The Fourth Instance Ends!
Xi'er looked out the window again, and the flames were now burning right in front of her.
Such a powerful weapon?!
That feeling was not something that humans could design at all; it was definitely Heavenly Retribution!
It's Fist of Divine Punishment descending from the heavens!
"Lin Ye..."
"How many more skills do you still have to show?!"
Xi'er was no longer able to think, as his soul gradually rose under the ravages of the intense heat.
Ahh!
Amidst painful groans, he had turned into a wisp of white smoke.
This is Lin Ye's final weapon in the Instance.
If the previous "Mount Fuji Plan" embodied Lin Ye's ingenious logic, then the current "Tsar Bomba" is a symbol of absolute power.
One bomb can destroy a country; it could be like dealing with the Eastern Ocean Islands, using the power of nature to slowly erode the country.
It can also be like the Tsar Bomba of today, overwhelming all opponents with sheer force!
[Firmament Notification: You have been killed by the Tsar Bomba. Your Instance quest has ended. After your points are deducted, you will be teleported out of the Instance!]
[The Firmament Curtain has detected that all Challengers in the Winter Is Coming Instance have been eliminated. Instance mission has failed and will be closed shortly!]
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Xi'er has disappeared from the Instance, and the spectator's perspective has changed from first-person to a completely overhead view.
At this moment, one can observe the explosion of the "Tsar Bomba" from high above Earth Online, making it even more terrifying.
In the scene unfolding before us, the entire Tank Country is engulfed by a massive fireball from the Tsar Bomba, as if swallowed by an endless sea of fire.
At this moment, the Tank Country was no longer recognizable as it once was; all that could be seen was a raging inferno.
The rising Mushroom Cloud soared into the sky, its tip even touching the horizon, taller and more imposing than the surrounding mountains.
The colors of the clouds kept changing, from dark red to golden yellow, creating an eerie beauty.
Even more terrifying, the exploding flames continued to spread, extending towards neighboring countries.
If a comparison must be made, the blast radius of this explosion is a hundred times larger than that of the "Shorties" bomb dropped on the Eastern Ocean Islands.
At this point, however, the live stream stopped and went completely black.
Instead, various Instance data are displayed on the screen.
The statistics for this "Raging Waves"Instance are as follows:
[Number of players wiped out in the Instance: 600,000!]
[The list of Challengers who have been eliminated is now released:]
[Kim Geun-seok, Jung Yun-ho, Han Cuiqiong Matsunaga Hisahide, Jiang Pingchuannei...]
The names of these poor people began scrolling across the live stream screen.
Given the current "Winter Is Coming" theme, it didn't seem like many Challengers would be eliminated.
Because the Instance quests don't have any special event triggering mechanisms, and the rewards and penalties for Instance aren't actually that much.
But in reality, this Instance wiped out quite a few people.
The reason for this is the Challengers civil war caused by the Yuri's Revenge buff.
If the "Russian Bear's Wrath" buff is about stacking negative effect layers, then the "Yuri's Revenge" buff is about detonating those layers to achieve a burst damage effect!
At that time, Daiwa's fleet and Goryeo's fighter jets engaged in battle. Some were killing traitors who had been Mind Control, while others were simply killing their own comrades.
Killing teammates is the most intolerable act under the rules of Firmament, and will result in a deduction of a thousand times the points!
As for how to determine the specifics, the Firmament naturally has its own rules.
Firmament has an accurate record of every action taken by each Challengers in the Instance.
We will not misjudge or wrongly accuse anyone.
For those in the Saint Petersburg Daiwa Fleet later on, since it was their first time entering the Instance and they didn't have the accumulated Russian Bear's Wrath BUFF, their normal point deduction should have been 1600 points.
However, if you kill your teammate, then a thousand times that amount would be 1.6 million points.
With 1.6 million points, unless you're Challengers at level 3 or higher, you'll be instantly defeated.
The Koreans who attacked Daiwa's fleet at that time naturally received the same treatment.
However, it's important to know that some of the people inside have already entered the Winter Is Coming multiple times, and with the Russian Bear's Wrath BUFF that doubles the points, some have even had 3.2 million points or even 6.4 million points deducted!
With that kind of points deduction, they'd be completely wiped out long ago.
But what truly shocked people was that a very important figure was eliminated in this Instance!
That is Kim Geun-seok, the head of the Jin Family Chaebol, the largest conglomerate in the South Korea Settlement, who was once ranked among the top 50 heroes on the Azure Star Hero Ranking!
This is Kim Geun-seok's fourth time entering the Instance, and coupled with Lee Jae-yong's previous brainless actions, his Russian Bear's Wrath BUFF has been stacked up again!
The fourfold deduction of points amounts to 12,800 points. In addition, Kim Geun-seok also harmed his teammates, so he was ultimately deducted a total of 12.8 million points!
For Kim Geun-seok, who hasn't reached LV4 yet, 12.8 million points is indeed a lethal amount.
Annihilation is a common occurrence on Azure Star, but this is the first time that someone in the top 50 has been eliminated during a challenge Instance!
The Livestream Room was immediately thrown into an uproar.
Faced with this cruel outcome, everyone—whether they sided with South Korea, Great Xia, or were simply spectators—remained silent.
[Maximum duration of the Instance: 120 hours!]
[Instance completion rate: 0%!]
[Instance completion: 33.3%!]
Although this is a five-million- Instance, with the most powerful Nirmaner Settlement joining the fray, the Instance's stats aren't actually much better than previous ones.
The only area where progress has been made is in Instance completion.
Completion rate represents the degree to which the Challengers has conquered the Instance.
Through its continuous accumulation, it gives Challengers confidence and a sense of accomplishment.
The higher the completion rate, the greater the chance of conquering the next Instance.
But upon closer examination, it becomes clear that this completion rate is not worth discussing; 33.3% simply means that the Challengers have breached one of the three main cities.
However, once a main city is conquered, the Instance will automatically enter the Phase Two, and then the Bear Country will enter its complete form!
There's still hope in the first phase, but once we enter the Phase Two, given the strength shown by Bear Country, there's simply no chance of anything going forward.
This completion rate will remain stuck at 33.3% and will not change further.