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

Zhao Hai sat down on a raised tree root directly in front of the portal: "Let's rest. Cutting down trees is too inefficient. We should conserve our energy and wait for those things to come to us tonight."

Wen Ning nodded in agreement.

Chen Ye also sat down. Zhao Hai was right; cutting down trees was indeed inefficient.

Ordinary trees don't have monsters, and you only get 20 points for cutting down an ordinary tree spirit. You only get high scores for cutting down elite tree demons, and trees that spawn tree demons are very rare.

He earned most of his points last night.

The group of five sat in front of the five doors of light.

Gu Qinghuan also sat down, clearly not wanting to cut down any more trees.

Qin Zhaoyang squatted down beside Chen Ye, his gaze sweeping over the five glowing doors: "Brother Ye, what do you think might be inside these doors? Could it be skill books, equipment, items, or some other good stuff?"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Yating turned her head and glanced at him: "If you're so curious, you can go in and take a look."

Qin Zhaoyang shrank his neck and chuckled twice: "Let's forget it. We've already completed the trial mission. As long as we get through tonight, we can return to the train safely. If we go in and can't get out, that would be a real mess."

Chen Ye didn't reply. His gaze remained fixed on the flowing green light on the surface of the five light gates, and his fingertips unconsciously tapped a rhythm on his knees.

These five doors didn't appear here for no reason, and the numbers on the doors correspond one-to-one with the number of blessings from the Tree God, so they certainly don't seem like useless decorations.

In the survival trials, every mechanism is interconnected.

Just then, the fallen leaves and moss on the ground began to rise slightly.

Immediately afterwards, a pale green light seeped out from the crack in the ground, and the beam of light slowly rose, condensing into the outline of a new light gate in mid-air.

The door frame was outlined with a pale green light, and its size was exactly the same as the previous five doors.

Above the entrance, a leaf-shaped mark slowly appeared, followed by the number 1 appearing next to it.

Chen Ye looked at the number, then turned to Wen Ning: "Looks like someone else has completed the trial mission."

"These doors seem to be waiting for us to go in." Wen Ning turned to Chen Ye. "Don't you think so? They don't attack, they don't disappear, they just stand here, and the numbers keep changing. These light doors..."

She paused, then looked back at the doorway: "It's like a ticket that's already reserved a spot for us."

The air fell silent for a moment.

Qin Zhaoyang understood the implication in her words and subconsciously hugged the Gale Crossbow tighter: "Sister Wen, what you said is giving me the creeps. We're not going in. Even if there are monsters at night, Brother Ye and Brother Hai can handle them."

Chen Ye stood up from the tree roots, patted the dirt off his hands, and stopped in front of one of the light portals.

He didn't reach out to touch it, but stood about a step away from the door, his gaze fixed on the flowing dark green halo inside the door.

Through that light curtain, you could vaguely see something floating behind the door, like a narrow passage, or another space permeated with green light.

Zhao Hai stood up from the tree roots and walked to Chen Ye's side: "Should I go scout ahead first?"

Chen Ye shook his head: "No rush. It's not dark yet. Let's wait for everyone to finish their trial missions and come back first. If we really need to go through this door, it won't disappear. There's no need to rush."

Zhao Hai nodded, didn't ask any further questions, and returned to his original seat.

Chen Ye sat back down on the tree root, leaning against the rough bark of the trunk, his eyes half-closed, but he didn't really relax.

He was waiting for nightfall. He was also waiting for those who hadn't yet completed their mission to return.

……

As evening approached, darkness fell.

Chen Ye opened his eyes.

He sat leaning against the rough roots of the ancient tree for the entire afternoon, and his physical fatigue had subsided considerably. He stretched his stiff neck, then stood up and glanced at the six light gates in front of him.

The number above the new door that appeared in the afternoon has changed from 1 to 3.

Zhao Hai, Wen Ning, Qin Zhaoyang, and Zhou Yating also stood up from the tree roots, their gazes all turning to the thickening blood mist in the forest.

"They should be back."

Wen Ning's voice came from beside Chen Ye.

Before the words were finished, the leaves in the forest began to rustle, and footsteps came from two different directions at the same time.

Wang Ze and Xia Yan were the first to emerge from the dense shade of the trees on the left.

Wang Ze stopped at the edge of the open space, his gaze sweeping over the several illuminated doors. He adjusted his black-rimmed glasses and asked, "There's an extra door?"

"Hmm." Chen Ye nodded: "Three more people completed the trial mission this afternoon."

He shifted his gaze from Wang Ze to the swirling shadows of the trees on his right. A moment later, Jiang Ning led Li Jiahao and Jian Lan out of the woods.

Jiang Ning walked at the front, glanced at the six light doors, and then looked away.

Jian Lan followed on his right, and a light green leaf mark appeared between her eyebrows.

Li Jiahao walked at the very back of the group.

Wang Ze's gaze lingered on Jian Lan's brow for a moment before turning to the portals: "According to the numbers on these portals, there are still three people who haven't completed the trial."

Wen Ning looked up at the sky: "It's going to get dark soon."

The light in the forest was dimming at a visible speed, and the blood mist churned more clearly in the twilight, like a layer of dark red gel that was solidifying.

Just then, footsteps echoed through the woods again.

It was Su Jin and Lei Xing's team that returned.

Twenty-one people gathered in the open space in front of the ancient tree, but only eighteen of them had the blessing mark between their eyebrows.

Two members of Su Jin's team failed to complete the trial mission, and one member of Lei Xing's team did not receive the blessing of the Tree God.

A silent oppressive atmosphere permeated the air.

A young man in his early twenties from Su Jin's group stood at the edge of the open space for a moment, and then began to move.

He took out all the potions from his storage space, walked up to Su Jin, and handed them to her: "Sister Su, I don't need these, you can keep them."

His voice was calm.

Su Jin looked at the young man in front of him and remained silent for a moment.

This is the youngest member of his team, and everyone in the team calls him Xiao Li.

Su Jin ultimately said nothing, reached out and took the potion, then put it into her storage space.

Xiao Li took two steps back and sat down at the edge of the open space.

Another older man in Su Jin's group made the same gesture.

He walked up to Yang Qing and stuffed the medicine from his storage space into her hand: "You and Sister Su have to live on. I'm really tired. This is better than nothing. The sooner we die, the sooner we can be reborn."

"Old Wang..."

Yang Qing opened his mouth, but before he could finish speaking, the team member named Lao Wang waved his hand with a smile.

He turned around and sat down next to Xiao Li. Neither of them spoke, but they just stared at the thickening blood mist in front of them.