I’m Really a Superstar

Chapter 1119: The Go world's last line of defense!

Translator: Legge Editor: Legge

At China Qiyuan.

Everyone's hopes were kindled!

YE!

This was the last straw that they could clutch at!

Wu Changhe grunted, "Why are you all looking at me?"

Chen Ying asked anxiously, "Teacher, who is YE, really?"

A 6-dan player said, "Teacher Changhe, he's the only one who can step up to the plate!"

Wu Changhe scowled and said, "But he's just an amateur!"

"A person who can play to a draw against Little Xiang, so what if he's an amateur?" Dan Donghe said, "Brother Wu, hurry up and tell us. Don't hide it from us anymore! There's no one else besides him!"

Li Yi 9-dan asked, "Who is he?"

Wu Changhe sighed and shook his head. "Believe me, you all definitely won't want to know who he is."

Dan Donghe said, "But what choice do we have now?"

Wu Changhe was silent.

Dan Donghe said, "Brother Wu!"

"Teacher!"

"Teacher Changhe!"

"Please tell us!"

"We can only send him!"

"Just because there's a grudge between the two of you, you can't…"

"Right, if you can't convince him to join, we'll do it!"

"That's right. If the two of you have a conflict, there's no need for you to ask him. Let us do it instead!"

Wu Changhe did not like hearing that. He was always concerned with his honor, so he stared at them with wide eyes and said, "He has a grudge against me? He would have to dare to hold a grudge against me first! I can't convince him to join? Are you all kidding or something?! If I point east, that kid would never walk west. Do you believe that? Ah?"

Dan Donghe smacked his lips. "Is there any point in boasting about something like that?"

"Me? Boasting?" Wu Changhe said angrily, "That kid would be more than willing to get into my good books. Do you think I'm bullshitting you? That kid was the one who supplied us with the research information related to that P-thingy!"

Everyone was shocked!

"Eh?"

"It was him who gave us the information?"

"No wonder!"

"He's a mathematician?"

"No wonder he's so good at Go!"

When Dan Donghe heard that, he got even more excited. "So it's like that? That's great! That's really great! He knows that AI program so well and even has the skill to draw with Little Xiang. Based on all that, our chances of winning will be even greater if we can convince him to represent us. Brother Wu, please tell us quickly who this mathematics expert is?"

Chen Ying asked, "Is he from Peking University or Tsinghua?"

Wu Changhe was forced to reply, "Peking."

"Peking University?"

"Could it be Old Pan?"

"It can't be him!"

Then, Wu Changhe reluctantly uttered a name.

When this name was spoken, everyone was dumbfounded!

All of them knew who he was!

There was no one who didn't know this person!

"What?"

"Holy fuck!"

"It's him?"

"How could it be him?"

"Oh my God!"

Curses and expletives flew through the air!

Nobody, none of them, wanted to believe it!

The man who had swept aside the entire China Qiyuan several days ago turned out to be him?

…

At home.

Zhang Ye's father was asking him to check for news updates on the Internet.

His father asked, "Has anyone offered to challenge the AI yet?"

"Not yet."

"Why hasn't anyone stepped forward yet!"

Zhang Ye smiled wryly. "If even the top Go player could not win against it, who else would stand a chance?"

"Xiang Rong 9-dan said that he was not the last line of defense!"

Zhang Ye threw his hands up. "In any case, there's no one offering to challenge it yet."

Regarding this war between humans and machines, Zhang Ye was pessimistic. He thought the entire time that no one would win against Peter as it was a completely different artificial intelligence system from its predecessors.

His mother said, "Since Xiang Rong 9-dan said that there was someone else, there must be someone else."

"That's right!" His father also deeply believed that there would be someone who could win against the AI.

When they still found nothing after checking for a long time, his father got even angrier. "Don't check anymore. I'm going to go out for a stroll. This is so infuriating!"

So his parents went out for a stroll together. Before they left, they were still rambling on about this matter.

The whole of Asia was now watching with their eyes wide as they waited for a hero to step forward and trample on the AI named Peter!

Meanwhile, Zhang Ye shook his head.

There was still someone?

Who else could there be!

It would be useless no matter who came forward!

He returned to his room to listen to music. He never felt that this issue had anything to do with him.

Awhile later, there was a sudden knocking at the door.

Zhang Ye was startled. Did his parents forget to bring their keys? Why were they back so soon when they had just stepped out a moment ago? He opened his bedroom door and walked out to the living room. "Who is it?" Then he opened the front door.

When he saw what was outside the door, he got a scare!

There were over a dozen people squeezed outside in the corridor. The two who were standing right at the front of the group were Wu Changhe and Li Qinqin. As for the others, Zhang Ye did not know a single one of them. Getting a sense of the situation, Zhang Ye decided not to open up security gate. How could this fellow open it up for them!

Damn!

They've even found their way to my doorstep now?

Zhang Ye said warily, "Uncle, why did you come to my place? We played Go together, but I didn't cheat or play dirty against you. For heaven's sake, I won our games fair and square, OK! Are you trying to pick a fight? You even brought along this many people to back you up? You can't do this! Are you being a sore loser?"

Wu Changhe was made speechless.

As was Li Qinqin.

The same went for Dan Donghe and the others.

Without waiting for them to explain, Zhang Ye pointed at them and said, "Don't do anything foolish. Let me warn you, I know kung fu. Not even eighty or a hundred people can get near me. Hurry up and turn back. If you try to get close, I will really injure you! When that happens, it won't look good on anyone! Don't blame me for not warning you!"

Wu Changhe said angrily, "Open the door!"

Zhang Ye grunted, "I'm not opening it!"

Wu Changhe was starting to get anxious. "Open up!"

"Do you think I'm that stupid to open the door?" Zhang Ye rolled his eyes at him.

Dan Donghe came forward and said, "Professor Zhang, we came here today for a reason."

"Of course I know you all are here for a reason!" Zhang Ye sized him up as he smirked and said, "It's not that I want to criticize you, old comrade, but why are you so lacking in your common sense and awareness? I'd let it pass for those young people standing behind for coming here to start a gang fight. But you are already in your fifties or sixties, what are you joining in the fun for! With that physique of yours, who can you beat up? I'm afraid that your high blood pressure will shoot up if I just cough out loudly! Hurry up and turn back. Otherwise, I'm going to call the police!"

Dan Donghe nearly fainted!

Xu Han said anxiously, "We are not here to start a gang fight!"

Zhang Ye stared at him and said, "What do you want then? A one on one?"

One on one?

One on one your sister!

What kind of math professor are you! Why are you always only thinking about fighting!

Li Qinqin quickly said, "Little Zhang, don't get it wrong. They're here to discuss something with you. Why would you think that they are here to start a fight? Open the door first. With Auntie here, they wouldn't dare to lay a finger on you. I will hit whoever dares to pick on you!"

"I'm just afraid that I will injure them instead." Zhang Ye's tone started loosening up a little as he still gave face to Old Wu's mother. Then, he could only open up the door for them. "Auntie, please come in."

Li Qinqin entered first.

The others behind her also gradually entered with Zhang Ye's unfriendly gaze on them.

After closing the doors.

Zhang Ye wondered and asked, "Auntie, why did so many of you come to my place for?"

Li Qinqin nudged at Wu Changhe and said, "You speak."

Wu Changhe was so angry that he turned his head away. "I'm not talking to him!" He was still upset over what happened earlier.

Zhang Ye was really getting confused.

What is going on here?

What is this turnout all about?

Then when he looked closer, he recognized another person amongst the crowd. He pointed at Chen Ying and said, "Eh, weren't you the person on television for the past few days..."

Chen Ying's eyes lit up. "You know me?"

Zhang Ye said, "Yeah, you were the one beside Yu Yingyi!"

The one beside...

Chen Ying was left speechless for a long time.

Dan Donghe said, "Let me say it. Professor Zhang, I'm the current President of the China Qiyuan and my name is Dan Donghe. Since you can play Go so well, you probably should know me."

Zhang Ye blinked and was in a daze as he looked at him.

Everyone could tell from this expression that Zhang Ye had clearly never heard of him before.

Dan Donghe felt a little embarrassed. He had forgotten that he was facing a complete layperson who even took Xiang Rong 9-dan for a newbie. "Alright, it's fine even if you don't know me. Anyway, I still represent the entire China Qiyuan." Then he pointed at the people around him and said, "These are all the current top professional players of the Go world in our country. I don't think that you would know them, so I won't bother with introducing them to you one by one."

Zhang Ye was baffled. "What you are looking for me for?"

Dan Donghe asked, "Do you know about the challenge by the artificial intelligence to the Go world?"

"Of course." Zhang Ye said, "I've watched it on television."

Dan Donghe said, "Even Xiang Rong 9-dan has lost."

Zhang Ye nodded and said, "Yeah, and then?"

"We are here for that matter." Dan Donghe spoke seriously.

It suddenly dawned on Zhang Ye. "Are you all looking for me to help with the advertising? To propagate the message out to the masses over Weibo? To see if there are any Go experts who are willing to stand up to PETER? You all are expecting too much. Even the Go world's top player has lost, so who else can still win against that artificial intelligence? There's no use even if ask me for help with the promotion of that matter. Oh yes, didn't that Xiang Rong 9-dan already say it? That he was not humanity's last line of defense and how there was someone else other than him. Why don't you all get him to look for that person instead?"

"Advertise?" Wu Changhe was totally exasperated by that reply!

Chen Ying opened her mouth and said, "Yes, Master Xiang is not humanity's last line of defense."

Zhang Ye threw his hands up and said, "Yeah, then you guys should go and look for that person. Why did you all come to my place for? I'm not well-liked by people. Even if I advertise, there won't be many people responding to it. Of course, if you insist on me helping with the advertising, I could still give face to auntie and do it for you all. I can also not charge any advertising fees since we are all friends."

"Little Zhang, are you pretending not to understand or do you really not understand?" Li Qinqin was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

Zhang Ye blinked several times. "Understand what?" He really did not understand.

Li Qinqin looked at Zhang Ye and said, "That last line of defense that Little Xiang was referring to was you!"