Hearing Nash’s question, they quickly came back to their senses.

Reading the blueprint he presented, they felt stunned to silence.

This was basically a complete mass production of a tier 6 dark technology, something they had never heard of before.

At this moment, they finally understood why Nash was standing before them and not any other talent.

"We are absolutely astounded, Supreme Leader. I didn’t expect your ability could bridge the gap that many great scientists still face to this day," Aykroyd muttered with a sigh.

As a tier 6 scientist, although he still hadn’t tested Nash’s plan, he was sure it would work.

The combination of genetic ability, technology, and talent was really beyond belief.

After calming down, everyone began to praise Nash for his design.

If they could really mass-produce a tier 6 dark technological battleship, they could carve a piece of territory in this dangerous world.

"The only problem we have now is training professionals..." one of the top runic-engraving professionals spoke.

Although he could easily achieve 90% purity in his runic engraving, the same couldn’t be said for others.

Even a tier 6 runic engraver might only have 70–80% purity, much less those at lower tiers.

"That’s right. How do we solve this? Training them from scratch would take too long."

They didn’t need just one or two runic engravers with high purity, but millions or even billions.

If their goal was to mass-produce this dark technology, they needed as many qualified workers as possible.

"Don’t worry. I’m already creating a sub-module in the runic system to take care of this," Nash smiled.

"Oh? Really? That’s great!"

"How is it done, Supreme Leader?"

"Could we directly master perfect control and purity?" they asked, looking at him with their eyes lit up.

"Of course not. How could there be such a good thing in this world?"

Although it could be done, Nash estimated it would be an enormous energy consumer.

Instead of providing them a direct shortcut to control their power, Nash wanted to give them a platform to train.

Not only would the results be entirely their own, but it would also cost less energy.

Nash could even charge a fee for those who used it.

After explaining the matter to everyone, they nodded in understanding.

Indeed, giving them the result without any effort was too illogical.

Even if it could be achieved, the cost was too massive to popularize.

"Now that our flagship product is solved, we can craft some merchandise to earn extra money."

"Haha, Supreme Leader really hit the mark!"

With a flagship product to attract the market, they didn’t need to compete with others and could sell their product at a premium.

With the money from the dark technological battleship and the ancillary products, they would surely earn a fortune!

"Besides money, Supreme Leader, what should we focus on?"

At the mention of this question, everyone straightened in attention.

"We should focus on investigating and recruiting every ally we can find. Our numbers are still too few. If we want to have a piece of this world, besides money, we need people," Nash said solemnly.

Although having money could solve many things, they couldn’t do without people.

Like the Azure Heaven Alliance, while the Neon Star Alliance only had about 700 cosmic team alliances, they had tens of thousands.

Tens of thousands. Such a force could already lord over and manage a few domains.

Yet this was only the surface of what they could investigate.

Nash was sure there were many more across different wild domains they couldn’t reach.

There might be hundreds of thousands, or even millions, of cosmic team alliances that make up their group.

To go against even a behemoth, wealth and power alone weren’t enough.

Especially since they were competing for territory.

To conquer, develop, and protect a large area, a substantial population was necessary.

Nodding in agreement, everyone began to give their opinions about recruitment.

Investigating various teams was easy; recruiting them was the difficult part.

As for whether they were willing to merge with the Neon Star Alliance, they needed to offer sufficient benefits and demonstrate sufficient potential.

"This matter is not urgent; you can take your time. I’d rather have a small, orderly group than a large team full of chaos."

"We will keep it in mind, Supreme Leader."

They were indeed a little in a hurry.

After staying secluded for a decade, hiding as they watched other teams prosper and expand, they couldn’t wait to leave their mark on the world.

However, they forgot that this cosmic competition was not a race but a marathon to see who lasted the longest.

They just needed to proceed steadily, building the most sturdy foundation that would never collapse.

After discussing practical matters, they moved on to logistical matters.

First was the integration of the virtual world into the public server.

Although this would expose their private virtual server to vulnerabilities, as long as they were careful, there shouldn’t be any problem.

Furthermore, with a tier 7 mechanical being managing the whole thing, their security should be quite solid.

Second was to investigate an area they could settle.

They couldn’t just roam randomly, hoping to land in a peaceful area.

The place didn’t need to be too rich in resources; as long as there wasn’t any cosmic alliance comparable to the Azure Heaven Alliance, it was acceptable.

They could just buy and create everything they needed, guarding this little land until they amassed enough strength.

Lastly, there was the addition of another core array in the Sun Star Void Area.

After the Runic System Amplification Array, they began building the Celestial Acceleration Array.

However, due to the lack of materials, the size of the project, and a shortage of manpower, there hadn’t been much progress.

Most of them talked about how to accelerate the project, either by recruiting external forces or buying more technology to do the job.

Either way, while the acceleration was simpler than all three core arrays they built before, the sheer scale surpassed all of them combined.

"Now for the next step..."