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

Meanwhile, outside...

[Shocking! Su Chen leads 49 bosses into the catastrophic, fallen capital! Is it a sign of distorted humanity or moral decay?]

This post on the Sky Dome Academy's internal forum garnered over 100,000 replies in less than three minutes.

It almost immediately topped the trending searches, followed by a bright red "Explosive" label.

The first reaction of the entire college's faculty and students upon seeing this news was not shock, but rather that they thought the poster had gone mad.

"Did the poster lose their mind watching Su Shen solo yesterday? 49 people? Don't you have any idea what kind of place Fallen King is?"

"That's a team-based Calamity Dungeon! Our school could probably only muster a fully armed elite team of 50 to get a clear record; we'd be lucky if we even went in, we'd have to write our wills beforehand!"

"Soloing is one thing, carrying others is another! Soloing means he has high mobility, strong burst damage, and can avoid damage. Carrying 49 burdens? How are you supposed to fight that way?"

"Exactly! Are you expecting those 49 people to share the damage? One AOE attack from a Cataclysmic boss and those 49 people won't even be left with ashes!"

"Pure clickbait title, confirmed."

"..."

However, several photos and videos from the scene were released.

In the photo, Su Chen is wearing his signature Abyss Dragon Language robe.

Behind them followed a dense crowd of students dressed in various outfits and wearing elite senior badges on their chests, who stepped into the teleportation array in a grand procession.

The forum completely exploded.

"Holy crap! It's true! I saw our senior, the top student in the swordsmanship department!"

"And that defensive fanatic from the shield warrior class, he actually became a boss too?"

"They're insane! They're all insane! Are these seniors about to graduate and desperate for recommendation letters? They're grasping at straws!"

"I don't understand Su Chen's actions. I admit he's good at soloing, but does he really think he's a god? Leading 49 people into the Calamity dungeon isn't a clear run, it's a team-building trip to the underworld!"

"I heard Su Chen charged each of them a huge number of credits. Is this kid desperate for money, planning to scam all these credits and then run away?"

"Losing credits is a minor issue compared to the loss of lives! The mortality rate in the fallen capital is as high as 70%! If all 49 elites perish here, the academy's higher-ups will be furious!"

"Waiting for Su Chen to crash and burn."

"..."

Public opinion on the forum was in an uproar.

What began as shock quickly turned into doubt and ridicule of Su Chen.

Most people believe that Su Chen has been blinded by yesterday's victory and has become so arrogant that he has become lawless.

Leading 49 bosses who had no experience in team cohesion and were simply hoping to "win by doing nothing" to the capital was an unprecedented and absurd act in the history of Sky Dome Academy.

As time went by, the keyboard warriors on the forums were no longer satisfied with just watching the drama unfold online.

More and more people left their dormitories and training grounds, surging towards the team dungeon plaza like a tide.

In just half an hour, the huge dungeon plaza was packed with people, and even the lampposts around the plaza were filled with people.

All eyes were fixed on the huge light screen floating in the center of the square.

At this moment, the light on the screen dimmed, and the progress bar remained at "0%" without moving.

"It's been almost forty minutes since we went in, and there's still no movement."

Some people in the crowd were whispering among themselves.

"They're probably still clearing out the mobs at the entrance. With 49 of them, even positioning is a problem. If they're not careful, they could aggro a whole group of monsters and wipe out the whole party."

"I think it's unlikely. Maybe half of them are already dead inside."

Just as the crowd was discussing the matter, a commotion suddenly broke out on the outskirts of the crowd.

"Get out of the way! All of you, get out of the way!"

An arrogant voice rang out.

Everyone turned around and saw Wang Kai, the captain of the Mad Lion team, leading a few lackeys, pushing through the crowd and swaggering in.

Wang Kai really lost face yesterday.

He bet that Su Chen couldn't pass the level and was slapped in the face. He even performed his amazing feat of eating shit in front of the whole school. That video is still pinned to the top of the forum's parody section, and it is said that it has been viewed over a million times.

Logically speaking, after suffering such a great humiliation, Wang Kai should have wanted to disappear into a hole in the ground or transfer schools to escape this planet.

But he didn't.

Today, he not only took a shower and changed into a brand-new school uniform, but also combed his hair until it was shiny and smooth. As if nothing had happened, he strode back to the square with great pride and arrogance.

If you're thick-skinned enough, it's others who will feel embarrassed.

Wang Kai walked to the front row of the stone tablet, crossed his arms, tilted his chin up, and looked at the motionless progress bar, a mocking sneer curling at the corner of his mouth.

"What? Still no movement?"

Wang Kai's voice betrayed barely concealed schadenfreude, "I knew it! He must have been using some kind of bug to solo the game yesterday! He brought people in today, and his true colors were revealed!"

A group of students nearby whispered, "But... the academic affairs office didn't mention any bugs yesterday..."

"You don't know anything!"

Wang Kai glared at the student. "Taking 48 people into the Calamity dungeon? Does he think he's some kind of SSS-rank hidden unique class?"

"I'm telling you this now, Su Chen is definitely going to waste his credits this time! He's probably being chased all over the map by a bunch of elite monsters right now!"

"..."

This appears to be a response to Wang Kai's mockery.

The moment he finished speaking.

"Buzz—!"

Suddenly, the obsidian progress marker in the center of the square burst into a blinding red light!

Immediately afterwards, the progress bar on the monument, representing the first stage of the Fallen Capital, shot up dramatically, as if it had been launched into a rocket!

[Strategist: Su Chen and 50 others]

[Current Progress: Phase Two (Blocking the Source)]

The entire room fell silent.

Everyone stared wide-eyed, mouths agape, at the scarlet text on the screen.

"I...I didn't see wrong, did I?"

A student rubbed his eyes, his voice trembling, "Phase one... cleared?"

"So fast?! How long did it take him to solo the first stage yesterday? I think... two hours?"

"Bringing 49 people... and the speed was almost 20 minutes faster than soloing?!"

"..."

This completely shatters everyone's common sense!

When leading a group through a dungeon, the progress is usually several times slower than when soloing, because the boss's survival needs to be taken care of.

But Su Chen, who brought 49 "burdens" with him, seemed to be playing like a god inside the game!

Wang Kai's sneer froze instantly, looking as ugly as if he had swallowed a fly.

"A coincidence...a coincidence! It's definitely a coincidence!"

Wang Kai, steeling himself, shouted at the top of his lungs, "The outer city is full of low-level monsters! He must have sent those 49 people up as cannon fodder to pull the monsters while he cleared them out with AOE attacks from behind! Yes! That must be it! Sacrificing the boss's life for progress, how despicable!"

"..."

The students were skeptical.

Some people even think there's some truth to what he said.

After all, leading 49 people to fight against the Calamity Kingdom is unprecedented in the entire history of China!

However, less than two hours had passed since Wang Kai finished speaking.

"Buzz—!"

The stone tablet trembled again.

[Strategist: Su Chen and 50 others]

Current progress: Phase 3 (Royal Palace Inner City)

Wow!

The crowd erupted in chaos.

"Phase two has been cleared too?! And it's only been two hours!"

"The monsters in the inner city are a full five levels higher than those in the outer city! And they're all elite monsters!"

"I heard that the second phase requires simultaneously destroying four contaminated nodes in the east, west, south, and north, which is extremely difficult. Even a normal team couldn't finish it in 30 hours!"

"Is this some kind of bulldozer entering the city?!"

"..."

The exclamations in the square were deafening, and some people even began to wonder if the progress marker was malfunctioning.

too fast!

Too violent!

This doesn't feel like a person playing a dungeon; it's more like Astartes has entered Raccoon City and gone berserk!

Wang Kai's face had turned from ashen to deathly pale, and beads of cold sweat appeared on his forehead.

His hands gripped the hem of his clothes tightly, his knuckles turning white.

"Impossible... Absolutely impossible..."

Wang Kai muttered to himself, his eyes darting around.

Sudden.

As if grasping at a last straw, he suddenly raised his head, pointed at the stone tablet, and shouted, "I understand! I understand everything!"

The people around him were looking at him as if he were an idiot.

"Don't you understand?"

Wang Kai was practically delirious. "Su Chen definitely left those 49 bosses at the dungeon entrance to die! He rushed in alone and farmed the progress! Only this can explain why the progress was so fast!"

The more he spoke, the more convinced he became of his point, and his voice grew louder and louder: "He had no intention of caring about those people's lives at all! Don't they know how terrifying the Calamity Realm is? If those bosses stayed where they were, they would definitely be torn to shreds by the spawning monsters!"

Wang Kai turned around, facing tens of thousands of students, and confidently declared: "I, Wang Kai, am putting this out there today! Su Chen has absolutely abandoned them and is soloing! He's just trying to kill people! When the teleportation array lights up later, there will be no more than ten bosses who will come out alive with him!"

He paused, then added through gritted teeth, "In fact, he might be the only one who manages to crawl out alive!"

The students around them looked at each other in bewilderment.

Although Wang Kai's character is questionable, his analysis seems to be the only reasonable explanation under the current bizarre circumstances.

After all, to lead 49 people to sweep through the Calamity Plains in just over an hour is beyond the limits of human imagination.

"If that's the case, then Su Chen has gotten himself into big trouble..."

"49 elite soldiers. If they really die in there, the academy will probably skin them alive."

"..."

Just when the atmosphere in the room was tense and everyone was unsettled by Wang Kai's words.

"bite--!"

A clear and ethereal system notification suddenly resounded throughout the entire Sky Dome Academy.

[Announcement: Congratulations to Su Chen and 49 others for successfully clearing the level 30 raid dungeon [Fallen Capital]!]

[Clearance time: 8 hour, 7 minutes, and 18 seconds!]

This achievement breaks the record for the fastest clear of the Fallen Capital in the history of Sky Dome Academy (the previous record was 8 hours, 12 minutes, and 32 seconds, held by the Starfire Team)!

[It has been detected that Captain Su Chen has already received the record-breaking reward for this dungeon; no further reward will be given!]

Large red notices were displayed in the sky above the college, blinding everyone.

The square was deathly silent.

You could hear a pin drop.

Cleared.

I really beat the game.

And it was even faster than yesterday's solo run!

Immediately afterwards, the huge interdimensional teleportation array in the center of the square began to emit a dazzling deep blue light.

The space distorted violently, and the massive magical fluctuations caused the surrounding students to involuntarily take several steps back.

Wang Kai stared intently at the teleportation array, his eyes bloodshot, muttering obsessively, "No more than ten... absolutely no more than ten..."

"Buzz!"

The teleportation array's light reached its peak, then suddenly dissipated.

A gentle breeze swept across the square.

Everyone held their breath, widened their eyes, and looked at the center of the teleportation array.

next second.

Tens of thousands of teachers and students in the audience gasped in shock.

There were no bodies.

There were no missing limbs or broken arms.

There are no desolate scenes with no more than ten people.

In the center of the teleportation array, Su Chen, dressed in a spotless Abyss Dragon Language robe, stood with his hands in his pockets, his expression calm.

And behind him.

Densely packed.

Forty-eight elite senior graduates stood there, full of energy!

Some people were even holding unfinished bottles of soda!

"this……"

Holy crap!!!

I don't know who shouted it first, but the entire square instantly erupted in a deafening roar!

"48 people!! Only one short!!"

"Is this guy using an invincible cheat code?!"

"I didn't see Li Qiang; he probably got separated from the group!"

"..."

Wang Kai was struck dumb, frozen in place, his eyes practically bulging out of their sockets.

Looking at the 48 lively bosses, he felt as if his face had been run over hundreds of times by a high-speed heavy tank, burning with pain.

"Impossible...this is impossible..."

Wang Kai's legs went weak, and he collapsed to the ground, only able to utter unconscious murmurs.

Su Chen yawned, his gaze casually sweeping across the entire room before finally settling on Wang Kai, who was slumped on the ground.

"Hey, isn't this Captain Wang?"

Su Chen smiled gently, his tone sincere, "Why are you sitting on the ground? It's cold, be careful not to get diarrhea. Oh, by the way, did you finish yesterday's 'Oli Gei'? Did you set any goals for yourself today?"

Wang Kai's face turned a deep liver color, and he almost spat out a mouthful of blood.

Behind.

The students who had been watching also came to their senses.

Hearing Su Chen's words, he couldn't help but swallow hard, his expression even more excited than Su Chen's: "Damn it, we've witnessed history again..."