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Global Composite Master: Compositing an Undead Army from the Start-Chapter 108 News Has Arrived! (4/5)_1
The Gender-Switching Spiritual Fruit was a reward Chen Mo had just received for completing a tenfold task today, and its effect was truly astounding.
[Gender-Switching Spiritual Fruit]: Upon consumption, allows the user to undergo a complete gender transformation!
Warning! Reverting the transformation requires consuming ten times the initial dose. Consume with caution!
Special Warning! Forbidden for use during pregnancy!
Such a fruit actually exists in this world! Wow, it directly switches gender! Yan Yingyue was also quite surprised after reading the fruit’s attributes.
Actually, she had considered changing her gender back when she was still in school.
As puberty began, her body started to develop—quite impressively, in fact. Certain areas she wished wouldn’t stand out became particularly prominent, drawing a lot of attention.
Yan Yingyue didn’t like this attention, so she’d wrap several bandages around herself before training.
However, after intense training, this not only made it difficult for her to breathe but also caused her to feel overwhelmingly hot and stifled.
She was quite envious seeing how the boys could simply take off their shirts to cool down when they were hot and tired from training, without any regard for others.
Over time, she began to resent her female identity.
However, as she gradually came to terms with these feelings, the thought of changing her gender faded.
This was even more true now. Having spent so many days with Chen Mo, Yan Yingyue could sense a shift in her own feelings.
At this moment, she felt that being a girl was quite nice.
I wonder if anyone would want this. After reading the description of the Gender-Switching Spiritual Fruit, Chen Mo immediately stored it in his backpack.
"Perhaps there are some people who don’t want their current gender and might need it," Yan Yingyue suggested.
Hopefully, some wealthy individual will have this desire, then I can sell it for a good price. Chen Mo mused that the target audience probably wasn’t very large.
Although people often complained—some boys frequently lamented the privileges girls seemed to have, remarking on how good it must be and expressing a desire to be girls. Conversely, some girls would complain about the hassles and inconveniences of being female, envying the freedoms boys enjoyed and wishing they could be boys.
But most of these were just temporary outbursts of discontent.
If they were actually faced with the choice to change, they might not be so willing.
The true market for this item would be those who genuinely identified with a different gender.
Such individuals were few, so selling it for a high price would indeed be difficult.
As the instance timer passed the midpoint of the ninth day, the number of participants had sharply dropped, leaving only half of the original count. Moreover, five full days had gone by, and Chen Mo still hadn’t found any trace of the SSS-level Special BOSS.
"It’s been so many days, and I haven’t even seen a shadow of the SSS-level Special BOSS," Chen Mo muttered as he aimlessly searched the Tenth-Stage Area.
Not an hour after he finished complaining, his Heavenly Path System suddenly received an instance message.
[Instance Message: Participant ’Ling Feng’ has sent you a message. Please check.]
Chen Mo immediately clicked to check.
[Ling Feng: Are you there, Student Chen Mo? I found the SSS-level Special BOSS!]
[Chen Mo: Really? Coordinates.]
[Ling Feng: Ninth-Stage Area (9,998, 7,776). Come quickly, or it’ll be gone!]
Gone? Chen Mo was curious. Do Special BOSSes in the instance disappear on their own?
Chen Mo immediately set off towards the target coordinates, with Yan Yingyue in tow.
Ten minutes later, Chen Mo and Yan Yingyue reached the target location.
Having just completed a task, Chen Mo was currently in a solo state. His Pathfinder passive ability detected a student hiding in the tall weeds ahead, warily scanning the surroundings.
"Student," Chen Mo called out, feigning ignorance of the student’s location.
Only then did the student run out, a joyful expression on his face.
"Here, I’m here."
Seeing this, Chen Mo slowly walked towards him with Yan Yingyue. As they walked, Chen Mo subtly positioned himself to shield Yan Yingyue with half his body. Although he doubted the student had the courage to ambush him alone, he still believed in being cautious—better safe than sorry. It was always wise to take precautions.
"Student, where’s the SSS-level Special BOSS you mentioned?"
"Over here, follow me." Ling Feng cheerfully led Chen Mo forward.
Soon, Ling Feng led Chen Mo to a stone stele.
"See, this stele is the Summoning Stone for the SSS-level Special BOSS."
Chen Mo took a closer look at the stele.
[Warning: Do not shatter this stele, or you will face an invasion by an extremely terrifying enemy! Difficulty Rating: SSS-level! This stele will randomly relocate in 2 minutes and 53 seconds...]
It really is. Chen Mo was instantly delighted. He then understood why the other party had urged him to hurry. If he had arrived just a couple of minutes later, the stele would likely have vanished.
At this moment, Ling Feng looked at Chen Mo expectantly and said, "What about the thing you promised earlier?"
"Don’t worry, I always keep my promises. Moreover, I can let you share in the rewards from this BOSS too."
Hearing this, Ling Feng leaped up in excitement. He was so thrilled he almost ran over to hug Chen Mo and plant a kiss on him. Fortunately, he controlled himself.
"It’s a pity my companions didn’t make it. Otherwise, they could also be enjoying the benefits of farming monsters with a top player like you."
"You have a team?" Chen Mo was somewhat surprised at how Ling Feng had managed to survive alone.
"Yes, originally I was part of a four-person team. Unfortunately, we couldn’t complete yesterday’s task. We were teamed up until the very end, but still failed. We managed to find the last monster we needed, but our entire team was short by one kill each. We needed to kill four more to complete the quota; killing just one was useless.
"We were forced to play rock-paper-scissors to decide who would get to kill that single monster.
"Ultimately, I was the one who got to stay. The other three were all ejected from the instance.
"If only our luck hadn’t been so bad yesterday, we could all be here with you today to claim the rewards."
After his initial excitement, Ling Feng’s expression couldn’t help but dim as he thought of his companions.
Chen Mo smiled and patted his shoulder. "At least you made it. Don’t worry, I’ll help you complete three days’ worth of tenfold tasks."
With that said, Chen Mo turned his attention back to the stele.
At Chen Mo’s command, ten hidden Skeleton Monsters instantly materialized and began to chaotically strike the stele.
Soon, the stele showed cracks.
As the cracks spread, the entire stele finally shattered with a loud CRACKLE and a RUMBLE.
Along with the stele, a patch of ground beneath it also fractured.
Instantly, a dense, unsettling black mist billowed out from the fractured earth.