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

Chen Ye didn't linger any longer. He stood up and returned to his seat.

He had barely settled into his seat when Qin Zhaoyang immediately leaned in, practically burying his head in his shoulder, and whispered, "Brother Ye, you're amazing! You actually managed to get this iceberg to move!"

Chen Ye glanced at him sideways and said, "What do you mean by 'ice blockhead'? She's just not good at socializing. Gu Qinghuan will be our teammate from now on, so watch your mouth."

"Yes, yes, yes!"

Qin Zhaoyang grinned and pulled his head back, but the smile on his face was not completely suppressed. After a pause, he leaned closer and added in a low voice, "But I always feel that her attitude towards you is different from her attitude towards others. Back when we were at Yuncheng University, she didn't talk to anyone much."

Chen Ye leaned back in his seat, closed his eyes, and didn't respond to Qin Zhaoyang's words.

Seeing that he was ignoring him, Qin Zhaoyang didn't press the matter further.

The carriage fell silent again, the white noise of the wheels rubbing against the rails echoing in my ears.

Chen Ye leaned back in his chair, closed his eyes, and his consciousness hovered on the edge of light sleep.

Having journeyed all the way from the Corpse Capital, Gu Qinghuan has always been a lone wolf. However, after obtaining the White Tiger Seal, an item perfectly suited for lone wolves, she agreed to join the team.

This is a good thing. With Gu Qinghuan, the team's safety and combat power will be greatly improved.

But another thing also bothered him: the seed that Qin Zhaoyang ate, the thing that the bark man in the Blood Mist Forest gave him, couldn't just be as simple as saving his life, but he couldn't find the answer for the time being.

Chen Ye suppressed these thoughts, slowed his breathing, and let himself drift off to sleep amidst the monotonous white noise of the train.

……

Four o'clock in the morning.

The train's announcement came on time.

"Dear passengers, the G4939 Death Train will arrive at the Ice Abyss Mountains in two hours. The Ice Abyss Survival Trial lasts for 7 days. Please note that the points shop will be unavailable during the survival trial. Please redeem any necessary supplies in advance. Have a pleasant journey!"

The electrical noise from the radio continued for two seconds after the speaker finished speaking.

The passengers in the carriage gradually opened their eyes. Some stretched their stiff necks, some rubbed their eyes, and some glanced at the clock on the carriage wall before leaning back in their seats.

Qin Zhaoyang sat up straight in his seat and yawned: "Ice Abyss... just the name sounds like a harsh climate. I wonder how many trains were involved."

Chen Ye leaned back in his seat, his gaze falling on the gray-white time display at the front of the carriage: "You'll know when we get there."

"The trial mission this time shouldn't be about obtaining survival marks, right?"

Qin Zhaoyang muttered something under his breath.

Wen Ning, who was in the front row, turned around, leaned on the back of her chair, and looked at Chen Ye, saying, "Looking back at all the trials we've participated in, there are actually some patterns to follow."

Chen Ye asked, "What pattern did you discover?"

After thinking for a while, Wen Ning said, "Aside from the one-star difficulty novice trials, the trials for obtaining survival marks only occur when there are a large number of participating passengers. The first large-scale loss of passengers was the two-star Mirror City trial. When participating in the Mirror City trial, the number of surviving passengers on the train was close to full. Then there was the Mechanical City trial, where our train participated at full capacity."

"The trials in Mirror City and Mechanical City are also about obtaining survival marks. This means that when the train is full or nearly full, passengers will participate in the survival trials to obtain survival marks. This is like the selection mechanism of the death game. If too many people participate in a survival trial, the death game will filter out most of them."

After listening to Wen Ning's analysis, Chen Ye also found it quite reasonable. He said, "Even if your guess is correct, it's not very useful. The three-star trial we are participating in now can only have a maximum of four trains participating at the same time. As long as one of the trains is full of people that has just been merged, there will be another purge."

Wen Ning nodded slightly: "That's true, we can only control the number of people on our own train at most."

Neither of them spoke.

Wen Ning sat back down in her seat.

Chen Ye leaned back in his chair and continued to close his eyes to rest.

Two hours slipped by quietly amidst the rustling of wheels against the rails.

The train's announcement system came on again.

"Attention passengers, the G4939 Death Train is about to arrive at the Ice Abyss Mountain North Station. Please prepare to disembark. I repeat, please prepare to disembark. Those who do not disembark will be eliminated according to the rules."

The train began to slow down the instant the broadcast ended.

The grayish-white fog outside the car window began to dissipate, and the scenery outside gradually came into view.

This is a pure white world.

Snowstorms raged at the edge of the horizon, with no clear boundary between the gray sky and the gray ground, resulting in terrifyingly low visibility.

Only the outlines of a few lampposts covered in frost and the faint lines of distant mountain peaks could be barely seen.

The moment the train came to a complete stop, the carriage doors opened, and a blast of cold air rushed in.

"It's so cold!"

Qin Zhaoyang shivered and jumped up from his seat. He frantically summoned the system shop, quickly swiped his fingers across the screen, and a dark gray down jacket appeared out of thin air in his hand. He quickly put the down jacket on and zipped it up all the way.

The other passengers in the carriage also opened the system store to exchange for warm clothing.

Chen Ye also changed into a black down jacket, with the collar turned up to cover half of his face. He then stood up and walked towards the carriage door, and the others in the group also got up and followed.

He paused when he reached the car door, only then noticing that there was another person sitting in the first row of the carriage—the tall, thin man from Tu Honglie's group.

The tall, thin man's gaze met Chen Ye's, and he froze abruptly. His already pale face turned even whiter, and his lips trembled a few times.

Then, as if propelled by some invisible force, he sprang up from his seat, flipped his hand, and pulled out a dozen red energy potions and several yellow recovery potions from his storage space.

"I'll give you everything... I'll give you everything, just don't kill me..."

He held the medicine in both hands and pushed it toward Chen Ye, his teeth chattering as he spoke, whether from the cold or fear, it was hard to tell.

Chen Ye glanced at the pile of potions, then looked away: "Brother Hai, you keep these potions."

Zhao Hai stepped forward and put all the potions in the tall, thin man's hand into his storage space.

Although he was kind-hearted by nature, he felt no guilt about robbing a tall, thin man; on the contrary, he felt a sense of pleasure in robbing the rich to help the poor.

Chen Ye ignored the tall, thin man and stepped out of the carriage. The moment he stepped out, the system panel popped up automatically, and a blue light screen lit up in the wind and snow.

[Survival Trial Begins!]

[Trial Setting: Ice Abyss]

[Trial Difficulty: ★★★☆]

[Trains involved: G4921, G4928, G4939]

[Kill Points: 0]

Survival Points: 0

[Trial Mission: Defeat the Frost Lord (Shared Mission for All Three Trains)]

[Mission Notice: If any passenger successfully defeats the Frost Lord in the trial scenario, all passengers in the trial scenario will complete the trial mission. Passengers who fail to defeat the Frost Lord before the trial ends will be eliminated by the rules. The trial scenario chat channel is now open and will be closed after this trial concludes.]

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