82: The aftermath of the raging sea has completely destroyed Dahe.
One must understand that the vast majority of people in this world are still hovering at LV0, fighting to the death over a few more or a few less points each day.
They would stare at those simple Dungeons daily, like old women in a market scrambling for fresh eggs, pushing and shoving to voluntarily sign up for garbage Dungeons to increase their survival rate.
Lin Ye could automatically withdraw 20,000 points every day, so he should definitely be content.
Therefore, Lin Ye would not modify Raging Sea again after this.
He would simply treat it as a stable, long-term investment.
Perhaps at some point, he might even encounter some arrogant young talents willing to challenge it, allowing Lin Ye to make another large profit.
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With Raging Sea back in operation, Lin Ye was in a great mood.
He hadn't closed his eyes for three days, and now he was ready to get some good rest while waiting for Winter is Coming to be completed.
Lin Ye casually turned on the television, and sure enough, he was dominating the TV and internet again.
He checked his phone and saw that almost all the web pages were filled with information about him and Raging Sea.
It was so much that it made people dizzy.
【Azure Federation Daily reports that Raging Sea has become the most difficult Dungeon in Azure Star's history!】
【Azure Entertainment Network reports that Lin Ye single-handedly slaughtered 200,000 Dahe Clan members and caused immense damage to the remaining 800,000, truly a “Million Man Butcher!”】
【Great Xia Settlement Daily: Due to Lin Ye's rise in the Hero Ranking, Sky Curtain's resource allocation to Great Xia Settlement will increase again!】
【Federation Evening News: Lin Ye has become the ideal partner for 500 million young women on Azure Star; the girls affectionately call him Lord Ye…】
【Dark Web Report: Lobbyists from several Settlements are searching for Lin Ye's whereabouts, but there is still no information, and many Settlements have already posted high bounties on the Dark Web…】
All the news, without exception, was reporting on Lin Ye's various deeds.
This situation had actually been going on for three days.
For these three days, there were no entertainment programs; all television stations were replaying news about Lin Ye and Raging Sea…
There was no other way; Lin Ye's momentum this time was simply too great.
It could be said that he truly had no predecessors and no successors!
No Dungeon Designer throughout history had ever reached Lin Ye's current height and popularity.
One must know that Lin Ye was just a newcomer who had just started Dungeon designing, yet he instantly became a top-tier expert in the top 50.
It was truly like “the spring breeze is swift, seeing all the Chang'an flowers in a single day!”
No second-generation scion of any conglomerate, heir to any prominent family, or royal noble in this world had ever achieved such accomplishments!
Therefore, it was understandable that many people regarded Lin Ye as an idol, because Lin Ye indirectly proved the possibility of an ordinary person trampling all the privileged Designers underfoot!
One Raging Sea could be said to have completely overturned everyone's perception on Azure Star.
Aircraft Carriers! Missiles! Atomic bombs! These things at least pushed people's understanding forward by fifty years!
Lin Ye himself probably never imagined that Raging Sea was subtly changing the entire world!
It also changed the way all future Dungeon Designers would design Dungeons.
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Seeing these ridiculous news reports, Lin Ye could only helplessly skip one after another.
There was no other way; in the end, he could only check the mobile forums to see if there was any slightly valuable information.
【Does everyone know? Sky Curtain greatly nerfed Raging Sea to protect the citizens of Azure Star! From this perspective, Sky Curtain is still very benevolent.】
【Do you have Stockholm Syndrome? Although Raging Sea was nerfed, it is still the most difficult Dungeon on Azure Star!】
【Raging Sea is back in use; it seems Lord Ye is indeed well taken care of by Sky Curtain…】
【The one upstairs, what nonsense are you talking about? If you could design such an awesome Dungeon, Sky Curtain would treat you like its own son too…】
【Posting an ad, everyone, V me 5 points, and I can give you a brand new combat guide for Raging Sea.】
【Hahaha, come on, with your level, you're making a guide? The best way to clear Raging Sea is to surrender immediately after entering!】
【Exactly! A Dungeon that even the Emperor couldn't defeat, and you Bronzes want to try?】
【…】
All the forums were also discussing various things about Lin Ye, basically just water cooler talk, not much valuable information could be found.
It was clear that everyone was very afraid of Raging Sea, and it was expected that, as he predicted, they would surrender upon entering.
However, seeing someone mention the Emperor, Lin Ye became somewhat interested.
He really wanted to know what was happening with Dahe Gathering Ground now.
After checking a few Dahe Gathering Ground channels, he gained some understanding.
It had to be said that the destruction Raging Sea caused to Dahe Gathering Ground was simply too immense.
Firstly, the Emperor was downgraded directly from LV4 to LV3, falling out of the TOP20, which led to a significant reduction in resource allocation for Dahe Gathering Ground.
Additionally, 200,000 elite talents were directly obliterated, and 200,000 excellent Designers were directly dropped to LV0.
This meant that all the powerful Dungeon Designers of the Dahe Clan suffered heavy losses, which for Dahe Gathering Ground was like losing half its life, and its strength plummeted.
Some organizations estimated that Dahe Gathering Ground's overall ranking had dropped directly from the top five on Azure Star to the bottom among hundreds of Settlements on Azure Star.
Due to some erroneous commands from Emperor Takakawa leading to such consequences, the public was filled with resentment, and some young Designers, unable to bear the pressure from the Settlement, even chose to end their lives through Bushido.
Under the strong demands of the public and the review of Sky Curtain, Shogunate General Yuan Lai Guang replaced Takakawa and became the new Emperor! He will implement comprehensive reforms in Dahe Gathering Ground.
But no matter how the Emperor reforms, Dahe Gathering Ground's vitality has been severely damaged, and it is impossible for it to recover in a short time.
To return to its former peak state, it would take at least ten or twenty years; there's no hope before that.
“Sigh… why did you have to do this?”
“Isn't living good? Why did you have to target me like this?”
Seeing the fate of Dahe Gathering Ground, Lin Ye was somewhat dumbfounded.
Actually, if you asked if he hated Dahe Gathering Ground, yes, he really did, but it was just hatred, and he didn't really take it seriously.
These two consecutive group attacks on the Dungeon were both Dahe Gathering Ground's own choices.
The only ones Lin Ye actively pulled into the Dungeon were Ito Hidekazu and those two thousand Dahe Clan members.
Ultimately, it could be said that Dahe Gathering Ground overestimated itself and sought its own demise.