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

Four o'clock in the morning.

Carriage number three.

The loudspeaker on the roof of the carriage emitted a piercing electrical noise, simultaneously pulling everyone from their light sleep.

"Dear passengers, the G5002 Death Train will arrive in the City of Ghosts in two hours. The survival trial in the City of Ghosts will last for 48 hours. Please note that the points shop will be unavailable during the survival trial. Please redeem the necessary supplies in advance. Have a pleasant journey."

The synthesized female voice on the radio was exactly the same as last time, devoid of any emotion.

The carriage was silent for a full two seconds, then erupted into chaos.

"Forty-eight hours? That's twice as long as a corpse!"

"Is the difficulty doubled this time?"

"Can't open the points mall? Then we need to redeem our items in advance!"

"Water! Food! Medicine! Change it quickly!"

In carriage number three, more than a dozen people opened the system shop almost simultaneously, and blue light screens flickered in and out of the dimly lit carriage.

"Brother Ye! Brother Ye! In forty-eight hours, how much stuff do we need to change?"

Qin Zhaoyang jumped up from his seat, his voice trembling.

Chen Ye had already opened the online store interface, his eyes quickly scanning the product list.

"Zhaoyang, how many points do you have left?"

Chen Ye's voice was calm, so calm that it contrasted sharply with the panic that permeated the carriage.

"Only 22 points left."

From the moment they boarded the bus until now, all the food and drinks in the group have been purchased by Qin Zhaoyang.

Chen Ye said to Zhou Yating in the front row, "Two days' worth of food for six people should be enough with 50 points. Class monitor, use your points to exchange for two days' worth of food and water for the six of us. With the remaining 50 points, exchange them for an energy potion to keep as a backup."

Zhou Yating nodded and started operating the control panel. A few seconds later, his storage space contained twenty-four bottles of mineral water and twelve packs of compressed biscuits.

"Zhaoyang, use your points to buy your arrows."

"Okay!"

Qin Zhaoyang's fingers flew across the panel. Arrows were also very cheap, and his 22 points were enough to buy quite a few.

Chen Ye looked at the shop again and spoke faster: "Wang Shuo, Li Zheng, exchange all 100 points of yours for Qi potions, two each."

Without hesitation, Wang Shuo and Li Zheng tapped their fingers on the panel, and four red liquid energy potions appeared in their hands.

Chen Ye had 100 points, which he exchanged for two energy potions.

Zhao Hai leaned back in his seat, arms crossed over his chest, watching Chen Ye assign tasks without interrupting. He had exchanged his points for recovery potions and now had zero.

The team's points were cleared, but they were exchanged for enough supplies to last for 48 hours.

"Wang Shuo, Li Zheng, give my stamina potions to Hai Ge and me."

Chen Ye extended his hand.

Wang Shuo paused for a moment, looked at the two red vials in his hand, and then at Zhao Hai.

"Your passive talents don't consume stamina, but Hai Ge and I have active talents and skills, respectively, which consume a lot of stamina. We need the potions to maximize their effectiveness."

Chen Ye's explanation was brief.

Without hesitation, Li Zheng handed over two energy potions.

Chen Ye took the two vials of medicine and put them into his storage space.

Wang Shuo handed the two to Zhao Hai.

Zhao Hai took it and put it away.

Chen Ye currently has four energy potions, enough to sustain him in battle for a long time.

"The strategist was right; we didn't waste a single point. If everyone had used their points to exchange for food and drink at the beginning, the number of potions would be halved now."

Wang Shuo leaned back in his seat, watching Chen Ye put the medicine into his storage space.

Chen Ye put away the stamina potion, leaned back in his chair, and glanced at Wang Shuo: "Points are resources, but points cannot be traded directly. For a long time to come, potions will be hard currency. For example, they will be used to exchange for equipment, items, and even skills. Potions are like a second life."

No one in carriage number three was collecting protection money. After exchanging food and drinks, there were enough points left to exchange for another potion, except for Qian Bin, who only had 10 points left.

……

Two hours later.

The train's announcement came on time.

"Attention passengers, the G5002 Death Train is about to arrive at Guidu North Station. Please prepare to disembark. I repeat, please prepare to disembark. Those who do not disembark will be eliminated according to the rules."

The sound of the wheels rubbing against the rails gradually changed from high frequency to low frequency, and the sharp whistling sound of metal friction became deeper and more muffled.

The grayish-white mist outside the car window began to thin and churn, as if stirred by an invisible hand.

Chen Ye stood up from his seat and stretched his wrists, which were stiff from sitting for so long.

The dozen or so people in carriage number three were in different states at the moment.

Some people were taking deep breaths, some were repeatedly checking the supplies in their storage space, some were pale and their lips were trembling, while others were relatively calm.

Zhao Hai stood up from his seat; his 1.95-meter height made him look like a moving wall.

He moved his right shoulder to make sure the injury had fully healed, then looked at Chen Ye: "What do we do this time?"

"Let's see how things go first."

Chen Ye tucked the cleaver into his waistband.

"Ghost Capital..." Li Zheng frowned. "It sounds fucking creepy."

Wang Shuo picked up the fire axe at his feet: "Who cares what it is, just chop it up."

The sound of wheels rubbing against the rails completely stopped.

The moment the train came to a complete stop, the doors of all eight carriages slid open simultaneously, and the black metal doors retracted to the sides.

A cold wind blew in from outside the door.

The wind didn't carry the sweet, rotten smell of a corpse capital, but rather a damp, cold stench, like the smell that emanates from a huge underground parking lot after being there for too long.

The system panel popped up automatically the moment Chen Ye stepped out of the carriage.

[Survival Trial Begins!]

[Trial Setting: The Mysterious Capital]

[Trial Difficulty: ★☆]

[Kill Points: 0]

Survival Points: 0

Countdown: 47:59:59

Chen Ye closed the panel, looked around, and frowned slightly.

The City of Ghosts is completely different from the City of Corpses; there is no thick fog obstructing the view.

The air in the Ghost City is clear, so clear that you can see the outlines of buildings hundreds of meters away. The buildings are intact and undamaged, a stark contrast to the abandoned and dilapidated Corpse City.

The survivors from the eight carriages disembarked one after another. One hundred and forty-seven people stood on the platform of Guidu North Station, like a flock of birds released from a cage, blankly looking at this unfamiliar city.

No one rushed out of the car like they did in Shidu; many of those who rushed out that time never came back.

Everyone has realized that running around recklessly is tantamount to suicide.

The crowd began to gather naturally.

It wasn't organized by someone; it was instinct.

Those with combat prowess and powerful talents automatically attract a circle of people.

Jiang Ning's men were the first to complete their assembly.

When he stepped out of carriage number five, ten people were already standing behind him.

Zhu Peng stood to his right, and Jian Lan stood to his left.

The remaining eight men stood in a row at the back, all armed with cold weapons.

The group stood in the center of the platform, and everyone instinctively kept their distance from them.

Goryeo stepped out from the crowd, holding the sharpened steel bar in his hand.

She walked up to Jiang Ning and said, "Brother Ning, I want to join your team."