Everything Is Ready, the Rest Is Up to Time!

The navy, army, air force, nuclear weapons—all branches of the military and their weapons were being produced at a frantic pace.

Everything had been arranged. All that remained was to leave the rest to time.

Based on the current absurd production speed, Lin Ye made a rough estimate. Completing the full version of Raging Waves wouldn't even take a day; it could be finished in roughly half a day.

In other words, all the modifications would definitely be complete before Raging Waves reopened.

With that round of work, Lin Ye could be said to have fed the entire essence of Eagle Sauce into Creation Space. Inevitably, he was a little tired.

He left Creation Space immediately.

From now until the dungeon reopened tomorrow, he decided not to do any more dungeon creation.

Having stolen half a day of leisure from his fleeting life, he might as well give himself a break.

Lin Ye sat down on the soft sofa and turned on the projector in the villa's living room, planning to watch a few television programs to pass the time.

Entertainment on Azure Star was actually rather dull. Most television shows revolved around military themes; whether songs or movies, they were almost always about guns and cannons.

There were occasional leisure programs, but their content amounted to little more than finding out which settlement's men were better suited for marriage and which ethnic group's children had better dungeon design talent.

Just as Lin Ye was about to watch a reality show called I Am a Gunner, his phone rang again.

As Lin Ye had expected, it was another call from Zhao Jianyu.

"Mr. Lin Ye, Director Ding Chang asked me to make sure I reminded you of a few things..."

On the phone, Zhao Jianyu's tone had changed, becoming extremely gentle and courteous.

She had also switched to a more respectful form of address for Lin Ye.

Clearly, watching Raging Waves open twice had affected her deeply.

"Mr. Lin Ye, you really must be extra careful from here on. If possible, please try to check your dungeon and fix any loopholes."

"I just saw the Firmament's announcement. Your... your dungeon's capacity has increased to one million challengers. A dungeon with that capacity is beyond anything we would even dare imagine!"

"Your dungeon's capacity is more than a hundred times that of the dungeon in second place! With so many challengers, there are far too many variables."

"According to our experience, some high-level challengers will definitely join your dungeon tomorrow! The third day is already a peak period for dungeon challenges!"

Zhao Jianyu went on at length, but Lin Ye's reply was only one sentence.

"Thank you for the warning. Tell Mr. Ding Chang not to worry. I have confidence in my dungeon."

Lin Ye could understand this so-called peak period Zhao Jianyu had mentioned.

Generally, if a dungeon remained unconquered for two days, there was a good chance it would attract many experts to join the excitement on the third and fourth days.

Some experts came to clear the dungeon and make guides, which they would then sell to earn more points.

Others came purely to play. They had more points than they could spend anyway, so they treated it as a chance to experience life.

But Lin Ye didn't care about any of that.

He knew his own dungeon best, and there were no so-called loopholes at all.

In half a day, Raging Waves would reach its true complete form.

When that time came, let alone a million challengers, he would be just as confident even if ten million came.

If some people wanted to join the excitement, they were welcome to come.

Raging Waves would welcome them anytime.

"Oh, right, Miss Zhao. That message I asked you to pass on to the residents of Dragon Soaring Settlement before—I hope you can help me pass it on again," Lin Ye continued.

"Make sure all the Great Xia people know: once they enter Raging Waves, they must not hesitate for a moment. They must surrender and submit immediately!"

"Don't count on getting lucky. Curiosity killed the cat."

"That's all, Miss Zhao. I have other things to do."

With that, Lin Ye hung up.

Beep, beep, beep...

Listening to the sound echoing from her phone, Zhao Jianyu sighed helplessly.

Lin Ye was as confident as ever, even somewhat conceited and arrogant.

Still, that was only natural.

Now, Zhao Jianyu no longer had any doubts about Lin Ye. All that remained was heartfelt admiration.

It was the most primal instinct to admire the strong.

Lin Ye was a top 50 figure on the Hero Ranking. Which of the high-level people on the Hero Ranking wasn't arrogant? Which of them wasn't conceited?!

In terms of talent, many of them might not even measure up to Lin Ye. After all, Lin Ye had risen from Level 0 to Level 3 in just one week!

That rate of advancement had long since broken the world record. He could be called a dungeon design genius one in ten thousand.

Compared to him, Itō Hidetaka, whom the Great He Clan had previously hailed as a genius, was nothing more than a firefly beside the brilliance of the sun and moon!

If a genius like that wasn't conceited, who else had the right to be...

Still, Zhao Jianyu felt it was a pity, because Lin Ye had hung up a little too early.

She had actually wanted to tell Lin Ye about one of the Firmament's mechanisms: for every Dungeon Designer who reached the top 50, the Firmament would provide better resources to their settlement.

Lin Ye himself might not even know that all of Soaring Dragon Settlement was now enjoying the benefits he had brought.

Zhao Jianyu had only wanted to thank Lin Ye.

Lin Ye continued fiddling with the television. In that brief moment, he discovered that all the programs had changed.

I Am a Gunner had been playing just fine, but now it had been replaced by a news bulletin.

[Azure Star Federation Channel One reporting: Raging Waves, designed by the Great Xia people's genius designer Lin Ye, concluded its second opening earlier today! Once again, there were no survivors!]

The footage showed clips sampled from his own dungeon, Raging Waves. The shot happened to be of Itō Hidetaka being pushed into the sea.

Feeling somewhat helpless, Lin Ye could only switch to another channel.

[Dragon Soaring Star Television Station reporting: Due to the impact of Lin Ye's Raging Waves dungeon, a large number of reporters from other settlements have been arriving in Dragon Soaring Settlement, causing severe traffic gridlock. Residents, please pay attention to traffic conditions and travel in an orderly manner.]

[Daiwa Rising Sun Co-Prosperity Television Station reporting: Today, the people of the settlement spontaneously held three minutes of silence to mourn the Great He Clan students who were unfortunately erased in Raging Waves... Some citizens claim this was a deliberate act of retaliation by Lin Ye, a member of the Great Xia people, against the people of the Great He Clan!]

[Dungeon research experts state that the points earned from the second opening of Raging Waves have shattered the record for the most points a Dungeon Designer has earned in a single opening. Lin Ye is undoubtedly the most terrifying point-harvesting machine in the world today.]

[Earlier today, a large number of Great He Clan Dungeon Designers submitted reports to the Firmament, arguing that Raging Waves' setting of deducting 5,000 points from a single challenger at once violates the dungeon's fairness and reasonableness... This will rapidly cause Azure Star's points system to collapse!]

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Lin Ye switched through several television stations in a row, only to find clips of Raging Waves on every one.