The impact of one mutated insect would not cause much damage to the pickup truck, but the situation was different when many mutated insects continuously launched impacts.
"If this continues, the car door will be knocked off. Once the door is gone, if a mutated insect suddenly sprays venom into the car, it'll all be over."
"This distance isn't far enough yet. If we throw the lure here, the mutated insects attracted will still affect the Abandoned Cooling Plant."
The players in the live stream watched with anxiety.
At a critical moment, Convert to My Lily stepped forward.
"I'll cover the rear! I'll try to hold back these mutated insects for a while longer. You all keep moving forward!"
Lily stared at Convert to My Lily for a long time; her eyes initially fluctuated, but then, as if she had finally accepted this fact, they became calm again.
"I hope we'll have a day when we meet again."
"We will!"
Convert to My Lily smiled, revealing his white teeth; he found an opening and jumped out of the car.
"Come on, you insects, come and attack me!"
At his shout, most of the mutated insects that were originally trying to intercept the pickup truck turned their attention and charged towards him; seeing this, he took off running in the opposite direction of the pickup truck.
As he fled, he didn't forget to take a few more glances at the pickup truck.
Go, everyone, this is my last ripple!
Convert to My Lily was the first to jump off the car, but not the last; after him, other players also followed suit, jumping off the car to act as human bait after their bullets ran out.
One, two... until the last jump, only Lily and Patrick Star were left in the car.
"How far are we from the Abandoned Cooling Plant now?"
"About 5000 meters or so." After checking the map, Patrick Star answered instantly.
Lily shook her head: "It's not enough. The lure's range of influence is about 5000 meters. If we use it here, it will still affect the Abandoned Cooling Plant. We need to drive at least another 500 meters."
Patrick Star agreed with this analysis, the only problem was that this car didn't seem like it could last much longer.
His gaze pierced through the windshield, locking onto the group of mutated insects that had appeared at some unknown time.
Were there twenty or thirty of them?
With so many mutated insects attacking simultaneously, the car would be scrapped immediately; it was time for him to act, but with his strength, could he hold back these mutated insects for even a minute?
Perhaps there was a slight possibility when he was at full strength, but his leg was injured during the fight with Yulia earlier and hadn't fully recovered yet, so the possibility was almost zero.
So unlucky.
Patrick Star's heart sank.
Even dozens of seconds weren't enough for Lily to drive the car away; he felt that the [Insect Tide Invasion] quest might not be completed.
"I'll do it."
"Huh?"
When Lily's voice rang out, a huge wave surged in Patrick Star's heart, and the anxious players in the live stream exploded.
Hey, hey, hey, don't be like this, don't give us hope, and then suddenly stab us directly in the heart.
"Save us, is anyone coming to save us?!"
"Oh my god, why can't this broken car be bigger and fit more people?"
"I can't bear to watch anymore."
Lily, who was secretly paying attention to the live stream, chuckled; in fact, she had deliberately driven the car towards areas with more mutated insects. After driving for so long, it was time to turn back and collect the strengthening agents from the laboratory.
Although she could completely wait until after deploying the lure to turn back, turning back then wouldn't be as impactful and touching as getting out of the car and "sacrificing" herself now.
This distance was just right; she would leave the Psionic Restrainer to Patrick Star to ensure that Patrick Star could safely throw the lure to the designated location and complete the [Insect Tide Invasion] quest.
Lily continued: "We have come all this way with fearless courage, all to lure away the insect tide. Now that the hope of success is before us, how can we let the opportunity slip away because of personal life and death?"
This sentence made Patrick Star, who had a myriad of thoughts in his heart, unconsciously open his mouth wide, but in the end, he couldn't say a single word.
"I'm sorry."
He heard Lily say this.
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