Firmament Mall Opens!
The light descended from the Dome like a divine light falling from the sky, landing directly on Lin Ye.
On this land, as if an invisible force was gathering, a pillar of light suddenly formed, piercing through the heavens and earth!
The sheer scale of this divine intervention was enough to make the whole world see it clearly.
The biggest event ever to happen on the Azure Star is about to occur!
As the light gradually faded, Lin Ye looked up at the sky and saw a large barrage of images scrolling in the very center of the Dome.
[Congratulations to Dungeon Designer Lin Ye for advancing to LV4!]
[Congratulations to Dungeon Designer Lin Ye for reaching the top ranks of the Hero Ranking!]
At the same time, countless even finer beams of light descended from the sky and landed on the land of the Great Xia Settlement.
In an instant, many more advanced buildings, infrastructure, and landscapes sprang up in various cities of Great Xia.
This is clearly a benefit that the Lin Ye upgrade brings to the Settlement.
[Dear Dungeon Designer, your points have reached 10.22 million, breaking the 10 million mark and successfully advancing to LV4!]
[You have been granted Permanent Exemption Authority from Instance challenges!]
[Permanent Exemption Authority: Unless you actively request it, no Dungeon Designer can pull you into Instance they designed!]
Lin Ye smiled faintly.
Suddenly, I felt a sense of relief.
In fact, ever since he transmigrated to this world, Lin Ye has always been in a state of rushing.
There was no way around it; he was always someone who was prepared for the worst even in times of peace.
10.22 million points, which is just barely enough to cross the threshold.
But for Lin Ye, it was just the right amount.
Because once he breaks ten million, he'll be LV4!
He wasn't very interested in things like rank, status, or the resource allocation that came with a Settlement ranking.
Because he wasn't someone who paid much attention to these external material things.
That's good enough.
Improving the quality of Settlements is certainly a good thing, but even if the status quo is maintained, it won't have much impact on his life.
In essence, these are all just empty things.
What he had always longed for was the permanent Exemption Authority he would gain upon upgrading to LV4!
With this privilege, he no longer had to worry about someone pulling him into Instance to deliberately harm him.
With the Five Permanent Members Instance in hand, plus the Permanent Exemption Authority, as long as Lin Ye doesn't act recklessly, he will always be invincible.
For Lin Ye, who had transmigrated to this strange world, this sense of security was exactly what he needed!
[Firmament Notification: Dear Top Dungeon Designer, your Firmament Mall has been activated and you are welcome to access it.]
[The Firmament Mall is a special exchange space provided by Firmament for top Designers at LV4 and above. In the Firmament Mall, points can be redeemed for various privilege items.]
"Firmament Mall? Privilege Items?"
"Interesting..."
Lin Ye fell into deep thought once again.
Actually, he had a general idea about this Firmament Mall from the moment Long Yuan gave him the anti-smear privilege card.
As he had anticipated, Firmament would definitely provide special channels for Designers who had reached the LV4 level to spend their points.
It can be said to be a privilege provided to these high-ranking individuals, or it can be said to be a balancing act by the Firmament on the entire Azure Star people.
If there's no way to consume high-level Designer points, they'll only accumulate more and more points, eventually reaching a near-invincible state on this planet.
However, for Lin Ye now, if he has extra points and it doesn't affect his normal progress, he is willing to shop in this so-called Firmament Mall.
After all, why not enjoy the privileges?
Lin Ye went directly into the newly appeared Firmament Mall in the background. Like the Creation Space, the Firmament Mall is also a virtual space.
Upon entering, a Light Screen appeared directly in front of Lin Ye, displaying the prices of various privilege cards.
[Instance Renaming Card: 10,000 points]
[Challenge Absolution Card (7 days): 200,000 points.]
[R&D Acceleration Card (7 days): 100,000 points.]
[Challenge Capacity Expansion Card (One Time): 100,000 points.]
[Advanced Challenge Capacity Expansion Card (One-time): 200,000 points.]
[...]
[Points-Doubling Card (One Day): One Million Points]
[Penalty Reduction Card (One Time): One Million Points]
[...]
[Annihilation-Prevention Privilege Card (One-Time): 10 Million Points.]
[Instance Inheritance Card (One-Time): 30 Million Points]
Seeing the prices listed on these privilege cards, Lin Ye could only give an awkward smile.
That's fucking expensive.
It's outrageous that renaming an Instance costs 10,000 points.
Previously, the system kept giving away Points-Doubling Cards, but a one-day validity period required a million points! It's practically robbery.
What does one million mean? It's the number of points required to reach level 3.
You should know that most Azure Star people are still struggling to earn 100 points, so how could they possibly afford such a luxury?
Although this Firmament Mall isn't designed for ordinary people, even for LV4 level powerhouses, the items here aren't exactly affordable.
Only now did Lin Ye realize how generous Long Yuan had been in giving him the Annihilation-Prevention Privilege Card.
Long Yuan is using his entire life's savings to prolong his life...
Lin Ye continued to examine the privilege cards. He could understand most of them, but there was one category of cards that he had never encountered before.
This is the Challenge Capacity Expansion Card.
"Firmament, could you tell me what this capacity expansion means?"
[Firmament Notification: Challenge Capacity Expansion Cards double the number of weapons you can bring into Instance. Higher-tier Challenge Capacity Expansion Cards can double it again!]
[The system has detected that you haven't entered any other Instance since advancing to LV2, so you haven't brought any weapons into Instance. Now, Firmament 'll explain the concept of Weapon Capacity to you.]
[Each Challengers has a different number of weapon units they can bring into the Instance: LV0 and LV1 cannot bring any weapons! LV2 can bring 100 weapon units! LV3 can bring 1000 weapon units! LV4 can bring 10000 weapon units!]
Afterwards, Firmament explained the concept of Weapon Units in detail again.
Aircraft and ships are considered one standard Weapon Unit. Handheld weapons such as guns and artillery account for one tenth of a Weapon Unit. Ordinary ammunition carried by the Military Ordnance does not occupy Weapon Unit, while high-level ammunition weapons (such as Nuclear Weapons) are two standard Weapon Units.
The categories inside are a bit complicated, but Lin Ye can still understand them after a quick look.