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

In the center of the hall, a smashed mechanical wreck lay on the floor, its remaining metal frame twisted and deformed, and tiny arcs of electricity still emanating from the broken pipes.

Beside the wreckage, Chen Ye had just pulled the Demon-Slaying Halberd from the mechanical monster's head, a wisp of residual electricity still clinging to the tip.

Above his head, a silver-white six-pointed star cursor was slowly rotating.

Wen Ning, Zhao Hai, Qin Zhaoyang, and Zhou Yating stood behind him, each in a different posture: some had just put away their skills, some were adjusting their breathing, and some were bending down to pick up dropped items.

Gu Qinghuan stood at the back, with six silver-white throwing knives hovering around her, their tips trembling slightly.

Zhong Xiu's gaze lingered on Gu Qinghuan for a moment, then shifted, sweeping over the six-pointed star above Chen Ye's head, over the mechanical wreckage on the ground, and finally back to Chen Ye's face.

Yang Lan walked up from behind Zhong Xiu, her gaze sweeping across the battlefield as well, a hint of barely perceptible regret in her voice: "We're too late, the BOSS has already been killed."

"Let's go."

Zhong Xiu didn't say anything more, turned around and walked towards the elevator. If the BOSS hadn't been killed, she could have taken it, but now the BOSS was dead.

Yang Lan and Sun Wu exchanged a glance and quickly followed.

The elevator doors closed silently behind her, and the numbers on the floor display started jumping from 30 and stopped at 40 a few seconds later.

Qin Zhaoyang didn't let out a long sigh of relief until the elevator's display screen had completely stabilized: "Luckily we acted quickly, otherwise this woman would definitely have tried to take it. That blow she gave was too powerful; she swatted away such a big tire like she was hitting a golf ball."

Zhao Hai turned his gaze away from the elevator doors and walked to Chen Ye's side: "She went straight to the 40th floor. Looks like she's in a hurry to snatch the BOSS."

"Then we need to hurry up too. Killing the BOSS will definitely get us a survival mark. Only one person in their team hasn't gotten a mark yet. Once they clear 40 floors, the whole team will complete the trial. If they continue to clear the BOSS floors, it will only increase the difficulty for us to complete the mission."

As soon as Gu Qinghuan finished speaking, she waved her hand, and the vibration frequency of the six throwing knives gradually decreased. The light on the blades faded, and they drew six silver lines in the air before falling back into her hand.

Zhao Hai nodded slightly: "Gu Qinghuan is right. Even including the BOSS on the 100th floor, there are only ten. The number is limited."

Qin Zhaoyang sidled up to Chen Ye: "Brother Ye, are we going to try and steal the boss on the 40th floor?"

Chen Ye did not answer immediately, but walked to the elevator.

The others followed.

Chen Ye's gaze fell on the monitor of Zhong Xiu's elevator: "No need to fight for it. Once her team kills the BOSS on the 40th floor, we can go directly to the 50th floor. If they don't fight with us, they will wait for us to kill the BOSS on the 50th floor and then go directly to the 60th floor. Then we will wait for them to kill the BOSS on the 60th floor and then go directly to the 70th floor. This way, we can reliably get two marks."

Wen Ning's eyes flickered slightly: "You mean, avoid going to the same floor as her?"

Chen Ye nodded: "She didn't fight us just now, which means she doesn't want to be exhausted prematurely. At least at this stage, her priority is to let her team complete the trial mission first. She won't actively compete with us for the BOSS."

Zhao Hai pondered for a moment: "That's a good idea. She takes hers, we take ours, and we don't interfere with each other, as long as she doesn't interfere while we're fighting the BOSS. But what happens after we defeat the BOSS on the 70th floor?"

"After clearing the 70th floor, we pushed upwards one floor at a time. The higher the floor, the stronger the mechanical monsters naturally become. Once we reached a very high floor, it became difficult for the class monitor and Zhaoyang to complete the mission."

After Chen Ye finished speaking, the group entered the elevator.

The elevator floor buttons only illuminate up to the 40th floor.

Chen Ye glanced at the group behind him and said, "Let's wait here until the button for the 50th floor lights up, then we'll go up immediately."

Everyone nodded.

After the group waited in the elevator for about twenty minutes, the button for the 50th floor lit up, indicating that Zhong Xiu had already killed the BOSS on the 40th floor.

Chen Ye immediately pressed the button for the 50th floor.

The elevator doors closed silently in front of everyone, and the car rose smoothly. It took less than ten seconds to go from the 30th floor to the 50th floor. The car doors slid open silently, and cold white light shone in from the outside.

Chen Ye stepped out of the elevator first, his gaze sweeping across the lobby.

Zhong Xiu's team did not come up; there was only a huge mechanical monster in the hall.

Its upper body is humanoid, with thick metal arms hanging at its sides and sharp rotating drill bits at the tips of its fingers.

Its lower body resembles that of some kind of arthropod, with eight long legs covered in dark gray armor supporting its massive body.

Its head was slightly lowered, and a pair of scarlet electronic eyes were scanning Chen Ye and his group. Then, a familiar synthesized electronic voice announced: "Intruder detected! Initiate cleanup program!"

"This boss is ours now."

Before Chen Ye could finish speaking, his right leg had already pushed off the ground, the metal floor beneath his feet making a dull thud, and he was launched from his spot, so fast that he left a blurry afterimage in the air.

A thick layer of black energy appeared out of thin air on the shaft of the Demon-Slaying Halberd.

The layer of black mist coiled from the butt of the spear to its tip, leaving a winding trail in the air, while a hunched, evil ghostly phantom slowly emerged behind it.

Zhao Hai followed closely behind, his arms instantly turning metal from his fingertips to his shoulders, and a crimson flame suddenly ignited on his right fist, leaving a long trail of light as he moved at high speed.

Gu Qinghuan also moved. She put away the five throwing knives, leaving only one by her side.

The vibration frequency of the silver-white throwing knife suddenly increased the moment the other five were retrieved, the buzzing sound changed from low to high, and the silver light on the blade became dazzling.

The throwing knife bounced off her side at a speed so fast that it was almost impossible to catch with the naked eye; only a very thin silver line could be seen flashing through the air.

Wen Ning stood at the elevator entrance, her right hand raised high with her five fingers spread.

Light elements rapidly condensed above her palm, and a lightsaber about two meters long quickly took shape in mid-air. The blade was made of pure light elements, with a golden glow around its edges.

Qin Zhaoyang stood beside Wen Ning, his alloy longbow fully drawn, an arrow nocked on the bowstring, its tip aimed at the mechanical monster.

Zhou Yating stood at the back of the group, her right hand outstretched, an arrow with an icy blue sheen rapidly forming above her fingertips.

The battle erupted in full force within seconds.