More and more security personnel rushed down, cornering Gu Ya in the lobby of Liehuang Company on the first floor.
Gu Ya surveyed the scene and saw over fifty of them.
"Surrender! You can't escape!"
"Kneel down obediently, or we'll riddle you with bullets!"
"Don't move! I warn you, no funny business."
"Teams One-Three-Four, go up and apprehend him!"
Upon receiving the order, over twenty security personnel, guns in hand, cautiously approached Gu Ya.
Just then, several heavy thuds echoed from outside the Liehuang Company building.
Sounds of rolling also came from various emergency exits.
The security personnel exchanged bewildered glances, looking towards the source of the sounds.
Dozens of bionic humans were seen entering the lobby, some crawling, some rolling, some running.
These were controlled by Gu Ya through code manipulation.
The bionic humans immediately went berserk, pouncing on anyone they saw and tearing with their mouths.
The security personnel and the bionic humans clashed instantly.
Gunshots, screams, and shouts filled the lobby, turning it into chaos.
Blood splattered everywhere,
and severed limbs, whether of bionic humans or humans, were visible all around.
Amidst the turmoil, Gu Ya calmly walked up to a security guard who had been shouting earlier, likely a supervisor. He asked in a low voice, "How do I get to the negative fifteenth floor?"
The security guard raised his gun, aiming it at Gu Ya's head.
Gu Ya swiftly covered the gun barrel, disarmed him with ease, and slammed him forcefully onto the floor, his strength so immense it felt like he wanted to pierce the man's chest.
"Answer me honestly if you don't want to die!"
The security guard, terrified and in pain, stammered, "Go to Warehouse Six from Emergency Exit Ten, there's a hidden door behind the shelves!"
Gu Ya knocked the man out with a casual swing, stood up, and waved his hand, causing all the bionic humans to instantly stop their rampage.
By the time the remaining security personnel got back on their feet, Gu Ya had already disappeared.
Gu Ya quickly reached Warehouse Six and entered a downward sloping corridor through the hidden door behind the shelves.
Following the corridor to the end of the sub-basement, he found two elevators.
Gu Ya pressed a button for the fifteenth floor on one elevator and climbed onto the roof of the other, descending to the fifteenth floor.
...
Outside the Liehuang Company building,
Zeng Lang and Liu Feng were calmly awaiting communication from Gu Ya.
Suddenly, a mecha flew in from a distance and crashed directly into the third floor of the Liehuang building.
The mecha slid down the smooth wall to the first floor, smashing through the glass doors and charging inside.
Zeng Lang and Liu Feng exchanged glances, unable to wait any longer, and rushed in.
As soon as they entered the lobby, they saw the mecha that had charged in first being surrounded by security personnel.
The once bright marble floor was stained red and black with blood and black oil,
and many bodies, including bionic humans, lay on the ground.
The pilot of that mecha was clearly unskilled; dozens of guns had rendered it immobile.
Zeng Lang and Liu Feng piloted their mechas forward to shield it, scattering the security personnel.
"Who are you?" Zeng Lang asked calmly.
"I'm here to find Lingling! Gu Ya is already here!"
Liu Feng recognized the voice. "Wu Xuan, Gu Ya's friend."
"You're right on time," Zeng Lang said quickly. "The first-floor lobby is quite spacious, allowing mechas to move. But any further inside, we won't be able to pilot them."
Liu Feng immediately opened his cockpit and shouted, "Let's charge in!"
Zeng Lang was still hesitating,
but Wu Xuan had already opened his cockpit and rushed out with Liu Feng.
"Hey!" Zeng Lang yelled, instantly infuriated. "Reckless!"
Zeng Lang quickly exited his cockpit, picked up a few guns, and chased after them.
Gu Ya sat on the roof of the elevator car, descending all the way to the negative fifteenth floor.
As soon as he arrived, he heard rapid and irregular gunfire from the other elevator shaft.
Soon, the gunfire came from below his feet.
After a burst of firing, a noisy commotion ensued outside the elevator.
"Damn it, the elevator is empty, that guy didn't come down!"
"The monitor definitely shows no one!"
"This is the underground, only the elevator can reach it. Keep guarding the elevator entrance!"
Gu Ya manipulated his exoskeleton and suddenly smashed through the elevator roof, landing steadily inside the elevator car.
Upon seeing Gu Ya, everyone froze for a moment, then immediately raised their guns and began firing.
Gu Ya instantly activated "Adrenaline Burst," rapidly dodging the barrage of bullets and charging behind the group,
simultaneously striking their napes with his hand blade.
While everyone was still in shock, they had already blacked out, eyes rolling back.
After dealing with the dozen or so people at the elevator entrance, Gu Ya quickly rushed further into the negative fifteenth floor.
Zeng Lang tossed guns to Liu Feng and Wu Xuan,
and the three split up, searching in different directions for Gu Ya.
Wu Xuan, gun in hand, rounded a corner and ran headfirst into a security guard.
"Don't move! Where did the first person go?" Wu Xuan demanded angrily.
This security guard was the one Gu Ya had threatened earlier.
He knelt down trembling, crying, "Warehouse Six from Emergency Exit Ten! The hidden room! Don't kill me!"
Wu Xuan kicked the man over, gun in hand, and rushed back the way he came.
"Emergency Exit Ten, Warehouse Six!"
By the time Zeng Lang and Liu Feng arrived, Wu Xuan was waiting at the elevator entrance, and the elevator had just arrived.
As the lobby door and car doors opened, all three broke out in a cold sweat.
Due to the bulletproof material of the elevator walls, the wall directly facing the door was densely pockmarked with bullet craters, and the floor was littered with sharp bullet heads.
"Quick!" Zeng Lang stepped in first.
Liu Feng said in horror, "I hope Gu Ya is okay."
Wu Xuan panted, "No bloodstains, Gu Ya must be fine. Keep your guns ready, prepare to exit the elevator!"
When the three reached the negative fifteenth floor and the car and lobby doors opened, they were shocked by the scene before them.
A dozen people lay on the ground, all unconscious.
Zeng Lang suppressed his fear and smiled faintly,
Liu Feng quickly said, "I told you Gu Ya would be fine."
The three rushed out of the elevator together, following the corridor to find Gu Ya.
Gu Ya had entered the negative fifteenth floor alone. Besides the dozen people at the entrance, he encountered no further obstacles.
The clean floor reflected the fluorescent lights on the ceiling, illuminating the entire corridor with a bright white light.
Wide corridors were flanked by numerous closed iron doors, with no windows, making it impossible to see what was inside.
Dozens of passages crisscrossed the corridor, with more passages in the middle of those passages, resembling a giant maze, making it impossible to discern the exit.
The air was filled with a faint smell of glue and formaldehyde from recent renovations.
Not a single extraneous sound could be heard; it was as quiet as a morgue.
"Sister Lingling, where are you?" Gu Ya murmured.
Gu Ya deployed micro-drones for autonomous reconnaissance, while he searched in the opposite direction of the drones.
Suddenly, a series of irregular footsteps sounded from behind him. Gu Ya cautiously turned into a passage.
The footsteps grew closer, and three people suddenly rushed out of the passage, standing in the center of the main hall on the fifteenth floor.
"Phew!" Gu Ya breathed a sigh of relief and shouted, "Zeng Lang, Liu Feng, Wu Xuan!"
The three spotted Gu Ya and quickly hurried over. Zeng Lang asked, "How is it? Have you found Lingling?"
"Not yet. Let's split up and search. Notify immediately if you find anything!"
"Wait!" Gu Ya called out to them. He looked down, manipulated something, and said, "Turn around, no looking."
Liu Feng chuckled, understanding, and turned around.
Zeng Lang asked in confusion, "What are you doing!?"
Wu Xuan was also puzzled, but he obediently turned around.
Gu Ya pushed Zeng Lang to turn around, his back to him, and summoned an exoskeleton armor, attaching it to Zeng Lang.
"What? How did you do that?" Zeng Lang exclaimed in surprise.
"No more nonsense, don't turn around!" Gu Ya snapped.
Gu Ya immediately purchased two more exoskeletons and attached them to Wu Xuan and Liu Feng.
Liu Feng exclaimed with joy, "It feels great wearing this! Mech Knight Liu Feng is back!"
"Stop being chuunibyou, hurry up and search!" Gu Ya said, giving Liu Feng a push.
The four then ran off in their respective directions.
...
"Boss, they've appeared."
In the video feed, four individuals clad in exoskeleton armor were seen searching room by room in four different areas.
In the dimly lit room, devoid of extra lighting, only the light from the holographic projection illuminated a face covered in wicked tattoos.
Xuan Lie yawned wearily, stood up like a zombie, his arms dangling, and his body hunched.
"Too slow," Xuan Lie said slowly.
"I've told you to hurry up, spending your boss's money, but you're either eating or playing."
"The holographic surveillance on the negative fifteenth floor isn't fully installed yet."
"But it doesn't matter, as long as the central area is completed."
Xuan Lie rubbed his neck, stretching his cervical vertebrae, and said in a lazy, lecherous tone, "Bring my brother to me."
"The other three, lead them to where they should go."
"Eliminate them, be swift."
A bald, well-built man in a suit nodded and quickly walked away.
Another man spoke softly, "Boss, our informant inside the boss's house said that the boss might come."
Xuan Lie curled his lips, narrowed one eye, and said, "He's coming? Heh heh... Good, let him witness Xuan Lang's death with his own eyes."
"Boss, what about the captured woman?"
Xuan Lie revealed a lewd and evil glint in his eyes, smiling sinisterly as he said in a low voice, "Such a fine body, it would be a shame to kill her."
"Give her drugs, let's have some fun~"