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Hikaru had so much to say to Sai, and all of it got stuck in his throat, leaving him speechless for a moment.

"You're really amazing, Hikaru."

"Yes!" Hikaru Shindo shed tears. "I've been playing Go, and I've been playing Go all the time, just to see you."

The clock ticked, and it was almost time.

Fujiwara Sai looked at the light in the distance and said, "I'm entrusting everything to you, Hikaru. I believe in you."

Finally, he disappeared into the light.

"Sai!"

Hikaru Shindo sat up abruptly, only then realizing that he had just fallen asleep. He wiped his face, noticing water stains on his fingertips.

After tidying himself up, he stepped onto the stage, determined to salvage the dignity of a professional Go player.

"Please give me more advice."

"Please give me more advice."

AlphaGo played black and made the first move.

As the game progressed, Hikaru Shindo smiled.

Just as he expected, AlphaGo has a fixed pattern.

His first few moves, intentionally, were no different from the opening of the second game.

He can now make his own plans.

Akira Touya watched this scene from his computer screen, completely bewildered.

Why did Shindo place it like that?

We had already concluded that this approach was not feasible.

By move 40, it was clear that White was at a disadvantage, and Hikaru Shindo was finding himself in increasing difficulty.

However, his eyes remained bright, and a smile played on his lips.

This puzzled Yang Hai greatly.

What's so funny?

By the seventieth move, Black had built up a large territory in the upper area, and even the most mediocre player could see White's disadvantage.

In the first two games, the battle went down to the end, and Hikaru Shindo lost by a narrow margin.

By the third game, White's position was even worse than in the first two games.

"What exactly is Hikaru Shindo thinking?"

Seiji Ogata stared intently at the screen.

Hikaru Shindo was at a disadvantage, but Seiji Ogata had a feeling that the whole game was under Hikaru Shindo's control.

The current situation is what he wanted.

"Why would I think that?" Ogata smiled wryly. Perhaps it was because he wanted to see a victory for humanity too much.

Everyone remained puzzled, unable to discern Hikaru Shindo's intentions.

……

"So what was the final result? Why did they play it this way?!"

Yang Sen created suspense but didn't elaborate for a long time. This awful personality of his infuriated Gu Li.

“Don’t rush,” Yang Sen sighed, his voice trembling, “that’s a truly amazing idea.”

……

White has reached move 78.

Hikaru Shindo was with Sai. He laid the groundwork for the entire game, sacrificing the empty space on the top, all in preparation for this move.

He picked up a chess piece, his expression turning serious.

Just as the chess piece was about to fall, a folding fan was extended from in front of him.

dig!

This was a plan he came up with.

The chessboard is the starry sky; with the placement of this piece, the light shines brightly, and the darkness is dispelled.

Fujiwara Sai appeared behind Hikaru, staring blankly at the scene.

Black's various hidden dangers were linked together, and it immediately fell into a predicament.

How can AlphaGo turn the tide at this point?

Next comes the verification.

Seemingly ignoring this move, AlphaGo continued playing at its own pace in its 79th move.

It wasn't until around the 87th move that it suddenly realized its mistake and began to adjust.

“A stroke of genius!” Ogata Seiji murmured.

"This is a divine move!" Akira Touya suddenly stood up.

This was a move that no one expected, turning the tide of the game. It was absolutely a divine move!

Therefore, this move exceeded the computer's imagination and demonstrated the brilliance of human wisdom.

Computing power cannot surpass AI, but the soul within the brain is something AI cannot possess.

Unless it reaches the point of calculating everything, encompassing all of Go, and making every move understandable, it's absolutely impossible to make a divine move!

This is a victory for humanity, a victory for the soul of Go!

The third game was made brilliant by Hikaru Shindo's 78th move, and in the manga, the players' fear of AlphaGo vanished in an instant.

It is not invincible, and what can defeat it is precisely what everyone has been pursuing—the divine move!

……

"A divine move! The seventy-eighth move was absolutely a divine move!" Yang Sen exclaimed!

He firmly believed it.

Hikaru Shindo discovered AlphaGo's bug at the most dangerous moment, defeated it, and won the first victory.

Chapter 181 "Hikaru no Go": The Finale and New Pressures

The "divine move" finally appeared in the short story "The Great Revolution of Go" in the manga "Hikaru no Go"!

The entire comic was building up to something that suddenly came to light under the pressure of AI!

When readers saw the divine move, they were all thrilled.

"I've been watching 'Hikaru no Go' since 1994, and I've finally waited for this day!"

"Watching Hikaru Shindo and Sai's 'divine move' really moved me; I was moved to tears."

"Under the immense pressure from AlphaGo, A-Guang relentlessly pursued breakthroughs and finally unleashed a miraculous digging move!"

"This is a victory for humanity!"

This move wasn't something learned from playing against a strong opponent; rather, it was a desperate move made in the name of upholding a player's dignity, making it all the more romantic.

Long afterward, many people still get goosebumps when they think of that one comic strip.

Gu Li was deeply moved as he listened to Yang Sen's explanation.

"From Ogata Seiji's discovery of AlphaGo's vulnerabilities, through Touya Akira's probing, to Shindo Hikaru's explosive performance, this was not a victory for one person, but rather a testament to the indomitable spirit of professional Go players in the face of AI."

“That’s right.” Yang Sen nodded. “It is precisely this point that makes many frustrated chess players understand the importance of perseverance.”

"Also... artificial intelligence will definitely have vulnerabilities."

Gu Li scratched his head, gaining a deeper understanding of the work.

"So, what happened next? There are still two more games to go."

Yang Sen's expression turned cold.

“We lost the next two games,” he said. “AlphaGo’s vulnerabilities were fixed in time, and Hikaru Shindo was no match for him. In the human-dog battle, we lost by a large margin of 1:4.”

Gu Li was not surprised by the result; it was perfectly normal.

"And then there's the final story, about the future of AlphaGo."

"In 2017, the AlphaGo research team found the top Go player at the time, Ke Baquan, a 9-dan Go player from China."

Gu Li's expression twisted. "Ke Ba Guan, what a bizarre name!"

“After all, the author is Japanese.” Yang Sen shook his head. “He believes that in 2017, Chinese Go had the upper hand, so he chose a Chinese player.”

He continued, "A year later, AlphaGo was upgraded and played 100 games against the previous AlphaGo, with a score of 100:0, a perfect record."

It had only been a year, but Gu Li's expression turned serious.

How much can a chess player improve in a year?

AI has already evolved.

The stark difference between these two is a truly frightening fact.

"The strongest professional Go player, pulling his hair out during the match, shedding tears along the way, still persevered and played relentlessly, but in the end, he still lost every game..."

"Is this the future of Go?" Gu Li said, unwilling to accept it.

"In the future, when other players find new vulnerabilities in artificial intelligence, it won't matter anymore," Yang Sen said.

The book "The Great Revolution in Go" ends here. The content about Ke's cupping therapy is only briefly shown on the last two pages, which is a prediction of the future.

"However, I think that what Mr. Toriakino is saying is that Go players and artificial intelligence will continue to be entangled, just like light and illumination, growing and promoting each other..."

"With professional Go players using artificial intelligence, their strength will be much, much greater than it is now. It is precisely because of the demand and challenges that artificial intelligence can continue to be updated and pursue the path of thoroughly studying Go."

After Yang Sen finished speaking, Gu Li let out a long sigh of relief, "Perhaps that's how it is."

After finishing the comic, he felt a sense of loss and couldn't calm down for a long time.