The Next Time He Strikes, There Will Be Blood!

It must be said that Koreans are quite talented at being disgusting.

If you can't beat them, you resort to cheating.

They are, after all, a race, a proper Settlement, yet they manage to pull off such a despicable act of feigning madness.

But Lin Ye wasn't going to let them play dumb.

"Firmament!"

Lin Ye immediately summoned the Firmament.

"The Commander of this South Korea Settlement previously made a bet, promising that if he couldn't conquer my Instance Winter Is Coming,' he would give me their Settlement."

"Now that they've lost the bet, they're openly denying it. How should this be handled?"

[Firmament Notification: In principle, Firmament does not participate in the management of Settlements by the residents of Azure Star. The residents of Azure Star have the right to self-governance in their Settlements...]

The formation of Settlement requires an application to the Firmament. The Firmament will review a series of indicators, such as population composition and resident challenge level, to ultimately determine whether the Settlement can be formed...

[After Settlement is formed, the Settlement's Commander by the Settlement's people upon application to the Firmament, and the position is established based on a vote by the people.]

[A change of Commander requires either the voluntary resignation of the existing Commander or a vote by the clan's organization.]

Firmament rattled off a whole bunch of things, leaving Lin Ye completely bewildered.

In short, it all boils down to one sentence:

Firmament wouldn't concern itself with such trivial matters.

Lin Ye just found it a little funny.

The Firmament controls the entire Azure Star like a cage, essentially keeping humanity captive.

To prevent the planet's inhabitants from waging war, to prevent them from harming each other, and to impose various restrictions on the world's actual development.

As a result, the Settlement, which resembled a "nation," was left to its own devices by the Firmament, as if they had no intention of interfering at all.

It is estimated that the Firmament do not actually want "countries" to form on the Azure Star. The existence of Settlements is due to the spontaneous actions of humankind.

As long as humans don't fight each other, he can control the population of Azure Star in Instance Firmament.

Therefore, aside from murder and intentional injury that could potentially cause casualties, Firmament completely ignores...

"Firmament, according to you, you won't get involved in this matter, is that right?"

[Yes.]

[The Azure Star faces many social problems that need to be addressed. This is an inevitable result of social development and an objective law of the development of things... All problems will self-correct in the long river of history, Firmament will not interfere.]

[Dear Dungeon Designer, Firmament reminds you: do not resort to force to resolve issues... In this world, the only proper way to solve problems is through Instance.]

"Oh..."

Lin Ye chuckled twice, then silently clenched his fists.

Very good!

Since those Koreans are shameless, then he'll personally continue to beat their faces until they obediently hand over what they own.

Since Firmament isn't going to handle it, he'll just solve it using Instance!

After the Great Wall Watch instance is released, he will first bring in the Koreans.

This time... he won't be as forgiving as Winter Is Coming.

The moment the Instance opens, he's going to kill someone, he's going to draw blood!

Just then, Lin Ye's phone rang again.

Lin Ye glanced at the caller ID and saw it was from Ding Chang's personal assistant at the Research Institute, Bai Tianhao.

"Hello."

"Hello, Mr. Lin... Sorry to bother you."

On the other end of the phone, Bai Tianhao sounded unusually impatient.

In Lin Ye's memory, this young man was a very gentle person, and shouldn't have such a hasty expression.

"Is there something you need? Tell me slowly," Lin Ye said.

"Mr. Lin, this is of utmost importance, I'll come pick you up right away!"

"This matter concerns your personal interests, as well as the Great Xia Settlement. You will know the details once you arrive at your destination."

Fifteen minutes later, Bai Tianhao drove to Lin Ye's Cliffside Villa.

After Lin Ye got on the bus, she saw that Bai Tianhao was covered in sweat and was taking deep breaths from time to time to keep calm.

"Is this Dean Ding? What happened?" Lin Ye asked directly.

Bai Tianhao nodded and let out a long sigh.

"Dean Ding is seriously ill. He fainted at the Research Institute yesterday and is now being treated in the Intensive Care Unit of the Sanatorium... I will be acting as director now."

"But Mr. Lin, I'm not here today for Dean Ding's sake, but for something more urgent and important."

"It will take some time to reach our destination. If you may, please check the latest news, especially... the Azure Federation Public Channel."

Lin Ye was completely baffled by Bai Tianhao's words.

He took out his phone and started browsing the web.

For the past three days, he has been working on Instances in the Creation Space. Apart from the news he saw on TV about the South Korea Settlement, he hasn't really paid attention to anything else.

Upon first glance, Lin Ye frowned.

[Azure Star Public Channel:]

After the Winter Is Coming Instance ended, many Settlements filed accusations against Lin Ye, claiming that he deliberately annihilated the residents of Azure Star Lin Ye gain points, violating the laws of the Firmament!

Eight Settlements — the United States Settlement, the Gaul Settlement, the Triumph Settlement, the Nirmaner Settlement, the Italy Settlement, the Dahe Settlement, the India Settlement, and the Universe Settlement —issued a public statement today, vowing to jointly boycott the Great Xia Settlement!

[The Eight Settlements claim that Lin Ye is exploiting loopholes in the laws of the Firmament, harming humanity, and is therefore intolerable to the Azure Star.]

[The Eight Settlements have issued a statement indicating that any Instance for Designers in their respective Settlements will be reserved for Great Xia people, unless the Great Xia Settlement expels Lin Ye!]

[The Universe Settlement declares that all the previous struggles between the Kim family and Lin Ye were deliberately orchestrated by Lin Ye...]

[Lin Ye is now at the top of the elimination list set by the United States Settlement.]

[Experts claim that both of Lin Ye's Instances are currently restricted by the Firmament, indirectly confirming the irrationality of Lin Ye's Instance design!]

News articles and videos flashed before Lin Ye's eyes.

The news reports were all accusations and smears against themselves and the Great Xia Settlement.

Lin Ye even saw a news report where a Goryeo woman knelt on the ground, wailing and accusing Lin Ye of being a demon!

When Lin Ye thought about it carefully, he wasn't surprised that these large Settlements were stirring up trouble.

Raging Waves and Winter Is Coming currently ranked first and second on the Instance Heavenly Ranking, which certainly poses a great threat to these people.

Although Lin Ye had only dealt with the Dahe Settlement South Korea Settlement the first two times, no one could guarantee that such a thing wouldn't happen to them in the future.

With his rapid advancement to LV4, the people in other Settlements naturally couldn't sit still.