I Can Program My Body? - Chapter 393
Chapter 393: The Darkness Settles
Meanwhile, situated at other major veins, the great teams and top alliances also began to prepare.
For them, this cosmic competition was already a done deal. What they needed to do now was accumulate strength, grow stronger, and prepare for what was to come.
Especially the members of the Solaris Alliance.
They were planning to attack the Core Vein, which contained the wealth and resources of this uncharted zone.
Although they already had inexhaustible tier 5 resource points, compared to the one they were planning to conquer, it was nothing.
To reach level 6 or even higher shelter levels, what they needed was a law-grade resource.
In this Tier 5 Uncharted Zone, the only place they could find such a grade of resources was in the main vein.
Having only about six months to prepare, instead of relaxing, they worked even harder.
From arming everyone with at least tier 4 runic weapons, building tier 4 and 5 war weapons, recruiting talents, and strengthening themselves, every moment counted.
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In the Solaris Shelter, the leader of the Solaris Alliance, Eldora, looked at the list of teams with a frown.
“Star Alliance? Liberty Coalition Alliance? What teams are these?”
Throughout the entire competition, Eldora had been in seclusion.
Having just woken up, he began to review the progress of his team and the formation of the Solaris Alliance.
Seeing two unfamiliar alliances that weren’t included in the list he was given before, Eldora turned to the others.
“The Star Alliance is an emerging dark horse in this competition. As of now, their leading shelter is about to enter the top hundred.”
“Only the top hundred? How could they join us? Is there something unique in this alliance?” Eldora’s frown deepened.
Although it seemed incredible, for him, entering the top hundred was barely passable, much less, they hadn’t even entered it yet.
“It’s according to Excellency Elizabeth’s recommendation. Should we remove them from the list?”
“Elizabeth?” Eldora suddenly became alert. “Is the leader of this Star Alliance a man or a woman?”
He’d already designated Elizabeth as one of his women. He couldn’t let any mishap happen now.
“It’s a man.”
Hearing his subordinate’s reply, silence filled the room.
“Should we remove them, Your Excellency?”
“No, it was Elizabeth’s recommendation, how could I remove them?” Eldora smiled.
However, in his mind, he was already plotting a way to erase this team from the world. Instead of removing them from the list, wouldn’t it be better to kill them along the way?
Having been born into the noble Solari Family, Eldora felt entitled to everything in the world.
Whether it was wealth, status, talent, power, or women, as long as he set his eyes on something, everything in his way could only be eliminated.
Smiling, he turned his attention to the other alliance.
“What about this Liberty Coalition Alliance? Is it related to the Liberty Alliance?”
“Yes, Your Excellency. It seems they’ve started to set their eyes on the cosmic competition.”
“Troublesome. I didn’t expect these hypocrites would have their hands in this competition.” Eldora’s frown returned.
The Liberty Alliance was a newly emerging force in the Solaris Domain, faintly suppressing even the Solari Family.
They were like a cult, a group of heretics that shouted equality and deluded other sectors into joining them.
As of this time, before the cosmic competition, they’d amassed hundreds of thousands of sectors in their organization.
No one could underestimate such a frightening force.
What was more worrying was that their true motive remained unclear.
So far, the Solari Family and other organizations had already petitioned the investigation of the Liberty Alliance to the Chronos Empire.
A force that could break the balance of rules was a cancer that needed to be quickly eliminated.
Unfortunately, the Chronos Empire was as silent as ever. After petitioning, it seemed a stone had just fallen into the sea, causing not even a ripple.
Looking at the Liberty Coalition Alliance that forcibly joined because of their strength and influence, Eldora couldn’t help but have a headache.
He even forgot about his annoyance with the Star Alliance as he began to think about how he could maneuver around this aggregate of cancer.
“Huh… Just prepare well. I only hope that nothing happens before we move onto the next stage of the competition.”
Eldora no longer wanted to bother conquering this uncharted zone. As long as they could gather enough resources to upgrade their shelter to level 6, it was enough.
Instructing his subordinates on what to do, he returned to seclusion, planning to condense the last few elemental cores.
“1600 elements… Just 18 more…”
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A week later, the surge of dark energy finally ceased to increase.
In the Star Alliance, at the top of Tsuka, Nash, who’d witnessed everything, finally heaved a sigh of relief.
“It’s finally over. I thought it would keep increasing for months.”
Like torrential rain, if it didn’t stop for months, everything would be flooded. Seeing the aftermath of the surge, Nash sighed.
Out of the over hundred thousand teams in the Ashura Path, only about 80-90 thousand teams remained.
This was just the beginning of the disaster; once it reached the climax, there might not even be thirty thousand teams left.
“This path is really brutal.”
Either you win or die. There was no alternate path.
Calming down, Nash tried to extend the range of the Aura Mirage.
Earlier, due to the fluctuations in the dark energy, the concealment of the aura mirage couldn’t work.
As a result, they could only depend on the barrier from the Aegis Core.
Spending quadrillions of merits every day just to stay protected had long made his heart ache.
Fortunately, there were already hundreds of teams staying in the Star Alliance Stronghold.
Even if he only increased the price they needed to pay to stay by 20%, he could still make a profit and fund their expenses.
Still, compared to the concealment barrier that barely cost anything, using the Aegis Core was such a waste.
Soon, as the concealment barrier extended, Nash suddenly felt it get stuck.
“No, the dark energy’s become too thick for the concealment barrier to work.” Nash frowned.
Like air turning into a viscous liquid, the structure that made up the concealment barrier was too fragile to expand.
Unable to work, Nash could only put it down.
“Tsk, no wonder it only cost a few million!”