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

Passengers entering the passage drew their weapons, and bursts of light from their skills flashed one after another.

Even Li Jiahao joined the fight.

He held two daggers that gleamed with a green light in his hand. His target was a predator whose movements were slowed down at the edge of Wang Ze's gravity field. The monster's speed had been suppressed to only half of its normal speed.

Li Jiahao took a deep breath and rushed forward. He wasn't fast, but he was cautious enough.

He first circled the predator in an arc, cutting in from its side and rear, and then suddenly thrust out the dagger in his right hand.

The blade pierced precisely into the monster's grayish-white skin on the back of its neck. The monster let out a hoarse shriek, its body twisting violently as its claws swept towards him.

Li Jiahao was prepared. Just as the claw was about to touch his waist, he blurred into nothingness. The claw passed through his body as if it were passing through a wisp of air.

He seized the opportunity and stabbed again.

The second cut was made in the same spot, penetrating even deeper into the flesh. Then came the third, fourth, and fifth cuts, each one overlapping the previous one.

He has no skills, and his damage output is pitifully low.

These ordinary monsters, let alone high-combat-power passengers like Chen Ye and Gu Qinghuan, or even other passengers, would not require much effort to kill, but for him, it was not so easy.

These ordinary monsters are the only way he can gain points; he can't break through the defenses of elite monsters and boss monsters at all.

Li Jiahao stabbed continuously for nearly three minutes, and the predator's movements became slower and slower, and it was about to fall down completely.

Just as he raised his sixth sword into the air, an arrow wrapped in a blue light pierced through the air, its speed so fast that its trajectory was almost impossible to detect with the naked eye.

The arrow pierced the predator's skull precisely, penetrating it and embedding itself in the wall behind it, leaving only a tuft of its tail feathers protruding.

The predator's body stiffened abruptly, then it tilted forward and crashed to the ground with a dull thud.

Li Jiahao's dagger hovered in mid-air, frozen in place.

He turned his head sharply, his gaze passing over the figures fighting in the passageway, and landing precisely on the direction at the far end of the group.

Jiang Ning was standing thirty meters away, his ice crystal longbow hanging at his side, the bowstring still vibrating slightly, a half-smile on his face.

He looked at Li Jiahao, the meaning in his eyes was crystal clear: You think you can get points? Dream on.

Li Jiahao clenched his teeth tightly, and the veins on his temples throbbed, but in the end he slowly lowered his raised hand.

He didn't rush towards Jiang Ning, nor did he utter any curses. He simply sheathed the dagger at his waist, then silently retreated to the edge of the wall, giving up on gaining points.

The battle lasted for about half an hour. When Chen Ye pierced the head of the last monster with a single shot, the passage finally fell silent.

Hundreds of monster corpses lay scattered on the ground, black liquid spreading dark patches on the white surface.

Inside the passage, everyone except Li Jiahao had their numbers changed, except for the number above Li Jiahao's head, which remained 100.

Chen Ye's score rose to 550, and Gu Qinghuan's score rose to 510.

Other passengers had nearly 300 points above their heads, while others had at least 180 or 190.

Qin Zhaoyang walked up to Chen Ye and lowered his voice: "Brother Ye, that guy Jiang Ning has been stealing Li Jiahao's monsters. I just saw him almost kill the monster, but Jiang Ning shot it through with an arrow."

Chen Ye didn't reply, but just glanced at Jiang Ning and Li Jiahao at the end of the line. There were about a dozen people between them, and they didn't make eye contact with each other.

He looked away without saying anything more. Anyway, the train's points would increase for everyone who killed the monster, and he wasn't interested in the feud between Jiang Ning and Li Jiahao.

Zhao Hai walked back from the front, stood beside Chen Ye, and summoned the system panel, the blue light screen lighting up in the cold white light.

His gaze lingered on the screen for a moment, then his brows furrowed: "The other train's score is already much higher than ours."

Upon hearing this, Chen Ye also summoned the trial system panel, his gaze falling on the current score line.

[Current Points: G4899 (Red) 9800 points, G4939 (Blue) 6700 points].

Seeing the current score, he frowned slightly: "The opponent is really quick to gain points."

Wen Ning walked up from behind Zhao Hai, her gaze falling on the light screen in front of Chen Ye: "We need to hurry up and kill monsters to get points. Although the walls of the maze can change at any time, Gu Qinghuan's perception can still play a big role. She can sense where there are monsters, find elites and BOSSes to kill, and the points can increase quickly."

Chen Ye nodded: "Let's try not to separate. If we encounter a situation like that again, we'll all go through the same passage."

Wang Ze, who was standing to the side, pushed up his glasses and said, "If we go into a passage and it closes like before, that's fine. But if it doesn't close, we'll be attacked from both sides."

Chen Ye looked at Wang Ze: "Even if we're attacked from both sides, we still have to go through the same passage. We can split the high-class passengers into two groups, one at the front and one at the back."

"That's all we can do."

Wang Ze didn't say anything more.

Chen Ye closed the system panel and turned his gaze back to the front of the passage.

Gu Qinghuan was standing at the front of the group, her eyes slightly closed. After a moment, she opened her eyes and turned to look at Chen Ye: "There is a fork in the road about 300 meters ahead. There are monsters in the passage on the left."

Chen Ye nodded slightly: "Lead the way."

Gu Qinghuan didn't say anything, but turned around and started walking, her steps steady and quick.

Chen Ye quickly caught up and walked alongside her at the front of the group.

At this moment, a message popped up on his system panel, and a blue light screen unfolded in front of him. It was from Lu Qingchuan.

[Lu Qingchuan: How's it going over there? The points on the train across the way are accumulating very quickly, which isn't a good sign.]

Chen Ye slowed down and quickly edited a reply.

[Chen Ye: I've taken care of everything here. Now the only option is to kill monsters to earn points; there's no other way. The enemy's overall level is probably higher than ours. If we encounter high-level enemy passengers, we should retreat if we can't defeat them. The walls in the maze can change at any time, so we can use that to shake off stronger enemies.]

[Lu Qingchuan: Understood.]

Chen Ye closed the system light screen, and the blue interface shrank and disappeared in front of him.

In the short few dozen seconds it took him to look down and reply, Gu Qinghuan had already walked several steps ahead of him.

He quickened his pace, caught up with her, and stood shoulder to shoulder with her again.

The passageway ahead stretched forward in the light, the walls on both sides as smooth as mirrors, reflecting the figures of the procession.