I Can Program My Body? - Chapter 268

268: Dark Plane Training End (2) 268: Dark Plane Training End (2) Soon, as days, weeks, and a month passed by, the waves of dark beasts continued.

Aside from the tier-five lord-level dark beasts, Nash didn’t need to personally oversee the battles, allowing everyone to train and adapt.

Keeping an eye on those nearly corrupted by dark energy, Nash quickly pulled them from the fight to rest and recover.

Being able to see and analyze each person’s runic program, he could identify those in critical condition, preventing any casualties.

— As the battle stretched beyond two months, with more seeded talents teetering on the edge of madness from dark energy corruption, gaps began to form in their defenses.

One by one, as dark beasts reached the walls, they tore at them, desperate to reach the shelter’s core.

Containing an immense quantity of merits, the shelter’s core was the most enticing target for every dark beast to devour and destroy.

Unable to fully protect the shelter, Nash could only use the remaining merits and materials to repair the walls.

Having spent about twelve quadrillion merits to upgrade the shelter, only three quadrillion remained.

Fortunately, after months of battle, their merits climbed back to seven quadrillion, leaving them with a solid reserve.

Repairing the walls, the battle of attrition pressed on.

— As days continued to pass, the situation began to grow worse.

With over a hundred seeded talents unable to fight, a large gap opened in their defenses, allowing dark beasts to tear through the walls.

Moreover, as Nash continued to repair the wall, the materials they had gathered were nearly depleted.

While merits could be replenished through battle, materials could not.

Without materials, the repair costs would skyrocket.

— Finally, with ten days left before the dark beast tide ended, their material reserves ran dry.

“Can we still fight?” Camilla asked, weary and battered from the fight.

Thanks to the superb recovery of her genetic ability, Camilla didn’t need much time to recuperate and could endure such a grueling battle.

Still, sensing her spirit waning down, Nash held her back.

“Just rest for a while.

We should survive this battle just fine.” After multiple replenishments of the shelter’s walls, they still had five quadrillion merits.

As long as they held on a bit longer, they should weather this disaster without issue.

— Suddenly, just when there was only a week before the dark beast tide ended.

The dark beast energy around began to thicken, spawning not only more and stronger dark beasts but also accelerating the corruption of their spirits.

Feeling solemn, Nash swiftly revised their strategy.

Pulling out all seeded talents on the verge of corruption from the fight, Nash gathered the rest and split them into teams to hunt the lord-level dark beasts nearby.

Controlling multiple battlefronts while fighting himself, Nash pushed the [Sensing Module System] to its maximum capacity to track everyone’s movements and give commands.

Unfortunately, with his computational power divided into multiple threads, lag in his commands began to emerge, as errors began to creep into the battlefield.

Such mistakes were deadly, as it quickly swept out multiple seeded talents out of the fight.

Fortunately, thanks to protective measures from their families and organizations, they still retained a flicker of vitality.

Quickly wrapping up the battle, Nash directed everyone to rescue the injured before moving to the next fight.

Every minute, every second, as they shuttled around hunting lord-level dark beasts, the other dark beasts began breaching the shelter.

Frantically using merits to repair the walls, they fought on, disregarding everything.

— Soon, as hours passed, Nash and the few still standing finally wiped out all the lord-level dark beasts nearby.

“The battle isn’t over yet…” Pushing through their fatigue and mental haze, they began clearing the remaining dark beasts, easing the pressure on the walls.

As the others recovered, they joined in, helping to clear the dark beasts.

Stabilizing the battlefield after the sudden surge in difficulty, Nash heaved a sigh of relief as they continued their defense.

— Three months after the battle, the dark beast tide finally ended.

With only a few dark beasts remaining, Nash and the others easily cleared them out in just a few days.

“It’s over…” Covered in injuries and exhausted, everyone returned to the shelter in a daze.

This time, they had no energy left for anything.

Lying in silence, they waited as the clock ticked on.

Even Nash, who had automated most of the battle, slumped to the ground, exhausted from months of accumulated fatigue.

Despite his powerful soul, three months of relentless fighting without a single day of rest had worn him down.

Glancing at their remaining merits, Nash could only smile wryly.

From over ten quadrillion, there were only a few trillion remaining.

It was truly a close battle that had nearly brought them to ruin.

Thankfully, after checking, not one of the seeded talents had died.

Sacrificing merits for their lives was worth it, no matter the cost.

It wasn’t out of sympathy, but because each of these talents was a blade Nash could wield in the upcoming cosmic competition.

Having endured such grueling training, Nash was no longer content with merely advancing in the cosmic competition.

He wanted to challenge a greater difficulty, taking the special route to become one of the dominators in the coming cosmic competition!

Though they might fail, and he might even die, Nash had a premonition that avoiding this leap would haunt him later.

Trusting his instincts, Nash could only take the risk and go all in!

Pushing past his fatigue, Nash turned to the shelter panel that continuously rang in his ears.

[Starfire Shelter has advanced to Level 5…] [Rewarding Title: Pioneer] [Permanent Buff: +10% Power | +100% Endurance | +100% Training Efficiency] [Additional Reward: Choose one – Soul Power Increase | Talent Enhancement | Void Affinity Boost | Tailored Manual | Void Beast Egg | Perfect Item…] “There’s an additional reward too?” Beyond the title of Pioneer and the permanent buff, Nash hadn’t expected there would be extra rewards.

What Nash didn’t know was that the additional reward came from meeting the minimum shelter advancement speed.

If it had taken them longer to advance, they could only receive the title and buff, as most others knew.

With no time to dwell on the reason, Nash stared at the additional rewards, pondering his choice.