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Chapter 433 Yu Zhun's Minor Adjustments

"I'm talking about Yu Zhun."

The Crimson Demon Lord's voice, laced with arrogance, emanated from the lines on the back of Yu Zhun's hand, "I've really lost out by helping you this time."

"I've offended quite a few people because of you."

"Don't try to sound so pitiful." Yu Zhun snorted, completely ignoring the Crimson Demon Lord's attempt to elicit sympathy. "Isn't one Heaven-Mending Jade enough?"

"That's a bit too little." The Crimson Demon Lord sighed. "Although server 67238 is just a godless region."

"But the strongest beings in this world are the dogs of the Fifth Divine District."

"After I killed the opponent's protector, they asked the Fifth God Zone for help. As you know, there are many third-class cultivators in the Fifth God Zone, and any one of them can temporarily act as a protector to save server 67238."

"So, I held off the entire Fifth Divine District for your sake. Is that a sacrifice that a single Heaven-Mending Jade can buy?"

Before Yu Zhun could speak, Helmod said quietly, "Senior Crimson Demon Lord, your words are a bit biased."

"As far as I know, server number 67238 is only closely related to a fourth-stage deity in the Fifth God Zone, and can't mobilize many people."

"If you really had blocked the entire Fifth Divine District, then our Fourth Divine District would have already taken advantage of the situation and destroyed the Fifth Divine District."

Upon hearing this, the Crimson Demon Lord paused, then scoffed unhappily, "After going to the Netherworld, you're not so easy to fool anymore."

"But I'm telling you, this is really not an easy thing to do."

"The Fifth Divine District is under the jurisdiction of the First Divine District, and although the First Divine District is called a Divine District, its strongest members are actually demonic experts."

"That's a Demon Lord who has reached the ninth level of divine transformation, and he's extremely petty. Because of this, I've offended him."

"Yu Zhun, you should remember the kindness I've shown you!"

"Alright." Yu Zhun raised an eyebrow. "Tell me what benefits you want, and I'll think about it."

"Great!" The Crimson Demon Lord chuckled. "I've done some calculations, and I'm probably going to be punished again soon. You'll design the special dungeon?"

"Hmm?" Yu Zhun's eyes flashed slightly. "You've been punished with your source power again?"

"It's been a bad year, and it's a long story," the Crimson Demon Lord sighed, then mumbled, "Just tell me if you're in or not."

“Sure.” Yu Zhun’s eyes flashed with a thoughtful look. “However, can you confirm the server where the special instance is located?”

"If possible, could it be opened in the Fifth God District?"

"Huh?" The Crimson Demon Lord's voice was tinged with surprise. "Are you crazy? You want to open my special dungeon in the Fifth Divine Zone? That would make it so easy for someone to clear it perfectly and steal my source power!"

"Besides, special dungeons are only up to level 60. Even if they're opened in the Fifth God Zone, they probably won't help your plans much, right?"

“That’s not necessarily true…” Yu Zhun shook his head and didn’t say anything more. “Never mind, we’ll talk about that later.”

“I need to think about how to adjust the instance generated by server 67238 first.” Yu Zhun’s eyes flickered slightly. “That will be the biggest stage in the next plan.”

"I'll go back and take a look after you finish your campaign," the Crimson Demon Lord said lazily. "I want to see what you're up to."

As soon as he finished speaking, the power of the Crimson Demon Lord dissipated.

“Under normal circumstances, the instance will be online within a month.” Helmod stood beside Yu Zhun and said in a deep voice, “And the submission of the instance will be about half a month later.”

"Time is a bit tight." Yu Zhun nodded.

"But it should be enough time."
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Half a month passed in the blink of an eye. After successfully replicating server 67238, Yu Zhun went into a brief period of silence.

Although the Crimson Demon Lord was cunning, he never hesitated to act. Moreover, as agreed, he did not mention Yu Zhun and others during the entire process of destroying server 67238. No one else could have imagined that Yu Zhun would have the ability to order a Demon Lord to do things.

Thus, the destruction of server 67238 was seen by the public as retribution for their mistake in offending a demon lord, and as a result, many other servers became much more polite to powerful demons.

The Fifth Divine District was somewhat dissatisfied with the destruction of this subordinate, but not much. After all, it was just a godless district, and in their view, such a world had little impact on the overall situation.

Half a month later, when server 67238 was completed, the Fifth God Zone, which had gotten a sneak peek at the general situation of the new instance, was devastated.

Lv90 permanent dungeon!

The limit for any dungeon that the Godless Zone can be created is level 60.

Normally, only servers at the top 100 God Zone level can be directly converted into Lv90 dungeons during dungeon creation.

How could a server with ID 67238 have such a high level?
There is definitely something wrong here!

While the Fifth God District hurriedly sent people to investigate the situation, and other servers were also astonished by the high level of this instance, Yu Zhun was already preparing to enter this brand new instance alone.

"Are you sure you don't need me to come with you?" Looking at the open temporary dungeon entrance in front of them, Yu Zhu, standing next to Yu Zhun, showed a worried expression.

"Don't worry." Yu Zhun smiled. "This isn't a complete strategy guide, but rather a minor adjustment. I have complete control over this dungeon for now, so it's impossible for us to encounter any danger inside."

"Besides, don't I have a black cat to keep me company?"

"Meow~" A black head poked out from Yu Zhun's shoulder, its green vertical pupils filled with confidence in its own strength.

When Yu Zhun and Yu Zhu returned from the Netherworld, the black cat and the golden ring had already transformed into flesh cocoons and entered the crucial stage of breaking through from the third stage of deification to the fourth stage of deification. After so much time, they had successfully broken through.

The new dungeon has not yet been placed in the Divine Revelation World. The minor adjustments will be completed outside the Divine Revelation World, so there is no Lv90 level cap. Yu Zhun carrying the black cat is equivalent to carrying a Demon General-level third-tier character with him.

Of course, his purpose in bringing the black cat was not for the cat to protect him.

Rather, the power of the black cat will also play a role in the dungeon tweaks.

"Alright." Hearing Yu Zhun's words, Yu Zhu gradually felt relieved. "Then I'll just stay home and be lazy for a while."

Yu Zhun smiled, waved his hand, and stepped into the temporary instance entrance. After a dizzying moment, he found himself in a desolate wilderness.

At the same time, a series of messages from the instance flooded into his mind.

"The dungeon is called [Wilderness Elegy]..." Yu Zhun raised an eyebrow. In just a moment, he had already mastered the overall structure of the dungeon, the general way to clear it, and the conditions for a perfect clear.

Then, he shook his head in disappointment, "Forcibly turning a godless area into a level 90 dungeon has resulted in something this weak."

"If we do nothing and just release it, this will probably be the easiest level 90 dungeon to clear, right?"

"However, I've now intervened."

A smile appeared in Yu Zhun's eyes.

The matter of the "Netherworld" has never been made public to this day.

I doubt anyone would have imagined that a second-job kid from the Godless Zone could make minor adjustments to an upcoming Lv90 dungeon.
Thinking of this, Yu Zhun raised his eyes to look at the only thing that clearly protruded from the ground in the wilderness: a tall tower whose outline was vaguely emerging in the wind and sand.

Fine-tuning begins now.

According to the original dungeon design, the wilderness where Yu Zhun is currently located is called the [Wilderness of Sorrow], which contains countless [Lands of Sorrow] that appear outwardly normal. Entering a [Land of Sorrow] will allow you to hear a mournful song and will also subject you to attacks from dungeon monsters hidden within the wilderness. In other areas, players can remain relatively safe.

That tower is the only exit from the [Elegy Wasteland], and also the entrance to the next dungeon unit, [Tower of Eternal Slumber].

In Yu Zhun's view, this design...

That's too standard.

He casually stepped into a "Land of Lament," and a melodious tune filled with sorrow instantly began to play. Giant sand scorpions emerged from the ground and attacked Yu Zhun's direction.

With a casual gesture, Yu Zhun froze all the giant sand scorpions in place, as if their movements had been paused.

As he listened to the continuous, pleasant singing, he suddenly laughed.

"Since it's a song, someone needs to keep the beat."

As Yu Zhun finished speaking, it was as if time had reversed, and all the giant scorpions burrowed back underground, while the song returned to its beginning.

Yu Zhun listened intently to the song, and at the very first beat, his dagger pierced the giant scorpion's body. As the giant scorpion turned to ashes, an even stronger note resonated with the song.

"that's it."

Yu Zhun paused the strategy again, then nodded in satisfaction.

"Players must kill the giant scorpion at every rhythmic point of the lament, without missing any rhythmic points or killing it at non-rhythmic points, otherwise it will disrupt the song."

"If the singing becomes disordered, players will be negatively affected by the [Disordered Song], with random attributes reduced by 3%, which will continue to take effect during the dungeon run."

After making these adjustments, Yu Zhun sighed, "Unfortunately, I can only make minor adjustments and cannot make higher numerical adjustments."

A 3% reduction is the limit of his current permissions.

“Besides the negative impacts, the [Land of Sorrow] also needs to have positive rewards.” Yu Zhun looked thoughtful. “If everyone leaves the [Land of Sorrow] the moment they enter, it becomes meaningless.”

"We need to find a way to make them knowingly walk into a trap and stay there for an extended period of time..."

"I've got it!" Yu Zhun quickly came up with a new idea. "If you play the Elegy of the Land of Elegy in its entirety without making any mistakes, you can obtain a fragment of the Elegy."

"This fragment of the 'Elegy' is about one-tenth of the entire elegy. Only by collecting all the fragments and piecing them together to form the complete elegy can you enter the second unit, 'The Tower of Eternal Slumber'!"

Thinking about how terrible this design was, Yu Zhun couldn't help but laugh.

It's important to know that 4A dungeons not only present dangers from the dungeon itself, but also from dangers caused by other players!
While one raiding team is trying to obtain the [Fragment of Elegy], other opposing teams can easily kill the giant scorpion from a distance, disrupting the Elegy and causing the raiding team to fail completely!

More importantly, this is different from the fragments Yu Zhun obtained before. The [Elegy Fragment] that he obtained with great difficulty is very likely to be duplicated!

The scheming and backstabbing between the teams, as well as the fights and battles between them, will be the key elements of this dungeon's strategy!

When a problem becomes a human problem, the difficulty increases dramatically.

Yu Zhun went so far as to design ten fragments with completely different appearance probabilities, with the lowest probability fragment appearing less than one percent of the time and only obtainable in a specific [Land of Sorrow].

“In this way, the strategy players will likely continue to work on this dungeon for a very long time,” Yu Zhun said, his eyes gleaming.

"Over time, there will be room for maneuver."

As he spoke, he elaborated on the "Elegy in the Wilderness" segment.

According to the fixed rules of duplication, everything designed must contain hidden information hints within the duplication.

Yu Zhun designed the lowest probability fragments that can only be obtained in specific [Land of Sorrow], and these specific [Land of Sorrow] must have specific characteristics.

Alternatively, there might be a map marking a specific "Land of Sorrow".

Yu Zhun chose the second option.

However, the condition he designed for obtaining this map was that 10 consecutive "Songs of Chaos" would occur in a "Land of Lamentation".

After doing all this, he clapped his hands, feeling a strange sense of pleasure from having secretly done something naughty. "Next, let's move on to the next unit."

With a casual gesture, ten fragments of a tragic song appeared in his hand, piecing together a complete lament and transforming into a key to enter the tower.

Yu Zhun flashed and arrived in front of the tower.

Stepping into the unlocked tower, Yu Zhun turned his head to look at the black cat quietly perched on his shoulder. "From now on, I'll need you."

"Meow~"

The black cat let out a lazy meow in response.

The Tower of Eternal Rest is a colossal tower with nine stories. It doesn't look big from the outside, but the interior space is like a series of folds, with each floor having an endless scale.

The moment he entered, Yu Zhun heard the familiar lament, which would linger in the tower at all times.

Within the range of the Elegy, the player's mental state will continuously weaken, and once it reaches 100%, they will enter a state of slumber.

The only way to stop the weakening is through combat!
Fight dungeon monsters in the tower, or fight other players.

Fighting can boost morale and reduce the weakening effect.

Finally, we reached the top of the tower, marking the end of the second unit.

Yu Zhun's assessment of this was...

"It's somewhat interesting, but not much."

Since staying awake only requires continuous combat, the same raiding team can easily circumvent this by feigning battles.

Such an obvious vulnerability appearing in a Lv90 instance is too careless.

"Black Cat, bring your [Killing Barrier] in here." With that, Yu Zhun raised his hand and summoned the origin of the dungeon.

The black cat raised its paw and pressed it onto the source, and wisps of dark power quickly flowed from its small body into the source, eventually disappearing.

【Killing Barrier】This is a brand new ability that Black Cat has after advancing to the fourth stage of Divine Transformation. It can put low-level creatures within the range into a state where they will die if they do not kill, and the power brought by killing will continuously feed back to Black Cat himself.

This is a typical example of a magical maneuver; it's very Warcraft-esque.

Using the [Killing Barrier] as a starting point, Yu Zhun began adjusting the [Tower of Eternal Slumber].

"Killing dungeon monsters in the Tower of Eternal Slumber will grant you Awakening Crystals, while killing players will grant you Slaughter Crystals. Both types of crystals can offset the mental weakening caused by Elegy."

"But... both types of crystals have their own side effects."

(End of this chapter)