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

Zhong Xiu's gaze swept over the noisy crowd in the hall and landed precisely on Lu Qingchuan: "It's your turn."

After she finished speaking, the hushed chatter that had been going on suddenly disappeared.

The entire ice room seemed frozen solid, and even breathing became clearly audible.

All eyes turned to Lu Qingchuan at the same moment.

He stood slightly to the left of the front of the crowd, his giant axe hanging at his side. His expression remained unchanged, but the fingers gripping the axe handle tightened slightly. Then he turned his head and looked at Chen Ye.

Chen Ye met his gaze, spread his hands, and the meaning couldn't be clearer: you are the highest-ranking person on train G4939, so you make the decision.

Lu Qingchuan's lips twitched slightly; he was well aware of the subtext of Chen Ye's action.

In terms of rank, he was indeed ranked first on train G4939, and there was no dispute about that.

But this highest-level title has now become a hot potato.

Lu Qingchuan's gaze swept over the passengers of train G4939 behind him.

His gaze swept across each face.

Qin Zhaoyang had already hidden behind Chen Ye, shrinking his neck, while Zhou Yating stood beside him.

Qin Zhaoyang and Zhou Yating were both from the class of 2017. They were among the lower-ranking students on train G4939.

Lu Qingchuan's gaze lingered on Qin Zhaoyang for a moment before shifting away.

He couldn't possibly let anyone from Chen Ye's team die. If Qin Zhaoyang or Zhou Yating were chosen, Chen Ye would be the first to turn against them.

After shifting his gaze, Lu Qingchuan scanned other directions, his expression growing increasingly solemn. According to Zhong Xiu's plan of sorting by rank from low to high, he had no way to choose now.

He took a deep breath and made a decision.

Since there's no way to choose based on rank, we can only resort to the most brutal method, like Cao Cao's soldiers.

He gripped the handle of the giant axe and took a step forward.

The crowd, which had been standing relatively tightly together, suddenly loosened the moment Lu Qingchuan took that step forward.

Some people scattered to the sides, some took a half step back, and some instinctively gripped their weapons.

Other passengers might not know what Lu Qingchuan meant, and Lu Qingchuan didn't ask them to show their attribute panels.

However, Su Jin, Wang Ze, and other passengers from the original G5002 train knew that Lu Qingchuan would not choose which five people to sacrifice based on their rank, because there were two low-ranking people in Chen Ye's team.

Su Jin's fingers tightened unconsciously around the knife hilt. Although he and Wang Ze were both S-rank, their ranks were not high among these passengers. Yang Qing and Xia Yan in the group were even lower in rank, so Lu Qingchuan could kill them easily.

She knew she couldn't change anything, and could only hope that Lu Qingchuan wouldn't harm her team out of consideration for Chen Ye.

Just then, two sharp whooshing sounds suddenly erupted from the back of the hall, tearing apart the tense silence in the air.

The sounds came from the same direction, with extremely short intervals, so short that it was almost impossible to tell which was before and which was after. The speed of the wind-breaking sound was astonishing, and when it echoed in the ice chamber, it also carried a layer of fine vortex sound of airflow.

Two arrows sliced ​​through the crowd from two different angles.

The first arrow, carrying a swirling airflow, left a visible vortex trail in the air, precisely piercing the back of the necks of the two passengers standing side by side.

"puff--!"

Both necks were pierced almost simultaneously. The arrows continued their trajectory without slowing down, entering the first person's neck and exiting the second, leaving a thin line of blood as they struck the ice wall behind them with a crisp impact.

The second arrow was shot towards an area where three people were gathered at the back of the crowd.

The three men had barely sensed someone approaching and had no time to react when the arrow pierced through them, precisely striking their vital points.

The three bodies froze abruptly the moment the arrow pierced through them, then collapsed limply to the ground like puppets stripped of all their support, slamming onto the ice with three dull thuds.

Five bodies lay in pools of blood, and the hall was deathly silent.

At the same moment, everyone's eyes turned to the direction from which the arrow had been shot.

Jiang Ning stood at the back of the crowd, the ice crystal longbow still in her hand, the bowstring trembling slightly, a thin wisp of air swirling around the bowstring, not yet completely dissipated.

He lowered his hands, slowly bowing, then looked up at the front of the hall, his tone calm: "Now we have enough people."

As soon as he finished speaking, the temperature display on the semi-transparent blue screen above the hall jumped from -5℃ to 0℃.

Immediately following, a dull mechanical sound came from directly in front, and a door frame outline appeared on the originally smooth, mirror-like ice wall. Then, the entire door slowly slid open inward, revealing a passage behind it that was also made of ice crystals.

Everyone's eyes darted back and forth between the newly appeared door and Jiang Ning.

Wen Ning withdrew her gaze and said in a low voice, "Jiang Ning is as ruthless as ever."

Gu Qinghuan stood beside Chen Ye, turning her gaze away from Jiang Ning: "That's good too. Otherwise, it would be difficult to choose which five people to sacrifice on the train. He's making the choice for Lu Qingchuan."

Chen Ye didn't respond immediately; his gaze lingered on Jiang Ning for a moment longer.

Jiang Ning clearly didn't dare to attack Qin Zhaoyang and Zhou Yating, but he also didn't attack Xia Yan and Yang Qing, whose levels and talents weren't high. The five people he shot were all unfamiliar faces whose names he couldn't recall.

"Let's move on to the next level."

Chen Ye withdrew his gaze and took the lead in walking towards the newly appeared door.

Gu Qinghuan didn't hesitate and followed his pace.

Zhao Hai followed closely behind, while Wen Ning, Qin Zhaoyang, and Zhou Yating quickly caught up.

Lu Qingchuan stood still, watching Chen Ye's team walk to the door.

His gaze lingered on the five corpses for a moment before returning to his own: "Let's go too."

Wang Zekai, Shen Nanxing, and Gu Lina didn't say much and followed him toward the door.

Cao Bing led his troops to move as well.

He didn't say anything, but just glanced at his younger brother before stepping forward to follow the crowd.

Cao Yan followed in the middle of the group with his head down, quickly passing through the door.

The remaining passengers followed one after another.

Only Zhong Xiu's team and Jiang Ning remained in the hall.

Zhong Xiu stood there, arms crossed, her gaze still fixed on Jiang Ning.

During the trial in the Mechanical City last time, Jiang Ning did not enter the control tower, so Zhong Xiu naturally had not seen Jiang Ning before. At this moment, Zhong Xiu looked at Jiang Ning with eyes full of admiration.

She didn't rush towards the door, but looked at it for about two seconds before glancing at Yang Lan beside her: "This person is quite interesting, it's a pity he's not on our train."

Yang Lan glanced at Jiang Ning following her gaze, then looked away: "His two arrows were very fast and accurate. Judging from their lethality, the skill level was very high. Although they were launched from the shadows, it is indeed remarkable that he killed five people with just two arrows."

"Let's go."

Zhong Xiu withdrew her gaze and strode towards the door, followed closely by Yang Lan and three young team members.

Jiang Ning stood still, watching the last figure of Zhong Xiu's team disappear into the passage behind the door, before taking a step and following them at a leisurely pace.

The ice door slowly closed behind him, isolating the ice chamber stained with dark red blood behind him.