Life in All Its Forms After the Battle

At this moment when the whole world is shining for him, Lin Ye does not feel any sense of satisfaction.

What good is a sky full of bright stars if they're not real stars?

He couldn't help but think about what path to take next.

In this strange world, no one knows what will happen until the very last step.

That's just his personality; he'll always maintain a sense of urgency until the crisis is truly over.

After all, he had always lived under the rule of the Firmament, which was like a long sword hanging over his head, ready to pierce him at any moment.

Even though I have become the number one person in this world, as long as the Firmament still rules this planet and uses various rules to induce humans to kill each other, then it is not "freedom" in the absolute sense.

The rules are all set by the Firmament!

The Firmament grants these LV4 and above Dungeon Designers the perpetual Exemption Authority for Instance.

But if one day Firmament is in a bad mood, he can certainly change these rules at will and push him back into the fire.

This peace is not stable...

Therefore, he must climb to a higher position! He must use all the advantages that his previous Blue Star on Earth gave him to forge ahead!!

The next goal is to reach 100 million points and then challenge the Firmament!

Thinking of this, Lin Ye took another swig of beer.

Then I looked up into the depths of the dazzling night sky, at the true face behind the false light.

What kind of creation is the Firmament hidden behind that Dome?

Is it a giant Artificial Intelligence (AI)? Or is it some other incomprehensible and bizarre entity in the Universe?

Or perhaps this world is actually a giant Instance, a war created by a more advanced civilization.

And am I nothing more than a string of code in this virtual world?

Even at this point, Lin Ye still couldn't fully grasp the rules involved.

However, Lin Ye actually had a vague premonition that if he truly defeated Firmament, all the answers would be readily available.

"The Firmament..."

"You're my next target."

That night, Lin Ye finally got a good night's sleep.

He dreamed of his past life on Blue Star.

At that time, although he was just an ordinary Research Institute the Academy of Sciences, without money or power, he was able to live freely under the protection of his Dragon Country.

You shouldn't be afraid that you might suddenly be killed at any moment.

Although Lin Ye reached the pinnacle of humanity after transmigrating to this world, the sense of security he felt in his previous life was something he could never replicate.

Looking back now, that kind of happiness is truly something to cherish.

Will that comfortable life from his previous life ever return? Lin Ye doesn't know.

All he can do is keep designing more powerful Instance to change the world.

Early the next morning.

After getting up, Lin Ye immediately turned on the TV channels of Azure Star.

He wanted to see how much the world order had changed after the Great Wall Watch.

Sure enough, all the media outlets and forums were discussing his the Great Wall Watch and Nantianmen Project.

After this World War I, the world situation underwent a dramatic transformation.

[Azure Star Federation Daily: Following the Great Wall Watch Instance, the Dragon-Slaying Alliance, comprised of Eight Settlements, has disbanded. The four largest Settlements —Gaul, Nirmaner, America, Triumph— have all issued announcements stating they will no longer be enemies of the Great Xia Settlement and hope to maintain a good cooperative relationship with Great Xia Settlement in the future!]

[Azure Star Federation Daily: With Lin Ye now ranked number one on the Hero Ranking, and Hero Ranking Long Yuan ranked eighth, many experts believe that the Great Xia Settlement is now powerful enough to be the First Settlement on Azure Star! Although the Great Xia Settlement has a serious gap in its middle ranks, Lin Ye alone is enough to make up for all its disadvantages.]

[Azure Star Federation Daily: After the Great Wall Watch Instance ended, many residents of Settlements expressed a desire to Lin Ye's private Settlement. Statistics show a large number of relocation applications have been submitted across all Settlements.]

The news at the top of each channel all focused on the overall situation of Azure Star.

This situation was basically exactly as Lin Ye had predicted.

The situation of the Great Xia Settlement being surrounded has been directly resolved, and it has had a great deterrent effect in terms of both momentum and internal strength.

There was no way around it; with Lin Ye standing in front, the sense of oppression was just too strong.

Even after Lin Ye's the Great Wall Watch Instance was temporarily banned, no one dared to make any rash moves.

Everyone was terrified that Lin Ye might just pull out a new Instance and slaughter them all.

After all, Lin Ye is a genius who could even pull out the Nantianmen Project, so it's reasonable for him to pull out anything groundbreaking next.

This invisible pressure is the most deadly.

As for the group of people wanting to Lin Ye Settlement, Lin Ye could only laugh it off.

Next, Lin Ye began checking the news from various Settlements. He wanted to see what had become of those countries that had consistently opposed the Dragon Country.

[India Settlement Daily: The Commander of the India Settlement, Brahma, claims that Lin Ye's heroic actions against the Eight Settlements are the Holy War that the Thousand-Buddha Temple has long awaited! Lin Ye is the new god that the India Settlement has been waiting for, and the India Settlement will always stand by the side of the Great Xia Gathering Place to assist Lin Ye in completing the Holy War!]

The India Settlement claimed that they would provide immediate assistance to Lin Ye regarding any issues related to his points!

[Dahe Settlement Daily: The Dahe Settlement Settlement facing its most devastating calamity yet. Emperor Minamoto no Yorimitsu has been assassinated, and high-ranking Daiwa such as Xiaochuan and Yamamoto Sanjūhachi have been significantly demoted due to massive point deductions! Chaos reigns within the settlement.]

Former Emperor Xiaochuan was instantly reduced to LV0. Whether due to the shock of the Instance or the impact of his defeat, the former Emperor has completely gone mad!

After the Great Wall Watch Instance, Daiwa no longer has Challengers above LV2, and the Settlement is no longer strong enough to challenge other Settlement Instance. Daiwa is now in a situation where no one can Commander, and all the Challengers in Daiwa are currently seeking opportunities to migrate...

[Burundi Settlement Daily: After the Great Wall Watch Instance ended, the Burundi Settlement was disbanded. Former Commander Park Seong-man's level dropped to LV1, and due to the immense shock, he committed suicide in his room...]

[Libya Settlement Daily: Following the Instance, General Kaza, the Commander the Libya Settlement, delivered an important strategic speech, instructing all Settlement members to participate in the research work for the Lin Ye Instance, and declaring that he would not challenge the Great Wall Watch again in the near future!!]

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It truly reflects the myriad aspects of human nature.

The Dahe Settlement is completely ruined. This Settlement participated in all of Lin Ye's Instance and was completely defeated every time.

In terms of losses, it can be said that the Dahe Settlement suffered the most.

Now, not only is there no one who can become Emperor, but after this continuous extermination, Challengers above LV2 have become extinct in the Dahe Settlement.

Without top Challengers, the Settlement naturally becomes a mere shell of its former self.

Seeing this cruel end, Lin Ye felt no sympathy whatsoever for these Shorties.

In fact, after the Raging Waves, Lin Ye did not target them again. Although he hated the Shorties, this life was not exactly the same as the previous one, and he did not intend to exterminate them.

They were chased relentlessly by the people of their Dahe Settlement like mad dogs, and now they have to swallow the bitter pill themselves.

As for Park Seong-man, that guy is a joke.

They had no real strength at all; South Korea's previous glory was largely due to luck.

However, it instilled in this person an unwarranted arrogance.

As a result, two Settlements collapsed in succession, and the proud Commander's mentality naturally crumbled completely.

Suicide was perhaps his best option.

In addition, there are some more detailed news items.

For example, Research Institutes in various Settlements have begun to study the Nantianmen Project, and some Dungeon Designers want to imitate Lin Ye's design of a battle royale mode, etc.

These are all insignificant.

The only thing that interested Lin Ye was a news report that some Settlement had spontaneously formed "Justice Organizations " to protest against themselves.

These organizations believe that Lin Ye's act of wiping out 5 Million People in one fell swoop is too cruel. If this trend continues, as long as Lin Ye designs new Instance and releases them on Azure Star will eventually be wiped out.

At present, Lin Ye can gain points by killing people from other Settlements, but one day he will turn his attention to his own people.

Therefore, they hope that the Great Xia Gathering Place can temporarily stop designing any more Instance.

This viewpoint has a significant negative impact, and it has indeed prompted some reflection from Lin Ye.

He wasn't worried that these rabble could actually harm him, but he felt that such a large-scale annihilation was not a sustainable solution.

He is still 50 million points away from reaching 100 million points, which is no small amount.

It's likely that Firmament will impose even stronger restrictions on his Instance design going forward.

After all, last time he essentially tricked Firmament by creating three ways to earn points and Firmament increasing the return rate.

That situation will definitely not happen again.

How to quickly acquire the remaining 50 million points is a very tricky problem.

Because of the limit on the Instance gained per instance, no matter how large the Instance Lin Ye creates in the future, the maximum number of points that can be obtained per instance is 2 million.

It may take many runs of Instance to accumulate enough points.

This continuous slaughter of the people of Azure Star was certainly not the outcome Lin Ye wanted to see, but given the rules of the Firmament, he really didn't have a better choice.

This entire system is based on the principle of plundering points; plundering points will inevitably result in devastating casualties.

Just as Lin Ye was pondering this, his phone suddenly rang.

It was a call from Bai Tianhao, the current director of the First Instance Research Institute.

"Mr. Lin, first of all, thank you for everything you've done for the Great Xia Settlement. Without you, Great Xia wouldn't have been able to extricate itself from the crisis so quickly. Congratulations on becoming the number one on the Hero Ranking; you are the pride of all the Great Xia people."

"This should have been a happy day, and I shouldn't have said anything bad, but... Old Ding's condition has worsened, and he wants to see you one last time before he dies."

Hearing Bai Tianhao's slightly choked voice, Lin Ye could only sigh deeply.

"I'll be right there."

Lin Ye hung up the phone and drove directly to the Deep Forest Sanatorium.

In truth, human life in this world is more fragile than weeds. Lin Ye wouldn't care about the lives of others, but Ding Chang... is indeed a great regret for Lin Ye.

He is a grateful person. Ding Chang helped him when he needed help the most, and he wanted to protect this kind old man.

Unfortunately, Ding Chang's condition is incurable in this world.

This is what Lin Ye regrets the most.

The old man's health must have been failing long ago. The reason he was able to hold on for so long was that he was clinging to life and wanted to see Lin Ye reach the summit.

Now that Lin Ye has fulfilled the old man's long-cherished wish, without the support of spiritual strength, his life will naturally come to an end.

Half an hour later, Lin Ye drove directly to the Deep Forest Sanatorium.

Upon arriving at the ward entrance, they saw a group of high-ranking officials from the Great Xia Settlement already waiting quietly. Li Yunlong, Zhao Quan, Deng Xian, and others were among them.

These were Ding Chang's former colleagues, who wanted to see the old man off on his final journey.

Because of this incident, no one had time to celebrate the current glory of the Great Xia Gathering Place.

"Mr. Lin! You've arrived."

"Mr. Lin!"

"Mr. Lin!"

Everyone saluted Lin Ye, who nodded and asked Bai Tianhao at the door in a low voice.

Is there absolutely no hope?

Bai Tianhao lowered his head in frustration and said, "There's really no other way. Dean Ding's illness is incurable on Azure Star."

"Because of Commander Long Yuan's consistent support, who provided the best medical resources to Dean Ding, he was able to hold on for so long..."

Li Yunlong, standing to the side, sighed and said, "Damn it, it's all the fault of those good-for-nothings from that Settlement back then. If they hadn't affected Dean Ding's state of mind, he wouldn't have gotten this disease."

Lin Ye didn't say anything more and went straight into the ward.

Ding Chang lay on the hospital bed, his body covered in tubes, his face looking extremely pale, almost devoid of any color.

His skin was extremely rough, and he was so thin that you could even see all the blood vessels under his skin.

When I saw his complexion improve before, it was probably just a temporary respite before his death.

"Dean Ding." Lin Ye leaned down beside Ding Chang and grasped his aged hands. "Whatever unfulfilled wishes you have, I will help you fulfill them."

"Lin Ye... you're really amazing, you did it."

"The people of our Great Xia Settlement have finally... reached the summit," Ding Chang said in a hoarse voice, a very relaxed smile on his face.