When V drilled into the monster's body, her vision plunged into darkness, only slightly improving after she turned on the headlamps on either side of her faceplate.
However, all she could see was dark green flesh and viscous liquid tightly enveloping her—it was better not to look, as the sight made her feel nauseous.
The muscles of the monster's esophagus were wriggling, pushing V further inside, which was exactly what V wanted.
She didn't have to exert any effort as she constantly moved deeper, getting closer and closer to the high-heat target.
After all, the monster was not a natural life form; it had no digestive tract or stomach. It only had one way to devour prey, or rather, "kin": merging with them.
Sure enough, the half-suspended human bodies inside the flesh were trying to use their hands to pull V into their midst.
It was fortunate that V was wearing armor, otherwise she would likely have been in trouble.
Pushing aside the arms and feet reaching for her, V continued to penetrate deeper, finally reaching the source of the high-heat signal.
It was a ball of flesh tangled together from incomplete bodies. V clearly remembered these were the three Raiders they had previously killed.
These Raiders' severed limbs were tightly wrapped together, constantly wriggling. Tentacles stretched out, connecting to the surroundings, squirming as if transferring energy.
Without further ado, upon seeing the target, V gritted her teeth, removed her belt, overloaded the battery, and threw the belt towards the wriggling ball of flesh.
A white light flashed, followed by an explosion.
A violent explosion loud enough to burst eardrums.
The pale blue light flashed only once. The armor's shield instantly overloaded, and V was knocked unconscious by the erupting blast wave in the first Planck Time. Her consciousness dropped, and she knew nothing more... In a daze, V heard human voices nearby. Then, her head felt dull and throbbing. V slowly realized that someone was shaking her head.
"Holy cow, she's awake! She's awake and alive!"
Jessica cried out in surprise. Moer was checking V's life readings.
The explosion was over, but both of them were still shaken.
They had thought an explosion of that magnitude would collapse the cave, but fortunately, the massive body of the Worm of Man seemed to have absorbed most of the blast's force, and the two who were knocked out quickly recovered.
When they came to, the world had changed greatly. Green debris rained down inside the cave; solution mixed with human hands, feet, and various unrecognizable fragments showered everywhere. Everything visible was green.
The two searched through the ruins of flesh and finally found V, pulling her out of the corpse pile like pulling a radish.
V was in extremely bad shape. Her shield was completely breached, the shield generator on her back sparked and smoked, and she was limp. Jessica and Moer almost thought she was dead.
So, when V took a big gulp of air and suddenly sat up, she startled them.
V got up and first frantically patted her body, checking everywhere.
Only after confirming her armor hadn't been breached and she had no injuries did she relax and gasp for air, her body nearly collapsing.
But she quickly remembered that there was still one enemy left, and she immediately sat back up.
"Damn it, don't let Moritz get away! Cut him off!"
Having faced the great terror between life and death—a near-fatal blunder—V deeply understood the situation.
Precisely because she understood it so deeply, she felt that Moritz had sealed his own fate.
The nerve of that guy! He almost killed her right there. This suffering couldn't be for nothing; they absolutely couldn't let him go... Without the Worm of Man blocking the way, Moritz didn't look like he could escape.
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