CHAPTER 328: NEW DARK PHENOMENON

Before everyone could even calm down at the sudden light of the Dark Plane, a new dark phenomenon descended upon them.

Feeling their bodies sink to the ground, as if they weighed as much as a mountain, they instinctively realized that the new phenomenon was related to gravity.

"A thousand times the gravity..." the team quickly estimated.

"Not too bad, it should be nothing to us."

Having trained in environments with heavier gravity, a thousand times was nothing to them.

However, they quickly noticed that this wasn’t the full extent of the dark phenomenon.

"No, it seems the gravity is getting stronger!"

Although almost indistinguishable, they could feel the gravitational influence growing stronger and stronger.

"Could we even stand under this place once it worsens?"

"What are you guys thinking! Didn’t we have Tsuka?" one of them reminded.

"Huh?! Indeed! Haha, it seems this dark phenomenon is an advantage for us!"

Tsuka’s current ability was to manipulate gravity up to or below 10,000 times.

No matter how bad the gravity got, they would always have a handicap to rely on!

Meanwhile, while most of the members of the Nova Team were worrying about the new dark phenomenon, the team leaders were considering other implications.

From the intensified attacks of the dark beasts to the interactions between shelters, there were more variables to consider.

Especially with the various cosmic teams, what were once isolated groups would now have more interactions, from alliances, trade, domination, robbing, and so on.

"How do you think we should proceed, Nash? Should we get in touch with other teams?"

Now that it was easier to find other cosmic teams, cooperating with others was one of the viable core strategies.

"No need. We proceed at our own pace. Teaming up now is not conducive at our current level," Nash shook his head.

Their overall strength was still too weak.

Although they had elites who could compete with the top teams, their general members were still at the Void Commander Rank.

Even if they allied themselves with someone of the same strength, they would have to constantly watch each other’s backs, leading to more worries.

Instead of wasting his computational power to keep the balance with other cosmic teams, Nash preferred they concentrate on improving.

Although less efficient, at least it would be stable and worry-free.

"What if we encounter multiple cosmic teams?" Michael asked, concerned.

"If that happens, then we run. With Tsuka, there’s no one else in this cosmic competition who can escape faster than us," Nash smiled.

By lightening their weight while making their enemies’ steps heavier, unless it was one of the top teams, Nash couldn’t think of a way they could catch up to them.

Remembering their advantage, they couldn’t help but smile.

"Let’s quickly finish our work here and head to the next resource point. The higher the level of Tsuka, the safer we are..."

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A few days later.

After clearing the third Tier 5 resource point they had been to, they quickly packed up and marched toward the next.

The light-type resource point the Void Celestial Beast found was about 450 thousand kilometers away.

At their current speed, they should arrive in about a week.

Along the way, as they traveled through the land, they encountered multiple teams.

However, with various autonomous scouting dark technologies ahead of them, coupled with Tsuka’s speed, they bypassed all the teams, not wanting to interact with any of them.

Whether weak or strong, as long as they could run, they would.

Although it made their journey much longer, it was safer.

The only problem they encountered was the growing number of dark beasts.

Without the Eternal Night dark phenomenon suppressing the dark beast senses, they became like a beacon to flies.

Defending as they marched, their speed slowed to a crawl.

Now, instead of a week, they might not even reach their destination in a month.

"This is too slow..." Nash frowned.

So far, they had already mobilized three Tier 4 Obsidian Devastators.

Coupled with ten thousand warhammer cannons and ten million spiral behemoths, it could be said that they could run rampant anywhere in the Dark Plane.

The problem was, the pace of the Obsidian Devastator was too slow.

This war machine was made for sieging. Besides its overwhelming power, it had almost no mobility.

Slowing them down considerably, Nash had wanted to get rid of it for a long time.

Unfortunately, without enough Void Venerates to take on those lord-level dark beasts individually, they could only rely on these war machines.

"How do you even solve this turtle-like machine?!" Nash sighed in frustration.

Because of the Nova sector’s low status, they could only buy such a massive chunk of metal with a major flaw.

To recalibrate and increase its speed, Nash estimated he would need skills at least comparable to those of a Tier 2 scientist.

However, with no time for other things, he could only rely on his teammates to get through this phase.

Holding on through the hurdle, they pressed on.

Despite their slow advancement, they steadily moved forward, one step at a time.

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A few days later, on their journey, they found a large group of Cosmic Teams gathered ahead.

"What are they doing up front?" Nash asked the team member remotely controlling one of their scouting device.

"It seems to be a trading fair convened by the Aqua Team, one of the five great teams."

"A trading fair? What are they trading for?"

"I can’t see through it. There’s a large interference barrier near the trading site. The scouting device started malfunctioning near it."

"I see. Then stay on your post for now, I’ll send someone..."

Calling out to Skylar, Nash told him to investigate what the trade fair was about.

With his unbeatable speed, Skylar should be able to ensure his safety, no matter what.

"Be careful. If you feel it’s a trap, just get out of there. We don’t need to concern ourselves too much with it," Nash advised.

If not for the problem they were currently facing, Nash wouldn’t even want to check the place out.

"Leave it to me..."