I Can Program My Body? - Chapter 235

235: Exploring The Ruins 235: Exploring The Ruins “Where should we start searching?” Because of the communication port’s limited range, they could only explore within a 3,000-kilometer radius from Nash.

“Let’s start with these ruins first.

I guess after building some facilities, the shelter will level up to 1,” Nash said, quickly editing the mission.

[Mission: Explore the ruins of Starfire Shelter.

Reward: None] Once the shelter levelled up to 1, Nash would receive his first buff: soul enhancement.

With his soul enhanced, his calculation power would skyrocket, increasing the range of the communication port.

Three thousand kilometers was far too short; a little farther, and they might go out of range.

Soon, after receiving the mission, all 355 seeded talents began to regroup, each picking a direction to explore.

Although a barrier enclosed the ruins, protecting them from outside dangers, it didn’t remove the dark beasts inside.

With a quick sweep of their eyes, they spotted various tier 1 to tier 3 dark beasts.

Leading his squad, Nash and the other 13 began their killing spree.

Whether it was a tier 1 or tier 3 dark beast, having trained in the Dark Beast Tower, they were all the same.

“These dark beasts reward more merits!” Nash exclaimed.

For the same tier of dark beast, the merits they earned were at least double what they had gotten before.

“Is it because we’re in an unregulated zone, or did the shelter before turn the merit distribution ratio to 50%?” Nash muttered in puzzlement.

“No, Captain.

I heard unregulated zones give 1.5 times more merits than regulated ones,” Van Gage answered.

“Oh, so there’s still a 25% cut?” Nash grumbled.

He was working his ass off, gambling with life and death, yet they dared cut his merits by a quarter?

“You couldn’t say that boss.

They still need to build the shelter,” William replied.

“That’s right.

Plus, there are probably places that need maintenance,” another added.

“I know, I know.

I’m just complaining…” Nash sighed.

Although he was grumbling, he understood why the toll existed.

They weren’t running a charity.

In exchange for the shelter they built and the hunting grounds they conquered, some payment was necessary.

Like himself, Nash had currently set all merit allocations to the shelter.

Needing merits to build infrastructure and protective facilities, he had no choice but to claim them all.

Fortunately, the seeded talents didn’t mind.

Coming from top families and organizations, they didn’t lack these few merits.

Of course, this was provided that Nash didn’t misuse the funds and used everything to build the shelter.

Otherwise, no matter how generous they were, how could they let others take the merits they earned with their sweat and blood?

As they continued exploring the ruins, Nash and his group discovered a resource point.

“Is this a red-granite mine?

Nice, we found a resource point so quickly!” Resource points were vital for the shelter’s infrastructure.

Although Nash could use merits to build everything, it would be too costly without supplementing with materials.

With only a short time to fortify the shelter, they had to save every merit they could.

Marking the resource point in the mission panel he set earlier, the Dark Shadow squad continued their exploration.

Of course, they didn’t forget to report and brag about their find in the communication port.

“This thing you created is really useful, Captain!” “Haha, indeed.

I didn’t expect I’d be entertained just by chatting with others.” The contrast of desolation and the liveliness of their chat brought a charm they couldn’t help but enjoy.

“Alright, focus.

We have a guest,” Nash alerted the team.

With the [Sensing Module System] always active, he quickly spotted the first tier 4 dark beast nearby.

[Giant Centipede: Tier 4 (Mutated) Combat Power: 170 million] “Huh?

A tier 4 dark beast?

Finally, a challenge.” “Can you handle it?” Nash asked, not taking the tier 4 dark beast too seriously.

“We got this, Captain.

No need to step in.” “Then be careful…” Nash nodded, letting them proceed.

With the tier 4 runic armor and weapons they had, such a dark beast was just a warm-up.

Sure enough, with the teamwork of the twelve, they began to overwhelm the dark beast, like high-level players ganging up on a boss.

“Why don’t you join them?” Nash asked with interest, seeing Camilla standing beside him.

“It’s too boring.

This thing wouldn’t even make me sweat,” Camilla said, bored.

“Haha, that’s natural.

We’re in the safest part of this danger zone.

At most, we’ll encounter a tier 5 mutated dark beast.” “What about a lord-level dark beast?

That should be some challenge.” “Don’t jinx it.

Lord-level dark beasts aren’t something to joke about.

Besides, the shelter barrier should’ve expelled every lord-level dark beast in the area.” Lord-level dark beasts could be found among tier 4 and higher rank dark beast.

Such dark beasts usually had combat power starting in the billions.

Worse, as lord-level dark beasts, they commanded armies of dark beasts that could wipe out a team.

With their small numbers, if they encountered a lord-level dark beast, their only choice would be to run.

“I’m just joking~ How could I dare face a lord-level dark beast?” Camilla rolled her eyes.

She knew her limits.

Facing a tide of dark beasts, even with her regeneration, she’d be torn apart eventually.

Even with their tier 4 runic armor, once their energy ran out, they were done for.

While the two bantered, the twelve had already finished off the Giant Centipede.

[Giant Centipede Killed +150 million merits.] “It’s really profitable to kill higher-tier dark beasts,” Nash said with a smile, checking the notification.

Just one dark beast had earned them more than all the previous ones they’d killed.

“Haha, once we kill a tier 5 dark beast, that’s when we’ll rack up points!” Camilla said excitedly.

She heard a mutated tier 5 dark beast gave at least a billion merits.

Imagining such a huge haul from a single fight, Camilla couldn’t help but light up with excitement.

“Don’t get too excited.

Let’s see what loot this monster dropped.” Since they were in an unregulated zone, the loot drop rate was higher than usual.

From the tier 1 to tier 3 dark beasts they had killed earlier, besides some materials, they even got a perfect-quality weapon.

Hoping this Giant Centipede would yield a high-level treasure, Nash felt a spark of excitement.