Please Set the Instance Capacity to Five Million!
"It's finally over..."
"Kim Geun-seok, Kim Geun-seok, you've really been indecisive this time."
Lin Ye shook his head helplessly and stretched lazily.
[Because you set up the unique "Russian Bear's Wrath" mechanic in the instance, the score calculation is relatively complex. Firmament will provide you with a score list.]
[This time's points rewards include: 320,000 points for triggering the Azure Star dungeon by 1 person; 32 million points for the first dungeon run with 40,000 participants; 8 million points for the second dungeon run with 5,000 participants; and 16 million points for the third dungeon run with 4,999 participants...]
In fact, Lin Ye didn't care at all about how the Firmament calculated the integrals, nor was he interested in calculating them himself.
In Lin Ye's view, the Firmament Curtain was a large-scale, highly intelligent product, and it would not make mistakes when it came to calculating numbers.
However, the fact that someone had violated the Azure Star instance law, as mentioned earlier, piqued Lin Ye's curiosity.
"Firmament, what does this Azure Star dungeon method mean? Why is one person's score calculated separately?"
[Firmament Curtain Hint: Firmament uses the same rules for all dungeons in its Azure Star Challenger strategy. In this Winter Is Coming dungeon, the dungeon commander, Kim Geun-seok, chose to commit suicide at the most crucial moment of the battle.]
[The Firmament strictly forbids challengers from committing suicide without cause! Suicide without cause negatively impacts the dungeon experience for other challengers, especially the dungeon commander! Therefore, a severe penalty of points is imposed.]
"Holy crap..."
Lin Ye almost burst out laughing.
Because he hadn't watched the live stream of the dungeon, he had no idea what Kim Geun-seok was up to, how he could play like that...
I guess they probably have enough points to be able to do whatever they want.
"Kim Geun-seok, I hope you can do even better next time."
After a moment of silence, Lin Ye could only offer his condolences for the guy.
[Next, Firmament will continue to tally the challengers' scores:]
[Integral calculations are complex; Firmament will round it down for you!]
[For the portion of points not exceeding 100 million, Firmament will return 1% to the Dungeon Designer.]
[For the portion exceeding 100 million but not exceeding 1 billion, Firmament will return 1/1000 to the Dungeon Designer.]
[For the portion exceeding one billion but not exceeding ten billion, Firmament will return one ten-thousandth of it to the Dungeon Designer.]
[According to the Firmament Curtain Points return rules, you will receive 570,000 points in the Winter Is Coming dungeon!]
[...]
See how to earn points in this "Winter Is Coming" dungeon.
Lin Ye had to admit that the Firmament did have some human-like qualities.
According to the ratio, I should have received 563,200 points, but Firmament directly gave me 570,000.
Lin Ye could actually understand that the Firmament's "generosity" at this moment was nothing more than crocodile tears.
For challengers at the bottom, the Firmament is extremely demanding, strictly controlling every single point.
Because sometimes, a difference of just one point can eliminate a living challenger outright.
But for challengers like Lin Ye, a few hundred or a few thousand points are really insignificant, so Firmament can be generous with them.
Even if Firmament gives him a few thousand more points, it will be earned with the blood and flesh of the people of Azure Star.
[Additionally, the daily Raging Waves has been settled. All challengers surrendered immediately, totaling 100,000 participants. The event yielded a total of 2 million points!]
[According to the Firmament Curtain Points Return Rules, you will receive 20,000 points in the Raging Waves this time!]
The Raging Waves remained remarkably stable, essentially serving as Lin Ye's daily ATM, providing exactly 20,000 points each day—better than nothing.
[Because you have the points double card given to you by Firmament, your points earned today will be doubled. You have earned a total of 1.18 million points today!]
"Very good!"
This time, he directly gained 1.18 million points. Although it was with the help of the points double card, this gain was still quite considerable for Lin Ye.
This further proves that you can still get a lot of points without the reward and punishment mechanism in the Raging Waves.
Because the "Russian Bear's Wrath" buff will persist, Winter's ability to accumulate points will only increase in the later stages of the game, making her a true late-game powerhouse.
Lin Ye glanced at his personal backend; his total points had reached 6.24 million!
Having gained over a million points in one go, his ranking on the Hero Ranking naturally changed.
Lin Ye's ranking has risen a few places again! He's now ranked 43rd.
[NO42; Xiaochuan; Race: Great He Clan; Level: lv3; Dungeon Works: "Iron Great East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere", "Militaryism", "Golden Crow Fusang".]
[NO43; Lin Ye; Race: Great Xia people; Level: lv3; Dungeon Works: "Earth Online: The Five Permanent Members’ Raging Waves" and "Earth Online: The Five Permanent Members - Winter Is Coming!"]
[NO44; Lee Kuan Yew; Race: Nanyang; Level: lv3; Dungeon Works: Star Island, Lion City!]
To his surprise, Lin Ye discovered a very familiar name.
Xiaochuan! Tsk tsk!
This was Emperor Xiaochuan before Daiwa, the man who wholeheartedly experienced the long, round sunset, the man who was ultimately cruelly judged.
He was once an absolute top expert, at his peak he was in the top 20 of the Hero Rankings, an absolute overlord, but now he has fallen to this state.
Lin Ye currently has 6.24 million points, and Xiaochuan is only one rank higher than him, meaning their points will be quite similar, most likely around 7 million points.
It's clear that Xiaochuan Laogui hasn't been having a good time lately, with his points dropping rapidly.
Thinking about it, it makes sense. Xiaochuan is no longer the esteemed Emperor, nor does he enjoy the various benefits of being Emperor. Many resources will be taken away by the new "Emperor," Minamoto no Yorimitsu, so naturally his points have plummeted.
Therefore, many of the top figures on this Hero Ranking actually relied on the support of their Settlement, essentially sucking the blood of countless others to reach that level.
There may be people like Lin Ye who climbed up the ladder purely through their own strength, but they are definitely a very small minority!
Lin Ye glanced down again and saw poor Kim Geun-seok, whose ranking had dropped two places to 53rd.
For this guy, getting back into the top 50 will be even more difficult.
Lin Ye had just caught his breath when the notification from the Firmament appeared again.
[Firmament Notice: Dear Challenger, Firmament has conducted an in-depth review and study of your "Winter Is Coming" dungeon and believes that the current number of players is insufficient to conquer it. Therefore, Firmament has decided to make a series of adjustments to the Winter Is Coming " dungeon...]
It's here!
What was bound to happen has happened.
Hearing this prompt from the Firmament, Lin Ye was already somewhat numb.
In fact, he had already anticipated this; the difficulty of the dungeon would definitely be adjusted again this time.
Since this was a real firefight, it provided data support for Firmament's actual combat operations.
The Firmament's review must have involved compiling all the military technology data of the entire Azure Star and then making a comprehensive judgment.
It was discovered that even with all of Azure Star's top-tier land-based weaponry, a force of 50,000 challengers would not be enough to breach the instance.
In this situation, given that the content of the instance cannot be changed, further adjustments to the number of players are inevitable.
And that's exactly what Lin Ye wanted!
The points card has three days left, and considering the time constraints of the dungeon, the next dungeon run might be his last chance to obtain a huge number of points.
He must seize this opportunity!
Therefore, the more people, the better!
The bigger the waves, the more expensive the fish; the more people there are, the more he earns.
[Firmament has decided to temporarily expand the number of players for your dungeon challenge Winter Is Coming, to 1 million!]
It's still 1 million! This time, Lin Ye has to complain that the Firmament is just too mechanical.
Can't you use your imagination? At this rate of increasing numbers so little by little, when will it ever end?!
"Too little, Firmament!"
"Since the difficulty is being adjusted, why not increase the number of participants as much as possible? I don't think a million people can clear the 'Winter Is Coming' dungeon."
"Please adjust the number of players in my instance to 5 million!" Lin Ye said with a smile.
Due to Lin Ye's request, the Firmament experienced a noticeable system crash.
A reply was given much later.
[Title from the Firmament: Dungeon Designers have the authority to increase the number of players in their dungeons, but an excessive number of challengers greatly increases the likelihood of the dungeon being quickly breached...]
[Furthermore, if a large number of challengers simultaneously conquer the dungeon, it will deduct a significant amount of points from the designers, causing fatal damage to Dungeon Designers. Dungeon Designers, please consider this carefully.]
"There's no need to hesitate; five million means five million."
"Even if my own instance is breached, I'm solely responsible!"
Lin Ye dared to make such a decision because he was confident!
And we have full confidence!
He had calculated it himself before; even if 200,000 people simultaneously cleared his instance, let alone 5 million, it was possible for them to wipe out his points and eliminate him.
Because in the Firmament's mechanics, the points deducted from the Dungeon Designer's score upon clearing a dungeon are calculated at one-tenth.
Assuming 200,000 people clear the level, each person would receive 500 points. After converting this to one-tenth, Lin Ye would lose 10 million points, meaning he would be completely dead.
However... a hypothesis is ultimately just a hypothesis, and it's impossible for it to actually happen.
Lin Ye's mechanics and troop deployment for the Winter Is Coming are sufficient to handle 5 million challengers!
To some extent, Lin Ye's target of 5 million was even somewhat conservative...
According to the history of Earth in its previous life.
The tank nation in Season 2 had tens of millions of troops, while the Shorties had 7 million. Even the weakest nation, Italy, had 2 million troops. Any two of these countries would have more troops than the current 5 million.
Let's make a bold assumption: if all the Axis powers united during Season 2, could they stand against the current peak Bear Country in the Winter Is Coming event?
The answer is definitely no, because the Russian Bear in the instance are already living in the modern warfare era, highly information-based and technologically advanced, and equipped with nuclear weapons.
This is still based on the S2 era as an assumption. The pitiful thing is that the current military strength of Azure Star is actually only equivalent to that of the S1 era.
Even if every challenger has the potential to bring a large number of weapons into the instance, that would only be an abundance of weaponry and armaments, not a fundamental solution.
Don't forget, the Bear Country also has an absolute weapon of mass destruction: the "Hand of God"...
Therefore, Lin Ye is not afraid at all; it is the challengers who should be afraid.
On the contrary, five million challengers could bring Lin Ye an unimaginable amount of points at once.
With the double points card, he was fully confident he could directly reach LV4!!
[Firmament Note: This adjustment is of great importance; Dungeon Designers are advised to consider it carefully...]
"Firmament, there's no point in considering this. Even if I'm wiped out, I'll accept it willingly."
"Please adjust the number of players in the instance to 5 million."
[...]
A signal sound, similar to white noise, came from the other end of the Firmament, indicating that the Firmament was malfunctioning.
After a very long time, a reply was finally given.
[Firmament Prompt: Dear Challenger, your challenger capacity for the dungeon "Winter Is Coming" has been expanded to 5 million! This will now be broadcast throughout Azure Star...]
[Considering the massive dungeon size and the potential global upheaval it could cause, the Firmament will continue to bestow Amnesty Day upon Azure Star tomorrow...]
Azure Star is about to explode again.
There's no need to even think about it.
The announcement of 5 million players in the dungeon, once it's revealed on the dome of Azure Star, will naturally cause a huge uproar! It will be a nationwide sensation!
It's easy to imagine that tomorrow's news will be dominated by four words: Winter Is Coming.
[A dungeon with a capacity of five million players is no small matter. Before the dungeon officially opens tomorrow, Dungeon Designers can enter the Creation Space at any time to modify the dungeon.]
"No need, Firmament." Lin Ye shook his head directly, his face still showing a confident expression.
"Winter Is Coming was in its perfect state from the moment it was released; I don't need any adjustments."
"My only request is to add a time acceleration mechanism to my dungeon, so that the time of Winter Is Coming' doesn't equal real-world time; otherwise, it's just too long..."
[Firmament Reminder: In Firmament's unified settings, to prevent disruption to normal life on Azure Star, the time acceleration mechanism can be activated when the number of players challenging a dungeon reaches 1 million. The designers need not worry. Time acceleration has already been activated for "Winter Is Coming."]
"That's good!"
Lin Ye nodded in satisfaction.
With this time acceleration mechanism, it means that the dungeon will definitely be completed tomorrow in real time, and you will definitely be able to obtain the points from the dungeon!
He's going to make a fortune!