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

Carriage number two.

The carriage that originally carried 40 people now only has 8 passengers.

Jiang Ning sat in the front row of the carriage by the window, leaning back slightly against the seat back, with a semi-transparent blue light screen floating in mid-air in front of her.

His gaze lingered on the line displaying the points.

Points: 10320

Although Jiang Ning did not enter the control tower during this trial, he killed a large number of ordinary monsters outside. Although the points per monster were not high, the total points accumulated were quite considerable.

This is also one of the reasons why he doesn't enter the control tower. Rather than competing with other teams for the limited number of elite monsters inside the control tower, he prefers to kill the large number of ordinary monsters in the city.

With the points I earned this time, plus the points I had accumulated before, my total points have now exceeded 10,000.

Jiang Ning gently swiped his finger across the light screen to switch to the points mall and redeemed a limited-time S-level skill selection chest. A dark-colored chest appeared in his hand.

He directly summoned the item information, and a skill selection screen popped up. After quickly previewing all the skills, he opened a ranged skill book called "Piercing Clouds and Breaking Through the Sky".

[S-Rank Skill: Piercing Through Clouds and Sky]

[Skill Description: Ranged skill, consumes 100 stamina points, fires an arrow with the power to pierce the air, dealing damage equal to six times the base strength. Can stack with talents.]

Jiang Ning stared at the description for two seconds, then clicked "redeem" without hesitation. The light screen dissipated, and the lid of the skill treasure chest automatically popped open.

He took out the skill book, opened the page, and clicked to learn it. The skill book then turned into starlight and disappeared.

Since the Insect Nest Trial, he has been using a bow and arrow, and has allocated all his free attribute points to agility.

Now that Jian Lan is dead, he will have to participate in the trials alone. Agility points and ranged weapons are the best choices in terms of both safety and mobility.

"Jiang Ning".

At this moment, Wang Ze in the back row suddenly shouted.

"What is it?"

Jiang Ning didn't even turn her head.

Wang Ze straightened up from his seat, his tone calm and serious: "There are only two teams left on the original G5002 train, Chen Ye's team and Su Jin's team. You are the only one left now. I know you and Chen Ye had some past conflicts, so why don't you join Su Jin's team?"

He and Jiang Ning had formed a temporary team during the Mirror City trial. At that time, Jiang Ning did not scheme against him and Xia Yan. Compared to the unfamiliar passengers, Jiang Ning was obviously more suitable to be brought into the team.

"unnecessary."

Jiang Ning's voice came from ahead, brief and decisive, leaving no room for negotiation.

Wang Ze frowned slightly and leaned forward: "It's hard to survive the trials later on without sticking together. It must have been tough for you to complete the trial this time."

"I said, I don't need it."

Jiang Ning repeated it, her tone unchanged.

For him, with Jian Lan dead, he no longer needed teammates; he wouldn't easily trust others.

Seeing that Jiang Ning was unmoved by reason, Wang Ze had no choice but to give up. He sighed and leaned back in his seat.

……

Carriage number one.

Chen Ye woke up from a light sleep, opened his eyes and glanced at the clock on the carriage wall; it was already 7 p.m.

He glanced at the back row. Gu Qinghuan was sitting by the window, her chin resting on her hand, her gaze fixed on the swirling gray-white mist outside the window. The contours of her profile were softly and clearly outlined by the dim light of the car.

Chen Ye stood up and walked to the back row.

Su Jin was leaning back in her seat with her eyes closed when she sensed someone approaching. She opened her eyes and saw that it was Chen Ye. Without asking any questions, she got up and gave up her seat, then sat down in the seat next to Yang Qing across the aisle.

Chen Ye sat down in Su Jin's seat and turned his head to look at Gu Qinghuan's profile.

Gu Qinghuan sensed the change beside her, turned her gaze away from the car window and looked at Chen Ye: "What's wrong?"

"Waiting for your reply." Chen Ye leaned back in his seat, meeting Gu Qinghuan's gaze. "Didn't you say in the control tower that we'd talk about it after the trial? Now the Mechanical City trial is over, and we've all survived."

He still really hoped that Gu Qinghuan could join their team. Looking at the talents he knew, they were either incredibly powerful, like him with high damage output in both his left and right hands, or they had strong mechanics, like Li Jiahao.

However, there are very few talents like Gu Qinghuan, who have both excellent mechanics and high stats. Gu Qinghuan's full burst damage is definitely not as high as his, but her mental perception is of infinite value to the team, and she can also be immune to mental attacks.

Gu Qinghuan was silent for a moment, her gaze lingering on Chen Ye's face for a second, as if to confirm the seriousness of his words. Then she looked away and turned back to the gray-white mist outside the window: "I'm used to being alone, and I'm not very good at getting along with others."

Chen Ye smiled and said, "I could tell. I could tell back at Yuncheng University, but we're not at Yuncheng University anymore. Joining us doesn't require you to change anything. It's just that we'll look out for each other and have someone to rely on when we're in danger, like when we defeated the final boss in Mechanical City. We cooperated pretty well, didn't we?"

Gu Qinghuan did not respond immediately.

Her gaze remained fixed on the churning gray fog outside the window, as if she were still weighing something.

Chen Ye didn't urge him. He continued, "I invited you to join the team for the first time in the Corpse Capital, and you refused. You didn't give a clear answer in the Mechanical Layer Control Tower either. Now this is the third time I've invited you. Even Zhuge Liang would have been persuaded to join after Liu Bei visited him three times."

After a few seconds, Gu Qinghuan finally looked away and turned to Chen Ye again: "Alright, I'll go with you through the rest of the trials."

Chen Ye smiled slightly: "Then it's settled."

"Mm." Gu Qinghuan nodded slightly, then flipped her hand, and the White Tiger Seal appeared in her palm: "Since I've joined your team, you can use this. If one day I don't want to be with you anymore, you can return it to me."

She handed the White Tiger Seal in her hand to Chen Ye.

Chen Ye did not refuse and took the White Tiger Seal into his storage space.

When Gu Qinghuan used the White Tiger Seal, she was the only one in the entire team who remained unaffected at the moment the Tiger Roar Pulse was activated.

When he uses it, the strongest fighters in both his and Gu Qinghuan's teams are unaffected, effectively doubling their benefits. This is probably why Gu Qinghuan gave him the White Tiger Seal.

Seeing Chen Ye's swift and decisive action in putting away the White Tiger Seal, Gu Qinghuan suddenly asked, "You didn't invite me to join just for this prop, did you?"

Chen Ye was taken aback for a moment upon hearing this, then smiled and said, "How could that be? Compared to the White Tiger Seal, you are the most important person to me."

The White Tiger Seal's effects are incredibly powerful, but it won't be used lightly because its drawbacks are also immense.

Once activated, everyone in the team except him and Gu Qinghuan will be frozen for a moment.

This tool is best suited for use by lone wolves, and Gu Qinghuan, a lone wolf, has now joined his pack.

Gu Qinghuan glanced at him, said nothing more, and turned her gaze back to the swirling gray-white mist outside the window.