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Chapter 427 - 151: Maneuvers That Dizzy All the Viewers! Even AlphaGo Would Crash!_1

Chapter 427: Chapter 151: Maneuvers That Dizzy All the Viewers! Even AlphaGo Would Crash!_1

Ke Jie.

As Huaxia Nation’s Go prodigy and the holder of eight championship titles.

He also set a monumental milestone in human history by becoming the first to defeat the Go AI ’AlphaGo,’ making a name for himself worldwide.

Yet, the historically profound cultural art of Go has come to the point where it almost seems to run counter to the times.

More and more of the younger generation are losing interest in this densely packed, rule-obscure board game.

But Ke Jie is different.

If he were just a by-the-book world champion, perhaps he would fade into obscurity with the rest of the crowd once his moment in the spotlight passed.

However, he represents the very essence of abstract talent.

His intermittently high and low morals, his carefree trash-talking.

And his courage in reading all kinds of wild SC (a type of highlighted top comment barrage) among a series of stunt actions.

He had established a certain foundation within the live streaming community.

At this moment, Ke Jie had just started live streaming.

He heard that the top player had released a new chess-type game.

He had long heard about the revolutionary methods this game company had employed in the gaming industry,

And now they’ve released a chess game.

Chess?

Isn’t that right up my alley?

Doesn’t everyone know I’m the Massage King of the chess world!

So Ke Jie wanted to see what it was all about.

While downloading ’Cloud Top,’ he opened his music player.

He pressed the play button.

Soon, a BGM that was difficult to discern started playing.

♪ I strut with exaggerated swagger, the smell of smoke on me ♪

♪ If you want a Sharp 5, come to me... ♪

The water friends were also flooding into the live stream at this moment.

"Good afternoon, Jaguar."

"Here we go!"

"I didn’t quite get yesterday’s endgame, Jaguar. Can you go over it again?"

"SC: Jaguar didn’t wash his face before starting the stream, did he? Isn’t your face so greasy it could be attacked by the United States Army?"

While the comments were still playfully teasing,

They suddenly saw Ke Jie open up an interface that had strong gaming elements.

The four large characters of ’Cloud Top’ also appeared on it.

And when he clicked into it

The comments became even more confused.

"Huh?"

"What’s this?"

"Wait, I thought the title said ’Just Playing Go’?"

When he entered a beginners’ tutorial and the game interface of ’Cloud Top’ was revealed,

The comments churned even more wildly.

"I’ve never seen this Go board before."

"It looks like a distorted beehive, and what are these pieces... this doesn’t even pass for chess."

"You’re calling this Go?"

Ke Jie, one hand on his chin, glanced over the barrage of comments and said unemotionally,

"Now I really have to give you all a little lesson about the meaning of Go."

"Go, one of the quintessential arts of Huaxia Nation, is anciently known as ’Yi’; ’Cloud Top Yi’ is also ’Yi’."

"What era are we in now? Who still plays traditional Go."

His explanation left the water friends dumbfounded.

"Ah?"

"That works?"

"Got it, cyber Go."

"Jaguar, Jaguar, does ’Cloud Top Yi’ mean you’re playing Go in heaven?"

"SC: Jaguar, is it because no one invited you to try out ’Bursting Cuteness’?"

"SC: Jaguar, Jaguar, is this your revenge for being snubbed by the manufacturers?"

Ignoring the flurry of comments,

Ke Jie entered the beginners’ tutorial of ’Cloud Top.’

He had already heard of the IP of League of Legends.

Because it releases one or two new hero PVs every month,

So this yet-to-be-released game wasn’t exactly low on hype.

He recognized several of them too.

Now looking at ’Cloud Top’ again, it didn’t seem like a completely new encounter.

The game rules, on the other hand, weren’t hard to grasp.

Firstly, the chess pieces within ’Cloud Top’ are divided into 1-cost to 5-cost cards across five categories.

The colors are also labeled white, green, blue, purple, and gold.

In terms of the strength of individual cards, they incrementally increase in power

1-cost is the weakest, 5-cost the strongest.

Secondly, each piece has its own grade level.

They start off as one star.

Three one-star cards can be combined to form a two-star card,

And three two-stars can merge into a three-star card, which is the limit.

These cards will randomly appear at the bottom of the player’s screen interface.

Of course, there is a pattern to their appearance.

In the early game when the player’s level is low, the cards that get refreshed are low-cost, such as 1-cost and 2-cost cards.

As one gradually increases their level, the random refresh will start to include 3-cost, 4-cost, and even 5-cost gold cards.

What players need to do is simple.

Use their gold coins to buy these cards,

And then place them in any of the spots within the grid of hexagonal cells.

Each round, they will battle against an enemy player in real-time computation.

The battle process is fully automated, with no need for the player’s control.

Meaning,

Constantly enhance the combat power of your pieces on the field, until you deplete the health of all opponents.

If 1-cost cards aren’t strong enough, bring out the 2-cost cards.

If 2-cost doesn’t cut it, go for 3-cost.

Or combine three into one to create higher-quality 2-star or 3-star cards.

This is the core gameplay of ’Cloud Top’—use every means to boost the combat power of your chess pieces until you win the match!

"This game, isn’t this just combining watermelons?" said some viewers who didn’t know much about the game, and only watched Go broadcasts sometimes.

Upon seeing the tutorial, they immediately started to complain.

"This counts as chess?"

"These days, game manufacturers will do anything to make money, meow."

Meanwhile, part of the gaming audience initially came because of Ke Jie’s broadcast of ’Cloud Top Yi.’

They discovered that the settings of ’Cloud Top Yi’ weren’t particularly bad,

But it also didn’t seem as fun as they had imagined.