Chapter 2037

Whoosh~~hoosh~~」

The wild wind howled, yellow sand filling the sky.

In the boundless Sahara Desert, a semicircular white protective shield stood out somewhat conspicuously.

「Ding, entered Biohazard Crisis (Late Stage) instance。」

「Current scene: Large-scale scene」

「Current difficulty: s-level (actual difficulty: e-level」

「Ding, detected that player strength exceeds the upper limit; this instance mission difficulty raised to highest level, rewards reduced to lowest level! 」

「Ding, detected that player strength exceeds the current instance limit; all instance creatures' hostility toward you increased by 1000%! You cannot obtain any storyline NPC teammates! 」

「Ding, detected that player's historical destructive power exceeds the total of all creatures in this scene; you have been opposed by the instance's will! 」

「Ding, obtained penalty bf! You cannot obtain any energy replenishment in this instance! Obtained penalty bf! Your rules in this scene can only exert intrinsic strength! Obtained penalty bf, all your attributes are suppressed, reduced by 100 points! 」

「Ding, reduction failed, player attributes too high, cannot limit... 」

Inside the light shield, Lin An chuckled lightly, directly turning off the system prompts and clearing the eighteen highest-level tasks that had been spawned.

Being limited is meaningless, and instance rewards are meaningless as well.

With his strength capable of crushing a battle star, entering a Fourth Stage beginner instance is indeed somewhat bullying.

Putting it bluntly, if all the power in the instance were combined, it probably couldn't even break his defense.

「Lin Dui, this damn system really bullies people! Hell, what's wrong with us being strong? Who said being a bit stronger means we can't grind small instances? 」

「Damn it, targeting us like this, we might as well be thrown onto the sun! 」

Swearing, Xiong Hanzi moved his limbs somewhat uncomfortably; although on the surface he and Lin An both have Fourth Stage Peak combat power, Lin An is simply too strong, strong enough to completely ignore a series of debuffs, while he still feels some effect.

Especially looking at the eighteen highest-difficulty tasks given by the system, each boss defeated would be enough for an ordinary Fourth Stage to obtain a perfect rating.

But for them, the reward is just a damn 1 point!

「Limits are also normal; instance rewards are essentially various energy generations. If not limited, a super strong caster could casually enter a low-level instance and farm the rewards hundreds of times in a second. Then this instance would be scrapped. 」

「The system will certainly not allow this situation to happen. 」

Casually observing the surroundings, Lin An instantly judged the general state of the world based only on the desert's size, the sun's refraction angle, etc.

Roughly the same size as Earth, gravity slightly lower, time flow 1:1; if nothing unexpected, the stars outside the scene should be the system's texture.

In Lin An's perception, he felt no threat from the sun overhead.

Sunshine and radiation are both fake.

「Then what should we do? Aren't we supposed to get instance energy? 」

「Or keep grinding until the instance explodes? 」

Scratching his head, Zhang Tie looked around blankly; although he didn't care about the difficulty here, wanting to finish the tasks here would probably take a lot of time. Not understanding how Lin Dui would extract the instance energy, he felt at a loss.

Clearing hundreds of instances in 24 hours? Even clearing one would be impressive enough!

「Forget the mission; let's first try destroying all continents once. 」

「You left, me right, we'll clear the globe directly. We'll meet where our feet are. If that really doesn't work, I'll try blowing up this planet first. 」

His eyes flickering, Lin An pondered briefly and then voiced his idea.

To be honest, he isn't quite sure how to obtain instance energy either. But one thing he can be certain of: if the instance collapses severely enough, the whole world will reboot!

Just like the Blood Corpse Secret Realm, the world will be directly digitized, then consume energy anew to evolve back into the original scene.

Stuck at the evolution stage, he might not be unable to forcibly seize the world's energy core!

「Destroy the world? 」

Zhang Tie stared blankly, opened his mouth, but didn't say much more.

Forget it; let Lin Dui have him do whatever he wants.

Anyway, it's just an instance,

Creator Alliance.

Central Star Region.

Vast, the federal hall, nearly hollowed out to half the size of the moon, Qing Kai lifted his head with a grim expression to gaze at the full assembly of legislators.

His neck was almost bent back to breaking point.

Empty, oppressive, standing at the center of the hall, he could even hear his own heartbeat echoing.

Of course, there were also those repeated interrogations.

Under the starlike lights, he was like a monkey stripped of its clothes, undergoing interrogation by the high-and-mighty alliance legislators.

No one knew why the alliance built the hall so huge; previously, Qing Kai didn't think it was for legislators to display their authority, like exalted gods seated on stars looking down on all beings—what use would that have.

But now he knows.

Pressure, unimaginable pressure, his own insignificance at this moment is fully displayed.

Even if he fled on the spot, no matter which direction he flew, he would have to complete it under the gaze of hundreds of Fifth Stage beings.

「Qing Kai! As an alliance elite, and more specifically as the 027th Star-Destroying Level legion commander, you should know very well that no alliance member may hoard points! 」

「Why didn't you hand over this mission's rewards to the alliance for unified distribution!? 」

「Don't tell us that a high-difficulty special task has no rewards! 」

The questioning reverberated like thunder, stirring violent energy waves within the vast, boundless hall.

Qing Kai clenched his fists tightly, suppressing the anger in his heart as he gazed at the alliance council members questioning him.

For some reason, after this return, he suddenly began to despise these top alliance officials. This lot, stronger than him, only know how to stay in the alliance issuing orders, commanding them to complete one task after another!

Previously handing over rewards was fine, but now he really can't produce them! He now hopes the alliance will, in light of his having completed over a hundred big and small tasks, having fought desperately for the alliance more than once, give him a breather.

「Esteemed alliance council members, I need points to strengthen myself for the next mission! I've already... lingered at the Star-Destroying Level for a long time..! 」

"After this mission, my rating has risen even more...! I.. earnestly request the council to grant me the right to retain points, considering my loyalty to the alliance and my desperate battles for it! I can't make it through the next mission!"

Taking a deep breath, Qing Kai had no choice but to steel himself and start explaining.

However, before he could even think of begging for anything, the next second he heard another committee member coldly shout:

"We know your situation! But this is also not a reason to violate the Alliance system!"

"You fight for the Alliance—that's your duty, your glory! If you need point strengthening, it should also be handed over and then redistributed by the Alliance! Don't forget, for your breakthrough to Star-Destroying, the Alliance has already provided you with abundant resources!"

"The Alliance is in a difficult period; you should be well aware of how many Star-Destroying Level individuals like you have died in sudden incidents!"

"Now, I, on behalf of the Committee, order you to immediately hand over the mission reward; otherwise the Alliance will deem you a traitor, investigate all your past, and send you to the Star Prison!"