"Ha! Hahahahaha..."
From within the black mecha came Xu Jie's hysterical laughter, a mix of pain and madness.
"Gu Ya! When they modified my brain and body, the first thing they erased was my ability to mock you!"
"I... I have ten thousand ways to mock you in my mind!"
"I can't utter a single one! It's like there's an insurmountable chasm between my brain and my mouth!"
"I hurt, I'm in pain!!!"
"They turned me into a machine! They made me taste endless agony!"
"You! What are you doing...? Hey! Gu Ya!"
Xu Jie asked, his tone slow and surprised.
Gu Ya completely ignored Xu Jie's irritating, meaningless babbling.
He piloted the Azure Swordmaster and flew towards its top.
There, a familiar mecha was waiting for Gu Ya.
"Ye Ying!"
Gu Ya called out loudly with a smile.
"Mm!" Ye Ying replied with a smile.
The Azure Swordmaster charged straight up, embracing the Nightingale mecha, like reunited lovers holding each other tightly.
"You're here, I found you," Gu Ya said with a smile.
"Mhm! Yes, it's me!" Ye Ying also shouted happily.
Lan Jing and Tao Na, standing nearby, gradually understood their relationship.
"So, people only smile when they face someone they like," Lan Jing said, a hint of disappointment in his cold tone.
Tao Na stared at the two mechas and sighed softly, "What about the mission?"
"You! You dare to ignore me!"
"Face me!!! You... you... Chi... Ou! Chi! Ou! Bug!"
"They stifled my hatred for you, but I still hate, I hate so much!!!"
Xu Jie, in his pain and rage, wanted to utter mocking words, but he couldn't. It was as if his brain had lost its ability to speak, and he could only yell out the phonetic sounds.
The Azure Swordmaster slowly released the Nightingale and looked down at the black mecha.
Gu Ya's tone softened as he said, "Let me deal with it first."
"Be careful!" Ye Ying warned, "No weapon can break its armor. Its lower limbs can also extend claws, grab a mecha, and absorb it into itself."
"Oh?" Gu Ya smiled faintly, "Is that so? That makes things much simpler!"
Lan Jing exclaimed in shock, "What? Simpler? Nearly a thousand of our mechas couldn't do anything to it!"
Ye Ying asked in confusion, "Do you have a way?"
At that moment, two special-type mechas rushed forward from the surroundings, and the pilots' voices came through the comms: "Is that Wang Shangmeng? It's really the War God Wang Shangmeng! We talked before, it's great, the War God is here!"
"Is it Wang Shangmeng, the War God of the Wuhui City Mecha Guard? Really? I'm seeing him alive!"
Gu Ya said coldly, "I am not Wang Shangmeng."
"My master, I don't know where he is now."
"You're not Wang Shangmeng? And you're piloting his exclusive mecha! Hey, kid, from your voice, you should be young! Even though you're Wang Shangmeng's disciple, this mecha is too special. We bombarded it continuously for tens of minutes with no effect!"
"Yes! Several friendly mechas were captured by it and became part of it! You must not go near its lower limbs! Do you see that massive container under the armor on its waist? That's where they destroy and modify mechas..."
"Didn't I already say it!" Gu Ya coldly interrupted the person, "Once you know the weakness, it becomes much easier!"
As he spoke, the Azure Swordmaster suddenly erupted with a broad, bright aura, and heat began to radiate from its body, distorting the air as if space itself were warping.
"Ye Ying, wait for me!" Gu Ya said softly and controlled the Azure Swordmaster to dive down, heading towards the protruding part of the black mecha's waist.
"Why isn't this kid listening to advice! Hey! Don't go! Even if you're the War God's disciple, you can't be so arrogant and ignorant! Ignorance will cost you your life!"
"I'll go stop him!"
"Get out of the way!" Gu Ya shouted, "He is my enemy."
The Azure Swordmaster had already dived to the black mecha's waist, drew its beam sword, and slashed fiercely at the waist armor.
A violent tremor was transmitted through the mecha's arm to its entire body. This single blow was so powerful that it reached 5% of the resonant frequency!
The black mecha's armor seemed to be brushed by a gentle breeze, leaving no trace.
"Gu Ya! Chi Ou bug! Hahahaha! My mecha is indestructible!" Xu Jie laughed loudly, his laughter filled only with pain.
Gu Ya narrowed his eyes and carefully examined the spot he had just struck. There was no mark.
Further attacks would be futile; he needed to find a solution.
[Weak Point Scan] remained active.
The black mecha was covered with hundreds of weak points, large and small.
The area Gu Ya had struck was the largest weakness. It seemed the weakness was not in the armor but inside. He had to find a way to remove its outer armor.
"I'm in so much pain, I lost my heart, lost my body, only a brain remains! Do you know how much pain I'm in!" Xu Jie cried out in agony, "All of this is because of you!!!"
"Is that so!" Gu Ya said faintly, simultaneously pressing a button.
Everyone present, even the calm and collected Ye Ying, widened their eyes slightly.
The external armor of the Azure Swordmaster's cockpit suddenly erupted with steam, and two thick alloy panels sprang outwards. The inner lining armor quickly retracted into the outer armor.
Immediately after, the alloy hatch of the mecha's cockpit rose sharply, and Gu Ya slowly stepped out.
Facing the formidable and invincible black mecha, he had voluntarily opened his cockpit!
"Hey! Kid! Are you crazy! Go back quickly! The black mecha hasn't revealed its killing moves yet, doing this is too risky, you're risking your life!"
"Gu Ya! What do you think you're doing, this is too reckless!" Lan Jing also shouted in panic.
Tao Na was even more anxious, yelling, "Don't you dare step out of the cockpit! It can crush you with just two fingers!"
Ye Ying's rosy lips parted slightly, her eyes filled with disbelief,
But she still believed in Gu Ya,
Gu Ya must have his own plan.
"Xu Jie, I truly didn't expect you to become so ugly!" Gu Ya said softly and menacingly, jumping out of the cockpit and landing steadily on the protruding part of the black mecha's waist.
"Your heart is black, and even the mecha you pilot is black!"
"Like a pig covered in feces."
Gu Ya squatted down, placing his hands on the outer armor simultaneously, and activated [Code Tampering]!
What?
No code?
Gu Ya's eyes flickered for a second before he regained his composure.
This mecha has no internal system? How is that possible? How is it controlled?
"Hahahaha... a little... little k-k-k-k-ka-li-an bug seems to have burrowed into my brain..." Xu Jie groaned softly in pain.
Gu Ya held his breath, took a deep breath, and tried [Code Tampering] again!
The same result. Gu Ya saw nothing before him, not even a system interface appeared.
"Hahaha..." Xu Jie's pained laughter echoed again, "Gu Ya? Is that you, the bug crawling into my brain?"
"No, don't come in, don't come in! Are you thinking I'd say that?"
"On the contrary, I welcome you anytime. Once you're here, don't leave!"
Xu Jie suddenly shouted, his voice even more piercing.
Gu Ya's mind instantly went blank, as if everything in the world had ceased to exist. A dizzying sense of temporal displacement washed over him.
This feeling was like when he had just transmigrated to this world, sitting in that sunlit classroom.
But now, before Gu Ya's eyes, there was only boundless darkness.
What's going on? Gu Ya thought, slowly standing up, his gaze sharp, scanning his surroundings.
The areas that were previously illuminated by the mecha's searchlights were now plunged into darkness so thick that one couldn't see their hand in front of their face.
The low hum of the hovering mechas was no longer audible.
Instead, there were lingering sobs, interspersed with wretched laughter.
"You didn't expect this, did you..." Xu Jie's voice suddenly came from all directions, terrifyingly deep, with constant echoes.
"I didn't expect you to have this ability either."
"You've entered my brain."
"But this is not heaven. This is only boundless pain, and deadly weapons forged from pain!!!"
Xu Jie's shouts abruptly stopped, and something in the darkness seemed to lunge forward.
Gu Ya gritted his teeth, maintaining his composure, and used his hearing to pinpoint the direction of the sound, then quickly ducked.
He felt a sudden gust of demonic wind rush past his head.
[Void Wrap], exoskeleton armor!
Pieces of armor of various sizes and shapes adhered to Gu Ya's body.
"Xu Jie! You coward, you craven! A sneak attacker hiding in the shadows, you bastard, your brain is full of feces! You wanted to kill me, didn't you? Come out and face me!" Gu Ya cursed in a high-pitched voice.
Suddenly, two fierce flames erupted from Gu Ya's hands.
Scorching air currents seared the surrounding air.
Bright flames illuminated this void of darkness,
Gu Ya scanned his surroundings. Whether it was to the sides, above, or below, there was only darkness, as if he were standing on nothingness.
"Xu Jie! You shameless scoundrel, I've seen through your heart! You are an unloved, petty, and invincible braggart who only knows how to talk big and never dares to face difficulties head-on – a pile of feces."
"In this world, no one respects you, not even your parents, your former classmates, the people who modified you, or me! No one respects you!"
"Just live in this eternal darkness and taste your own pain! That's the only thing you can do!"
Xu Jie suddenly shouted, "Shut up!"
Abruptly, the darkness before Gu Ya's eyes melted into the ground like a torn curtain,
And light reappeared.
The black mecha beneath his feet was shaking violently.
"Gu Ya, I want you dead!" Xu Jie cried out in pain.
Gu Ya smiled slightly and used the aura of his exoskeleton armor to fly back into the cockpit.
"Hmph, on the contrary, you're the one who should die!"
The Azure Swordmaster once again erupted with its aura and flew into the air.
The black mecha, hovering in mid-air, was also twisting its limbs.
At the same time, countless iron spikes grew from its body, like the thorns of a rose stem.
Gu Ya did not hesitate, drawing two blue beam swords, ready to fight.