I Become a Big Shot in Showbiz-Chapter 40 - : Playing this Game of Chess

Chapter 40: Chapter 40: Playing this Game of Chess

Mu Lingyun smiled and continued, “How about this, let me play this game of chess for you. If by chance I win, you spare us this time. If I lose, you can penalize us to run ten laps around the golf course. How does that sound?”

Han Ming opened his mouth, wanting to protest; he was already so worn out by Mu Lingyun, and another ten laps would probably kill or cripple him, right?

But then he thought, compared to being handled by the Ji family, running laps seemed simpler.

So he remained silent.

“You know how to play Go?” the Ji family patriarch asked doubtfully as he looked at Mu Lingyun.

Mu Lingyun smiled, “Unbeatable, I have only ever met one challenger.”

Indeed, she wasn’t lying—she had learned Go in Another World from that Crown Prince.

After that, aside from that Crown Prince, no one else was her opponent.

“I think you’re bragging about being unbeatable. Go ahead, play. If you lose, see if I don’t deal with you!” the Ji family patriarch said, standing up to give his seat to Mu Lingyun.

Mu Lingyun, not hesitating at all, sat down, picked up a white piece, and stared intently at the board.

“The so-called ‘knowing your enemy and knowing yourself, you will not be endangered in a hundred battles,’ applied to the chessboard, means you need to understand the habits of your opponent. What moves he might make under certain circumstances—this must be clear in your mind. From there, plan ten moves ahead based on his habits; that is the key to victory.”

The words of the Crown Prince in Another World rang in her ears.

“What if my opponent is someone I completely don’t know?”

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“If your opponent is someone you don’t know at all, then you need to anticipate every possible way he might try to win, quickly formulate responses to all possible moves. Only then do you stand a chance to win. To make these calculations in a short amount of time, you must have thousands of game sequences in your mind.”

Mu Lingyun’s delicate, fair fingers gripped the white piece, her eyes fixated on the board, motionless, but her mind was rapidly working.

The Go sequences she had memorized in the past quickly aligned with the current situation on the board, and her opponent’s strategies also began to clarify gradually.

The two elders, seeing this, said nothing and just quietly waited.

Han Ming, growing impatient, felt that Mu Lingyun’s Go skills might not even match his.

“Mu Lingyun, can you really play? Don’t make me…”

“Shut your mouth!” the two elders glared at Han Ming, making him close his mouth.

Han Ming was nearly scared to death, only managing to reluctantly close his mouth.

“Snap—”

It took almost 20 minutes before Mu Lingyun finally placed her first piece.

The elder holding the black pieces was surprised to see where she placed her first stone, “Young lady, are you sure you want to place it there?”

In his view, Mu Lingyun’s move couldn’t save the deteriorating situation of her white pieces.

Moreover, placing it there didn’t seem to block him at all.

Mu Lingyun didn’t speak, only making a gesture for him to proceed.

The old man smiled, said nothing further, and also placed a black piece.

While everyone thought Mu Lingyun might need a long time to think again, she took only twenty seconds to make her second move.

The elder holding the black pieces was perplexed but continued to play.

In the following time, Mu Lingyun consistently took twenty to thirty seconds for each move.

However, the time the elder with the black pieces took to think before making a move gradually increased.

After a small segment of white pieces were captured by the black, the situation on the board powerfully reversed, and those seemingly useless white pieces Mu Lingyun initially played began to serve a critical role.

The elder holding the black pieces, realizing the reversal in the game’s tide, looked at the girl sitting opposite, and his eyes were brimming with surprise.