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

Qin Zhaoyang's body trembled violently, as if he had been pulled back from a daze.

He turned his head, his gaze falling on Chen Ye, his confusion turning to surprise, and he sprang to his feet: "Brother Ye! You guys cleared the 100th floor?"

Chen Ye walked up to him and stopped, his gaze sweeping over the vines covering the entire hall before settling back on Qin Zhaoyang's face: "What's going on with these vines? Did you create them?"

Qin Zhaoyang scratched the back of his head, his expression somewhat complicated: "How should I put it... I don't know if I caused it or not. Those two bastards, Lei Xing and Li Tianran, wanted to kill me and the class monitor to steal the survival mark. The class monitor was knocked unconscious by Lei Xing with one punch. At that time, I thought I was going to die, and then I don't know what happened, these vines just sprouted from the ground and killed Lei Xing and Li Tianran."

As he spoke, his gaze involuntarily drifted upwards, landing on the two corpses hanging from the ceiling, before quickly returning to his own.

Zhou Yating also stood up from the ground: "It was indeed Lei Xing and Li Tianran who wanted to kill us. I was knocked unconscious. When I woke up, these vines had covered the entire hall. Fortunately, Lei Xing's talent is based on physical constitution and he doesn't have any powerful skills. Otherwise, I would have died here today."

Chen Ye nodded slightly, his gaze lingering for a moment on the dark red vines.

The structure of these vines is exactly the same as the overwhelming dark red vines that covered the Blood Mist Forest on the last night, even the fine barbs and slightly pulsating dark red veins on the surface are exactly the same.

He withdrew his gaze and looked back at Qin Zhaoyang: "Zhaoyang, are these vines under your control?"

Qin Zhaoyang shook his head: "I can't control it, but I can sense the connection between the seed in my body and me. It must be that the tree bark man doesn't want me to die so soon. Didn't he say that eating the seed would bring great benefits? If I can control these vines at will, that would indeed be a great benefit."

Chen Ye's gaze lingered on his face for a moment, but the doubt in his heart had not yet dissipated.

Every gift of fate comes with a price already marked in secret. The bark man wouldn't give away such power for no reason; there must be some explanation.

But that seed did indeed save Qin Zhaoyang's life today, that is an indisputable fact.

Wen Ning walked up from behind Chen Ye and looked around at the dark red vines: "Does this mean that these vines only appeared when Zhao Yang was in mortal danger?"

Qin Zhaoyang was stunned for a moment: "If that's the case, then I'm essentially given a god-level passive ability. Lei Xing and Li Tianran both have S-level talents and are at a higher level than me, but they couldn't even last a minute against these vines before they went to see their great-grandmother."

"Let's put that aside for now. This survival trial is almost over. Let's head back to the station."

Chen Ye put the Dragon Scale Halberd into his storage space, turned around and walked towards the elevator, with the others following closely behind.

Qin Zhaoyang glanced back at the dark red vines still throbbing slightly in the hall, then at the two blood-soaked corpses on the ceiling, before turning his gaze away and quickly following after them.

The group entered the elevator, and the doors closed silently.

……

One hour later.

Chen Ye's group returned to the station.

Many teams have returned to the station, and most of them have entered the control tower.

Each person had a silver six-pointed star cursor above their head, radiating a silvery glow in the night.

On the platform in front of carriage number one, Su Jin's team had also returned. Of the five who entered the tower, four were still alive and had all completed the trial mission, which was quite lucky.

Su Jin stood at the front, Yang Qing stood beside her, and Wang Ze and Xia Yan stood behind her.

All four were disheveled to varying degrees, with metal shavings and dust on their clothes, but their spirits were still relatively good.

Li Jiahao also returned; he had survived another trial. Jiang Ning and Jian Lan did not appear at the station.

Chen Ye led his team to the platform in front of carriage number one and stood there.

Seeing Chen Ye approaching, Su Jin led her team to meet him: "Lei Xing, Li Tianran and Jiang Ning haven't returned yet. Did you see them when you came back?"

Chen Ye looked at Su Jin: "Lei Xing, Li Tianran is not coming back."

Su Jin frowned slightly, her gaze lingering on Chen Ye's face for a couple of seconds: "They're dead?"

Chen Ye nodded slightly, without explaining how Lei Xing and Li Tianran died, nor did he offer any further explanation.

Su Jin looked at him for a moment, but ultimately did not ask any further questions.

She withdrew her gaze, glanced sideways at the platform entrance, and sighed: "On the original G5002 train, there are probably only a few of us left. Jiang Ning didn't go into the control tower; she probably hasn't obtained the survival mark yet."

Qin Zhaoyang sighed upon hearing this: "There are only a few of us left from Yuncheng University. Are Jiang Ning and Jian Lan really going to die in this trial?"

When he said this, his tone was not as sarcastic or disgusted as before, but something more complex.

Wang Ze pushed up his black-rimmed glasses: "Actually, Jiang Ning and the others should have gone into the control tower with us. Xiao Yan and I have both completed the trial mission, so we can help him, after all, we're classmates."

"Li Jiahao got the survival mark, how come Jiang Ning didn't? Wait a minute! Wasn't Li Jiahao with Jiang Ning?"

As Qin Zhaoyang spoke, he glanced at Li Jiahao, who was standing not far away.

Su Jin replied, "I asked him, and he said they separated halfway through."

At this moment, they did not want Jiang Ning and Jian Lan to die like this.

In less than a month, of the 320 teachers and students at Yuncheng University, only Chen Ye, Gu Qinghuan, Zhao Hai, Qin Zhaoyang, Zhou Yating, Wang Ze, Xia Yan, and Li Jiahao remain. Including Jiang Ning and Jian Lan, whose fates are unknown, there are only ten people left.

Chen Ye did not participate in the conversation. He summoned the trial system panel, and a blue light screen unfolded in front of him. His gaze fell on the countdown column.

Countdown: 2:30:39

time is limited.

……

at the same time.

Jiang Ning and Jian Lan were walking on a street in the Mechanical City. A six-pointed star cursor was slowly rotating above Jian Lan's head, while Jiang Ning's head was empty.

They never entered the control tower.

Since the first day they parted ways with Su Jin, Lei Xing, and the others in the plaza outside the control tower, they had been wandering around the city's outskirts, trying their luck to obtain survival marks by killing those roaming ordinary mechanical monsters.

Jiang Ning shot and killed hundreds of ordinary mechanical monsters in five days, but still failed to complete the trial mission.

Jian Lan had luckily obtained the survival mark after killing a mechanical spider an hour ago.

During these five days, they also encountered a lucky person who obtained the survival mark. Jiang Ning put in a lot of effort and was about to get the mark, but Li Jiahao took the opportunity to steal it.

After obtaining the mark, Li Jiahao ran away without saying a word. Jiang Ning chased after him for most of the day, but Li Jiahao's ability to become ethereal made it impossible for Jiang Ning to do anything about him.

Jiang Ning saved Li Jiahao during the insect hive trial, intending to raise him as a suicide soldier, but unexpectedly, he turned out to be an ungrateful wretch.

And now there is not much time left before the trial ends.

Jiang Ning, who was walking in front, suddenly stopped. He paused for a moment, then turned around to look at Jian Lan behind him.

Above Jian Lan's head, the silver six-pointed star cursor was the only light source in the night. The cursor slowly rotated above her head, casting a soft halo around her profile.

Jiang Ning's gaze lingered on the cursor for a long time before she spoke, "Jian Lan, the trial time is almost up."