the Unborn Style can still be used is unknown, but indeed, in practice, his seemingly inconceivable evil methods are not as bad as imagined!

"He did indeed find the mistake that had persisted in Go for four thousand years, completely overturning the concepts of territory and influence. He accomplished a feat that is unprecedented and unlikely to be repeated!"

Zhuang Weisheng looked at Yu Shao opposite him, his expression solemn and his gaze sharp.

"If you want to beat him, you can't dwell on the past!"

"Then we must move forward, keep moving forward, with a transformative attitude and a completely new approach to the game, breaking with convention and deciding the outcome on a complex board!"

"In other words, this game is not one where you can win by setting traps and waiting for your opponent to make mistakes."

"In this game of chess, nothing else matters; the only factor that determines the outcome is skill!"

"We must strive for an even stronger move! We must completely break with the past!"

"In the most ambiguous and complex market conditions, seize the fleeting opportunity, find the last move, and fight to the death!"

Finally, Zhuang Weisheng reached into the chess box.

The cold chess piece is held between my index and middle fingers.

"Then let's do it this way!"

Hey!
At this moment, the chess piece was finally placed on the chessboard!

Nine columns and sixteen rows, a giant flight!

……

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Upon seeing Zhuang Weisheng's sudden and powerful move on the computer screen, Li Xuanwu felt as if he had been struck by lightning. His pupils constricted slightly, and he involuntarily stood up!
"That move, Dafei?"

Lee Hyun-moo stared at the chessboard in disbelief: "Not a super knight's move?!"

If Black had chosen a super large knight's move, or a high-space extension at the star point, it would have been an unborn move. However, Black chose a large knight's move that was unprecedented.

This layout, while not exactly a departure from the Unborn School style, is somewhat similar, but clearly it isn't!
Meanwhile, in a villa in San Francisco, the blond man stared in shock at the computer screen, muttering involuntarily, "This move... it was actually Dafei..."

"Although it's only a line's distance, it completely changes the way the game is played. If White were to approach the corner again, the entire game would be completely different!"

"Unbelievable! Under Teacher Zhuang Weisheng's guidance, the Weisheng School... has undergone a completely new transformation..."

The internet was in an uproar, with the live stream chat filled with comments.

"Instead of dismantling the star position, it's a large-scale flight, and the sub-forces are more biased towards the left flank!"

"This is a completely new approach, or could it be called a new Unborn Flow?"

"I never thought of going down this way. Although it loses the form of the Unborn Stream, it retains the spirit of the Unborn Stream. The techniques that Yu Shao used before might not work against it!"

Yes.

It's not the super-large knight's move, not the super-large knight's move that Zhuang Weisheng once dominated the Go world, but...

Big Fly!

The one who made this move was not the original Zhuang Weisheng, but the Zhuang Weisheng who has now been completely transformed!
With this move, which is only a single line away from a normal unborn move, the board has undergone an astonishing change that can be described as earth-shattering!
The variations in Go are unpredictable and full of mysteries.

With just a fine line separating them, the entire game of chess has been completely different, as if the universe has been transformed!

Zhuang Weisheng finally looked away from the chessboard and gazed at Yu Shao opposite him.

"Well then, that's settled!"

"bring it on!"

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