The Instance Ends, No One Survives!

Itō Hidetaka and Singh floated on the surface of the sea, having completely given up resisting.

All they wanted now was to leave the instance immediately.

Boom!

Just then, a torpedo shot out from the Nation-Destroying Fleet and exploded right in front of Itō Hidetaka and Singh.

Amid the piercing explosion and the intense pain coursing through their bodies, the world before their eyes turned blood red.

A huge word slowly appeared: "Death."

At the same time, the Firmament's notifications sounded.

[Firmament notification: Struck by a torpedo from the Nation-Destroying Fleet, you have perished in the instance!]

[Due to your death, your challenge of the Raging Waves instance has failed! 200 personal points will be deducted!]

[As all challengers in the instance have died, this instance will soon close!]

[...20...]

[...18...]

[...15...]

Itō Hidetaka and Singh had both been transported out of the instance, and the livestream switched from the challengers' perspective to an overhead view.

In the twenty seconds before the instance closed, all the spectators got a glimpse of the Nation-Destroying Fleet in its entirety.

The vast carrier fleet and the terrifying formation of hundreds of warships made even spectators feel as though they were there.

They were utterly enveloped in fear.

At the same time, the Firmament's results screen appeared.

In truth, the so-called results were a tally of the people erased by this instance. Every number displayed was a bloody horror.

[The statistics for this instance are as follows:]

[Number of people erased by the instance: 6,500!]

[Longest instance duration: 26 hours]

[Instance clear rate: 0%!]

[Instance completion: 1%]

Of the three most important metrics here, the foremost was the number of people erased by the instance.

That number did not refer to people killed in the virtual instance, but to those whose points had hit rock bottom because they failed the instance mission, causing them to disappear from this world outright.

Raging Waves had erased 6,500 people outright. Excluding the 3,000 challengers who had chosen to submit at the very beginning, that meant 6,500 out of 7,000 had been killed outright.

That death rate was outrageously high!

The clear rate and instance completion were also important measures of an instance's difficulty.

Every one of the Firmament's statistics proved that Raging Waves was a Purgatory-level instance through and through.

During those few seconds of the countdown, the scrolling comments began to pick up.

[So this is... the overwhelming power of a Purgatory-level instance?!]

[Did you see that just now? Those were aircraft carriers, the ones countless experts across Azure Star have been researching!]

[Lin Ye actually has so many warships all by himself? And such a huge air force, too. Raging Waves is top-tier both at sea and in the air!]

[That's terrifying. Even an expert like Itō Hidetaka couldn't fight back at all. He was completely crushed.]

[Now I just hope that next time... I won't be chosen to enter this instance.]

[Let's be frank: this instance is impossible to beat. Those poor lv0 bastards will die the moment they enter. Unless they choose to submit as soon as they get in!]

The scrolling comments flew by for a few seconds, every one of them expressing fear of the Raging Waves instance.

Then the countdown ended, and everyone was pulled out of the livestream.

Raging Waves' debut came to an end.

As they looked at the notification on the big screen announcing that the Raging Waves instance had closed, the meeting room of the Great Xia First Research Institute fell silent enough to hear a pin drop.

Every face wore a look of shock and panic.

Even the director, Ding Chang, had beads of sweat covering his forehead.

He kept muttering under his breath.

"Amazing... this Lin Ye is truly amazing."

At last, a researcher could no longer contain his excitement and astonishment and shouted with a stammer:

"Director, this Lin... Lin Ye has mastered aircraft carrier... aircraft carrier technology!"

"Aircraft carriers! The aircraft carriers we've dreamed of!"

"So... that's what aircraft carriers look like."

For these researchers, the sight of dozens of aircraft carriers bearing down on them in the instance had been utterly captivating.

The Great Xia First Instance Technology Research Institute's primary field of research was naval technology.

Research into aircraft carriers had always been the Great Xia First Research Institute's highest priority.

Before this, under Ding Chang's leadership, the problems of an aircraft carrier's load capacity and propulsion had been solved, but the power system had remained a bottleneck that held them by the throat.

As a result, aircraft carrier technology had never truly been put to use in an instance.

Now, seeing the aircraft carriers in Raging Waves, they were naturally captivated.

Moreover, to a certain extent, the appearance of aircraft carriers in Raging Waves had given them a reference. At the very least, it gave them room to imagine.

"This Lin Ye really is a genius among geniuses!"

"His instance design methods are ahead of the entire world, and his application of technology in the instance is even more unimaginably impressive."

"Such a vast instance, such powerful military technology. It's hard to imagine one person made all of this in a single day. It's unbelievable."

"Director, so many people at our institute have researched this day after day without solving the aircraft carrier problem. How on earth did Lin Ye do it...? He absolutely can't be just an ordinary person!"

"We have to recruit talent like him to our institute, no matter what!"

The meeting room buzzed with discussion. Some commented on the ingenious touches in Lin Ye's instance design, while others marveled at the carrier fleet's power.

Zhao Jianyu, however, was still immersed in the Raging Waves instance and had not fully come back to her senses.

She had originally thought Itō Hidetaka would conquer Lin Ye's instance, and had even felt a little sorry for Lin Ye.

But the reversal in the outcome had swept away all doubts.

Most frightening of all, the Raging Waves instance's completion was only one percent...

That meant the Nation-Destroying Fleet was not everything the instance had to offer!

If the challengers pressed further, there was a strong possibility that even more advanced weapons existed.

Zhao Jianyu did not even dare imagine what came next.

It went without saying that, in less than an hour, Lin Ye and his Raging Waves instance would whip up towering waves across Azure Star.

Thinking of how she had looked down on and doubted Lin Ye before, she could not help feeling a measure of humiliation deep in her heart.

In truth, everyone capable of working at this first research institute of the Great Xia people was a genius.

Zhao Jianyu was twenty years old, and until now, many people had praised her as a rare elite female designer among the Great Xia people.

But now, compared with Lin Ye, she was simply woefully inadequate.

"Jianyu."

"Jianyu."

Ding Chang called out several times before finally pulling Zhao Jianyu out of her daze.