72: The Last Judgment!

Deng Xian cleared his throat twice, forcing himself to calm his agitated emotions, then slowly began to speak.

"When I saw Designer Lin Ye’s Extinguish Country Fleet before, I had a conjecture… I felt that the power system used in Lin Ye’s Aircraft Carrier was nuclear power!"

"Otherwise, those Aircraft Carrier wouldn't be able to travel so fast! And there are no cumbersome power supply facilities visible on the deck."

"This kind of nuclear power has actually always been a confidential research direction for our Second Research Institute, and I believe many people in Settlements on Azure Star should also be secretly researching this!"

"And then, before the end of the instance, when it was said that Eagle Country would launch a nuclear strike on East Ying Island, it further confirmed this matter, which is that Lin Ye has completely mastered the application of nuclear power."

After Deng Xian finished speaking, everyone was still confused, even more bewildered.

"Elder Deng, what is nuclear energy? I’ve never heard of such a thing…"

Deng Xian shook his head, not intending to explain these things.

This topic is like a mountain separating different fields; to explain nuclear energy clearly, one would first need to explain the nuclear power formula. Even if he talked for a day and a night, he wouldn't be able to explain what nuclear power is to these researchers from other research directions.

"Everyone doesn't need to know what this is exactly, you only need to know one thing: Lin Ye has far surpassed the simple application of nuclear energy and can truly use nuclear fission as a weapon!"

"This level of technological breakthrough can be said to be purely led by a genius, and it can even be said… If not for Lin Ye, perhaps we wouldn't have seen that magnificent scene just now even in another hundred years!"

As he spoke, Deng Xian became emotional again, two lines of hot tears streamed down his cheeks, and he began to cover his face and weep. Several young researchers quickly came over to help him up.

In fact, many people don't understand that Deng Xian had spent nearly thirty years secretly researching nuclear science, but he had never made any progress.

Relevant parties in Great Xia Settlement even hoped that he could suspend this research, believing that such an ethereal theory was simply impossible to achieve.

And today, the atomic bomb that landed over Edo City on East Ying Island in the Raging Sea and Surging Waves instance also implicitly proved all of this for Deng Xian.

It proved that his thirty years of deep cultivation were all worth it!

"Let me put it this way!" Deng Xian wiped away his tears and continued.

"Because of the existence of a genius like Lin Ye, there is simply no need for the entire Great Xia Instance Energy Material Research Second Institute to remain!"

"Because Lin Ye alone has already completed the path that energy research would take for the next few decades, or even a hundred years!"

"This path has been walked to its end by Lin Ye!!! Unprecedented, and there will be no one after him!"

"Instead of Great Xia Settlement wasting its energy on this research, it would be the best choice to directly let Lin Ye be the director."

Deng Xian's words were very strong, so much so that the elites of Great Xia Settlement were somewhat startled.

They still didn't understand what nuclear energy was, but they understood Deng Xian's last sentence.

This path has been walked to its end by Lin Ye… Unprecedented, and there will be no one after him!

There is no higher praise than this; it means that Lin Ye's military technology has reached a supreme level!

It's hard to imagine such fervent words coming from the mouth of one of Great Xia Settlement's most respected old directors.

At this moment, Ding Chang also stood up, gently patted Deng Xian's shoulder, and softly said:

"Old Deng, you're too excited, don't think so much for now…"

"Today, Lin Ye's performance and the fact that the Raging Sea and Surging Waves instance was able to withstand the pressure of a million Challengers from Da He Settlement without losing an inch of ground, we should be happy!"

"We should be thankful that Lin Ye is a Great Xia, lives in Great Xia Settlement, and has Great Xia blood flowing through his veins!"

"For Lin Ye to have such astonishing and brilliant performance, all of us share in the glory!"

Everyone didn't notice that Ding Chang's eyes were actually moist at this moment.

The young Instance Designers in the venue found it difficult to understand the surging emotions in the hearts of these old Designers at this moment.

On Azure Star, although a true national concept could not be formed due to the Sky Curtain, all Settlements belonged to a single Azure Federation, and all resources were allocated through the Federation.

But in the face of life and death, humans naturally form a group consciousness, so each race has a strong sense of belonging to their Settlement.

Having top experts in a Settlement, broadly speaking, means that the Settlement can receive more resource allocation; narrowly speaking, it means that people from other Settlements dare not easily provoke the Da He of this Settlement, and the weaker members of this Settlement's race are less likely to be eliminated by the Sky Curtain.

When Ding Chang and Deng Xian were young, Great Xia was the largest Settlement on Azure Star, but unfortunately, Great Xia has experienced a development gap in recent years and has not produced any top experts for a long time…

Lin Ye and his Raging Sea and Surging Waves instance were like seeing the sun after the clouds parted, which can be said to have given Ding Chang and others a strong boost!

Regardless, the complete annihilation of Da He Settlement in Raging Sea and Surging Waves today will ultimately be recorded in the instance history of Azure Star.

Seeing this long-lost honor descend upon Great Xia Settlement, how could these people not be moved, how could they not be in tears.

"Well said!" General Li Yunlong, who was beside him, immediately applauded.

"I'm a rough man, I don't understand technology or anything, but I just feel particularly thrilled today!"

"Seeing Da He Settlement completely annihilated, I feel refreshed and relieved! Seeing the Emperor, that dog, kneeling on the ground begging for mercy, I just want to laugh out loud!"

"Let's not talk about anything else for now. What we should do most right now is applaud our Great Xia Designer Lin Ye!"

Immediately after, thunderous applause erupted in the venue.

It did not stop for a long time.

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Some were happy, some were sad. While Great Xia Settlement was filled with joy and laughter, the Emperor and the million Da He Challengers were not having such a good time.

What awaited them was the final step, the step that truly determined life and death: the deduction of points for mission failure!

At this moment, countless spectators were still gathered in the live broadcast of the Raging Sea and Surging Waves instance. A long time had passed since the Emperor's death, but it was still very lively here.

Because at this time, Raging Sea and Surging Waves had not closed, and they could still overlook the big mushroom cloud above Edo City and the tragic scene of Edo City after being flattened.

After the shock brought by the atomic bomb gradually subsided, the spectators suddenly noticed a strange thing.

The bullet comments began to become active again, and everyone had almost the same question.

"What's going on? It's been half an hour, why hasn't the instance closed?"

"Yeah, all the Challengers are dead, so the mission must be over, why hasn't the instance closed?"

"Not only hasn't the instance closed, but it seems the instance Settlement screen hasn't popped up either. I still want to see the completion rate of this instance."

"No! Leaving aside other things for now, it seems the point penalty for mission failure hasn't been settled yet! I want to know how many points they should be deducted…"

"Oh my god, this instance isn't going to stay open forever, is it?"

The Raging Sea and Surging Waves instance had not closed, and the Settlement page had not popped up, which genuinely puzzled the audience.

The previous two times the Raging Sea and Surging Waves instance ended, points were deducted first, then those who were to be eliminated were eliminated, and those who were to be released were released.

Not only Raging Sea and Surging Waves, but any instance on Azure Star also had to follow this instance process.

But now, Raging Sea and Surging Waves seemed to be stuck.

… …

At the same time, the Emperor slowly opened his eyes amidst the intense pain of the nuclear explosion, feeling as if his entire being was about to disintegrate.

He had expected to be directly teleported out of the instance, but it seemed things were not as he had thought. The scene before him startled him again.

Because he seemed to be in an endless white void, surrounded by a vast expanse of white. That feeling… was very much like an unfinished, semi-complete space from instance design.

In this void, besides him, countless people wandered like lost souls. There was a bustling crowd, very noisy.

Closest to him was Ito Hidekazu, who had died at the same time as him. He was currently kneeling on the ground, still looking terrified, continuously shouting, "I surrender!"

It seemed his mind had problems and he had completely gone mad.

Looking further out, he even saw familiar figures like Yamamoto Thirty-eight, Tominaga, and Minamoto no Yorimitsu.

Even Iga Ryuji, who had betrayed him and East Ying Island, was among them…

It was only at this moment that the Emperor realized that the million Da He who had entered the instance had not been teleported out of the instance, but had all been brought into this inexplicable void.

"What's going on?"

The Emperor muttered a few words, then saw Minamoto no Yorimitsu, Yamamoto Thirty-eight, and others walking towards him.

"Your Majesty!"

"Your Majesty!"

A bad feeling surged in the Emperor's heart, and he quickly asked:

"Shogunate General, Commander Yamamoto, have you been staying in the instance since your deaths, not being teleported out?"

Minamoto no Yorimitsu nodded, letting out a long breath.

"Yes, Your Majesty, after I died, I was teleported into this void."

"Then I watched as one Da He after another were successively put in, and the number grew, from a hundred thousand to five hundred thousand…"

"Your Majesty, you are the last one to come in, so… we have already been defeated, haven't we…?"

Ever since Minamoto no Yorimitsu was killed in Dragon Country, he had been trapped in this void, unable to leave the instance.

Naturally, he didn't know how the subsequent battles went.

So, even now, many Da He like Minamoto no Yorimitsu still didn't know how the Challengers met such a tragic defeat.

The Emperor didn't speak; he didn't want to recall those scenes again!

Only he and Ito Hidekazu experienced the moment of the atomic bomb explosion, and he never wanted to relive that scene in his life.

It could be said that it was the darkest moment of his life.

"I don't know why either, perhaps it's another trick set by Lin Ye, wanting to repeatedly humiliate us!"

"But it doesn't matter, even if the instance fails, we will be teleported out of the instance. This is the Sky Curtain's rule, and no one can defy it!"

"The mission description also clearly stated before that the penalty for failing this instance mission is 500 points, and all of our Da He's point reserves are sufficient, so everyone don't worry. Although we failed to conquer Raging Sea and Surging Waves this time, none of us will be eliminated."

The Emperor began to comfort his subordinates. As the Commander of the instance and the leader of the Settlement, he now had to take on the responsibility of giving his Da He confidence.

But just then, a voice from the Sky Curtain suddenly came from the distant horizon.

Compared to the Sky Curtain's emotionless tone before, its voice now exuded endless majesty, like a condescending god questioning all Challengers!

"Sky Curtain Notification: Instance Designer Lin Ye has set the mission rewards and penalties to a personal independent calculation mode before this instance began, which will deduct points individually based on the international laws each Challenger has violated on Earth Online!"

"Due to the different crimes committed by each Challenger on East Ying Island, point deductions will be settled through a judgment! All actions that bring harm to the peaceful world in the instance will be carved onto the pillar of shame of Earth Online!"

"All Challengers are about to enter the final stage of Raging Sea and Surging Waves: East Ying Judgement!!!"