Go: Is the portable old man the nine-time champion?

Chapter 386 Forbidden Zone of God
"Both sides played very steadily at the start, using very normal moves."

Normally, right now it would definitely be a matter of relying on one move; White has options to either block or cut later.

Qi Ling, as today's guest commentator, briefly explained the two common variations that followed. As top professional players who are still in their prime, they usually don't participate much in game commentary.

Because everyone is rarely short of matches, or rather, there are simply too many matches to finish, not to mention the usual training sessions.

Going out to provide commentary for a match is both a waste of time and doesn't bring in much money.

However, major competitions and competitions that are easy to win are exceptions. Major competitions are the focus of attention, and various websites or TV stations will definitely spend a lot of money to find top experts to provide commentary in order to attract viewers' ratings.

For Yi Zheng's major matches, there are a lot of people vying to provide commentary, not only because Yi Zheng is a source of traffic and the media is willing to spend a lot of money to find someone to commentate, but also because ordinary professionals simply cannot understand or explain the game.

More importantly, top players can really learn something from watching Yi Zheng's games.

"However, I feel that Yi Zheng wouldn't play such a simple game."

Qi Ling looked at the situation above, pondering what Yi Zheng's thought process would be like, and trying to resonate with Yi Zheng's thinking.

Yi Zheng didn't keep Qi Ling in suspense and gave him the answer immediately. Instead of rushing to enclose territory on the left side, he went to the center of the white pieces and directly entered, threatening the white pieces' connection and asking him how to respond.

"Is he setting torture questions? That's definitely Yi Zheng's style."

Qi Ling silently analyzed that if Ethan made a simple contact now, the space around Yi Zheng would be even fuller.

Offense is the best defense, and a game without drama is incomplete. These two points seem to be what Yi Zheng often emphasizes in his games.

However, others shouldn't try to copy this, otherwise they might really mess it up.

Therefore, we cannot simply contact them!

Inside the hotel lobby of the League One closing ceremony, many members of the top-ranked teams had already arrived, waiting to attend the closing ceremony and awards presentation after the final match.

Everyone is naturally very interested in this final, not to mention that the two strongest young players are now competing against each other.

The top players from the ranked teams, dressed in suits, gathered in small groups.

"If it were me, I would place a single piece in the center. If he continues to lean towards the bottom, I would switch it. I don't care about the two pieces on the left. Anyway, I still have some pieces to borrow from the bottom and the right side has a bit of a three-three."

"No, no! It would be better to reinforce the top directly from above and use that as a fighting method."

Looking at the enthusiastic discussion, Old Ke couldn't help but shake his head. What a lively atmosphere! It's a pity that none of the results of the discussion were correct.

"What a bunch of energetic but terrible Go players! They all have a lot of passion for Go, but unfortunately, they've gone completely astray."

Old Ke glanced at the chessboard on the big screen, and the correct variation quickly appeared in his mind.

The correct result is a tapered shape from the bottom, which allows for a more compact design.

Ethan, who was playing a game, instinctively reached into the jar and grabbed at the pieces, which clattered crisply inside.

His mind raced, and various solutions flashed through his mind like a revolving lantern: the lower point that Master Ke had come up with, the middle or upper point suggested by the experts present.

Finally, Ethan seemed to have a flash of inspiration and went straight for it! "With God's blessing, who am I afraid of!" Eighteenth move, White, flying attack!

Yi Zheng raised an eyebrow when he saw Ethan making a direct attack. This was indeed a good point that White had been paying attention to, but the timing was completely wrong.

And how did Ethan suddenly become so courageous? Did he drink some sports drink?
Although he didn't understand the situation, Yi Zheng still made a move to change the piece without hesitation.

Even during the transition, Ethan didn't understand the situation, and Yi Zheng felt that he could pop champagne after just over twenty moves.

"No way, Ethan! I need you to buff me, not debuff me!"

Yi Zheng couldn't help but shake his head. "What's the point of you committing suicide like this, giving me a big fat horn and letting me win so easily?"

Not to mention Yi Zheng, even the players outside can see that Ethan has lost a lot in this local area. Yi Zheng has not only basically strengthened and completely swallowed up the upper right corner, but Ethan's two stones have also lost their vitality, at most they are only borrowed.

Not to mention that Yi Zheng ultimately got the first move, and now the field is full of big hands, with huge points everywhere you go, they're winning non-stop.

Yi Zheng still used his signature 3-3 move. After Ethan feinted, he didn't choose to use Mi Dao's move, which was the only thing Yi Zheng could be happy about.

Otherwise, Yi Zheng felt that he won this game without even having to use his brain, which would be too boring.

"Holy crap, how did this happen?! It hasn't even been fifty moves yet, and Yi Zheng has already taken all three corners?"

"Ethan is such a noob! How did he get so scared? I can't even watch! I'd be better off doing it myself."

"I feel that this guy named Yi Zheng is too abnormal. He won against Li Junhe and Jiang Mobai a couple of days ago."

"Haven't you noticed? Black has made the first move in every local area so far. Ethan is being led by the nose by him!"

What the other chess players could sense, Ethan certainly couldn't possibly be unaware of.

But it was precisely because he felt it that he felt numb. In the previous two rounds, Ethan clearly felt that his strength was superior to Yi Zheng's, but Yi Zheng was just too good at disrupting things, and he always managed to mess things up for him! In the end, he lost to Yi Zheng with regret.

Before this match, Ethan had prepared himself for the possibility that Yi Zheng might be slightly stronger than him, but he thought it was impossible for him to be that much stronger!

And aren't I blessed by God?

Am I not one of God's chosen people?
If Yi Zheng could hear what Ethan was thinking, he would definitely say:
Even if there were no God of Go, the place I am in is God's forbidden zone!
The light on the chessboard seemed to dim for a moment, except for that lone black piece, which exuded an aura of absolute dominance from Yi Zheng's fingertips.

Watching Yi Zheng on the live stream, Old Ke couldn't help but scratch his face. He didn't know why, but Yi Zheng's demeanor seemed to be getting weirder and weirder.

Shouldn't the protagonist be righteous and heroic, defeating the evil demon king?

But now, why does Yi Zheng seem to be getting more and more like a demon king?

It's like you've traveled to the world of Ultraman Tiga. You think you're Daigo, but looking around at the darkness, you think you're one of the Ultramen buried underground. But when you move, you realize you're Gatanothor...

This, isn't this right?

(End of this chapter)