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

Chen Ye breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the middle-aged man introduce himself. Tu Honglie was fourth on the ranking list, level 19, not one of the three level 20 passengers.

He was not afraid of Tang Jingxin, who was at level 9, when he was at level 6. Now that he is at level 16, he is even less afraid of Tu Honglie, who is at level 19. If Tu Honglie had not obtained an S-level skill, he would have no chance against him at all.

The reason he was able to accumulate 10000 points so quickly is because his talent doesn't consume energy; other people can't accumulate points as fast as he does.

Chen Ye looked up at Tu Honglie, a slight smile playing on his lips: "When you said we wouldn't survive the next trial, did you mean we'd die at the hands of the monsters or at your hands?"

"It seems you're a sensible person, so I'll be blunt: if you don't hand over the potion, you won't be able to leave the train station for the next trial. The three days in Infinite City will be your last."

Tu Honglie stopped pretending and laid his cards on the table.

Chen Ye's voice turned cold: "You're only level 19. The three-star trial unlocks at level 20. What makes you think you can protect us? I'm certain the three of you will die in the next three-star survival trial. You can't even protect yourselves, yet you dare to ask for protection money?"

"You ignorant fool! Our boss is fourth on the ranking list. You think you can't survive the next survival trial? Who do you think you are?"

The short, stocky man launched into a verbal attack on Chen Ye.

"Get lost, we're not paying this protection money."

Chen Ye didn't even glance at the short, stocky man.

Tu Honglie's face darkened: "Good lad, you've got guts."

Chen Ye ignored him.

"Let's go."

Tu Honglie didn't say anything more. He turned and left with the bespectacled man and the short, stocky man. He couldn't make a move on the train, but in his mind, Chen Ye was already a dead man.

Several natives of the G4939 train cast sympathetic glances at Chen Ye. Tu Honglie was also a native of the G4939 train.

The top three Level 20 passengers on the leaderboard are also original inhabitants of train G4939. The train merger is based on train G4939 because it has the largest number of survivors.

After Tu Honglie and his two companions had walked away, Qin Zhaoyang whispered, "Brother Ye, are you sure you're okay with provoking him like that?"

Chen Ye retorted, "Are we supposed to each hand over 1000 points worth of potions to him?"

Qin Zhaoyang shut his mouth.

"We're all around level 10, what's there to be afraid of?"

Chen Ye narrowed his eyes slightly. If Tu Honglie dared to attack him in the next survival trial, then the first person he would use his S-level skill, Yellow Springs Transference, to transfer would be Tu Honglie.

"Chen Ye, haven't you ever thought about collecting protection money? 1000 points of potion per person, with so many people in the carriage, that's a considerable income."

Wen Ning turned around and said that she believed Chen Ye was definitely qualified to collect protection fees with his strength.

Chen Ye smiled and said, "That Tu Honglie has the title of fourth on the level ranking list as his backing, while my level is only 16. How can I recruit him? I can't just shove my entire attribute panel in their faces, can I? There are still three level 20 passengers on this train. We don't know who they are or which carriage they are in yet, so we should be careful."

"That's true, you're too cautious."

Wen Ning turned around and sat back down in her seat.

In the front row of carriage number one, Tu Honglie sat back down, and the bespectacled man sat down next to him.

As soon as Tu Honglie sat down, he immediately brought up the ranking list. Eight of the top ten were natives of their train G4937.

His gaze lingered on the names of two passengers at level 19: Wu Hao, ranked ninth, and Lü Yang, ranked tenth. These were the only two unfamiliar faces among the top ten of the ranking list.

"You think that kid is one of those two?"

The bespectacled man's gaze fell on the light screen in front of Tu Honglie.

"If not, why is he so confident?"

Tu Honglie was able to reach level 19, so he was certainly not a pure brute.

"It shouldn't be possible. That woman also said that their group came from the G5002 train. How could a train with such a late number reach level 19 so quickly? They participated in far fewer trials than we did. These two level 19s definitely can't be him."

The bespectacled man disagreed and was extremely confident in his judgment.

Tu Honglie was silent for a few seconds, then closed the system panel: "Fine, no matter who he is or what level he is, I will kill him in the next trial."

The man with the gold-rimmed glasses didn't reply; he simply adjusted his glasses.

Tu Honglie paused for a moment, then lowered his voice slightly: "However, that kid was right about one thing. The three-star survival trial does indeed unlock at level 20. My current level is still a bit too low, and I'm a little short of points to exchange for the S-level skill selection chest. I still need to be extremely careful in the next trial."

"Isn't this all because Lu Qingchuan and the other two leveled up so fast, ignoring our lives?" The man with the gold-rimmed glasses spoke with undisguised resentment, then a smile crept onto his face. "But we also managed to loot quite a few potions during this train merger. We'll use them to level up in Infinite City, which will give us a better chance of success in the next survival trial."

Relying on his fourth-place ranking, Tu Honglie quickly amassed a potion worth 25000 points.

In carriage number one, apart from his team and Chen Ye's group, the remaining 25 people each handed over 1000 points worth of potions.

This resource is enough for their team to improve in the Infinite City.

……

Carriage number three.

The two seats in the front row were filled with smoke.

Two men were leaning back in their chairs, one on each side, each holding a large cigar.

A pale blue system light screen floated in front of each of them.

The man sitting by the window was about thirty years old, with a buzz cut and strong facial features.

The person sitting next to me was a young man in his early twenties with slightly curly, tousled hair and rather handsome features.

These two are the first and third on the ranking list.

The older man with the buzz cut is Lu Qingchuan, who is ranked first on the ranking list, while the younger one is Wang Zekai, who is ranked third.

Wang Zekai switched the cigar in his mouth to his left hand, and swiped his right hand across the light screen in front of him: "Brother Chuan, the trains have merged. There are still only the three of us at level 20. After Infinite City, the next survival trial will be three stars, and other trains might participate. Our train is a bit weak; it seems like all the merged trains are just lousy fish!"

Lu Qingchuan exhaled a smoke ring: "Let's take it one step at a time. We have to participate in the three-star survival trial eventually; we can't keep suppressing our levels forever."

Wang Zekai swiped the light screen again, scanning the top of the leaderboard: "There are only two new faces in the top ten of the ranking list. I wonder which carriage these two are in."

Lu Qingchuan didn't reply and continued smoking his cigar.

Just then, a voice came from the back row.

"Lu Qingchuan, Wang Zekai, could you two please stop smoking in the carriage? It's choking us."

The voice was crisp, carrying undisguised disdain.