Beginning the Design of Winter Is Coming!

While viewing the Firmament Hero Ranking, Lin Ye also noticed several other rankings displayed on the Firmament.

Above the rankings of the Instance Heavenly Ranking, Raging Waves still firmly holds the Heavenly Ranking one position.

This is only natural, given the record of annihilating 200,000 Great He Clan in the Raging Waves. Moreover, today is Amnesty Day, and no other Instance can be opened except for the Raging Waves.

Therefore, there's nothing surprising about the consecutive wins of "Raging Waves".

Moreover... Lin Ye could be certain that Raging Waves would remain at the top of the leaderboard for a very long time, until his next Instance was released.

Besides the Heavenly Ranking for Instance difficulty, Lin Ye glanced at several other smaller lists, including one for Raging Waves.

For example, rankings of single Instance duration, total number of players in Instance, and number of players eliminated in Instance.

The only thing that could attract Lin Ye's attention was the leaderboard of the number of people eliminated in this Instance.

Even Raging Waves made it onto the list.

It's important to understand that this ranking is actually a continuously accumulating number, showing the total number of people eliminated from an Instance since its opening.

Some Instances have lasted for over a decade or even several decades, accumulating a considerable amount of data.

The fact that the Raging Waves Instance, which has only been open for three days, has made it onto this list of seasoned veterans certainly gives it the air of wanting to crush the old guard.

This also indirectly illustrates that, given the huge power gap between the top Five Permanent Members of the UN Security Council and Challengers with S1-level technical skills, all so-called time accumulation and seniority will be rendered meaningless.

Lin Ye is fully capable of advancing to LV4 and surpassing those so-called seniors!

He will surpass those powerful frontmen and those aristocratic and wealthy families who have inherited their wealth.

He looked away, tossed the drink can aside, stretched, and perked up.

He has been resting since yesterday, and it's time for him to get back to work.

The Raging Waves were already complete and didn't need any further additions. His next plan was to complete the Winter Is Coming as quickly as possible.

The Raging Waves is just the beginning; there's much more to come for the people of this world in the series involving the five permanent members of the Five Permanent Members Council.

As for why we released "Winter Is Coming" first, the reason is quite simple.

Because the Great Wall Watch is much more complex and difficult than Winter Is Coming.

Winter Is Coming's main theme is the Russians' simple and brutal approach: using Military Ordnance to create Steel Torrent and fight head-on.

The Great Wall Watch is much more detailed, involving more complex mechanics.

The mere thought of a Winter Is Coming is enough to keep humanity in this world suffering.

Another important reason is that once the Great Wall Watch is involved, it touches upon a very important special event in Dragon Country: the "Nantianmen Project."

This isn't something that can be done overnight, and given the current technological level of Azure Star, even if we developed it ahead of schedule, Firmament might not be able to get it approved...

The world always needs a little bit of adjustment.

Just as Lin Ye was about to enter the Creation Space, he heard the familiar notification sound from the Firmament.

[Dear Dungeon Designer, your Instance "Raging Waves" has received numerous reports from Challengers since its release. After rigorous review by Firmament and real-time evaluation of the three openings of your Instance "Raging Waves"... Firmament believes that the current strength of the Azure Star people is insufficient to clear "Raging Waves".]

Hearing Firmament's words, Lin Ye's heart sank.

Just as he had expected, Firmament indeed felt that the difficulty setting of the Raging Waves was problematic and that a series of cuts were to be made.

[Firmament has decided to conduct a three-day comprehensive review of the "Raging Waves" Instance to eliminate Instance potential vulnerabilities... During this period, "Raging Waves" will be temporarily classified as a limited-level Instance.]

"Restricted-Level Dungeon?" Lin Ye couldn't help but ask.

[Firmament Notification: Restricted-Level Dungeons are the highest-level restricted Instance on Azure Star. Challengers cannot enter Restricted-Level Dungeons, and Dungeon Designers also do not receive any Instance from them.]

Lin Ye understood that the meaning behind the Firmament was to temporarily confine the Raging Waves to a dark room.

"Firmament, I want to know, will the Raging Waves be able to reopen in three days?"

"This Instance was approved by you before being released to Azure Star. It would be so unfair if you deleted it!"

[Firmament Notification: Dungeon Designers, please rest assured that after passing Firmament's final review, the Instance will be re-released on Azure Star; Firmament will not delete any reasonable and innovative excellent Instance, especially Instance like Raging Waves that are of great significance to Azure Star.]

Lin Ye breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as it's not forcibly deleted, everything is fine!

As for the so-called review, Lin Ye was certain that the logic he set up for each step was very rigorous. As long as the Firmament's program remained unchanged, even if it reviewed it ten thousand times, it would still get the same result.

"Firmament, I'd like to know, what kind of compensation will I, as the Dungeon Designer, receive for this three-day restriction period?" Lin Ye then asked.

[...]

[The Firmament will extend all of the Challengers's privileges, including their Dungeon Amnesty Card and Technology Acceleration Card, by three days! This three-day extension will not cause any loss to the Challengers.]

Hearing Firmament's words, Lin Ye was satisfied.

This way, you won't lose out.

Five days have passed since the design of the Raging Waves began, meaning the Absolution Card has 25 days remaining.

Firmament has given away three more days, so there are 28 days left.

Lin Ye doesn't want to enter anyone else's Instance at this stage; his primary task right now is to complete the Instance creation.

Without the protection of amnesty, any Tom, Dick, or Harry could drag you into the Instance.

Even if you can easily pass the level, you'll only get a few hundred points, which is a complete waste of time.

To completely avoid being actively selected by others to enter the Instance, Lin Ye needs to level up within this timeframe no matter what.

"I'll take advantage of these three free days to finish creating all the Instance for Winter Is Coming '!"

Without any hesitation, Lin Ye entered the Creation Space and began working.

Seeing the long-lost blue planet in the void, Lin Ye's mood improved.

Thanks to the continuous improvements made to this planet, the map of the Bear Country has been completed.

At a glance, the Snowfields, glaciers, and the three main cities of Volgograd, Saint Petersburg, and Moscow are all depicted with remarkable realism.

The next step was to equip the Bear Country with various powerful weapons and set up mission mechanics.