Hell Express

The Hell Express, also known as as the Hell Train, is a special examination that any D-rank Regulars can take from on the 35th Floor and any successive Floors that have stations.

About
The Hell Express is an experimental express train that enables passengers to get from the 35th Floor to the 43rd Floor quickly. Due to its extremely high difficulty, it's nearly impossible to survive until the end. Survivors of the Hell Express get to go to the Tower's "Hidden Floor".

The Hell Express departs from the 35th Floor at the first station, "Train City", but also stops at every station from the departing station to the last Floor and Regulars who board the train can get on and off as they please. However to board the train freely, one must have an "Express Ticket"; the Express Ticket cannot be bought and must instead be stolen from another Regular who has one. So, when Regulars are waiting at the boarding stations, one has to steal the Express Ticket from them whilst defending it from other Regulars. There are always exactly 100 Express Tickets and once a Regular has one they become a target to someone else.

There are predators in this train. The highest predators are three and Sachi Faker the "Ticket Hunter", who is located at the first station, is the one Regulars should be most afraid of.

Ticket Holders
Express Tickets are numbered from 1 to 100 and anyone that possesses an Express Ticket is known as a "Ticket Holder". It seems that the lower the number of the Express Ticket, the more powerful the Ticket Holder is, with the higher ranking Ticket Holders being extremely powerful.


 * Aka Williams - one Express Ticket (unknown number)
 * Boro - three Express Tickets (#71, #98 and unknown number)
 * Hanool Kang and Hong Danhwa - one of Boro's Express Tickets each
 * Ha Yuri Zahard - one Express Ticket (unknown number)
 * Hwa Ryun - one Express Ticket (#52)
 * Ja Wangnan & Yeon Yihwa - one Express Ticket each (unknown numbers)
 * Mahan - one Express Ticket (unknown number)
 * Sachi Faker - one Express Ticket (unknown number)
 * Team Novick - three Express Tickets (unknown numbers)
 * Team Rachel - 7 Express Tickets (unknown numbers)
 * Twenty-Fifth Baam - one Express Ticket (unknown number)

The Train
The Hell Express itself is a behemoth locomotive that appears to levitate in the sky using blue fire-like shinsoo. It is likely that it moves using the same mechanism. Regulars who are to board, ascend to the floating train via a set of stairs and, upon reaching the train door, insert their Express Ticket into a hole which causes the door to open letting the Regular in. Inside, at the entrance of the Train, is the road of light named "Revolution Road".

The Hell Express has a day and night system; during the daytime there are very few enemies and it is relatively peaceful, but during the nighttime there are monstrous enemies everywhere. Regulars are only allowed to stay on the Train if they pass through a certain amount of sections each day and, if they manage to spend ten nights like that, they get to a certain place where they have to take a test to proceed to the next Floor. There is a test area for the next Floor at the end of every path but there are numerous paths to get there; furthermore the paths completely change at night. There are guardians that protect certain areas of the Train, such as Bloomer guardian that was guarding the door to Hoaqin.

There are lounge areas on the train where Regulars can rest.

Stations
The stations for the Hell Train act somewhat as a safehouse for Regulars trying to board the train. Due to an implicit rule that Rankers are not allowed to interfere with matters related to the train, in most cases stations are made as cities that are independent preventing interference from Rankers and other people.

Train City
Residing on the 35th Floor, Train City is the first area that Regulars who wish to take the Hell Express arrive at; this is also the first station that the Hell Express departs from. In its most recent incarnation, Regulars that arrive at Train City encounter an elevator that leads to six different floors; this elevator operates one by one. The six floors are: There is a second elevator, which can be found in the real Control Centre, which travels to the real Skyscraper. However, ordinary Regulars cannot use this elevator unless they are 'approved'.
 * 1F Entrance: This floor is protected by a semi-illusory guardian named "Mirotic" who prevents people from entering through a door before the chosen time. Beyond the door the the guardian protects, are the spiralling stairs that leads to the real platform of the Hell train.
 * 2F Residence: This floor has many rooms (there are assumed to be 100 rooms), each with a number that corresponds to the number of an Express Ticket; entrance into a room is possible only if the Express Ticket number matches the room number. As such many Regulars wait for Ticket Holders to either leave or enter a room so that they can steal their Express Ticket. Any number of non Ticket Holders are allowed to enter a room along with a Ticket Holder once the room door has been opened. The game "The Last Seven" was held here.
 * 3F Restaurant: On this floor there is a restaurant section where Regulars can dine in comfort. There is a secret path from the Restaurant that leads to the real Control Centre.
 * 4F Stadium: An area holding stadiums for which battles can take place. In the recent events, the tournament (created by Rachel's group) was held here.
 * 5F Control Centre: A control centre where events taking place around Train City can be managed. It can be left to operate automatically using a computer program. It's later revealed that this Control Centre, that can be reached using the elevator from the platform, is in fact fake.
 * 6F Skyscraper: Like the 5F Control Centre, this Skyscraper, that can be reached using the elevator from the platform, is in fact fake.

Wooden Horse
Residing in the Middle Area of the 37th Floor, Wooden Horse is the second station Regulars can board the Hell Train. Ticket Holders stay in waiting rooms at the top of the station and stairs that lead to the train travel from the waiting rooms to the plaza at the bottom of the station. When the train arrives at the station, it only stays for one hour; the first 30 minutes is for passengers of the train to get off and the second 30 minutes is for Regulars trying to board the train.

Notes and Trivia

 * Apparently, the number of D-rank Regulars that hold on to their Express Ticket throughout the entire journey on the Hell Express is less than 5 every year.
 * There is a rumour that the Tower's most beautiful woman is sleeping on the Hidden Floor at the end of Hell Express.
 * Hachuling has been to the Hidden Floor, although he doesn't reveal what's there.
 * When Quant gave the explanation on the Hell Express, he mentioned that it lets you go up 6 Floors. If you catch the train on the 35th Floor, that means you would end up on the 41st Floor and not the 43rd Floor, as Hwa Ryun had explained. SIU mentioned that neither explanation was wrong, with the reason being explained in the future.
 * According to Daniel, "Revolution Road" is known to be the road that the 10 Family Heads walked through and everything changed for them after walking the road; is was responsible for the division and unity of the 10 Great Families. It is the road which changed the history of the Tower.
 * Daniel says that there are an unlimited number of secrets on the Hell Train.
 * There are currently 80~ tickets unaccounted for.

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