Chapter 1082 - 590: The Approaching Maturity of the World Tree! (3)

...It’s fortunate that the Tyrannosaurus didn’t cause any harm to the World Tree. With the attack power of advanced mutant beasts, even if it couldn’t destroy the World Tree, it would severely damage it, greatly delaying its maturation time.

That would be endless trouble.

Fourteen hours.

Xu Xin glanced at the time.

It was already past eleven, approaching noon.

The duration of this battle could not be considered short.

The herd of beasts, flocks of birds, pangolins, and the Tyrannosaurus—monsters came to attack the city wave after wave.

Fortunately, they managed to fend them all off one by one.

If the World Tree doesn’t suffer any more damage...

Between one and two in the early hours after midnight today, the World Tree can mature.

Until then... vigilance cannot be relaxed.

Who knows if the other side might suddenly have something emerge to give the World Tree a hit, extending its maturation time.

"How is it, Brother Xin? The state of the World Tree." The explorers all came over.

Unable to identify themselves, others did not have as comprehensive access to information as Xu Xin, so they simply asked directly.

Xu Xin informed them of the current status.

"Fourteen hours to go...!" Zhao Xiaochuan wailed, "Seriously... "

"This..." The others also felt a bit of a headache.

Their thermal weapons had been largely exhausted in this battle, and metal and other materials were also depleted.

If another wave of beasts surged within these fourteen hours, they feared they wouldn’t be able to protect the World Tree.

"You don’t need to worry too much about the beast tide." At this moment, Shi Wanyun’s voice came from behind the crowd.

The crowd turned toward the direction of the voice, seeing Shi Wanyun walking toward them, her body nearly spotless.

"You weren’t affected?" Lou Fei’Er asked in surprise, seeing her so clean.

"Why don’t we need to worry about the beast tide?" Zhao Xiaochuan asked, puzzled.

"..." Shi Wanyun didn’t reply, but looked at Xu Xin.

It seemed she only wanted to tell Xu Xin alone.

Could it be that she experienced something just now?

"...Come with me to the treehouse." Xu Xin also knew that with so many people around, she wouldn’t possibly speak, and her dual-agent identity was also destined to be known by few.

"Well, you all chat, we’ll go clean up the surroundings, it’s a real mess!" Wang Lei sensibly suggested to the others, pointing outside the trench.

"That’s a good idea, let’s all tidy up a bit, these Tyrannosaurus corpses are very good materials." Wen Guixin nodded.

No one was dissatisfied.

After all, Xu Xin would tell them afterwards.

Even if some of Shi Wanyun’s personal matters might be concealed, it didn’t matter.

Xu Xin took Shi Wanyun back to the treehouse.

"Did you hide in the crystal building?" Xu Xin sat down on the sofa and pointed to another seat, "Sit."

Shi Wanyun also sat down.

Keke climbed into Xu Xin’s arms, blinking at Shi Wanyun.

"I didn’t hide because the other side didn’t harm me."

Her first sentence made Xu Xin’s eyes slightly widen.

That’s right.

As a double agent now, in the eyes of the other side, she is also one of their own, so how could they harm her?

"That mysterious voice contacted me again, before the last Tyrannosaurus was killed."

Shi Wanyun looked into Xu Xin’s eyes with her characteristic soft voice, her gaze sincere, "It instructed me to secretly sabotage the World Tree before midnight today."

Speaking, she reached into her backpack and handed a syringe-like object to Xu Xin, "My point store reopened then, with this item inside, and that mysterious voice told me to buy it."

"This is..."

Xu Xin accepted it.

[World Tree Stem Virus: A specialized virus against the World Tree. Injecting it into the World Tree’s trunk can infect the World Tree, significantly slowing its growth. Even if the World Tree eventually matures, the internal treehouse will be deformed because of it.]

...The other side really has endless means to prevent the World Tree from maturing!