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

Chen Ye smiled and accepted them. He weighed the two energy potions and the skill book in his hands, then nodded: "Pleasure doing business with you."

He handed over the recovery potion in his hand. Actually, he didn't have to give it to him. The train rules said that you can't kill other passengers on the train, but they didn't say that you can't lie. But that would be too beastly.

Qian Bin almost snatched the medicine. He unscrewed the tube, tilted his head back, and poured it down. The moment the orange-yellow liquid flowed into his throat, the swelling in his arm subsided at a visible speed, and his slightly sunken chest returned to normal.

In the blink of an eye, Qian Bin transformed from a light that was about to go out into a machine that had restarted.

His breathing became steady, his complexion returned to normal, and the unfocused look in his eyes disappeared, replaced by a sense of relief at surviving a disaster.

Then he glanced at his system panel—remaining points: 10.

Qian Bin's lips twitched, his expression more uncomfortable than if he had swallowed a fly. He regretted risking killing that monster.

Chen Ye didn't look at him again.

He turned around and handed two vials of red liquid energy potions to Zhao Hai: "Brother Hai, these are for you."

Zhao Hai took the medicine and stored it in the system's storage space.

Energy potion, instantly restores 100 energy points.

In battle, this thing is like a second life. Zhao Hai's [Steel Armor] is a high-consumption active talent, and these two potions can allow him to last for an extra hour of high-intensity combat.

Chen Ye then handed the skill book, which glowed with a pale blue light, to Zhou Yating: "Class monitor, this is for you."

Zhou Yating took the skill book, her finger pausing on the cover for a moment.

The book cover has a cool texture. There are no words on the cover, only a blurry ice crystal pattern that reflects tiny fragments of light under the lamp.

She opened the cover, a blue light screen popped up, and she tapped the word "Learning" with her finger.

The skill book transformed into countless tiny specks of light that scattered outwards.

Zhou Yating closed her eyes, as if sensing something.

A few seconds later she opened her eyes, her lips curving slightly upwards—the first smile she had shown since getting on the bus.

"I'm capable of fighting now. This skill consumes 5 stamina points and releases an ice arrow that deals damage equal to one point of mental energy. I currently have 6 points of base mental energy, and with the talent bonus, it's 12 points of mental energy damage."

Her voice carried a hint of barely suppressed excitement.

The 12 points of mental damage are obviously much less than Zhao Haikai's 18 points of strength from his talent.

However, Zhao Hai's [Steel Armor] is a melee attack, requiring him to rush in front of the monster to fight head-on, while Zhou Yating's Ice Arrow is a ranged attack, allowing her to deal damage from a safe distance.

Moreover, Ice Arrow is a D-rank skill that only consumes 5 stamina points. With her maximum stamina of 200 points, she can cast it forty times in a row.

The six people returned to their respective seats.

As soon as Qin Zhaoyang sat down, he leaned over and asked in a low voice, "Brother Ye, do you think the skill book will really drop if Qian Bin dies?"

Chen Ye leaned back in his seat and glanced at him sideways: "Probably not, I was just trying to scare him."

Qin Zhaoyang opened his mouth as if to say something, but seeing the ambiguous smile on Chen Ye's face, he swallowed his words back.

Zhou Yating, who was in the front row, turned around, and her expression was much more relaxed than before.

"Chen Ye, thank you."

Her voice wasn't loud, but it was very earnest.

Chen Ye waved his hand: "We're on the same team, let's not talk about these things."

His gaze swept over each of his teammates present.

Zhao Hai leaned back in his seat, his arms crossed over his chest, his eyes half-closed.

Wang Shuo and Li Zheng were talking in hushed tones.

Qin Zhaoyang browsed through the system's online store for food that suited his taste.

Zhou Yating sat in the front row, studying her new skill. A faint icy blue halo flickered on her fingertips, then quickly dissipated.

"Now we're all combat-ready, so we don't have to hide anymore in the next survival trial. Maybe if we become strong enough, we can figure out what this death train really is. Only by figuring it out can we find our way home."

Chen Ye leaned back in his seat, looking out the car window at the gray-white fog.

"go home……"

Qin Zhaoyang, standing to the side, murmured and repeated the two words, his eyes somewhat dazed.

Family.

That university dormitory in Yuncheng, that room piled high with textbooks and takeout boxes, that place where parents were, friends were, and normal life was.

Is it possible to go back to that place?

Qin Zhaoyang didn't know.

……

Carriage number five.

Jiang Ning leaned back in her seat, crossed her arms over her chest, and half-closed her eyes.

"Brother Ning." Zhu Peng walked over from the back of the carriage and sat down in the seat next to Jiang Ning. "A girl named Gao Li from carriage number three sent me a message. She wants to join our team in the next trial. She also said that the D-level skill book was swapped by Chen Ye from Zhao Hai's team."

Jiang Ning stopped tapping on the armrest, opened his eyes, turned his head, and looked at Zhu Peng: "Chen Ye?"

"That's the guy who punched you back on the platform. He took a recovery potion and traded it for a D-level skill book and two stamina potions from a seriously injured person in carriage number three. That kid's pretty ruthless."

Zhu Peng continued, "That skill book was learned by the girl in their team with the A-level talent, and the Gale Crossbow also ended up in the hands of the kid in their team with the ranged talent, so their strength has greatly improved."

"Swift Crossbow..."

Jiang Ning repeated those three words, his lips twitching slightly. That crossbow was originally his, but Zhao Hai tricked him into giving it to him. It was the only green-quality weapon known to have been obtained in this trial.

"Very well, in the next trial, I will teach him the price of offending me."

Jiang Ning's tone was very calm, so calm that Zhu Peng got goosebumps.

He didn't look at Zhu Peng, but instead brought up his personal attribute panel, where a blue light screen unfolded before his eyes.

Name: Jiang Ning

[Level: Lv3 (20%)]

【Stamina: 300/300】

Energy Level: 300/300

【Strength: 7】

[Agility: 7]

[Physical Fitness: 6]

【Spirit: 6】

[Talent: Emperor Engine (S-Rank)]

[Skills: None]

Points: 420

Free attribute points: 2 points

He stared at the empty level bar, and his lips twitched again. The skill book dropped by the lizard head was definitely not low in rating.

He then turned his attention to the two free attribute points at the bottom. Thinking of being forced back by Chen Ye's punch, he did not hesitate to allocate the two free attribute points to strength.

His strength reached 9 points. He activated his talent and glanced at his attribute panel. His strength hadn't increased to 18 points, but rather to 16.

Freedom attribute is not considered a basic attribute, but it represents a significant improvement over level one.

"Brother Ning."

The speaker was a short-haired girl named Jian Lan, who was sitting on the other side of Jiang Ning. She had an A-level talent and was one of Jiang Ning's ten team members.

"Someone in our carriage posted about a white-quality weapon in the group chat, with +1 agility. Want it...?"

She didn't finish her sentence, but her meaning was clear.

Jiang Ning glanced at her, then looked at Zhu Peng.

Zhu Peng chimed in: "There are rules on the train that prohibit killing other passengers. If he doesn't hand it over, we can't just take it by force."

Jiang Ning suddenly stood up and walked towards the back of the carriage.

Zhu Peng and Jian Lan exchanged a glance, then immediately stood up and followed behind him.