The next day, Gu Ya's entire face was bruised and swollen, as if he had been stung by hornets.
With his swollen face, Gu Ya quietly entered the classroom.
This caused a burst of laughter from his classmates.
"Hahaha! Gu Ya, where did you go for fun! Were you beaten by a woman!" Lu Bo laughed hysterically, slapping the table and shouting.
Huang Bo ran up to Gu Ya, poked Gu Ya's swollen face lightly with his index finger, and said, "You've suffered a lot, haven't you? Hehehehe..."
Lu Yi laughed loudly and said, "If you suffered on top, you must have suffered below too. Wait until you go to the toilet and take it off for us to see, hahaha!"
"Get lost!" Gu Ya cursed irritably, "A bunch of perverted fags, I'll strip you all naked and hang you on the teaching building as a warning later!"
Zeng Lang shooed the three away and asked in a low voice, "What happened? Someone still dared to hit you? Where's your warrior's demeanor?"
"Being beaten like this, it's not like you to not kill the opponent!"
Gu Ya shook his head silently and said, "I have to bear the consequences of the seeds I sowed."
"After you hung up the call last night, I set up another pair."
Zeng Lang followed Gu Ya's gaze. Fan Mengtian and Mei Shanli were blushing, their heads lowered, not daring to look at Gu Ya.
"From now on, if you have relationship problems, don't come to me!" Gu Ya said irritably.
During the lunch break,
Fan Mengtian and Mei Shanli found Gu Ya and both apologized sincerely.
Gu Ya pouted and said, "If it wasn't for yesterday, how much longer would it have taken for you two to break the ice?"
"One has the intention, and the other is willing, you should have gotten together long ago. Wasting your youth, it's too late to regret it."
"I wasn't willing, I have to repay it."
Fan Mengtian said in a low voice, "What do you want? Hit me? Do it now! Come!" He then stuck his head out.
Gu Ya sneered and said, "Are you sick in the head? If I hit you, what will Mei Shanli think?"
"Gu Ya! You, you don't be like this. Mei Shanli was the one who cursed at you, and I was the one who hit you. If you want nothing from us, we feel very bad."
"I wish you would hit me right now!"
Gu Ya smiled faintly and said, "As I said, I'm not interested in anything that happens at school. I can help one pair if I can."
"Consider it a debt. I'll come find you when I remember."
After speaking, Gu Ya turned and walked away.
Mei Shanli looked at Gu Ya's retreating back, sighed, and said, "I was really too much. I always had prejudice against him, and I was ruthless with my words, but he always helped me, and helped us."
Fan Mengtian looked into the distance at Gu Ya and said softly, "We are still on the surface, but Gu Ya's realm is already in the atmosphere."
"Gu Ya seems to be from the Gu Lan Group..." Mei Shanli murmured.
Fan Mengtian "Shh..."'d softly and said, "We have received favors from Gu Ya, so let's not be ungrateful. If he doesn't disclose it, it means there are hidden circumstances. We just need to keep our mouths shut."
"Mm!" Mei Shanli nodded and said softly, "I'm sorry, Gu Ya. From now on, I won't have any opinions about the poor."
...
In the evening, Gu Ya was planning his future course of action.
He was going to Yadaya to find Ye Ying's enemy.
Blindly searching wouldn't work.
So he ordered the eleven scientists he had brought back to work overtime to replicate a consciousness uploading instrument.
According to Gu Ya's intention, this instrument would not truly upload human consciousness to the holographic system, but rather materialize consciousness.
Then Gu Ya would use [Code Tampering] to infiltrate the uploaded consciousness.
He wanted to take this instrument to the Yadaya region, find people who had seen Ye Ying's enemies, and search their consciousness for the true faces and whereabouts of those people.
According to the progress, it would be completed by tomorrow afternoon.
However, the newly made instrument needed to be tested.
He still needed a test volunteer.
Of course, this volunteer could be those wicked people from outside the city; no one would care if they died anyway.
Just then, Zeng Lang's communication came.
"Guess what?" Zeng Lang said with a relaxed expression.
"I don't want to guess," Gu Ya said uninterestedly.
"Jiang Tingyue conceded. Wei Ping... might be my legal wife in the future." Zeng Lang said with a smile.
Gu Ya really couldn't imagine this outcome and became a little interested. He asked, "What happened? Didn't you say Jiang Tingyue was very stubborn?"
Zeng Lang said softly, "We all underestimated Jiang Tingyue. She can sacrifice herself for her family, and she is willing to give up her Upper City identity for me. She loves me more than Wei Ping, and she is stronger in her heart."
"Her exact words were, since there can only be one, it must be Sister Wei. As long as I'm like I am now, with my boyfriend loving me, and Sister Wei loving me too, it's enough."
"And Wei Ping also declined, saying that Jiang Tingyue's background and family are better than hers..."
Gu Ya waved his hand, interrupting Zeng Lang, and said, "Oh, I know, it's good that it's resolved."
"Gu Ya, you seem distracted lately. Are you lacking alcohol? I'll call Liu Feng, and we'll get drunk tonight!"
"I'm not in the mood," Gu Ya refused coldly. "I'll have to go to Yadaya again soon."
"Still going!?" Zeng Lang said with some surprise.
"Are you the only one allowed to have relationship problems? Can't I solve my own problems?"
"For Ye Ying, I have to go."
"I am loyal to her alone, and I must handle her affairs well."
"You stay here and look after the group. We'll get together when I get back."
Zeng Lang raised an eyebrow, pursed his lips, and smiled, saying, "Okay, boss~"
After hanging up the communication, Gu Ya looked at the screen that had gone blank, and mocked himself, "It's like a farewell to life and death..."
Seeing that it was still early, Gu Ya got up and went to the Herc City Society.
While waiting for his mecha motorcycle to fly over under the dormitory building, a figure appeared behind him.
"Gu Ya..."
Tao Na walked up, smiling, and said, "Why are you ignoring me? What are you thinking about?"
"I'm thinking about how to kill you," Gu Ya said coldly.
Tao Na didn't mind, and said with a smile, "You threw me in Zhuo Yuan City and ran back alone. I haven't settled the score with you yet."
"Do you like following me so much?" Gu Ya asked, a mischievous thought suddenly appearing but he immediately dismissed it.
Consciousness uploading might have irreversible consequences. If something happened to her as an experimental subject without proper consideration, Gu Ya would have difficulty explaining.
"Of course, big sister must chase you, hehe." Tao Na said without concealment.
Gu Ya looked at the mecha motorcycle that was already roaring towards them and said softly, "Actually, you don't have to. At the mid-term academy assessment in a few months, I will choose the Mecha Mechanic Academy in Zhuo Yuan City."
"Really!?" Tao Na's eyes lit up, and she said happily, "That's great! I'll let you see how powerful the mecha mechanics in Zhuo Yuan City are then, hehe."
"I'll also stay in Zhuo Yuan City and join the Zhuo Yuan City Mecha Guard, and I'll accompany you."
"Forget it. Find someone else," Gu Ya refused coldly, got on the mecha motorcycle, and flew towards the Herc City Society.
He arrived at the basement level of the Herc City Society. This entire floor was the newly built Consciousness Domain Research Institute.
Eleven scientists were waiting for Gu Ya.
They had completed the manufacturing progress in advance.
Seeing Gu Ya enter the laboratory, a man walked up and said, "Young Master, everything is done. Uh, but there's a situation."
Saying that, the man pointed to Hong Fei, who was sitting in a chair.
"Why are you here?" Gu Ya asked, confused.
Hong Fei smiled and said, "I went to hand over the exoskeleton motorcycle matters. Zero Ling said that the consciousness machine was already completed."
"As a mecha mechanic, I certainly can't miss such a novel gadget!"
"They said they were still short of a test volunteer, so I stayed, hehe."
Gu Ya flatly refused, "No! I disagree. As a person in charge of an important company project, you cannot take this risk."
Hong Fei grabbed Gu Ya's wrist and said, "Please, benefactor! I heard they say you have special abilities!"
Her eyes instantly turned red, and she said in a low voice, "If you can enter my consciousness, I mean... if you can see those unbearable things..."
Gu Ya squeezed her hand forcefully, silently interrupting Hong Fei.
He turned to look at the eleven people behind him and nodded, telling them to leave.
After all, this involved Hong Fei's privacy. The more people who heard it, the more it would affect her.
After Gu Ya and Hong Fei were the only two left in the laboratory, he let Hong Fei continue.
"If, benefactor, you can see how those people bullied Sister Shang Lian and me, please... I mean, if possible, can you help me delete or conceal those memories? Okay?"
"I'm not as strong as Sister Shang. I live in torment every day. Besides being busy, I can't calm down."
"If this continues, I will break down."
Gu Ya sighed through his nose and said, "It might cause a consciousness defect, and you might become..."
"It's okay! Benefactor, please!" Hong Fei said, bending her knees, about to kneel before Gu Ya.
Gu Ya pulled her up and said coldly, "No kneeling! When you have something to say to me, just say it. And in the future, don't call me 'benefactor.' We are all members of the Proletarian Alliance, just call me Gu Ya."
"Yes... Gu... Gu... Gu Ya..." Hong Fei's voice became smaller and smaller, as if addressing Gu Ya by name was a taboo.
"Yes, you'll get used to it if you say it more often. I'll arrange the experiment immediately."
"Be mentally prepared. Uh... it's best to leave a last word." Gu Ya patted Hong Fei's shoulder and said solemnly.
Fifteen minutes later,
Hong Fei sat in a test chair. A ring-shaped helmet was fixed on her head.
A blue light strip was lit around the helmet. The light strip flickered frequently. Each flicker represented a data transmission.
Behind her, a small instrument, about the size of a small printer, was placed.
The instrument could receive wireless signals from the helmet.
On the front of the instrument, there was an indented handprint, specially designed according to Gu Ya's hand shape.
And behind the instrument, there was a larger instrument, used to monitor the various data of Gu Ya and Hong Fei.
Gu Ya marveled at how small the consciousness uploading machine was.
The leading male scientist nodded at Gu Ya.
Gu Ya placed his hand on Hong Fei's shoulder and said softly, "Are you ready? I'm going to enter your consciousness."
"There's a button on your hand. If you feel uncomfortable, press it."
Hong Fei nodded heavily, secretly moving her thumb away from the button.
She didn't want to press it. If something happened, it would be over. Those unbearable memories tormented her like demons.
Gu Ya sat by the instrument, closed his eyes, placed his right hand on the handprint, and mentally whispered: [Code Tampering]!