Joy for Some, Sorrow for Others

"You should be prepared, because starting today, this Azure Star will undergo tremendous changes!" Long Yuan said with a smile.

The group looked at each other, slowly calming down from their earlier excitement.

The combat strength of these Settlements on Azure Star actually varies considerably.

To assess the Level of a focal point, one must consider both the strength of its leading players and its overall strength.

Nirmaner Settlements, for example, are strong in both their leaders and overall capabilities.

Not only are there four top Challengers at LV4, Head of State, Rommel Xi'er.

The other tribesmen in the settlement also possess considerable strength; all three million tribesmen are at least LV2 level, and many are even at least LV3.

While the South Korea Settlements may not have top-tier masters above LV4, there are still individuals like Park Seong-man and Kim Geun-seok who are among the top 50.

Meanwhile, the heads of the three Four Great Families are all above LV3, which is why they have risen rapidly in recent years with unstoppable momentum.

In contrast, the Great Xia Settlement, although it has a top-tier expert like Long Yuan keeping an eye on things, is facing a severe shortage of skilled individuals further down the line.

Of all these Commanders and Research Institute directors, only a few, like Li Yunlong, have reached LV3. Even veteran directors like Ding Chang are still stuck at LV2, which is really inadequate.

Without real strength, one will naturally attract harassment from those despicable people from the South Korea Settlement and Dahe Settlements.

Although real wars are not allowed on the planet, different Settlements can plunder resources from other areas through Instance.

If you don't stand up for yourself, you'll be disgusted and tormented; that's the survival rule on Azure Star.

This is why no Settlement ever dares to harass the Nirmaner Settlements; the Nirmaner Settlements, which rank first in resources, far outnumber the current Great Xia Settlements.

Why have the Great Xia Settlement declined so much in recent years?

In fact, fifty years ago, the Great Xia Settlement was one of the top Settlements on Azure Star. At that time, there were countless LV3 Challengers in Great Xia!

Even Ding Chang, the dean of the First Instance Research Institute, had reached the LV4 level. At that time, there were five members of the Great Xia people in the TOP50!

Their power was even greater than that of the current Nirmaner Settlements.

Because the Great Xia Settlement was too powerful and not the kind of race willing to attack others, it instead provoked a joint attack from several other large Settlements.

That Battle without gunfire was called the "Great Xia Punitive Campaign," which sounds like a fair and square operation, but it was actually just a sneak attack.

Several Settlements, unaware of the situation in Great Xia, began frantically organizing attacks on various Instance Great Xia.

After that World War I, a large number of young Dungeon Designers from the Great Xia were eliminated, and Ding Chang was even demoted back to LV2.

After that, the Great Xia Settlement was severely weakened. Coupled with the continuous harassment and suppression from the Dahe Settlement and several surrounding Settlements in the South Korea Settlement, the Great Xia never recovered.

Lin Ye's rise has given Great Xia two LV4s at the same time, instantly doubling its top-tier strength. This is a spectacle that Azure Star hasn't seen in a long time.

Sometimes, it's just that one step that makes all the difference!

However, after the initial excitement, everyone eventually calms down.

"Elder Long, what do we need to do now...?"

At this moment, Long Yuan, still gazing at the large screen with lingering interest, slowly said:

"A prodigy has appeared out of nowhere! This is Heaven helping our Great Xia; we must cherish it."

" With Lin Ye so powerful, it's anyone's guess what those Settlements are thinking. Perhaps another Great Xia Punitive Campaign is on the horizon."

"But this time, they definitely won't be as lucky as before."

Last time, Great Xia suffered huge losses because of carelessness.

This time, the tragedy must never be repeated!

No one can stop the resurgence of the Great Xia Settlement.

Lin Ye's defeat of the alliance of three Settlements should have been a cause for celebration, but the higher-ups of Great Xia were already thinking of taking precautions.

"However, don't worry too much. At this point, the lingering power of the Lin Ye Winter Is Coming Instance is still there, so I believe no one will dare to act recklessly."

"Can someone contact Lin Ye and remind him not to forget his bet with South Korea?"

"Logically speaking, the current South Korea Settlement should belong to Lin Ye."

Some are happy, some are sad.

While the Great Xia Settlement was enjoying the joy of victory, the South Korea Settlement was already a scene of "corpses strewn everywhere".

If the Settlement has a public memorial day, it must be today!

The South Korea Settlement lost hundreds of thousands of high-level Challengers, all of whom were elites from the Four Great Families.

All Four Great Families suffered heavy losses!

Even someone of Kim Geun-seok's rank, the head of the Kim family, was wiped out; the battle was undeniably brutal.

You should know that Kim Geun-seok was once in the Top 50! He was the face and backbone of South Korea.

The other South Korea who entered the Winter Is Coming, except for the hundreds of thousands who were wiped out in Vladivostok at the beginning, all had a large number of points deducted.

Even if they didn't die, they would be in a state of near-collapse.

Koreans are very good at self-comfort, but no matter how much they deceive themselves, they can't soothe their inferiority complex at this moment.

At the time, Park Seong-man openly stated online that if he failed in this challenge, he would hand over the entire Settlement to Lin Ye.

If this were to actually happen, they would all become homeless, wandering ghosts.

This Settlement is now abandoned!

The people of the Settlement, just like the Dahe people who had experienced the Raging Waves, marched in the streets in despair, holding signs.

Strike, boycott school, stop all work.

They use this to vent their negative emotions.

"Park Seong-man, step down!"

"Park Seong-man, you damn well, step down!"

"The Four Great Families should all get out of the South Korea Settlement!"

"These Four Great Families have been sucking our blood all these years, yet they've accomplished nothing. It's truly hateful!!"

"On behalf of the people of Firmament South Korea, I petition the government to demand that Park Seong-man step down!"

"Park Seong-man has no South Korea ancestry whatsoever, so his previous remarks cannot represent the Koreans at all!"

"I suggest we rename the South Korea Settlement to the Universe Settlement right now, so that the South Korea Settlement mentioned in the bet with Lin Ye will no longer exist!!"

On the street, all the Koreans looked fierce.

They were shouting and yelling hysterically!