Chapter 202: Chapter 164 Poor Acting! (Two in One, 4/9)_2 They might even suspect that the Earth Academy Alliance was playing some kind of trick, deliberately putting forward an eye-catching target to lure them into attacking a two-star Skeleton Mage. Moreover, this particular two-star Skeleton Mage had just achieved a record-breaking score in the previous unified examination. This was excellent bait. Chen Mo had considered this possibility, and the Aliens had as well. After receiving feedback on Chen Mo’s situation, the Alien think tank analyzed it and easily reached this conclusion. After all, a well-documented two-star Skeleton Mage could hardly turn the tide. His current extraordinary performance would be highly suspicious if the Earth Academy Alliance wasn’t secretly manipulating things! 「At this moment, in the Aliens’ hidden base on Earth.」 Rangu sneered at the intelligence synced by his subordinates. "Do these Earthlings underestimate our intelligence? True, this Skeleton Mage performed well in the previous exam, but that was with the coordination of a five-star support-type profession! Do they take us for fools, thinking that putting him out there alone now will capture our attention?" "If this fellow were a four-star, it might have some effect. But daring to push out a two-star? They truly look down on us." "Not entirely. Earthlings enjoy playing these sorts of multi-layered games. They deliberately put this two-star professional kid out, guessing we’d guess the plan was clumsy. And because the plan is clumsy, we certainly wouldn’t believe it. But if they know we won’t believe it, why push this kid out? By doing so, they might provoke a counter-assumption in us, thereby luring us into their next layer of thinking." "Hmph, I don’t care if they’re trying to provoke reverse thinking or not. This kid is a confirmed two-star Skeleton Mage. Even if they hadn’t pushed him forward, we thoroughly investigated him after his exam results. We had people record the awakening scene at Seaside Second Middle School that day. Simultaneously, based on the sensory records of personnel nearby that day, it was confirmed: he’s just an ordinary two-star Skeleton Mage. Any specialness he possesses comes from special items he carries, clearly given to him by the Earth Academy Alliance’s top brass to create this current eye-catching effect." "Truly foolish, still playing multi-layered games. If it were me, I’d just find a five-star professional; it would be much more effective." "Idiot, they don’t want our attention on the five-star professionals, so why would they push one out? Pushing out a five-star would indeed be eye-catching, but pointless. Push out a two-star, and if he dies, he dies. In the safe zone, even if we kill them, we can’t take the dropped items unless we can destroy them instantly. Under these circumstances, surrounded by enemies, killing even one of them would already be a success, and we wouldn’t have time to destroy any dropped items. They must have anticipated this. They’re just waiting to trick us into making a move." "Hmph, if they want us to make a move, they don’t need such clumsy tactics! We don’t need your drama; we were going to make a move today anyway! We’re just not interested in targeting a two-star professional." Rangu sneered as he observed the performances in each college entrance exam venue. Although Chen Mo had guessed the Aliens would suspect his outstanding performance might be a trap, he hadn’t anticipated they would so confidently exclude him from their assassination list. He was still continuing his extraordinary performance. While others were still on the first floor, he had already reached the fifth. And the more remarkably he performed, the more the Aliens solidified their assumptions. They had completely removed him from consideration, focusing instead on the performance of other four-star and five-star individuals. While the Aliens had dismissed Chen Mo, his performance among the Academy Alliance teachers elicited gasps of astonishment. "How long has the instance even started? He’s already on the fifth floor?" "Is this kid really a two-star Skeleton Mage? His speed is too outrageous!" 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺 "Has anyone in previous years ever been this fast?" "Never. He’s completely shattered all previous records. This clear speed is arguably the fastest in history." "Gods, this is unbelievable. How on earth did this kid do it?" As the teachers continuously lauded and praised him, the Aliens interspersed among them felt increasingly that they were witnessing a clumsy performance. Aren’t these exaggerated praises just to draw our Yongming Star System’s attention to this two-star Skeleton Mage? Hmph! Our Chief Commander saw through your clumsy plan long ago, yet you’re still acting so fervently. Listening to the teachers’ astonished exclamations, one after another, was like watching a clown’s ridiculous show. They paid no heed to these words of praise. In fact, the more the teachers said, the more disdain the Aliens felt for Chen Mo. Isn’t it precisely because this kid is so ordinary that the Academy Alliance is desperately sending people to hype him up, to attract the attention of us from the Yongming Star System? Well, we of the Yongming Star System simply can’t be bothered with him. You can all just continue your little act over there. After all, anyone with half a brain would know that we, the Yongming Star System, will definitely make big moves after this college entrance exam. This is already an open secret. Knowing full well the kind of plans we from the Yongming Star System have, yet they still allow someone who has triggered the Sound of the Great Path multiple times to be so high-profile? Is that possible? Besides, a Skeleton Mage is hardly worthy of triggering the Sound of the Great Path. So, pushing him out is a joke. Even if they want to play reverse psychology, or use multi-layered strategies, it’s useless! His entire persona simply doesn’t hold up! No amount of multi-layered strategies will work. We people of the Yongming Star System are not that stupid! Consequently, a peculiar atmosphere formed on the scene: Earthlings kept showering Chen Mo with praise, while the Aliens completely despised and ignored him. They couldn’t even bear the sight of him. Even though his current performance was astonishing. In their eyes, it was merely a show orchestrated by Earth’s higher-ups. Why choose him and not other two-star or one-star individuals? Isn’t it because he previously set a record in the examination instance, and they wanted people to think he had something special? These Aliens had considered everything clearly. Thus, they easily saw through the Earth higher-ups’ clumsy scheme. 「Inside the instance.」 Chen Mo had already reached the fifth floor. The fifth floor’s BOSS was a level 10 silver-grade BOSS. With over three million Health, its strength wasn’t high. An ordinary team, if their composition was reasonable, could basically pass it. And a monster with this amount of Health, facing Chen Mo’s Skeleton Army, was truly no match at all. Many of the Skeleton Monsters’ attacks hadn’t even landed before it was instantly killed. [The Heavenly Path’s Hint: You have successfully slain the Guardian of the fifth floor of the Mysterious Dungeon. You may choose one of the following three rewards!] 〖Reward One〗: Remaining time increases by 1 hour! 〖Reward Two〗: Current reward rank increases by one tier! 〖Reward Three〗: All team members’ attributes increase by 10%. Chen Mo glanced at them and directly chose the second option. The reward is the most important; the other two are currently irrelevant. Given these monsters’ attributes, even if my own were halved, they wouldn’t be a match for me, let alone if I had a 10% boost. There’s simply no need. [The Heavenly Path’s Hint: Upgrade successful. The reward you can obtain at the end of the current instance is B-Class!] [The Heavenly Path’s Hint: You have successfully defeated the Guardian of the fifth floor of the Mysterious Dungeon. You have gained one bravery point. At the end of the instance, based on your bravery points, you will be awarded titles of different ranks.] Going by the titles awarded to previous examinees, one could only claim an A-Class title after clearing the 25th floor. Does this instance really have an SSS-level title? Clearing 25 floors without any score multipliers is already enough to get into a top university! Chen Mo couldn’t help but wonder about the difficulty of obtaining this instance’s SSS-level title. After selecting his reward, he then descended from the fifth floor. [The Heavenly Path’s Hint: You have entered the second-tier area. All monsters in this area have 500% increased Life and 50% increased attack and defense! Monsters in this area will gain the first universal Underworld City BUFF.] [The Heavenly Path’s Hint: The current universal Underworld City BUFF is ’Solid’.] 〖Solid〗: Physical Damage taken by all monsters is reduced by 20%. In the college entrance examination instance, the further one descends, the greater the difficulty. This is primarily because the monsters’ attributes will steadily enhance, and they will continuously receive powerful Global BUFFs.