Chapter 518 We're All on the Road

If it weren't for the fact that his chess skills had also improved in that year, and if he were still the same person he was in his previous life, the outcome of this game would be uncertain!

Yu Shao stared intently at Su Yiming, then suddenly said, "I still won this game."

Su Yiming was slightly taken aback, but quickly recovered and nodded, saying with some regret, "Yes, you played very well. Even though I tried my best, I still lost this game."

As he spoke, Su Yiming shook his head, reached out, and began to tidy up the chess pieces on the board.

Upon seeing this, Yu Shao remained silent for a moment.

After a moment, Yu Shao said calmly, "Although I won again, your chess skills are getting stronger and stronger, and it is becoming more and more difficult for me to beat you."

Upon hearing this, Su Yiming showed a hint of surprise on his face and smiled, "Thank you. Saying that does make me feel much better."

Yu Shao quietly looked at Su Yiming. Faced with the ever-narrowing gap between them, he felt no fear or apprehension, only a profound sense of peace.

Something seemed to reignite in his eyes, something that had been extinguished in his previous life after the emergence of Go AI. Now, two years after arriving in this world, it had finally been rekindled!

"Su Yiming, I will wait for you to catch up."

Yu Shao's voice rang out again, very softly.

Su Yiming paused slightly as he arranged the chess pieces, then looked up in surprise at Yu Shao opposite him.

Yu Shao spoke again, looking directly at Su Yiming, his words firm and resolute as he declared, "But no matter how fast you catch up, no matter how close the distance, I will always be one step ahead of you, one step ahead of you—"

At this moment, Yu Shao felt no more hesitation, no more fear, and no more doubt!

"Until you can never catch up!"

In an instant, their eyes met in mid-air!

In their sight, everything in the world had faded away, and they seemed to see each other only in their eyes!

Time seemed to stretch out and then freeze!

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On the other side.

Zhuang Weisheng and Honinbo Shingo left the lounge side by side and walked together towards the exit of the competition venue.

"Professor Zhuang Weisheng, are you really not going to watch the awards ceremony later?"

Honinbo Shinho gave Zhuang Weisheng a strange look and asked, "After all, another world champion from China has been born."

"Forget it, I'm not interested in award ceremonies. It's not like I'm going to receive the award."

Zhuang Weisheng shook his head: "Now that the game is over, there's nothing left for me to care about."

Honinbo Shingo chuckled and shook his head helplessly, saying, "You're a bit of a loner. I guess we don't really get along."

Zhuang Weisheng smiled slightly and remained silent.

The two quickly left the competition venue. Honinbo Shingo saw the bustling streets outside the venue and couldn't help but exhale a breath of relief. He was finally able to completely detach himself from the game and felt as if he had been transported to another world.

While watching the World Championship final game just now, I was so focused that I forgot everything in the world, as if I had traveled to another world. Now I feel like I'm back to reality.

"Isn't there a legend in China about the man who rotted his axe handle?"

Honinbo Shingo smacked his lips and remarked with feeling, "It's about a woodcutter who went up the mountain and saw two immortals playing chess. By the time he finished watching the game, his axe had rusted away, and a hundred years had passed outside. Tsk, what a good story."

Zhuang Weisheng smiled and continued walking towards the parking lot, asking, "Master Honinbo Shingo, if there really is a God of Go in the world, what kind of person would he be?"

Honinbo Shingo was slightly taken aback upon hearing this, pondered for a moment, and then said, "An interesting question."

"Hmm, I don't know what kind of person he is, but he must be very lonely, right? After all, no one can rival him, just like Shen Yi back then."

"Yes, if you think about it that way, there is no chess god in the world, and even if there were, he would become non-existent."

"The moment the chess god appeared, his purpose was to bring himself down from his pedestal, because he was the chess god, not any other god."

Honinbo Shingo found it increasingly interesting, stroking his chin as he said, "He would impart all his chess skills to others, instruct people in how to play chess, and do everything he could to find, and even train, a player who could be his equal."

"Since he has an opponent who can match him, he can no longer be the god of Go, right? After all, a god has no opponent and is omnipotent."

Upon hearing this, Zhuang Weisheng smiled faintly and said, "I think that he can only be called a chess god when he has an evenly matched opponent, or even many evenly matched opponents."

Honinbo Shingo rolled his eyes and complained, "Alright, I don't have the energy to argue with you about this pointless stuff. The World Championship is over, and the Honinbo Challenge is about to start. I need to go back and prepare for the challenge."

"Yes, the World Championship is over."

Zhuang Weisheng also let out a long breath and said with emotion, "But this is not the end, it is only the beginning."

Why are you suddenly being so sentimental?

Honinbo Shingo gave Zhuang Weisheng a strange look and asked.

"Aren't you the same? Every time you finish watching a good game, you always have a lot of feelings, right?" Zhuang Weisheng said with a smile.

"That's true."

Honinbo Shingo recalled the game that had just ended, a complex expression appearing on his face. Even now, every move made by both sides still deeply impressed him. He said in a complicated tone, "Indeed... it was a good game."

"Therefore I say, the new era has only just begun from this moment today."

As Zhuang Weisheng walked towards the parking lot, he said with a smile, "I have a feeling that right now, Yu Shao only has eyes for Su Yiming, and Su Yiming only has eyes for Yu Shao."

"That would be underestimating us. We are all still on the path of Go."

"Chess players will keep moving forward and keep chasing."

“Those players striving for professional ranking, those players battling it out in professional matches, those players fighting tooth and nail in the title match qualifiers… every single one of them is the same.”

Honinbo Shinho stopped in their tracks and looked at Zhuang Weisheng. In a daze, they felt that Zhuang Weisheng seemed to have become much younger, as if he had returned to the state of high spirits and vigor many years ago.

"Too."

Finally, Honinbo Shingo let out a long breath, shook his head, and his eyes brightened a bit. He took another step and strode forward with Zhuang Weisheng.

"We are all on the road."

Not far away, some amateur and professional chess players also walked out of the competition venue one after another. The people looked shocked and bewildered, seemingly still immersed in the game.

Inside the hotel where the competition was being held, a group of professional Go players, including Zheng Qin, Xu Zijin, and Wu Zhixuan, walked towards the lobby. Some were excited, while others remained silent.

In a residential building in Jiangling, Zhou De, his face flushed, opened the "19" platform. He was clearly deeply shocked by the game that had just ended, and now he was full of ambition, eager to win another game immediately.

Cho-Han, a boy in his early teens, stared intently at the final game record of this world championship, as if his mind had been completely absorbed, and he didn't want to blink.

"We are all the same."

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(End of this chapter)