43: Points skyrocketed, promoted to LV3!

【 Esteemed Designer, your instance, Raging Sea, has now concluded! The next opening will be in 24 hours. 】

【 No one cleared Raging Sea this time! Your instance design has been recognized by the Sky Curtain, and you have received 1,900,000 points! 】

Lin Ye was still enjoying his lunch when the Sky Curtain's notification suddenly came through.

At the same time, the specific statistical data provided by the Sky Curtain was displayed before Lin Ye.

“It seems the instance has ended.”

Since Lin Ye had glanced at Ito Hidekazu’s operation last time, he hadn’t entered his instance again.

So, it wasn't until the Sky Curtain notified him that he knew his instance had ended.

“Strange, why are there so few points?”

Logically, this time, Raging Sea should have reaped a massive wave of points.

Due to Ito Hidekazu's previous series of infuriating actions, the instance’s difficulty was arguably raised to its highest, and the mission’s penalties were also elevated.

With twenty thousand people all failing, and each person losing 5,000 points, the total would be a billion!

Even if calculated at a one percent rate, Lin Ye should have received ten million points.

Yet, now he only had 1.9 million points.

That was only one-fifth of what Lin Ye had anticipated.

“Sky Curtain, that’s too little.”

The Sky Curtain then gave a very official reply.

【 Esteemed Designer, the Sky Curtain has clear rules for point return ratios. Points are calculated based on segmented calculations: 】

【 For points totaling no more than one hundred million, the Sky Curtain returns one percent to the Designer. 】

【 For points totaling over one hundred million but not exceeding one billion, the Sky Curtain returns one-thousandth to the Designer. 】

【 … 】

Seeing this peculiar calculation method, Lin Ye suddenly felt a familiar sense of discomfort.

This calculation method was just like the tax system of his previous life…

The more you earn, the more you pay.

Segmented calculation, well-founded and naturally reasonable.

Although a bit displeased, Lin Ye couldn’t say anything.

After all, in this world, the Sky Curtain was the master.

Moreover, this rule didn't only apply to him; everyone on Azure Star had to abide by it.

In fact, Lin Ye could even understand why the Sky Curtain had such a mechanism: to avoid cultivating “super monsters” on Azure Star.

This was inherently a winner-takes-all era; high-level Challengers could infinitely harvest points. If left unchecked, some people could easily reach an almost invincible existence in this world.

This was definitely not what the Sky Curtain wanted to see, as it would severely affect the balance of the instance system.

…

But in the end, it didn't matter. After all, this was still Lin Ye’s early development stage. If the Sky Curtain got to eat meat, him getting a sip of soup was not bad.

Since this was a world ruled by the Sky Curtain, he had to temporarily bow his head while under its roof.

Looking on the bright side, these 1.9 million points were a huge sum for him right now.

【 Esteemed Designer, the Sky Curtain has detected that your points have reached the million-level, and you are now qualified to upgrade to LV3. Your level will now be adjusted to LV3! 】

【 LV3 Designers will receive a permanent design acceleration privilege. The Sky Curtain will allocate more Divine Creation Space to you, and your instance design will be 10 times faster than before! 】

【 You have broken the record for the fastest promotion to LV3 on Azure Star! 】

He had leveled up again, which put Lin Ye in a much better mood.

LV3 came with a permanent design acceleration privilege, which could also stack with the acceleration card previously gifted by the Sky Curtain, allowing instance creation speed to be accelerated by a full 20 times!

This was exactly what Lin Ye needed right now.

At this rate, within two days, Lin Ye could launch his next instance, [Earth Online: The Five Constants: Winter is Coming].

“Sky Curtain, how many points do I need to accumulate to upgrade to LV4?”

【 Sky Curtain notification: Challengers need a reserve of ten million points to advance to LV4! After advancing to LV4, Challengers will gain permanent immunity, unable to be forcibly pulled into instances by any Designer! 】

Lin Ye nodded. He currently had 2 million points. If things went smoothly, after Raging Sea ran a few more times, he should be able to reach LV4.

He still had the novice immunity protection now. As long as he could upgrade to LV4 this month, he could perfectly extend the protection period.

Lin Ye finished lunch, then put on his coat and walked out of the villa.

He came to the small courtyard outside his villa.

He sat leisurely in a rocking chair, listening to the wind whistling slowly from the cliff, and watching lines of text flicker and scroll across the distant sky.

【 Congratulations to Challenger LeBron Bryant for advancing to LV2! 】

【 Congratulations to Challenger LIM for advancing to LV2! 】

【 Congratulations to Challenger Lin Ye for advancing to LV3! 】

…

【 Lin Ye has broken the record for the fastest promotion to LV3. All Challengers, please take pride in this! 】

【 Lin Ye has broken the record for the fastest entry into the personal Hero Ranking TOP50! 】

【 The instance Raging Sea has broken the record for the highest number of single-session eliminations! 】

【 The instance Raging Sea has broken the record for total maximum player capacity! 】

【 The instance Raging Sea has held the top spot on the Sky Ranking for two consecutive days! 】

…

Lin Ye’s and Raging Sea’s names began to frequently appear on the dome.

The dome of this world was actually an incredibly huge screen that would announce various important news related to instances on Azure Star.

It was a bit like some RPG online games Lin Ye used to play in his previous life; if you did something big, everyone would know.

The system would automatically broadcast it to the entire server, creating quite a sensation.

Lin Ye smiled faintly, not paying much attention to such things.

Given Raging Sea’s foundation, it was natural for it to dominate the screen.

As long as the instance continued, Raging Sea would break even more records.

Lin Ye then opened the Sky Curtain’s Hero Ranking to check.

【 NO49. Kim Geun-seok; Race: Korean; Level: LV3; Instance Work: “The Chaebol’s Grandpa” 】

【 NO50. Lin Ye; Race: Great Xia Clan; Level: LV3; Instance Work: “Earth Online - Raging Sea” 】

【 NO51. Katerina; Race: Celtic; Level: LV3; Instance Work: “Whirlwind Blade” 】

…

He had unknowingly entered the top fifty of the Sky Curtain’s Hero Ranking. Lin Ye was quite satisfied with this leveling speed.

Being in the TOP50 already meant he was an undeniable powerhouse in this world.

Because this was a world ruled by the Sky Curtain, ever since Lin Ye transmigrated to this world, he had an accompanying sense of insecurity.

And this sense of insecurity could only be alleviated by continuously making himself stronger…

Just as Lin Ye felt he could breathe a sigh of relief, the Sky Curtain gave a new notification.

【 Esteemed Designer, based on the previous two instanceStrategy situations, the Sky Curtain has re-audited the instance Raging Sea… 】

【 The difficulty level of Raging Sea will remain Infernal Grade, and the instance’s maximum capacity will be increased to 1,000,000 people! 】

“1,000,000 people?”

Good heavens!

The instance capacity was directly increased by another 50 times!

This made Lin Ye have to take it seriously.

The Sky Curtain would make real-time adjustments to various instances every day, with the aim of bringing the instance to a level where Challengers had a chance to clear it, according to the Sky Curtain’s understanding.

Because the actual instance clear rate often deviated somewhat from expectations, it was normal for instance capacity to be adjusted as the instance progressed.

Lin Ye had generally anticipated that the Sky Curtain would make further adjustments to the instance this time, because the completion rate of Ito Hidekazu and his group in the previous two instance challenges was simply too low.

But Lin Ye hadn't expected such a massive increase in the number of Challengers this time.

1,000,000 people!

One must know that many small Settlements on Azure Star might not even have a total population of one million people combined.

If compared to Earth in his previous life, the active and reserve military personnel of some medium-sized countries might not even add up to a million.

Now, his Raging Sea was undoubtedly an instance on the scale of a national war!!!