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

"Since a large number of monsters appear at night, those lone teams are probably all gone, so there's a high probability that only the twenty-one of us are left now."

Chen Ye spoke calmly, as if stating a fact that had already been confirmed.

"Therefore, the merger of the trains is inevitable."

Wen Ning reached out and brushed aside the dry branches in front of her, causing the flames to leap up a little higher.

Lei Xing slammed his fist on the ground beside him: "Damn it, since the last train merger, we've only gone through three survival trials, and now there are so few of us left. What is controlling this death game?"

No one answered his question.

The campfire was still crackling.

The silence lasted for about five seconds.

"There's no use thinking about this now," Wen Ning's voice broke the silence. She turned to look at Lei Xing: "All we can do is try our best to survive. Perhaps we'll know the answer when we reach a high enough level."

Lei Xing sighed: "Easier said than done. Once the trains merge and level 20 passengers join, we'll have to participate in a three-star survival trial. Even if we have S-level talent, it doesn't guarantee we'll survive."

Everyone fell silent. Even Chen Ye and Gu Qinghuan couldn't possibly reach level 20 through this trial.

Nothing was said that night, only the campfire burning quietly.

……

The next day.

early morning.

Chen Ye opened his eyes as sunlight filtered through the gaps in the tree canopy.

The blood mist was much thinner than at night, but several times denser than when they first arrived, flowing slowly along the layer of dead leaves on the ground.

The campfire had long since died out, leaving only a pile of grayish-white embers and a few half-burnt dry branches.

The area around the campsite was very quiet.

Gu Qinghuan sat not far away. After Chen Ye woke up, she said, "Those monsters from last night are no longer around. They disappeared when the blood mist cleared up. It seems they won't appear during the day."

"You didn't sleep all night?"

Chen Ye asked.

Gu Qinghuan nodded slightly.

Chen Ye stood up and stretched his neck.

The others in the camp also woke up one after another.

Wen Ning was standing at the edge of the camp, her gaze fixed on the dense forest shrouded in blood mist ahead.

Chen Ye walked over: "Have you heard anything from Han Wei and the others?"

Wen Ning shook her head: "No, I guess it's like you said, all the other teams besides us are dead."

Chen Ye's gaze followed the direction Wen Ning was looking: "Let's go take a look."

He didn't wait for anyone else and started walking in that direction.

Zhao Hai stood up from beside the broken tree and followed.

Wen Ning followed beside him.

Then more people followed suit.

Twenty-one people walked through the sparse woodland, heading in the direction where Han Wei's team had been the previous night.

The layer of fallen leaves underfoot went from intact to messy, and there were more and more signs of trees being cut down, with broken logs lying haphazardly in the forest.

Chen Ye stopped in a relatively open clearing in the woods.

Six mangled corpses lay scattered across the open space, some leaning against tree trunks, others lying face down, their limbs twisted at unnatural angles.

Han Wei's body was leaning against the roots of a broken tree, half of his head missing.

Wu Min's body lay a few meters away, her back torn open in several places, the flesh rolled up, revealing the broken bones underneath.

The other four bodies were scattered at the edge of the open space, their limbs mutilated and their clothes torn to shreds.

Dark red bloodstains were everywhere on the ground.

Chen Ye crouched down, his gaze sweeping over the corpses. Faced with the massive horde of monsters, the six level 11 passengers clearly didn't have much time to resist.

Of these six, only two received the Tree God's blessing yesterday, and even they were struggling to withstand the blood mist and hordes of monsters.

Zhao Hai walked up from behind him, his gaze sweeping over the horrific scene: "They were surrounded. Judging from the distribution of these corpses, the monsters rushed in from multiple directions at the same time. They didn't even have time to make an effective defense."

Qin Zhaoyang stood a few meters away, his gaze shifting from the corpses, his Adam's apple bobbing.

Su Jin also came up from behind. Her expression didn't change much. She just glanced at it and then looked away: "Let's continue cutting down trees."

Chen Ye turned around and looked at the group behind him: "Let's split up and move around around the camp. Don't go too far. Those who have already received the blessing should continue cutting down trees to get points. Those who haven't received the blessing yet should hurry up. Everyone must complete the trial mission before dark."

Everyone nodded in agreement.

Su Jin led his team toward a densely wooded area on the left.

Lei Xing and Li Tianran led the three team members who hadn't received the blessing yet to the right side.

Jiang Ning glanced at Chen Ye, then led Jian Lan and Li Jiahao toward a relatively sparse woodland behind them.

Wang Ze led Xia Yan toward a nearby grove of trees. Both of them had completed their tasks long ago and now needed more points to level up.

Chen Ye's gaze swept over the remaining group: "Zhaoyang, your goal today, and the class monitor's goal, is to get the blessing. Hai Ge and Wen Ning are in charge of your safety."

"Got it, Brother Ye."

Qin Zhaoyang gripped the Gale Crossbow tightly.

The group dispersed into a dense area of ​​red-barked trees.

Chen Ye and Gu Qinghuan each harvested the monsters that emerged from the felling.

The Demon-Slaying Halberd whirled in Chen Ye's hands, each thrust of the spear tip precisely piercing the vital points of a tree spirit or tree demon.

The kill score on the system panel is climbing at a visible rate.

His goal is 10000 points.

The S-rank skill selection chest is a trump card he must obtain before the trains merge.

Gu Qinghuan's side was equally efficient.

Six silver-white throwing knives formed a continuously rotating net of blades around her, slicing any monsters that emerged from the blood mist into pieces within seconds.

Time flew by amidst the felling and killing.

……

noon.

Chen Ye killed the tree spirit gushing out of the broken end with a single shot, shook off the dark red blood on the tip of his spear, straightened up and looked around.

He had cut down almost all of the forest; broken trees lay scattered on the ground, and the blood mist at the cuts had dissipated.

Chen Ye brought up the system chat panel, and a blue light screen unfolded before his eyes.

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

[Chen Ye: How are things going for you guys? Has anyone completed the mission?]

A moment later, messages popped up one after another.

[Su Jin: I haven't received it yet.]

[Lei Xing: One of my teammates just finished.]

[Zhao Hai: Zhao Yang is done, Zhou Yating isn't. But I found something strange here, do you want to come and take a look? We're north of the camp, not far from here.]

Chen Ye: I'm coming over now.

Chen Ye closed the system panel and turned his head to look at Gu Qinghuan not far away.

Gu Qinghuan was standing next to a tree trunk that had just been cut down, with six throwing knives hovering beside her, the luster on the blades slowly fading.

She also noticed Chen Ye's actions and glanced at him sideways.

"Hai-ge found something over there, let's go take a look."

After Chen Ye finished speaking, he turned around and walked quickly northward.

Gu Qinghuan didn't ask any further questions. She put the six flying knives back into her storage space and followed.