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

Two hours later.

The train's announcement system came on again.

"Attention passengers, the G5002 Death Train is about to arrive at Insect Nest South 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 deeper.

Chen Ye stood up from his seat, tilted his neck, and his cervical spine made a slight cracking sound.

He glanced out the window; the fog was dissipating at a visible speed, and the outline of the outside world was gradually becoming visible.

The moment the train came to a complete stop, the doors of all eight carriages slid open simultaneously. The black metal doors retracted to the sides, and a cold wind rushed in from outside, carrying a damp, rotten smell.

"Let's go."

Chen Ye strode towards the car door.

Zhao Hai nodded and followed behind him, and the others in the group got up and followed.

The passengers in the carriage gradually got up, and their footsteps blended into a muffled sound in the aisle.

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

A blue light curtain unfolded before his eyes.

[Survival Trial Begins!]

[Trial Setting: Insect Hive]

[Trial Difficulty: ★☆]

[Kill Points: 0]

Survival Points: 0

Countdown: 47:59:59

He turned off the panel and looked around.

Before me lay a vast expanse of ruins.

Half of the station's roof had collapsed, and the exposed steel beams twisted and pointed towards the sky, covered with some kind of grayish-white fluffy substance, densely packed and layered, like a giant spider web.

The ground was covered with cocoons, which were dark red with fine lines on the surface, and you could vaguely see the shadows inside.

Some of the cocoons were trembling slightly, not from the wind, but from the movement of the contents inside.

The tremors were slow, occurring only once every ten seconds or so, and the amplitude was not large, but it was enough to make one realize that the creature inside the cocoon was still alive.

Passengers in all eight carriages disembarked one after another.

After everyone disembarked, the train doors closed automatically with a "bang".

320 people stood on the platform of the Insect Nest South Station, all looking at the ruined city covered by thick plants and the cocoons of various sizes that could be seen everywhere on the ground.

Qin Zhaoyang peeked out from behind Chen Ye, his Adam's apple bobbing as he scanned the surroundings. "I take back what I said earlier. This place doesn't look much better than Guidu."

"Monsters with a strength of one and a half stars are resources for us right now, not dangers."

Wang Shuo had already slung the more than one-meter-long, double-edged axe he bought in Infinite City onto his shoulder.

"We should still be careful. Even though it's only one and a half levels of intensity, we can't be careless."

Zhou Yating is quite cautious; if she were to overconfident and things went wrong, it would be a tragedy.

Zhao Hai stood to Chen Ye's right, his gaze sweeping over the other teams on the platform: "In this trial, the people are probably more difficult to deal with than the monsters."

Chen Ye nodded slightly, his gaze sweeping over Tang Jingxin's team's formation.

In the open space in front of carriage number five, Tang Jingxin stood with his hands in his pockets, his gaze casually sweeping over the surrounding ruins, his expression relaxed.

Sean stood to his right, his gaze fixed on Chen Ye, like a sniper measuring distance.

The other three team members stood behind Sean, two men and one woman, all between twenty and thirty years old, with well-proportioned figures.

Jiang Ning and Jian Lan stood at the very back of the line.

But Chen Ye noticed that Jiang Ning's gaze met his for a moment.

That glance was so brief that it would be completely unnoticed unless you were deliberately waiting.

Then Jiang Ning casually looked away and turned to Jian Lan, saying something to her.

Chen Ye looked away.

On the platform, Su Jin's group in carriage number one and Lei Xing and Li Tianran's group in carriage number eight were already heading towards the exit.

Gu Qinghuan also walked towards the exit, still alone. She was wearing a black tracksuit and her hair was tied in a high ponytail.

Wen Ning stood next to carriage number three, holding a bottle of water in her hand, taking small sips, her gaze sweeping back and forth between Chen Ye and Tang Jingxin.

Other passengers were scattered about, some standing in small groups of two or three, some standing alone in a corner, and some talking quietly with the people next to them.

Everyone was no longer the clueless newbies they once were.

Everyone has gone through at least two survival trials, seen blood, killed monsters, and knows what it takes to survive in this world.

"Let's go out too. Time is money, let's kill as many monsters as possible."

After finishing his words, Chen Ye strode towards the exit.

Zhao Hai and the others quickly followed.

Just as they reached the station exit, a cocoon the size of a bucket on the ground suddenly burst open, and a dark shadow swiftly attacked Zhou Yating, who was walking beside it.

Chen Ye reacted immediately. His 14 points of agility greatly improved his reaction speed, and he flashed to Zhou Yating's side.

The dark figure was incredibly fast; before Chen Ye could even throw a punch, it was already on his face.

"Brother Ye!"

Qin Zhaoyang exclaimed in surprise.

Zhao Hai and his companions were also greatly shocked.

They saw clearly what was on Chen Ye's face. It was an insect, the size of a washbasin, completely covering Chen Ye's face, with its tentacles wrapped around Chen Ye's neck.

Chen Ye stretched out his hands and forcefully pulled the bug off his face, then tore it in half and threw it on the ground.

Kill a facehugger, score +10.

The system notification flashed before his eyes.

Chen Ye looked at the insect corpse torn in two on the ground, and it really did look exactly like the facehugger from the Alien movie.

Zhao Hai and the others stared wide-eyed; they hadn't expected He Ye to be so fierce.

"Isn't that a facehugger?" Qin Zhaoyang looked at the dead insect on the ground, then at Chen Ye's face. "Brother Ye, your face is steaming!"

"It is indeed a facehugger. Its secretion seems to be corrosive, so be careful. It is not very strong and is easy to kill. Each one is worth 10 points."

wisps of white smoke did indeed rise from Chen Ye's face, but his skin was not corroded; this was due to the physical strength granted by his 30-point constitution.

He wiped the liquid off his face with his clothes, which were instantly corroded into round holes.

Zhao Hai looked around: "There are quite a few cocoons here. Should we kill them all? We could earn a lot of points that way."

Chen Ye shook his head: "No need to waste time here. We need to find more valuable monsters, such as elite monsters."

Zhao Hai nodded: "That's true. Elite monsters usually drop loot, and the points are high. Our team is capable of doing that now."

Chen Ye and his group of six left the platform and stepped into the city ruins covered by vines.

The abandoned building was covered with thick, dark green vines, their leaves layered upon each other, gleaming with an oily sheen in the grayish-white sunlight.

The vines, with stems as thick as water snakes, crawled in through the windows of the building and out through the doorways on the other side, wrapping the entire building like a giant green cocoon.

The dark red cocoons outside were more densely packed than those inside the station. Some of the cocoons hung on the exterior walls of the buildings, some were embedded in cracks in the ground, and some were piled up in the corners of the walls.

Qin Zhaoyang walked in the middle of the group, carrying the Swift Wind Crossbow, his eyes constantly scanning back and forth between the cocoons on both sides.

A faint blue sheen flowed across the crossbow arm; three short arrows were already loaded, and a finger was on the trigger.