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The Mei Higashino ship was sunk.

She lay in Akemi Akemi's arms, feeling incredibly warm.

Suddenly, Mei Higashino froze, touched her chest, and felt the fullness of her shoulders. She was immediately filled with jealousy.

The merriment lasted until 2 a.m.

Those who lived nearby went back to their dorms.

Those who lived far away stayed in Hibiki Higashino and Akemi Akemi's dormitory until they woke up at 10 o'clock the next day, and then left one after another.

Higashino Hibiki's gloom vanished, and he was able to create with renewed vigor.

……

In early April, IBM, an American company.

A behemoth is being tested.

The researcher in charge, Louis, stared intently at the screen with his deep eyes.

"Has the algorithm been adjusted for the more than two hundred chess games that DeepBlue input?"

Another person in charge asked.

“It will take some time,” Louis replied, “but it won’t be long before Deep Blue is world-famous!”

He spoke with absolute confidence.

Last year, Deep Blue lost 2-4 to Garry Kasparov, the world's number one ranked chess player.

Since then, the research team has been working on artificial intelligence improvements for Kasparov.

With the explosion of artificial intelligence output in the 1990s, they also continued to absorb advanced knowledge to make Deep Blue even more perfect.

"Well done!"

"Before long, the history of chess will be revolutionized, and a new era will begin!"

"You're wrong. Not just in chess, but the history of artificial intelligence is about to turn a new page!"

The research team said with great excitement.

The whole world will know about them!

……

The new plot of "The Great Revolution in Go" has not changed due to public opinion; on the contrary, it has gone a step further.

Professional players all lost in online rapid chess games.

AlphaGo's research team decided to hold offline games in Japan, starting with slow chess, to convince professional players.

The first player to play against AlphaGo was named Isumi. The person sitting opposite Isumi, who played against AlphaGo in person, was Yang Hai, a professional 9-dan player from China.

"Mr. Yang, it's a pleasure to see you again today."

Izumi looked at him with a complicated expression. When he was eighteen, it was because of Yang Hai's guidance that he broke free from the shackles of his mind and stopped playing chess timidly, thus becoming the ninth-dan player he is today.

I never imagined that the person I admired so much back then would choose the path of artificial intelligence.

"It's been a long time, Yijiao," Yang Hai said.

"I learned a lot from AlphaGo, and I hope you can learn something from it too."

This game of Go caused a sensation throughout Japan.

For ordinary people, watching a computer play chess against a professional player is an unheard-of novelty, and it would be a shame not to watch the spectacle.

In the online live stream, millions of people watched simultaneously.

"First!"

"group photo!"

"Looking forward to it! Love comes from Korea."

"Isumi 9-dan must win!"

This was a most captivating game, breaking down the boundaries of Go and becoming a celebration for China, Japan, and South Korea.

At this moment, a reader named Kawakami Ryosuke was stroking his chin thoughtfully.

"Live streaming? Real-time commentary? That's a great idea."

With hardware and internet speed no longer being issues, live streaming definitely has potential.

He couldn't help but recall that in Akino Tori's manga, the streets of Japan remained unchanged, devoid of any new innovations. It was as if there had been no development for decades.

But electronics have undergone a revolution.

Gone are the bulky electronic screens, streamlined cars, and diverse web designs…

These innovations are incorporated into the style of the work, making it feel fresh and new.

“Perhaps the future really will be like this.” Kawakami Ryosuke couldn’t help but think, “I heard that Tori Akino Mirai-sensei studied fine arts. She really is a design master.”

His previous works were nothing special; ordinary scenes were blended into touching stories.

Now, similar to Akira Toriyama, the story offers plenty of freshness, rivaling the unique vehicles and animals in Dragon Ball.

Although it lacks wild imagination, it has a highly believable sense of immersion and a meticulous sense of refinement.

"As expected of Mr. Toriakino," he exclaimed.

……

In Yang Hai's game, AlphaGo played the same old moves, opening with a 3-3 move, without much thought, creating an overwhelming sense of oppression.

Hikaru Shindo looked at Yang Hai and felt a strong sense of familiarity. It was like seeing himself as a primary school student, being guided by Fujiwara Sai and playing Go in a daze.

It was during that time that Akira Touya was left with psychological trauma.

"Could it be..." His expression turned serious, "that the gap between Yang Hai and AlphaGo is as big as the gap between me and Sai back then?"

Having figured this out, he focused even more intently on his reading.

From morning until noon, it will be lunchtime.

Izumi's face was deathly pale. "I lost."

Against AlphaGo, he managed to hold on until the mid-game before losing.

The opponent is like a high mountain; no matter how hard he tries, he has no way to break the deadlock.

Instead, they inexplicably lost their initial advantage, fell into a disadvantageous position, and then had no chance of turning the tide.

Losing wasn't the worst part; what terrified him most was that, aside from AlphaGo's astonishing computing power, he didn't understand how he lost, nor did he know how to take advantage of any opportunities to improve.

With four games remaining, Isumi could only barely muster his spirits and try to come up with a plan for the second game three days from now.

At Akira Touya's house, many Go players were reviewing their games, but they couldn't understand AlphaGo's moves either.

"Its uniqueness is most obviously in the frequent use of the 3-3 point."

In Go, this is a very mediocre move. If used, it can easily allow the opponent to build a strong position, putting your side at a disadvantage. Therefore, professional players rarely use it.

Perhaps we can glean insights into AlphaGo's underlying thought process from point 33.

“You can’t think of him as a person, but as a cold machine,” said Ogata Seiji, whose hair was turning gray. “Once you understand his logic, you can defeat AlphaGo.”

Despite saying that, Seiji Ogata still referred to AlphaGo as "he".

In the game against AlphaGo, Ija lost all five games.

Ordinary people are also getting more and more excited, regarding AlphaGo's sudden emergence as a historic moment!

……

In the manga, AlphaGo's prestige is growing, and the villainous boss's aura is becoming increasingly imposing. Although he is a machine that has never appeared, he was ranked tenth in the latest Jump manga villain ranking, after Dio.

This demonstrates the readers' approval.

"It'll be hard to win."

"There's no hope left!"

"However?" someone suddenly said, "This is a shonen manga, right? Victory is also a crucial element."

“Hmm…” someone pondered, “I had forgotten that this was originally just a comic book.”

He projected his feelings onto the comic, feeling that this part was a real story and something that would happen in the future.

Although it's a bit far-fetched, the atmosphere created by Tori Akino Mirai is so well done that without realizing it, you start to think along the storyline as you get into the story.

"If such artificial intelligence really exists, I can't imagine the possibility of chess players winning."

After all, it is a historic change.

Professional chess players are like a mantis trying to stop a chariot in the face of the revolution of artificial intelligence.

“Don’t take it so seriously,” someone comforted him. “After all, it’s just a fictional story. Just like there’s no Frieza, there’s no AlphaGo.”

"Hmm." He nodded slightly.

Chapter 179 Chinese Chess Players

July 1997.

It has been a month since the last chapter of "The Great Revolution of Go" was released.

With the release of the final chapter of the manga, the first and only single-volume edition of "The Great Revolution of Go" was also released.

Yang Sen is a professional 2-dan Go player who studied at the Japan Go Association during his time with the Chinese Go team.

After a year of study, it's time to return to China.

Before leaving, he queued up to buy a standalone copy of "The Great Revolution in Go".

Wow, so many people!

Although the Japanese Go world has become stagnant, he still greatly admires the Go atmosphere in the country.

At that time, the average income of Chinese people was very low, and families that could afford to let their children learn Go were among the very few.

Therefore, he had never seen such a large number of people who were so enthusiastic about Go.