Chapter 279: At Any Cost

Xia Yuxun had grabbed a man's shirt to cover her body before fleeing.

She kept running into small streets and alleys, pushing stuff on the street sides to block the people chasing after her. After leaving the streets in chaos, she finally shook off her pursuers temporarily.

Xia Yuxun gasped for breath, her legs weak, as she painstakingly shuffled forward, leaning on the wall.

In this completely unfamiliar place, she didn't know where to go, only that she had to keep running forward. The moment she stopped, even briefly, would be her doom.

So, even though she was already exhausted, she refused to rest.

Her arms, which had been rubbing against the wall as she moved, were now bleeding, and the blood, mixing with the dirty dust, stained the white shirt red. She looked a complete mess, yet startlingly conspicuous.

She had been walking for twenty minutes, but it felt like several centuries.