CHAPTER 199: DATA COLLECTION

Seeing through all the moves and weaknesses of the enemy, Nash didn’t kill it instantly. Instead, he wove around, ingraining its every detail in his mind.

"Hah, better than nothing..."

Since the [Combat Module System] couldn’t adapt to such a high-tier enemy on its own, Nash would gather the data himself.

Just as he had fought a void general puppet before until the [Combat Module System] could handle it alone, Nash aimed to do the same now.

The problem was that this approach was not only mentally taxing but would also delay his deduction of the advanced astral art.

Soon, feeling his void energy about to run out, Nash finished off the dark beast before him.

[Complete Level 11]

[Initiating the 12th level...]

Spotting a new enemy, Nash quickly scanned it with runic detection.

[Fire Eagle: Tier 3 (mutated)

Combat Ability: 125,000]

"This will be a long battle..."

With his energy restored, Nash endured another mind-burning fight.

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Soon, level after level, after over a day, he finally conquered the 100th level!

[Initiating 101st level]

"My combat module should handle this by now."

However, when he saw the enemy count rise from one to three, his face grew grim.

[Diamond Rock Ant: Tier 3 (mutated)

Combat Ability: 90,000]

"Oh? A bit weaker?" Seeing the enemy’s strength, Nash heaved a sigh of relief.

The Dark Beast Tower seemed intelligent.

As long as he didn’t fully suppress the enemy, it only changed in variety or number.

The overall danger stayed about the same.

Unfortunately, with different enemy counts, the [Combat Module System] still needed more data.

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Soon, as he continued to clear every level, he noticed the Dark Beast Tower seemed to be toying with him!

Just when he had gathered enough data, the number of enemies, the environment, the rules of victory would shift.

It even granted him a variety of weapons, then made the dark beast stronger, or gave him virtual teammates, only for it to stab him from behind.

With endless changes, he could only fight himself, letting the [Combat Module System] gather more data.

Fortunately, after ten days, enduring all 1000 levels of tribulation, the [Combat Module System] could finally keep up with the enemy on its own.

Facing the 1001 level, it managed to win despite many errors and discrepancies, even needing the [Overlimit Module System] to compensate.

Still, it was more than enough to make Nash happy, as he could finally take a break.

"Finally! I’ve had enough of this damn tower!"

Though his fighting ability had improved and his proficiency with the runic body had grown, it was too exhausting.

Worst of all, it yielded no reward!

Fighting for nothing? How could he have any motivation?

If this damned tower offered some incentive, he would be more than happy to keep fighting.

Fortunately, it wasn’t a total waste. The [Combat Module System] could now handle enemies with over 130,000 combat power on its own.

This meant, in the future, as long as the enemy, environment, or situation wasn’t too different, the [Combat Module System] could tackle foes ten times stronger than him.

"Now I can focus on my own thing!"

Letting the [Combat Module System] fumble on its own, gathering more data and refining its response mechanism, Nash began deducing an astral art to reach 10,000% void saturation.

"I hope there are enough books saved in the [Memory Module System]..."

Since he was already in a virtual world, even with a split consciousness, he couldn’t access the Nova Library.

As a result, Nash had to rely on the reserved astral arts from before.

Furthermore, with his second parallel consciousness already having a work to do, Nash needed to comprehend those astral arts himself.

"I don’t know if fighting was better..."

Shaking off his lazy thoughts, Nash dove into reading astral arts.

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One after another, thousands upon thousands, a month passed, and Nash had read over 30,000 books!

"It’s still too few..."

Though Nash hadn’t begun deducing the advanced astral arts, he knew his accumulation was still lacking.

"Whatever..."

He wasn’t stuck in the Dark Beast Tower. Once he finished the trial, he could return to the Nova Library.

Checking his body’s progress, Nash nodded in satisfaction.

After a month of the [Combat Module System] taking over, he had reached level 5,430, over halfway through the challenge.

It might be slow for those top talents. However, looking at the battle history in the [Memory Module System], it showed that the [Combat Module System] wasn’t slow; it was simply constantly gathering data.

The Dark Beast Tower seemed to sense its improvement, generating slightly stronger opponents to keep it challenged.

"What a smart Dark Beast Tower! This is the perfect place to gather battle data!"

As long as the [Combat Module System] had enough time and gradually increasing combat difficulty, its fighting ability and response would become more and more polished.

At this moment, the enemy it could face already had a combat power of 150,000.

What about in another month? A year? Ten years?

He didn’t know the limit the [Combat Module System] could achieve.

"When I have free time later, I’ll just grind here."

This place was perfect for the idle moments he spent in the runic space.

Setting the [Combat Module System] aside, he turned to Parallel No. 2 to check its progress.

"Not bad, it’s almost finished!"

Though there were some errors and discrepancies, they would only take a few hours to fix.

With such a great helper, Nash swept away his haze from the astral arts.

After checking over his progress, he continued to deduce the advanced astral art.

Unlike the soul saturation, which only required absorbing and filling a container, void energy was about stacking blocks.

This meant Nash couldn’t just focus on speed, amplification, and ability. More importantly, he had to balance each component carefully to prevent collapse.

The problem Nash faced was that all the astral art instructions only explained how to stack void saturation up to a 1000% rate!

For the remaining 9000% void saturation, Nash had to deduce how to balance them himself.

Using over 30,000 books as a foundation, he sorted what worked, what didn’t, what fit perfectly, and what was more stable.

He essentially had to piece together his own unique puzzle, using fragments from over 30,000 other puzzles!

Without the support of the Runic Space, Nash wouldn’t have dared attempt this outrageous plan.