The tentacles writhed in the air, wanting to tear the restrained Moer into pieces.
Under the immense force, Moer's resistance seemed futile and agonizing, making V anxious.
She raised her arm, preparing for fire support.
But someone's action was a step faster than hers.
With a loud boom, a blast wave exploded within the mass of tentacles. V could even see the annihilated tentacle fragments, shattered and flying in all directions.
At this critical moment, the previously absent-minded Jessica finally reacted and opened fire.
She operated the firearm in her hands, and a grenade saved Moer, who was being held in the air by the tentacles.
At least, it counted as saving her.
Facing the explosion directly, Moer, who had been hit by the grenade at close range, fell after her shield flashed and dissipated, hitting the metal floor with a clang, just like a hammer hitting an anvil.
"No need to say thanks!"
Aiming her gun at the three "Raiders" that had lost their tentacles, Jessica rushed over and pulled Moer up.
"I really f***ing thank you!"
Moer gritted her teeth and grabbed the outstretched hand to stand up from the ground.
Being at the center of the explosion, her head was still buzzing.
But what made her even angrier were those green-skinned monsters.
Being bound in the air by tentacles was extremely humiliating.
If it weren't for the fact that most of her cyberware had been replaced, she would never have ended up in this situation.
The monsters in the distance were silently recovering after being attacked, and the severed tentacles were constantly sprouting new buds. It seemed the previous grenade attack didn't cause much damage to them.
The battle was still continuing.
V stepped forward with her gun, her gaze like a torch.
The three of them looked at each other, all seeing the fighting spirit in each other's eyes.
It was time to start the second round.
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Three minutes later, Moer finished off the last "Raider."
"What, weren't you so arrogant just now? Why are you so pathetic now!"
Using the butt of her gun to smash away the tentacles, Moer, standing on the Raider's chest, fired several shots into the Raider's ugly head.
Under the gunfire, green fluid splattered everywhere.
The Raider's head was blown to bits, and with only half its body left, it finally exceeded its regeneration threshold and went completely still.
At this moment, V and Jessica, having finished off their respective targets, stepped forward.
V was calm and composed, while Jessica was in a slightly worse state, covered in thick green fluid; clearly, the battle just now hadn't been easy.
In fact, if V hadn't finished her target first and then come to help her, she would likely be in an even worse state now.
Moer wanted to spit on the enemy's corpse, but at the last second, she remembered she was wearing a helmet and could only kick the mangled body angrily twice.
All of this was witnessed by Moritz from the control room high above.
Even though all the Raiders he had awakened were taken out, he didn't utter a word, and his sharp, eagle-like gaze never wavered.
"That guy named Moritz, it's not too late to surrender now!"
The nightmarish battle had finally ended, and clearly, Jessica had relaxed quite a bit.
Above, Moritz stood like a statue, and V dared not relax in the slightest.
This old man seemed to have something up his sleeve.
Otherwise, he wouldn't be so calm and collected.
She made up her mind and spoke slowly.
"Professor Moritz, surrender. Now that all the monsters you created have failed, as long as you surrender, I guarantee your safety."
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