"Your Majesty, the Royal Sea Battle instance can be cleared; it's just that these Challengers were incredibly lucky," Ito Hidekazu explained respectfully, bowing deeply.
"As expected, they merely stumbled upon the instance's weakness."
"My next instance will absolutely not allow a similar situation to occur again."
The Emperor gazed at Ito Hidekazu for a long time before slowly speaking, "Ito-kun, I hope so."
"But I still must remind you, regarding the Great Xia Clan, you must never let your guard down."
"Although the Great Xia Clan's military strength is currently insufficient, their development in instance creation has been rapid in recent years."
"Especially this person named Lin Ye, pay extra attention to him!" the Emperor said coldly, his eyes becoming exceptionally sharp.
"For an LV0 person to clear a difficult instance, regardless of whether it was luck, he must be given special attention."
As he spoke, the Emperor's gaze also fell upon Yuan Lai Guang, Iga Ryuji, and Yamamoto Thirty-eight.
"General Yuan Lai, Commander Iga, and Commander Yamamoto, these words are also for you."
Everyone nodded, each with their own calculations in mind.
At this moment, Ito Hidekazu's mouth suddenly curved into a smile, giving off a feeling of having victory in his grasp.
"Your Majesty, I believe you must have overestimated this Lin Ye."
"In our view, this Lin Ye was merely lucky and doesn't possess much true talent; in terms of instance design, he's merely a mediocre talent."
The Emperor frowned and asked, "Ito-kun, why are you so certain?"
"Lin Ye's first instance is actually a ten-thousand-person instance, which shows this person's overambition... and he is a lone wolf Challenger with absolutely no organizational support behind him!"
"Otherwise, he wouldn't act so foolishly," Ito Hidekazu said with a smile.
Yuan Lai Guang, who was beside him, also smiled, then said, "So, Ito-kun, you mean you think this instance has no chance?"
"For such a massive instance to gain the Sky Curtain's approval, how immense of a military system and how much economic and industrial support does the instance force itself need? I believe everyone here is clear on that."
"Lin Ye is just a rookie Designer who just advanced to LV1; do you all believe he can design such an instance?"
After Ito Hidekazu finished speaking, the few people present remained silent.
Because among these people, Ito Hidekazu's instance design was the authority.
Moreover, to this day, the strongest instance in this world was only a five-thousand-person instance.
To say that a Great Xia Clan newcomer's debut work is a ten-thousand-person instance indeed sounds a bit like a fantasy.
"In my opinion, this Lin Ye is merely wasting his protection period."
"This instance simply has no possibility of being released; it will be directly rejected by the Sky Curtain."
Ito Hidekazu casually made his conclusion.
"Even if we take a step back, if this instance can be released, it will also be an extremely low-difficulty, flawed instance."
"If a ten-thousand-person instance is cleared, Lin Ye will be directly eliminated!"
The Emperor nodded calmly, his gaze still fixed on Ito Hidekazu.
Regardless, Ito Hidekazu was currently the most outstanding instance design genius of the Yamato People.
Since he said so, this matter was basically a sure thing.
"Very good."
"Since Ito-kun is so certain, then I will trust you one more time."
"Now... everyone, let's drink tea."
After speaking, the Emperor raised the teacup on the table, motioning for everyone to raise their cups together, and began the tea ceremony symbolizing the highest rank of the Yamato People.
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At the same time that Ito Hidekazu and others were conversing at the Emperor's Residence.
In the office of the First Research Institute's Military Technology Research Institute in the Great Xia Gathering Area, a conversation was also unfolding.
"Teacher, I have already conveyed your invitation to that young man named Lin Ye."
At this moment, Zhao Jianyu stood before Ding Chang, reporting on her work.
"He said he wanted to consider it further..."
Ding Chang, sitting in a wheelchair, smiled, picked up his thermos, and took a careful sip.
As the Dean of the First Research Institute, Ding Chang was two completely different people inside and outside instances.
Inside instances, he was a rough-mannered, wealthy, and very protective LV2 big shot.
Outside instances, however, he was a refined, scholarly technical expert wearing gold-rimmed glasses.
Currently, most of the Great Xia Clan's instance naval technology was entirely researched and coordinated by Ding Chang.
His prestige throughout the Great Xia Clan's gathering place was very, very high.
And the short-haired woman, Zhao Jianyu, before him, was both his assistant and his apprentice.
"This young man is truly interesting," Ding Chang said unhurriedly, without any dissatisfaction in his eyes, even showing a hint of appreciation.
"Jianyu, to be honest, I haven't seen such a gutsy Great Xia Clan person in a long time."
"This kid, a rookie, actually had the nerve to command two thousand people, and the key is he even cleared the instance."
"Cough, cough, cough. How interesting."
As he spoke excitedly, Ding Chang coughed twice vigorously.
Zhao Jianyu quickly moved closer, helping Ding Chang pat his back.
"Teacher... your health..."
"Haha, it's fine, it's fine." Ding Chang quickly drank a few sips of wolfberry water to suppress it. "When I talk about young people, I get a little excited, remembering when I first designed an instance."
"I'm really getting old."
Zhao Jianyu frowned slightly, patting Ding Chang's back while pondering something.
Finally, she spoke, voicing her concerns:
"Teacher, I don't think this Lin Ye is necessarily suitable to join our research institute."
"This person... is too arrogant."
"I just paid attention to the Sky Curtain's broadcast; this Lin Ye actually directly designed a ten-thousand-person instance!"
"This... is simply too absurd."
The matter of Lin Ye creating a ten-thousand-person instance was completely public, and Ding Chang naturally paid attention to it.
In fact, deep down, he also didn't quite believe that this instance could be released.
But in front of Zhao Jianyu, he still smiled and replied:
"Jianyu, don't speak too absolutely."
"A ten-thousand-person instance is indeed very, very difficult, but it's not entirely impossible to complete."
"What if this Lin Ye is that one-in-ten-thousand instance design genius?"
As he spoke, a hint of wistfulness actually appeared in Ding Chang's eyes.
He wheeled himself to the window, gazing at the night sky enveloped by the Sky Curtain.
He let out a long sigh.
"Young people must dare to dream and dare to act; what if the dream comes true?"
"Jianyu, you must continue to pay close attention to this Lin Ye."