I Can Program My Body?
Chapter 121: Growing Strength

Chapter 121: Growing Strength

The Next Day.

Nash arrived at the Dark Willow Shelter as usual to meet up with his teammates.

"Boss Nash, you’re getting stronger and stronger!"

"How do you train, boss? Got any tips?"

"Your strength seems to jump every time you take a day off."

"Boss must be training behind our backs!"

Though they couldn’t directly see the saturation rate in his body, they could feel the power radiating from Nash.

Not only was it stronger, it was noticeably more intense than before.

"There is no secret. I just have better control over my body, so I can use merits more efficiently," Nash explained.

"I see, as expected of you, boss!"

With greater control, Nash could utilize more merits than usual, boosting his void saturation much faster.

"No more chatter. Time to head to the Willow Jungle," Nash said, leading the group.

The Willow Jungle was not only larger but also richer in resources than the Willow Forest.

Even after hunting for a month, they had only harvested a quarter of the herbs in the area.

Nash estimated they could still gather about 10 million merits worth of herbs before moving to another danger zone.

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Soon after arriving at the Willow Jungle, they began another fruitful day of work.

As the hours passed, the group couldn’t help but notice Nash becoming more adept at finding herbs.

It was as if he had a mental map that tracked the status and position of each herb in three dimensions.

He even started warning them about approaching dark beasts, making it easier to protect the team.

When facing a stronger dark beast, Nash was fiercer than ever, taking down each 5-star dark beast with a single strike.

If they didn’t know better, they might have thought Nash was a 5-star void warrior.

Even William felt a bit inferior and useless in the face of Nash’s power.

It wasn’t about combat skills but raw strength.

"I’ve been slacking lately..." William thought solemnly.

During their downtime after hunting, he would use merits to increase his saturation rate.

However, due to the speed at which he absorbed and controlled void energy, no matter how many merits he had, it made little difference.

After months of hard work, he was still at 270% saturation.

Though fast, it paled in comparison to Nash’s occasional bursts of progress.

Clenching his fist, a decision solidified in his mind.

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Returning to the Black Willow Shelter, Nash sold the herbs to the Verdant Group as usual.

"Over 230 thousand merits? Why did it increase so suddenly? Did you go to a different danger zone?" Leslie asked, puzzled.

From 190 thousand to 230 thousand, their yield increased by 20% all of a sudden.

"Haha, the boss was more efficient than usual. Isn’t it natural that we could harvest more herbs?"

"That’s right! It’s a pity we’re quite slow; otherwise, we could harvest even more."

"Boss, maybe we could invite more to join! That way, we could increase our harvest!"

Seeing that they didn’t take her seriously and began talking among themselves. Leslie clicked her tongue and quickly collected the herbs.

These people were really infuriating. Weren’t they collecting enough herbs?

Any faster, and all the danger zones around the Black Willow Shelter would go bald.

At that point, what was the use of the Verdant Shop settled in the shelter?

Herbs were the only redeeming factor of this place. Without them, no one would be foolish enough to venture and fight those troublesome dark beasts that didn’t yield many merits.

Meanwhile, hearing his teammate’s suggestion, Nash fell into deep thought.

Indeed, increasing their numbers meant increasing their efficiency.

Although this would cut his share, they could harvest more merits in return.

Initially, he hadn’t considered this, as they were already over the limit at which he could locate the herbs.

However, after optimizing the [Sensing Module System], he could find all the herbs within a few kilometers’ radius, even with his eyes closed.

Rocks, soil, trees, weeds, shrubs, and even the dark beasts that usually got in his way and blocked his sight could no longer affect him.

If not for poor communication, Nash could even sit while giving orders to the team.

Unfortunately, with the technology ban in the Dark Plane, he could only yell and use body signals to instruct them.

If not for the lack of time, Nash even wanted to create a team module system to link everyone he chose to himself.

Although it seemed inconceivable, with the unique power of void energy, it shouldn’t be impossible.

"It’s indeed time to get more people. If you have anyone to recommend, just tell me."

"Great! We can finally add more people!"

"A few of my friends were dying to know when we would recruit more. Haha, just in time!"

"With more people, our efficiency would increase multiple times!"

"But how will our shares be calculated then?"

Although they were excited to add more people, they began to worry about their profits.

"We’ll calculate it after we recruit enough people."

Having more people meant the distribution of merits would be more scattered.

If the team doubled, they had to earn at least three times more for it to be worth it.

Otherwise, adding more people would be senseless.

After they sold the herbs and split the merits, the team began to disband one by one.

Planning to call their friends and acquaintances for such an opportunity, they couldn’t help but hurry.

Just as Nash was about to leave, he caught William signaling him to talk.

Waiting a few minutes until only the two of them were left, Nash asked, "Do you need something?"

"Boss... I may not be able to join you for a while," William mustered his courage and said.

"Did something happen at home? Don’t worry, you can take a leave as long as you need," Nash agreed, thinking William had some family matters to attend to.

"Will you reserve a spot for me, boss?"

"Of course, you’re always welcome! You can come back anytime you want!"