I'm Really a Superstar

Things were in full swing online!

Zhang Ye's Great Slant Joseki had dumbfounded countless people!

"Beautiful!"

"That was so godly of Teacher Zhang!"

"This fellow has managed to pull something off again!"

"Hahaha, Peter can't react anymore!"

"This joseki probably has more than several thousand variations!"

"Peter is still thinking! Adding the time it took for its earlier moves, it has already used up half an hour of its clock. This strange joseki must not be in its database of game records!"

"Zhang Ye is amazing!"

"Take the game in one fell swoop, Teacher Zhang!"

"Who was it that said yesterday that Teacher Zhang would not be able to come up with another style?"

"Any casual move by Zhang Ye is an earth-shattering move!"

"In terms of face smacking, I have to give it to Zhang Ye!"

"Yeah, that guy's brain is totally more computerized than the computer!"

There was exhilaration all around!

Everyone could again see hope in winning a game!

Finally, Peter played. It was a very strong move!

Zhang Ye thought for two minutes before responding!

Peter slipped back into thinking mode again and played its stone after another four or so minutes!

Zhang Ye bumped on his turn!

Peter thought again for a minute before playing its stone!

A lot of people watching TV had been dazzled. It was wonderful!

Commentator Chen Ying said, "The corner of the board is seeing a heated confrontation between the two players. Neither of them can pull back now! It's just do or die from here! The number of possible variations is increasing as well. We can't figure out who has the upper hand. But if we judge by the time left on each player's clock, it's clear that Professor Zhang has used up less time. Meanwhile, Peter has spent longer thinking and has already used up a quarter of its allocated time!"

Xiang Rong 9-dan said, "If Peter does not quickly break the structure apart, it will have an even harder fight waiting. It has been mired here for too long by Professor Zhang!"

Chen Ying said, "Peter has stopped again. Let's see what kind of reply it can come up with this time….Oh, Peter has played! This is a very beautiful move!"

Peter bumped!

Just this move alone caused Zhang Ye to be relegated into a passive state!

Zhang Ye replied!

Peter attacked again!

Zhang Ye played a cut!

Peter called an atari!

After another eight moves have been exchanged, the board state in the bottom left corner drastically changed!

Xiang Rong said stonily, "Peter has broken through the structure."

Chen Ying looked disgusted!

Yu Yingyi said in surprise, "Broke through?"

Chen Ying gasped and said, "Not only has it broken through, Peter has practically surrounded the territory in this corner of the board. Professor Zhang's stones are all dead!"

"What?" Yu Yingyi said in shock.

Xiang Rong said, "This is the worst possible scenario. In localized battle, Peter has already showcased its extraordinary computational power. Today's upgraded version of Peter is obviously far superior, with many of the localized territories being handled very well and reinforcing their attacks as well. Professor Zhang has clearly suffered a huge loss over here. He had actually been trying to drag Peter into a battle, but the outcome turned out for the worst. Not only did Peter manage to get away, it even gained an advantage of more than a dozen points! It won't be easy at all for the white stones! Professor Zhang's joseki play is very strong, but Peter's computational ability is even better!"

Over a dozen points?

Gaining an advantage of two or three points in the opening was already considered very advantageous and rare. But in just a short time, he was already behind by over a dozen points? All of the white stones in the corner were as good as dead?

The Qiyuan's people all looked as pale as sheets!

Hu Liang cried out, "We're done for!"

Xu Han said bitterly, "The gap has opened up!"

"How can he still play like this?" Li Yi 9-dan was sweating in worry for Zhang Ye.

Wu Changhe said angrily, "I said that we couldn't let the kid try out those tricks of his! But he still didn't pay heed to my advice!"

"What do we do now?"

"He's behind by too much. How can he catch up?"

"An upgraded Peter is really this strong? If it were before, even if it could manage to break through the structure, it would not be possible for it to grab an advantage of over a dozen points in such a complex board state!"

When the Americans saw that state of the board, they heaved a sigh of relief and looked relieved. Although it had taken some time, which was not to their expectations, the end result was something they were willing to accept. Peter had gained an absolute advantage, and it was still just the opening!

The American representative looked over to Zhang Ye, who was seated not too far away, and thought to himself, Now you know just how strong Peter is after getting an upgrade? No matter what moves you try today, no matter what kind of new playstyles you come up with, Peter can analyze all of them and not get led by the nose!

It would only get simpler from here!

All they had to do was not let up on the attack!

The Americans were confident that victory was in their hands!

The Qiyuan's people were all feeling extremely nervous!

The television viewers were also getting jittery!

Only Zhang Ye's expression was different from theirs. The camera at the venue suddenly zoomed in on Zhang Ye and discovered that he was actually smiling. It was as though he did not mind that he had fallen behind by more than a dozen points. He was simply indifferent to it all!

Chen Ying said, "We can see that Professor Zhang looks calm and composed!"

Xiang Rong narrowed his eyes. "He should still have other ideas!"

But the Americans did not think that Zhang Ye would be able to make a comeback. In their opinion, the remainder of the game would only serve to become Peter's killing field!

In the game room.

Zhang Ye was indeed calm and composed. This was something he expected. He knew that the Great Slant Joseki couldn't contain Peter and force it into committing any errors. On the contrary, playing this joseki was more disadvantageous for himself as he did not have the computational power that Peter had. He knew that he wasn't a match for Peter in any localized battles. Even if he had all that research information about the Great Slant Joseki from his previous world, it was only meant to aid him to a certain extent. With Peter seeing all of the moves that were advantageous to him, there was hardly anything that Zhang Ye could do about it.

He was using the opportunity to test it out, and he found out what he wanted to!

The artificial intelligence had really been given an upgrade! So it had its computational depth increased and its analytical power fine-tuned to be more precise? The magnificent move and new opening that were played yesterday had really sent the Americans panicking then? So they had to increase Peter's computational depth in this area as they wanted it to crack any of Zhang Ye's new playstyles? They wanted to be able to predict every of Zhang Ye's moves? Like the Great Slant Joseki, it was probably cracked due to the increase in computational depth, wasn't it? Thinking of this, Zhang Ye smiled again. Hur hur, it looks like you people have done this in vain. This upgrade is probably going to be the biggest mistake on your part!

They wanted to predict all the possible solutions? It's possible that your machine might really be able to achieve that!

But have you forgotten that there's a price to pay for that? And that price is—time!

He looked at his own clock.

And then had a look at Peter's clock.

It had already used up 40 minutes? Very good! Then come and give this next one a try too!

Chen Ying said, "Oh, Professor Zhang has made his move!"

Xiang Rong was taken aback. "Upper left?"

Chen Ying added, "Professor Zhang has given up on the lower left and played his next move in the upper left. Peter did not take any time to think and immediately responded!"

But Zhang Ye placed his next stone down with a smile!

Then Peter went deep in the tank once again!

Xiang Rong was surprised at this. "This!"

Chen Ying was also stunned. "This…"

Five minutes!

Ten minutes!

Peter didn't "budge" an inch!

Meanwhile, Zhang Ye was beaming and crossed his legs. He looked as relaxed as could be.

The Americans were enraged!

The television viewers blew up!

The pro Go players of China Qiyuan were floored!

"Again?"

"This again?"

"What is it this time!"

"Holy shit!"

"How is it yet another goddamn complex joseki?"

"What the hell is this!"

"Goddammit! How did he come up with yet another one!"

"This is too complicated! I feel like vomiting blood just seeing it. Fuck!"

"If it were me going up against Professor Zhang, I would have flipped the table already! He's too sly. After that large slant, he has come up with yet another one?"

"What is this one called?"

"Who knows! I've never even seen it before!"

Dan Donghe looked at Wu Changhe in shock. "Have you seen this before?"

Wu Changhe gave a wry smile and shook his head. "I've never ever seen it before, but this is really too complex! At first glance, I can already see that there are over a dozen variations to play! This is…"

Li Yi said angrily, "Isn't Little Zhang asking for it? He suffered such a crushing defeat, so why doesn't he learn? Why is he still trying those tricks of his?"

Dan Donghe suddenly said, "That might not be it. Look, the one having trouble dealing with it is definitely Peter!"

Peter was still silent!

15 minutes had already passed!

The Americans glared at Zhang Ye. They really wished to go up to him at this moment and finish him off!

Are you done or what?

You're still not finished yet?

What the fuck is this kind of playstyle!

Are you doing this on purpose?

Yes, in fact. Zhang Ye was doing this on purpose!

The Magic Sword Joseki 1 —the second of the three most complex josekis from Zhang Ye's previous world!

1. https://senseis.xmp.net/?MagicSword