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

"Train G4928...what a small world."

Chen Ye's gaze lingered for a moment on the group participating in the train; he hadn't expected to run into Zhong Xiu again during this survival trial.

However, the competition among passengers in this trial mission was not as fierce as that in the mission to obtain the survival mark. Regardless of who killed the monster called "Extreme Frost Lord", everyone could complete the trial mission.

He switched to the system chat interface, and sure enough, there was a trial scenario chat channel. On the right side of the chat interface, there was also a map of the entire Ice Abyss Mountain Range.

The chat channel shows a total of 178 people, but no one has sent a message yet; it's completely blank.

Zhao Hai walked up from behind and stood beside Chen Ye, squinting as the wind and snow blew: "This trial mission doesn't seem difficult. As long as we gather the people from the three trains together and then find and kill that Extreme Cold Ice Lord, we can pass the trial."

Chen Ye didn't reply immediately. He glanced at the passengers in the snow who were also checking their system panels, and then said, "I wish it could go that smoothly."

Gu Qinghuan closed the trial system panel in front of her and looked up at Zhao Hai: "It's not that simple. First of all, it's not easy to gather all the people from the three trains together. The passengers on the three trains have no trust in each other. Secondly, after finding the Ice Lord of Extreme Cold, there will inevitably be a struggle for the right to kill him."

After listening, Zhao Hai frowned slightly, pondered for a moment, and said, "I oversimplified things."

Gu Qinghuan continued, "The difficulty of this trial is three and a half stars, which is half a star higher than that of the Mechanical City. This means that there are already passengers above level 25 in the train. We need to level up as soon as possible, otherwise we will not be able to gain an advantage in the subsequent trials."

Chen Ye nodded slightly. Gu Qinghuan was right. Only by improving their own strength could they gain an advantage in the subsequent trials.

He looked around at the passengers in the station.

Most people had not yet left the station. Some stood in the wind and snow, looking down at the system panel, while others gathered in twos and threes, talking quietly.

Wu Hao and Lü Yang's team stood on the west side of the station. There were three more people with them. They were the same three-person team they met when climbing the tower in the Mechanical City. All of them were level 20. The team size had increased from two to five people. Their overall strength was now second only to his and Lu Qingchuan's team.

Su Jin's group was still inside the station, but Li Jiahao had disappeared. Jiang Ning was walking alone toward the station exit.

Chen Ye withdrew his gaze.

At this moment, Lu Qingchuan led his team toward him.

Lu Qingchuan stopped in front of Chen Ye, his breath drifting between them.

"Stay connected at all times."

He only said this one sentence, simple and direct.

Chen Ye nodded slightly.

Lu Qingchuan didn't say anything more, and led the team to turn around and stride towards the exit.

Chen Ye watched the four of them disappear into the snowstorm. He still couldn't figure out the strength of Lu Qingchuan's team. Lu Qingchuan and Shen Nanxing had made a move, but obviously they hadn't used their full strength. As for Wang Zekai and Gulina, Chen Ye had never seen them make a move at all.

Gu Qinghuan stepped forward and looked at Chen Ye: "We should go out too."

"Let's go."

Before Chen Ye finished speaking, he had already started walking towards the exit.

Gu Qinghuan quickly followed and walked side by side with Chen Ye.

Zhao Hai, Wen Ning, Qin Zhaoyang, and Zhou Yating followed one after another.

The group of six crossed the station exit and stepped into the ankle-deep snow.

The cold wind, carrying ice pellets, lashed my face, and the snow under my feet crunched under the weight of the snow.

at the same time.

West Station of the Ice Abyss Mountains.

Zhong Xiu stood inside the exit, his gaze fixed on the pale blue light screen floating in front of him, his brows furrowing slightly: "Train G4939... what a damn bad luck."

She was tricked by Chen Ye in the Mechanical City, and now she has run into Chen Ye again. The main reason is that Chen Ye has the White Tiger Seal, an item that she is extremely wary of, as it is the item that is her natural counter.

The current trial mission is to kill the Extreme Cold Ice Lord, who is undoubtedly the boss guarding this trial. We will inevitably have to meet again.

Yang Lan stood beside her, her gaze also fixed on the system trial panel in front of them: "Sister Zhong, some of the trains participating in this trial have train numbers ahead of ours. After the Mechanical City trial concluded, three people on our train also reached level 21. Should we go and organize them?"

Zhong Xiu turned her gaze away from the light screen.

She paused for a few seconds, then nodded slightly: "Go and organize the group, and have those three level 21 passengers show their attribute panels. Write down their talents and skills."

Yang Lan nodded and turned to walk towards the crowd gathered inside the station.

Zhong Xiu remained standing inside the exit, her gaze piercing through the wind and snow to the distant outline of the white-covered mountains. Her right hand unconsciously clenched and unclenched.

The last time in the Mechanical City, when Chen Ye used the White Tiger Seal to control her, the feeling of being in a daze still lingered in her memory.

……

Somewhere in the Ice Abyss Mountains, Li Jiahao was running for his life, having run for an unknown amount of time.

In the wind and snow behind me, the sound of my heart beating like a drumbeat always followed, neither too close nor too far.

"Whoosh—!"

An arrow, enveloped in a blue light, pierced through the wind and snow, its shaft emitting a sharp whistling sound as it tore through the air.

Li Jiahao did not turn around.

The moment he heard the whooshing sound, his body reacted instinctively. The instant the arrow touched his back, his ethereal ability activated, and the arrow pierced through his body, embedding itself in the snow in front of him, its fletching still trembling violently.

Li Jiahao abruptly stopped, his feet carving two deep furrows in the snow.

He turned around, his chest heaving violently, his breath condensing into mist in front of him before being quickly dispersed by the wind.

Ten meters away, a figure was slowly walking out of the wind and snow.

The person who arrived was Jiang Ning.

He gripped the longbow, the bowstring still vibrating slightly, his eyes coldly fixed on Li Jiahao: "Why have you stopped running? Are you tired?"

Li Jiahao was hunched over, his hands resting on his knees as he gasped for breath.

He looked up, his gaze landing on Jiang Ning's expressionless face: "Jiang Ning, why are you chasing after me like this? You didn't die in Mechanical City, so what if Jian Lan died? Would someone like you care about the lives of others?"

"I saved your life in the Zerg hive, and now I'm taking it back."

Jiang Ning's expression remained unchanged. He stood in the snow ten meters away, his longbow hanging at his side, with arrows already nocked on the bowstring.

Li Jiahao straightened up, slightly adjusting his center of gravity: "You can't kill me anytime soon. Instead of wasting time chasing me, you'd be better off killing more monsters to level up. Aren't you the best at calculating gains and losses?"

Jiang Ning drew the bowstring taut, the arrow tip aimed steadily at Li Jiahao's chest: "It's not too late to kill you first."

Before he finished speaking, the sound of the bowstring vibrating exploded again, and the arrow flew out of his hand. A blue light condensed on the arrow, aiming straight for Li Jiahao's heart.