242: Chapter 242 Encirclement and Reinforcements Attack! Excellent tactic!

"A supreme treasure?"

Xia Li stopped in her tracks.

She turned around, a hint of curiosity flashing in her stunning eyes.

She saw the Elven Grand Elder suddenly coughing violently.

Clutching his chest, he retched in pain, as if something was lodged deep in his throat.

"Blegh—"

Along with a raspy retching sound...

...a crystal emitting a dense green light was forced out of his mouth, landing in his dirt-covered palm.

The surface of the crystal was still covered in thick saliva...

Seeing this, Xia Li's beautiful brow instantly furrowed.

She took half a step back with a look of utter disgust, her eyes filled with resistance.

The Grand Elder, however, treated it like the ultimate treasure.

He cradled it carefully in his palms.

Then, using his sleeve, he wiped it clean bit by bit with utmost reverence.

Until the green crystal emitted a pure, faint glow.

"My apologies. To prevent the Squid People from taking it, this was the only way..."

The Grand Elder paused, then raised the gem above his head.

"This is... the World Tree Core!"

"As long as it is planted, the legendary World Tree will grow!"

Xia Li raised an eyebrow slightly, suppressing her disgust.

"The World Tree? What is that?"

The Grand Elder swallowed hard, his tone filled with endless awe.

"A single World Tree is equivalent to a small world!"

"Moreover, the fruits borne by the World Tree contain endless laws of life."

"Just eating one will grant eternal life!"

Hearing the words "eternal life," Xia Li's originally cold eyes instantly lit up with burning intensity!

Eternal life?!

Didn't that mean she could be with Lu Yuan forever and ever?!

No need to worry about aging, no need to worry about death!

Xia Li suppressed the excitement in her heart and spoke up eagerly.

"How long does it take for this tree to grow and bear fruit?"

The Grand Elder froze, lowering his head rather sheepishly, his voice as quiet as a mosquito's buzz.

"A-About... five thousand years..."

The air suddenly fell dead silent.

The excitement on Xia Li's face instantly froze.

Her mind was filled with question marks.

Five thousand years?!

What the hell is the point of that!

After five thousand years, her ashes would have long since scattered in the wind!

Xia Li's forehead was covered in black lines. She was about to complain, but her gaze swept over the group of elven children behind the Grand Elder, looking on expectantly.

Seeing them covered in wounds and trembling in fear...

...Xia Li's heart softened after all.

She let out a soft sigh.

"Alright, we take this commission."

Changing the subject, Xia Li's gaze instantly turned incredibly cold.

"But before that, tell me in detail."

"What exactly did those black-hatted Squid People do to you?"

Hearing this, the Grand Elder wept bitterly, beginning to recount his grievances in detail.

He described how the Squid People had usurped their home.

How they built high walls to segregate them.

How they cut off their water source, destroyed the Moon Well, and ruthlessly exploited them as mobile blood bags.

The more Xia Li listened, the hotter the fury burned in her chest.

For some reason, the shameless actions of these Squid People felt incredibly familiar to her!

These beasts!

Their behavior was exactly the same as they had behaved on Earth before they transmigrated!

Even in the Wasteland World, they were still pulling this genocide crap?!

Not only was Xia Li furious.

Lu Yuan, sitting in the tank's cockpit, had killing intent boiling in the depths of his eyes.

Without wasting any words, Lu Yuan directly summoned his system panel.

He opened the exclusive channel of the Red Wolf Guild.

He pinned and sent his current coordinates!

"@Everyone!"

"Red Wolf Army, hear my command!"

"I am the Guild Leader, currently in Block 777."

"All nearby brothers, assemble at my coordinates at full speed immediately!"

The guild channel fell silent for a second.

Immediately after, it completely exploded!

"Received! Boss, I'm right next door in Block 778, heading over right now!"

"Boss, I'm nearby too!"

"I'm in Block 776. The gas pedal is floored, I'll be there in an hour!"

"Boss, I'm in the northeast corner of Block 777. I'll bring people to steamroll through right away!"

In an instant...

...the thousands of Red Wolf Army members scattered around Block 777 were like wild sharks smelling blood.

Engines roared, and gun barrels were raised.

A massive, surging torrent of red steel crushed the ruins along the way, charging toward Block 777 from all directions!

...

On the other side of the battlefield.

World Center, the core base of Block 777.

On the massive steel plaza, two thousand Merkava main battle tanks had already assembled.

Their heavy armor gleamed with a cold light, and their dense forest of gun barrels exuded a murderous aura.

Even on Earth before they transmigrated, an armored cluster of this scale would be enough to strike deep terror and despair into a small country!

Adjutant Levi walked quickly to the command platform and saluted respectfully.

"Your Excellency Rata, the armored army is ready and can set out at any time!"

"However, our radar has just captured some anomalous activity."

He changed the subject, handing the tactical tablet in his hand to Rata Hu.

Rata Hu took the tablet, his eyes narrowing slightly.

On the screen, the radar marked a large number of red signal dots belonging to Zone C players.

At this moment, they were converging at full speed toward the isolated red dot in the southwest corner of Block 777 like crazy.

"Your Excellency Rata, according to our tactical analysts' deductions..."

Levi pointed at the screen, a mocking sneer playing at the corner of his mouth.

"...these Dragon Country monkeys are rushing to reinforce that red tank."

"With such a large-scale emergency reinforcement, that tank is definitely a high-value target!"

"It is highly likely the high-level command vehicle of these Dragon Country people!"

Looking at the growing number of red dots on the screen, a wild excitement erupted in Rata Hu's eyes.

"Good! This is absolutely wonderful!"

He slammed the table and laughed out loud.

"These Dragon Country people are truly foolishly adorable!"

"In their Dragon Country's art of war, there is a strategy called 'besieging the point to strike the reinforcements'."

"Today, I will use their own tactics to bury these fellows in the Promised Land!"

Rata Hu's eyes grew fierce as he loudly issued commands.

"Pass down my orders!"

"Two thousand main battle tanks, advance at full speed! Surround that red command vehicle for me!"

"Remember, just disable it. Spare the people inside for now!"

"I want to use it as bait to defeat the reinforcing Dragon Country forces one by one, crushing them all into mincemeat!"

Levi nodded repeatedly with a sycophantic expression.

"Your Excellency is brilliant!"

"Under the crossfire of two thousand Merkavas, no matter how many of them come, they will die!"

"These inferior yellow monkeys will definitely never expect us to lay such an inescapable net!"

Accompanied by the deafening roar of engines...

...two thousand heavy main battle tanks drove out of the base, aggressively heading toward the southwest corner.

Inside the command center, Rata and a group of high-ranking officials held glasses of red wine, as if they could already see the picture of their grand victory.

They were smug and triumphant.

They naturally took the Red Wolf Tank, which supposedly needed "emergency rescue from the entire army," as the softest target on the field.

However, they did not realize at all...

...that the very bait they wanted to use to "besiege the point and strike the reinforcements" was actually such a terrifying, world-destroying behemoth!