Global Composite Master: Compositing an Undead Army from the Start

On this point, Chen Mo showed a bit of interest.

He immediately ran quickly down to the eleventh level.

[The Heavenly Path's Hint: You have entered the third-stage area. All monsters in this area have their Life increased by 1,000%, and their Attack and Defense increased by 100%! The monsters in this area will receive the second universal buff for the Underworld City.]

[The Heavenly Path's Hint: The current universal buffs for this Underworld City are "Solid" and "Cruel".]

"Cruel": When any monster causes damage, the damage result increases by 50%!

Only a 50% increase in damage result, it's not that cruel.

After a glance at the monsters' new BUFF, Chen Mo indifferently continued to Blink.

But the teachers watching the big screen outside were becoming more and more stunned.

Every year they came to watch the college entrance examination, but they had never seen such an outrageous candidate.

He cleared Underworld City levels faster than one could drink a cup of tea; after all, one even has to blow on hot tea to cool it down first. His speed of descending was almost like jumping off a building!

"When did Seaside Second Middle School produce such a freakish student?"

"The key is, he's only a two-star. I really can't figure out what methods a two-star Skeleton Mage could possibly have to descend levels so quickly!"

"Indeed. Even if I tried to assign him abilities out of thin air, I'd find it hard to imagine."

"The tenth-floor BOSS is a Level 10 golden-grade BOSS with five times the Health, right? I don't know how many teammates he recruited. If he has four teammates, the BOSS's Health will double again."

"Even if the BOSS only has over 400,000,000 Health, with Level 10 damage, it would still take quite a while to battle. Does it look like he spent any time fighting it?"

"I watched him go from the ninth floor to the tenth, and in less than five seconds, he was already on the eleventh floor!"

"The more I watch, the more outrageous it seems. Has this kid found some secret passage that lets him bypass the BOSS and descend quickly?"

"Could this Underworld City have some undiscovered loophole?"

"If you put it that way, I'd rather believe your guess is true. After all, I can't find any other reason for him to descend so quickly."

It wasn't just others who couldn't figure it out; Su Tianxin, who had personally taught Chen Mo for so many years, also couldn't comprehend what methods Chen Mo possessed to descend at such an insane pace. It could be said he faced practically no resistance, no pauses.

While Chen Mo had descended to the eleventh floor, other students were still lingering on the first floor. A few lucky ones, whose descent staircases were nearby, had managed to reach the second floor. But the gap between them and Chen Mo was still a world of difference.

Chen Mo's performance was so outrageous that it was hard for people to believe he was descending based on his own strength. So, whether it was the teachers from Earth or the Aliens, they all began to speculate on how Chen Mo managed to descend so quickly. Of course, the Aliens suspected that Earth's higher-ups had given Chen Mo an incredible treasure, while the teachers from Earth wondered if Chen Mo had found some secret passage.

Many people nearby began to whisper, discussing whether there was a hidden mission in this Underworld City that, once completed, would reveal a secret passage. But they themselves had taken this exam in this Underworld City before. Across so many exam cycles and so many people, no one had ever mentioned any hidden missions in this Underworld City. It was likely there were none. Otherwise, one would have been discovered long ago. Why would it only be found now?

If there's no secret passage, then the Underworld City must have mutated. But this possibility is even lower than that of a secret passage existing. Some Underworld Cities can mutate over time. However, mutations usually involve an increase in difficulty. And these are typically not the kind of Underworld Cities that refresh repeatedly, but more like those found in alien worlds. They naturally evolve over time. An Underworld City originally of C-Class difficulty might evolve into B-Class or A-Class due to the increasing strength of the monsters within. This is the usual type of Underworld City mutation. However, it's almost impossible for a balanced Underworld City, like the one used for the college entrance exam, to mutate. After all, this Underworld City, like the one for the preliminary exam, is a type that refreshes repeatedly, not the kind of alien world Underworld City that evolves naturally. This explanation simply doesn't hold water.

As everyone was fervently debating, Chen Mo—WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH!—had already Blinked to the fifteenth floor.

The BOSS on the fifteenth floor already possessed the strength of a Level 15 silver-grade BOSS. However, silver-grade BOSSes have low Health. Even if increased tenfold, the Health of a Level 15 silver-grade BOSS was only about 50,000,000 to 60,000,000. Although its Attributes had doubled, they still paled in comparison to the high Attack Power of the Skeleton Monsters. As for its passive abilities, Chen Mo easily sealed three of them. Under such circumstances, it had no way of withstanding a terrifying volley from 3,400 Skeleton Monsters.

Throughout his descent, Chen Mo hadn't encountered a single opponent who could last more than one exchange. They were basically all insta-killed with ease. The monsters were simply not strong enough to pose a challenge. Even with the Global BUFF from the Underworld City and the percentage Attribute increase at each stage, they were still too weak.

With the death of the fifteenth floor's BOSS, the reward options changed slightly.

[The Heavenly Path's Hint: You have successfully killed the Guardian of the fifteenth floor of the Mysterious Dungeon. You may choose one of the following three rewards! Additionally, you can spend 1 bravery point to remove a Global BUFF or grant your team a Global BUFF.]

[Reward One]: Remaining time increases by 3 hours!

[Reward Two]: Current reward rank increases by one tier!

[Reward Three]: Attributes of all team members increase by 30%.

The reward for Attribute increases kept escalating, seemingly tempting Professionals to choose this option. If one's goal was merely to achieve a higher score in the college entrance exam, many would consider choosing this option. After all, the higher one's Attributes, the further one could progress. The college entrance exam score isn't tied to the rewards obtainable within the Underworld City, but solely to how many floors one can clear. Naturally, prioritizing Attribute rewards would be the common choice. However, for ordinary people who entered the Underworld City with a full team of teammates, the BOSS's strength would have already doubled. This Attribute increase would, at best, merely help to bridge that gap. Wanting to descend even a few more floors was still extremely challenging.

Don't be fooled by Chen Mo clearing floors as easily as drinking water; others were definitely not having such an easy time. For instance, Shen Bingbing had recruited a Priest, a Knight, and an Archer for her Underworld City run. Even with only three teammates, the monster toughness had increased significantly. It was manageable at first, but became progressively harder the deeper they went. When choosing rewards, most students needed to carefully consider how to balance increasing their remaining time versus boosting their Attributes. Only Chen Mo seemed to be crazily selecting to upgrade the reward rank without a second glance at other options.

[The Heavenly Path's Hint: Upgrade successful! The reward for completing this Underworld City is now S-level!]

By clearing fifteen consecutive floors, the reward Chen Mo could obtain had already been upgraded to S-level. It seemed that obtaining an SSS-level reward wasn't so difficult after all.

[The Heavenly Path's Hint: You have successfully defeated the Guardian of the fifteenth floor of the Mysterious Dungeon. You have gained three bravery points. Current bravery points: six. When the Underworld City concludes, based on your bravery points, you will receive title rewards of varying ranks.]

Just as the notifications ended, a mysterious man in black suddenly appeared before him.

"Greetings, brave Adventurer. I am a merchant in this Underworld City, here to offer assistance. You can spend your bravery points with me to purchase items you might need. Care to take a look?"

"Items? What kind do you have?" Chen Mo asked curiously.

"Each time, I will present you with a list of ten items. You can choose whether to purchase them. Of course, you can also spend bravery points to refresh the item list."

Chen Mo glanced at the list provided by the Mysterious Merchant. The items for sale were quite comprehensive indeed: items for damage enhancement, damage reduction, removing abnormal conditions, gaining invisibility, revealing hidden things, and so on. There was even an Invincible Potion for sale. However, the Invincible Potion was expensive, costing 3 bravery points. Using it granted 3 seconds of invincibility.

Chen Mo scanned the list thoroughly but found nothing of interest; they were almost all single-use items. He immediately refused, "Next time, bring something actually useful before you approach me."

Hearing Chen Mo's words, the man was clearly taken aback. All these good items I have... and he calls them useless?

"Then I shall take my leave. You will meet my brother on the twentieth floor. He sells powerful equipment; perhaps you'll find that more to your interest."