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

"Your talent makes it easier to get marks when shooting people than when shooting elite monsters. A burst arrow won't do much damage to a two-star elite monster, but it's a different story when it comes to people. Unless they have high constitution or special abilities, a burst arrow to the forehead will definitely kill them."

Chen Ye's tone was very serious. At this point, morality was no longer important; survival was the most important thing. Qin Zhaoyang had to get through this.

"Okay, I understand."

Qin Zhaoyang nodded emphatically.

Chen Ye turned his gaze to Tang Yating: "Class monitor, you too."

Zhou Yating nodded slightly.

"Strategist, what should Li Zheng and I do?"

Wang Shuo asked.

Chen Ye pondered for a moment: "Both of you are melee fighters. Elite monsters can seriously injure or even kill you with one hit. You need to be extremely careful and not be reckless. Even if we don't get the mark this time, we still have more than a day."

"clear."

Wang Shuo and Li Zheng spoke in unison.

Chen Ye finally looked at Zhao Hai and Wen Ning: "Brother Hai, Wen Ning, if any of Zhao Yang and the others obtain the survival mark, you must protect them. We need to be wary of the others."

Zhao Hai nodded and said, "Don't worry, I know."

Wen Ning chimed in, "No team should dare to attack us, but it's never a bad thing to be careful."

After explaining the arrangements, Chen Ye waited quietly for the other teams to arrive.

……

One hour later.

Lei Xing and Li Tianran were the first to arrive with their team.

A silver-white six-pointed star cursor was already hovering above Lei Xing's head, and Li Tianran had also obtained the survival mark.

The three team members behind the two had empty heads; none of them had completed the trial.

"You guys are pretty fast." Lei Xing walked up to Chen Ye, his gaze sweeping over the twelve mirrors. "There are actually twelve mirrors. If we're lucky, everyone in our teams can get a survival mark and complete the trial mission."

Li Tianran stood beside him without saying a word, his gaze constantly scanning back and forth between the twelve mirrors and the surrounding terrain.

"What monsters did you kill to obtain your Survival Mark?"

Chen Ye asked casually.

Lei Xing gestured with his chin toward the twelve mirrors: "They're obtained by killing those elite mirror monsters called Mirror Guards."

Chen Ye turned his gaze to Su Jin: "What about yours?"

Su Jin: "Mine too."

Chen Ye stroked his chin with one hand: "It seems that none of our teams have encountered the Mirror Demon since we separated. In that case, the Mirror Demon must be a special existence."

Li Tianran nodded slightly: "Indeed, that mirror demon appeared out of nowhere. In the area where you killed the mirror demon, there were no mirrors with elite monsters."

Lei Xing chimed in, "Didn't you kill the Mirror Demon? Those elite monsters are too cunning; it's better to have fewer of them."

Chen Ye didn't respond. That mirror demon was indeed strange, and its strength was above that of the mirror guards.

He earned 300 points for killing the Mirror Demon, while Zhao Hai only earned 200 points for killing the Mirror Guard.

As time went by, people gradually arrived.

These groups emerged from streets in different directions, stood around the mirrored area, and maintained a distance that was neither too close nor too far from each other.

"Jiang Ning is here too."

Zhao Hai's voice came from Chen Ye's right.

Chen Ye followed his gaze.

Jiang Ning's group emerged from the street on the south side.

Jiang Ning was walking at the front, with Jian Lan on his right, and Li Jiahao in the middle of the group.

Wang Ze and Xia Yan walked at the back of the group, side by side.

There were eight people in Jiang Ning's team, and the space above their heads was empty; none of them had obtained a survival mark.

Huang Xuan walked beside Li Jiahao, his gaze sweeping over the teams that already bore the marks. His eyes lingered for a moment on the six-pointed star marks above the heads of Chen Ye, Su Jin, Lei Xing, and Li Tianran before looking away.

The tall, thin man and Hu Jie walked at the very back.

"Isn't that blond guy from our carriage? Wang Ze and Xia Yan are with Jiang Ning too."

Qin Zhaoyang recognized Huang Xuan in the row behind him.

"It's normal for them to stick together. Their team's overall strength should be quite good, but none of them got the Survival Mark. That's really unlucky."

Chen Ye's gaze swept over Jiang Ning's group, and Wang Ze in the group nodded slightly to Chen Ye as a greeting.

Zhao Hai glanced at Jiang Ning's team: "That Jiang Ning guy is full of bad intentions. If he has any good luck, then God is really blind."

Chen Ye smiled but didn't reply.

Jiang Ning led his team to a spot outside the mirror area and stopped.

His gaze swept across the entire room, lingered on Chen Ye for a moment, then shifted to the twelve mirrors.

In less than two hours, no fewer than fifty people had gathered here, all in teams.

More than fifty people stood around the mirror area, forming a semicircle around the twelve mirrors. No one spoke loudly, and a tense silence filled the air.

Chen Ye glanced around and saw that apart from their team and Su Jin and Lei Xing's team, no one from the other teams had a survival mark.

This is not surprising. People with markings would not come to such places unless the team has top-tier combat power. Otherwise, they might not be fighting monsters, but being treated as monsters and attacked instead.

Chen Ye withdrew his gaze: "That's enough, we have enough people, any more and it'll be chaotic."

Su Jin nodded. She clearly knew that Chen Ye didn't want to lead this team battle, so she took two steps forward and stood in front of the crowd, facing the fifty-odd people.

"Everyone, almost everyone has arrived. There are twelve mirrors here, which means there are twelve survival marks. Everyone is here to collect these marks; there's no need to elaborate on that."

"But there's one thing I need to point out beforehand: these mirrors are too close together. If someone gets too close, more than one elite monster might come out, and the scene will get chaotic. Everyone will have to rely on their own abilities."

After she finished speaking, she glanced around the room and then looked away.

More than fifty people stood still, and no one moved.

No one went to the twelve mirrors.

The twelve mirrors stood there quietly, their surfaces a hazy gray, revealing nothing.

But everyone knows that behind every mirror lurks an elite monster.

If all twelve come out at the same time, the first person to rush forward will surely die.

The silence lasted for about ten seconds.

Nobody wants to be the first.

"Li Jiahao, you go."

Jiang Ning's voice came from the crowd.

All eyes turned to Jiang Ning's team.

Huang Xuan glanced at Jiang Ning, a slow smile curving his lips: "So you brought him along just to send him to his death. That's a good idea indeed, using a level 5 to test the mechanics, it doesn't matter if he dies."

His tone carried a sense of sudden realization.

Several teams around them turned their attention to Jiang Ning.

Jiang Ning ignored Huang Xuan and focused his gaze on Li Jiahao.

Li Jiahao stood still, his expression unchanged—no anger, no fear, not even surprise.

There was only a calm acceptance in those eyes, as if they had known this moment would come.

From the moment Jiang Ning rescued him from the insects' mouths in the insect nest, he knew that his life was no longer his own.

Li Jiahao nodded slightly and walked towards the twelve mirrors.