Global Composite Master: Compositing an Undead Army from the Start
Chapter 100 Group Announcement! (1/5)_1

Chapter 100: Chapter 100 Group Announcement! (1/5)_1

Due to the limited number of monsters released, competition for quests in the third-stage area was fierce. Some teams even came to blows over a single monster.

However, the ten-member team of aristocratic scions and the twenty-member Anti-Aristocratic Alliance team still held considerable sway. After all, they were the only two teams with five-star professionals, and their mysterious strength deterred anyone from lightly antagonizing them. Adding to their strength was their sheer numbers. Consequently, the smaller teams nearby had no choice but to step aside if these powerful teams wanted a piece of the action. If they resisted, it would be akin to courting death.

Noticing that all the light points in the fourth-stage area had been cleared, Chen Mo checked the leaderboard. Of the initial 100 Flashing Elemental Monsters released, he and Yan Yingyue had killed 45, averaging 22.5 kills each. Of the remaining 55, a remarkable 40 were taken out by members of the aristocratic scions’ team and the Anti-Aristocratic Alliance. The rest, a mere 15, were left to the other teams.

Checking the survival count again, he noticed the number of players had dwindled further; only 82 remained. He wondered if some unknown small team, hidden away in a corner, had been wiped out.

The monsters released in the first hour did not even last half an hour before they were all cleared out.

"These people are fast," Chen Mo remarked. "With the remaining time, everyone will most likely focus on finding hidden missions and Special BOSSes."

"So that’s the reason for the limited monster spawns," Yan Yingyue said, a look of understanding dawning on her. "The first two days were for focusing on quests. Starting from the third day, they’re giving everyone time to search for other benefits."

"That does make sense. Even if the two of us searched until we dropped, it would be difficult to find anything. But if everyone searches, the efficiency will be much higher. Especially if they trigger a Special BOSS they can’t defeat, we might be able to pick up the scraps."

"But we’d still need to get the information," Yan Yingyue said, giving Chen Mo a sidelong glance.

"Hmm, that’s true..." Chen Mo rubbed his chin, pondering. Suddenly, he came up with an idea.

"Doesn’t the dungeon have a group announcement function?" he asked.

"Yes, there is, but it seems you have to pay for it," Yan Yingyue confirmed.

Chen Mo immediately opened the semi-transparent floating window before him and, after a quick search, indeed found the function. However, using it wasn’t cheap. The fee was 1 eternal copper coin per person notified. To notify everyone currently in the dungeon, Chen Mo would have to spend over 800,000 coins.

However, Chen Mo considered that the aristocratic scions’ team and the Anti-Aristocratic Alliance were strong enough; if they found a Special BOSS, they likely wouldn’t share the information with him anyway. He decided to notify only the remaining players. Since he had already notified Meng Han’s team of five, he did not need to inform them again. Subtracting these 35 individuals—the aristocratic scions, the Anti-Aristocratic Alliance members, and Meng Han’s team—along with Yan Yingyue and himself, he only needed to notify 45 more people. Actually, he could have reduced the number further by notifying only the captains of these unaffiliated teams. However, Chen Mo had almost no impression of these miscellaneous teams, so he decided to notify as many of them as possible. Forty-five eternal copper coins was an amount he could still afford.

After choosing the group announcement function and excluding the players who didn’t need to be notified, Chen Mo started typing the message.

Soon, the players who were scattered across the third-stage area searching for hidden missions and Special BOSSes suddenly received a Heavenly Dao prompt. The Heavenly Dao was quite thorough for its fee; the announcement was broadcast three times.

[The Heavenly Path’s Hint: Professional Chen Mo has issued a special dungeon announcement!

『Announcement Content』: Anyone who locates an SSS-level Special BOSS, please contact me immediately. If the information is verified, I will help you achieve tenfold mission completion for three days straight!

If it’s a team that finds it, I will help your entire team achieve full tenfold completion.

To contact me, simply select the sender of this announcement.]

As the Heavenly Dao prompt sounded three times, everyone immediately scrutinized its content. Discovering it was an announcement from Chen Mo regarding information about Special BOSSes, they quickly examined the offered reward.

"Three days of tenfold mission completion! One day of that is like nine days of basic extra rewards, not to mention ranking rewards. In three days, one could earn at least thirty extra days of survival time! This would boost our ranking among peers by a huge margin!"

"And he didn’t limit it to just one person; a whole team can receive the reward. That way, it won’t cause internal strife within a team."

"That’s quite considerate. It’s a good deal. If I find an SSS-level Special BOSS, I’ll definitely report it to him. After all, we wouldn’t be able to defeat an SSS-level Special BOSS on our own anyway."

"True. I was a bit worried before, thinking it would be best to encounter an ordinary S-level BOSS, which we might have a slim chance against. If it were a powerful one, we’d have no hope at all. Now we can actually trade information for benefits. This is fantastic!"

"Perhaps if they’re in a good mood, they might even let us join in killing the SSS-level Special BOSS and give us a share of the loot!"

This remark stirred excitement among many people nearby. The prospect of three days with tenfold mission completion was already excellent. If they could also get a share of the rewards from defeating the SSS-level Special BOSS, that would be simply wonderful.

If it were anyone else making this announcement, they might not have paid much attention. However, since it was Chen Mo who posted it, people trusted it. After defeating the SS-level Flying BOSS, Chen Mo and Yan Yingyue had become the top professionals in the dungeon. No one doubted their strength anymore.

Instantly, those who had been listlessly searching nearby began their hunt with renewed vigor, as if injected with adrenaline.

"I wonder how effective the announcement will be," Chen Mo said, feeling a slight pang. "That still cost me a pretty penny."

Yan Yingyue, beside him, chuckled. "If it were me, I wouldn’t have been able to spare that much." So Chen Mo was a rich kid in disguise after all.

As everyone continued their fervent search, there were changes to the leaderboards. New names appeared on the Hidden Mission leaderboards and Special BOSS leaderboards. Unfortunately, Chen Mo still hadn’t found anything special.

「The second hour quickly arrived.」

Since the Flashing Elemental Monsters released in the first hour had been completely wiped out by the participants, twice that number were released in the second hour. A few even spawned in the fifth-stage area. This didn’t significantly impact Chen Mo, however. He simply cleared his way from the fourth-stage area into the fifth-stage area.

Luckily, he stumbled upon a hidden mission. It was a chubby Earth Elemental Spirit.

"Young man, could you help me find five Earth Elemental Crystal Cores that are native to this location? I’m old, and without the replenishment from the Crystal Cores, I’m afraid I won’t last much longer."

[The Heavenly Path’s Hint: You’ve triggered a hidden mission, to collect Earth Elemental Crystal Cores (specific to the fifth-stage area). There’s no penalty for mission failure. The reward for the mission is 10 days of survival time and an Earth Spirit Pearl. The mission countdown is 72 hours.]

When Chen Mo had entered the Five Spirits Gathering Dungeon, one of his goals had been to obtain the Five Elements Spirit Orb. It was a legendary-level material formed by combining components. To create it, one had to collect five spirit pearls of the corresponding attributes and then fuse them in the core area of the Five Spirits Gathering. And this Earth Spirit Pearl was one of them!