Train Survival: You're really trying to survive!

The people inside the car were talking quietly when suddenly, Song Mingyu, who had the highest perception attribute, felt a pang of heart palpitation.

She wouldn't resort to any "maybe it's just my imagination" trope; she went straight to the point and said, "I felt a sudden pang of heart palpitation."

Su Li didn't bother with questions like "Mingyu, are you awake?" He simply said, "Prepare for battle."

After saying that, he turned on the lights outside the train.

The group walked to the operations room, put on oxygen masks, and then left the carriage.

The ground felt a little damp underfoot, and a light drizzle was falling from the sky. Zuli lay on her back, the cold liquefied carbon dioxide drifting onto her face, making her skin feel numb.

Su Li activated the heat-preserving stone. Song Mingyu also drank the fruit tea, connecting everyone with a mental link.

A layer of magical energy emanated from her body, enveloping everyone within it.

After this treatment, Su Li felt much better.

But he still stomped his foot unconsciously.

Once outside, Sofia could feel it too.

The two with the strongest perception in the team are Sophia and Song Mingyu, since one focuses on agility and the other on perception.

Song Mingyu's perception leans towards metaphysics, such as the perception of murderous intent, hostility, and malice.

Sofia, on the other hand, is more focused on the physical aspects; she can detect sights, smells, and unusual winds.

In close combat, the two idiots, Zuli and Ivan, relied on Suli's quick wit, or intuition, while Ivan relied on light. This is why Ivan was able to sense the cloaked eagle in the sky so quickly.

Sofia pointed into the distance, "Over there!"

Ivan quickly positioned himself between the enemies and the ranged squad that Sophia had pointed out, just in case.

Su Li squinted and looked into the distance. With a clear direction, he could also sense that enemies were approaching.

“Mululululul…”

The approaching enemy emitted a low, rumbling sound, like a car engine, and its figure gradually appeared in the train's lights.

“Phew~ an old friend…” Su Li recognized the enemy as the snake-bear beast she had killed before.

If we could kill him once before, we can kill him again this time.

But Su Li suddenly realized something was wrong.

This snake-bear beast was curled up, its fur standing on end, and the crystals on its head were bright red, but its body was trembling uncontrollably.

[Is it a trembling of anger? No, it's not.] Su Li rejected his own guess, because when he met the eyes of the snake-bear beast, he could tell it was definitely not anger, but fear.

What is it afraid of?

Su Li shuddered, her heart sinking.

A dark shadow suddenly lunged out from the darkness in the distance. By the light of the lamp, Su Li could only see a cold flash.

The shadow that lunged out instantly wrapped around the snake-bear beast's body. Even from this distance, Su Li could hear the sound of bones being crushed.

"Whoosh..."

The serpent-bear beast's mournful cry abruptly ceased, as all the air in its lungs had been forced out, leaving only a comical hissing sound.

The attacking monster was entirely black, and it seemed to be holding something high up before slamming it down on the snake-bear beast's body.

With a sharp crack of bone breaking, the snake-bear beast's body began to convulse, but no matter how much it convulsed, it could not break free from the bindings of the attacking monster.

The team was so shocked that no one dared to speak. Su Li even hallucinated the sound of sweat dripping from her forehead.

Finally, the snake-bear beast completely stopped struggling, and Su Li's system gave a timely reminder.

[The beast tide has ended. You have obtained 1500 Survival Coins, 3 Selectable Blueprint Boxes, and 5 Selectable Item Boxes.]

The beast tide has ended, but something even more terrifying than the beast tide has begun.

The monster, having killed the snake-bear beast, released the now-softened creature and gazed into the distance at the train with its yellowish eyes.

Su Li and the others gripped their weapons tightly. The black iron-level peak snake-bear beast had no ability to resist this monster. Without a doubt, it was a silver-level monster.

Su Li prayed in her heart that the monster, having finished its hunt, would leave this place with its prey.

However, this idea was quickly shattered by the enemy's actions.

The monster gripped the ground with its claws and roared at Su Li and the others from afar.

"Roar!!!!"

The sound waves dispersed the still-falling rain, and the snow on the ground was pushed aside like waves.

Su Li's heart skipped a beat. This roar was threatening. He looked in the direction the monster was roaring, which was clearly their locomotive.

Oh no, this thing thinks our car is the enemy!

[This doesn't make sense. Logically, after capturing prey, the monster's aggressive desire should decrease, and its motivation should shift from hunting to protecting its prey. Besides, the beast tide arranged by the system is snake-bear beasts, not this guy. Where does he get such a big temper?]

Su Li kept thinking about where the problem was.

Wait, what's that design...?

Su Li stared at the enemy's posture. The enemy had a huge, sharp horn on its head, like an ice axe. It was this horn that had just shattered the snake-bear beast's head.

Sharp angles, burrowing attack—isn't this the enemy we spotted this morning?

Su Li suddenly understood.

This enemy is the one they discovered during the day and then avoided.

This guy must have discovered Su Li and his group's trail. The tracks left by Su Li's train are quite large. In nature, big creatures are generally very strong. This guy probably sensed his territory had been invaded by a gigantic enemy and came to check the situation.

"Braise!" Su Li cursed.

Su Li began to consider whether he could use a train to create distance, but then he remembered a setting. On the last day, after the beast tide began, a crystal would appear 100 kilometers away from the train, blocking its path. At 12 o'clock, this crystal would transform into a teleportation portal.

Even if they used a train, they could only travel 100 kilometers.

There are still nearly four hours until the portal opens; we can only wait it out.

[Never mind, let's run it 100 kilometers, at least we'll wear it down a bit.]

[Song Mingyu gets in the car and drives off; the three of us will hold the line here!]

Upon receiving the order, Song Mingyu immediately turned and entered the carriage. The boiler remained burning, but the train's acceleration was rather slow. It would take one minute to accelerate.

Su Li casually cast an appraisal spell over there.

【Axe Ice Fish】

It has nothing but a name; it's a useless identification technique.

Su Li thought to herself, "I'm just complaining."

After the icefish finished roaring, it looked at the train very warily, as if it wanted to get a response from the train.

Inside, Song Mingyu had a sudden inspiration and sounded the horn in response.

"Buzz~~~~"

The loud blast of the steam horn startled the icefish, and a look of human-like confusion appeared in its eyes.

From its perspective, this enormous enemy possessed a vast amount of magical energy. (During the train's upgrade, the power of various elemental fragments fused into the train.)

It has a seemingly hard carapace and can emit such a huge roar, but why does this enemy feel so different from the others? It doesn't seem like cargo?

Axe-Icefish recalled the hard, golem-like monsters it had fought before. Could this be one of them?

The Icefish slowly paced around, observing the train. It was extremely cautious, given its enormous size and the fact that it had never seen an enemy before.

Su Li and the others watched the Icefish with bated breath, observing its every move.

At this moment, the train started moving.