The giant snake charged forward, crushing the wooden wall, and crawled towards the bandits.
The bandits scattered like ants, terrified.
Some bandits ran to their mechs, preparing to counterattack.
Gu Ya grabbed Wei Ping, lifting her into a princess carry. With a burst of flame from his feet, they flew into the air together.
Then, their bodies were enveloped in a white light.
The white light sphere grew larger and larger, like an inflating balloon, reaching a height of three stories.
In an instant, the white light dissipated, and a magnificent blue mech stood proudly on the ground.
The mech kicked away the bonfire, sending burning branches scattering throughout the camp, igniting houses and tents.
Flames raged across the camp.
Gu Ya, piloting the "Brilliant Blue Swordsman," flew directly towards the bandit mechs, dispatching them one by one with swift slashes, as if cutting through air.
The remaining bandits fared no better.
The giant snake had thermal imaging, so it could find them no matter where they hid.
Gu Ya's mech's launcher stored the giant snake's control program. Once inserted into the Brilliant Blue Swordsman's slot, the giant snake's program would automatically load.
"Forty-seven beasts!" Gu Ya said fiercely.
There was no need for sympathy.
As long as these blood-drinking, flesh-eating demons remained alive, they were a threat to the civilians.
None of them would be allowed to live.
In this deep mountain hollow, human screams continued to echo.
Gu Ya's mech located each bandit, then toyed with them in its grasp.
Ultimately, he would either crush them like ants, his hands covered in their insides,
Or dismember them limb by limb,
Or stomp them into a bloody pulp.
"No mercy for beasts!"
All forty-seven bandits met their end at Gu Ya's hands.
After dealing with these filthy cannibals, Gu Ya returned to the camp.
The giant snake had already killed all the bandits who couldn't escape, piling them up into a small mountain of corpses.
Gu Ya emerged from his mech, glanced at the pile coldly, and then set it ablaze.
Through the images transmitted by the giant snake earlier, Gu Ya had discovered a cave behind the camp.
There were two orange-red dots inside the cave.
Gu Ya found the cave and entered with his spotlight.
The cave was pitch black. After walking about ten meters, it opened up into a vast space.
Gu Ya shone his spotlight: two naked women sat weakly on the ground, their heads leaning against each other, completely exposed.
Their bodies were covered in countless fresh and old wounds, smeared with dirt, and their eyes were vacant.
When they saw Gu Ya, they didn't show fear. Instead, they extended a hand and weakly pleaded, "Please, kill me."
Gu Ya's nose twitched, and his fists clenched tightly, his body trembling with rage.
One woman crawled a step forward, then collapsed onto the ground, murmuring, "Kill me."
Gu Ya instantly bought two sets of clothes from the system store, walked over, and helped them put them on.
"I'm here to save you," he said, hugging the two women by their waists and carrying them over his shoulders back to the mech.
Wei Ping had already recovered from her breakdown and was curled up behind the cockpit, quietly waiting for Gu Ya's return.
Gu Ya placed the two women to the side,
then sat in the cockpit, recalled the giant snake, started the mech, and flew into the air.
Looking at the camp, filled with evil, Gu Ya's rage surged. He opened all the missile bays of the Brilliant Blue Swordsman and unleashed a barrage, leveling the entire mountain hollow.
"It seems I'll have to patrol the mountains more often," Gu Ya thought furiously. "As long as I find bandits, I'll kill them all."
As the bright moon hung high in the southern sky, Gu Ya piloted the mech and flew towards Wuhe City.
Wei Ping was temporarily out of consideration, but what about these two women?
Gu Ya was troubled.
Should he hand them over to the Public Security Bureau? The bureau didn't handle matters outside the city.
Hand them over to the Wuhe City Mech Guard? That didn't seem quite right either.
Besides, their mental state was not good.
Gu Ya suddenly remembered Ling Ling.
Ling Ling might be able to help identify these two women.
She had also mentioned Wuhe City's biological research institute earlier; perhaps there were some medicines that could save these two women.
"Gu Ya," Wei Ping called softly.
Gu Ya, hearing her relatively stable tone, realized she was emotionally stable and likely fine. He responded, "What?"
"Thank you for saving me again," Wei Ping said quietly.
Gu Ya sighed. He had plenty of reason to blame Wei Ping.
If Wei Ping hadn't been so eager to find something, they wouldn't have been captured by the bandits.
But then again, if they hadn't been captured by the bandits, Gu Ya wouldn't have eliminated evil for the people, let alone saved these two women.
"Actually, I promised Xuan Lang that I would get close to you," Wei Ping said faintly.
This time it was Gu Ya's turn to be surprised. "What? Xuan Lang? You're getting close to me?"
"Heh, I don't care what grudges you have with him. All I know is that you saved my life. I should be honest with you," Wei Ping said, as if relieved.
She began to recount everything, from their duel in the training grounds to the departure for the emergency mission.
Wei Ping revealed everything without reservation.
After hearing Wei Ping's story, Gu Ya laughed incredulously and helplessly.
"I never would have imagined it!" Gu Ya said, shaking his head and smiling wryly. "Being envied for being too outstanding. I knew that Xuan Lang was two-faced, and I was right!"
"Are you really sent by the He family to obstruct Xuan Lang?" Wei Ping asked.
Gu Ya scoffed and said, "No! I am me!"
Upon hearing this, Wei Ping smiled faintly, a somewhat desolate smile, as if she had seen through everything. "I was so foolish."
"But I couldn't refuse him. He saved my father with special medicine."
Gu Ya nodded and said softly, "Think carefully about what you'll do from now on."
Just then, Gu Ya's legs began to twitch violently.
"Hiss!" Gu Ya cried out in pain.
The pain made it impossible for him to sit still. He lay down, tensed his legs, and used his hands to pull at his feet, trying to stretch the ligaments and meridians in his legs.
"What's wrong?" Wei Ping crawled to the cockpit, looking at Gu Ya in panic.
Gu Ya gritted his teeth, sweat dripping from his face due to the pain. "I'm growing! Hiss! Leg cramps!"
Wei Ping let out a sigh of relief and slumped down, looking at Gu Ya's pained expression, she began to laugh.
"That night, I thought you were up to something. Turns out you were really growing!"
Gu Ya cursed in pain, "What bad things could I be doing? You young girl have too impure thoughts!"
"Oh, how can you say that!" Wei Ping quickly retreated behind the cockpit.
But immediately, her face flushed red, and she lowered her head, smiling sweetly.
...
In the early morning, Gu Ya piloted the "Brilliant Blue Swordsman" back to the Dongyonggu Zhi Lan Academy.
After dropping off Wei Ping, Gu Ya contacted Ling Ling again.
Gu Ya briefly explained the events. Half an hour later, Ling Ling sent a hovercar to pick up the two women.
Coincidentally, Ling Ling also updated him on recent events: "Someone was eyeing your mech motorcycle. Although I blocked them, you need to hurry and find a way to transfer the production and operation rights of the mech motorcycle from me."
"Also, don't forget what I asked you to do—look for your original self. You share the same genes, so it should be easier to find."
Gu Ya nodded and agreed to Ling Ling's request.
After handling these minor matters, Gu Ya finally had some time to be alone.
At this hour, Ye Ying must be asleep; he shouldn't disturb her.
The gift he had just bought was destroyed by the bandits, damn it!
Gu Ya took out the mech launcher jacket, which he had deliberately kept on his person and not put in storage.
He would buy other gifts during the day.
Xuan Lang, Gu Ya murmured the name to himself. You're something else.
According to Liu Feng, during their jungle training, they were suddenly called to replace mech spare parts.
No wonder Xing Bin's mech performed so well.
It must have been Xuan Lang's doing too!
Without a doubt, Xuan Lang's target was Gu Ya.
Using others to kill him, using Wei Ping to get close to Gu Ya.
He did nothing, yet he did everything.
Gu Ya let out a light laugh.
"It doesn't matter. When troubles come, I'll deal with them. I won't refuse any challenge."