CHAPTER 339: TSUKA LVL 3 (2)

"Come on, Captain, tell us what Tsuka’s ability is!" they urged, seeing Nash in a daze.

"Why don’t I just show it to you?" Nash smiled helplessly, instructing Tsuka to activate the healing field.

Soon, enveloped in a warm light, they began to feel refreshed, as if they were bathing in a spring.

All their fatigue seemed to vanish, replaced by comfort as if they were back in their mother’s womb.

"Huh~ This feeling. It’s like soaking in top-notch healing liquid!"

"Is this Tsuka’s ability? So powerful!"

"Haha, a constant healing field? Wouldn’t we be invincible?!"

"It’s not finished yet..." Smiling, Nash urged Tsuka to activate its other ability.

Suddenly, as they heard his puzzling words, the land where their base stood rose like a mountain.

From 1 kilometer high to over 10 kilometers high mountain ground.

It was as if they were transported to another dimension, with their base turning toward the sky.

"This—two abilities?!"

"How could a mysterious beast awaken two abilities?"

"Is this even possible? Is this the benefit from the Void Administrator?"

"It must be! How could a mysterious beast awaken two abilities at once?"

Hearing their doubts, Tsuka began to stomp its feet in complaint.

Wanting to prove itself, Tsuka began to carve little statues resembling itself all over the shelter.

Then, with a stomp of its feet, Tsuka trumpeted, as if saying, "It was me!"

Speechless, everyone finally had time to calm down.

"It’s really Tsuka..."

"Awesome, is Tsuka a Primal Mysterious Beast?" one of the more knowledgeable members finally remembered.

"Primal Mysterious Beast?"

Opening the [Library Module], they quickly searched for available information on it.

Seeing that it was the top-tier mysterious creature, used only by royalty and high-ranking officials in the Chronos Empire, their shock deepened.

Still unable to believe it, they began to chatter with Tsuka, pestering it to use its abilities for all sorts of things.

Raising their base into the mountain sky somewhat alleviated the number of dark beasts attacking them.

However, doing so also heightened the danger at the resource point they were mining.

Tsuka’s ability wasn’t effective against the resource point.

Besides the ground around it, Tsuka couldn’t manipulate other areas.

It was also too large to bring directly to them.

While their base covered only a few hundred kilometers, the resource point spanned thousands of kilometers.

Wanting more convenience, they began asking Tsuka to renovate the place.

"These guys..." Seeing that they forgot about him, Nash couldn’t help but shake his head.

"Anyway, let’s see the reward this time..."

After the shelter upgraded to Level 3, its connection to the Void Administrator reached 70%, unlocking most of the functions of a typical shelter.

The range also expanded, covering tens of thousands of kilometers.

Additionally, they were able to unlock real-time communication within the shelter, a feature not even present in the regulated zones.

"It seems the Void Administrator is spending a lot of energy this time..."

Real-time communication had always been a headache in the dark plane.

Besides the ban on technology, there were disturbances and noise from dark energy.

Unless it involved complex code directly generated by individual runic programs, like what he did, propagating real-time communication was expensive.

Testing the communication interface provided by the Void Administrator, Nash noticed several key points.

First, the range, besides a few thousand kilometers from the shelter, it wasn’t effective.

Second, the cost, each message costs merit points depending on the distance.

Third, there was also a dedicated space for each cosmic team to chat publicly and even privately.

Although the cost was steep, it was still a very useful tool for gathering intel or trading.

[Ashura Forum: 2,751 Active Shelter

Kular Sector: It seems a new team has appeared.

Thufrim Sector: Nova Sector? I think I’ve heard of them.

Shemer Sector: It’s a new team that joined the Ashura Path. I didn’t expect they’d make it this far.

Jawa Sector: A new team? How is this possible?

Forlorn Sector: Welcome, newcomer! Can you share your experience?

Khudurra Sector: Is anyone willing to team up with us? We found a top-grade lode resource point.

Fawning Sector: What? A high-grade lode? Where are you approximately?

Khudurra Sector: We are...]

"It’s so lively." Seeing the endless barrage of chat, Nash felt a bit intrigued.

Browsing through the forum, he found that most of the discussions centered on cooperation regarding high-grade resource lodes, daily chats about dangers, and the earlier phenomena.

Fortunately, it seemed no one had connected the blinding light to the Nova Team earlier; otherwise, they would have been in a lot of trouble.

In their mind, the Nova Team was too weak to cause such a big commotion.

Most of them suspected it was a team from the top hundred or at least the top thousand.

The Nova team, which was new to the Ashura Path, was essentially out of the equation.

Closing the Ashura Forum, Nash opened the ranking page.

[Nova Sector — Level 3 Shelter (Progress: 0%)]

"It’s the same as the active members in the forum. It seems only those who reach Level 3 shelters can access it."

Understanding the forum’s mechanics, Nash turned toward the top ranks.

[Ashura Ranking

1. Solaris Capital — Level 3 Shelter Seed (Progress: 96.1%)

2. Vortan Sector — Level 3 Shelter (Progress: 88.3%)

3. Ignis Sector — Level 3 Shelter (Progress: 87.8%)

4. Erebus Sector — Level 3 Shelter (Progress: 87.5%)

5. Aqua Shelter — Level 3 Shelter (Progress: 87.4%)

6. Zephyra Sector — Level 3 Shelter (Progress: 59.1%)

7. Tydara Sector — Level 3 Shelter (Progress: 58.9%)

8. Obrion Sector — Level 3 Shelter (Progress: 58.3%)

9. Cryon Sector — Level 3 Shelter (Progress: 57.5%)

10. Ecliptis Sector — Level 3 Shelter (Progress: 57.2%)]

"Hiss, the top teams are as strong as ever," Nash muttered in shock.

Seeing that the top team was just a few percent away from reaching a Level 4 shelter, Nash felt numb.

The top thirty were basically halfway to a Level 4 shelter, while the top hundred were at about 20%, and the top thousand were at 10-15%.

As for those over a thousand, they were still hovering below 10%.

"It seems we can catch up soon..." Nash’s eyes lit up.

With a high-grade resource lode and the resources’ high affinity to Tsuka, their progress should be miles ahead of the others.

"We’re coming for the top thousand..."