The Way of the Blind Girl Chess Saint

Star Array, Phoenix, Golden Retriever, Octopus, Fine Art... AlphaGo.

They... couldn't even beat a giant baby chess player whose cognition was only at the infant stage.

However, the young girl's hair turned white overnight, and her pupils turned the color of water.

"In Go... each stone is too pure, but humans are too complex."

Unconsciously, she entered a wonderful state.

Just like an athlete's breakthrough performance, it unlocks the deepest genetic secrets of the human body.

With a mind as free as the void and consciousness as active as the machine, she calculates ten thousand steps for every one step the robot takes.

If a robot can calculate 100,000 steps per second, she would spend her entire life calculating one million steps...

Of course, she didn't do that.

Because she didn't calculate it at all.

She only saw, heard, and felt... the movement of the chess pieces on the chessboard.

That transcends the realm of calculation, judgment, and intuition; she is a deity who directly pursues the fundamental mysteries of Go.

She learned to play Go, so she won, and won so easily.

"I...heard it."

The girl with long, snow-white hair slightly opened her watery eyes. Luo Qiu'er's whole body was enveloped in watery mist, which wrapped around her like ribbons, giving her an ethereal and otherworldly aura.

The Narcissus Mode... is such a chess position, one of the most difficult chess positions in the world to awaken.

It's like someone who is born with the potential to win at chess, but doesn't know how to unlock it.

People with the "Chess Narcissus Pattern" usually have one major characteristic: they are very humble.

It was their ancestor, Luo Shuihuan, who defeated the supposedly perfect artificial intelligence (AI).

That's why they understand what Go is: there is no absolute perfection, only players stronger than themselves.

Sure enough, decades after Luo Shuihuan defeated AI, another absolute hegemon has emerged who has dominated the world of Go for over thirty years...

Kokushu was the first human in the world to truly awaken his chess skills.

Human chess players are utterly vulnerable.

Artificial intelligence is obsolete.

In the thirty years since, humanity has migrated from Earth to outer space, and a large number of chess players with strategic skills have begun to awaken...

"call"

Ji Yingting took a breath and slightly narrowed her green willow-leaf eyebrows, her eyes, which were painted with green eye makeup, becoming a little loose.

Because Luo Qiu'er's current state was clearly not the true form of the chess pieces, the chess players watching nearby did not see the changes in her.

But... from that very moment, the air in the entire dojo became thick and sticky.

Although many people have played against Ji Yingting, no one can clearly say what kind of player she is.

A few strands of green willow branches obscured her eyebrows, and her jade-like hand reached out from her Taoist robe, gently picking up a black chess piece.

The water lily-colored sleeves rose about two decimeters as Ji Yingting picked up the chess piece at a very strange angle.

Many chess players say that her moves are graceful and elegant... her hands are beautiful.

Each time she placed a piece, it made a crisp "click," a beautiful sound for a chess player.

However, she had never raised her arm so high before; the curve of her arm and wrist was just too close.

If you look closely, beneath her green willow-leaf eyebrows, a pair of star-like eyes with a hint of purple have opened.

Green light swirled around his fingertips, and Ji Yingting's right hand instantly fell down.

boom!!!!

The next instant, an incredibly terrifying sonic boom resounded throughout the entire dojo, the stream stopped flowing, and the breeze ceased to caress them.

The flow of the world seemed to pause for a second as the enormous sound of a piece being placed echoed through my mind, a thunderous final roar.

The epicenter was at her fingertips, spreading rapidly outwards, blowing Luo Qiu'er's snow-white bangs back and transforming them into a whirlwind.

"Um... was there an earthquake?"

Bai Yongye, who was just about to place his chess piece, was slightly taken aback, and the piece in his hand was almost knocked away.

"How...how did they do that?"

Luo Qiu'er, whose entire body was covered in water mist, was slightly taken aback. Her sapphire blue eyes looked towards Ji Yingting's right hand.

The black chess piece was slowly dripping from her fingertip, sticking gently to the chessboard like a water droplet.

Very few chess players can produce such a loud sound when placing a piece... but there are some, and the sound of placing a piece has little to do with the strength.

However, a chess piece like the one Ji Yingting dropped with such a loud bang actually managed to stick perfectly to the chessboard...

Luo Qiu'er wouldn't be surprised if the move, which was as explosive as the one she just made, had cracked a chessboard of ordinary price.

wow...

As the breeze began, Ji Yingting's long, light green, Hime-style hair slowly returned to her cheeks, and her purple eyes, which had been hidden by her bangs, opened slightly as she tilted her head.

No one can explain, no one can say for sure what kind of Go player Kiyoba is.

Because all the chess players who have played against Ji Yingting know... she cannot be expressed in words.

"Luo Qiu'er... if you're looking for defeat, then congratulations."

Chapter 338: The Real Analysis

"Here, here, just move the chair over here."

Even at night, the temple remains incredibly beautiful, with fireflies illuminating the tranquil bamboo grove and a stream flowing past each screen.

Each screen holds a unique world within it.

It's more like a landscape painting than the human world.

This is the Biyue Zheyun Bamboo of the semi-professional dojo, where an entire bamboo grove has been pruned into a chess room.

Whether it's the chessboard, the chess set, or the chess box... everything is a pure jade color, extremely beautiful.

Tomorrow is a highly prestigious city-level promotion tournament in Yongyue City.

Why is it so valuable?

This is the first promotion tournament after this year's professional exams, and also the first tournament held in a semi-professional dojo.

This training ground for amateur chess players, known as the "Road to Heaven," will be revealed to ordinary chess players for the first time.

Actually... the dojo had never agreed to hold amateur competitions before, but their situation last year was just too dire.

This huge quasi-professional training center didn't even have a single professional player; it was completely overshadowed by private academies and established families.

"Luo Qiu'er, are you still thinking about that game of chess from before?"

A girl with long, snow-white hair silently mopped the floor, while another girl with brown curly hair came to the side.

She had freckles on her face, and her petite figure was quite cute. She glanced sideways at Ji Yingting.

At the first professional rank, Ji Yingting, that stunningly beautiful girl with long, light green hair, sat cross-legged on a rock in a small pond, playing with the water.

"How much did you lose?" the brown-haired girl asked curiously.

If Ji Yingting were here, she might recognize him...

She is Chen Luo, the young chess player who was defeated by Ji Yingting while she was sleeping during the professional exam.

"Nine and a half eyes"

"Currently taking professional exams."

"Seven and a half eyes," Luo Qiu'er said.

"Hmm, the difference isn't that big. Compared to Ji Yingting, who's already a professional, Yongye lost by more than twenty points and even cried."

"Her opponent is An Ruotong... I've heard a little about her."

Luo Qiu'er nodded slightly, because An Ruotong was a candidate in Group B, so they had never played against each other.

"By the way, Yongye is still an amateur 4-dan, right? Will she be okay in tomorrow's promotion tournament?"

"No problem at all, she has a very strong sense of self-esteem," Chen Luo replied, waving his hand.

"And... an amateur fourth dan outside of a dojo, I guess, that's about it, they seem pretty weak."

The city-level competition is not the same as the provincial-level competition; each competition has nearly a thousand participants.

The high-level group of the city competition, which refers to players of 3 dan and 4 dan, will not exceed 50 people in total.

Moreover... there are many amateur 5-dan players in each province, but only a few dozen people take the professional exam each year.

There are only two spots available for advancing to the fifth dan level in this city competition.

The referee is... Ji Yingting.

Sigh... Luo Qiu'er let out a soft sigh.

Once upon a time, Ji Yingting was also a candidate fighting in the same examination hall as them.

But in just a few months, she had already usurped their place and even gained the right to be a referee on their field.

Fortunately, with her current chess skills, she would be among the top even in last year's hellish professional exam.

Putting aside Shang Gongying and Ji Yingting, she is still much stronger than Ma Gongling, Quan Shihui, Cui Jinlie, and Luo Zhuyu last year.

Next year... I must work harder.

Luo Qiu'er silently thought about what Ji Yingting had said to her...

"If we can get even stronger, how about we try to win every time in the next professional exam?"

A 30-game winning streak... This is no easy goal. Luo Qiu'er frowned slightly.

Last year, the undefeated players in the Crescent Province professional examination were Hanako Shiki and Ki Sakura.