I Can Program My Body?-Chapter 540: Tier 2 Scientific Assessment

Unable to think deeper about the purpose of the Virtual Realm, Nash shut down his mind, recovering from the previous battle.

While it didn’t cause any damage, it still left him feeling drained.

There was also the corrosion of elements. Nash thought that since it was virtual, he could recover after the battle. Who knew it would still have a lingering effect?

"It should be because the power materializes from my soul," Nash deduced.

It seemed that while the virtual world could simulate everything, the soul, which was its anchor, was still special.

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An hour later, after resting to peak condition, Nash opened his eyes.

"There’s still some time to fight." Nash thought, eager for another round.

After the condensation of an elemental core, he had a three-hour window to let it settle.

Having only spent over an hour and a half, he could still have one or two battles.

Turning his gaze on the Chronos Arena Panel, Nash finally saw his current ranking.

[Placement Match Over]

[Calculating the final rank...]

[Noir (03805)

Rank: Bronze 76

Win: 3 Loss: 0 Draw: 0

Total Earnings: 2.8 million (withdraw?)]

"Bronze 76? It seems the Chronos System also noticed my limit."

If it were any higher, Nash would surely lose without a fight.

Unless he used his [Overlimit Module System], going to the 80s and 90s was a suicide.

Starting at Bronze 76, a higher level than his last battle, Nash could train better first.

"Now, it’s time for round four."

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A few hours later, after fighting another two battles, Nash prepared to exit the arena.

[Noir (03805)

Rank: Bronze 78

Win: 6 Loss: 0 Draw: 0

Total Earnings: 75.3 million (withdraw?)]

Winning another two battles, Nash was utterly exhausted.

Fortunately, it wasn’t all for naught.

The first benefit was money. After getting loyal viewers, every battle was packed.

Coupled with the tips and the proportion he earned through gambling, Nash made tens of millions of chronos in just a few fights.

Nash estimated that once he reached Gold and Platinum Rank, earning billions would be easy!

Of course, the premise was that he had to win. Otherwise, he wouldn’t earn a thing.

At lower ranks, there was still a consolation, which the loser took out 5% of the pot. At higher ranks, only the winner would get a share, which was 30%.

Besides the money, Nash also got better at controlling his power.

While the following two battles were longer, Nash didn’t need to use any of his trump cards.

Just with his elemental core and raw power, he could defeat his enemies in a battle of endurance.

Nash also developed two additional skills using the celestial beasts: Explosion 2.0 and Elemental Drain.

Explosion 2.0 was the improved version of his previous skill. Instead of the celestial beasts exploding individually, they would fuse into a stronger attack.

Using this skill, he ended two of his last fights after they were exhausted.

As for Elemental Drain, it was the skill that gave him the ability to whittle his opponents down to nothing.

Not only could it absorb the free-flowing elemental energy from the atmosphere, it could also drain the enemy of their elements.

More importantly, by using this external energy without allowing it to cycle through his body, he could minimize the corrosion of the elements.

The reason he was bothered by this before was that the energy he released and replenished would pass through his body, thereby corroding it with elements.

With this free external energy, he could use to attack, Nash could last longer even if he merged with hundreds of celestial beasts!

Satisfied with his harvest from battle, Nash was eager for another round.

"I need to condense an elemental core first," Nash thought, logging out of the Chronos Arena.

Then, after returning to the real world, without taking a pause, Nash diligently condensed another elemental core.

With the alternation of condensing elements and battling in the Chronos Arena, time began to pass.

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20 days later.

"Huh~ Time really flew by!" Nash muttered, stopping his current movement.

Having just finished condensing an elemental core, he initially wanted to head to the Chronos Arena.

However, the time for the scientific assessment had arrived.

Tidying up, Nash quickly headed to his personal battleship.

"Where are we going, Master?" Atom asked.

After finishing all his duties, Atom stayed by in case Nash needed it to drive.

"To the Nexus administrative planet."

"Roger that!"

With the destination set, Atom quickly drove out the Void Pulse.

Meanwhile, seated in the captain’s seat, Nash began to think about his busy days.

Besides fighting and training, Nash had also been busy optimizing the [Sensing Module System].

Having already touched upon it to make the universal runic system, Nash was nearly about to complete it.

"It should be done in another month."

If Nash concentrated on it, he might finish the optimization in a week.

However, balancing training, combat experience, and optimization was more in line with Nash’s thoughts.

While he might not be able to optimize all the module systems before leaving, he could have the power that he could perfectly control.

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A few hours later, after a long voyage, they finally arrived at the Nexus administrative planet.

"It’s time for my assessment~" Nash stretched his body and went out.

"Good luck, Master. Call me if you need me." Atom said, driving the Void Pulse out of the docking station.

The Nexus administrative planet was stricter than the Solari Administrative Planet. 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

Besides the docking station, no battleship could land on the planet.

The planet was basically a no-fly zone.

No matter what one’s status was, even if they were Azaela, there was no exception.

After all, this was a branch of the Convention of Truth, the premier organization in the Chronos Empire.

Like its own little world, everyone took cautious steps, minding their every move as they went through the area.

Looking at his fellow examinees, Nash was a little amused.

"You still have the mood to laugh. Admirable." A voice sounded from his side.

"You are?"

"I’m Cedric, an examinee for the tier 2 scientist assessment. You are?"

"I’m Nash..."