章 713: CH708: Influencing a Civil War

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CH708: Influencing a Civil War

"It's possible to increase our troop size to 5 thousand within the month."

"What? How?" Fatima was shocked.

Abdul-Lateef shot a look to Champion.

The Alpha Squad Tech whiz didn't understand initially, but then something clicked in his head.

"The number of VR pods created so far should have surpassed a thousand by now. Also, Alpha Zero requested permission to update the control program for the pods. Apparently, according to Yggdrasil, the Gene Optimisation Serum reinforced the troops' brains. Their brains can now withstand a higher time dilation. Fifteen to twenty times I think I was told."

The news came as a surprise to the other Alphas. They hadn't been informed.

"The higher time dilation in the virtual world means we have more time to train the troops. Not only that, we've also decided to ease the graduation requirement." Abdul-Lateef continued.