"Gu Ya!"
Another female voice came from behind.
Gu Ya's heart sank. Damn, they still tracked him down!
Dou Mei grabbed his arm and pulled him into a small alley.
"You're crazy, shouting my real name in the street!" Gu Ya chided.
But Dou Mei's strength was immense, far beyond what a woman should possess.
Gu Ya was startled and instantly activated his exoskeleton armor.
A crimson light sword was placed at "Dou Mei's" neck: "Speak! Who are you?"
The person lightly tapped the chain at their neck, the disguise removed. It was a man.
"Dou Mei sent me to pick you up," the man said calmly.
Gu Ya sneered inwardly and said, "Is that so? Then I'll kill you right now!"
As he spoke, he twisted his wrist, decapitating the man.
Numerous fine wires and metallic bones were exposed.
It was an android with an appearance incredibly close to human.
Gu Ya had seen through it from the start.
Immediately, three burly men rushed in from the mouth of the alley behind him.
Soon, two more sturdy figures appeared at the other end of the alley.
It was clear they were there to intercept Gu Ya.
Gu Ya stretched his limbs, waiting for them to charge.
"Come with us! We won't harm you," one of the men said as he charged forward.
Knowing Gu Ya's real name and Dou Mei's disguise meant they were undoubtedly sent by Dou Mei.
"Did Dou Mei send you?" Gu Ya asked coldly.
The man replied just as calmly, "Dou Mei is missing. Five minutes after you left the room, we entered, and no one was there anymore."
"This was left at the scene..."
The man tossed Gu Ya a communication wristband, the same kind distributed during the Black Star initiation ceremony, one for each member.
Dou Mei leaving it behind – what could that mean?
It seemed far-fetched that the head of Special Investigation Department Nine could be so easily abducted!
Gu Ya didn't want to deal with them, suspecting it might be Dou Mei playing a trick.
"And this..."
As the man spoke, he activated the wristband's holographic projection. The image showed a large hole in the wall of the love-themed room, the scene in disarray.
Gu Ya immediately became wary, lowered his head, and said softly, "Wait a moment!"
He had previously hacked into Dou Mei's wristband using "Code Tampering."
Now, utilizing the wireless information transmission channel of his own wristband, he could easily pinpoint Dou Mei's location.
Three seconds later, an unfamiliar scene appeared on Gu Ya's wristband's holographic projection.
In a crude room,
several men surrounded Dou Mei.
From the side of the screen, Dou Mei was completely naked, tied to a chair.
The men spoke in broken Xianxia language, laughing.
The man listened carefully and said, "It's Black Star language."
"That doesn't make sense," Gu Ya said calmly. "Could Dou Mei's identity have been exposed?"
If her identity could be exposed, then his was even more vulnerable.
He had to find and eliminate those Black Star operatives. Not to mention Dou Mei, the leakage of Gu Ya's information to the Black Star Alliance would have unimaginable consequences.
Dou Mei knew everything about him!
The interrogation methods used by Special Investigation Department Nine would surely be known to Black Star as well.
Gu Ya understood the potency of truth serums; even the strongest will could not resist them.
Regardless of the circumstances, saving her was certain.
"Wait a moment!" Gu Ya said coldly.
He quickly used "Code Tampering" to locate the wristband.
It wasn't far, which made sense. It had only been 20 minutes since Gu Ya left, and this was a busy area in Xianxia. It would be difficult to move a living person discreetly.
Just passing through the constant security checks would be enough.
"I'm going to save her!" Gu Ya shouted, igniting the thrusters in his exoskeleton armor's legs and soaring into the sky.
Within three minutes, Gu Ya arrived at the marked location.
Before him stood a building over a dozen stories high, not particularly tall compared to other skyscrapers.
The wristband lacked a 3D map, so Gu Ya used "Star Blueprint" to construct a three-dimensional model of the building first.
Then, he rapidly flew up and down, using signal strength to determine Dou Mei's floor.
Gu Ya quickly narrowed it down to the 11th to 13th floors.
He swiftly broke through a window and, after some searching, found himself outside the marked room.
He glanced at the holographic projection again. Dou Mei and those men were still in the room; it wasn't a trick with the wristband.
Since he knew, why hesitate? He would enter and end the fight in one second!
Gu Ya kicked the door open, activating "Mental Acuity" and "Adrenaline Burst" instantly.
A crimson flash streaked by. Everyone froze, and before they could react, the men surrounding Dou Mei all collapsed.
The crimson disappeared, and Gu Ya turned on the room lights.
Dou Mei looked at Gu Ya with astonishment, utterly disbelieving that Gu Ya could accomplish this.
"Are you alright?" Gu Ya crouched down, taking out a sharp knife to cut the ropes binding Dou Mei.
He then retrieved a set of undergarments and a windbreaker from the system store and threw them to her.
"No..." Dou Mei still couldn't believe it. The scene just moments ago was too fast; she hadn't even had time to blink before several people fell, and then Gu Ya appeared.
"What exactly happened?"
Gu Ya said faintly, "A hero saving a damsel, such a cliché story. It's as simple as drinking water for me."
Dou Mei's gaze never left Gu Ya's face.
She slowly put on her bra, her fingers trembling, unable to fasten the clasp.
"Do you need help?" Gu Ya looked at Dou Mei and asked.
Dou Mei nodded.
Gu Ya moved behind Dou Mei, gently fastened her bra clasp, and then took the windbreaker to drape over her shoulders.
"In the future, get a tracking chip implanted. It will make it easier for me to find you," Gu Ya said lightly, then asked, "Who were they?"
Dou Mei calmly replied, "Black Star operatives. They had been tracking us since the initiation ceremony. The love-themed room was a trap I laid, with my people guarding outside. I just didn't expect their capture method to be so crude."
Gu Ya said coldly, "So this was all your plan. Alright, if that's the case, give me all their information."
Dou Mei turned around and looked at Gu Ya solemnly, saying, "Forty-one mechs, disguised as Xianxia troops, are waiting outside the city. This includes 39 combat mechs and two transport mechs, along with 120 ground combat personnel."
"After these people in the room failed their mission, the ones outside the city will immediately come to silence them."
"Their target was me from the beginning."
"I anticipated their anticipation. That's why I revealed myself and spread rumors to draw out the military forces behind them."
"I used you..."
Gu Ya sighed, nodded, then shook his head, saying, "You seem to have forgotten what I do."
With that, Gu Ya turned towards the window.
"Gu Ya!" Dou Mei hugged Gu Ya's waist from behind. "Take me with you, okay? I want to see you fight."
"No!" Gu Ya pulled Dou Mei's hand away.
Unexpectedly, Dou Mei moved in front of him again, biting her lower lip, her eyes filled with complexity.
Gu Ya read a lot from her gaze – affection and also a conspiracy.
Gu Ya could guess that if he didn't take her, she could at any moment deem Gu Ya's actions a threat to Xianxia!
This woman always left herself an escape route!
He was too naive, always falling into her traps!
Gu Ya gritted his teeth, embraced Dou Mei's waist, and blasted through the window into the night sky.
Dou Mei smiled sweetly, like a young girl, happily hugging Gu Ya tightly.
"Old friend, it's been a while since we fought together," Gu Ya said softly.
"What are you planning to do?" Dou Mei asked loudly.
The night sky of Xianxia City was filled with a cold wind. Dou Mei wore only a windbreaker and her undergarments, her legs bare. If anyone looked up at this moment, they would be in for a treat!
A surge of excitement coursed through Gu Ya as he shouted, "You Yin!"
Suddenly, in Xianxia's night sky, above the countless streams of aerial vehicles and the dazzling holographic lights, deep blue hazy spheres of light appeared out of nowhere.
People in the aerial vehicles didn't understand what was happening and turned to look.
Dou Mei watched the blue light spheres and laughed happily, "Hahaha!"
Within the blue light spheres, a magnificent, robust, and technologically advanced mech slowly materialized.
The cockpit gradually revealed itself, appearing around Gu Ya and Dou Mei.
Before them, four blue holographic panels suddenly lit up.
Gu Ya shut down the thrusters of his exoskeleton armor.
The two of them heavily settled into the pilot seats.
"How did you do that!?" Dou Mei exclaimed ecstatically, lost in the moment.
"Hold on tight!" Gu Ya shouted, fastening Dou Mei's seatbelt.
By now, You Yin's limbs were fully displayed. Gu Ya gripped the control sticks and throttles, and with a slight shift, You Yin rapidly extended its limbs, emitting a series of heartening "kaka ka" sounds!
Dou Mei, like a fangirl, looked at everything around her with novelty and excitement. Finally, her gaze fell upon Gu Ya's handsome, chiseled face.
"Old friend, it's time to show our skills."
"Let's set sail!"