On Sunday, April 18 at 7 p.m., the third round officially began.

But there was an accident at Ye Xiaoya's house, and there was a power outage.

The moment of the power outage was 6:42, and Ye Xiaoya was about to turn on the computer to log in to Orange Go.

Suddenly, all the electrical appliances at home went out, Ye Xiaoya was stunned, and then knew that there was a power outage.

She first checked the electrical circuit in her home and found that there was no fault, so she ran out the door and saw that the electricity in the entire building was out.

"There's a power outage, what's going on?" An old man downstairs shouted outside.

"I don't know, there's a power outage in our building." An aunt said.

"You see, the building opposite is also out of power, and it should be that the circuit in this piece is out of order."

Listening to the noisy sound below, Ye Xiaoya couldn't help but hold her forehead, and naturally she couldn't go online to play when the power went out.

I don't know when I'll be able to call, it seems that I have to go to other places to find a net to play chess.

Ye Xiaoya went out with the money, and looked at the time before leaving, 6:47.

Riding a bicycle, Ye Xiaoya rode towards the nearest Internet café, and seven minutes later, she saw a row of people standing at the door of the Internet café, obviously the power was also out.

There was no way, Ye Xiaoya continued to ride forward, and when she arrived at the area with electricity, she saw an Internet café and ran all the way into the Internet café.

"Is there a place?" Ye Xiaoya was in a hurry.

"ID card." The male webmaster glanced at Ye Xiaoya, his eyes lit up slightly, but he still said: "Only here can you access the Internet with an ID card." ”

"Can I tell me the ID number?" Ye Xiaoya said and handed ten yuan to the network administrator.

"Okay, you can say it." The male network manager nodded, although there are requirements everywhere to prohibit minors from entering, and require that they must register their ID cards to access the Internet, but Internet cafes also require survival, and those high school students who are about to become adults are the main force on the Internet.

Ye Xiaoya quickly finished saying her ID number, then received the Internet card and went straight to her seat.

When she turned it on, Ye Xiaoya glanced at her phone, 6:59.

"It should be in time." Ye Xiaoya breathed a sigh of relief, after all, according to the rules, there was fifteen points of abstention.

However, the quality of the machine in this Internet café is not very good, and it takes almost two minutes to start successfully, and you have to enter the account and password after entering the interface.

When she slowly entered the window menu, Ye Xiaoya remembered that there would be no such niche software as Orange Go in this Internet café.

Only hurry up and download it, Ye Xiaoya skillfully typed the URL and downloaded Orange Go.

The broadband speed in 2004 was not very good, although Orange Go was only a 43M applet, but it took nearly five minutes, and seeing that the time was already 7:8, Ye Xiaoya could only pray that there would be no more problems.

Then after installing and landing, Ye Xiaoya finally entered the final hall at 7:11.

When she understood the No. 14 game room that was assigned, Ye Xiaoya breathed a sigh of relief.

"You're so late, let's get started." The opponent had obviously been waiting for a long time, and as soon as he saw Ye Xiaoya landing, he spoke.

"Sorry, a little delayed, let's get started." Ye Xiaoya glanced at the other party's screen name 'Cupola'.

"I thought you weren't coming, are you a female chess player?" Cupola got the black piece and said another word after dropping a piece.

"Confidentiality." After Ye Xiaoya replied, she took a white move.

The layout of the two of them was very fast, and they took almost fifty steps in less than ten minutes, and at this time, the cupola spoke again and said: "Your layout is very powerful, I have to think about it." ”

After saying this, the cupola fell into a long test.

Ye Xiaoya felt very speechless, this kind of long exam has to say a word first, this is the first time I have encountered it.

However, online Go is different from real games, if you play chess face-to-face, it is rude to speak, so no one will speak.

In online games, you can chat with people, watch movies and play chess at the same time, and the other party has no idea what you're doing.

Therefore, the cupola is a more considerate and polite behavior after saying a word.

But in reality, this cupola is not thinking alone, but discussing it with his teammates.

In a dormitory of the Hangzhou Chess Academy, two young people are discussing in front of the computer.

"Brother Tiger, this elegant and quiet is really powerful, it seems that this game is not very good." The little fat man who spoke, wearing glasses, was named Bai Ruile Professional Fifth Duan, and was a member of the Hangzhou Chess Academy.

"Xiaole, this time it must be a hard bone, let's divide labor and cooperate, maybe there is a chance of winning." Another tall and thin man, named Chen Hu's professional sixth dan, is also the main force of the Hangcheng Chess Academy.

The relationship between the two is excellent, and they often play joint chess on the Internet, and they cooperate quite well.

Generally, a chess player, two people play joint chess, and the level is difficult to be higher than that of a single chess player, but the tacit understanding of the two of them can be stronger than a single player in joint chess.

And this kind of online chess that can be discussed, their level is even higher than the actual level, two people can cooperate, and they can divide labor and cooperate to calculate, which is undoubtedly much more powerful than one person.

However, even though the two of them played together, their results in this tournament were 19 wins and 1 loss.

Compared with the real masters, the two of them are not enough to see together.

"Brother Tiger, there is only one way to pull it now, even if there is a break point, you can't back down." The little fat man Bai Ruile said.

"Well, I think that's all there is to it, see how she responds." Chen Hu nodded and said.

Bai Ruile was in charge of typing, while Chen Hu kept staring at the chessboard to calculate.

"Brother Hu, what did you judge when you just said that this Tong Yajing is a woman? I'm really a little skeptical, is there such a great female chess player? Bai Ruile asked.

"Nothing is impossible, I'm just guessing, it doesn't matter if this is a man or a woman, the important thing is to see if we can win." Chen Hu was speechless about Bai Ruile's question, at this time, he was still guessing the identity of the other party, if he couldn't win this game of chess, it would be hopeless to get into the top three.

Just when the two of them were trying to figure out a way, Tong Youyajing dropped the line.

"Disconnected?" Bai Ruile was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "Great, it's better not to come directly, it's better to abstain." ”

"It is estimated that the computer on her side has malfunctioned, and she will be back soon, and the disconnection will calculate her time, so we just think about it for a while." Chen Hu is not as optimistic as the little fat man, the chess player who wins two consecutive games in the final will enter the top 32, and if he can enter the top 16, he will get a bonus.

Isn't the online chess in the past few months for the prize money of the last 16? Of course, it would be better to be in the quarter-finals, or that top-three.

At the same time, Ye Xiaoya watched depressedly as her computer crashed and restarted.

I wanted to go to the service desk to complain, but it was useless to think that it would be useless, and I could return her ten yuan at most.

A few minutes later, Ye Xiaoya finally logged in to Orange Go again, and after entering the final server, she was directly assigned to the game room just now by the system.

"Sorry, it was disconnected." Ye Xiaoya entered the room and sent a message first.

"It's okay, if you don't come, I'll win directly." Cupola responded.

"Let's move on." After Ye Xiaoya finished speaking, she directly picked up the mouse and took the next move.