Chapter404:1+1
"Hiss!"
ThegreenSanctuaryofWindwasthreetimeslargerthantheBlackDeathHexagram,iteasilyblewoffthedarkaironthestarmap.TheshadowofthegodofdeathbehindBlackMagecriedandwasdeportedfromthechessboardimmediately.
InthefaceoftheSanctuaryofWind,BlackMage’sBlackDeathHexagramturnedintoashesintheblinkofaneye.
Impossible!Impossible!Impossible!
BlackMagegazedatthechessboard.HerepeatedYunXi’smovesoverathousandtimesinhisheart,butstillcouldn’tfindhowthissituationformed.
Thisstarmapbiasedtowarddarktype,thiswasalsothereasonwhyhewassoconfident.
Whathappened?
HowdidtheSanctuaryofWindform?
AmIreallydefeated?
Whatthehellwashappening?!
BlackMagehadplayedStarGomanyyears,andhewasdefeatedbymanypeoplemanytimes.HeacceptedtobedefeatedbyOrfinatheRubyDragon,NorntheGodofWisdomandevenCyberElfAlpha,however,hecouldn’tacceptwhathappenedthistime!
ThegamewithCyberElfAlphamadehimwonderwhatthemeaningofhislifewas,thisgamewithYunXimadehimwonderifhereallyknewhowtoplayStarGo.
HeunderstoodhowCyberElfAlphadefeatedhim,itwasbecauseofheroverwhelmingcomputingpower.
However,hedidn’tunderstandhowhewasdefeatedby"ACloudintheSky"atall!
Therewasn闁炽儲鐛゛nybattle,competition,ortrick,everythingwentsmoothlyjustlikehethought,thenhesuddenlyfoundthathehadlost.
Weird.It’stooweird!
BlackMagenevermetsuchastyleandsuchanopponentbefore.
ThiswasYunXi’sstyleofplayStarGo,thiswashisuniquegenreofStarGo!
YunXionlyputdownhischesspiecesbyfollowinghisfeelings.Hedidn’tneedtocalculateatall.
BlackMagecouldcalculatethechangethatwouldhappeninthenext30rounds,calculating1terafloppersecond.
CyberElfAlphawasmoreterrible.Shecouldeasilycalculateallthechangesthatwouldhappeninthenext100rounds,calculating1petafloppersecond.
AsforYunXi’scomputingpower...hestillfeltheadacheswhenseeingthemathematicalbookssuchas"Nine
ChaptersonMathematicalArt"and"GeometricalPrinciple".
WhycouldYunXiwin?Thereasonwassimple.
WhenBlackMagetriedtosethisproudBlackDeathHexagraminthechaoticarea,YunXihadseenthehiddenSanctuaryofWindonthechessboard.
Yes,BlackMagewasright,theSanctuaryofWindwouldn’tbeformedwithin50rounds,tillafterthe54thround,thetraceofthehiddenSanctuaryofWindwouldappear.
Fromthechesspieceheputontengen,YunXisensedtheauraoftheSanctuaryofWind!
Fromthebeginning,hewasdisposingtheSanctuaryofWind.HisinstincttoldhimthattheSanctuaryofWindwasthebiggest"ko"thatcouldbeformedonthisstarmap.
WhenBlackMage’sBlackDeathHexagramformed,YunXi’sSanctuaryofWindwaswaitingforhimtoactivate30roundsago.Hewasjustboredwaitingforthecomingofthewind.
Actually,BlackMagewasalreadydefeated30roundsago.Healreadycouldn’tstopYunXi’sSanctuaryofWindfromformingatthattime.
ToYunXi,itwasassimpleas"1+1".Inhisheart,StarGowasreallyeasythatevenamonkeycouldunderstanditsrules.
IfBlackMageknewYunXi’sthought,hewoulddefinitelyspitbloodinanger!
YoucanreadthestarmapandnaturallyunderstandthattheembryonicformoftheSanctuaryofWindwouldformafter50rounds?Youcanseetheorbitsofstarsbyusingyournakedeyes?
Ohdammit,ifIcandoit,whydoIneedtoincreasemycomputingpower?
Theorbitsofstarsfollowedcountlessrulesoftheworld,everysecondandminutethechangesthathappenedtoastarwasastronomical!
(TranslatedbyGravityTales妫e啯袦)
Onlylegendrankedbeingscouldwithstandtheoverwhelmingcalculationtopredicttheorbitofstars.
Evengodscouldn’tseethetracesofthestarmapwiththeireyes.Ithadnothingtodowithcomputingpower.Itwassimplyimpossible!
Hisstyle...wasalreadybeyond"legend"!
IfBlackMage’scomputingpowerwas100,CyberElfAlpha’scomputingpowerwouldbe10,000ormore,YunXi’scomputingpowerwouldbeonly1orless.However,hecouldwin,becausetheywerenotcomparingthesamething.
IntheeyesoftheBlackMage,hesawcountlesscomputingformulaswhenhelookedatthestars.
IntheeyesofYunXi,heonlysawabeautifulstarmapformedbystars,andhenaturallyknewhowtomakeitbecomemorebeautifulbymovingthestars.
InBlackMage’smind,StarrySkyChessboardwasastageofshowingwisdom,acompetitionofcomputingpower.
InYunXi’smind,itwasamatterofnature,becausehejusttriedtoarrangethepatternsonapicturetomakeitbecomebeautiful.
ThiswasthereasonwhyBlackMagefrozeafterseeingYunXi’sSanctuaryofWind.Tillhistimeranout,hedidn’tputdownachesspiece.
Becausethe"thread"inhismindhadbroken.