The three people inside hadn't reacted yet,
when Gu Ya appeared behind the woman, gripping her neck with one hand, the hilt of his light sword pressed against her heart.
"Tell me everything, or the sword in my hand can pierce your skull at any moment," Gu Ya said coldly.
"Whose subordinates are you?"
"Remnants of the Old Tian Xuan Group, or do you have another affiliation? What is your purpose here? Why did you capture me?"
The woman's expression remained calm as she used her tongue to extract a small medicinal pouch from between her teeth, biting down gently.
"Alright, I'll tell you." The woman turned her head calmly. A colorless, odorless gas was expelled with her breath as she spoke.
Gu Ya was unaware. His [Pain Immunity] could block all negative sensations, but it was useless against hallucinogenic agents.
Gradually, the pressure in Gu Ya's hand lessened.
In the final moment before succumbing to confusion, Gu Ya retracted his light sword and other items into his [Void Pack].
When he woke up again,
he was secured by several restraints to a hospital bed.
A pale, shadowless lamp was positioned directly above his body.
A circle of white curtains surrounded the area.
On the bedside cabinet, a precise vital sign monitoring instrument was placed.
Gu Ya slightly raised his head to look at his body.
His clothes had been removed, leaving him naked and covered in sensor tubes.
His mouth was gagged with a hard object, preventing him from making any sound.
To be honest, the situation was quite embarrassing.
The sound of hushed conversation drifted in, followed by steady footsteps.
The curtains were pulled open, revealing two faces behind white medical masks.
"He's awake," one of the men said.
The other man pried open Gu Ya's eyelids to examine them. "Consciousness has returned. Report this."
Shortly after the two men left, three female nurses entered.
Their faces were expressionless, as if they were looking at a dead animal. They administered an unknown drug to Gu Ya, connected their instruments to his, and pushed the bed out of the room.
Gu Ya felt drowsy, unable to cry out or move, as if everything around him was moving at hyper-speed while his own time had become incredibly slow.
He was pushed into a dark examination room.
The three nurses transformed the bed into a chair, then quickly departed.
Gu Ya went from lying down to sitting up.
As soon as the door closed, a projector beam shone directly onto Gu Ya's face. In the entire room, only the area where he sat was illuminated.
At this moment, Gu Ya's brain felt as if it had been injected with lead blocks; it was too heavy to lift his head, and he couldn't think of anything.
"Name!!!"
Suddenly, a stern, irresistible voice echoed from all around the room.
The voice was peculiar.
Gu Ya seemed to split into two selves, fighting within his mind. One urged him to answer quickly, while the other desperately held back.
But in the end, Gu Ya relented, drooling slightly, his mouth askew, and softly said, "Gu Ya."
"Age!!!"
"Eighteen..."
[Pain Immunity] could indeed block dizziness and hallucinogens in the short term,
but it could also analyze the chemical composition of drugs in the body and automatically regulate physiological functions to rapidly break down residual drugs and counteract their effects.
This was something Gu Ya had discovered while fighting bandits.
At this moment, the analysis was complete, and his body was breaking down the drugs.
"Why did you come to Zhuo Yuan City!!!"
"To find clues left by my father." At this point, Gu Ya still couldn't fully resist the voice.
"Do you know who your father is?"
"His name is Gu Hui. He was a geneticist, and a specialist in mechanical behavior and human consciousness transmission."
"Where did you get this location information!!!"
"Cai Hua City, the former residence of Zeng Yi Yao."
The voice gave a slight cough and continued, "Do you have any memories of Gu Hui?"
"I'm sorry, I have amnesia. I don't know."
At this moment, half the drugs in his body had been broken down, and Gu Ya began to regain his self-awareness. He slowly raised his head, surveying the room.
By the light of the single lamp, he could see that four tall figures stood around the room.
The voice he had heard originated from one of them.
"Are you Gu Xing Chi?" another woman asked.
At this point, two-thirds of the drug in Gu Ya's body had been metabolized. He could choose whether to answer or not, but if he did answer, he would want to tell the truth.
Gu Ya gritted his teeth, remaining silent.
"Answer me!!!" the woman suddenly demanded in a loud, stern voice.
Just as Gu Ya was about to speak, he clamped his lips shut tightly.
"He's resisting the drugs, how is that possible?" one man suddenly realized, rushing forward and prying open Gu Ya's eyelids to examine them.
"This is bad..." the man exclaimed, startled.
Gu Ya suddenly opened his eyes. His exoskeleton armor automatically attached itself, and the ropes binding his body snapped open.
A crimson flash appeared, and the light instantly extinguished.
The crimson color seemed to appear in all corners of the room for an instant, then vanished.
When the door opened again, there were four corpses inside.
And Gu Ya slowly walked out.
"Damn it, this medicine feels terrible..." Gu Ya sighed softly.
At this moment, dozens of armed personnel rushed from both sides of the corridor.
The window glass suddenly shattered, and two exoskeleton-armored warriors flew in from outside.
Dozens of people rapidly charged towards Gu Ya.
Gu Ya's head was still spinning, but the enemies were already upon him.
Mecha Skill [Flash Burst]...
Gu Ya instantly used the mecha skill, appearing behind the crowd.
While they were still bewildered, Gu Ya took off running.
But after only two steps, he collapsed heavily onto the ground.
[Flash Burst] was a mecha skill, after all. While his exoskeleton was a mechanical product and possessed some mecha capabilities, it couldn't fully protect Gu Ya's consciousness.
In his current state with residual drugs, instantly dashing over ten meters had taken its toll.
Gu Ya's body couldn't handle it.
The armed personnel behind him reacted quickly, immediately counter-attacking. One knelt and pinned Gu Ya's hands, feet, and body firmly down.
"Whoa, whoa! Easy, easy. Don't hurt our esteemed guest!" a man hurried over and shouted.
An unknown weapon struck the exoskeleton.
Gu Ya felt his entire body go numb, and his consciousness rapidly faded.
...
When Gu Ya woke up, he was still lying in the hospital bed.
The restraints were even more numerous now.
They bound him from his forehead downwards, with his arms spread and secured to his sides.
His legs were spread apart and bound.
The posture was as if he were a cadaver prepared for research.
Even more alarming to Gu Ya, he was lying inside a barrel-shaped machine, and that barrel was rotating rapidly.
"This is bad, I have to escape this place!" Gu Ya cried out in his mind.
He didn't know who his captors were, but the fact that they had asked about his father suggested a connection to his father's research.
Gu Ya struggled to turn his hand, reaching towards the bed, hoping.
[Void Pack] automatically retrieved the light sword and it reappeared in Gu Ya's hand.
With a crimson flash, it pierced directly into the barrel-shaped device.
The high-speed rotating equipment was bisected, and the area was instantly filled with acrid black smoke.
Gu Ya summoned his exoskeleton, broke free of the restraints, and emerged from the dense smoke.
As soon as he opened the door, a strong gale nearly swept him out of the cockpit.
He was inside a mecha, soaring ten thousand meters in the sky!
Ascending directly upwards.
"If it's a mecha then..."
Gu Ya murmured, closing the cockpit door and placing his hands on the cockpit wall. [Code Override] activated.
Seconds later, the mecha automatically ceased its operation, hovering ten thousand meters above the ground.
Inside the mecha cockpit, the two pilots were puzzled, checking the reason for the mecha's loss of control.
At this moment, the rear door of the cockpit suddenly opened automatically.
Gu Ya, touching his forehead with a pained expression, walked in and unconcernedly sat in the empty pilot's seat to the right of the two men.
"Hey. Hey—! He, he, he looks like..." one pilot suddenly exclaimed.
"Ah, yes, it's me," Gu Ya replied impatiently, operating the mecha himself.
As he worked, Gu Ya asked, "Where are we going?"
The two pilots stared with wide eyes as if they had seen a ghost, unable to answer for a long time.
"Speak quickly, or I'll kill you," Gu Ya said darkly.
One pilot quickly replied, "To Zhuo Yuan City."
"Do you think I'm an idiot? I was kidnapped from Zhuo Yuan City!" Gu Ya shouted impatiently.
One pilot whispered, "The real Zhuo Yuan City is in the sky, it's flying..."