13: The trick of copy design

Therefore, countless spectators immediately flooded into the Raging Sea and Surging Waves instance, with various bullet comments flying across the screen, making it exceptionally lively.

However, the Challengers in the instance had no mind to pay attention to these bullet comments at this moment.

Because the Sky Curtain's prompts were still ongoing.

The virtual image continued to move, and the perspective shifted eastward from the East Island, crossing a vast ocean, and then arriving on a continent.

This continent was then marked with a blue light, clearly displaying the three characters for Eagle Country.

"This is the enemy force of this instance: Eagle Country."

"Eagle Country, with a total area of 9.37 million square kilometers, is composed of 50 states, and has a total population of 400 million..."

The camera continued to zoom in on a scattered group of islands.

"This is the target for this mission: Pearl Harbor Military Base."

"The map for this instance has been introduced. Challengers can continue to view the instance map on the command center computer in the barracks later."

"Next... the Sky Curtain will provide a detailed explanation of the mission for this instance."

Even before the Sky Curtain officially explained the mission objectives, many Challengers had already fallen into despair.

"How can we even fight this? The enemy's territory and population are far greater than ours."

"The area of Eagle Country is more than 30 times that of the East Island! The disparity is too exaggerated."

"It truly is an Infernal Grade instance... At first, I thought our side was strong, but now it seems the enemy forces in this instance are even stronger..."

The Sky Curtain's explanations just now also made Ito Hidekazu's expression somewhat dazed.

He was a Designer, so his perspective was definitely different from those ordinary LV0 people.

At this moment, he was only surprised by the realism and massive scale of Lin Ye's instance.

The current feeling of enemy and ally configuration was completely indistinguishable from real warfare; if this world were not controlled by the Sky Curtain, such so-called wars between nations should be the norm.

The more realistic something was, the more rigorous the logic required to create it as an instance would be, and the more details it would need.

"Could it be... that Lin Ye also has an organization supporting him from behind?"

Ito Hidekazu couldn't help but ponder secretly.

However, he quickly regained his composure.

A simply vast map was not much of an issue! Because a map was merely the carrier of an instance.

The difficulty of an instance depended more on the mission's arrangement and the weapon configuration within that instance.

No matter how large the map was, if the technology and weapons within it were backward, or if the missions were set simply, then everything would be meaningless.

He had to continue listening to the Sky Curtain's introduction before making a judgment.

"Pearl Harbor Military Base possesses the TF58 Extermination Fleet, with a total of approximately 30 naval units and about 30,000 personnel!"

"Optional Mission One: Destroy Pearl Harbor Military Base."

"The game time for this round is 96 hours. If Challengers destroy Pearl Harbor Military Base within the specified time, the mission is considered complete. Each Challenger will receive 50 points!"

"Optional Mission Two: Economic Overtake."

"The game time for this round is 96 hours. All Challengers can participate in the management of the East Island. As long as they achieve an economic overtake of Eagle Country at any point in time, the mission is considered complete. Each Challenger will receive 50 points!"

"Optional Mission Three: Surrender and Submission (Individual Independent Option)."

"Directly declare submission to Eagle Country. Weapons and technology carried will be contributed to Eagle Country, 20 points will be deducted, and you will be teleported out of the instance."

"Mission Failure: If Pearl Harbor Military Base is neither conquered nor economic overtake achieved within the specified time, the mission is considered a failure, and 100 points will be deducted!"

Seeing the option for Optional Mission Three, direct surrender and submission.

Many Challengers immediately breathed a sigh of relief, decisively chose to surrender and submit, and then exited the instance.

Most of these were people from the Great Harmony, as they had previously received information from their gathering place instructing them to surrender and exit the instance directly.

There were also some people of other races who felt that an Infernal Grade instance simply could not be conquered, so they might as well choose to surrender directly.

Surrendering only deducted 20 points, which was very lenient compared to mission failure.

Even for some low-level LV0 Challengers, a deduction of 20 points was not fatal.

But if they chose other missions and failed, there was a high possibility of being directly annihilated within this instance.

"I submit!"

"I also submit! What's the point of fighting?"

"I want to submit to Eagle Country! I want to be teleported out of the instance."

For a time, streams of light transmitted people out of the instance.

The number of Challengers in Raging Sea directly plummeted by about three thousand, and the instance, which originally had over ten thousand people, quickly dwindled to only seven thousand.

"I understand!"

Ito Hidekazu exclaimed, instantly seeing through the cunning aspect of Lin Ye's instance design.

This was the same principle as his own choice to retreat to the Weihaiwei Naval Port in the Battle of the Imperial Sea instance.

Offer an option with a smaller penalty, thereby inducing Challengers to choose it.

These people who exited the instance thought they had saved their lives, unaware that all the deducted points would be proportionally fed back to Lin Ye.

Lin Ye could earn a fortune behind the scenes!

"Despicable!"

Ito Hidekazu cursed in his heart.

He couldn't stand that Lin Ye would use his trick of harvesting points to create instance missions; this made Ito Hidekazu feel utterly humiliated.

What was even more disgusting was that this surrender option in Raging Sea was an independent choice for each person, requiring no vote from all Challengers and having no limit on the number of people.

The continuous decrease in numbers would only make the remaining Challengers who wanted to complete the mission weaker and weaker, and the difficulty of conquering the instance would greatly increase!

In fact, for Ito Hidekazu, 20 points were nothing.

But he would absolutely not surrender.

Because that would severely damage his reputation and make the Emperor and other Dahe Clan people look down on him!

Their Dahe Clan was the bravest nation on Azure Star; in their dictionary, there was absolutely no word for surrender!

"I must not let Lin Ye's trick succeed."

Ito Hidekazu murmured to himself, then rushed directly into the command center of the barracks and began shouting to all Challengers through the loudspeaker.

"Challengers, listen to me! I am Ito Hidekazu, a Designer of the Yamato People!"

"Please do not choose to surrender and submit! This is a trap set by the instance Designer!"

"Everyone, trust me, do not surrender. I can lead you to victory."

Ito Hidekazu's voice began to echo throughout the barracks.

The chaotic Challengers, hearing the sudden broadcast from within the barracks, quieted down for a moment.

"That Ito Hidekazu, the genius Dahe Clan Designer who designed four instances within a month? I didn't expect him to be in this instance too."

"He just said he could lead us to clear the instance? Is there such a good thing?!"

"Don't rush, everyone; let's hear what he has to say. He is the most renowned instance Designer right now; perhaps he has some unique insights."

"Wait a moment, let's hear what he says. It's not too late to surrender then."

Watching the Challengers in the barracks slowly quiet down, Ito Hidekazu let out a long sigh of relief, then said in a deep voice:

"Next, I will tell everyone about the design trick of this instance, and also the method to clear it!"