After reaching the maximum level, my "soft rice system" finally arrived.

and so--

Even though Sharl provided the blueprints for the mechs and the space carrier...

The concept of a "pseudo-solar furnace" was proposed...

According to the Western Continent, the first batch of prototypes and prototypes of these colossal war machines have already been produced...

With these revolutionary magical technologies... the Silver Civilization had already defeated the "Servants of God," transforming a vague fantasy into a tangible hope...

However, most of the high-ranking officials in the Silver Holy City who knew the truth about the restart were still shrouded in the shadow of that war god...

Even if they are on par in terms of overall strength...

But deep down, they still yearned for victory, for true triumph...

It was shrouded in a layer of gloom that was difficult to erase.

.......

however--

The next moment.

"The invincible god of war..."

"Having fought in countless wars without ever suffering a defeat..."

"The culmination of all past military strategies, tactics, experience, and wisdom."

A hint of interest suddenly appeared in Charles's calm voice.

"That does sound quite interesting."

"so......"

"That's what makes it worth being defeated."

Charles looked at the Arcane Academy Dean with a complex expression and couldn't help but smile slightly.

Before him, wisps of tiny magical energy gradually outlined the shape of a square wooden plate.

With a slight flick of his fingers, Ciel's dark magic coalesced in the air, drawing nineteen horizontal and nineteen vertical lines on the square wooden disc...

Only after the wooden chessboard was completely formed did Charles speak again.

"Senior...have you ever heard of Go?"

"or......"

Let me put it another way...

Charles paused slightly.

"Have you heard of...?"

"Artificial intelligence?"

P.S.: Finally finished writing this...

I can only say that my pen name, "Unparalleled Skills," serves this particular part of the story.

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Chapter 84 Mechs, Standing Tall on the Earth (8k)

"Go?"

"And...artificial intelligence?"

The Dean of the Arcane Academy repeated these two somewhat unfamiliar terms to him...

Within the civilization of the Silver Continent, there naturally exists a corresponding board game...

Therefore, he could barely understand...

The "Go" that Charles mentioned should be a special kind of board game.

but......

"AI".

The Dean of the Arcane Academy had absolutely no corresponding concept in his mind regarding this term.

.......

"Go is a popular board game in my hometown."

Charles then presented the wooden chessboard...

Nineteen lines horizontally and nineteen vertically outline the complete chessboard.

"As for the basic rules of Go, they are actually quite simple..."

"The two players each hold black and white pieces, and take turns placing their pieces, with black going first and white going second..."

"The lines connecting the four directions of each placed piece can be called 'liberties'..."

"If a piece of a certain color loses all its liberties and reaches zero, then that piece is considered dead and will be captured."

"At the end of each game, the winner will be determined by the amount of space occupied by the two colors of pieces on the board..."

"Because the player with the black pieces made the first move, they gained the advantage of initiating the attack..."

"Therefore, the player who plays white, being at a disadvantage, will receive some point compensation when the final score is determined..."

The basic rules of Go are not complicated...

For the weakest among the assembled figures in the council chamber—who were all legendary figures with incredibly powerful mental strength—...

Once you understand the most basic rules, you can deduce and think based on those rules on your own, and complete the beginner's journey at an extremely fast pace.

.......

After a moment of thought.

The headmaster of the Arcane Academy, an elderly man with white hair, frowned slightly.

"Based on the rules you described, this is indeed a rather profound board game..."

It also boasts an extremely high level of replayability...

"but......"

"How is this related to the methods we discussed earlier for combating the 'Servants of God'?"

Not just the bewildered Dean of the Arcane Academy...

Even the representatives from the Western Continent who were participating in the meeting via magical projection looked at Xia Er with some confusion...

Go (Weiqi)

This is not unfamiliar to the people of the Western Continent.

After Xia Er spread this board game from his previous life through the Golden Deer Merchant Guild, it quickly became popular among the powerful figures of the Western Continent...

Whether they are royalty or wizards of the Black Tower, they often play a few rounds in their spare time.

The reason why Go could quickly become popular and surpass other board games such as military chess and Western chess that already existed in the Western Continent is actually quite simple.

High-level superhumans possess extremely strong mental and computational abilities, far exceeding those of ordinary people...

For games like chess and military chess, where the number and type of pieces are fixed and the ways to move each round are extremely limited, the optimal solution can often be derived through exhaustive search.

However, the possible branches in Go are as numerous as the sands of the Ganges...

Even the most powerful legendary mage could never exhaust all the variations in Go...

It is precisely because of this uncertainty that Go has become a favorite pastime for many wizards and powerful individuals in their leisure time...

In addition to leisure activities... one can also hone the soul and mental strength that are crucial for wizards by calculating chess moves.

However... even they were somewhat confused at this moment, wondering what Xia Er was trying to express by suddenly starting to talk about Go at the meeting.

Surely it couldn't be a sudden urge to play chess, could it? That would be far too inappropriate.

.......

Facing the gazes of the crowd, Ciel slowly extended his hand...

The next moment, wisps of magical light gathered between his fingers.

Accompanied by subtle spatial fluctuations, a flash of silver light appeared.

A small doll made entirely of silver-white metal appeared silently on the round table.

As Charles watched the small puppet, whose head-mounted screen displayed a few characters and which began to clumsily move toward the chessboard, a slight smile appeared in his eyes.

"Senior...please play a few games of chess with it."

"A miniature golem with embedded computational rune circuits..."

"Or rather... a doll?"

The Dean of the Arcane Academy glanced at the silver-white puppet and quickly made a judgment in his mind.