Global Composite Master: Compositing an Undead Army from the Start
Chapter 92: Come Watch the Drama! (3/5)_1

Chapter 92: Chapter 92: Come Watch the Drama! (3/5)_1

"Is the hidden mission difficult?" Yan Yingyue was curious about what Chen Mo had received.

"It’s hard to say. It can be difficult, but it can also be easy. It mainly depends on luck," Chen Mo said with a helpless smile.

"Luck?"

"Yeah, it depends on whether we can encounter the Special BOSS."

"That does sound challenging. We searched for a whole day yesterday before we encountered one."

"Yeah, if I can’t find the second one within four days, I fear the mission punishment will kick me out."

"Ah? There’s a mission punishment!?"

"Yes. If I don’t find it within four days, 100 survival days will be deducted."

"That’s fine. Since you’re first on all three leaderboards daily and achieve a tenfold mission completion rate, you should add at least 39 survival days each day. That’s enough to cover the deduction."

"That’s true."

"But with such a harsh punishment, the reward must be pretty good, right? Let’s hurry and search for the Special BOSS."

Although it wasn’t her special mission, Yan Yingyue was as enthusiastic as if she had received one herself.

Seeing Yan Yingyue’s enthusiasm, Chen Mo felt motivated too. He immediately resumed carefully searching the nearby area.

Meanwhile, their mission completion rate had already reached sevenfold.

It would soon reach tenfold.

A short while later, while others were still struggling to find monsters for their basic mission quota, Chen Mo received another hint from the Heavenly Path.

[The Heavenly Path’s Hint: You have completed today’s kill mission tenfold! You have been rewarded with 5 additional survival days. Your current survival days total 59.]

[The Heavenly Path’s Hint: As you are the first professional to complete today’s kill mission tenfold, you have received an additional hidden reward.]

[The Heavenly Path’s Hint: You have received the ultra-rare hidden reward "Life-Lengthening Fruit!"]

[Life-Lengthening Fruit]: Consuming it extends the user’s lifespan by 3 years.

As mentioned before, once one’s lifespan is exhausted, one must enter the corresponding dungeon to extend it. Each entry into the lifespan dungeon, depending on the adventures and rewards within, can prolong lifespan by one to ten years. However, it’s not as simple as just wanting an extension. You can enter whenever you wish, but unless your lifespan is down to only one year, you won’t be granted an extension just for entering.

Moreover, the difficulty of the lifespan dungeon is related to how long you have lived. The more difficult the dungeon, the harder it is to gain more lifespan. Eventually, many people end up dying directly in the dungeon.

Many people with exceptionally long lifespans no longer dare to enter the lifespan dungeon. They know very well that going in is almost equivalent to courting death. But when their time is truly running out and there are no other options, they can only choose to take the risk.

Therefore, even a fruit that only extends lifespan by 3 years is still a priceless treasure for anyone whose lifespan is nearing its end.

Grandma and Grandpa aren’t that old, so the dungeon difficulty for them wouldn’t be extremely high. They don’t have to eat it right now... Oh, right, Grandpa just recovered from a serious illness. I wonder if his lifespan was greatly reduced because of it. I’ll check later. This fruit might be just what he needs to make up for any loss.

Chen Mo almost forgot about his grandpa’s illness.

When professionals fall ill, it not only endangers their lives but, more significantly, damages their lifespan. The already scarce lifespan, earned arduously from repeated trips to the lifespan dungeon, would be significantly reduced after a serious illness. This needlessly increased the number of times one had to venture into the lifespan dungeon. An increase in adventures meant an increased chance of encountering danger.

Naturally, Chen Mo didn’t want his grandfather to take such risks.

After stowing the hidden reward, Chen Mo resumed his search for the Special BOSS.

Half a day passed quickly, by which time the total number of survivors in the dungeon had slowly decreased by another 3. But at least the rate of decline was much slower than yesterday.

The killing in the Five Spirits Gathering Dungeon had slowed, but it had escalated in other dungeons. Today, other dungeons generally reported four or more casualties each, though none reached double digits. This was still considerably fewer than in the Five Spirits Gathering Dungeon yesterday.

Actually, the number of killings in the Five Spirits Gathering yesterday might not have reached double digits either. The main reason was that Chen Mo’s Skeleton Monster had killed two people, leading to the demise of that murderous trio; the last remaining member was eventually killed by other passersby. These three deaths increased the original death toll of seven to ten. Thus, Chen Mo had indirectly accounted for 3 kills, making up about one-third of the total kills in the Five Spirits Gathering Dungeon yesterday.

Since he hadn’t taken action today, and the remaining people were more cautious, the number of kills was naturally much lower.

「Eighteen hours later」

The second day was nearly over. Yet, Chen Mo and Yan Yingyue still couldn’t find the second Special BOSS. The dense forest stretched out too far horizontally, and their combined search speed was still insufficient. The crucial issue was Chen Mo’s inability to simultaneously access the vision of all his Skeleton Monsters. Otherwise, with over a thousand helpers searching simultaneously, things would be much better.

Chen Mo couldn’t help but wonder if he could synthesize a similar ability. That way, all the Skeleton Monsters he summoned in the future would act as his comprehensive surveillance network. His field of vision would become absurdly vast.

For now, he could only rely on himself.

After helping Yan Yingyue also complete her mission tenfold, he immediately disbanded their team and began searching using his own perception ability.

As Chen Mo searched somewhat aimlessly, twenty hours of the second day quickly passed.

A look at the leaderboard now showed a surprising situation: today, not a single person had achieved even a fivefold completion.

This situation had actually arisen because the Anti-Aristocratic Alliance had clashed with the scions of the aristocratic families. They were interfering with each other, vying for resources! Neither side gained any advantage.

This greatly pleased the other, unaligned small teams. Yesterday, they had been so suppressed by these two large groups that they couldn’t compete at all. Now that these two large groups were fighting amongst themselves, the smaller teams were naturally happy to see it.

Both groups had known they would clash eventually after entering the dungeon; they just hadn’t expected it to happen so soon. Their current standoff was primarily over a formation pattern. Neither side was willing to yield, both hovering near the pattern, determined not to let the other group gain its benefits.

This formation pattern was very similar to the one Chen Mo’s group of three had triggered the day before. However, while yesterday’s pattern depicted three small figures, this one showed five. They estimated that the BOSS triggered by this pattern would likely be more powerful than yesterday’s.

Unaware of the situation unfolding elsewhere, Chen Mo continued his somewhat aimless search.

However, when Meng Han and his team completed their mission and arrived in the area, they discovered the two groups vying for something. Meng Han immediately sent a secret message to Chen Mo.

[Meng Han]: "Found a good show! Members of the aristocratic families and a twenty-person team are fighting over a formation pattern. They haven’t started a full-blown fight to the death yet, just a stalemate nearby, but it looks like a real battle could break out any moment. Come and see!"

Chen Mo had no interest in their squabble, but his eyes lit up when he saw the words "formation pattern."

[Chen Mo]: "Formation pattern? What kind? Is it like the one I used with Lady Wu to activate something yesterday?"

[Meng Han]: "I can’t see it too clearly; I don’t dare get closer. They’re at daggers drawn right now. I’m afraid if I go in, I’ll be torn apart by both sides!" Meng Han replied, physically shrinking his neck.