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

The office of the director of the academic affairs office was filled with the fragrance of sandalwood.

Zhao Hongtao was leaning back in his large leather office chair, holding his signature stainless steel thermos, with wisps of steam rising from the rim. Inside were fine goji berries and Lingxin tea leaves.

He wore reading glasses and was slowly flipping through a thick stack of documents on the table entitled "Draft Assessment of the Central Military Region's Recommendation Quota for This Year's Senior Undergraduates".

"The overall quality of this year's seniors is still a bit lacking."

Zhao Hongtao took a sip of tea, shook his head, and drew a big red cross on one of the documents.

"Can't even make it past the first phase of a fallen capital, and you want a special recommendation letter? Do you really think the Central Military Region is a garbage dump?"

Just as he was about to turn to the next document.

"Bang!"

The office door was suddenly kicked open.

A student council member wearing a red armband stumbled in, tripped, and almost knelt down in front of Zhao Hongtao's desk.

"Chief, Master! Something terrible has happened!"

The officer was covered in sweat, his face was flushed, and he was evenly breathing.

Zhao Hongtao frowned and slammed the thermos cup heavily onto the table.

"What a flustered and disorderly manner!"

Zhao Hongtao put on a stern face, adopting the authority of the director of the academic affairs office. "If the sky falls, the tall ones will hold it up. You're a key member of the student union, and this is how you act when something happens? Tell me, what is it?"

The officer swallowed hard, pointing out the window towards the teleportation plaza, his voice trembling: "Su... Su Chen... he's entered the Fallen Capital again!"

"I thought it was something serious."

Zhao Hongtao's tense expression relaxed, and he picked up the thermos again, blowing on the steam.

"He didn't get any quest items yesterday, so he'll definitely keep trying today. Everyone in the Fallen Capital has five entry slots, and this is only his second time. It's perfectly normal, what's the big deal?"

Zhao Hongtao even leaned back in his chair quite leisurely.

Yesterday, Su Chen's solo run of the Calamity dungeon really shocked him, but when he thought that the kid was doing it to get quest items, and that he would definitely be farming the Fallen Capital like crazy for the next few days, and that he would definitely exceed the Ministry of Education's assessment targets for this year, Zhao Hongtao felt very happy.

This is free funding from the Ministry of Education.

"No, Director!"

The officer was so anxious he was stamping his feet and waving his hands wildly in the air. "He...he didn't go in alone this time!"

"Oh?"

Zhao Hongtao raised an eyebrow, somewhat surprised.

He stopped drinking his tea and stroked his chin.

"Did this kid bring his teammates along?"

A hint of relief flashed in Zhao Hongtao's eyes.

Yesterday, when Su Chen was soloing, he was worried that the kid would become arrogant and develop a lone wolf personality, which would make him vulnerable on the battlefield in the future.

In this world where everyone is changing jobs, teamwork is always the way to go.

"Are those guys from the Starfire Team?"

Zhao Hongtao smiled and nodded, "Not bad, not bad. It seems that although this kid is incredibly strong, he still understands human relationships and knows how to use his high combat power to help his teammates and cultivate teamwork. This is the kind of role model for good students at our Sky Dome Academy."

Seeing Zhao Hongtao's relieved expression, the officer almost burst into tears.

"No, it's not Team Spark..."

"no?"

Zhao Hongtao was taken aback. "Who was that? Did he hire a random team from outside?"

"He...he brought forty-nine people in!" The officer took a deep breath and almost shouted it out. "They're all graduating seniors! Chen Shan, Li Huo'er, and the others are all in there! That makes a full squad of fifty!"

"puff--!!!"

The large gulp of scalding hot tea that Zhao Hongtao had just taken a sip of instantly turned into a cloud of steam, spraying out in a fan shape.

The draft assessment document on the desk was completely sprayed with ink, and the bright red correction marks on it instantly spread out.

A few plump, soaked goji berries traced a graceful parabola through the air and landed precisely on the clerk's forehead.

"Cough cough cough! Cough cough cough cough!"

Zhao Hongtao coughed violently, his old face turning a deep liver color.

He ripped off his reading glasses, stared intently at the clerk, and his voice was as sharp as a cat whose tail had been stepped on:

"What did you say?! Forty-nine seniors?!"

"yes!"

The officer hastily wiped the tea off his face and said anxiously, "It's all over the forums! They're saying Su Chen has used 1 credits to start a senior citizen tour group, taking 49 people in with him to break records!"

Zhao Hongtao stood frozen in place, his mind buzzing.

One person earns 100,000 credits.

Forty-nine people.

1 with 49.

These words were like a sledgehammer, slamming hard into his nerves.

This kid isn't there to farm quest items.

Is this guy going to buy supplies?!

"director……"

Seeing Zhao Hongtao's dark expression, the officer cautiously asked, "Those senior students only spent this money for the special recommendation letters to the Central Military Region. If Su Chen really helps them get through, should we issue those recommendation letters or not? What should we do?"

"What to do? You're asking me what to do?!"

Zhao Hongtao slammed his hand on the table in anger, making the stainless steel thermos cup jump.

"This special recommendation letter is awarded to highly skilled individuals who possess perseverance, tactical acumen, and the ability to withstand pressure in dire circumstances! It's intended for supplying the military with promising military leaders!"

"By doing this, isn't he essentially buying a diploma?!"

Zhao Hongtao paced anxiously behind his desk, his face as black as the bottom of a pot.

According to the rules, as long as you clear the Fallen Capital, you are indeed eligible to receive a letter of recommendation.

In the past, no one could exploit this loophole because the difficulty of the Fallen Capital was such that even if you wanted to pay someone to carry you, no one could carry you through the Calamity dungeon with 50 players.

Who would have thought that such an unreasonable and freakish person as Su Chen would appear this year!

They used sheer numerical superiority to turn a catastrophic dungeon into a tourist attraction!

"This kid not only treats my copies of the game like an ATM, but he also completely rips off my performance evaluation system!"

Zhao Hongtao gritted his teeth.

Why does this kid always do such weird things?!