I'm Really Going to Become an Immortal
Chapter 184 - 151 The Old Man Plays With the Mischievous Child

Chapter 184: Chapter 151 The Old Man Plays With the Mischievous Child

Today,

Zhan Ying’s live broadcast was much livelier than usual.

It wasn’t a big deal, really, just because Zhan Ying, the leading promoter in the Chess World, lost yesterday in his stream along with three Ninth Rank players—each of whom had won a world championship—against an anonymous online player.

The incident did not make waves outside of Go circles, but it captured the attention of those within.

Losing a game wasn’t a big deal.

But when three Ninth Rank players were on rotation and all were defeated mid-game by one person, quite a few in the Chess World took notice.

On such a well-followed basis,

the well-connected Zhan Ying announced they invited today’s leading figure in Hua Country Go, who could even be considered the world’s number one, Ke Bao.

The heat in the live stream soared immediately.

The intention to invite Ke Bao was clear, making countless viewers anticipate eagerly.

[Quick, quick, quick! I can’t wait! I want to watch a bloodbath!]

[The world’s number one facing the online Go Emperor, here we go! I’m getting the feels from Hikaru no Go!]

[With the strength of Ke Bao, Ninth Rank, that should be enough, right? After all, Ke Bao, having learned and absorbed AI joseki, can stand toe-to-toe with the original AlphaGo.]

[Can’t say for sure, can’t say...]

[Please, No Atmosphere Girl, don’t talk, I want to watch my idol Ke Bao.]

"Everyone, don’t rush. Once the battle really begins, Shi Liang Ninth Rank and I, through the voice connection, will explain everything carefully for you."

"But, this online Go Emperor is currently in a match, it won’t end anytime soon."

"For now, we just wait for Ke Bao Ninth Rank to connect."

After Zhan Ying said this,

they started joking with the three Ninth Rank players on voice call, making the whole live stream laugh heartily.

As everyone knows, the Go World is full of master comedians.

After all, during Go commentary, there might be a long gap between two moves.

Sometimes this interval is so long that, after the commentator has gone over the probable line of play and what the players might be aiming for, there’s still a lot of time left.

This requires commentators to ad-lib and interact with the audience.

Hence, being master comedians has been a tradition in the Go World since ancient times.

Not long after,

Zhan Ying’s live stream connected to a new member, none other than the much-awaited Ke Bao, Ninth Rank, who also started to stream and voice chat with Zhan Ying.

"Hello everyone~"

"In the past few days, I was preparing for a title match, staying in my room for closed training. Just as I finished my Chess Saint title match and thought of resting for a couple of days, Zhan Ying called me over."

After Ke Bao joined the stream, he greeted the chatters in the chatroom with ease.

[Ke Bao! My god!!!]

[Ke Chess Saint!]

[Quick, quick, quick! I want to watch a bloodbath!]

Seeing the lively chatroom comments, the often-streaming Ke Bao also took charge easily: "You guys, send me your game records privately, let me have a look."

"Zhan Ying just told me that all three of you lost, and asked me to help save the show. Let me see how bad your loss was."

Upon hearing this,

Zhan Ying shared the game records of her and the three Ninth Rankers with Ke Bao.

Before Ke Bao even started reviewing them, he couldn’t help but laugh and tease: "Zhan Ying, why did you send yours over as well?"

[Laughing, Old Zhan is too self-aware.]

[Polluting the database technique!]

[Ke Bao: I’m really going to cry, it’s too cringy!]

Watching the teasing barrage in the live stream, Zhan Ying didn’t say anything, just silently clenched her fist towards the camera.

Seeing this,

Ke Bao let out a light laugh and stopped looking for show effects, instead seriously began reviewing the game records sent by Zhan Ying.

And with one look, it took over ten minutes.

Ke Bao’s expression went from relaxed and leisurely to very stern.

"No, isn’t this obviously getting stronger with each game?"

Ke Bao murmured subconsciously, feeling a slight doubt about life.

As the super prodigy who became a Professional Chess Player at ten, for the first time he questioned the meaning of the word genius.

[Ha ha ha, Ke Bao is baffled.]

[To be honest, who wouldn’t be baffled?]

[Each game shows a different level of strength, it’s hard to say it’s not either some high-level account sharing or a top player in disguise.]

[But it doesn’t seem like account sharing, nor does it resemble the style of any known top player. Could it really be a super genius improving with every game?]

[I think it might be a new algorithm AI developed by some large company? Hence why it seems different in style from typical AIs?]

The chat in the live stream was a buzz with discussions.

While Ke Bao, with a serious face, earnestly asked the three Ninth Rankers who were not streaming but connected through a voice chat group:

"Did you guys go back and review the game on your own?"

On hearing this,

Shi Liang, Ninth Rank, who was the last to play yesterday, spoke: "Of course we reviewed. We used all our strength, but still got trounced."

"It’s somewhat despairing, so you might need to go and collide with him, help us confirm whether it’s really AI playing."

Shen Lang Ninth Rank followed up.

Ke Bao fell silent for a moment.

Then straightforwardly said: "This isn’t just getting trounced; looking at these game records, it feels more like an elder playing with a child."

As the world’s number one player,

having integrated some of the original AlphaGo’s moves to the point of near parity, he was certain.

That person’s strength already seemed to be on a completely different level from a normal professional Ninth Rank.

Saying it’s like an elder playing with a child was just about right.

A seasoned old adult, toying with a kid fresh out of the hatch.