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

[Ding! You have entered the normal instance: Dark Forest (Level 20).]

The same miasma, the same slippery soil.

Su Chen snapped his fingers with practiced ease.

A thousand corrosive serpent guards broke through the ground once more.

The following process was a complete copy and paste of the previous one.

Let the snake guards move and push forward on their own.

Stop attacking in front of the BOSS.

He got beaten up.

Stop the watch.

"Time is passing so slowly."

Su Chen looked at the exhausted, panting venomous spider queen and even yawned out of boredom.

The countdown timer on the system panel ticked away second by second.

14 minutes 19 seconds.

14 minutes 20 seconds.

The moment the time jumps to 14 minutes and 21 seconds.

"Fire."

Su Chen gave the order.

boom!

The dense barrage of venomous bullets instantly engulfed the blood-red, highly venomous spider mother.

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

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

Su Chen casually picked up the loot dropped by the BOSS and stepped into the exit teleportation array.

……

The back mountain normal dungeon area.

It had only been a little over fourteen minutes since Su Chen went in.

The team members hadn't left yet and were still enthusiastically discussing whether Su Chen could break the record to under fourteen minutes this time.

hum-

The teleportation array flashed, and Su Chen's figure reappeared.

at the same time.

The giant screen burst into golden light once again.

The Dark Forest (Normal) area once again flashed with a blinding golden light.

Dark Forest (Normal)

[Cleared by: Su Chen (Solo)]

[Clearance Time: 14 minutes 21 seconds]

[Rank: 1]

The glaring red letters rolled in mid-air once again.

The entire hall fell silent once again.

Everyone's brains went blank at that moment.

"14 minutes...21 seconds?"

The warrior's greatsword slammed to the ground with a clang, shattering a floor tile.

"It broke again? It's only been inside for ten minutes, and it's already broken again?!"

"Wait a minute, his last record was 14 minutes and 22 seconds, and this time it's 14 minutes and 21 seconds... only one second faster?!"

"What kind of operation is this? Is it a coincidence?"

"..."

If it were his first time breaking a record, everyone would think he was incredibly strong.

So breaking the record a second time, and only one second faster than the first time, gives it a creepy and eerie feel.

Who can control time precisely down to the second in a battle full of random variables?

What does this tell us?

Could it be... that he wasn't playing at full strength at all, but was precisely controlling his score?

The senior student who was sitting at the front desk had now stood up completely.

She gripped the glass tabletop tightly with both hands, and the way she looked at Su Chen no longer seemed like she was looking at a human.

Su Chen maintained his calm and composed expression.

He walked to the service counter and slapped his student card on the table.

"Senior, please redeem this record-breaking 100,000 credits for me."

Su Chen's voice echoed in the hall.

The senior student sitting at the front desk was completely numb at this point.

She stared with unfocused eyes, her mouth slightly open.

"What's wrong?"

Su Chen waved his hand in front of the glass. "I broke the record this time too, right? I can still earn credits, right?"

The senior student swallowed hard.

"Yes... According to the rules, as long as the completion time is less than the previous time, it counts as... breaking the record."

The senior student stammered as she typed, her fingers trembling as she typed on the keyboard.

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

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

Thank you.

Su Chen looked at the balance on his student card, which had increased by another 100,000, with great satisfaction, and was in a very good mood.

Cool!

As long as the mind does not slip, there are more solutions than difficulties.

This record-breaking mechanism of the academic affairs office is practically tailor-made for hardworking, dedicated individuals like him.

He stuffed his student card back into his pocket, and without the slightest hesitation, turned and walked towards the teleportation array of the Dark Forest for the third time.

The people in the hall stared blankly at his retreating figure.

"He went back in..."

"Is this the third time already?"

"..."

A dozen minutes later.

hum-

The green teleportation array lit up again.

Su Chen yawned as he walked out.

He wandered around inside for fourteen minutes, even taking the time to study the special uses of the Snake Guard after it could move.

For example, use the snake guard to knock that old spider away.

Or surround it with snake guards to prevent it from moving.

As he appeared, the huge screen in the hall above him burst into golden light once again.

Dark Forest (Normal)

[Cleared by: Su Chen (Solo)]

[Clearance Time: 14 minutes 20 seconds]

[Rank: 1]

……

14 minutes 20 seconds.

It was another precise second's difference.

This moment.

The students in the hall who had initially thought Su Chen might be lucky couldn't hold back any longer.

They finally understood what Su Chen was doing.

"Holy shit...this kid's just racking up credits!!!"

那个扛着巨剑的战士玩家涨红了脸：「卡点！他是在卡点！第一次14分22秒，第二次14分21秒，第三次14分20秒！他根本不是在挑战极限，他是在把这副本的记录当成提款机在薅啊！」

"Are you crazy? Is this something a human being could do?"

"Our team, all around level 20, has to calculate magic resistance and skill cooldowns before we even enter. One wrong move and we're wiped out by the Spider Queen. And he's just using breaking records as a tool to farm credits?!"

"Are you even human?!"

A mage pointed in Su Chen's direction and shouted in despair, "100,000 credits in fourteen minutes! Do you think the academic affairs office is stupid?!"

"..."

The atmosphere in the hall had shifted from shock to utter jealousy and madness.

Those students who toiled for hours grinding monsters in the wild just to earn a few hundred credits were completely devastated when they saw Su Chen earning 100,000 credits as easily as drinking water.

Ten thousand credits in just over ten minutes, that efficiency... just thinking about it makes me insanely jealous!

Su Chen ignored the wailing and howling around him.

Noisy.

These people are really ignorant.

If I weren't worried about compressing the time too much and not being able to break it later, I could have broken the record in under ten minutes right now.

Alas, there are too few people who understand the importance of a steady, long-term approach.

He walked to the front desk and handed in his student card.

"Senior, another 100,000!"

Su Chen stood in front of the glass, his fingers tapping idly on the table.

The senior student didn't even have the strength to be shocked.

She mechanically took the student card, mechanically operated the keyboard, and then mechanically handed the card back.

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

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

Su Chen glanced at the panel, put the card back in his pocket with satisfaction, and turned to walk towards the green teleportation array again.

hum-

A flash of light, and his figure vanished.