"……Um?!
"You said Rui Zhao hasn't slain a dragon in a long time?!"

After hearing Shangguan Sheng's words, Bian Lele immediately recalled the recent games of chess played by Rui Zhao.

Although professional chess players usually don't pay much attention to other people's games unless they are particularly exciting, many Furu players are quite familiar with Rui Zhao's recent games.

The reason is simple - ever since Rui Zhao LIG won the first championship, suppressing Zhao Tian as soon as possible has become the most urgent goal of the encirclement members.

After all, it is no longer a question of whether the game is fast or not. Queen Zhaotian, who has almost won all the championships in major competitions since the Changqi Cup, is too strong. If it weren't for Lei Qi, an "extra-staff honorary leader", the encirclement would have been broken up.

——Even though even this honorary leader is currently trailing Rui Zhao 1-2 in the last three major tournaments.

After thinking about it for a while, he found that...what the official said seemed to be true!
It has been a while since Rui Zhao showed off his Dragon Slaying Sword!
Whether in the recent rounds of the Weiqi League or in the previous Yixian Tournament, Rui Zhao seemed to have little interest in launching a strong attack. Almost all the games were closed with small official moves, and there were even quite a few that ended with the official move.

However, although he realized that there was nothing wrong with what Shangguan Sheng said, Alliance Leader Bian soon fell into confusion:

"...Yes...it seems so, but why did you suddenly say that Rui Zhao has made progress recently?!
"Isn't it a good thing that Sister Long can't hold a knife anymore?"

"Uh... Lele..."

At this time, the Imperial Master seemed to have understood Shangguan Sheng's intention and reminded him:
"Do you believe that the strongest person in the world who could perform 'Death Announcement' and 'Death Coming' against Lei Qi in the World Championship finals can no longer lift a knife?"

"Ah this..."

Bian Lele was speechless for a moment, and then asked back:

"Then Uncle Long, what do you mean...?"

"I think what the official meant is that this is because Rui Zhao deliberately did not use his power, right?!"

"Yeah, that's how I feel."

Shangguan Sheng took over the conversation and said:

"We all know that we can't compete with Rui Zhao in strength. She must know that - well, except for Xiao Xiong, who only thinks about muscles.

"Under this circumstance, Rui Zhao seemed to be just letting things take their course in the last ten or so games, except for the one against Lei Qi, where he seemed to be looking for an opportunity to exert his strength.

"'Since you don't want to fight, then it's up to you' - I can clearly sense this meaning from the chessboard."

"Well...if you put it that way...

"It seems that Rui Zhao has experienced this situation before?"

At this time, He Wei's voice came from the loudspeaker:
"I remember that after the King of Kings tournament two years ago, she obviously restrained her aggressiveness for a long time, as if she was trying to balance her extremely aggressive chess style. Her performance during that period was quite bad.

"As a result, when she returned to the Masters Tournament, not only did her attacking skills remain the same, but her other technical skills also improved significantly, and she was at the top ten or even top five in the country!

"I think the progress the official is talking about should refer to this kind of situation..."

"Hey wait wait..."

Upon hearing this, Alliance Leader Bian interrupted immediately:

“But now her internal strength and official skills are quite strong!

"Although we don't slay dragons anymore when playing against this group of people recently, if we really compete with each other in internal strength, won't we still win without a doubt?!
"What the hell is this deliberate exercise?"

"Well...it depends on who you're competing with."

At this time, Zhu Yuanjun interrupted with a complicated tone:
“It’s enough to deal with us, but in the recent games between him and Lei Qi, he basically lost because he was controlled and couldn’t exert his full strength, and then lost to Lei Qi when he had to compete with his internal strength.

“I guess she herself is not satisfied with this situation, so she is looking for opportunities to hone her skills in this area.

"And it seems to me that ... her midgame and endgame play is definitely getting better.

"Take today's game between her and Lei Qi for example: although she wanted to find an opportunity, she didn't really force herself to use any strength. She seemed to be thinking, since Lei Qi is so cautious, then let's fight with our inner strength.

"Although Lei Qi had gradually opened up a certain gap since the middle of the game, his winning rate never exceeded 70% until the end of the game. This shows that the gap between the two in terms of internal strength seems to be gradually narrowing..."

"Uh……"

Hearing this, Bian Lele's expression became even worse.

Everyone knows that encountering an extremely difficult BOSS is already a headache enough, but when you fight it, you find that the opponent is getting stronger and stronger. What a terrifying thing it is!
However, at this moment, the outspoken Kuai Liang forcefully interrupted, pouring more salt into the hole in the heart of the Bian Alliance Leader that had just been torn open. "And... Actually, I wanted to say this a long time ago...

“He was originally a force fighter, but later on he perfected other techniques - isn’t this the development trajectory of the young master of the Liu family?
"Also, you have to know that although Liu Bu Shou was also a top-notch attacker, he was not as terrifying as Rui Zhao. So when dealing with him, everyone always tried to drag him into a chaotic battle, and still find some chances to win.

"But if you face Rui Zhao, the extremely stable killer god of the time, everyone...

"Do you really dare to take the initiative to fight with her?"

As soon as Lao Kuai said this, the entire fermented bean curd group’s live broadcast fell silent.

Fighting a chaotic battle with Sister Long was naturally a sign of being tired of living—ah, let me emphasize again, with the exception of a certain idiot.

But what if Rui Zhao also has the same level of internal strength as Liu Lei, forcing others to fight in a chaotic battle?

This question tortured the hearts of many furu fans and caused a dead silence in the live broadcast.

Seeing that everyone in the group was in complete silence, Long Bo, one of the leaders, quickly cleared his throat:

“Not at all!
"Based on past experience, female chess players are mostly better at attacking and straight-line calculations, and have always been far behind male players in thickness and judgment. Rui Zhao should not have trained his internal strength to the level of Liu Shixian and Lei Qi..."

Long Bo's words were meant to comfort the fufu in the group and to serve as a rope twister.

But who would have known that after hearing that Rui Zhao was still making progress, the great leader Bian was already like a frightened bird, and said in a rather self-destructive tone:

"Long Bo, come on!
“In the past, Lin Ruixin always said that the talent gap between female and male Go players is no smaller than that in physical sports… but what’s the result?!

"Not only was he repeatedly beaten to death by Rui Zhao, but even now the arbitration result of the Olympic Council of Asia has turned against Tian Gang, and they think that the girl is stronger!!!"

Bian Lele's tone became more and more frustrated as he spoke, and he even began to doubt his life:

"... No! How come Rui Zhao can always improve so fast? You can't play like that!

"You have to understand that she has only been a professional player for three and a half years!
"As a result, it only took three and a half years to break the previous fastest speed of four years and one month after Langzi won the World Championship. But now it has only been one month since he won the World Championship, and it seems that he has improved again?!
“Is this really the rate of human progress???!”

“…Isn’t this strange?”

Seeing the other party mention his past record, Lang Haishen, who rarely spoke in the group, interrupted and said:

"She was already very strong before she was promoted to the dan rank, and was even roughly at the middle dan level, so her starting point was high.

“As for the volume, she is indeed the best in the country.

“I think if I could have continued to be as successful as her after winning the Yingyi Cup in 2012 and continued to be successful until now, my achievements would definitely not be worse than Lin Ruixin’s seven titles!

"It's just..."

"Hai Shen, don't make assumptions. The way she curls is not human at all! I don't believe you can curl like that."

At this time, Cai Shuang, who usually doesn't talk much, also said:
“I consider myself a relatively hardworking person, but after hearing about Rui Zhao’s story, I think it’s a bit too extreme!
“It goes without saying that she has almost never accepted any variety shows or commercials - the only time she filmed a commercial was in 2023 when she exchanged for a wild card for the Yumengli Lily Cup!

"I heard from Xiao Lei that she didn't even celebrate after winning the LIG Cup. She went to practice with Zeng Guangwen that night. Zeng Guangwen, who had prepared a lot of live broadcast gimmicks and was ready to receive gifts, was confused.

"Even when I heard that I was selected as Time's Person of the Year, I just said 'Oh' and continued to practice chess...

"You know, since the founding of our Republic, there have only been two great men in the country who have been elected as the Person of the Year! And yet she acts like nothing happened!
"We all know that Go is a game where if you don't make progress you will regress. After a period of slack, you really need to spend time to readjust your state every time.

"But if she didn't relax even after winning her first women's unlimited world championship, then it's no wonder she's been improving..."

“…Not Lao Cai!

"We all know that rolling up can lead to progress!"

Seeing Cai Shuang explaining Rui Zhao's rapid progress, Alliance Leader Bian interrupted him unhappily:

"But people can't just roll for the sake of rolling! There must be a purpose for rolling!
"She's the first female unlimited-only champion and the cover girl of Time... no celebration?

"Then what else does she want?!
"She can't really compete for the best in history as she said, right?!!!"

However, Lele's question, which was originally just a question asked in anger, once again made the entire microphone silent.

It was as if a new line of thought had suddenly been opened up, causing all the Chinese masters to think in this somewhat frightening direction. For a moment, they even felt a sense of inexplicable chill... (End of this chapter)

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