"Damn it, you annoying guy!"
After Dex transformed into a Dopant, he killed Hand ninjas, intimidated the gang members into inaction, and suppressed the police.
He had been moving freely and majestically, feeling utterly invincible.
Just when he was fully complacent, he was suddenly attacked by Rumlow and even sustained injuries.
He immediately became greatly enraged, furiously wanting to eliminate this fellow who had managed to cause him pain.
However, Rumlow was a top agent for both SHIELD and Hydra, and he was also leading an elite team.
Using sniper rifles, grenades, and fragmentation grenades in coordinated attacks, not only did Dex fail to successfully approach, but he sustained many more injuries, with shattered armor and bleeding appearing everywhere on his body.
But it was hard to say that Rumlow's side held an absolute advantage. Although their coordinated use of weapons successfully blocked Dex's attacks, they were unable to cause any genuine damage to Dex.
The minor flesh wounds only infuriated Dex further, and the Gaia Memory reacted to his intense anger.
Not only was Dex's shattered armor rapidly repaired, but his entire body seemed to increase in size.
Meanwhile, Jessica looked anxiously at Jim, who had been blasted away by the grenade and was lying on the ground bleeding profusely.
It seemed the fight wouldn't end anytime soon, and Jim appeared to be severely wounded by the earlier grenade.
At this point, she ignored everything else, descended from the sky, and rushed to Jim's side to check his condition.
"Who... are you..." Jim asked incoherently, spitting blood, one hand tightly gripping the briefcase.
Jessica looked at Jim's injuries, frantically pressing down on the profusely bleeding wound, and said: "I'm a detective. I was commissioned by Headmaster Marion Searle to investigate you."
Hearing Headmaster Marion's name, Jim slightly relaxed and said with a bitter smile: "Tell the headmaster, Jim is sorry for his upbringing... cough cough..."
"It's alright. I'm taking you to see a doctor right now," Jessica quickly picked up Jim, intending to leave the scene.
On the other side, due to his intense anger, Dex's emotions fueled the power of the Gaia Memory. His body had grown to a height of two men, and his armor had become even more solid, essentially ignoring all the conventional firepower from Rumlow's squad.
Rumlow could only order his team to retreat while fighting, preparing to use specialized ammunition with stronger lethality.
Dex, who was about to deal with the squad causing him trouble, suddenly saw Jessica attempting to leave with Jim.
He immediately became provoked, believing her to be yet another person trying to steal the Gaia Memory.
"The Gaia Memory is mine!"
With a roar, Dex instantly transformed into a giant Anomalocaris monster, shooting a barrage of spikes and venomous fangs towards Jessica.
Jessica was startled by the gigantic Anomalocaris monster that Dex had become, causing her to momentarily freeze. Furthermore, her flight speed wasn't particularly fast.
She could only watch helplessly as the spikes and fangs, which completely covered her field of vision, flew toward her, a single thought flashing through her mind.
"I'm done for."
Just as the countless spikes and fangs were about to pierce Jessica and Jim like a sieve.
The briefcase in Jim's hand suddenly shattered without warning, and a dull yellow light blossomed from within.
A surge of energy blocked all the spikes and venomous fangs shot by Dex.
A golden-yellow Gaia Memory emitted energy fluctuations and hovered mid-air, blocking the attack in front of Jessica.
Jim's eyes moved, and he took a deep breath, telling Jessica: "The Memory has chosen you. You are its master."
At the same time, he quickly attached the Double Driver to Jessica's waist.
"Wha... what's going on?" Jessica looked slightly dazed.
"Grab the Gaia Memory, press the button, and use its power."
"Only then can we safely escape," Jim shouted, his voice hoarse.
Jessica saw the huge monster pouncing towards her like a predator attacking its prey.
She gritted her teeth, grasped the Memory in one hand, and pressed the button.
"ClayDoll"
The Memory automatically flew to the Double Driver's slot and inserted itself.
Jessica transformed into the ClayDoll Dopant.
"Damn it! That's my power!" Dex yelled in a furious frenzy, trying to tear Jessica apart and reclaim the Memory.
Faced with Dex's pounce, Jessica subconsciously raised her hand, and an energy blast shot out, hitting Dex and instantly creating a deep crater in his thick carapace.
The impact also caused Dex to crash downwards, falling to the ground.
Dex shook his body, grimacing in pain, and looked frantically at Jessica in the air.
"This power is mine! You thief! How dare you steal my Gaia Memory!"
He immediately leaped up again, lunging at Jessica, while his oral apparatus fired dense spikes and venomous fangs, attempting to lock down Jessica's position.
However, Jessica had no intention of clashing directly with Dex. She simply batted away Dex's projectiles, then increased her altitude to avoid the pounce.
Dex missed, crashing heavily to the ground. Seeing Jessica beyond his attack range, he could only roar in impotent rage towards the sky.
Jessica also had no desire to fight this behemoth. She only wanted to quickly leave with Jim and find a doctor for treatment.
However, Rumlow would not let Jessica, the new user of a Gaia Memory, leave so easily.
A single-man portable missile flew directly towards Jessica in the sky.
Jessica frantically shot an energy blast, destroying the missile. Looking at the explosion's fire, she felt a slight annoyance.
Why were these people targeting her instead of that monster? She hadn't attacked them or intended to cause any destruction.
However, Jessica did not immediately retaliate, instead focusing on leaving quickly.
After all, in Jessica's eyes, these people should be members of the government or police.
Furthermore, her current form's power was immense; a casual energy blast had enormous destructive power. If she actually counterattacked and cost someone their life, it would be bad.
But while Jessica did not want to fight, Rumlow and his subordinate Hydra agents had no such reservations.
Seeing Jessica easily intercept the missile, he directly fired more powerful fragmentation missiles.
At the same time, he controlled the awaiting drones to attack.
Jessica felt overwhelmed by the dense barrage of fire from all sides.
There were too many fragmented missiles to intercept them all.
Especially since the severely injured Jim would likely not survive the explosion's aftermath.
Just as Jessica felt helpless, only trying her best to intercept the missiles, and finally deciding to use her body, which felt unprecedentedly strong, to withstand the missile's force.
A dense burst of light arrows rose up, destroying all the fragmented missiles and the drones.
The person who intervened was Gwen.
Gwen had vaguely found Jessica familiar when she first appeared, thinking she might have seen her at school.
Moreover, Jessica was clearly acting to save someone and had absolutely no intention of harming anyone.
Her final posture was clearly one where she intended to endure the missile's force for Jim.
Gwen couldn't stand idly by. She used the Level 3 form's Bow-and-Sword to fire a rain of energy arrows, destroying the attacking missiles and drones for Jessica.
Jessica looked down in the direction the arrows came from and saw Gwen deploy the Game Area again, nod slightly toward her, and then vanish into thin air.
Jessica was stunned for a moment, then immediately left with Jim.
"Damn it! What was that arrow rain just now? Who intervened?" Rumlow said, clearly exasperated.
He immediately dispatched subordinates to search the area where the arrows were fired, but Gwen, hidden within the Game Area, was naturally not easily found.
"Major, what are you doing? Immediately lead your team to support my officers and deal with that damned monster!" George Stacy shouted angrily over the communication channel.
After seeing Jessica leave with Jim and the Memory, Dex went completely berserk, causing indiscriminate destruction everywhere, resulting in heavy losses for the police officers.
"Understood, we are immediately heading over to support."
Seeing that Jessica was completely out of his striking range and all his drones had been destroyed.
Rumlow reluctantly gave up and led his agents to deal with the frenzied Dex.