A Contest for Supremacy and a Fight to the Death!
Just as the Firmament began to review the Winter Is Coming, the barrage of comments about the Instance status started scrolling on the Above the Dome above.
[The 1000-player Instance "Swamp Storm," designed by Dungeon Designer Parkinson, has entered the review stage.]
[The 2000-player Instance "Mistwood Blitz," designed by Dungeon Designer John Pus, has entered the review stage.]
[The 10,000-player Instance "Earth Online: The Wrath of the Five Permanent Members - Winter is Coming," designed by Dungeon Designer Lin Ye, has entered the review stage.]
Given Lin Ye's current status in the Top 50, the comments about him have been given extra special effects, displayed in a shimmering gold.
At this moment, Above the Dome, amidst the numerous passing gray bullet comments, this golden bullet comment stands out exceptionally.
This is the prestige of high-level powerhouses.
Like the brilliance above the Stellaris.
In an instant, the Azure Star began to boil.
Reports and commentaries appeared immediately online and on television.
"God Ye released a new Instance so quickly! My god, is that so cruel? Couldn't he let us all live a few more days?"
"I remember that the Raging Waves was initially a 10,000-player Instance, and now the Winter Is Coming is also a 10,000-player Instance. Does that mean that the difficulty of this Instance will be the same as the Raging Waves?"
"Only three days! The new Instance is already finished. God Ye's production ability is truly insane!"
"The Raging Waves have completely altered the ecology of Azure Star. I wonder what will happen as this Winter Is Coming?"
"I just pray I don't get pulled into this Instance! God help me!"
"If you're unlucky enough to get dragged in, it's fine. God Ye usually sets a surrender option at the beginning of the Instance, so you can just surrender... If you don't even have 20 points, then never mind."
"Speaking from this perspective, God Ye designed such a legendary Instance, yet left everyone a way to surrender. He's actually really kind..."
That's just how the world is. Just three days ago, a group of people were calling Lin Ye a butcher of millions.
After three days of preparation, Lin Ye turned out to be a kind person.
Ultimately, people in this world still admire the strong. Because the law of the jungle is the eternal rule of this world.
Two hours later, Firmament responded.
[Congratulations, Designer! Your Instance [Earth Online: The Five Permanent Members -Winter Is Coming] has successfully passed the Firmament review!]
[Instance rating: Purgatory-level!]
[You can now open Instance at any time and specify a portion of the Challengers will Instance! Similar to the previous rule, the Designers can now designate 20% of specific Challengers to enter the Instance.]
Another Purgatory-level!
Everything went exactly as Lin Ye had predicted.
Furthermore, perhaps because some of the Instance materials had already been reviewed before, the Instance review process was much faster this time than the last.
[Congratulations, Designer! You have created the second Purgatory-level Instance for this world. To reward you for continuously creating challenging Instance for Azure Star, Firmament is awarding you a Designer Points-Doubling Card (one day).]
[Points-Doubling Card: Dungeon Designers receive double the points earned from their own Instance! Additionally, if Designer Challengers another player's Instance, the points reward for completing the task will also be doubled!]
This is really good stuff!
At least for Lin Ye right now, it's an absolute gem!
Compared to the previous Absolution Card and R&D Acceleration Card, this Points-Doubling Card is the simplest and most straightforward.
This card might be useless to some weaker players, but for someone like Lin Ye who can amass a massive amount of points at once, it's incredibly effective.
Take the last Instance run as an example. If Lin Ye had had Acceleration Card back then, he could have gained an extra 2 million points.
The only downside is that the Firmament was too stingy; they only gave us the right to use it for one day.
This means Lin Ye must make good use of this day. The Raging Waves can't accumulate points significantly at this stage, so... the Winter Is Coming must be activated within this day!
Lin Ye pondered for a moment and then made a plan.
"Firmament, I want to set the Winter Is Coming' event to begin in one hour! During this hour, I want to allow the people of Azure Star to freely register."
"As for the Challengers, I only need to designate one person, and that is Kim Geun-seok, ranked fifty-first on the Hero Ranking in the South Korea Settlement!"
[Firmament Notification: Dear Designer, there is no cooldown period for the initial opening of the Instance. Designers can directly designate 20% of the Challengers to enter the Instance, and Firmament can then freely draw players afterward.]
[Are Designer sure you want to postpone the start of the Instance by one hour and open a self-registration channel?]
Lin Ye actually understood the meaning of "Firmament".
Normally, the self-registration channel could be closed immediately upon the first opening of the Instance.
Except for those specified by the Designer, everything else can be randomly specified by the Firmament.
This ensures that Challengers are randomized. It's essentially a protection mechanism for the first opening of Instance.
This can significantly reduce the success rate of Challengers clearing Instance on their first attempt.
But Lin Ye didn't want to do that, because if he did, he could only designate a maximum of 20% of the people to enter.
That wasn't enough!
Furthermore, if it's a solo player, many will likely choose to surrender directly, which will greatly affect Lin Ye.
He deliberately left this opening, waiting for Kim Geun-seok and his Kim Family Conglomerate to willingly fall into the trap.
"I'm sure about Firmament! Please open the Instance registration channel immediately and start the Instance within one hour."
[Yes, esteemed Designer! Your registration for the Instance is now open! All information will be announced Above the Dome!]
At the same time, a golden barrage appeared Above the Dome.
[Lin Ye's Purgatory-level, Instance Winter Is Coming, has passed the Firmament's review Instance will officially open in one hour. Challengers are encouraged to Instance!]
Lin Ye didn't sit idle either; he took out his phone and started recording a selfie video.
"Kim Geun-seok, this is Lin Ye."
Lin Ye spoke to the screen with a smile on her face.
"I'm willing to accept your challenge, but I don't think you alone are a match for me."
"My new Instance is now open. You can bring your entire conglomerate into the Instance, or you can back out now."
"Also... I think your previous challenges were too small-scale. If you're going to challenge someone, go for something bigger."
"Let us determine who is superior and who is inferior, and also decide life and death! What do you say?"
After recording this one-minute video, Lin Ye uploaded it directly to the internet.
With his current popularity, Lin Ye believed that it wouldn't be long before Kim Geun-seok saw the video.