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

Chapter 78 Promotion of 4 Ranks

One hour later.

The outline of the station slowly emerged in the gray-white daylight.

When Chen Ye and his group entered the platform, Jiang Ning's team had already arrived.

His gaze passed over Jiang Ning's group and landed on the corner on the east side of the platform.

Three people were standing there.

It was Li Jiahao and his two underlings.

The three of them seemed to be in good condition.

Li Jiahao was looking at his system panel.

Sun Kai was squatting at his feet, munching on a compressed biscuit.

Ma Wenbo stood on the other side of Li Jiahao.

"Li Jiahao!" Qin Zhaoyang exclaimed first, his voice filled with astonishment, as if he'd seen a ghost. "The three of them are still alive? This Li Jiahao is truly something else. Is he a chosen one, always managing to escape danger?"

"It's not surprising that one could survive in the Corpse Capital by finding a place to hide. But that's clearly impossible in the Ghost Capital, and there's nowhere safe for them to hide."

Zhao Hai was also puzzled; he also thought Li Jiahao and the others were dead.

Wang Ze walked up from the back of the line, pushed up his black-rimmed glasses, and looked at Li Jiahao: "Isn't he from your carriage? Why don't you go ask him? I'm also quite curious. Out of so many of us, five S-level combatants almost died, how did the other three survive?"

Chen Ye nodded and walked towards Li Jiahao.

The others followed.

Li Jiahao watched Chen Ye and his group walk towards him and then closed the system panel.

Sun Kai changed from a squatting position to a standing position, and stuffed the compressed biscuits in his hand into his mouth in two bites at a time.

Ma Wenbo lowered his hands from his chest and let them hang at his sides.

Chen Ye stopped about two meters in front of Li Jiahao.

"How did you survive?"

He skipped the pleasantries and went straight to the question.

Li Jiahao looked at Chen Ye and smiled slightly: "We were just lucky. We entered a house with the door closed. The monster inside didn't attack us; it just gave us three questions, which I answered correctly, and then the monster disappeared on its own."

"You can do that? What's the problem?"

Qin Zhaoyang peeked out from behind Chen Ye, his face filled with disbelief.

Li Jiahao glanced at Qin Zhaoyang and said, "It's like a mind game. If you answer correctly, you pass; if you answer incorrectly, you die."

Qin Zhaoyang's Adam's apple bobbed as countless questions that might appear in the death game flashed through his mind, and his expression changed several times.

"What if the question was 'which came first, the chicken or the egg?' wouldn't you explode?"

He asked tentatively.

Li Jiahao chuckled: "No, since the rules are about answering questions, they must have answers. If they were unanswerable, we could just be eliminated as soon as we get in; why waste time creating questions?"

Qin Zhaoyang was stunned for a moment, his mouth opened and then closed.

He did not refute it because what Li Jiahao said made perfect sense.

The rules of the death game leave no room for compromise; they can eliminate someone at will, or close the car door without hesitation, leaving no room for negotiation.

If those people really wanted to kill someone, they could have just done it directly; there was no need to go through all this trouble with "questions without answers."

Qin Zhaoyang nodded: "You're right, the house you entered is much simpler than ours."

Li Jiahao's gaze shifted from Qin Zhaoyang to Chen Ye: "You guys went inside too? I thought you'd been fighting for two nights straight!"

"We've entered the illusion room. It seems that those rooms with closed doors are all boss rooms, and the rules for each room are different."

Chen Ye did not hide anything, nor was there any need to hide anything. There were very few survivors left, and information sharing was extremely important.

Li Jiahao's eyes lit up slightly: "An illusion? What kind of illusion?"

Chen Ye raised his eyelids and glanced at him: "Yuncheng University."

Li Jiahao seemed thoughtful and did not pursue the matter further.

Standing behind Chen Ye, Zhou Yating suddenly remembered something: "Then even Goryeo's last wish might not be fulfilled."

Zhao Hai turned his head and glanced at her.

Zhou Yating continued, "She must have thought that as long as she entered those closed houses, she could return to the illusion, but she didn't expect that each house was different."

No one responded.

Goryeo is indeed in a bad situation, but it was all her own choice.

"Oh, right, I found something in that house."

Li Jiahao flipped his hand, and a treasure chest the size of a palm appeared in his hand.

The box was entirely bronze in color and its design was similar to the silver treasure chest that Chen Ye had obtained.

"A bronze treasure chest, which can yield random items." Li Jiahao weighed the bronze treasure chest in his hand, then looked up at Chen Ye: "If you're interested, we can trade. The price is two recovery potions plus fourteen stamina potions."

Qin Zhaoyang curled his lip: "That's 1000 points. We also have this box, but we can't open it without the key."

Li Jiahao glanced at him, said nothing, and just smiled. Since Chen Ye had also obtained the box, the deal was probably off.

Chen Ye did not respond.

Their team did get a lot of points in the Ghost City, but he also had a silver treasure chest, which was a higher level than bronze, and he couldn't open it without the key.

Before obtaining the key, no amount of treasure chests can be converted into combat power, and besides, 1000 points is not a small amount.

Li Jiahao then turned his attention to Gu Qinghuan, but Gu Qinghuan showed no interest in making a deal.

Just as he was about to put the bronze treasure chest back into his storage space, a voice came from behind Chen Ye: "I want this treasure chest."

Jiang Ning walked over, with Jian Lan following behind him.

He walked up to Li Jiahao and stopped: "We'll trade after the rewards are settled."

"Can."

With a flick of his wrist, Li Jiahao caused the bronze treasure chest to disappear from his hand and be returned to his storage space.

Jiang Ning nodded, said nothing more, and led Jian Lan back to their own group.

"Click—!"

At that moment, a crisp mechanical sound came from behind them.

The doors of all eight carriages slid open simultaneously.

Everyone returned to their respective carriages.

Chen Ye walked back to his original seat and sat down.

Qin Zhaoyang sat down next to him, slumping in the chair as if all his energy had been drained.

Zhao Hai sat in the seat opposite him in the aisle, while Wang Shuo and Li Zheng sat in the rows in front of and behind him.

Zhou Yating sat in front of Chen Ye, leaning against the seat with her eyes closed.

The system panel popped up automatically the moment Chen Ye sat down.

[Rewards for the Trial of the Mysterious City have been distributed!]

Survival Rating: B

[Kill Points: 1720]

Survival Points: 200

[Gained 1920 experience points]

[Gained 1920 point]

The screen flickered, and then new information appeared.

[Level upgraded to Lv3!]

[Level upgraded to Lv4!]

[Level upgraded to Lv5!]

[Level upgraded to Lv6!]

【Stamina: 200 ➔ 600】

[Energy Points: 200 ➔ 600]

[Strength: 10 ➔ 30]

Agility: 5 ➔ 9

[Physical Fitness: 10 ➔ 30]

[Mental Strength: 4 ➔ 8]

[Gain 4 free attribute points (free attribute points do not benefit from talent and skill bonuses)]

Promoted four ranks in a row!

The base strength has reached 30 points.

This means that his current basic attack is equivalent to the damage of the previous Heavy Cannon, and the current Heavy Cannon deals 90 points of strength damage per punch.

The level of physical endurance is affected by constitution. 30 points is extremely terrifying at present. If it continues to grow at this rate, I dare not say that it will be indestructible even against gods, but at least it can be invulnerable to swords and spears.

The five-fold growth value of the SSS-level talent [Superhuman Strength and Chaos] truly manifested its power at this moment.

He brought up the attribute panel.

Name: Chen Ye

[Level: Lv6 (86%)]

【Stamina: 600/600】

Energy Level: 600/600

【Strength: 30】

[Agility: 9]

[Physical Fitness: 30]

【Spirit: 8】

[Talent: Superhuman Strength (SSS Rank)]

[Skill: Heavy Cannon (Rank B)]