Twenty minutes until Min Zimo's team broke through.
Abyss Essence: 926→1025
Li Wei turned her sword point and neatly returned the flexible sword to her belt.
The Octopus Monster, whose core had been cleaved in two, let out a mournful cry before dying an exceedingly undignified death.
Facing the three people around her, who stood gaping in stunned silence, she crooked her mouth into a smile, her expression inscrutable.
"Y-You are... the 'Little Bodhisattva in Black'?"
Xiao Fu supported the swaying A-Yang. Tearstains still marked her face, and her voice trembled with the relief of surviving a catastrophe, mixed with a hint of uncertainty.
Pfft—!
Li Wei could no longer maintain her air of an expert and nearly choked.
She forcibly suppressed the vein throbbing at her temple, cursing whoever had come up with that nickname at least eight hundred times in her heart.
Fortunately, she was magnanimous enough to decide not to argue with the young lady.
"Can you three get out on your own?"
The investigator, who had just injected his arm with a powerful painkiller, had already gotten to his feet.
He reached his large hand beneath his shoulder guard and fiddled with something. After several light clicks, the heavy full-body armor separated from several key points on his body and fell away by itself.
Wearing only a dark-gray close-fitting combat suit, the burden on his body suddenly lightened considerably, and his movements became much more nimble.
Hearing Li Wei's question, the investigator nodded firmly. "Leave it to me. I'll take them out!"
"And..." The investigator turned toward Li Wei and gave a solemn salute. "Thank you for saving my life!"
Li Wei waved her hand, somewhat unaccustomed to such a ceremonious expression of gratitude.
Her gaze swept over the girl who was frantically treating her boyfriend's