Chapter 84: I Can’t Go On—Time to Top Up! (4)

“We’ve won, we’ve won! Brother-in-law is about to face AlphaGo!”

“To clear the tenth level, you have to be at least national player level! Even the provincial Go champions can’t win. There’s no doubt that brother-in-law is a national player now!”

In the Qin family’s residential complex, Old Li put down his phone and walked to the balcony, looking up at the sky with a long sigh. “I have no regrets losing to him today! To face such a formidable opponent is the greatest honor of my life as a city-level Go champion!”

In a courtyard house in the capital, Elder Liang couldn’t help but praise him again and again. “This child’s talent is truly beyond my expectations! With a bit of nurturing, there’s no doubt he’ll become a new national player in the future. He might even become a world Go champion! Xiaoxiao, you’ll have another senior apprentice soon!”

Xiao Zhou and Liang Xiaoxiao were both shaken at heart. They understood that Elder Liang was planning to take Yang Xiaofan as his student. With Elder Liang’s status, countless people had tried to apprentice themselves to him and failed. Who could have imagined that today, he would choose Yang Xiaofan?

Moreover, he declared that Yang Xiaofan would certainly become a national player, and might even seize the world Go championship. Such affirmation itself was a supreme honor.

Most importantly, Yang Xiaofan was still very young!

How old was he?

At this moment, even Liang Xiaoxiao, Elder Liang’s own granddaughter, couldn’t help but feel a pang of envy!

Comparison is the thief of joy!

On Yang Xiaofan’s side, he had just finished the tenth match, earning the right to face AlphaGo, with a two-minute break before the game.

At this time, the two top streamers from Tiger Fang had also battled their way to the final round, with the current number one streamer, Big Bao SOD Honey, emerging victorious.

He immediately connected with Yang Xiaofan on stream.

Yang Xiaofan accepted his call.

“Hello! Are you here to challenge me?” Yang Xiaofan greeted him politely, but to his surprise, Big Bao immediately said, “Brother-in-law, I’m your fan! Connecting with you is my dream. I wouldn’t dare to challenge you. The reason I fought so hard to win was just to see you off to the final round. I concede; you are the winner of tonight’s Tiger Fang PK tournament!”

As soon as he finished speaking, the live chat exploded with cheers.

“Brother-in-law’s got clout!”

“Even Big Bao, the number one streamer, is now brother-in-law’s fan. Who can deny brother-in-law is the new Tiger Fang champion?”

“No doubt about it—brother-in-law is the top dog now!”

Amid the cheering bullet comments, a slightly resentful message popped up.

“Damn it, Big Bao, you just spent eight million going head-to-head with me, all just to see brother-in-law off? If I’d known, I wouldn’t have spent so much myself—I’ve emptied my savings!”

Yang Xiaofan didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.

“Big Bao, are you kidding me? You made it all the way to the finals, and you’re just giving up? That’s such a waste.”

Big Bao shook his head.

“It’s not a waste, not at all. I’m your die-hard fan, your devoted follower! I’m willing to give up everything, as long as you can defeat AlphaGo and win back some pride for humanity.”

Yang Xiaofan’s body trembled, and he nodded gravely.

AlphaGo, in truth, is a stain on human history.

It was created by humans, yet it defeated humans.

That, for human dignity, is an insult.

If Yang Xiaofan could defeat AlphaGo, just imagine what heights his reputation would reach.

At that moment, the Go game issued a prompt: AlphaGo was ready to compete, requesting Yang Xiaofan to prepare.

Yang Xiaofan took a deep breath, instantly focusing all his attention on the match with AlphaGo.

At this moment, tens of millions of viewers were watching Yang Xiaofan’s live stream.

His own channel already had several million concurrent viewers, and many other top streamers were also watching his broadcast, so that nearly all live streaming audiences across various platforms were now gathered in front of Yang Xiaofan’s stream.

The match finally began.

Click!

With the sound of Yang Xiaofan placing his first stone, AlphaGo responded immediately in turn.

The two exchanged moves, battling back and forth, the intensity shifting with every round.

At last, everyone witnessed the legendary strength of AlphaGo.

The previous computer opponents had started to show signs of defeat after just a dozen or so moves against Yang Xiaofan. The weaker ones had collapsed after only a few plays.

But AlphaGo, after dozens of moves against Yang Xiaofan, was still playing smoothly, without a single misstep.

This situation made everyone break out in cold sweat for Yang Xiaofan.

“Damn, this AlphaGo AI is the real deal! To be able to play like this against brother-in-law.”

“Of course! Do you realize who it is? It’s the top-level AI that defeated world champions. It’s not like the trash programs before!”

“This time, brother-in-law is in trouble.”

“No way, right? Brother-in-law is already as strong as a national player—does he really have no chance against AlphaGo?”

“Don’t be overconfident, upstairs. AlphaGo isn’t just some ordinary AI. Brother-in-law is at national player level, but not yet world champion level! Winning against AlphaGo is truly a challenge.”

Qin Nuannxin couldn’t help but worry as well.

Brother-in-law, can you really win this time?

Meanwhile, across the ocean at the Artificial Intelligence Group headquarters, the company’s executives had also noticed what was happening.

Due to the time difference, it was still working hours there, and many senior staff were gathered at the office.

“To think, another person from the East has broken through the tenth level and is about to face AlphaGo.”

“So what? We’ve all seen AlphaGo’s strength—there’s nothing to fear. No matter how good he is, he’ll lose.”

“That’s right, there’s nothing for us to worry about.”

They weren’t wrong, and neither were the anxious viewers in the live stream.

At this moment, Yang Xiaofan truly felt the pressure.

AlphaGo’s level was clearly far beyond that of the previous computer programs.

Its understanding of Go had reached an extraordinary, otherworldly realm!

If this continued, he might really lose!

He did not want to lose.

It seemed that only by spending money could he become even stronger!