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

Wen Ning turned her head to look at Qin Zhaoyang, her tone unhurried: "You don't need to worry about that. Zhong Xiu's team has defeated three bosses, and everyone has completed the trial mission."

"They're probably trying to farm points right now. They won't skip floors to steal ours. They can farm from floor 61 to 69 as much as they want. Isn't that much more profitable than competing with us for floors 71 to 79?"

Chen Ye nodded: "Wen Ning is right. They can collect all the points safely from floor 61 to 69 without having to give up a single floor. If they go up to floor 70 and compete with us, they will only be able to complete half of the floors and will also face the risk of conflict with our team."

Qin Zhaoyang thought about it and seemed to agree. He nodded and lay down on the metal floor next to Chen Ye: "Okay, get a good night's sleep tonight."

Chen Ye stood up and walked around the edge of the lobby, his gaze sweeping over the floor displays of the elevators one by one.

The elevator for Zhong Xiu's team is currently stopped at the 63rd floor, while the elevator for Lu Qingchuan's team has reached the 54th floor.

Most of the other elevators are located between the 30th and 40th floors, with a few above the 40th floor, but none exceeding the 50th floor.

The three strongest teams have formed a tacit understanding, staggering their schedules to avoid interfering with each other, so that each team can get the most points.

After Zhongxiu defeated the boss on the 60th floor, he did not rush to the 70th floor, but instead started clearing the floors one by one from the 61st floor upwards.

Lu Qingchuan's floor was also gradually rising, clearly aiming to collect all the kill points from floor 51 to floor 59.

Chen Ye went straight to the 70th floor, which meant he had secured the best spot in advance, since the higher the floor, the more points you get from killing monsters.

After completing the lap, Chen Ye returned to the group.

The six people each found a spot, some sitting, some lying against the wall, and soon the hall was filled with the even breathing of the group.

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The next day.

Chen Ye's team started from the 71st floor and advanced upwards, floor by floor.

The strength of the mechanical monsters increases with each level, but given Chen Ye and Gu Qinghuan's harvesting speed, the difficulty is still within a manageable range.

In order to allow Wen Ning, Qin Zhaoyang, and Zhou Yating to obtain survival marks, they deliberately slowed down the pace, giving the three of them as many opportunities as possible to kill elite monsters.

It took the team almost a day to slowly push from the 71st floor to the 75th floor. Wen Ning, Qin Zhaoyang, and Zhou Yating successively obtained the Survival Mark.

After everyone completed the trial mission, Chen Ye and Gu Qinghuan no longer suppressed their efficiency, and Zhao Hai and Wen Ning also fully cooperated from the side. The whole team seemed to have been unshackled, and their tower-pushing speed suddenly increased.

It only took three hours to go from the 76th floor to the 78th floor.

After defeating all the mechanical monsters on the 78th floor, Chen Ye summoned the system trial panel.

[Trial Setting: Mechanical City]

[Trial Difficulty: ★★★]

[Kill Points: 8980]

Survival Points: 0

Countdown: 65:32:35

He glanced at the countdown; almost half the time had already passed.

Although they had all completed their trial missions and wouldn't be eliminated by the rules, the train was about to depart when the time came, and they would starve to death if they stayed in this steel city.

"Let's go up; the people up there should be waiting for us."

Chen Ye turned off the control panel and turned to walk towards the elevator.

The others, catching their breath, followed suit.

Chen Ye walked to the elevator and glanced at the floor displays of the two elevators on his right. Both of them were showing the 79th floor and had not gone any higher. Before they entered the 78th floor, the two teams had already gone directly to the 79th floor.

Zhao Hai raised an eyebrow: "As expected, they didn't continue upwards. They were really waiting for us."

Chen Ye withdrew his gaze: "Let's go."

The group entered the elevator, and Chen Ye pressed the button for the 79th floor.

The elevator doors closed silently, ascended to the 79th floor, and then slid open again.

As Chen Ye and his group stepped out of the elevator, the view of the 79th floor came into full view.

Like the previous floors, this floor is a spacious metal hall.

The cool white light shone down evenly, illuminating the entire space.

The mechanical monsters on this floor have long been cleared away.

Zhong Xiu and Lu Qingchuan's two teams each occupied one side of the hall.

Zhong Xiu's group sat against the left wall of the hall. Zhong Xiu sat on the ground with her back against the metal wall, her eyes half-closed, as if she were resting.

Yang Lan and Sun Wu, who were standing next to her, glanced at Chen Ye.

Chen Ye shifted his gaze from Zhong Xiu's team to Lu Qingchuan's team on the right.

Lu Qingchuan stood up from the ground and walked towards Chen Ye, with Wang Zekai and the others following behind him.

The two teams met up near the elevator entrance.

Lu Qingchuan stopped in front of Chen Ye: "Chen Ye, you've finally made it up."

Chen Ye laughed and said, "They've been waiting for us."

Lu Qingchuan nodded slightly: "Although I didn't fight the BOSS floor, I imagine the BOSS on the 70th floor must be quite strong. Zhong Xiu's team got to this floor before us, so she probably didn't want to deal with the BOSS on the 80th floor alone."

Chen Ye glanced at Zhong Xiu's team before looking away: "The level 70 boss is indeed quite strong. The level 80 boss would probably be difficult for a team to handle, and her team only has three people. It's a safe decision not to go up."

Lu Qingchuan continued, "Half of the trial time has passed, and there are still 20 floors left to clear. Should we go straight up and take down the boss on the 80th floor? Although Zhong Xiu's team is of a higher level, there are only three of them. We have the advantage in numbers, so we still have a chance to kill the boss."

Chen Ye pondered for a moment, then shook his head: "Let's wait a little longer. We've already cleared the mechanical monsters from floors 50 to 79. The passengers behind will be coming up soon. There are still quite a few level 18 or 19 passengers on both trains. Once they're on, we can push straight to floor 100 in one go."

Lu Qingchuan pondered for a moment and nodded: "That works too. Many hands make light work."

The two teams didn't say anything more, gathered together, and rested on the spot.

Qin Zhaoyang sat down on the ground against the wall and let out a long breath: "Finally, I can rest for a while. My legs are so weak from pushing this whole way up."

Zhao Hai sat down next to him, crossing his arms over his chest: "We'll have to fight until the others come up. We won't be able to get back to the station until we break through this control tower."

Qin Zhaoyang turned his head to look at Zhao Hai: "Brother Hai, can't you let me catch my breath before we talk about this?"

Chen Ye sat down by the wall, glanced at Zhong Xiu's team, and then leaned against the metal wall to close his eyes and rest.

On the other side of the hall.

Zhong Xiu kept her eyes closed.

Yang Lan's gaze kept drifting towards Chen Ye's direction, then he lowered his voice and said to Zhong Xiu, who was resting with her eyes closed, "Sister Zhong, it seems they want to continue waiting for others. They outnumber us, and it's not safe for us to try and kill the later BOSS."

Zhong Xiu kept her eyes closed and did not speak.

Sun Wu chimed in, "What's the use of having more people? We still need to deal damage. The later bosses will only get stronger. I don't believe any of those people are stronger than Sister Zhong. If all else fails, then we'll just..."

He didn't finish his sentence, but Zhong Xiu and Yang Lan already understood what he meant.

"Don't touch them before floor 100; you'll need them to fight the boss."

Zhong Xiu opened her eyes and glanced at Sun Wu.

Sun Tzu nodded and said nothing more.

Zhong Xiu's gaze swept across the other side of the hall, lingering on Chen Ye for a moment longer.

She and Lu Qingchuan had competed to kill the BOSS on the 20th floor, but she had never met Chen Ye. However, being able to kill the BOSS on the 70th floor speaks volumes.