126: Please adjust the number of people in the copy to 5 million!

“It’s finally over…”

“Kim Geun-seok, oh Kim Geun-seok, you were really dragging your feet this time.”

Lin Ye shook his head helplessly and stretched lazily.

“Because you set the unique mechanism of ‘Mao Xiongs Fury’ in the Dungeon, the points calculation is relatively complex. The Sky Curtain will announce the points list to you:”

“This time's points harvest includes 320,000 points for one person triggering the Azure Star Dungeon Law! 32 million points for 40,000 initial Dungeon participants, and 8 million points for 5,000 second-time Dungeon Challengers! 16 million points for 4,999 third-time Dungeon Challengers…”

In fact, Lin Ye didn't care how the Sky Curtain calculated points, and he wasn't interested in calculating it himself again.

In Lin Ye's opinion, the Sky Curtain was inherently a large, advanced intelligent product, and it would not make mistakes in calculating numbers.

However, the mention of one person violating the Azure Star Dungeon Law earlier made Lin Ye very curious.

“Sky Curtain, what does this Azure Star Dungeon Law mean? Why is one person's points calculated separately?”

“Sky Curtain Reminder: The Sky Curtain has universal rules for Azure Star Challengers' strategies in all Dungeons. In this Winter is Coming Dungeon, Commander Kim Geun-seok chose to commit suicide at the most critical moment of the battle.”

“The Sky Curtain strictly prohibits Challengers from committing suicide without cause! Suicide without cause will severely affect the Dungeon experience of other Dungeon Challengers, especially for Dungeon Commanders! Therefore, severe points penalties have been imposed on him.”

“Oh my…”

Lin Ye almost burst out laughing.

Because he hadn't watched the Dungeon live broadcast, he didn't know what this guy Kim Geun-seok was up to, to be able to play like that…

He thought it might be because he had enough points to be so reckless.

“Kim Geun-seok, I hope you can keep up the good work next time.”

After a moment of speechlessness, Lin Ye could only mourn for this guy.

“Next, the Sky Curtain will continue to tally points for Challengers:”

“Points calculation is complex, the Sky Curtain will round it directly for you!”

“For points totals not exceeding 100 million, the Sky Curtain will refund 1% to the Dungeon Designer.”

“For totals exceeding 100 million but not exceeding 1 billion, the Sky Curtain will refund 0.1% to the Dungeon Designer.”

“For totals exceeding 1 billion but not exceeding 10 billion, the Sky Curtain will refund 0.01% to the Dungeon Designer.”

“According to the Sky Curtain's points refund rules, this time you will receive 570,000 points in the Winter is Coming Dungeon!”

“…”

Seeing the points earned from this Winter is Coming Dungeon.

Lin Ye had to admit that the Sky Curtain still had some humanity.

Originally, according to the ratio, he should have received 563,200 points, but the Sky Curtain directly rounded it up to 570,000.

In fact, Lin Ye could understand the Sky Curtain's “generosity” at this moment; it was completely crocodile tears.

For low-level Challengers, the Sky Curtain was very strict, controlling every single point meticulously.

Because sometimes a difference of one point could lead to a living Challenger being directly erased.

But for Challengers like Lin Ye, a few hundred or a few thousand points were indeed negligible, so the Sky Curtain could naturally be generous.

Even if the Sky Curtain gave him a few thousand more points, it was still obtained with the blood and flesh of the people of Azure Star.

“In addition, today's Raging Sea has also been settled. All Dungeon Challengers chose to surrender directly, totaling 100,000 people, and the Dungeon received a total of 2 million points!”

“According to the Sky Curtain's points refund rules, this time you will receive 20,000 points from Raging Sea!”

Raging Sea was still very stable; it could be said that it was Lin Ye's fixed ATM every day, providing a steady 20,000 points, which was better than nothing.

“Due to the points doubling card gifted to you by the Sky Curtain, the points obtained today will be doubled. Today you have obtained a total of 1.18 million points!”

“Very good!”

This time, he directly obtained 1.18 million points. Although it was under the effect of the points doubling card, this gain was definitely considerable for Lin Ye.

It further proved that even without the reward and punishment mechanism in Raging Sea, a massive amount of points could still be obtained.

Because the “Mao Xiongs Fury” buff would always be present, the points harvest in the later stages of Winter is Coming would become stronger and stronger, truly showing its power in the late game.

Lin Ye glanced at his personal backend; his total points had already reached 6.24 million!

Having obtained over a million points at once, his ranking on the Hero Ranking naturally changed.

Lin Ye's ranking rose by several spots! He reached the 43rd position.

“NO42; Takakawa; Race: Dahe Clan; Level: LV3; Dungeon Works: “Iron Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere”, “Militarism”, “Golden Crow Fusang”.”

“NO43; Lin Ye; Race: Great Xia Clan; Level: LV3; Dungeon Works: “Earth Online - Raging Sea of the Five Great Powers”, “Earth Online: The Five Constants: Winter is Coming”!”

“NO44; Lee Kuan Yew; Race: Nanyang People; Level: LV3; Dungeon Works: “Star Island”, “Lion City”!”

He didn't pay much attention, but Lin Ye immediately spotted a very familiar name.

Takakawa! Tsk tsk!

This was the former Emperor Takakawa of Great Harmony, the man who fully experienced the long nuclear sunset, the man who was finally cruelly judged.

Once an absolute top-tier powerhouse, at his peak, he was a TOP20 existence on the Hero Ranking, an absolute overlord, but now he had fallen to this state.

Lin Ye currently had 6.24 million points. Takakawa was only one rank higher than him, meaning his points would also be relatively close, most likely around 7 million points.

It was clear that old ghost Takakawa hadn't been doing well these days, with his points dropping rapidly.

It made sense, as Takakawa was no longer the esteemed Emperor, and he no longer had the various benefits of being Emperor. Many resources would be taken by the new “Emperor” Minamoto no Yorimitsu, so his points naturally plummeted.

Therefore, many of the top people on the Hero Ranking were actually supported by their Settlements, meaning they had sucked the blood of many, many people to reach that level.

Those who, like Lin Ye, climbed up purely by their own strength, might exist, but they were definitely a minority within a minority!

Lin Ye scanned downwards again, and poor Kim Geun-seok's ranking had dropped two more spots, now at 53rd.

It would be even harder for that guy to re-enter the TOP50.

…

Just as Lin Ye caught his breath, the Sky Curtain's prompt appeared again.

“Sky Curtain Reminder: Esteemed Challenger, the Sky Curtain has conducted an in-depth review and study of your Winter is Coming Dungeon and believes that the current number of Dungeon participants has no possibility of conquering the Dungeon. Therefore, the Sky Curtain has decided to make a series of adjustments to the Winter is Coming Dungeon…”

It's here!

What was bound to come, came.

At this moment, hearing this prompt from the Sky Curtain, Lin Ye was already somewhat numb.

In fact, he had long expected that the Dungeon difficulty would be adjusted again this time.

Because after all, this time there was real combat, which provided the Sky Curtain with data support from actual battle.

This review by the Sky Curtain must have compiled all military technical data from the entire Azure Star and then made a comprehensive judgment.

It found that even if all the top-tier Azure Star ground combat weapons were used, with a scale of 50,000 Challengers, it would not be enough to break through the Dungeon.

Under such circumstances, without being able to change the Dungeon content, further adjustment of the number of participants was inevitable.

And this was exactly what Lin Ye wanted!

The points card still had three days left. Considering the Dungeon time issue, the next Dungeon might be his last chance to gain a massive amount of points.

He had to seize this opportunity!

So, the more participants, the better!

The bigger the waves, the more expensive the fish; the more participants, the more he naturally earns.

“The Sky Curtain has decided to temporarily expand the number of Challengers for your Dungeon, Winter is Coming, to 1 million!”

It was still 1 million. This time, Lin Ye couldn't help but complain that the Sky Curtain was too mechanical.

Couldn't it have some imagination? Always increasing the number bit by bit, when would it end?!

“Too few, Sky Curtain!”

“Since you're adjusting the difficulty, why not expand the number as much as possible? I don't think one million people can clear the Winter is Coming Dungeon.”

“Please adjust the number of participants in my Dungeon to 5 million!” Lin Ye said with a smile.

Upon receiving such a request from Lin Ye, the Sky Curtain experienced a noticeable crash.

After a long pause, it finally responded again.

“Sky Curtain Reminder: Dungeon Designers have the right to increase the number of participants in their Dungeons, but too many Challengers have a high probability of causing the Dungeon to be quickly conquered…”

“In addition, if a large number of Challengers conquer the Dungeon simultaneously, it will also deduct a large amount of points from the Designer, causing fatal damage to the Dungeon Designer. Please, Dungeon Designer, consider carefully.”

“There’s nothing to consider. Five million means five million.”

“It's my own Dungeon. Even if it's conquered, I'll take responsibility!”

Lin Ye dared to make such a decision because he was confident!

And he had ample confidence!

He had calculated it himself before; let alone 5 million people, even if 200,000 people cleared his Dungeon simultaneously, it could potentially wipe out his points and erase him.

Because in the Sky Curtain's settings, Dungeon clearance deducts points from the Dungeon Designer at a ratio of one-tenth.

Assuming 200,000 people clear it, each would get 500 points. After converting at one-tenth, it would directly deduct 10 million points from Lin Ye, which would surely kill him.

But… an assumption is just an assumption, it's impossible to happen.

Lin Ye's mechanism and troop settings for Winter is Coming are sufficient to handle 5 million Challengers!

To some extent, Lin Ye's setting of 5 million might even be a bit conservative…

Just based on the history of Azure Star in his previous life.

During the S2 period, War Chariot Country had tens of millions of troops, and Little Japan also had 7 million troops. Even the most useless Italy had 2 million troops. Any two of these countries would have more troops than the current 5 million.

One could boldly assume: if all the Axis powers from the S2 period united, could they contend against the peak Mao Xiong Country in the current Winter is Coming Dungeon?

The answer is definitely no, because the Mao Xiong in the Dungeon is already in the era of modern warfare, highly informatized and technologically advanced, and armed with nuclear weapons.

And this is just an assumption based on the S2 period. The pitiful truth is that the current Azure Star's military strength is only at an S1 level.

Even if every Challenger has the possibility of bringing a large number of weapons into the Dungeon, it's merely an abundance of armaments and military supplies; it doesn't address the root cause.

Don't forget, Mao Xiong Country also has an absolute superweapon, the “Hand of God”…

So Lin Ye wasn't afraid at all; the Challengers should be the ones who are afraid.

On the contrary, 5 million Challengers could bring Lin Ye an unimaginably massive amount of points at once.

Coupled with the double points card, he was fully confident of directly reaching LV4!!!

“Sky Curtain Reminder: This adjustment is of great importance. Please, Dungeon Designer, consider carefully…”

“Sky Curtain, there's nothing to consider. Even if I'm erased, I'll do it willingly.”

“Please adjust the number of Dungeon participants to 5 million.”

“…”

A signal sound similar to white noise came from the Sky Curtain's end, indicating that the Sky Curtain was very confused.

After a very long time, it finally gave a reply.

“Sky Curtain Reminder: Esteemed Challenger, the Challenger capacity for your Dungeon, Winter is Coming, has been expanded to 5 million! It will now be broadcast across the entire Azure Star…”

“Considering the enormous Dungeon capacity and the potential world upheaval it may bring, the Sky Curtain will continue to grant a Great Amnesty Day for Azure Star tomorrow…”

Azure Star was about to explode again.

Such a thing didn't even require thought.

Once the 5 million Dungeon participant capacity was announced on the dome of Azure Star, it would naturally cause another huge stir! A nationwide sensation!

It was imaginable that all the news tomorrow would be dominated by four words: Winter is Coming.

“A Dungeon capacity of five million people is no small matter. Before the Dungeon officially opens tomorrow, the Dungeon Designer can enter the Genesis Space at any time to modify the Dungeon.”

“No need, Sky Curtain.” Lin Ye directly shook his head, his expression still one of complete confidence.

“Winter is Coming has been in its most perfect state since its launch. I don't need any adjustments.”

“My only request is to add a Dungeon time acceleration mechanism to my Dungeon. Don't let the time in Winter is Coming be equal to real-world time, otherwise, it would be too long…”

“Sky Curtain Reminder: In the Sky Curtain's unified settings, to prevent affecting the normal life of Azure Star, the time acceleration mechanism can be activated when the number of Dungeon Challengers reaches 1 million. The Designer does not need to worry. Time acceleration has been activated for Winter is Coming.”

“That's good!”

Lin Ye nodded in satisfaction.

With this time acceleration mechanism in place, it meant that the Dungeon would definitely end in real-world time tomorrow, and he would definitely obtain the points from the Dungeon!

He was going to make a huge profit!