Chapter 393
Alice’s heart raced as she appeared in a medical room.
She had heard about them when others who had ‘died’ returned to the ruin after the month-long penalty wore off, so she expected the top of the line equipment and Tier 20 healers moving to start healing her. But she only had one question.
“How long?!?”
The AI virus had shut down her AI, meaning she and everyone else hadn’t been able to tell how long they had been holding on for.
They had just kept chanting the mantra of ‘one more minute’ and she felt she had lasted long enough, but also knew that it would have been close.
Victory or defeat had been inadvertently decided by how long she had lasted.
Or not necessarily defeat, as their side still had people inside the ruin who might be able to dislodge the Corporation mercenaries left in the boss room, given how few there had been at the end.
Still, it would be painful to know she had personally fumbled the ball right at the finish line.
The immediate lack of celebrations hit her like a lead weight in her stomach, but she tried not to let the feeling get to her.