I'm Really Going to Become an Immortal
Chapter 320 - 227: The Main Force is Tired, I am the Substitute_3

Chapter 320: Chapter 227: The Main Force is Tired, I am the Substitute_3

Before he could say anything,

Li Xuan, the 9th rank, decisively resigned, ending the garbage time of this inevitably lost game.

Then,

Ke Bao, the 9th rank, immediately placed the computer in front of the representative from Future Wisdom Control Company, who looked somewhat bewildered at Ke Bao’s excited demeanor.

He glanced at the Go Network interface on the computer.

He quickly grasped the intention of Ke Bao, the 9th rank.

This was...

They found an external ally!

This individual issuing the battle challenge on the computer seemed somewhat familiar.

Wasn’t there some news in the Go World discussing this person a while ago?

Seemed to be called... the Go Emperor?

Although he was a member of a tech company, due to the development of Go AI, he had indeed followed some news in the Go World.

At that time, hadn’t the Go Emperor completely crushed Ke Bao, Xiao Shen, and Li Xuan?

"Come, play against him!"

Ke Bao pointed at the computer screen.

A smile spread across his face, carrying with it a mix of composure and confidence, but even more so, a strong sense of anticipation.

Having said that, many chess players following Ke Bao crowded around.

After they plugged in the computer power source, they all stayed nearby, ready to watch the spectacle.

However, under Ke Bao’s direction,

Everyone moved to the resting room to watch the online battle through computers, leaving Ke Bao, the 9th rank, alone on-site to supervise the progress of this match.

Once the representative from Future Wisdom Control Company realized Ke Bao, the 9th rank, wasn’t there to beat him up but to learn from the Da Han Chess Saint, confidence returned to his face.

As long as there was no physical confrontation, everything was negotiable.

It seemed that the surrounding chess players were all looking forward to the performance of the Go Emperor.

But if it’s just about playing Go,

The representative from Future Wisdom Control Company had extreme confidence in their own AI.

No one understood their invincible Zhiyu more than he did.

Level 10 AIs had no chance of winning against Zhiyu!

So,

No matter whether it’s a human or an AI that was coming from the other side, the result would be the same.

"I’ve said it, switching players is useless. You need at least a Level 10 AI to make it somewhat interesting,"

The representative said with a smile to Ke Bao in front of him.

However, Ke Bao was unmoved by his words.

Indeed, nobody understood Zhiyu AI better than this guy, but no one understood the Go Emperor better than him, Ke Bao.

Let’s not talk about the pressure that being crushed game after game had brought him.

The most terrifying thing was that the progression speed, which seemed as if it was born for Go, changed with every game.

Improving with each game, how terrifying was that?

Now, after a long time,

He believed that the Go Emperor must have already reached an unattainable domain for humans, experiencing the loneliness of a genius leading the era.

Seeing Ke Bao’s near-devotee expression,

The representative from Future Wisdom Control Company shook his head and then, without hesitation, accepted the battle challenge on the computer.

The system entered into the nigiri phase to decide who goes first.

He casually chose five stones and then waited for the other side to guess the odds or evens.

"Brother, why did you switch players?"

While waiting for the nigiri, he sent a private message to the other side.

Although he couldn’t be arrogant, he had planned to trash talk a bit before the match.

Pre-match trash talking was a common scene in all sorts of competitive sports. It was not only a tactic to wage psychological warfare but also part of the competitive culture. Athletes would verbally spar to gain a psychological edge and undermine their opponent’s confidence.

But before he could continue,

The other side simply replied with:

"The main force is tired; I’m the substitute."

After that, having guessed correctly in nigiri, the other side began to place their stones.

Clearly, there was no intention to engage in further conversation.

This left the representative, who was prepared to say something more, somewhat stunned.

What did they mean by substitute?

Where did the idea of having a substitute come from in their impromptu match?

This manner of speaking from the other side somehow gave off the impression of playing casually for a bit.

He felt as if there was a strong undertone of "just entertaining this kid for a while" in that sentence.

The representative internally ranted in frustration.

However, seeing the other side begin to move, the representative didn’t say any more and instead started to place stones seriously, following the AI’s direction.

No matter what the other side meant,

He was determined to make them realize their place using strength.

He wasn’t worried at all about the other side using AI during the online game,

As all AIs on the market had been proven to be incapable of defeating the new AI developed by Future Wisdom Control Company after testing.

There was only one possible outcome.

...

An hour quickly passed by.

With every ticking second,

The atmosphere inside the game room seemed to solidify.

The tense atmosphere, like an invisible weight, pressed heavily upon everyone’s hearts.

Although the representative from Future Wisdom Control Company sat comfortably in his seat, his brows were deeply furrowed, and beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.

The confidence he started with gradually morphed into uneasiness as the game progressed.

The situation...

It seemed somewhat amiss!

The conclusion he had envisioned now appeared far from reality!

As the hands for the AI, even though he increasingly could not comprehend each move of the game,

The whispers of the researchers in his headset became rarer and replaced by occasional heavy sighs.

Meanwhile, the typically instantly moving Zhiyu AI was now responding slower, clearly indicating that the current game situation demanded significantly increased calculating power.

He still understood what that meant.

The opponent was strong!

Unreasonably strong!

Judging by the time waiting for the AI to compute, the individual on the other side of the computer was even stronger than the Level 10 AI from the Go Network!

Their Zhiyu AI was struggling to cope.