Infinity Starting with Hikaru no Go

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Ada discovered that Chen Anxia sometimes made moves that she considered disadvantageous or even clumsy.

But these bad moves can unexpectedly turn into brilliant ones as the game progresses.

Most importantly, he didn't even know how these bad moves had turned into brilliant ones.

A silent fear crept into Ada's heart, and coupled with the immense pressure she was under, it gradually caused her mental state to collapse.

As her mental state gradually crumbled, Ada, sitting in front of the computer, couldn't help but start to feel unfocused as she stared at the screen.

In a daze, Ada seemed to see a dark figure standing behind a black curtain on the other side of the virtual chessboard on the screen, looking down at her from a high place.

Seemingly sensing his gaze, the dark figure suddenly looked at him.

In that instant, Ada seemed to see the true form of the dark figure, a terrifying monster with blood-red eyes like copper bells, opening its blood-red maw towards her, about to bite and devour her.

Upon seeing this, Ada wanted to scream in terror, but suddenly realized that she didn't even have the strength to scream anymore.

When her thoughts returned to reality, Ada, panting heavily, realized that her clothes were already soaked with sweat.

But Ada couldn't care less about that anymore.

At that moment, Ada had only one thought: she never wanted to play against that monster named GG again.

Without the slightest hesitation, Ada used her somewhat weak right hand to manipulate the mouse and clicked "surrender".

After seeing the 'surrender' message pop up on the screen, Ada finally breathed a sigh of relief and slumped into her chair.

After an unknown amount of time, Ada finally came to her senses.

After regaining her senses, Ada's first action was to check GG's match history and then begin looking up GG's basic information.

Ada wanted to see what kind of monster this made her feel powerless and terrified was.

At that moment, Ada, in the United States, looked at GG's detailed information and murmured softly, "GG, sixteen consecutive wins, 100% win rate..."

"A 100% win rate? Does this mean that the amateur matches are far too easy for GG...?"

"Could it be that GG is a professional Go player?"

As Ada muttered to herself, she noticed that GG had started a new game.

Without hesitation, Ada chose to spectate.

Although Ada didn't want to play against GG anymore, she was still happy to watch GG play against others.

At the same time, Ada also wanted to see if the players who played against GG would have the same feelings as her.

For some reason, Ada suddenly felt inexplicably comfortable and enlightened whenever she thought that someone else might feel the same way as her.

Little did Ada know that a terrifying storm about to sweep through online Go was about to be born right before her eyes.

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Chapter 71 Who exactly is this guy?!

A similar situation occurred again. In Ada's observation of the game, the online player who was playing against GG chose to surrender before the game was even over.

Unseen by Ada, the chess player was already sweating profusely, staring in terror at the surrendered game on the screen, muttering, "His chess is truly breathtaking, terrifying..."

As he spoke, the player couldn't help but glance at GG's basic information, muttering to himself, "Who exactly is this GG?!"

Before the player could think further, he discovered that GG had started a new game.

Just like Ada before him, this player chose to watch the game with a similar mindset.

Not only this player, but Ada also chose to watch the game again.

Thus, the number of online chess players watching GG's games went from zero to one, and then from one to two.

Furthermore, this number will increase as the number of GG matches increases.

Before we knew it, it was around seven o'clock in the morning.

By then, the sun was already high in the sky. After finishing his last game, Chen Anxia logged off the online Go platform.

After several hours of continuous play, Chen Anxia finally digested most of the principles of Tengen Dozai's chess that he had previously comprehended.

As a result, Chen Anxia became extremely exhausted again.

In addition, Chen Anxia's eyes became very sore and tired from staring at the computer screen for a long time.

Chen Anxia just wants to rest now before continuing his online Go battles.

Chen Anxia was unaware that his hours-long Go matches last night had already caused a small storm in the online Go community, with the name GG becoming synonymous with online Go.

In Chen Anxia's last game, the number of spectators had increased to sixteen.

Of course, the number of people playing against Chen Anxia was not limited to these sixteen.

However, all sixteen players chose to surrender at halftime.

For them, Chen Anxia's game was far too solid, so solid that it made them feel suffocated, so solid that they saw no hope, so solid that it instilled fear in them...

Meanwhile, the sixteen people were also puzzled and curious, wondering who GG really was.

Driven by this doubt and curiosity, these sixteen amateur chess players from different countries all did similar things...

In the United States, after GG went offline, Ada immediately took out her phone and made a call to a friend in her circle.

After the call connected, Ada got straight to the point, "Hey Aaron, you often play online Go, do you know an online Go player called GG?"

After GG logged off, a student from the Korean Go Academy stared intently at the game record on the screen, seemingly deep in thought.

But no matter how hard the student thought about it, he couldn't figure it out.

Finally, the student made a phone call to his teacher, Yoo Jung-yeon, a current professional 7-dan Go player in South Korea.

After the call connected, the student asked, "Professor, I have a few chess scores here that I'd like you to take a look at..."

"Yes, one of the game records is my move. I suspect the person I played against was a professional Go player from an island nation..."

"Okay, I'm coming right now..."

After hanging up the phone, the student ran straight towards Yu Zhengyan's location.

Kyushu, a young girl who was just beginning to make a name for herself in the Kyushu Go world, stared at the computer screen in front of her with her brows furrowed in deep thought after GG went offline.

Just then, a figure approached and said, "Junior sister, teacher is looking for you..."

Upon hearing the newcomer's voice, the girl's eyes lit up. Before the newcomer could finish speaking, she hurriedly said, "Senior Brother Lu Li, we can talk about the teacher later. Could you take a look at this game of chess for me first?"

Lu Li is a recognized genius in the Kyushu Go world, just like Akira Toya from the island nation.

Moreover, Lu Li recently won first place in the Kyushu Professional Go Player Qualification Tournament with outstanding results, officially becoming a professional first-dan player.

Upon hearing the girl's words, Lu Li couldn't help but feel somewhat helpless.

The girl's name is Nie Xiangxiang. She is her teacher's newest disciple. Her teacher is very fond of Nie Xiangxiang because of her talent in Go, as well as her unique skills of acting cute and her adorable appearance.

Of course, Lu Li also dotes on his spoiled junior sister.

Then, Lu Li looked at the chess score displayed on the computer screen.

Lu Li was aware that Nie Xiangxiang had recently become obsessed with online Go.

Although he didn't say he looked down on online Go, Lu Li didn't really care about it.

Because those who play Go online are usually amateur players, professional players generally do not play Go online.

As for games played by amateur players, well...

However, Lu Li's idea was quickly changed.

As Lu Li looked at the chess score on the computer screen, his initially nonchalant expression gradually changed, becoming serious.

Then, Lu Li seemed to have made a discovery, and couldn't help but murmur with a shocked expression, "This chess game..."

As he spoke, a virtual chessboard quietly appeared in Lu Li's mind, with black and white pieces constantly appearing and disappearing on it.

Clearly, the chess scores were no longer sufficient for Lu Li.

Lu Li is now replaying the game from the chess manual in his mind.

During this reenactment, Lu Li stood in the position of the black pieces, that is, Nie Xiangxiang, to understand the principles of the game from the white pieces.

As the game progressed, the principles of the game, derived from the white pieces, actually made Lu Li feel an increasingly strong sense of pressure.

The increasingly intense sense of oppression even made Lu Li's breathing become heavy.

Unbeknownst to him, beads of sweat began to appear on Lu Li's forehead, but he was completely unaware of it.

At this moment, under the pressure from the white pieces' strategy, Lu Li seemed to see an impenetrable wall of steel, built step by step by the white pieces, a wall that left him feeling powerless and hopeless.

Behind Lu Li, Nie Xiangxiang was also looking at the chess score on the screen with a serious expression.

From this chess score, Nie Xiangxiang seemed to see a figure standing at the pinnacle of chess, looking down at her, who was as insignificant as an ant.

Her mind was trembling uncontrollably, and at the same time, Nie Xiangxiang couldn't help but murmur softly, "In him, I actually see the shadow of Tengen Dozai..."

"Who exactly is he...?"

"Just who is this guy...?"

As she murmured, Nie Xiangxiang turned her gaze to Lu Li, hoping that her senior brother from the game "Hikaru no Go" could give her the answer.

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Chapter 72 This guy is simply a Go monster!

Sometimes, the more you expect something, the more disappointed you will be.

After regaining his senses, Lu Li disregarded his somewhat undignified appearance and stared intently at Nie Xiangxiang, asking, "Junior Sister, who was your chess player?"

Without waiting for Nie Xiangxiang's reply, Lu Li turned his gaze back to the game record on the screen and exclaimed, "I have never seen such a defensive and invincible style of play in the world of Go before."

After hearing Lu Li's words, Nie Xiangxiang realized that Lu Li also didn't know GG's true identity, and she couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.

Then Nie Xiangxiang looked at the game record on the screen and replied, "I only know that his online name is GG and that he registered in Japan on the online Go website. As for his real identity, I don't know either."

As she spoke, Nie Xiangxiang couldn't help but look at Lu Li and continued, "I originally thought you would know, Senior Brother, but who would have thought..."

Upon hearing the first half of Nie Xiangxiang's sentence, Lu Li frowned and muttered to himself, "Island Japan... Could this guy be a disciple of one of the top Go players from that island nation?"

"However, in my memory, the playing principles and styles of those top Japanese Go players seem to be different from this..."