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

Cao Yan's lips moved, but he swallowed the words that were about to rise in his throat and did not speak again.

Zhong Xiu snorted coldly and didn't say anything more.

Not far away, Gulina leaned closer to Wang Zekai and said, "That Cao Bing seems to be a brother-obsessed guy!"

Wang Zekai replied with a smile, "The eldest brother is like a father, and besides, the two of them are so different in age, it's normal."

Neither of them deliberately lowered their voices, so their words naturally reached Cao Yan's ears.

Upon hearing those two sentences, Cao Yan's expression darkened further, and his brows furrowed into a knot. However, since his brother had just spoken, he ultimately just pursed his lips and did not react.

Cao Bing didn't notice the subtle change in his younger brother's expression. He patted Cao Yan on the shoulder and then walked towards Chen Ye and Lu Qingchuan.

He stopped in front of the two of them, his gaze shifting from the tightly closed ice crystal door. "This door will probably need to be broken open by brute force. Cao Yan's attack just now helped us probe the situation. What do you think?"

Chen Ye withdrew his gaze from the tightly closed door and looked at Cao Bing: "Then you can try. Your train number is the first one up, and your level is the highest. If even you can't break through, then we're afraid we won't even get to see the Lord of Extreme Cold."

Cao Bing paused for a moment, then nodded slightly: "Then I'll give it a try."

He walked to the door, but did not act immediately. Instead, he stood in front of the door and slowly scanned the door from top to bottom with his eyes.

He looked back and forth along the seam between the door frame and the ice wall twice more, and only after confirming that there was no keyhole, mechanism or anything obviously capable of opening the door did he take a few steps back.

Cao Bing stopped about ten meters from the gate, took a deep breath, and then flipped his hand, and the black greatsword appeared out of thin air in his hand.

The next moment, crimson flames erupted around him, rising from his skin and covering his entire body.

Crimson flames danced along the edges of his silhouette, extending along his arm to the black greatsword.

The sword was enveloped in flames, the dark black and the fiery red intertwined, forming a visible crimson gleam on the broad blade.

Cao Bing gripped his sword with both hands, raised it high above his head, and then swung it three times in succession.

The first sword strike descended from the upper right to the lower left, a crescent-shaped crimson sword aura tearing through the air, leaving a striking crimson trail in the twilight, and precisely striking the center of the gate.

"boom--!"

The impact exploded across the empty ice field, flames burst at the point of contact, and crimson shockwaves spread outwards.

The second sword followed immediately, its energy slashing diagonally downwards from the upper left, striking the same spot and leaving a new, intersecting crack on the gate.

The third sword slashed horizontally, the crimson crescent-shaped sword energy cutting across and intersecting with the two previous vertical cracks, forming a clear three-pronged rift in the center of the gate.

The three explosions almost happened in quick succession.

"Click—!"

A crisp sound rang out from the center of the door, and the three intersecting cracks began to spread rapidly, expanding outwards at a visible speed, covering the entire surface of the ice crystal door like a spider web.

Then, with a loud "boom," the ice crystal gate shattered from the very center.

Countless blue and white fragments flew to both sides, hitting the ice surface with a dense, crisp sound.

Within seconds, the entire door shattered into ice shards and fragments, revealing a dark entrance behind it.

Inside the door was a spacious passageway, the ice on the ground as smooth as a mirror, faintly reflecting the twilight outside.

The walls on both sides of the passage are also made of ice crystals, with a smooth surface and no decoration.

No monsters rushed out, there was no sound, the palace was as quiet as a sleeping tomb.

The crowd behind fell silent for a moment as the door shattered, then countless eyes turned to the open entrance, trying to discern something from the darkness.

Chen Ye's gaze lingered for a moment on the ice inside the door: "Let's go in and take a look."

He withdrew his gaze, stepped over the broken ice crystal fragments, and onto the smooth ice surface inside the doorway.

Lu Qingchuan didn't say anything more and led his team to follow.

Cao Bing returned the giant sword to his storage space, and the flames on his body extinguished at the same time. He glanced back at the crowd behind him, then stepped forward to catch up with the group in front.

Zhong Xiu, along with Yang Lan and three team members, followed closely behind.

After a brief hesitation, the remaining passengers also began to move.

The passengers who have survived to this point have all come to understand one thing: only by becoming stronger can one be qualified to live. Every trial is just about barely surviving, and sooner or later, one will be eliminated.

The footsteps of hundreds of people echoed across the ice, creating a series of muffled thuds that reverberated through the palace's passageways.

Jiang Ning walked at the very back of the group. Before crossing the shattered gate, he glanced back at the way he had come.

On that icy plain, now swallowed by twilight, only the scattered remains of giant beasts and snow-covered craters remained; no other figures moved.

He withdrew his gaze, stepped over the threshold, and stayed at the end of the queue, neither falling behind nor moving forward, maintaining a just-right distance.

Hundreds of people walked through the ice crystal corridor, at the end of which the space suddenly opened up.

This is a hall of about 1,000 square meters. The dome is arched and made of layers of ice-blue ice crystals. The ice layer on the ground is as smooth as a mirror, clearly reflecting the reflection of everyone.

The interior lighting comes from the ethereal blue fluorescence inherent in the ice crystals in the walls and dome.

There were no doors or passages on the surrounding ice walls, only the corridor from which we had come.

The moment Chen Ye stepped into the hall, he looked around, scanning the four walls, but he couldn't find any exit or any trace of monsters.

Qin Zhaoyang stood slightly behind and to the side of Chen Ye, his gaze also scanning the surroundings. He lowered his voice and said, "There doesn't look like anything here."

"It's probably not as simple as just fighting monsters."

Lu Qingchuan's voice came from the side, the giant axe already in his hand, as he also looked around the empty ice chamber.

Cao Bing's troops and Zhong Xiu's troops entered the hall one after the other.

Passengers continued to enter, and the hall became increasingly crowded as passengers from the three trains gradually walked in.

Just as Jiang Ning, who was walking at the very back, stepped across the threshold of the hall, a heavy ice door behind him crashed down.

"Bang--!"

The dull thud echoed across the ground for several seconds before gradually dissipating between the ice crystal walls. The entire hall was now completely sealed off.

Several passengers turned sharply to look at the fallen ice door. Some rushed over and pushed it, but the ice door didn't budge. Others raised their fists and punched it twice, leaving only a few shallow white marks.

"What...what does this mean?"

"Why is the door closed?"

"Is there no way out?"

Quiet murmurs began to rise from the crowd.

Just then, a semi-transparent blue light screen appeared out of thin air in the center of the ice crystal dome above the hall, and then lines of text began to appear one by one.

[Ice Abyss Trial: Ice Chamber]

[Completion Rules: When the temperature inside the ice chamber reaches 0℃, the passage to the next level will open. Defeating a Frost Guardian will raise the ice chamber temperature by 0.1℃. The death of a passenger will raise the ice chamber temperature by 1℃. The Frost Guardian will activate after ten minutes. After ten minutes, the ice chamber temperature will decrease by 1℃ every minute.]

Current temperature: -20℃