Kill one monster, stack one poison, and I alone will poison my way across the world!

"There are still four minutes left to reach the fastest record of 14 minutes and 23 seconds."

Su Chen sighed, "Just consider it playing along with you. Go ahead and hit me, hit me harder."

In the next few minutes, an extremely bizarre scene unfolded deep within the dark forest.

A red-blooded BOSS frantically attacks through a thousand pillars of venom that stand still in place.

Su Chen, meanwhile, watched the show while keeping track of time.

This boss's attack frequency is too slow, and the wind-up animation is so long. No wonder it's the first one in the normal dungeon. Even the worst student could beat it.

With a little effort, even a single pass isn't impossible.

As time passed, the number of snake guards decreased from one thousand to about nine hundred.

Finally, the time on the system panel jumped to 14 minutes and 21 seconds.

"Time to go home."

Su Chen yawned.

The remaining nine hundred-plus snake guards suddenly sprang up, and hundreds of venomous bullets blasted at point-blank range into the face of the venomous spider mother.

"-7086!"

"-7122!"

"-7088!"

"..."

There was no need for the Venomous Lord's damage to be unleashed; a single volley from over nine hundred Serpent Guards was enough to instantly deplete the BOSS's health bar.

[Hint: Defeat the Venomous Spider Queen (Black-bodied BOSS) to gain 220000 experience points!]

[Hint: Successfully cleared [Dark Forest (Normal)], earning 150 credits!]

"Perfect."

Su Chen glanced at the settlement panel with satisfaction.

14 minutes and 22 seconds, exactly one second faster than the original record.

In this way, the next time he comes in, as long as he keeps the time to 14 minutes and 21 seconds, he can get another record-breaking reward of 10 credits.

With just over four minutes of spare time, he could easily take advantage of the situation dozens of times.

Thanks to nature for its bounty, and thanks to the senior students for leaving behind such a fertile land.

Su Chen put away the snake guards and stepped into the exit teleportation array that appeared.

……

hum-

The white teleportation array burst forth with dazzling light.

Su Chen's figure slowly materialized in the center of the hall.

The moment he stepped out of the teleportation array, the huge screen in the sky above the entire ordinary dungeon area, which was used to broadcast various dungeon clearance information in real time, suddenly burst out with golden light.

The Dark Forest (Normal) area is flashing with a blinding golden light.

A brand new line of data appeared abruptly at the very top of all the records.

Dark Forest (Normal)

[Cleared by: Su Chen (Solo)]

[Clearance Time: 14 minutes 22 seconds]

[Rank: 1]

Dead silence.

The once noisy hall, which resembled a bustling market, instantly fell into a deathly silence.

The students from the teams who were just mocking Su Chen for going in and sending him to his death were now as if they had been collectively silenced, their mouths agape.

"Ten, fourteen minutes...twenty-two seconds?"

The warrior carrying the greatsword swallowed hard.

"That's the level 20 Dark Forest... That old spider can summon swarms of baby spiders. Even a level 25 full-DPS team would need at least half an hour to clear it, right?"

"He did it alone? Solo? In less than fifteen minutes? Is he even human?"

"Holy crap, this time is a second faster than the record set by our seniors decades ago! Just one second!"

"..."

The hall erupted in chaos.

The way everyone looked at Su Chen had changed from looking at him as an idiot to looking at him as a monster.

Su Chen ignored the commotion around him.

What's all the fuss about?

If it weren't for exploiting a bug to farm credits, he would have been out in less than ten minutes.

He walked straight to the service desk and knocked on the glass.

The senior student sitting behind the glass was staring blankly at Su Chen, completely unaware that the nail file in her hand had pierced her flesh.

"Senior."

Su Chen asked calmly, "Excuse me, can I claim the bounty reward for breaking the academy-level dungeon record here?"

The senior student suddenly came to her senses and even stammered when she spoke.

"Yes, that's possible! Our instance area's front-end system is connected to the academic affairs office. As long as you break the clearance record, you can directly claim the 100,000 academic credit reward from the academic affairs office here..."

"That's good."

Su Chen handed over his student card. "Could you please collect it for me?"

The senior student hurriedly took the student card and started typing rapidly on the keyboard.

[Hint: Meets the record-breaking requirements for clearing the Dark Forest.]

[Note: 100,000 credits have been credited to your account.]

Looking at the numbers jumping on the panel, Su Chen's lips curled up into a barely perceptible smile.

Adding the 100,000 credits from the Crimson Monastery, the rewards from the Abyss dungeon, and the credits he plundered in the additional matches, he has now earned over a million credits.

This rate of earning money is an astronomical figure that any ordinary student would never even dare to dream of.

Sure enough, it's much faster to take advantage of the academic affairs office than to painstakingly accept bounty missions.

The school's setup is so sloppy; they didn't even have a way to collect CDs.

Su Chen happily put away his student card.

Just then, a group of people suddenly gathered around.

"Hey bro! Let's get to know each other. I'm the vice president of the 'Berserker' guild. Can we add each other on WeChat? We can run dungeons together sometime!"

"Pro! I'm from the Ice and Fire team. We're in dire need of a core damage dealer. If you join us, you can be the captain, and you'll get the lion's share of the loot!"

"Hey junior, interested in mentoring me? I can give you a buff~"

"..."

Those who had previously looked down on Su Chen now had fawning smiles on their faces, wishing they could stick to him.

In this real and cold world, strength is the only passport.

A player who can solo and break a ten-year record is definitely a super carry that any team would want to recruit.

Su Chen was getting a headache from all the noise.

He didn't even glance at the business cards and friend requests that were handed to him.

"Sorry, I'm in a hurry. I don't want to join a guild or bring anyone with me."

Su Chen's voice was flat and crisp.

He pushed aside the people blocking his way, spent 100 credits, and turned to walk back towards the teleportation array of the Dark Forest.

The people in the hall were stunned.

"He...he wants to go in again?"

"He just broke a record, shouldn't he rest and recover his mental energy? Why is he going to keep trying?"

"I guess he felt that 14 minutes and 22 seconds wasn't the limit and wanted to raise the record even higher. After all, these kinds of legends always strive for the ultimate perfection."

Amidst the awe and bewilderment of the crowd, Su Chen's figure vanished once again from the teleportation array.