This may be my last breath...
Countless memories rewind, flashing through my mind,
Gu Ya saw the scene of his birth, heard his first cry,
In his nostrils, the scent of mother and blood...
Blood...
Gu Ya's brain instantly cleared, rapidly gathering all his hematopoietic factors towards his heart.
Starting from the heart, cells solidified, and blood coagulated and degenerated.
Countless tiny, precise parts gathered and assembled around the dagger, blood transforming into thick lubricating fluid.
"Thump! Thump!"
The steel heart beat twice fiercely!
Blood vessels, fat, tissues, organs, from the inside out, rapidly mechanized.
Gu Ya's eyes suddenly snapped open, his fingers closing into a hand blade, stabbing upwards fiercely!
The hand blade pierced Hei Yang's chin, erupting through the top of his head!
Holding Hei Yang with one hand, Gu Ya stood up steadily, while with the other hand, he forcefully pulled out the dagger from his heart, the wound rapidly healing and repairing.
"You want to kill me? It's not that easy," Gu Ya said chillingly, "Lai Jin · Fan Nan, get out of Hei Yang's body!"
Hei Yang's body stiffened, his lips twitching as he chuckled, "How did you know it was me... Hahaha... Gu Ya, you are indeed smart..."
With that, Hei Yang's prosthetic pupils gradually lost their light.
"Bai Ying!" Gu Ya shouted loudly, "Still not done?"
Bai Ying's calm voice replied, "Dad... I'm here... trying... Hai Yang's contaminant code is deep. I need to abandon all the Xian Xia troops to focus my efforts."
Not long after,
Qi Ji's panicked voice came through, "Brother Gu, all Xian Xia mechs have stopped attacking, hovering motionlessly in the air!"
Liu Feng's broken communication also came through, "Brother... my mech... is out of con...trol..."
Bai Ying launched a full-capacity assault on Hei Yang, and Lai Jin · Xi Mei seized the opportunity to launch an electromagnetic and code warfare, seizing control of the Xian Xia mechs.
Bai Zhan · Hen's communication came through, sounding confused, "Gu Ya, what are you doing? Why are the Xian Xia forces starting to kill each other!"
Violent explosions penetrated from outside the cockpit, the external situation worsening by the second.
Gu Ya pulled his blade from Hei Yang's skull, cupped the head with both hands, and roared, "Hei Yang, wake up for me!!!"
"You are the life I traded my future for!"
"We promised!! We would forge a future together!!"
"Don't let that damn Hai Yang steal our future!!!"
Suddenly, a faint blue light emanated from Hei Yang's eyes!
That was the color Gu Ya knew best!
Bai Ying's attack was effective, Hei Yang was back!
Hei Yang shakily raised his hand, placing it on Gu Ya's chest, and said with a tremor, "Mas...ter, I finally... understand the Mech God's words... sacrificing the future..."
Suddenly, Hei Yang's blue pupils began to flicker irregularly, Hai Yang's contaminant code was interfering!
Gu Ya roared, "Bai Ying! We have to go all out!!"
"Mom, take me to Dad," Bai Ying said with closed eyes.
Ye Ying immediately scooped up Bai Ying with one arm, opened the cockpit door, condensed all her strength into her legs, and leaped into the Lei Bao Zhao Xing cockpit.
Qi Ji, in the last moment before his mech was controlled, picked up the Lei Bao Zhao Xing's chest armor from the ground, ran back swiftly, and forcefully snapped the armor back into place.
Then, Qi Ji severed both his mech's legs and arms, falling beside the Lei Bao Zhao Xing, to prevent it from harming Gu Ya and the others if it were controlled.
"Brother Gu... it's all up to you..."
Inside the cockpit, Bai Ying activated her Solo Calculation Domain, enveloping Hei Yang's code.
Anger surged in her chest, her computational power skyrocketing. Bai Ying's clone emerged, and together they launched an assault on the contaminant code within Hei Yang.
Under Bai Ying's immense computational power, the mastermind controlling Hei Yang gradually shed its hard program protection shell, revealing its true form.
"Little girl, don't waste your efforts," Lai Jin · Fan Nan's voice echoed within the Solo Calculation Domain.
"Hei Yang's root core code has been tampered with by me..."
"Now, either take the Mech God's Urn and return to the Void Dimension forever, or hand over the Mech God's Urn..."
Gu Ya tightly hugged Hei Yang's head, shouting in his heart, "Hold on, Hei Yang! We will save you!"
Hei Yang offered a comforting smile, trembling as he said, "Master... after I returned from the Void Dimension, I was found and controlled by a group of mysterious people, and taken to Hai Yang..."
"They modified me... I tried my best to resist... I failed..."
"But at the last moment, I understood the Mech God's words... sacrificing the future is a two-way street..."
"I wrote a piece of code for myself, nested within the four-dimensional code of the Mech God's Urn..."
Gu Ya instantly understood Hei Yang's meaning, tears welling up in his eyes, and he shouted loudly, "You can live! You can definitely live!! We can save you, we absolutely can!!!"
Hei Yang smiled with release, "Master... it's too late... I am severely contaminated... If not for the four-dimensional code blocking them... they would have really stolen the Mech God's Urn..."
"Master... accept my future... this is the last thing I can do for you..."
Suddenly, Bai Ying's expression became complex.
Ye Ying softly asked, "How is Hei Yang doing inside?"
"Self-stripping, code dissipating. It's... committing suicide," Bai Ying said calmly. "Wait! Something's coming out!"
Within the Solo Calculation Domain, Bai Ying saw a black square box rising from Hei Yang's fragmented body at the center of the domain.
Lai Jin · Fan Nan immediately flew forward, reaching out to snatch it, exclaiming with joy, "Hahaha! The Mech God's Urn has finally appeared!! With Hai Yang's super high computational power, plus the Mech God's Urn! I will change my predetermined fate! Break through life and death!!!"
"Gu Ya, this is the grand scheme I meticulously laid out for you! Using your bond with Hei Yang to seize the Mech God's Urn!!"
"Die!! Gu Ya!!!"
Bai Ying's interception was immediately activated, blocking the opponent's advance.
Lai Jin · Fan Nan also launched his attack.
The two sides fiercely battled within the Solo Calculation Domain, revolving around the Mech God's Urn!
Bai Ying shouted worriedly, "Dad, I can't hold on much longer, act fast!!!"
Hei Yang weakly said, "Master... accept my future... become... the Mech God..."
Gu Ya's pupils contracted sharply, "Mech God?"
The effect of the Balance Jar was still ongoing, and Hei Yang desperately resisted, consolidating his last strength.
Within the Solo Calculation Domain, Lai Jin · Fan Nan's attacks struck Bai Ying like a raging flood, and Bai Ying gradually fell into a disadvantage.
The defensive code surrounding the Mech God's Urn crumbled, shattering layer by layer.
Only one layer remained, and Lai Jin · Fan Nan would be able to seize the Mech God's Urn!!
"Dad!!" Bai Ying shouted in anger.
Gu Ya tightly held Hei Yang's head, his heart filled with immense unwillingness and grief. Tears flowed, but his gaze regained its determination, gritting his teeth and softly saying, "I accept your future. Hei Yang, I will avenge you."
Hei Yang mustered his last ounce of strength, weakly shouting, "Void... White Hole..."
"Hahaha! It's too late! The Mech God's Urn is mine! Gu Ya, you were defeated by indecision and ridiculous emotions!"
"You should know! Once you possess divine power, you should abandon all emotions!!!"
Bai Ying's final defense shattered, Lai Jin · Fan Nan charged forward rapidly, his finger just one centimeter away from touching the Mech God's Urn!
At that very moment,
The Mech God's Urn suddenly emitted boundless darkness, engulfing the computational domains of Bai Ying and Lai Jin · Fan Nan.
Gu Ya's vision instantly became a blur of darkness...
His senses mingled together, chaotic and disordered.
Gu Ya, protected by the Mech God's Urn, entered the Void Dimension.
A white light cluster suddenly illuminated ahead,
As the white light dissipated, a humanoid creature, radiating the light of countless stars, appeared before Gu Ya.
It slowly opened its mouth, its voice calm as it said, "Hello, Gu Ya. For you, this is our first meeting."
"I am the Mech God."