LOL: Can’t I play other games professionally?

Chapter 385 This amateur's victory over a 9-dan player is anything but amateurish.
After the mid-game battles have ended and the fates of both sides are basically determined, the struggle for the remaining empty spaces on the borders becomes the key phase.

Lin Ruo once again demonstrated his exceptional ability to control the situation. Even though he had the game practically in his grasp, he gave Park Young-hoon no chance whatsoever.

The game eventually reached move 216. With most of the positions already set, the difficulty of adding points remained unchanged.

Helpless, Park Young-hoon finally gave up and chose to admit defeat, accepting his inevitable defeat.

On the CCTV screen broadcasting the live event, a South Korean 9-dan professional player picked up two black stones and, under the watchful eyes of all the viewers and the two commentators, slowly placed them on the board and stopped the clock.

The hater has voted.

White pieces won the final victory.

As expected, justice will prevail, and all the scoundrels will eventually have nowhere to hide.

"Oh my god, Park Young-hoon 9-dan resigned. Now we have to congratulate Lin Ruo 1-dan on winning four consecutive games and advancing to the main tournament of the Mengbaihe Cup."

Commentator Chen Ying, who was in charge of creating the atmosphere, was extremely excited: "It's unbelievable! This is something that is impossible to do! Lin Ruo, a first-dan player, has defeated four high-dan players in succession, becoming the first first-dan player in history to stand out from the men's group."

Yes, first stage!
No one had ever made it into the main tournament before, but Lin Ruo did it, especially after defeating a handful of high-ranking players in the preliminaries.

It's safe to say that its high quality is evident everywhere!
"This person is a genius, a genius I've never seen before." Old Master Nie summarized today's match in very concise words.

In short, he was amazed by everything he saw.

In particular, Lin Ruo's overall time was almost half that of Park Young-hoon. What does that mean?
They had half the time to think as their opponents, yet they still managed to make their opponents suffer so much.

It seems like the only way to describe it is as a stomp on a weak opponent, but the opponent was Park Young-hoon, a top player from South Korea...

Therefore, there is absolutely no question that this victory was won; time proved to Master Nie that this person is an absolute genius.

He had never seen a player who could think so quickly when playing against a 9-dan player.

It's short and concise!

If young people who are so fast and quick are not geniuses, then there is really no such thing as a genius.

[Lin Gou, holy crap, did you really do it? If you don't understand, just ask! When are you going to go to heaven?!]

[This is terrifying. I seriously doubt that the saying "There are top talents in every profession" was actually said by Lin Biao. After all, who else could do that besides him?]

[Lin Gou is a real jerk. Can you believe I'm praising him? I never thought calling someone a jerk would be a compliment.]

[The title of anti-Korean vanguard is well-deserved. After all, no one can do what Lin Gou does—not only does she oppose South Korea, but she also changes professions to oppose it...]

"If you put it that way, I'll have to ask Lin about Chinese football."

I get your point. I suggest Lin Gou play Pro Evolution Soccer (PES), there should be Koreans in it. Hmm, you probably don't mean to play real-world soccer.

Amidst the flurry of comments, the live stream ended with a brief cut to the camera.

In the game room at this moment.

Park Young-hoon looked at the chessboard in despair, especially at the absurdly long game duration.

His opponent was half his height, which made him seem useless. He didn't put enough pressure on his opponent to think.

A match between a 9-dan and a 1-dan... the 9-dan lost.

And they still lost like this.

While he acknowledged his own shortcomings, Park Young-hoon primarily believed his opponent was at fault. His reasoning was simple: he could never achieve a game in half the time of his opponent against any other 9-dan player of his caliber. Since that was the case today, it couldn't be his fault.

The young man opposite him was a truly formidable opponent who shocked him to the extreme. Putting aside the claim that he could become a prodigy in just six months, the current age of just coming of age is indeed the peak period for Go players.

It's acceptable for a genius to perform like this.

As the referee announced the end of the match according to procedure, he also read out the players who advanced.

With this, the preliminary rounds of the Mengbaihe Cup came to an end, and Lin Ruo successfully passed four rounds of challenges, becoming one of the sixteen contestants to enter the main competition.

Park Young-hoon stood up without saying a word after accepting the result, but Lin Ruo glanced at him and asked in Korean, "Do we need a debriefing?"

Upon hearing this, Park Young-hoon was initially startled, but then he remembered Lin Ruo's identity—this guy was a professional League of Legends player, and the kind who could speak Korean…

He felt even more exhausted, realizing he couldn't even beat an amateur.

With mixed feelings, Park Young-hoon could only shake his head silently and reply in Korean, "No need, I'll take a look later myself."

While players can learn from their losses by analyzing and reviewing them, in this game, the opponent took half the time? Is there even a need for analysis? Are you kidding me?

What's the point of looking at this? He'd rather just get up and leave.

Park Young-hoon was utterly humiliated, but he still had to maintain his composure. Leaving the game without reviewing the match would have plenty of news to interpret afterwards.

Abbreviation: defense breaching.

Fortunately, more than two hundred moves were played, so it wasn't a one-sided loss. People who don't delve into the details won't be able to analyze anything from the time difference.

"No need for a review, that's fine."

Hearing that Park Young-hoon didn't need anything, Lin Ruo finished her last sip of mineral water, determined not to waste it, and walked out of the game room as if nothing had happened.

In the corridor on the second floor, most of the contestants who had finished their matches had not left. They were all looking at the room that had piqued their curiosity, eager to see what the final result would be.

Until Lin Ruo walked out confidently...

Their breathing suddenly quickened, and the players who had just finished their game tensed up, as if they were feeling double the pressure, even greater than during the game itself.

Lin Ruo's emergence means that she has won the final match, doesn't it?

"Did he win again?"

"That's impossible. The opponent is a 9-dan, Park Young-hoon 9-dan. How can he win? If he really wins, I'll have to go back and check if the sows in the village have climbed trees."

Although most people don't really believe it, it's an obvious fact, because you can easily see Park Young-hoon scratching his head in deep thought through the doorway of the room.

Only the losing side would have such a facial expression and a series of frustrated actions.

Only the losing side will linger, agonizing over their own moves and focusing solely on one side of the game.

So if Lin Ruo really won... this young player who is only a beginner, well, a young amateur player.

He's definitely an amateur, but his skills are anything but.

At this point, those who could still participate in the fourth round were mostly high-ranking professional players of the sixth dan or above, but this did not diminish their awe of this young man who was only a first dan.

Strength is the standard by which everything is measured, and this person's strength is just too abnormal.

(End of this chapter)