"Hahahahaha!" Mei Shanli suddenly burst into laughter. "You actually made such a dark and ugly monstrosity!"
"That's hilarious!"
"Oh dear, Gu Ya, you're not so great either!"
"Damn it!!"
Mei Shanli suddenly let out a string of curses!
While she was babbling,
Gu Ya had already started transforming the motorcycle.
His body, previously half-exposed, was gradually enveloped by the motorcycle's armor,
"Kaka kaka—!"
A series of crisp and pleasant mechanical linkages sounded,
The motorcycle split and transformed, slowly standing up.
Gu Ya was completely encased within the motorcycle,
The motorcycle had become a mecha!
Mei Shanli and Fan Mengtian stared with wide eyes, shock, disbelief, incredulity, and unimaginable emotions bombarding their minds.
The exoskeleton armored motorcycle moved its body freely, its actions incredibly smooth, without a hint of stutter.
Four thick jet pipes on its back were expelling hot gas, as if it could erupt into the sky at any moment.
Mei Shanli was so astonished she couldn't utter a word.
If Fan Mengtian wasn't on screen, it would truly feel like watching a movie with incredibly realistic special effects!
Gu Ya spoke through the public address system to the attendant and the android. "Do you need me to demonstrate any other moves? I don't think flight is allowed here."
The attendant was also wide-eyed, his mouth agape as if he had seen a monster.
The android, however, was calm. "The footage has been uploaded. The decision will be made by the judges of the Mechanic Competition. Please proceed to the waiting area."
"Kaka kaka—!"
Another series of pleasant mechanical sounds echoed, and Gu Ya reappeared, jumping off the motorcycle.
"Let's go, Brother Fan, and wait for our good news~"
"And Mei Shanli, if you dare to be arrogant and discriminate against the poor again! I'll send you outside the city to the bandits."
"You can ask Wei Ping about what those bandits did!"
"By then, crying and begging me will be useless."
Mei Shanli, with her remaining sanity, tried her best to control her expression.
Assuming Gu Ya couldn't do anything to her through the screen, she maintained her haughty princess-like demeanor. "So what's so amazing? No matter how powerful you are, you're still just a poor person."
"Poor people deserve to be looked down upon!"
Gu Ya narrowed his eyes, a killing intent gradually surfacing on his face. He said chillingly, "Mei's Tire Group, your family's company will go bankrupt tonight."
Mei Shanli burst into laughter, looking down on him. "Just a poor person, stop pretending! Even if you have the proletarian alliance behind you, you're just an insignificant pawn! Can you compare to Zeng Lang!"
Gu Ya's lips curved slightly, but his eyes held a sharp glint. He had to teach this woman a lesson.
"Mei Shanli!!!"
Fan Mengtian suddenly roared, startling Mei Shanli into silence.
"Don't go too far!"
"Gu Ya has already proven his strength. He is a well-deserved master mechanic."
"You, and I, are not even worthy to carry his shoes."
Mei Shanli could hardly believe her ears. The usually gentle and refined Fan Mengtian was actually yelling at her, and for defending a poor person!
"Gu Ya," Fan Mengtian said earnestly, "Mei Shanli's personality is like this. For the sake of our classmate relationship, please... please don't take it personally."
"I apologize on her behalf."
Fan Mengtian bowed deeply to Gu Ya.
Gu Ya looked down at Fan Mengtian. His attitude was extremely sincere.
If he didn't respond, Fan Mengtian would continue to bow.
Gu Ya nodded and said, "I can let the Mei family's company off the hook. As for her, humph."
"Hide yourself well, Mei Shanli, I'm coming for you now."
"Keep your mouth shut tight!"
With that, Gu Ya turned and walked towards the exit.
Fan Mengtian rushed after him, pleading, "Gu Ya! I don't know what method you'll use, but I beg you, please let her go!"
Gu Ya didn't even look at Fan Mengtian, saying softly, "After I skipped class, I thought a lot."
"In the past, I was too cowardly. I always thought the best of those who bullied and oppressed me, believing they had some valid reasons."
"Now, I don't think that way anymore."
Gu Ya walked a few more steps, then stopped and turned to Fan Mengtian. "Someone from the Gu Lang Group will find you later to discuss matters regarding the exoskeleton armored motorcycle."
"As for you, just answer honestly."
"No matter what you do, you can't change the outcome."
Fan Mengtian refused to give up and tried to persuade him further. "You... are you really going to find Mei Shanli?"
Gu Ya's attitude was as cold as ice as he silently walked towards the exit.
Half an hour later,
Gu Ya was standing at Mei Shanli's doorstep.
"Sister Ling Ling," Gu Ya said, "Send the company's best legal consultant and private doctor to Mei Shanli's house to see her mother."
Ling Ling asked confusedly, "Ah? What are you doing now?"
Gu Ya smiled gently at Ling Ling and hung up the communication.
Then, he summoned his exoskeleton armor and, without a word, kicked open the door.
The two security guards who rushed over were knocked unconscious by him.
All the household servants fled in terror.
Gu Ya took two steps at a time, rushed into Mei Shanli's mother's room, grabbed Mei Shanli who was accompanying her, and stuffed her directly into the Ghostly Veil cockpit.
"Gu Gu Gu Gu.... Gu Ya, I I I......."
Less than an hour ago, Mei Shanli was still arrogantly unaware of her own limits.
Now, she was curled up in the corner of the cockpit, terrified and bewildered.
"Mei Shanli," Gu Ya sighed. "If I don't teach you a lesson, you'll never know how happy your life is."
After speaking, the Ghostly Veil spewed forth flames and rapidly flew towards the outskirts of Wu He City.
Everywhere it passed, it stirred up violent gusts of wind and turbulence, disrupting the flow of airborne vehicles.
No matter how loudly Mei Shanli cried and begged, to Gu Ya's ears, it all sounded like the incessant chirping of cicadas in autumn—noisy and superfluous.
Gu Ya maintained a cold expression throughout the journey, flying non-stop to the mountains a thousand kilometers away.
By the time they arrived, it was already night.
In the mountains, scattered lights could be seen, mostly from small mountain villages or scavenger settlements.
Near dawn, Gu Ya finally found a large area lit up in a mountain hollow.
"This is the place," Gu Ya said indifferently, controlling the Ghostly Veil to land in the camp.
"Arrogant, huh? Look down on poor people, huh?" Gu Ya grabbed Mei Shanli by the collar and pulled her out of the cockpit.
In the camp, the bandits were initially on high alert.
But upon seeing a young man dragging a young girl out of a mecha, they all surrounded them, their lips curling into devilish, lewd, and evil smiles.
"Hey! Where did this handsome man and beautiful woman come from, daring to deliver yourselves! Hahaha! Brothers, we're having a feast tonight! Hahaha!"
"First time seeing someone come to die on their own, haha, man or woman, it's fine! We're not picky eaters, hee hee hahaha!"
"His mecha looks valuable, brothers, we're rich! Heaven favors us!"
Gu Ya, with a cold face, forcefully dragged Mei Shanli towards the barracks.
Mei Shanli looked around in terror, tightly gripping Gu Ya's hand.
Just now, she had been resisting, but now, she couldn't let go of Gu Ya's hand.
"Hahaha! They're quite proactive, going straight into the barracks to play! Hahaha! Let's go, let them taste our goods."
"That girl is so fair and tender, she looks delicious! Just one look and I'm hard! Hahaha!"
The bandits laughed excitedly and lewdly, following behind Gu Ya.
Gu Ya roughly threw Mei Shanli into a barracks.
Mei Shanli only glanced inside, and her entire being collapsed. The scene inside the barracks was like a slaughterhouse—disgusting, foul-smelling, and rotten.
A pungent stench assaulted her nostrils.
Several human limbs lay strewn on the bed, with countless thumb-sized flies buzzing around the corpses, emitting a strong "buzzing" sound.
On the ground, swarms of large rats crawled, exceptionally busy.
There were also several women covered in filth, lying on the beds, too weak to move. Only the slight rise and fall of their chests indicated they were still alive.
And in the corner, five or six naked men were locked up, all dead.
"See enough?" Gu Ya leaned close to Mei Shanli's ear and asked softly.
Mei Shanli's eyes widened, on the verge of a breakdown. She turned to look at Gu Ya and trembled, asking, "Wh-what do you want to do?"
"Do you want to end up like those women?" Gu Ya asked softly.
Mei Shanli let out a wail, then her body convulsed, and she began to vomit uncontrollably.
Gu Ya pulled Mei Shanli out of the barracks, cupped her head in his hands, and commanded loudly, "Look! Look properly!!!"
"You people who were born with golden spoons in your mouths, who consider yourselves superior and think you're better than everyone else!"
"What's the difference between you and these bandits who eat people without spitting out the bones!!!"
"Hahahahaha......"
The surrounding bandits burst into laughter.
But their laughter was immediately silenced by another earth-shattering and terrifying roar from within the camp.
"Buzzz—!"