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

Su Jin and Lei Xing's team quickly moved closer to Chen Ye's team.

The three teams gathered in the center of the square, slightly to the east.

Su Jin's breathing became rapid. Her gaze swept from the east side of the square to the west side, from the south side to the north side, and then back from the north side to the east side.

Those narrow eyes were filled with vigilance, their pupils darting rapidly within their sockets, catching every possible anomaly.

"What... what's going on? Where's the monster?"

Lei Xing stood to Chen Ye's right, his gaze also searching for the Mirror Master's figure around the square.

Chen Ye did not answer.

He turned and looked at the huge mirror in the center of the square.

The row of silver-white numbers above the mirror has changed.

[98/100]

And it continues to decline.

[97/100]

[96/100]

[95/100]

It stopped at ninety-five.

The silvery-white numbers floated above the mirror, stabilized, and stopped fluctuating.

Chen Ye withdrew his gaze, understanding dawning on him.

He wasted no time and quickly brought up the system chat panel. A blue light shone in the night, reflecting on his face, outlining the clear contours of his young but composed features.

His fingers swiped quickly across the screen, and he typed a message and sent it.

[Chen Ye: @Everyone, those who have obtained the Survival Mark, if you don't want to die, quickly gather at the central square of Mirror City. The final boss of Mirror City will randomly teleport to the side of passengers with the Survival Mark.]

After sending the message, he closed the system chat panel.

The blue light curtain shrank before my eyes, turning into a single point of light and dissipating.

Su Jin, Lei Xing, and the others summoned the system panel almost at the same time.

Blue lights flickered in the night, illuminating several tense faces around them.

Su Jin's gaze swept quickly across the light screen. His brows furrowed slightly before relaxing, and a look of sudden realization flashed in his narrow eyes.

She glanced at Chen Ye and said, "Sure enough, this two-star trial is not that simple. Obtaining the survival mark is only the first step. That mirror was not just for show from the beginning."

Lei Xing also closed the panel, his brows furrowing slightly: "In order to survive, the passengers participating in the trial will inevitably do their best to obtain survival marks. Once all one hundred marks have appeared, the BOSS's hunting mechanism will be triggered. This leaves no one with a way out; it's a vicious cycle, a dead end."

"If I had known this boss was this strong, I should have sacrificed an unimportant person so that the progress wouldn't reach 100/100, thus preventing the boss hunting mechanic from being triggered."

As soon as Li Tianran finished speaking, he noticed that everyone's eyes were fixed on him.

He chuckled dryly twice, then quickly changed the subject: "But...but it's too late now, the BOSS has already come out."

Wen Ning shook her head slightly upon hearing this: "It's no use. The trial still has more than eight hours to go. Even if we kill someone with the mark just now, the mark will still reappear, and the BOSS will still appear, unless..." She paused, raised her eyelids and glanced at Li Tianran: "You can kill enough people."

Wen Ning's gaze was neither too light nor too heavy, yet it sent a chill down Li Tian's spine.

"It's pointless to talk about this now. The only way to survive is to wait for all the people with the mark to gather in the square. At that time, the BOSS will naturally teleport back. Working together to kill the BOSS is the only way to survive. Otherwise, we will be defeated one by one."

After saying this, Chen Ye's gaze swept across the entire square.

The original hundred or so people have dwindled to only thirty or forty. They stand in different spots in the square, some in small groups, others alone in corners.

The silver-white six-pointed star lights above everyone's heads formed a continuous line in the night.

Most of those who remained in the square had signs of survival, while only a few did not.

They naturally saw the message Chen Ye sent in the group and all chose to stay.

In this death game where survival is the only goal, no one who survives to the second-star trial is a fool. Those who are still thinking of hiding will only die faster.

Chen Ye's gaze swept over the groups scattered throughout the square, pausing for a moment in the direction of Jiang Ning's group.

Jiang Ning's team did not leave either.

Eight people stood on the western edge of the square.

Six six-pointed star cursors lined up above the line.

Jiang Ning stood at the very front of the group, his longbow already in his hand. The bowstring wasn't fully drawn, but his fingers rested on the fletching of the arrow, ready to go into battle at any moment.

His gaze shifted from the huge mirror in the center of the square, and his eyes met Chen Ye's.

The two people stared at each other for less than half a second, despite being nearly a hundred meters apart.

Jiang Ning's expression remained unchanged; she showed no intention of coming over or leaving.

He looked away, then continued staring at the mirror.

Chen Ye also withdrew his gaze.

Jiang Ning is a smart man; what he can think of, Jiang Ning can naturally think of as well.

In this trial where survival is the top priority, intelligent people don't need much communication; they only need to make the right judgments and do the right thing at the right time.

Wen Ning stood slightly behind Chen Ye, her gaze fixed on the huge mirror in the center of the square, looking at the line of numbers above the mirror that had stopped changing: "The number on the mirror is stuck at 95, it hasn't moved for a few minutes."

Chen Ye also glanced at the mirror; the silvery-white words floated quietly in the night, unchanged.

"This means we were lucky."

Chen Ye's expression relaxed slightly.

Zhao Hai, standing to Chen Ye's right, frowned slightly upon hearing this and turned to look at Chen Ye: "What do you mean?"

Chen Ye withdrew his gaze from the mirror and turned to Zhao Hai: "That BOSS must have encountered a tough opponent to kill, which is why it hasn't succeeded yet. This has given other passengers with survival marks enough time to arrive at the plaza. The more people there are, the greater our chances of killing the BOSS."

Zhao Hai nodded, his brows relaxing slightly, but quickly furrowing again: "Those two passengers with the mark just now, they seemed to be of a high level, and they were instantly killed. Who could withstand that BOSS for so long?"

He paused, then turned his head to look at the two pools of dark red blood at the edge of the square: "You saw the power of that thing's attack. One strike, and there wasn't even time to react."

Chen Ye did not answer, but he already had the answer in his heart.

In this mirror city, the number of people who can withstand the attacks of that level of BOSS on their own can be counted on one hand.

Among these people, there was one who had never appeared in this square since the start of the trial.