Gou Dan started, quickly retreating two steps, his face darkening as he said, "What are you talking about, I don't understand..."
But in the very next second,
Gou Dan's face suddenly contorted, and he covered his mouth, laughing with a "chittering" sound.
The laughter intensified,
Gou Dan then threw his head back and let out a devilish, maniacal laugh.
"Sss!" Two sounds, and two extremely bright beams of light shot down from the sky, piercing through Hei Yang's chest and head.
Several giant stones rolled down from the cliff, smashing behind Gou Dan and blocking the cave entrance.
Dust billowed to the heavens, and debris scattered.
In the dust cloud, a sizable stone, dislodged, flew out and instantly blew off half of Gou Dan's head.
But Gou Dan showed no panic, his expression becoming even more madly twisted as he roared, "You want to kill me??? I am the most powerful human-shaped computer in the world! No one can shake my position!!!"
"Heh, what big talk are you spouting?"
Hei Yang's voice echoed from the dust. A dark light flashed, and Hei Yang moved dozens of times in rapid succession.
Gou Dan, caught in the sharp light blades, was sliced into hundreds of pieces.
These scraps of flesh, covered in dust, fell to the ground like dirty buns.
Gou Dan, with his remaining half-mouth, said, "You can't kill me like this."
"At least I don't have to look at your nauseating face," Hei Yang sneered, stomping on the remaining half-mouth.
Instantly, Hei Yang returned to Gu Ya's mind.
"Master, you were right, Gou Dan was indeed a Ha Yang. Hehe, I've killed him."
Last night,
Gu Ya, feeling uneasy, summoned Bai Ying and activated [Code Tampering] on her, then used a consciousness visualization instrument to enter Bai Ying's consciousness world.
The result was eerily consistent with Gou Dan's.
[Code Tampering] could not parse Bai Ying.
In Bai Ying's consciousness world, aside from thoughts of eating, survival, and some knowledge of mecha piloting, there was nothing else.
Even after transforming into a bionic body filled with mechanical and electrical components, it could not be deciphered.
Furthermore, Gu Ya discovered that neither Bai Ying nor Gou Dan possessed memories of joy, anger, sorrow, or happiness.
Conversely, when Gu Ya tested the old man, he found the normal human emotions of joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness.
This made Gu Ya begin to doubt Gou Dan's true identity.
Gu Ya calmly stated, "It's impossible for you to kill it so easily. We must find its本体. Hei Yang, you protect Bai Ying."
Stones and dust had already begun to fall in the cave.
The group donned their exoskeleton armors and charged into the spatial rift.
As soon as the secret space closed, the entire cave collapsed with a roar!
When Gu Ya and the others emerged from the secret space again, they were underground.
They found themselves in a massive, empty, sealed chamber.
The surroundings were entirely sealed with smooth metallic material.
There were no doors, but over a dozen holographic lights illuminated the interior brilliantly.
"Hei Yang, Bai Ying! Find the exit!"
Gu Ya commanded, and immediately opened the system store to create micro-mechs adapted for underground combat.
The mechs had to be small in size, yet possess more comprehensive functions than exoskeleton armors.
All weapon units had to be complete, along with superior defense.
For power, it was best to use integrated micro-cell batteries to ensure robust power while preventing continuous operation if a single battery was destroyed.
Of course, communication units also had to be the most securely encrypted, capable of adapting to the complex underground alleys, tunnels, and hidden rooms.
This would ensure communication with others even when trapped.
Hei Yang and Bai Ying, wearing exoskeleton armors, began a rapid exploration along the chamber walls.
Ye Ying manifested mechanical arms and stood guard beside Gu Ya.
Soon, Hei Yang and Bai Ying completed their circuit and returned to Gu Ya's side.
"Master, no exit was found. Shall we consider using the secret space to leave?"
Bai Ying added, "Likewise, the walls are very hard, with no seams."
Gu Ya was taken aback, his brow furrowed, "No seams?"
As his words fell, the entire chamber vibrated violently.
Immediately after, Gu Ya felt the ground trembling and slowly tilting!
Bai Ying, slightly off-balance, tumbled to the ground and began sliding down the smooth floor!
Ye Ying quickly lunged forward, grabbing Bai Ying's hand.
But the floor tilted steeper and steeper.
Bai Ying and Ye Ying quickly activated the leg thrusters of their exoskeleton armors, halting their descent.
Once they regained their footing, the entire floor had rotated to a vertical angle.
Below them was now a deep pit.
Suddenly, Ye Ying heard Gu Ya's urgent shout from above, "Come back!!!"
Ye Ying quickly activated her leg thrusters.
But the floor and ceiling suddenly cracked open from the center,
And the walls around Ye Ying rapidly contracted!
Before Ye Ying and Bai Ying could break free, with a "boom—!", the floor and ceiling merged, crushing them between them!
Gu Ya, gazing at the seamlessly joined floor below, erupted in furious rage!
He summoned the newly created small mechs and unleashed a barrage of fire against the hard walls.
The merged metal floor was dented by the bombardment but could not be breached.
Suddenly, a secret space opened beside Gu Ya, and Ye Ying, pulling Bai Ying, flew out from it.
"Ying!" Gu Ya's rage turned to joy.
"That was close, almost didn't make it!" Ye Ying exclaimed, as if escaping death.
The group had no time to celebrate before the four walls trembled again!
Gu Ya quickly summoned mechs for everyone and entered the secret space.
The map in [Star Blueprint] connected to Bai Ying's mind.
Bai Ying quickly calculated a detailed map of the underground city.
The place they had been was actually inside the mouth of a giant mountain-guarding mech.
And there were dozens of such colossal structures embedded within the mountains in this Black Star Mountain Range.
The power cables beneath the large stones at the old man's house were actually an unfinished giant mech!
Hei Yang chuckled, "Meaning, the entire Black Star Mountain Range has been hollowed out. And filled with these giant mechs."
Gu Ya looked at the map.
The huge shadow areas within each peak were in fact the interiors of these giant mechs.
These mechs were connected by tunnels within the mountains, and personnel could reach the interior of each mech through these tunnels.
No wonder there were rumors that Black Star Mountain could accommodate all Black Star residents.
Truly living up to its name!
Gu Ya confidently stated, "Since they are artificial mechs, we have the ability to seize them! Hei Yang, go scout!"
"Alright, alright~" Hei Yang said with a wry smile, "Who asked me to have a cheap life, hee!"
As Hei Yang opened the secret space, preparing to depart,
He was forced back by numerous laser beams shot from outside the mirror surface of the rift!
"What's going on?" Hei Yang asked himself.
Gu Ya instantly understood. Black Star had discovered their spatial rift!
At this point, hiding was no longer an option.
The enemy had discovered their intrusion, and the Ha Yang's本体 must be here, surely within one of the giant mechs!
Instead of fleeing, they should charge out! Flush out the Ha Yang and kill it!
Gu Ya's expression turned ferocious, and he coldly roared, "Kill!"
Gu Ya's small "Thunderstorm Trillion Star Burst" thrusters were the first to charge out of the rift mirror.
As soon as he appeared, before he could even get a clear view of the location,
He was struck by countless micro-lasers on his mecha body, followed by an uncountable number of missiles fired from all directions!
The spatial rift behind Gu Ya vanished instantly, reappearing in the enemy's airspace.
The small Night Oriole mecha descended rapidly, landing amidst the enemy forces.
Then followed Bai Ying's piloted mech, emerging behind.
The small mechs were still massive in size compared to the fully armored soldiers.
The Night Oriole mecha wielded its swords like a raging storm, quickly cutting down a host of soldiers.
Bai Ying's mech, armed with a single tactical dagger, precisely stabbed each soldier in the head.
Gu Ya, on his end, dodged the missile swarm with several consecutive [Flash Explosions].
Missiles detonated continuously behind him, thick smoke billowing towards the ceiling and spreading outwards.
In the dense smoke,
The Thunderstorm Trillion Star, like a descending god of death, exuded white steam all over, and with a single move, the [Blue Electric Wind Grand Geometric Killing Formation], cleared the enemies around him.
Following this, Hei Yang and Gu Ya's consciousness avatars emerged, charging into the enemy formation.
Gu Ya followed closely behind.
The three mechs unleashed their combined ultimate technique, [Raging Thunder Realm], without mercy!
Countless mecha afterimages, laced with crackling lightning, dashed outwards in all directions.
The entire space was instantly filled with lightning.
Every enemy that touched the afterimages and lightning exploded on the spot.
Without even being able to mount another attack, they were all annihilated by Gu Ya and his companions.
Once he gained some breathing room, Gu Ya shouted, "Hei Yang!!"
"Received, Master! I'm on my way," Hei Yang replied casually, instantly disappearing and merging into the code stream.
In his perception, a cluster of extremely bright light hovered overhead.
All data code streams converged there.
"That's the mecha's control console!" Hei Yang exclaimed excitedly.
But in an instant, the code stream vanished, and the surroundings fell silent.
Only then did an unfamiliar voice speak, "Hei Yang, my good brother, you shouldn't have done this."