I Want Lin Ye Dead!

Itō Hidetaka cleared his throat and said directly:

"Everyone, don't be frightened by the size of the map or the dungeon difficulty assigned by the Firmament. This is the first time this dungeon has officially opened, and the Firmament's data isn't necessarily accurate."

"No matter how big the map is, if there's a problem with the way the missions are set up, it's nothing but a paper tiger."

"I believe Lin Ye's dungeon is an illusion created with a massive map, with no real technological or military support behind it!"

Itō Hidetaka's comments hit the nail on the head. The challengers in the barracks looked at one another and began to discuss them.

The first part of what Itō Hidetaka said made sense. The Firmament's difficulty assessment could be wrong, and it wasn't as though that had never happened before.

But his outright claim that Lin Ye's dungeon was a paper tiger was a little hard to believe.

Just then, a figure slowly appeared before everyone.

The man was tall, with a thick strip of red cloth wrapped tightly around his head. He wore a snow-white suit, its cut and flowing lines giving him an elegant, extraordinary air.

Most eye-catching of all were the many dazzling golden accents adorning him. The glittering ornaments studded his clothes like countless stars, shining brilliantly. Every detail spoke of luxury and nobility.

As he approached step by step, a strong smell of curry wafted through the air.

Everyone looked at him and saw a Level 3 designation above his head.

No one had noticed until now that there was actually a Level 3 big shot in this dungeon!

Anyone who had reached Level 3 was undoubtedly rich or noble, a person of standing among their people.

"Mr. Itō, I am Singh, a prince of the Jaipur royal family of the Brahmin branch of the A San people. I have some objections to what you just said."

"In my view, the missions in this dungeon are ingeniously designed, and they're divided into two branches: a war route and an economic route."

The man gently stroked his beard as he spoke slowly.

"Even among Azure Star's dungeons, that's a rarity."

Hearing Prince Singh introduce himself, Itō Hidetaka's pupils contracted, and he was secretly delighted!

The man before him was actually a member of the A San royal family!

On Azure Star, the A San people could be considered the most complicated and most feudal of all peoples. Their hierarchy was rigid, their branches numerous, and they had basically preserved certain customs from the feudal era.

The lower-class A San people would voluntarily offer their points to their superiors.

And as a member of the royal family, regardless of which branch he was a prince of, Singh could enjoy the most honored treatment his people had to offer.

Another crucial point was that the A San people were rich in resources. They traded those resources for points, then used the points to obtain dungeon technology from other peoples.

Among the countless peoples of Azure Star, the A San people unquestionably ranked among the notable ones.

Whether in wealth, technology, or the weapons he carried, this prince was undoubtedly superior to Itō Hidetaka!

With someone like that in the dungeon, their chances of clearing it would shoot straight up.

"So you're Prince Singh of the A San people. A pleasure to meet you."

"Allow me to explain the flaws in this dungeon to you, Your Highness."

Itō Hidetaka spoke in a cordial tone.

"You were quite right just now, Your Highness. This dungeon has two routes: a war route that involves attacking a naval military base, and an economic route that involves overtaking the enemy's economy."

"But I don't think anyone would choose that economic mission, would they?"

When Itō Hidetaka finished speaking, the people in the barracks nodded one after another.

This was something they could basically agree on.

That was because military warfare had been the main theme of every previous dungeon. They had never seen a route that simulated an economy.

And in real life, all humans were under the Firmament's unified control.

The humans of Azure Star simply lacked the ability to develop an economy independently.

If they couldn't do it in reality, they certainly couldn't do it in a dungeon.

Besides, even if they could, no one would dare try.

The Firmament's introduction had just mentioned that both Eagle Sauce Country's territory and its population were more than dozens of times those of Eastern Ocean Island!

With a gap in scale like that, how could they possibly overtake its economy?

If they chose that mission branch and failed, they would lose a hundred points. The risk was absurdly high.

So, in fact, the challengers had only one mission to choose from: capturing Pearl Harbor Military Base.

"Prince Singh, please take a close look at the mission description. The objective of mission one is only to attack Pearl Harbor Military Base. It doesn't mention the Eagle Sauce Country mainland at all."

"Now look at Pearl Harbor's location. It's far from the Eagle Sauce Country mainland, so it can essentially be treated as an isolated island."

"Pearl Harbor Military Base has only thirty naval units and a population of just thirty thousand..."

"That's not a weak force, but do you truly think it's unbeatable, Your Highness?"

Hearing Itō Hidetaka's words, Singh suddenly felt as though the truth had dawned on him.

Although the dungeon's map was large and its factions had been set up on a grand scale, the mission objective was not unbeatable.

Eagle Sauce Country was vast, but their target was only Pearl Harbor Military Base.

If they disregarded the map, this dungeon was actually not much different from the previous difficult-level dungeons!

"As expected of Mr. Itō, the Great He people's genius Dungeon Designer." Singh smiled with satisfaction. "You truly are exceptionally clever."

"To tell you the truth, I have twenty warships of my own, all top-grade cruisers on Azure Star! Five of them are battlecruisers equipped with heavy artillery systems."

"I also have ten torpedo gunboats!"

"My naval units alone number more than thirty."

Itō Hidetaka laughed along with him, a hint of contempt in his laughter.

"I also brought ten warships into the dungeon, along with quite a few of my Great He Clan's finest naval weapons."

"Besides, there are quite a few Level 2 teammates in this dungeon, and they all have naval weapons of their own. All in all, our naval forces are stronger than the enemy's."

"Our only disadvantage is that we currently have fewer than seven thousand people, while the enemy has thirty thousand. But you should know too, Prince Singh, that weapons are the key to modern warfare."

As he spoke, Itō Hidetaka picked up a megaphone and slowly walked from the command center back to the open ground where the challengers had gathered.

He began to rally all the challengers.

"Everyone, think about it. Why could Lin Ye design such a huge map, yet only set the mission objective as one tiny military base?"

"Let me tell you!"

"It's because he simply doesn't have the technology to support anything on such a massive scale. The fighting forces he actually commands amount to no more than one military base."

"Everything else is just window dressing, an illusion."

The more Itō Hidetaka spoke, the more excited he became, and a mocking smile spread across his face.

"In my view, Lin Ye has some talent, but he looks down on everyone else."

"When it comes to making dungeons, he's mostly bluffing, slapping his face until it swells to make himself look impressive."

Deep down, Itō Hidetaka did think Lin Ye had some ability.

Whatever else could be said, Lin Ye had devised such an elaborate deception in the very first dungeon of his career, which certainly counted as talent.

But unfortunately, this was a cruel world.

Even a genius who took the wrong path could only be eliminated.

What was more, Lin Ye had previously ruined his dungeon, Battle of the Imperial Sea, so it was only reasonable for him to ruin Lin Ye's dungeon in the same way now.

A talented Huaxia man like that would only be a danger if left alive.

He wanted Lin Ye dead!