I Can Program My Body?-Chapter 586: The Grand Array Project

Soon, as the swarm ended, everyone shifted into recovery.

There was no celebrating. People were too busy tending to their wounds and counting what they had lost.

Some cosmic elites were even still out on the front line, clearing the last scattered dark beasts.

The general army was also working to reclaim the wild planets they had used as a defensive line.

Since most of the army was still at tier 2 and 3, unable to fight effectively in open space, they had used the planets as bait to draw in weaker dark beasts.

Although it had worked, the cost was devastating, with millions of planets reduced to ruin.

Not wanting to waste what remained, they began reinforcing the debris with heavy machinery.

This is not to make the planets livable again, but to turn them into a true defensive barrier.

Instead of growing forests and crops, they planted turrets. Instead of buildings, they raised planetary cannons.

With no time to sit with their grief, everyone kept moving, pouring whatever they had left into strengthening the alliance.

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A week later, with the Sun Star Territory stabilized and every dark beast in sight cleared, Nash told everyone to slow down.

Especially the civilians and army stretched across the million-planet defensive line.

He understood their anxiety. But pushing harder wouldn’t fix anything.

Besides, another major outbreak wasn’t coming anytime soon. With the surrounding area freshly cleared, it would take time before the dark beasts regrouped.

Rather than burning everyone out by reinforcing a defensive line that wouldn’t be needed for a while, it was better to rest and train.

Soon, once he had settled everyone’s nerves, Nash called a meeting, not just the Star Alliance’s top brass, but every leader across the 94 teams of the Xenus Alliance.

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"Is everyone here?" Nash asked.

"Everyone’s present." Torr confirmed.

"Good. First, I’d like to officially welcome everyone from the Xenus Alliance. May we have a peaceful and productive partnership in the years ahead." Nash said.

Hearing his words, a round of applause followed.

After months of fighting side by side, their partnership was more solid than ever.

Unless something massive happened, their unity wasn’t something that could break easily.

"To strengthen our cooperation further, how about every cosmic team settles within the Neon Star Cluster System?" Nash proposed.

The Neon Star Cluster System wasn’t what it used to be.

What had once been a modest cluster of stars and planets had grown into a mega star cluster, with the sun star void at its core and thousands of planetary clusters spreading out from the center.

Accommodating a few dozen cosmic teams was no problem at all.

"That sounds ideal. Living here should be quite something." Everyone agreed without hesitation.

They had already surveyed most of the system on the way in.

Beyond the sheer size, the void energy concentration was unlike anything they had experienced before.

Just by breathing, they could feel their blood reinvigorated.

In such a place, whether its soul, elemental, or law training, everything would be accelerated.

"Haha, pick wherever you like. Just know I’m only giving you a thousand planets per team." Nash added.

Although there were millions of planets, he wasn’t that generous.

Furthermore, he had plans for the rest of the planets, from resource production to training grounds and key facilities for the Star Alliance.

"Understood. Do we pay additional rent on top of what we already agreed to?"

"Let’s set it at 100 million chrono per planet annually." Nash said after a moment.

He didn’t want the price to feel punishing.

At this rate, even a team occupying all 1,000 planets would owe only 100 billion chrono a year.

"That’s too generous. Are you sure?"

"Think of it as an investment in our partnership. No need to dwell too much on numbers."

Hearing this, everyone nodded in understanding.

Since it was Nash who recommended them to stay, setting a high rent would only breed resentment.

"Anyway, once everyone settles in, we can look at closer cooperation. Like joint training, exchanges, tournaments, joint research, and the like." Nash steered the conversation forward.

More hands and more minds working together meant faster growth for everyone.

"Why don’t we build a Virtual Combat Tower then? With all our scientists it should be feasible?" Tathia suggested, liking the idea.

"Yeah, it would be perfect. It’s too boring to just train by ourselves." Torr chimed in.

Thinking they had to stay for ten years in this place, he already began to feel bored.

However, with a Virtual Combat Tower, they would at least have some entertainment.

Maybe they could even share it with other virtual servers around the wild void territory and collect some payment.

"It’s indeed good, however our priority is to build the great concealment barrier array."

Before thinking of anything else, they had to stay hidden first.

Otherwise, much less another swarm of dark beasts attracted by the sun star void, they might face other cosmic teams.

"We’ll cooperate with you, just tell us what you need."

"Hmm, then I’ll take you up on your words..."

In his plan, Nash wanted to build a great concealment barrier array that could cover about 300 cosmic teams.

It should also be expandable and could adapt to other array systems, such as attack, defense, and various auxiliary array systems.

Hearing his requirements, all the scientists in the room couldn’t help but furrow their brows.

Especially the only tier 6 scientist among them, Cadence, from the Tathia Cosmic Team alliance.

"Your request is too much. Besides needing multiple times more materials, the difficulty to create it is too immense." Cadence said.

Even she, a tier 6 scientist, felt her mind ache just thinking about how to realize Nash’s vision.

"Is it not possible?"

"It’s possible but—"

"Since it’s possible, then it’s not a problem! Whether it’s resources or manpower, calculate it for me. If the time it takes is too long, then I wouldn’t insist." Nash gave an ultimatum.

Since he would be investing in such a grand project, Nash wanted to make it as perfect as possible.

"Sigh. We can only do our best..."