23: Gain points and upgrade to LV2!

“Dean Ding, what are your instructions?” Zhao Jianyu asked, regaining her composure.

Ding Chang let out a long breath and spoke somewhat impatiently.

“Sword Rain, contact Lin Ye immediately.”

“Persuade him again, and see if he is willing to join our First Research Institute. Remember… this time it’s just a request; don't force him.”

“Right now, our Research Institute is asking for his help, but we can't offer him any substantial assistance in return…”

Ding Chang's words were very realistic.

On Azure Star, there is no concept of nations, and naturally, no true official authority; everyone actually lives under the Sky Curtain's management.

In other words, organizations like the First Research Institute, apart from their advantages in instance technology reserves, truly offer few “privileges” to ordinary people.

And Lin Ye's instance technology can be said to be far superior to that of the entire Research Institute. Given this comparison, it's understandable that Lin Ye isn't interested in joining the Research Institute.

“Furthermore, the most important thing! We must ensure that Lin Ye stays within our Settlement.”

“We absolutely cannot let him be poached by people from other races!”

Ding Chang's emotions were a bit agitated, and his tone became serious.

“Sword Rain, I think you should also understand very well that with Aircraft Carrier technology, Lin Ye is bound to be a target of contention for the entire world.”

“In the future, on Azure Star, whoever gains Lin Ye will gain the world!”

“If Lin Ye goes to another Settlement, it means sending our compatriots to their deaths.”

For Ding Chang now, what he feared most was that Lin Ye would be poached by people from other clans.

On Azure Star, warfare is not allowed, nor is any act of physical harm. If anyone intentionally harms another, they will be directly sanctioned by the Sky Curtain.

So Ding Chang wasn't worried that someone would secretly harm Lin Ye.

However, the Sky Curtain strongly supported personal Settlement migration, euphemistically saying it could promote the exchange of instance design experience.

Ding Chang feared that people from other clans, seeing Lin Ye's talent in instance design and his top-notch technology, would have the crooked idea of poaching him.

Such incidents have occurred countless times!

Many Great Xia Clan geniuses before were also poached this way, leaving the Great Xia Settlement to live in other Settlements.

After all, in the face of massive integral temptations, it's hard for people not to be moved.

Zhao Jianyu nodded and immediately went to carry out the mission.

She knew very well that at this very moment, countless races would want to win over Lin Ye.

Settlements close to the Great Xia Dragon Rising Settlement, like the Asan Clan and Korean, had even sent lobbyists to compete for Lin Ye.

There was no time to delay, she couldn't afford to waste a single moment.

As soon as she left the Research Institute, she immediately dialed Lin Ye's number.

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At this moment, Lin Ye didn't have his phone with him at all.

He was jogging around his neighborhood, enjoying the feeling of dopamine stimulation.

Suddenly, Lin Ye noticed that the dome screen in the sky seemed to have changed.

On the dome, there was a daily instance ranking that updated at 0:00 every day, 24 hours a day.

This list was also called the “Heavenly List,” and it was a true instance ranking.

The Heavenly List ranked instances based on their daily clearance status.

This list did not consider the Sky Curtain's difficulty rating but only actual conditions, so the ranking fluctuated every moment.

Lin Ye looked up and saw that his instance, Raging Sea, had actually leaped ahead, surpassing Blood-Stained Marne River!

It had become the top of the Heavenly List! At this moment, it appeared exceptionally dazzling on the dome.

At the same time, the Sky Curtain's prompt also sounded in his ear.

“Distinguished Designer, the first activation of your Raging Sea instance has concluded!”

“No one cleared Raging Sea during its first activation. Your instance design has been recognized by the Sky Curtain, and you have received a total of 14,600 integral points this time!”

Before Lin Ye's eyes, the specific statistical data provided by the Sky Curtain began to appear.

In the Raging Sea instance, a total of 3,000 people chose to surrender, with 20 integral points deducted per person. A total of 7,000 people chose to raid Pearl Harbor and were ultimately annihilated by the Extinguish Country Fleet, with 200 integral points deducted per person.

This instance earned a total of 1,460,000 integral points, and the Sky Curtain returned one percent of that to the Designer.

So Lin Ye received a total reward of 14,600 integral points!

Seeing this, Lin Ye couldn't help but complain about the Sky Curtain's disgusting nature.

If his designed instance was cleared, the Designer's points would be deducted at a rate of one-tenth, but if it wasn't cleared, only one percent would be returned to the Designer.

This clearly greatly increased the risk of the Designer being eliminated.

Moreover, the majority of these integral points ultimately went to the Sky Curtain.

However, it was only a moment of displeasure, and Lin Ye just smiled it off.

He had only recently transmigrated to this world and would certainly have to follow the Sky Curtain's rules for now.

Moreover, what made him happy was that 14,600 integral points were enough for him to upgrade from LV1 to LV2, because the integral points required for LV1 to LV2 were only 10,000 points.

As expected, the Sky Curtain immediately gave a reminder.

“Brave Challenger, given that your integral points have reached the required amount, your level has been upgraded to LV2! We will announce this good news to the entire world.”

“Instance carrying permission has been unlocked for you. You can now bring various weapons from your instance to other instances!”

This permission was crucial for Lin Ye.

Lin Ye now had immunity, allowing him to avoid being pulled into other instances, but this protection only lasted for 30 days.

Now with this instance carrying permission, it was truly secure.

Because Lin Ye didn't believe that the military power in any instance in this world could withstand Raging Sea.

However, during these 30 days of protection, Lin Ye's energy would certainly still be fully focused on instance design. He wanted to use these golden thirty days to extensively harvest integral points and then, step by step, build his “Five Great Powers Empire.”

…

After his jog, Lin Ye returned to his neighborhood. As he approached the building where his rental apartment was, he saw that the ground floor was already filled with people dressed in various ways.

There were Asan Clan members with their heads covered, Korean with their oppa perms, and Dahe Clan members wearing kimonos…

Lin Ye instinctively retreated to the entrance of the neighborhood, because he knew these people were all coming for him.

Just then, the roar of a car engine suddenly sounded from behind Lin Ye.

Lin Ye turned his head and saw a woman wearing sunglasses waving at him.

“Mr. Lin, get in the car quickly!”

Although she was wearing sunglasses, seeing the scar on the woman's forehead, Lin Ye immediately recognized her as Zhao Jianyu.