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

Yang Minghui nodded slightly: "Yes, we are currently 25700 points behind. The monsters in the maze have been almost all killed, and the low-combat-power passengers should also be mostly dead. The points will not fluctuate too much. As long as we kill them when the trial is about to end, we can instantly close the 20,000-point gap."

Zhao Hai frowned slightly: "Even if we close the 20,000-point gap, we're still 5700 points behind the other side."

Yang Minghui smiled slightly: "Don't be in a hurry, who said there are only these two people?"

As he finished speaking, the two passengers who had been knocked down by Yang Minghui's Nightmare Beast at the back of the passage stood up again.

Their pupils turned into an eerie dark purple, just like the Nightmare Beast crawling on their backs. The two passengers had a combined score of 4200 points.

Guided by the Nightmare Beast, the two passengers walked mechanically and stiffly to Yang Minghui's side and stood still.

Qin Zhaoyang looked at the two passengers with blank stares, shrank his neck, and muttered to himself, "Yang Minghui's talent is really weird. These two look like they're possessed by ghosts."

Yang Minghui heard this but wasn't annoyed. He pretended not to hear and continued, "If we include the points of these two, we can overtake the other side by 2700 points before the end of the trial. They won't have time to catch up even if they want to."

At this moment, Gu Qinghuan spoke up, "Don't forget, this trial has a guardian BOSS. According to the usual practice of the death game, the guardian BOSS will definitely appear on the last day of the trial. In order to ensure that we get the guardian BOSS's 3000 points without any mistakes, we must also get them."

Yang Minghui pushed up his glasses: "Of course I know, but my limit is to summon four Nightmare Beasts, which means I can no longer participate in the battle. In order to ensure that nothing unexpected happens at the last moment, He Yunfeng and Liang Jing also have to stay with me, so the BOSS defense will depend on you."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Hai almost laughed in anger: "You guys have a dream. The top combat power level of the train on the other side is higher than ours. You three level 26s are hiding in the back and expect us to fight to the death? Chen Ye is the only level 26 in our team."

Liang Jing crossed her arms and said in a nonchalant tone, "There's nothing we can do about it. Leaving these four alive to kill them later, or killing them now, is more valuable. I think I don't need to say more."

Yang Minghui shrugged: "Anyway, I definitely won't be able to participate in the battle against the gatekeeper BOSS. I have to control these four people the whole time to prevent them from waking up in the middle or being interrupted by external forces during the hypnosis."

Chen Ye remained silent.

He leaned against the wall, his gaze slowly sweeping over He Yunfeng and the other two, his mind racing with calculations.

Yang Minghui could control those four passengers, so killing them before the trial ended would be much more valuable than killing them now.

As long as these four people aren't killed now, the opposing team will have the illusion that they are still temporarily ahead in points.

He certainly couldn't agree to Yang Minghui and the other two not participating in the battle for the gatekeeper BOSS.

In the final battle against the boss, those who are not strong enough will only be giving points to the opposing team.

Therefore, he did not intend to let Zhao Hai, Wen Ning, Qin Zhaoyang, and Zhou Yating participate. He would not feel at ease if he and Gu Qinghuan went to compete for the gatekeeper BOSS and left Zhao Hai and the others with He Yunfeng.

Chen Ye raised his head and looked at Yang Minghui's face: "You need to control these four people and not participate in guarding the BOSS, that's fine, but it's not right for any of you three to not go, is it? If that's the case, then why don't we just kill these four people now and let our score directly overtake them?"

After he finished speaking, he raised the hand holding the Dragon Scale Halberd, slightly turned the spear tip, and aimed it at the nearest hypnotized passenger.

He Yunfeng's expression changed slightly, and he raised his hand to stop him: "Don't get agitated, we can discuss it. Tell me what you think is reasonable."

Chen Ye stopped his spear thrust, but the tip of the spear did not fall completely: "The final boss is a free point for low-level players. He Yunfeng, you and I will go and compete for the boss's points. Liang Jing can stay and watch over these four with Yang Minghui. I'll have Gu Qinghuan stay as well."

He Yunfeng did not answer immediately.

He glanced at Yang Minghui, and the two exchanged a very brief look.

Yang Minghui nodded slightly.

He Yunfeng withdrew his gaze and looked at Chen Ye again: "Okay, we'll do it your way."

Chen Ye turned to Gu Qinghuan: "Do you have a problem?"

Gu Qinghuan shook her head slightly: "No problem."

"Then let's rest here and wait for the gatekeeper BOSS to appear. There's no need to continue searching for the team on the opposite train. Otherwise, if the battle affects the four hypnotized people and they wake up and run away, it would be a loss."

After Yang Minghui finished speaking, he sat down against the wall of the passageway.

The four passengers, hypnotized by the Nightmare Beast, stood like four wooden stakes beside Yang Minghui, their pupils a dark purple, their breathing so slow it was almost imperceptible.

He Yunfeng and Liang Jing also sat down.

Chen Ye, Gu Qinghuan, and the others sat on the other side of the passage.

The passageway fell silent.

Leaning against the wall, Gu Qinghuan suddenly spoke up, "Chen Ye, don't you think it's a bit unreasonable that the boss only gives 3000 points?"

Chen Ye turned his head to look at Gu Qinghuan: "Too few, right? So few that if we hadn't captured four prisoners, it wouldn't have been enough to change the situation."

Gu Qinghuan nodded slightly.

"Once the gatekeeper boss shows up, we'll know whether it makes sense or not."

After saying this, Chen Ye leaned against the wall and closed his eyes.

The passageway fell silent again; the tremors in the maze had not occurred for a long time.

……

Another passage in the maze.

Yu Wei was standing in the center of the passage, with a light blue system light screen floating in front of her.

Her fingers slowly slid across the screen, her gaze sweeping over the message list in the chat group, her brows furrowing slightly: "Half of the ten squad leaders have already lost contact."

"He's probably already taken out. It's a bit of a pity about Liu Meng." Wei Jie turned to Zheng Xiao: "Captain, we're leading in points now, we should play it safe."

After listening to their conversation for a moment, Zheng Xiao said, "Yu Wei, send a message in the chat group to notify all the survivors to stop searching for people on the opposite train from now on and to stay put."

"Yes, Captain."

Yu Wei's fingers swiped quickly across the screen, and she typed out a short message and sent it out.

She then closed the system panel and looked at Zheng Xiao's profile: "Tomorrow is the last day of the trial. The boss only has 3000 points. Judging from the current situation, we have an absolute advantage."

"The situation with the boss guarding the gate is still unknown, and no one can say that victory is guaranteed until the very last moment."

Zheng Xiao frowned slightly, his expression not relaxed.

"Captain, you're overthinking it. The boss only has 3000 points. Even if we don't try to steal it and they get it, they'll still be 22700 points behind us. As long as no team on our side gives away points, I don't think they can win."

Wei Jie was somewhat dismissive, as their level and points were far ahead of the opposing team, and they held an absolute advantage in the current situation.

Zheng Xiao remained standing in the middle of the passageway, his arms crossed over his chest.

He didn't respond immediately. His eyes showed no emotion, but neither did they reveal any sense of certainty or relaxation that allowed him to let go of the matter.

The passageway was quiet for a moment.

Then Zheng Xiao shook his head slightly: "You're thinking too simply. Compared to the current tens or hundreds of thousands of points on both sides, isn't the 3000 points of the gatekeeper BOSS negligible? What's the point of having a gatekeeper BOSS then? According to the current rules, as long as the point difference between the two trains exceeds 3000, then the gatekeeper BOSS becomes just a decoration."

He paused for a moment and continued, "We've participated in so many survival trials, which boss was just for show? The bosses in death games are never meaningless."

After Zheng Xiao finished speaking, Wei Jie and Yu Wei exchanged a glance, and then looked at Zheng Xiao at the same time.

Zheng Xiao met their gazes and said, word by word, "Therefore, the 3000 points for this gatekeeper BOSS are definitely not just a simple 3000 points. We must not let our guard down just because we are currently ahead in points, understand?"

Yu Wei and Wei Jie said in unison, "Understood."