Gu Ya looked at the exquisite woman before him with some confusion.
When he was assimilated by Hei Yang before, he had seen her in a flash of chaotic fantasies, actively shaking a U-shaped handle.
Suddenly, Gu Ya remembered who she was.
“Fu Yafang?” Gu Ya asked uncertainly.
Fu Yafang breathed a sigh of relief and nodded, saying crisply, “It’s me. How did you suddenly appear… I mean, suddenly come out.”
Gu Ya didn't have time to explain, saying, “I came based on the intel you sent. The people I'm looking for are all in the Ministry of Foreign Technology.”
As an intelligence operative, Fu Yafang immediately understood Gu Ya’s intentions and motives, and stated directly, “It’s more dangerous here than outside. You need to disguise yourself.”
Half a minute later, Fu Yafang and a hunchbacked man in a white lab coat emerged from the surveillance-free area and casually entered the Ministry of Foreign Technology.
The Ministry of Foreign Technology was like a magnificent underground city.
It had its own independent automated management system and employee system.
Every member of the Ministry of Foreign Technology had their own independent research institute, and within each institute, they had their own assistant employees.
Compared to other members, Hui Ye Ai Li’s laboratory appeared particularly unremarkable.
The mere four-story building, compared to the surrounding tall buildings, was like a rudimentary garbage dump.
“I haven’t quite figured out the Hui Ye family’s ranking system yet. What position do people like Hui Ye Ai Li hold in the family,” Fu Yafang said softly. “From my perspective, her status isn’t high. Yet, she has obtained the highest authority from the mainframe.”
Gu Ya nodded, vigilantly scanning his surroundings.
On the streets, every few hundred meters, one could see strange creatures with brooms and trash cans for arms, cleaning the streets.
On the skyscrapers, one could see creatures with suction cups at their waists, clinging to the building walls and slowly cleaning the exterior walls with rags in their hands.
The strangeness of technology permeated every inch of this land, and Gu Ya even felt that this underground city was alive.
“There are a few people inside, you need to be careful,” Fu Yafang whispered again, and casually pushed open the door.
As soon as they entered, there was a dark staircase leading downwards, and a chilling aura emanated from the dark passage.
Gu Ya and Fu Yafang descended slowly and cautiously, one after the other.
The deeper they went, the more Gu Ya felt a chill on the back of his neck, as if something was secretly watching them.
After about ten minutes of walking, a yellow light bulb finally appeared not far ahead, illuminating the metal gate below.
“Fu Yafang, what have you decided about that matter?” Gu Ya suddenly asked.
Fu Yafang lowered her eyes and pondered for a few seconds, saying, “I’m still considering it. Things have been a bit hectic lately. Some safe houses I established were wiped out by Black Star, which is why I came to Hui Ye City to hide.”
Gu Ya nodded in understanding.
As the alloy gate opened, a warm current instantly enveloped Gu Ya.
This was the air that should be underground, warm and humid.
A fresh breeze gently brushed Gu Ya’s cheek, dispelling the chill from before.
Inside the research institute, various laboratories were neatly arranged, some with half-closed doors, others tightly shut.
The two walked past the laboratories and soon arrived at the door of Hui Ye Ai Li’s main research room.
Gu Ya grabbed Fu Yafang’s wrist and asked in a low voice, “Will I arouse suspicion looking like this?”
But in the next second, a crimson light sword suddenly shot out, instantly severing “Fu Yafang’s” head.
Clusters of tiny cables and metal bones appeared at the severed neck. As Gu Ya had expected, this Fu Yafang was a fake.
“If you are fake, then…”
Gu Ya calmly turned around and looked behind him.
From the laboratory behind them, all sorts of bizarre creatures rushed out, wielding various weapons, roaring and charging.
Gu Ya transformed into the God of Slaughter, moving his body nimbly. The crimson light sword shuttled up and down in the narrow corridor, piercing one attacker after another.
A few minutes later, the last monster fell. Gu Ya looked back to see the entire corridor filled with corpses.
“Hui Ye Ai Li!!” Gu Ya roared.
Suddenly, the entire underground building began to shake, tilting to the right, then sinking forward. Finally, the originally flat and smooth corridor became vertical.
The corpses of all the monsters fell to the dark bottom, where flames erupted, filling the entire corridor with scorching fire.
“Playing with fire, are we!”
Twelve flame-spitting devices materialized on Gu Ya’s exoskeletal armor.
He used even more fierce flames to suppress the fire ejected from the furnace below and slowly descended.
Finally, Gu Ya reached the furnace spewing flames. A few micro-virus bombs were ejected, completely disabling it.
The surface temperature of the exoskeletal armor was several hundred degrees, but inside, it was exceptionally cool and comfortable.
“You can’t beat me. If you had come out sooner, I might have spared your life,” Gu Ya said calmly.
Hui Ye Ai Li’s laughter suddenly echoed, “I’ve studied your personality. You’re incompetent but love to show off. It seems that’s true.”
As the voice faded, the entire furnace room began to rapidly collapse. The walls cracked, and the mechanical structures within the walls quickly retracted.
It wanted to crush Gu Ya to death!
Gu Ya, who had long since seen through this building, suddenly spread his hands, touching the surrounding metal walls, and calmly said, “Code tampering, mechanical fusion!”
The walls that were contracting and closing suddenly stopped and turned into a gelatinous substance that enveloped Gu Ya. A micro-oxygen generator appeared on Gu Ya’s back, with tubes connected to his helmet.
The surrounding mechanical structures began to change according to Gu Ya’s consciousness, and a holographic display suddenly lit up in front of him.
When his limbs could move freely, Gu Ya exerted his strength and leaped out of the giant pit.
The entire building, 12 stories from top to bottom, transformed into a colossal mecha under Gu Ya’s manipulation and modification, standing in the city of the Ministry of Foreign Technology.
“What other abilities and means do you have, bring them all out,” Gu Ya said calmly. “Since we’re fighting, stop the nonsense!”
Those strange “employees” had long since disappeared, and the entire city was eerily silent.
“Haha, you can see the whole picture from a glimpse. Even if we fight, it will be a mutual destruction, which is not beneficial to anyone.” Hui Ye Ai Li’s sweet voice filled the air above the city of the Ministry of Foreign Technology.
Immediately afterward, the entire city of the Ministry of Foreign Technology rapidly atomized and dispersed in an indescribable manner, eventually vanishing.
What was revealed to Gu Ya was an exceptionally spacious laboratory!
The entire city, including the mecha Gu Ya had created, was an illusion!
From the moment Gu Ya entered the Ministry of Foreign Technology, he had been within an illusion.
Not far from Gu Ya, a circular opening suddenly appeared on the ground. Hui Ye Ai Li rose from underground and walked in front of Gu Ya.
She was somewhat petite compared to Gu Ya. Tilting her head up, she smiled sweetly and said, “Well, it’s been almost a year, how have you been?”
“I didn’t come here to rekindle old affections and make small talk,” Gu Ya said, looking down at her sweet face, and said coldly, “I want my informant, and everything you know.”
“Don’t be so hasty…” Ai Li said, smiling and hooking Gu Ya’s arm, acting coyly. “I still want to get to know you better. The abilities you possess are too captivating.”
Gu Ya roughly pulled her hand away, grabbed her collar, lifted her to his face with one hand, and said coldly, “Either comply, or die. You should know how to choose.”
Ai Li dangled her feet five centimeters off the ground, her collar gripped by Gu Ya, her breathing labored, yet she still smiled, saying, “Then let me down first, and we can talk properly back at the research institute.”
“You’d better not play any more tricks.”
More than ten minutes later, Gu Ya followed Ai Li to her research institute.
Compared to before, it was somewhat beyond Gu Ya’s expectations.
The entire Ministry of Foreign Technology seemed to have only Ai Li.
Being underground, both the alleyways and the caverns had uneven rocky walls, as if they had been roughly chiseled and used without further finishing.
Ai Li sat down at the experimental table and quickly tapped on a luminous keyboard.
A metal sphere with a diameter of five centimeters rose from within the experimental table. Ai Li picked it up and walked towards Gu Ya.
Just as Gu Ya was about to take it, Ai Li suddenly retracted her hand and laughed, “If you want it, answer me one question. Anyway, it doesn’t matter if I die. But you’ll be miserable, having the entire city as your enemy.”
“Even if you have heaven-reaching abilities, don’t think you can leave Hui Ye City intact.”
Gu Ya sneered, “A containment agreement, is that it? Heh, I…”
“Oh, fine, here you go!” Ai Li directly shoved the sphere into Gu Ya’s hands, saying a bit angrily, “I’ve studied your personality. You won’t bow down to anyone.”
“This is your informant’s consciousness program. Take it. I’m not in the mood to research Xian Xia technology right now.”
Gu Ya was a bit taken aback by the other party’s straightforwardness.
“Recently, the ‘Old Days Faction’ has been making substantial gains outside the system,” Ai Li said, sitting at the experimental table and typing rapidly.
On the giant holographic screen in front of her, the vast universe beyond the planetary barrier was displayed.
“Old Days Faction?” Gu Ya asked in surprise. “You’re still in contact with them?”
Ai Li turned around and looked at Gu Ya, saying calmly, “You should know that in certain areas, we are not enemies.”
“And the true objective of most people in the Hui Ye family is not to help Black Star realize their ideal of ruling the world.”
“At least, I am not.”