Choosing Malaysia This Time!

Kim Geun-seok glanced around and saw that Choi Tae-won, Park Jeong-yong, Lee Jae-yong were all beside him, with sinister smiles on their faces.

They remained silent, waiting for Kim Geun-seok to decide on the next course of action.

Kim Geun-seok had a strong aversion to these three people. With just a little thought, he knew that these three old foxes were simply not cut out for anything.

To remain silent means to avoid taking any blame.

If they succeed in the Instance challenge, they will also receive credit, but if they fail, the blame will fall entirely on the commander.

"President Li, President Park, and President Cui, although Commander Seong Wan appointed me as the Commander-in-Chief of the Instance, the elite Challengers from various families are also under your direct management."

"Let's all share our opinions and cast a vote to see how we should choose this Spawn Point."

"After all, we are all fighting for South Korea!"

Kim Geun-seok isn't stupid; even if he has to take the blame, he can't possibly do it all by himself.

"If I had to choose, I'd choose Malaysia!" Lee Jae-yong said.

"I also think Malaysia is better; it's arguably the optimal choice for attacking Bear Country."

"Malaysia is the closest country to Bear Country, making it the most suitable choice for launching Land Warfare."

All three gave the same choice: Malaysia.

Kim Geun-seok nodded. Actually, Malaysia was also his best choice!

There are many reasons for this.

First, Malaysia and Bear Country share a border with a very long border, which gives them a lot of freedom in choosing their attack routes.

They could even divide their forces and fight on multiple fronts!

Another, and most importantly, is that there are no other countries between Malaysia and Bear Country.

In the last Instance, the entire army was inexplicably wiped out by the Dragon Country, so Kim Geun-seok couldn't possibly be careless this time.

He already has a phobia of the Earth Online map.

It's best not to provoke any country on the map lightly, even if it looks small; it might be a vassal or ally of another country.

This was all Lin Ye's scheme!

But as the saying goes, a smart person won't stumble twice in the same place.

There's absolutely no way Kim Geun-seok would fall for that again.

"Then let's set the Spawn Point as Malaysia, and everyone should choose Malaysia!"

"Our forces are limited, so we must not disperse them; everyone must stay together."

Soon everyone made their Spawn Point choices, and all 50,000 Challengers landed in Malaysia!

The world before him shifted again, and when everything became clear, Kim Geun-seok found himself seemingly inside a large tent.

Choi Tae-won, Park Jeong-yong, Lee Jae-yong were also teleported to his side, where they sat on the ground.

The entire space appeared quite dilapidated, a far cry from the luxurious Black House had previously visited. The wind blew through the gaps in the tent, chilling him to the bone.

"This is my new birthplace?"

"What the heck? It looks all shabby and broken."

Kim Geun-seok felt something was off, so he quickly opened the tent and went out to check.

He was completely dumbfounded.

"Holy crap..."

Looking out, all you could see were tents exactly like the ones you'd just seen, densely packed across the land.

Occasionally you can see a few low-rise buildings, but they are all very simple and cannot be compared with the details of the previous Stick Country and Eastern Ocean Island...

Looking further out, you see rolling hills and vast, open grasslands.

A group of local NPCs were riding around on horseback, herding cattle and sheep along the way.

Even the air that blew in smelled strongly of horse manure.

Lin Ye's Instance map designs have always been known for their rich details and magnificent aesthetics. Whether it was the Eastern Ocean Island in the Raging Waves or the Stick Country he chose the previous two times, they all far surpassed the scale of the cities on Azure Star in every aspect.

But what is this now?!

This place is so backward that it doesn't even have a tall building. You could say that any Settlement on Azure Star is more prosperous than this Malaysia.

Choi Tae-won, Park Jeong-yong, Lee Jae-yong also came out, all looking equally surprised.

Welcome, Challengers, to the Instance designed by Lin Ye: Winter Is Coming!

[This Instance is complex and quite difficult, so Firmament will provide all Challengers with a detailed quest description.]

While everyone was still wondering, a huge Light Screen was Firmament directly into the sky.

The process is exactly the same as before.

The video begins by introducing Earth Online, then the camera zooms in and slowly pans to the Challengers Faction.

The camera then remained fixed on the location in Malaysia.

[This is the base of yours, Challengers: the Malaysia. Located between the Bear Country and the Dragon Country, it covers a total area of 1.56 million square kilometers and has a population of approximately 3.5 million. The Malaysia has little arable land, with most of its territory covered by grasslands. The north and west are mountainous, while the south is a Gobi Desert. About 30% of the population is engaged in nomadic or semi-nomadic life, hence the name "Malaysia"...]

Immediately afterwards, a red dot was marked on the map.

[And this is where you were all born, the Khan’s Mongolian Yurt in Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Malaysia!]

After reading Firmament's introduction to Malaysia, Kim Geun-seok even doubted that he was seeing things.

Is this considered a country?

Compared to Stick Country, Malaysia is fifteen times larger in Stick Country, but its population is less than one-tenth that of Stick Country.

The difference is just too big.

It goes without saying how poor and backward this place is.

After that, recruiting NPCs in such a country will be an impossible task.

In fact, when Lin Ye designed the country of Malaysia, he deviated somewhat from the reality of Blue Star.

In reality, Malaysia does possess some strength; at the very least, its capital, Ulaanbaatar, is a fairly respectable city.

However, Earth Online is not the real Blue Star. In the design of the Instance, the Malaysia was actually a transition between the Bear Country and the Dragon Country, so Lin Ye did not add any details to this country.

Just copy and paste a bunch of yurts, put them all up, and you're done.

Choi Tae-won, Park Jeong-yong, and Lee Jae-yong looked at each other, completely bewildered.

Clearly, none of them expected Malaysia to turn out this way.

"Young Master Kim... this?"

What do we do now?

Kim Geun-seok glanced at the three of them, then said in a cold voice:

Now you all know how disgusting Lin Ye is, right?

"You all think you're so capable, but when you actually get into Lin Ye's Instance, he'll still make you run around in circles."