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

Qin Zhaoyang stood still, his chest still heaving violently, the faint green luster in his eyes slowly fading.

His gaze shifted from Chen Ye in the center of the hall, then swept over the silent faces around him, and he gave a dry grin: "Why are you all staring at me?"

The hall remained silent, and no one answered him.

Lu Qingchuan, Zhong Xiu, Shi Jian, and the others were still confused about what had happened.

Their gazes were fixed on Qin Zhaoyang and the lifeless red vines on the ground, scanning back and forth.

This seemingly weak player unleashed a power they couldn't even imagine. They couldn't understand why Qin Zhaoyang hadn't used this power sooner.

Qin Zhaoyang quickly ran up to Chen Ye and lowered his voice: "Brother Ye, the Tree Bark Man helped me out again."

"I know."

Chen Ye bent down and picked up the fallen items from the broken part of the Extreme Cold Ice Lord.

On the ground, there are two light shields. Inside one shield is a small rectangular mirror that emits a cold aura, and inside the other shield is a palm-sized golden treasure chest with a warm golden luster on its surface.

A boss dropped two items, which was a much better haul than expected.

He didn't rush to check the item information; with a flick of his wrist, he put both items into his storage space.

Just then, a familiar voice rang out in his mind.

"Kid, you're deliberately waiting for me to make a move, aren't you? Let me make this clear: the seed is just an avatar of mine with limited abilities. It's easy for me to kill a few S-rank talent passengers of similar level, but you're dreaming if you think you can use me to deal with the trial's gatekeeper BOSS."

"Also, Qin isn't the only one who's consumed the seed I gave him. In other words, Qin isn't that important to me. Don't entrust his safety to me. I don't always intervene, so you'd better watch yourself."

After uttering those two sentences, the voice fell completely silent.

Chen Ye stood still, a tiny smile slowly curving his lips.

The tree-bark man saw right through him.

From the moment he was frozen, he was never truly trapped. The Ice Lord's freezing technique did indeed seal him within the ice layer, but with his physical strength and the Xuanwu protective state, it was easy for him to shatter the ice layer from the inside.

He didn't break free immediately, firstly because he wanted to use Lu Qingchuan, Zhong Xiu, and others to deplete the power of the Extreme Cold Ice Lord, and secondly because he wanted to force the Tree Bark Man to make a move.

It now appears that both objectives have been achieved, but the bark man has already seen through his scheme.

Qin Zhaoyang, standing next to him, noticed the smile on Chen Ye's lips and leaned closer: "Brother Ye? What are you laughing at?"

"It's nothing." Chen Ye snapped out of his thoughts and glanced around the hall. "How are Hai-ge and the others?"

No sooner had he finished speaking than the sound of ice crystals shattering echoed from behind the main hall.

"Click—click—click—"

One by one, the frozen figures broke free from the ice.

Zhao Hai was the first to shatter the ice shell, and the silvery-white metallic skin on his right arm almost covered his entire arm as he broke free from the ice.

Fragments of shattered ice crystals fell from his shoulder. He exhaled a breath of cold air and stretched his neck.

Wen Ning followed closely behind. The ice layer cracked off from her body. Her face was still pale from being frozen, but her breathing had returned to normal.

Zhou Yating also broke free of the ice. Her lips were slightly bluish, but she was conscious and was wiping away the remaining ice shards from her face with the back of her hand.

Qin Zhaoyang rushed over: "Hai-ge, squad leader, are you alright?"

Zhou Yating shook her head slightly: "It's nothing, just a little cold."

On the other side of the main hall, Su Jin's team also broke free from the ice one after another.

A thin layer of frost remained on Wang Ze's glasses. He wiped it off, put them back on, glanced around to make sure Xia Yan was alright, and then turned to the center of the hall.

Lu Qingchuan's team has also been unsealed.

Wang Zekai squatted on the ground rubbing his elbows, his breath steaming in the air. Gulina had returned to normal, but her face was still a little pale.

After breaking through the ice, Cao Yan immediately rushed to the center of the main hall.

"elder brother--!"

He knelt on the ground, with a pile of ice-blue fragments scattered in front of him. The fragments varied in size, and some still retained the outlines of parts of a body.

He reached out to touch one of the larger pieces, but his fingers stopped a few centimeters away, as if afraid of breaking something.

Then he pulled his hand back, bent forward, pressed his forehead against the ice, and his shoulders heaved violently.

Cao Bing is dead.

The person who had always stood in front of him, shielding him from all attacks, was now scattered on the ground in front of him, broken into a pile of ice crystals that could not be pieced back together.

His brother is dead, and no one is protecting him anymore. With his B-level talent, he is basically doomed in the next survival trial.

The three members of Cao Bing's team stood at a distance, and none of them came over.

Shi Jian's gaze lingered on Cao Yan's back for a moment, but he didn't speak. He hadn't expected that what he said earlier would come true so quickly.

Cao Bing was so desperate to save his brother that he took a gamble and recklessly confronted the Ice Lord before fully understanding his abilities, which is why he ended up with pieces scattered all over the place.

Chen Ye's gaze also fell on Cao Yan. In his opinion, Cao Bing's death was not without value.

It was Cao Bing who shattered an ice mirror; otherwise, Gu Qinghuan and Jiang Ning wouldn't have been able to attack the Extreme Cold Ice Lord so easily, and the Extreme Cold Ice Lord wouldn't have been so easily provoked to leave the ice mirror's defensive formation.

Cao Bing's full burst of power could shatter the ice mirror, and his burst damage was no less than Cao Bing's. It's just a pity that he couldn't withstand the blows. Such a strongman died so easily, which is quite regrettable.

Chen Ye withdrew his gaze, summoned the trial system panel, and glanced at the remaining trial time. There was still a little over a day left, enough time for them to walk back to the station.

Just then, the ice door in front of the main hall, which had been tightly closed, slowly slid open, revealing the passage leading to the palace exit.

"The trial mission is complete, it's time for us to head back to the station."

After Chen Ye finished speaking, he stepped towards the passageway.

Gu Qinghuan, Qin Zhaoyang, and the others quickly followed.

Lu Qingchuan withdrew his gaze from the center of the hall and led his team to follow Chen Ye's steps.

Zhong Xiu stood on the other side of the main hall, watching Chen Ye's figure disappear into the passageway, her gaze lingering on that figure for two seconds.

Chen Ye took the loot dropped by the Ice Lord of Extreme Cold again. She wasn't without her thoughts, but this time she wasn't as indignant as she was in the Mechanical City. She just glanced at it, then looked away and turned to Yang Lan, saying, "Let's go."

The remaining passengers in the main hall followed one after another, their footsteps echoing on the ice for a while before gradually thinning out and finally falling completely silent.

Only Cao Yan remained kneeling in the center of the hall, his forehead pressed against the cold ice, his shoulders trembling violently.