Challenging the Firmament Was Within Reach!

While Lin Ye marveled at Long Yuan's research findings, upon calming down and analyzing them, he realized that they were far from meeting his current needs.

Long Yuan's approach is more about the essence of the world, but what he needs is something more concrete.

He wanted to know what kind of challenge the Firmament would take.

Assuming that Firmament is an advanced intelligence from another planet, will Lin Ye have to conquer the advanced planet's Instance himself, or will Firmament send its own Challengers to conquer Lin Ye's Instance?

Furthermore, what is the actual Level of technology represented by the Firmament? If placed within the framework of Interstellar War, what Level would it reach?

If we place this in the Warhammer 40,000 universe, what level of civilization would Firmament be equivalent to?

All of this remains a mystery.

However, Lin Ye never expected to find all the answers here at Long Yuan.

It's already a miracle that Long Yuan could comprehend this level of understanding in such a prison-like world.

It's enough that he has the will to fight against the Firmament and explore the essence of the world.

At the very least, it told Lin Ye that he wasn't alone, and that there were people on this Azure Star who shared his thoughts.

"Lin Ye, there's one more thing."

As Long Yuan spoke, he handed him a transparent card.

Lin Ye recognized this thing; it was a medium for transferring points in trades on Azure Star.

Face-to-face transfer of points is a time-consuming process, so elders usually store their points in these cards before they pass away, leaving them as an inheritance for their descendants.

"This is ten million points, donated to you by the people of our Great Xia, in gratitude for your previous protection of Great Xia."

"Don't worry, I'm strictly controlling this fundraising. Only Challengers at level 3 and above are allowed to donate, and the donated points cannot exceed 50 points, so it won't affect their survival."

"If you want to challenge the Firmament next, you need to reach 100 million points first. Earning those points is too troublesome."

"Elder Long... I appreciate your kindness, but there's no need for this," Lin Ye replied.

"Lin Ye, listen to me. Do you remember what Lao Ding said before? Don't try to shoulder everything yourself."

"If you want to earn points, all you can do is design Instance for the Azure Star people to continue challenging. But have you ever considered that the more Instance you expose, the more the Firmament will understand you?"

"Furthermore... continuing to slaughter the Azure Star people is not a long-term solution."

Long Yuan's words did indeed remind Lin Ye.

If the various Instance technologies in the Creation Space are not actually deployed to Azure Star, Firmament will be unable to make in-depth judgments about them, and may even make misjudgments.

Just like the previous Nantianmen Project.

Clearly, Firmament couldn't accurately assess the situation before the Instance officially launched. It was only after witnessing the actual effects of the weapons from the Nantianmen Project following the Great Wall Watch that Firmament was able to make a judgment.

Otherwise, Firmament should have rejected it when the third Instance was submitted for review.

From this perspective, the technologies I possess in the Creation Space, and the technological development of the Five Permanent Members, are indeed not suitable for revealing themselves before challenging the Firmament.

Now that I have these ten million points, plus the ten million points that Singh brought to his Settlement, I only need twenty million points to get to one hundred million points.

Based on the current daily output from Winter Is Coming, Raging Waves, and the Great Wall Watch, he can reach 100 million points in a week.

By this time, you should have basically completed all the technology upgrades in your Earth Online.

"Good!"

"I accept these ten million points. Thank you for your kindness, clansmen."

Lin Ye slowly accepted the points card.

Long Yuan grinned and patted Lin Ye's shoulder forcefully.

"That's more like it."

"Actually, the higher-ups of Great Xia have always felt ashamed because during the war in the Eight Settlements, there was so little they could do; you were basically the one holding things up on the front lines."

"Everyone is happy that we can help you in some way."

After finishing his private meeting with Long Yuan, Lin Ye drove back to his Cliffside Villa.

Upon returning to the villa, he went straight into the Creation Space.

Thanks to the ten million points gifted by the clansmen, the time required to challenge the Firmament will be greatly shortened.

If possible, he hopes to challenge the Firmament as quickly as possible once he reaches 100 million points.

After all, delay can lead to unforeseen changes.

If both their own and Long Yuan's guesses are correct, and if Firmament truly is an advanced civilization, then this advanced civilization certainly wouldn't want them to complete the challenge.

They might use various means to obstruct me.

Before Firmament could react, he had to act swiftly and decisively.

Lin Ye entered the Creation Space and immediately received the latest design feedback.

[Dear Designer, Dragon Country's Controlled Nuclear Fusion has been 100% completed.]

[Dragon Country Classic of Mountains and Seas Project Completion Rate: 30%]

[Dragon Country Penglai Project Completion Rate: 45%]

[A fatal error occurred during the simulation of the Dragon Country's Houyi Project. Do you wish to restart?]

[The Eagle Sauce Country Planet City project is 50% complete]

[The Eagle Sauce Country lunar Military Base is 100% complete]

[A fatal error occurred during the simulation of the Eagle Sauce Country's Stellar-Class Nuclear Bomb. Do you wish to restart?]

[The Bear Country brain-computer interface system is 100% complete]

[The stamp of the Bear Country Mental Seal is 50% complete]

[An error occurred in the development of Gene Serum in Bear Country; the Designers need to provide a new research direction.]

The quantum mechanics laboratory in the Rotten Cow Country is now complete!

[The development of the Ball Lightning weapon in the Rotten Cow Country is 50% complete]

[The Quantum Legion's research and development in the Rotten Cow Country has encountered an error; the Designers need to provide a new research direction.]

[...]

Lin Ye looked at the dense array of design feedback and let out a long sigh of relief.

Everything went exactly as he had predicted.

Many studies contain errors, which is inevitable.

After all, Lin Ye only had a general understanding of these technologies and couldn't provide the Creation Space with the most accurate information.

However, to his delight, quite a few technologies have already gotten on track, and some have even been completed within a single day.

For example, Dragon Country's Controlled Nuclear Fusion was accomplished so easily.

This is a good omen.

At this pace, as long as Lin Ye keeps a close eye on the feedback from the Creation Space, there's a high chance that everything can be completed within a week!