Death Train: SSS-level talent right from the start!

"Stay by my side."

Chen Ye ignored him, observing the battlefield while killing the faceless men.

Wang Shuo and Li Zheng were in no better shape. Their passive talents allowed them to deal stable damage without consuming energy, but the strength of the ordinary monsters in the two-star trial far exceeded their expectations.

A faceless man pounced from behind Wang Shuo. He turned around and chopped the faceless man's shoulder with an axe. The axe blade cut into the shoulder blade and got stuck inside.

He tried to pull it out twice but couldn't; the faceless man's hand had already grabbed his arm.

Zhao Hai charged in from the side and delivered a powerful iron punch to the faceless man's ribs. The faceless man's body flew more than ten meters away as if he had been hit by a car, crashing into the mirrored wall across the street.

The number of faceless people is still increasing, pouring out from the mirrored walls on both sides of the street like a tide, wave after wave, seemingly without end.

"Smash the mirror!"

After shouting, Chen Ye charged toward the nearest mirrored wall with his gun.

He spun the Demon-Slaying Halberd halfway in his hand, the tip pointing forward, his waist and hips rotating, all the power of his body focused on this thrust.

The tip of the gun pierced the mirror.

"Snap—!"

The sound of the mirror shattering echoed through the empty street.

Cracks spread outwards from the point where the spear tip struck, covering the entire mirrored wall like a spider web.

Chen Ye drew his spear and swung it horizontally.

The gun slammed into the already cracked mirror.

"Splash—!"

The entire mirror wall shattered. Countless shards flew in all directions, like a rain of glass.

Zhao Hai quickly realized what was happening.

He rushed to the mirrored wall on the other side of the street and punched it with both fists. His silver-gray iron fists slammed into the same spot three times in a row, and the mirrored wall shattered with a crash.

Su Jin's longsword struck a mirror, the blade cutting into the surface and cracks spreading outwards from the edge, shattering the entire mirror into dozens of pieces.

Lei Xing smashed a mirrored shop window with his body, and shards of glass fell off him without leaving a scratch on his skin.

Wen Ning's black spikes pierced through the ground, going from bottom to top and piercing through the entire mirrored wall, causing fragments of the wall to collapse to both sides.

Gu Qinghuan's throwing knife drew three arcs in the air, shattering three mirrors at the same time.

One mirror after another shattered.

The number of faceless people who have lost the mirror as an exit has stopped increasing. Those who have already come out of the mirror are still active, but their numbers are rapidly decreasing under the onslaught of the crowd.

The last faceless man was pierced from the ground by Wen Ning's black spikes, which went from its feet to its head, pinning its body in mid-air.

The battle is over.

Chen Ye sheathed the Demon-Slaying Halberd, planted the tip on the ground, and glanced at the battlefield.

The streets were littered with the corpses of faceless men, and transparent liquid flowed from their broken bodies, forming small puddles on the mirrored floor tiles.

Eighteen people stood still, some bent over, panting with their knees bent, others checking themselves for injuries.

Chen Ye's gaze lingered on Wen Ning.

Something appeared about twenty centimeters above her head.

A six-pointed star cursor.

The six-pointed star is silvery-white, about the size of a palm, and floats in mid-air, slowly rotating.

Everyone else's eyes were also focused on the six-pointed star.

"Sister Wen Ning, there's something on your head..."

Qin Zhaoyang was the first to speak, pointing his finger towards the top of Wen Ning's head.

Wen Ninggang had already received the system notification. She summoned the system panel, and a blue light screen unfolded before her eyes. Her gaze fell on the line of trial missions.

[Trial Quest: Obtain Survival Mark (1/1)]

"I have completed the trial mission."

There was a hint of surprise in her tone.

Chen Ye looked at the spinning six-pointed star above her head and nodded slightly: "It's done. You now have a marker mark above your head."

Wen Ning raised her hand and touched the cursor with her fingertips. The cursor blinked slightly at her touch, but did not move, remaining steadily hovering above her head.

"Looks like I'm in luck."

Wen Ning withdrew her hand, a slight smile curving her lips. With her own strength and Chen Ye's team, obtaining the survival mark would essentially mean passing this survival trial.

Some of the people around cast envious glances, while others simply looked away and continued to adjust their breathing.

Su Jin, Lei Xing, and Li Tianran also came over.

Li Tianran's gaze lingered for a moment on the six-pointed star above Wen Ning's head before shifting away.

"If I had known that killing these ordinary monsters could also obtain marks, I shouldn't have broken the mirror. As long as the mirror hadn't broken, faceless people would have kept coming out, and maybe others could have obtained survival marks as well."

Lei Xing glanced at the shattered mirrored walls, a hint of annoyance in his voice.

Su Jin glanced at him and shook his head: "Wen Ning must have been lucky. If it were that easy to obtain the survival mark, we would have killed quite a few Faceless Men, and none of the others had obtained the survival mark."

She glanced at Qin Zhaoyang, Wang Shuo, and Li Zheng: "These faceless people are not difficult for level 10 and 9 people to deal with, but it is quite difficult for lower-level people. The trial has just begun, and breaking the mirror was the right thing to do."

Qin Zhaoyang squatted on the ground, and his lips twitched when he heard Su Jin's words.

Lei Xing followed Su Jin's gaze and glanced at Qin Zhaoyang and the other two, then pursed his lips and said nothing more.

"No rush, there's still plenty of time. Let's proceed at this pace. As long as we can handle the number of Faceless Men, there's no need to rush to break the mirror. We can break the mirror when the number exceeds our capacity."

Li Tianran's voice came from the side, his tone neither hurried nor slow.

Lei Xing glanced at Li Tianran, and a slow smile appeared on his lips: "This plan is good."

Chen Ye remained silent.

Li Tianran's plan was indeed the most efficient and reasonable.

Use the mirror to scavenge monsters first, and then break the mirror when the number of monsters becomes too large for the team to handle.

This maximizes the number of kills and increases the probability of obtaining marks, while keeping the danger within manageable limits.

Su Jin nodded slightly, shifting her gaze from Li Tianran to Chen Ye: "What do you think?"

Chen Ye nodded: "Okay."

Su Jin withdrew his gaze: "Then it's settled. Let's move forward and try to get everyone a survival mark on the first day."

The team set off again.

Su Jin led her four teammates at the front, Lei Xing and Li Tianran's team walked in the middle, and Chen Ye's team was slightly behind the two teams in front.

"Brother Ye, are we holding the team back?"

Qin Zhaoyang's voice came from the middle of the group, very softly.

Chen Ye tilted his head and glanced at him: "What did you say?"

"I said, are we holding everyone back?"

Qin Zhaoyang repeated it, his voice a little louder than before.