85: Chapter 85 The Iceberg Beauty's Desperate Situation!

Super C1 District, the 2000-kilometer stretch.

The sky was extremely gloomy, with fierce winds mixed with cold rain mercilessly washing over the devastated ruins.

Unlike the C-72 District, where everyone was progressing and living well.

At this moment, the Super C1 District had completely turned into a flesh and blood grinder.

An innocent man gets into trouble because of his wealth.

In the Atlantis map, the girls of the White Hunt Guild, under Lu Yuan's cover, successfully evacuated a large amount of epic and even legendary top-tier resources.

This incident made all the players from other districts in the entire Super District completely green with envy.

The moment the districts merged, a joint siege targeting the White Hunt Guild violently erupted.

Top-tier red-named guilds from 19 districts formed a terrifying allied force of over 300,000 people.

And the mastermind behind all this was the top bully of Super District C4—Butcher! He was the one who had been sent flying by the Red Wolf Tank in Atlantis but luckily managed to keep his miserable life.

This pervert, full of wicked ideas, used the White Hunt Guild's wealth as bait and successfully ignited the greed of the 19 districts.

In just two short days.

The White Hunt Guild's defenses were breached, and their defensive line collapsed entirely.

The large guild, originally ten thousand strong, suffered heavy casualties under the siege of 300,000 red-named thugs. Now, fewer than a hundred people remained, struggling to hold on.

...

Deep within the ruins, inside a hidden and damp natural cave.

The air was thick with the heavy scent of blood and the pungent smell of burnt engine oil.

Xia Li leaned against the cold, damp rock wall, gasping for breath.

The sexy white shirt she was wearing had long been stained a shocking dark red with blood.

Her beautiful face was covered in dust and blood, and her lips were so dry they were bleeding.

Beside her, the once majestic Mechanical White Tiger was also covered in wounds.

Large areas of the White Tiger's alloy armor had fallen off, exposing the precision circuitry inside. Short-circuiting electrical sparks flickered from time to time, and it emitted a weak low growl.

"Guild Leader..."

A core guild executive named Chen Li limped over to Xia Li's side.

She held out half a cup of murky rainwater.

"Have some water. You haven't closed your eyes for two whole days and nights."

Xia Li did not take the cup of water.

She shook her head tiredly and tried to stand up, but her legs suddenly gave way, and she slumped back heavily onto the rock.

Too tired.

Forty-eight consecutive hours of high-intensity breakouts and fighting had completely drained her physical and mental energy.

Although her [Sleeping Beauty] talent was heaven-defying, allowing her to permanently increase attributes just by sleeping.

The fatal weakness of this talent was that she had to enter a deep sleep for it to take effect.

In this desperate situation where she was surrounded and hunted by 300,000 people like Mad Dogs, if she dared to close her eyes for more than 10 minutes, the thugs outside would slaughter all the sisters under her command!

She didn't dare to sleep at all!

Xia Li glanced at her system panel.

Her vision was already a bit blurred.

On the panel, the mental energy column was flashing a dangerous red light frantically.

[Current Mental Energy: 35]

[Warning: Mental energy is too low! Player is in a state of mild hallucination, please rest immediately!]

It felt as if countless steel needles were churning wildly deep in her mind. The intense migraine made Xia Li gasp in pain.

From time to time, she even heard the shrill screams of the guild sisters who had died on the path of the breakout.

"Have we still not contacted the other scattered teams?" Xia Li bit the tip of her tongue, using the sharp pain to force herself to stay conscious.

Chen Li lowered her head, her eyes flickering for a moment, and her voice was somewhat hoarse.

"No, the external communications have been completely blocked by Butcher's people."

"They are searching the ruins one by one. In half an hour at most, they will find this cave."

Hearing the name "Butcher," a chilling killing intent instantly erupted in Xia Li's bloodshot beautiful eyes.

That disgusting beast.

If it weren't for the sake of covering the retreat of her sisters, she would have had no problem escaping by herself.

With trembling fingertips, Xia Li tapped open the vehicle component interface.

[Beastification: On cooldown, remaining time: 20 minutes.]

Watching the slowly ticking countdown, Xia Li took a deep breath, her expression cold.

Chen Li, noticing Xia Li's expression and seemingly guessing what she was thinking, advised with some concern:

"But Guild Leader, your mental energy is too low."

"If you forcibly activate Beastification, there's a risk of completely losing your sanity!"

"I can't worry about that anymore."

Xia Li clenched her fists tightly, her nails digging deep into her palms and drawing blood.

She would rather turn into a mindless beast than let herself and this group of sisters fall into the hands of a pervert like Butcher.

That would be a hell ten thousand times more terrifying than death.

"Chen Li."

Xia Li leaned weakly against the rock wall, her voice so soft it seemed it would vanish with the wind at any moment.

"Take a few uninjured sisters to the cave entrance to keep watch."

"I must seize these last 20 minutes to close my eyes and nap for a bit to recover a tiny bit of mental energy."

"As soon as the Beastification CD is up, I will personally lead Butcher away. You guys take the chance to run toward the 3000-kilometer stretch."

Chen Li nodded and obediently withdrew.

"Don't worry, Guild Leader, leave the cave entrance to me."

Xia Li finally couldn't hold on any longer and slowly closed her heavy eyes.

The moment her consciousness slipped into darkness.

In her mind, by some strange twist of fate, the image of that man driving the blood-colored tank with a money-grubbing smile flashed by.

"Lu Yuan..."

"If you were here... these pieces of trash wouldn't even be able to block one shot from your main cannon..."

A bitter, self-deprecating smile curved at the corners of Xia Li's mouth.

Unfortunately, that man was now far away in Super District C4.

Distant water cannot put out a nearby fire.

And the moment Xia Li fell completely into a deep sleep.

Chen Li, who had been walking toward the cave entrance with her head down, suddenly stopped.

She looked back at the defenseless Xia Li leaning against the rock wall.

A cold, even somewhat crazed and eerie smile slowly spread across Chen Li's face.

From her bosom, she silently pulled out a dagger coated in dark green poison.

And a military signal transmitter that was flickering with a faint light.