“Exclusive Space!”
A calm male voice called out from behind the crowd!
A giant rectangular spatial rift opened in front of Gu Ya!
The spitting flames all shot into the zero-thickness mirror of the Exclusive Space, and did not emerge again.
“Shen Jingming?” Gu Ya questioned.
“Let’s deal with them first,” Shen Jingming said calmly, rushing from behind Gu Ya.
The mirror of the Exclusive Space moved forward with his actions, and after quickly engulfing five mechs, the Exclusive Space vanished, completely resolving the crisis.
By this time, the great hall was already crumbling, its ceiling and floor interlocked, showing every sign of collapse.
Shen Jingming grabbed Gu Ya, looked him up and down with suspicion, and said calmly, “Let’s talk outside!”
The group quickly turned and ran towards the outside of the hall.
After they all rushed out, the hall finally collapsed amidst its precarious state.
Having narrowly escaped death, the group sat on the floor, gasping for breath.
Shen Jingming walked to Gu Ya’s side, looked him over, and asked in a low voice, “You… what’s going on with the life codes on you?”
“It’s a long story,” Gu Ya replied, panting. Frequent use of his mechanical body, coupled with his battle against Lai Jing · Fan Nan, had already exhausted him.
“Why are you here? Didn’t you go to the underground world?”
Shen Jingming responded simply, “I went, found nothing, and came back.”
Gu Ya gave a helpless smile. Shen Jingming was still as taciturn as ever.
Ye Ying, holding Bai Ying, walked to Gu Ya’s side and asked softly, “What should we do now? Lai Jing · Fan Nan escaped to the underground. Bai Ying was knocked out by him, and Ning Yu is also unconscious.”
Fu Yafang, who had been away from Xianxia for four years, looked at the comrades beside her, feeling a sense of estrangement.
During these four years, she had grown accustomed to the way of thinking of the Black Star people. Upon returning to a different environment and people, she still felt somewhat unadapted and instinctively kept her distance from the group.
Suddenly, she remembered something important and said to Gu Ya, “You should have received my intelligence. I added a backdoor to the Haiyang program. If you can get close to Lai Jing · Fan Nan and successfully use your divine power, you should be able to defeat him through the backdoor.”
Gu Ya nodded weakly and said, “The most crucial thing now is the inability to use divine power.”
“Ah! It hurts, it hurts, it hurts!” Liu Feng cried out in pain as Hong Lian · Zhi Wu, Qiao Weiwei, and Tao Na bandaged his right hand.
Wuji and Bai Zhan · Hen found Gu Ya. Wuji said, “Our mechs can still be used. We’ll use the mechs to clear all the Containment Urns, allowing you and Ning Yu to recover your divine power.”
Gu Ya asked Shen Jingming, “Can you help find the Containment Urns? Now, we only have two mechs left. The floor and ceiling of the hall are all infused with the liquid of the Containment Urns.”
“Wait a moment.”
Shen Jingming agreed and lightly tapped his left arm, saying, “Xiao Hong.”
A section of vertebrae protruded from his spine,
And a micro-miniature instrument flew out from the vertebrae, drilling through his clothes and into the air.
The micro-miniature instrument projected a conical holographic scan onto the ground of the plaza.
After scanning a floor tile, if there was something, the instrument would shoot a straight laser onto the ground to mark it.
“Xiao Hong was created based on Hei Yang’s code, wasn’t it?” Gu Ya asked softly.
Shen Jingming nodded silently, his gaze occasionally sweeping over Gu Ya. He was likely very interested in the life codes.
Bai Zhan · Hen and Wuji soon arrived at the plaza in their mechs. Following the marks, they first looked at the large floor tiles and retrieved the Containment Urns from beneath them.
Bai Ying also woke up at this time.
Gu Ya asked, “How did you heavily injure Lai Jing · Fan Nan? Is there a secret?”
Bai Ying said weakly, “It’s very simple. We are all computer life forms. If you understand yourself, you understand him. While luring him to attack my weaknesses, I was also secretly attacking his weaknesses.”
“But I’m very worried, Haiyang is controlled by human consciousness and its learning ability is stronger than mine.”
“When we meet again, I’m not sure if I’ll be able to find his weakness.”
Gu Ya fell silent after hearing this.
He thought of a very risky method that might completely kill Lai Jing · Fan Nan.
But he absolutely could not say it, not even show a hint of thought on his face.
As soon as he showed the slightest sign, Ye Ying would guess what he was thinking.
Gu Ya didn’t want Ye Ying to worry, especially since using this method might also kill Gu Ya himself.
As the surrounding Containment Urns were cleared, Gu Ya entered the consciousness space, used the skill [Void Retreat] to pull out the dagger from his chest, and released his abilities.
Ning Yu also woke up at this time.
Although they had not succeeded in killing Lai Jing · Fan Nan, fortunately, none of his comrades were lost, and three more were gained.
Shen Jingming’s intelligence system, “Xiao Hong,” had finished marking all the Containment Urns and was now analyzing the soil of the collapsed great hall.
About a dozen people gathered on the plaza, lit a bonfire, and had a simple meal.
Lai Jing · Fan Nan was in the underground, and they could not leave.
Gu Ya decided to rest for one night before going to find him. This time, he was determined to kill him.
But before that, Gu Ya still had one thing to confirm.
“You sleep, don’t catch a cold,” Gu Ya draped his jacket over Ye Ying, then paced far away from the group.
The [Void Maw] opened, and the Mechanical God’s Relic Urn quickly enveloped Gu Ya’s body. Amidst a spatial vortex, he arrived in the imaginary domain.
“Mechanical God!” Gu Ya shouted.
In the dark domain, starlight flickered, and the Mechanical God, treading on the stars, walked to Gu Ya’s side and said, “You’ve figured it out so soon?”
Gu Ya shook his head and said calmly, “I’ve come to ask you something.”
Though the Mechanical God’s star-shifting face showed no expression, Gu Ya clearly sensed that it was angry.
The Mechanical God ignored Gu Ya and slowly turned to leave.
Gu Ya took a deep breath and said, “You’ve always wanted a successor, haven’t you? Just because I don’t want to, doesn’t mean others don’t.”
With its back to Gu Ya, the Mechanical God said wordlessly, “That wanderer, my past in another timeline.”
Gu Ya nodded and walked in front of the Mechanical God, saying calmly, “I once asked about her predetermined fate. She claimed to have learned from a mysterious person that she was a twin. I suspect she misunderstood. Her true destiny is actually…”
“…the Twin God.”
The star patterns on the Mechanical God’s face began to shift faster.
Only then did Gu Ya realize that he could understand its emotions through the changes in the star patterns on its face.
And now, it must be joyfully contemplating all sorts of future possibilities.
Gu Ya continued, “My fate is enigmatic. If I die, no one in the world will be able to stop Haiyang.”
“Humanity will be modified into a new species by Haiyang. Your chances of choosing a suitable successor will decrease.”
“Instead of that, why not help me? I’ll persuade Ning Yu to become your successor.”
“Of course, if you can help me clarify a few questions, it won’t be so troublesome. I’ll continue to be your successor, and if I ever figure things out, perhaps I’ll come to find you.”
The Mechanical God said softly, “You want to inquire about the Containment Urns.”
“Not just that!” Gu Ya said decisively.
“You invented much technology for this planet, for humanity. But why did you invent Haiyang, the Containment Urns, and all the technology targeting divine power users?”
“Why did you dig your own grave? Or rather, why do you want to destroy humanity?”
“And the most important thing, what is Qi Hai Pre-recording?”