I Can Program My Body?-Chapter 102 - 1 Million Merits

Soon, after contacting his supervisors, Lawrence began distributing their commissions.

The pathfinders were each paid the maximum amount of 100,000 merits.

The same went for the 4-star void warriors, each receiving 100,000 merits for their contributions.

As for the 3-star void warriors, they were given 30,000 merits for their efforts.

Finally, Lawrence made an exception and paid William 300,000 merits.

Knowing what he had done, no one voiced a single complaint.

If anything, they felt he deserved even more for his contribution.

As for Nash, he was stunned by the amount he received.

[Lawrence Levy sent you 1,100,000 Merits]

[Do you accept?]

"This... did you send the wrong amount?"

Even though he knew his worth, over a million merits felt excessive.

"Oh, this is from the Verdant Group," Lawrence explained.

"They gave one million as thanks for helping us find the herb and dealing with the dark beasts. They also hope to invite you to join the Verdant Group as an official member."

Although William’s combat ability was amazing, Nash was even stronger.

And with his eyes that could see the essence of the void, the Verdant Group was eager to have him.

"I’m sorry, I can’t accept it. I don’t want to join any organization..." Nash shook his head.

"This is just an invitation. Even if you don’t want to join, you can still accept the money. There’s also the 100,000 merits I promised you before."

"Then I’ll graciously accept."

Since he’d already clarified his stance, refusing the payment would be foolish.

"Confirm~"

Confirming the payment, Nash couldn’t help but open his dark panel to check his account.

[Nash Navre

Rank: Void Warrior (65%+)

Merits: 1,188,000]

"So much..."

Seeing over a million merits in his account, all the tiredness in his body vanished.

With this amount, forget just buying a storage treasure, he could directly advance to 100% saturation rate!

"This is what you deserve. Without you, who knows if we’d even find the herb."

"That’s right, take it—it’s yours!"

"You can also keep the herbs we picked earlier. We won’t take a cut," Elisha and the void warriors he had teamed up with added.

"You guys..."

Hearing such praise, what more could he say?

Soon after splitting everything up and exchanging virtual IDs, everyone left the Dark Plane to rest.

"Wait, what about the other things?" Nash suddenly asked, turning to Leslie.

According to the contract, he was still owed the pharmaceutical knowledge, herb encyclopedia, and a one-year purchasing license from the Verdant Group.

"I already sent it to your virtual ID. Once you log into the virtual world, it should be in your inbox."

"I see."

After all, books and licenses could all be digitized.

"Anything else?"

"Oh~ these herbs here. They should be worth fifteen thousand merits in total," Nash said shamelessly.

Since he was now a direct supplier of the Verdant Group, it only made sense to sell his harvest to them.

"Tsk, alright, I won’t bother counting."

Too tired to argue, Leslie just paid Nash what he asked.

[Leslie Crane sent you 15,000 Merits]

[Do you accept?]

"Confirm."

"Tsk, see you again sometime..."

---

Returning to reality, Nash checked the clock.

"Twenty-eight hours have passed... no wonder I’m so tired."

Without even cleaning up, Nash stood up from the basic virtual pad and slumped onto his bed.

---

Meanwhile, as Nash rested in sleep, the elite students he had lectured were training with full concentration.

With the advanced training manual and abundant resources, they were making great strides toward reaching 30% saturation rate.

Using the Void Training Potion, they trained day and night without pause.

Except for brief breaks to take nutrient solution, they hadn’t had a wink of sleep.

"Can you still go on? It should be fine to take a little rest," Hector said, his heart aching as he watched.

These kids were too much. Even he felt tired just supervising them, much less doing the training himself.

What made it worse was the pain. Watching them hold back their screams while absorbing void energy made Hector feel powerless.

Once a body absorbs too much void energy without rest, their genes would begin to collapse.

The Void Training Potion bypassed this limit, but at a cost of pain—an overwhelming amount of pain.

As their genes broke down, the potion would rebuild their structure like piecing a puzzle.

But since it didn’t fully replace the rest, the collapse continued while they trained.

Caught in a cycle of destruction and regeneration, the pain was like ants slowly eating away at their bodies.

Fortunately, most of them used numbing medicine, which reduced the pain several times over.

Still, enduring such torture day and night, even Hector could feel it in his bones.

"Uncle, there’s no need to persuade us anymore," Leo said as veins popped along his body, trembling under the unbearable strain.

"We are the light—the hope of Earth. If we can’t even endure this pain, then what are we?"

Unlike the others, Leo hadn’t taken the numbing medicine.

He believed it dulled his senses and slowed his absorption of void energy.

Hearing the words of this iron-headed kid, Hector could only click his tongue.

"What a fierce kid..."

If he had this kind of perseverance, maybe he would’ve become a Void Commander by now.

Shaking his head, Hector could only do his best, supervising their training and giving them whatever they requested.

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On the other hand, in the Virtual World—Nova Physical Center, Trial Room.

Michael knelt to the ground, facing multiple simulated dark beasts swooping toward him.

"No! I can’t give in!"

Gritting his teeth, he charged at the enemy, brandishing the swords in his hands.

"Hah! Die!"

Ignoring everything else in his mind, he let his body move on instinct, as everything started to blur.

Unfortunately, with a gap in his concentration, a death sickle cut off his head.

[Dark Void Warrior 3-Star Qualification Test: Failed!]

"Again!"

Paying the testing fee, Michael didn’t dwell on his defeat and tried again.

He was tired of being weak and suppressed. From now on, he wouldn’t leave until he passed this qualification test!

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