CHAPTER 217: REQUEST TO ZEKE

Hearing they would have three months of rest, those who were still conscious felt like celebrating.

However, as they heard the next sentence, their smiles faded away.

"One and a half years? Is this still training and not the competition?"

In the domain-level cosmic competition, they only needed to survive for three years, yet in this training, they had to endure half that time?

How was this still training?

The unregulated zone of the dark plane was no place for the living.

Surviving even a single day was already a challenge for most.

Yet, besides the cosmic competition, they had to face it in training?

"If you’re scared, you can quit now," Zeke said nonchalantly.

Hearing his words, silence echoed in the field.

Leave the seeded talent program? No, never.

Not only was it humiliating, but they would also be condemned by the organization and families behind them.

"Remember, in this training program, my words are final. If you can’t handle them, you’re welcome to quit anytime," Zeke said coldly, scanning everyone.

Although they would train in the unregulated zone, it was not like he would leave them alone.

Although he wouldn’t save them from every danger, at least their lives were guaranteed.

Instead of complaining, they should be grateful he was taking the time to protect them.

In this training, they weren’t the ones losing out, but he was!

Seeing no one dared to complain, Zeke snorted.

Turning toward Nash, who had remained calm the entire time, he couldn’t help but nod in satisfaction.

Suddenly, recalling Nash’s earlier help, Zeke considered giving him a reward.

"Is there anything you want?"

"Me?" Nash asked, confused.

Seeing the mighty War God instructor asking what he wanted, he was a bit shocked.

"Yes, what do you want? I’ll see if I can grant it," Zeke repeated.

Confirming Zeke wasn’t joking, Nash fell silent, his mind racing to consider what he needed most.

Currently, he was already self-sufficient in terms of resources, money, and weapons.

Then, thinking of his current reading efficiency, Nash realized what he needed!

"Can I have all the books in the Nova Library printed in physical copies? I want to bring them to the Dark Plane."

That’s right, Nash wanted nothing but books.

With his current reading efficiency, much less three months, even if he had another three years, he couldn’t upload everything to the [Memory Module System] in time.

The books in the Nova Library weren’t just in the millions or billions, but in the trillions!

Even with thousands of parallel consciousnesses reading 24/7, he could only read a few billion books in a year.

"Huh? You want all the books in the library printed?" Zeke asked, shocked.

He had thought Nash might need money, resources, weapons, or even protection. Never in his mind did he imagine Nash would want books.

"Well, only the ones I have permission to access."

"Ahem, are you sure?"

Even if Nash only wanted books from tier 0 to tier 5, it was still an enormous undertaking.

Printing books wasn’t just about paper and materials; it also involved various permissions.

"Can’t I?" Nash asked hopefully.

Reading them in the virtual world for free was already a privilege in itself; printing them for his own use was another matter.

"I’ll ask if I can get you copies of all the books."

Seeing Nash’s genuine desire for knowledge, Zeke didn’t immediately decline him.

Besides, since he had asked what Nash needed, he couldn’t deny him outright.

"I see. Thank you, Instructor Zeke," Nash said sincerely.

Since Zeke didn’t immediately refuse, there was a good chance he’d be granted the printed copies.

"Hmm, I’ll let you know as soon as I have news."

Soon after giving final instructions to the seeded talents, Zeke quickly left.

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Packing up, all those who were still conscious carried the others and headed to the natural satellite to rest.

Nash also left, personally carrying Camilla back to his battleship.

"Cheep! Cheep!"

Hearing Nysr’s greeting, Nash couldn’t help but smile.

"You’ve grown again."

After months of being born, Nysr was already the size of a medium-sized predator.

In just a few more months, he should be able to fly with him freely in the sky.

Taking the unconscious Camilla to a bed, Nash drives the ship back to Auralis I.

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Auralis I, Crescent Starfall:

Returning to his residence, Nysr couldn’t help but fly wildly, revelling in the fresh environment.

"Cheep! Cheep!"

Like a bird that had just discovered the sky, Nysr tirelessly flew around.

"This silly bird..."

Seeing it quickly forgot its master after coming to a new environment, Nash couldn’t help but shake his head.

Carrying the unconscious Camilla into his residence, Nash took a quick bath and headed to the Dark Plane.

"There’s no time to rest..."

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Dark Plane, Nova Shelter, Hollow Core Chamber:

"It’s time to raise my void energy to 10,000% void saturation."

Though he wasn’t in a hurry to increase his strength, it was necessary for the next step of his advancement.

He was close to finishing the deduction of the soul-tempering Chapter of the Infinite Soul Manual.

Like a furnace, the higher his void saturation, the faster he could temper his soul.

While it wasn’t obvious at the Void Warrior rank, in later realms, void and soul saturation, fortification, and condensation would complement each other.

Walking toward the Hollow Core Chamber, Nash called out before stepping closer, "Is there an available room?"

"There is. Take room 9," one of the War Gods replied, recognizing him.

"Thank you."

Expressing his gratitude, Nash entered the Hollow Core Chamber and chose the assigned room.

Familiar with the layout, Nash felt a surge of anticipation.

Opening his dark panel, he began converting the seemingly endless merits into void energy.

[Nash Navre:

Rank: Void Warrior (3000%+)

Soul: 17,704% saturation

Merits: 1 billion+]

Under the control of the [Training Module System], a steady flow of void energy began increasing his void saturation and strengthening his body.

"This will take some time..."

Because his physique needed strengthening from the feedback of his void energy, his advancement was significantly slowed.

With nothing else to do, Nash couldn’t resist experimenting with the solid sphere of merits above him.