Xu Jie, also a youth, stood at the doorway, his stern face devoid of any emotion.
He glanced at Gu Ya as if he were a stranger, then slowly moved aside.
In the center of the clean, bright, and tidy inner room, facing the door, sat a stranger in a Black Star military uniform on the sofa.
Gu Ya's hands were already prepared to conjure light swords and kill the opponent, but the opponent's behavior surprised him.
He had indeed killed Xu Jie in his black mecha, piercing his head.
The Xu Jie before him was definitely not a real person.
Also, this white, brightly lit room clearly had power. It seemed Zhan Huo Ji's words weren't entirely accurate.
"Come in, kid, let me have a look at you," the man on the sofa said calmly.
Upon seeing Gu Ya walk into the room calmly, his eyes warily assessing Xu Jie, the man smiled sinisterly and said, "Tell me how you critically damaged that giant mecha."
Gu Ya calmly asked, "Who are you?"
"A dead man, not worth mentioning. As for you, you still carry the aura of the living," the man said calmly, then leaned forward and said, "You came here with a purpose, didn't you? Let me guess, you want to save Commander Xing Chen."
As soon as the man finished speaking, two crimson light beam swords suddenly appeared in Gu Ya's hands.
Transforming into a crimson ribbon of light and afterimages, the man was already decapitated.
Glancing back at Xu Jie and the man in the wheelchair, Gu Ya rushed forward without a word, dealing with Xu Jie first.
As Xu Jie's head rolled to the ground, revealing fine cables and a mechanical cervical spine at the neck, Gu Ya had guessed correctly; this was just an android.
Holding his light swords, he looked at the man in the wheelchair who remained motionless. Gu Ya, without a trace of hesitation, swung his sword and severed his lumbar spine.
"It seems I guessed correctly," the man pushing the wheelchair said indifferently, standing to the side. "If you kill me, you will never find Mu Ye Xing Chen. Put down your weapons, I can help you find him."
Gu Ya, enveloped in cold, sharp killing intent, said, "Why should I trust you?"
"Because I am the God of the First Detention Zone," the man said slowly, emerging from the shadows.
His tall, robust physique and broad shoulders surprisingly bore a delicate, smooth, doll-like face.
The man spoke, "My name is Shalang Feishe. I was formerly a Lieutenant General under Commander Xing Chen's command in the Xing Chen Army."
"When Commander Xing Chen was imprisoned in the First Detention Zone, I protected him."
"Half a month ago, he was secretly transferred to the Second Detention Zone."
"If you want to find him, you must act quickly. War criminals like him will be secretly executed within half a month."
Saying this, Shalang Feishe spread his hands, revealing a Xing Chen military badge in his palm.
"Without you, I can still enter the Second Detention Zone," Gu Ya said, looking at the badge, and once again warily raised his light swords, pointing them at Shalang Feishe.
Cold killing intent swirled between the two. Facing Gu Ya, who was preparing to kill him, Shalang Feishe offered no resistance, stating plainly, "This place is located three hundred meters beneath the sea within the continent."
"The prison walls are made of fifty meters of solid sea rock, and outside the walls are three kilometers of seabed rock."
"Even a heavy artillery mecha might not be able to blast through the prison walls."
"If you escape through the entrance, there are thousands of mecha armies waiting outside the prison at all times. Not even a fly can get out."
"If you want to find and take Commander Xing Chen away, you must listen to me."
Gu Ya pushed the wheelchair blocking his side, stepped back two paces, creating sufficient distance between himself and Shalang Feishe, and asked, "How do you plan to help me?"
"Heh heh," Shalang chuckled lightly, "This is my domain. You need my help, shouldn't you first hear what I need you to help me with?"
Coercion. Gu Ya hated this feeling the most, as if he were being controlled by the other party.
But Shalang Feishe's words did hold some truth.
Even if he killed everyone in the First Detention Zone, he might not be able to help Gu Ya enter the Second Detention Zone, let alone escape after finding Mu Ye Xing Chen.
Putting away his light swords, Gu Ya prepared to hear the other party's demands.
"Very good," Shalang Feishe said calmly. With a slight wave of his hand, a hidden door in the room opened, and four women emerged, all wearing tight black leather uniforms, their figures curvaceous.
The women, wearing leather headgear that only exposed their eyes, looked at Gu Ya with playful gazes. They moved with elegant, swift movements, lifting the sofa, along with the corpse of the man on it, back into the hidden door.
Having seen what happened to Pisman, Gu Ya could imagine the consequences for this man.
When the four women reappeared, they all knelt on the ground, dousing rags with muddy water and wiping the bloodstains from the floor.
Shalang Feishe sat indifferently on a three-seater sofa further inside, saying calmly, "Please sit."
Gu Ya carefully navigated around the four women working on the floor and sat on a single sofa beside them.
"I need you to go to the Third Detention Zone and kill someone for me," Shalang said calmly. "Bring me his head, and I will personally escort you to the Second Detention Zone and tell you how to escape safely."
"Why should I trust you?" Gu Ya asked calmly and warily.
Shalang spread his hands, saying helplessly, "Because you have no other choice."
Gu Ya snorted coldly and smiled, saying, "I can kill everyone here and threaten the guards to take me to the Second Detention Zone. Wouldn't that be easier?"
"You are wrong! Terribly wrong! Why would they be threatened by you? They would only kill you," Shalang said with emotion.
"Moreover, the enamel city prison never lacks prisoners. Even if all the criminals in the world were to die, Black Star would capture some civilians to fill their place."
Saying this, Shalang looked at the women kneeling on the ground, working silently.
Following his gaze, Gu Ya saw two women crying as they wiped the floor.
A wave of disgust and anger surged in Gu Ya's chest. This hellhole was utterly inhumane.
If he could, Gu Ya truly wished he could immediately pilot a mecha and destroy this underwater city.
"In return, I can guarantee that the food you eat will not contain anything unclean," Shalang said calmly.
Gu Ya looked at him and asked calmly, "Is that all?"
"Simple?" Shalang chuckled, "You probably don't know what's locked up in the Third Detention Zone, do you?"
"Ah, of course, I can assure you, once you rescue Commander Xing Chen, the guards will not stop you. They will pretend not to see you and let you go."
Shalang Feishe's last sentence caught Gu Ya's attention. If it were as he said, it would be very simple.
But it was clear that Gu Ya didn't trust this stranger that much.
Under Shalang Feishe's gaze, Gu Ya slowly stood up, walked to the lighting power switch on the wall, and reached out to touch it.
The moment [Star Blueprint] opened, Gu Ya understood the power network in the room.
Only a 220v power line was connected to the darkroom, and inside the darkroom, there was a holographic system connected to the external network.
Through the holographic system, Gu Ya directly found the prison's map.
One thousand meters below the First Detention Zone was the Second Detention Zone, and there was only one elevator for travel. The lift shaft was extremely narrow and could not accommodate a micro-mecha.
It seemed Shalang Feishe wasn't lying. The difficulty for Gu Ya to safely rescue Mu Ye Xing Chen from the Second Detention Zone was indeed immense.
"How is it, have you thought about it?" Shalang Feishe asked confidently.
Gu Ya glanced at the two weeping women and said, "Tell me who to kill."
"Straightforward!" Shalang Feishe clapped his hands and stood up, snapping his right hand.
The four women rose one after another, unzipping their tight leather suits in the front, revealing young, vibrant, and soft flesh. Their bare feet stepped into the muddy water mixed with blood, and they slowly walked towards Gu Ya with seductive gaits.
"No need!" Gu Ya called out to stop them, "Let's start the mission quickly."
Just then, faint, melodious, and bourgeois light music could be heard from outside.
"Ah~ It's dinner time," Shalang Feishe said cheerfully. "Even a dragon-slaying warrior can't go on a quest on an empty stomach, right? Fill your stomach, then have a good night's sleep. It's not too late to depart tomorrow."
After saying this, Shalang Feishe, surrounded by the four scantily clad women, casually walked into the darkroom.
The hidden door closed, and soon the unspeakably vulgar cries of women could be heard from within.
Gu Ya clenched his fists in anger and quickly left the room, moving away from the range of the disgusting sounds.
He wished he could level this place right now.
But to complete the mission, he had to endure for now.
"Once the mission is complete, I will kill that Shalang Feishe. No, I will level this place and bury evil forever in the unfathomable sea."
Walking briskly, Gu Ya familiarized himself with the path through the dark, empty prison cells.
When Gu Ya reached the prison lobby again, a scene that surprised him appeared before his eyes.