A New Beginning!
The Great Xia Settlement, Cliffside Villas.
Lin Ye has been teleported back from the Instance.
Because he didn't activate the Instance speed-up function this Instance, the Instance time was exactly the same as real time, so when he returned, three days had passed since he entered the Instance.
The settlement notification from Firmament arrived as scheduled.
[Firmament Notification: Dear Dungeon Designer, your Instance "Earth Online: The Last Road" has Instance!]
[No one has cleared the Instance yet! Maintaining a perfect win record!]
[Next, we will calculate the points refund for this Instance! This Instance only offers one way to earn points: Instance quests.]
[A total of 1,009,999,900 points were earned in this Instance!]
[For the portion of points not exceeding 100 million, Firmament will return 1% to the Dungeon Designer.]
[For the portion exceeding 100 million but not exceeding 1 billion, Firmament will return 1/1000 to the Dungeon Designer.]
[For any amount exceeding one billion, Firmament will return one ten-thousandth of that amount to the Dungeon Designer.]
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According to the Firmament Curtain Points return rules, you will receive 1,010,000 points in the Last Road Instance for this Instance mission!
[Thanks to the Challengers's Super Doubling Card, this Instance received double the points, and the Designers earned a total of 2.02 million points!]
This is already considered a pretty good amount of points earned.
Lin Ye hadn't originally opened this Instance for the sake of points, so the amount of points he'd gained was already a pleasant surprise.
Moreover, apart from Ding Chang, no one else was wiped out by the Firmament. Compared to the previous situation where countless Azure Star people had to be wiped out, coupled with the time-consuming and laborious various Instance mechanics, the current situation can be said to be extremely cost-effective.
[Firmament Notification: Your Instance "Raging Waves" has earned you 60,000 points over three days. Due to the Super Doubling Card, you've earned a total of 240,000 points!]
[Firmament Notification: Your Instance "Winter Is Coming" earned you 300,000 points yesterday. Due to the Super Doubling Card, you now have 1,200,000 points!]
[Firmament has tallied and calculated the three-day points for the Dungeon Designers; they earned a total of 3.46 million points over Designer three days!]
Lin Ye glanced at the backend; adding the points Ding Chang had transferred to him earlier, his current Point Reserves had reached 58 million!
We're one step closer to 100 million points.
[Firmament Notification: Dear Dungeon Designer, your Instance "Earth Online: The Five Permanent Members - the Great Wall Watch" has been reviewed and revised as follows:]
[Dear Designer, after three days of review, Firmament has made corresponding adjustments to your Instance Winter Is Coming :]
[1. After a thorough review, Firmament believes there are no issues with the map, weapons, and basic quest flow in the Instance, and highly approves of your design logic. Therefore, these basic Instance contents will remain unchanged!]
[2. After repeated testing by the Firmament, the number of Challengers in the Instance has been adjusted to 1 million. The penalty for failing Instance will be limited to 100 points. Additionally, a surrender option will be added; Challengers who surrender will only have 50 points deducted!]
[3. Firmament believes that the Great Wall Watch's community-based participation mode poses a significant challenge and risk to a community's faction, therefore this mode will be discontinued, and the traditional Firmament gacha system will be used for subsequent Instance.]
[4. The weapon selling system and VIP Spawn Point system in Instance, while helpful Challengers to experience more advanced weapon techniques, did not substantially help them conquer the Instance. Therefore, Firmament has removed them!]
[5. After passing the final review, unless the Designer modifies the Instance themselves, Winter Is Coming will not undergo further review... The Winter Is Coming Instance can then be used normally.]
[Additionally: Firmament has already posted the changes to the Great Wall Watch Instance on the Above the Dome.]
Actually, the review process for the Great Wall Watch had already ended while Lin Ye was still in the Instance, but Firmament only announced it after Lin Ye left the Instance.
It was basically in line with Lin Ye's expectations.
Firmament has always operated this way: if it's determined that Challengers are incapable of conquering Instance, the number of players will be drastically reduced, and the mechanics will be nerfed.
This is to ensure that the population of Azure Star is not excessively wiped out.
Lin Ye didn't care. The Great Wall Watch had already completed its mission; he could just treat it as an investment from now on.
Moreover, according to the censored settings of Firmament Curtain, even if everyone who enters the Instance chooses to surrender, Lin Ye can still receive a rebate of 500,000 points every day.
That's pretty good.
However, the fourth modification to the Firmament, which deliberately removed Lin Ye's weapon sales and VIP Spawn Point settings, has forced Lin Ye to think more about this.
From the perspective of cultivating Challengers's fighting spirit, both of these settings are very beneficial to the Azure Star people.
Those without points naturally wouldn't choose this option, but those with points can use this method to continuously try out Lin Ye's advanced weapons.
By imitating others for a long time, you can naturally improve yourself.
It's clear that the underlying logic of the Firmament isn't actually aimed at raising the skill level of the Challengers from Azure Star...
Or, to put it another way, the clear Firmament is preventing certain things from happening.
However, at this stage, Lin Ye cannot gain a more comprehensive understanding of the Firmament, so there is no need to dwell on these doubts too much.
The three Instance, Raging Waves, Winter Is Coming, the Great Wall Watch, can bring Lin Ye 860,000 points every day. With the addition of the Super Doubling Card, Lin Ye can get 2.58 million points every day.
The Super Doubling Card has approximately three weeks of remaining privileges.
At this rate of financial management, even if Lin Ye does nothing, he can reach 100 million points in three weeks.
But he couldn't just wait around like that; that would be a waste of his life.
Although Ding Chang advised him to prioritize his own safety and not to rush things, Lin Ye did not entirely agree.
The faster he reaches 100 million points, the sooner he can understand the true nature of the Firmament.
While the rules of the Firmament remain unchanged, we should break through these constraints as quickly as possible.
Otherwise, in the end, they are just "slaves" controlled by the Firmament!
The longer it drags on, the more problems will arise, and Lin Ye's personality doesn't suit that kind of life.
Whether from the perspective of gaining points or challenging the Firmament, Lin Ye must design more powerful Instance more quickly.
With that thought in mind, Lin Ye directly entered the Creation Space!