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

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70th floor of the control tower.

Chen Ye held his Demon-Slaying Halberd horizontally in front of him, the residual electric arcs on the spear tip still crackling and slowly pulsating along the silvery-white shaft.

Ten meters away from him, a huge mechanical monster was slowly rotating its cracked armor shell.

It was a giant tortoise-shaped beast resembling the Black Tortoise from mythology, with a huge dome-shaped metal shell covered with dark gray armor plates.

The surface was covered with crisscrossing cracks, with tiny arcs of electricity dancing in each crack, spreading across the entire carapace like a spider web.

From its tail grew a serpentine mechanical head, covered with dark gray scale armor of the same material, which was raised high, with a pair of scarlet electronic eyes locked in Chen Ye's direction, and the snake's mouth slowly opened.

The battle had been going on for nearly two hours since Chen Ye's team stepped onto this floor.

The cracks on its carapace were all caused by Zhao Hai's Heavenly Fire Falling Star punches.

Chen Ye's Demon-Slaying Halberd left dozens of deep and shallow gun marks on its body.

Gu Qinghuan's throwing knife vibrated at high speed, cutting the mechanical snake head at the giant tortoise's tail from different angles.

Wen Ning, Zhou Yating, and Qin Zhaoyang attacked from a safe distance at the back, unleashing a barrage of Judgment Swords, Ice Arrows, and Armor-Piercing Arrows.

The mechanical giant tortoise has begun to teeter on the brink of collapse.

"Brother Hai, it's dying, give it one last shot."

Before Chen Ye could finish speaking, Zhao Hai made his move.

The crimson flames on his right fist were burning with unprecedented intensity. The flames were growing brighter and hotter, to the point that the air around him began to distort slightly.

Then he leaped into the air.

He traced a crimson arc through the air and fell directly above the giant tortoise.

Sensing danger, the mechanical giant tortoise twisted its snake-like tail head wildly, knocking away Gu Qinghuan's throwing knife, and was about to bite Zhao Hai, who had already taken to the air.

However, it was met with a powerful sweeping blow from Chen Ye, the shaft of the Demon-Slaying Halberd slamming into the giant tortoise's mechanical snake head.

At the same time, Zhao Hai, who was in mid-air, fell like a meteorite, his right fist leaving a long trail of crimson flames behind him, and slammed hard into the giant tortoise's head.

"boom--!"

A crimson flame exploded on the giant tortoise's forehead.

Half of the giant tortoise's forehead was blown off by Zhao Hai's punch, causing its body to stiffen abruptly and its tortoise legs to stop moving.

The massive mechanical body slowly tilted to one side, then crashed down with a deafening thud onto the metal floor.

Zhao Hai stood up from beside the mechanical giant tortoise corpse, shook the metal shavings off his fist, and a silver-white six-pointed star cursor slowly appeared above his head.

[Defeat the Xuanwu Beast (BOSS), score +1500]

The system notification flashed past him.

An item fell next to the wreckage of the mechanical giant tortoise: a cyan ring lying inside the pickup protection shield.

Zhao Hai bent down and picked it up, then brought up the item's attribute panel.

[Item: Xuanwu Ring]

[Rank: Silver]

[Effect: Activates the Xuanwu Protection state for 30 minutes, tripling the user's base constitution. This effect can stack with talents. Cooldown: 24 hours.]

Zhao Hai glanced at the item's attributes, turned around and walked back to the team. He handed the Xuanwu Ring in his hand to Chen Ye: "Here, take this. Your physique is the highest among us, so you can make the most of this item."

Chen Ye took it, brought up the item panel and glanced at it: "The BOSS here actually drops items directly, which is much better than dropping treasure chest keys."

Zhao Hai nodded slightly: "Opening treasure chests depends on luck. Direct drops are definitely much better than using keys to open treasure chests."

Chen Ye put the Xuanwu Ring on his finger. Although this item was far inferior to the S-level defensive skill he had seen in the Infinite City trading market, it could still raise his physical attributes by a level in a short period of time.

Items have advantages over skills. Besides not consuming stamina or energy, anyone can use them, and the team's item resources can be allocated reasonably according to the situation at any time.

After the battle, everyone rested on the spot.

With a wave of her hand, Gu Qinghuan sent six silver-white throwing knives flying back to her side from all directions, which were then stored away in her storage space.

Then she walked over to Chen Ye and stood next to him: "Your decision-making is problematic."

Chen Ye raised his head.

Gu Qinghuan's gaze fell on the six-pointed star mark above Zhao Hai's head: "When you reach the 50th floor, you should have Zhao Hai kill the BOSS. I will kill the BOSS on this floor. This way, we can save a lot of time."

Chen Ye looked at Gu Qinghuan without refuting her.

Gu Qinghuan was right. If Gu Qinghuan were to kill the BOSS on this floor, she would indeed level up much faster. Zhao Hai was already struggling with the mechanical giant tortoise on this floor.

Zhao Hai sat down next to Chen Ye, looked up at Gu Qinghuan, and said half-jokingly, "Gu Qinghuan, are you complaining that my damage isn't high enough?"

"I was just stating the optimal solution; I didn't mean anything else."

After saying that, Gu Qinghuan didn't say anything more.

"It just takes a little more time; as long as the task is completed, that's all that matters."

Chen Ye smiled and shook his head. He had made a bad decision by letting Gu Qinghuan get the survival mark first when she was on the 50th floor. This woman was too rational.

"The boss on floor 70 was really tough on me. How am I going to beat floors 80, 90, and finally 100?"

Zhao Hai sat up straight, his expression becoming more serious.

"Of course, we'll wait until the rest of the people come up before we fight them all together."

Chen Ye summoned the system panel and glanced at the time in the upper right corner.

22 points.

The control tower was a completely enclosed metal structure, so they couldn't see the outside sky. Before they knew it, they had been inside the control tower for nearly eight hours.

"Let's rest on this floor tonight." Chen Ye closed the system panel: "The BOSS has been killed, so this floor should be absolutely safe. Let's rest well tonight, and tomorrow we'll start from floor 71 and push upwards one floor at a time, helping Wen Ning, Zhao Yang, and the class monitor obtain survival marks from the elite monsters."

"If we rest here tonight, and Zhongxiu comes and clears out the monsters on floors 71 to 79, then we won't have any monsters to fight tomorrow. The boss on floor 80 is just standing there and I can't kill it. I won't be able to complete my trial mission."

Qin Zhaoyang was a little worried. Even Zhao Hai had some trouble defeating the level 70 boss, let alone getting the survival mark from the level 80 boss.