CHAPTER 224: A DATE

"Tier 1 scientist? That’s feasible!" Nash’s eyes lit up.

He didn’t need the money immediately.

They would only be training in the Dark Plane for one and a half years.

With the full consumption of elemental crystals for his soul saturation and soul tempering, he only needed 15.6 billion, which was about 250 billion in Nova Credits.

In such a short period, there shouldn’t be too much fluctuation in his soul training speed that would require more elemental crystals.

What Nash was preparing the money for was the cosmic competition, which was full of unknowns.

During this one-and-a-half-year training in the Dark Plane, he could study and take the test to become a scientist upon return.

With a 10 trillion maximum loan and some money he could borrow, he would have enough resources to get through the cosmic competition.

Sorting out his thoughts and forming a plan, Nash felt energetic.

After eating the feast, Nash began to drag Camilla to the Nova Capital Market for a date.

Previously, they were in a hurry, but now that he had a few days before meeting those twelve talents, Nash didn’t mind relaxing a bit.

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Nova Capital Market:

Arriving at the place, Nash and Camilla began to play around.

Visiting all attractions, experiencing different cultures, eating various foods, and shopping to their hearts’ content.

True to its word, the Nova Capital Market offered everything one could experience in the Nova Sector, as long as they had money.

Playing for days and nights, they spent hundreds of millions of Nova Credits at every turn.

At this moment, Nash and Camilla began to realize what their power and wealth could achieve.

In the past, they only experienced their advancement in physical manifestations.

Now, enjoying the extravagance they could achieve, they couldn’t help but get drunk in such a dream.

Fortunately, having forged a strong will to resist all kinds of temptations and desires, they quickly came back to their senses.

Still, wanting to vent all their stress and frustration from everything they had been through, they went all out for three days and three nights.

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Soon, thinking of the things he still had to do, Nash could only hold Camilla back reluctantly.

"It’s time to do serious business..."

"Oh? What do you need?"

"I need to buy enough resources for our trip to the Dark Plane. Can I borrow some of your money?"

"What do you mean? My money is your money. You can spend it however you like," Camilla said carelessly.

Unlike Nash, who was managing a money-burning civilization, she only had to focus on her training.

Through the five trillion given to her as a starting fund from the seeded talent program, she had only spent less than five hundred billion.

"Come, tell me your account, and I’ll transfer the money to you."

Although embarrassed, Nash readily gave her his account number.

Soon, with a prompt to his intercom, he saw an extra four trillion Nova Credits in his account.

"Thank you..." Nash said softly.

Looking at Camilla, who sent four trillion without blinking an eye, Nash couldn’t help but sigh.

"No need for these ceremonies. As long as you always love me, this is nothing," Camilla smiled.

"Hmm, always..."

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With sufficient money in his account, Nash quickly headed to the Star Tower.

"Welcome, Sir Noir!" The staff greeted him promptly after being informed of his arrival.

"Take me to your manager. I’m here to buy a lot of things," Nash went straight to the point.

"Then please follow us..."

Soon, meeting the manager of the Star Tower branch, Nash began to list what he wanted to buy.

"First, I need 100 billion attributeless elemental crystals."

"Sir Noir should know that even with a discount, we can only offer the attributeless elemental crystals for 16 Nova Credits," the manager said for confirmation.

Unlike in the Dark Plane, where they placed heavy profits even on currency-type resources, in reality, to stay competitive, they sold elemental crystals for 18 Nova Credits, which included a 3 Nova Credit markup.

If they sold it to Nash at a discount, they would lose hundreds of billions.

"I know about this. You don’t need to explain. Just calculate the total."

Elemental crystals, like void crystals, were directly linked to the universal currency.

Thus, even with a discount, they couldn’t be too cheap.

If not for the rarity of elemental crystals and the quantity he wanted, he might have been able to directly withdraw his credits with them.

Seeing Nash understood the basic market, the manager nodded and asked what else he would need.

"I need the materials on this list." Nash sent him a list of what he wanted.

"This—" Looking at the long list of materials, the sheer quantity was enough to shock the manager.

"How soon can you deliver this to me?"

"With this many materials, we need at least a month," the manager said, hurriedly calculating.

Even with the power of the Star Tower and being at the center of the Nova Sector, the materials Nash needed were too many.

Some were too rare, while others had a short preservation time.

"A month? That’s enough. Just ensure everything is ready in a month," Nash nodded in satisfaction.

The list Nash sent included all the materials and equipment he would need to sprint to Tier 1 scientist.

From the most basic to the rarest, Nash planned to become the best scientist there was.

Most of it was also for creating the runic module devices and equipment for his future venture in the cosmic competition.

Defending a shelter wasn’t just about strength and numbers but also logistics and auxiliary resources.

To ensure he had everything he might need, Nash simply listed all the materials he could name.

After calculating the total cost, the manager nodded, promising to deliver all the items in a month.

However, because of the large order, Nash needed to pay a 50% deposit, which was 1.95 trillion Nova Credits.

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Soon after drafting the contract, Nash took Camilla back to Auralis III to continue her training.

"If you need anything or have any questions about the manual, you can ask me anytime."

"Huh? Are you sure you’ll even answer?" Camilla said sarcastically.

Last time she called, Nash didn’t answer, like a ghost.

"Don’t worry, I promise I’ll answer your call next time," Nash said, embarrassed.

Last time, too focused on deducing the void manual, he left everything to his parallel consciousness to handle external matters.

Who knew that while it could respond to danger, it couldn’t answer a simple call?

Reminded of such embarrassment, Nash decided to create a parallel consciousness to manage communications.

Soon, after spending some time together, Nash saw that the time to meet the twelve talents had arrived and began heading back to his residence.