From cannon fodder to sweeping across thousands of stars.

Chapter 665: The Growth of the Immortal Legion
To be honest, if life is still short and limited after becoming a digital life, then some people, including Sainz, may still choose to leave this world.

But the temptation of "immortality" is too great for carbon-based organisms with limited lifespans.

This is also why so many people from ancient times to the present have been trying every means to pursue eternal life.

This is why Frederico, the old emperor of the Star Dragon Empire, coveted the "eternal cells" developed by the Forerunner civilization.
Although choosing to become a digital life also means continuing to work for the Atlas Group - the working hours are extended to three times, and even after retirement there is no real freedom, but the pie that Amber painted is really hard for everyone to stop fantasizing about.

What if one day in the future, digital life can really come to the fore?

What if?
"After all the members of your teaching team were killed, you became the first batch of 'Immortals'?" Sainz suddenly asked.

Grace nodded: "Yes."

"Why. Don't you want to be free?"

"Of course we want to, but we are also very clear that if it weren't for the Boss and Lady Lilith, we wouldn't have the opportunity to become digital life and embark on a path close to immortality."

It didn't seem like this was the first time Grace had answered this question, so she answered without thinking.

"Even if you want to continue working at Atlas Group?"

"We had nowhere else to go anyway, right? And the people in our training team died a little too hastily. Plus, our lives should have ended on Robert IV. It was the Boss who brought us out one by one.

So if we can continue to do what we are familiar with in Atlas without having to worry about life-threatening situations, our coaching team is very willing to follow the Boss and watch him accomplish his ambitions. This is very meaningful to us.”

Grace's answer was also the common answer of the teaching team or the 'elders' of the Immortal Legion. Everyone had similar ideas. After becoming digital life and being freed from so many shackles, they actually thought more clearly.

These people have fought their way through the bloody seas, and the skills they have learned are also from fighting and killing. The biggest advantage of becoming a digital life is that you don't have to worry about dying on the battlefield.
Now that you have such an "invincible cheat", why not let your abilities shine even brighter?
After hearing Grace's answer, Sainz fell silent again. After a while, he clenched his fist as if he had made an important decision, and then said:

"I am willing to become a digital life and continue to work for the Atlas Group."

"Um, would you like to think about it a little more?"

Grace obviously didn't expect that after learning the truth and the choice, Sainz still made a decision so quickly. He scratched his head and continued:
"Boss also said that he hopes you can consider it carefully. After all, you will not feel tired after becoming a digital life, so your working hours will increase a lot. Boss also said frankly that he will 'exploit' us more."

"Then will you feel tired after becoming an 'Immortal'?" Sainz asked back.

"To be honest, after such a long time, I have forgotten what it feels like to be tired. In addition to going on missions and training every day, I spend most of my time learning things that I have never learned before. For example, I am currently studying the history of human art."

"That's fine. I'm willing to join the 'Immortal Legion' and continue to serve the Boss. I can't wait to travel around in the virtual space~"

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Grace was stunned for a moment, then looked at the others.

"What about you? What are your plans?" "What else can I say? Of course, we're going to join the 'Immortal Legion'. It's better to live in a different way than to die~"

"That's right, I haven't fired my battleship enough, and from what you said, I won't die even if I'm hit by the enemy's main gun. So what should I be afraid of?!"

Grace: "Um, generally speaking, they won't die."

"That goes without saying, count me in!"

"Count me in too!"

"Yes, we will regroup and name our ship 'Immortal Winged Hussar'!"

Although Grace is well aware that 99% of the employees who died in the battle would eventually choose to transform into digital life and continue to serve Atlas when given the choice.

But the crew of the Winged Hussar is still a bit abstract, and it probably takes the shortest time to complete the multiple-choice questions.
"Well, since you have all made your choices, I will register them all. Once you have made your choice, you cannot regret it."

"Do it faster, do it faster!"

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Such scenes are happening simultaneously in dozens of independent virtual spaces opened up by Valhalla. The 'first generation' of the Immortal Legion have basically become 'newcomer guides', responsible for guiding those reincarnated people who died in the 'Pillar of Life' battle but successfully uploaded their personal data.

Just as Grace knew, wave after wave of reincarnated people chose to transform into digital life after coming to the virtual space.

After all, not everyone has the courage to face death - especially when they have seen another "path to eternal life".

The "multiple choice question" that Amber gave to everyone actually only had one answer in essence. The two options he gave were actually completely unequal. Rather than being a multiple choice question, it was more like directly defining the path for the reincarnated people.
This also caused the number of Immortal Legion members to surge during this period, and a large number of combat fleet members, HCP pilots, and heavy armored combat boat drivers also joined the Immortal Legion's battle sequence.

This also means that once a large number of warships, HCPs and other combat units suitable for use by the Immortals are manufactured, the missions of the Atlas Immortals will gradually transform from the current special operations such as decapitation, battlefield node destruction, infiltration and reconnaissance to frontal combat.

"It seems that the deployment of such combat units is also on the agenda."

Looking at the recent construction status of the Immortal Legion reported by Baninger, Amber also realized that the Immortal Legion was gradually approaching their original goal.

Baninger: "But it will take some time for the various equipment manufacturers to readjust their production lines. I have confirmed this with Eugene and Director Owens."

Amber thought for a moment and said, "We can allocate some of the existing equipment and make temporary modifications. After all, Owens and his team have done similar modifications several times before. In this way, we can also pull out some units for adaptive training."

"No problem, I'll arrange it right away, Boss." After saying that, Baninger suddenly smiled and said, "I didn't expect that this legion was really built up by you, Boss. I am now more and more curious about what it will be like when the immortals appear on the front battlefield."

"I'm looking forward to it too~"

(End of this chapter)