"Clang! Clang clang!"
The heavy knocking shattered the passion Gu Ya and Ye Ying were immersed in!
Ning Yu stood outside the door, shouting anxiously, "Gu Ya! Come out, I've achieved self-taught mastery! Let's fight again!!"
Gu Ya wished he could crush Ning Yu's tiny brain with his bare hands!
Ye Ying panted lightly and whispered tiredly, "Look how anxious she is, go see her quickly."
"Ignore her, let's continue." Gu Ya was unwilling to easily give up this long-awaited moment of affection.
Unexpectedly, Ning Yu, without regard for propriety, kicked open the metal gate and rushed into the house in three strides!
Fortunately, Gu Ya managed to shield her vision with his Yong Meng and quickly put clothes on himself and Ye Ying, thus averting the awkward crisis.
Suppressing his anger, Gu Ya walked out of the bedroom wearing his pajamas, his icy gaze wishing to kill Ning Yu, and said coldly, "You should be glad you're a girl, otherwise, beating you up wouldn't be an overstatement!"
Ning Yu, without understanding, rushed forward, grabbed Gu Ya's hand, and pulled him out, saying, "Let's go, fight me!"
"Heh, alright!" Gu Ya chuckled grimly, having the same intention.
In the empty space in the backyard,
Ning Yu was the first to summon her exoskeleton armor, took a lunging stance, and looked up intently. She then whispered, "All skills activated!"
Ning Yu's figure suddenly blurred, and the next moment, her true self appeared behind Gu Ya.
Gu Ya didn't even bother to dodge, disappearing from his spot in a blur of afterimages.
But in the next instant, Gu Ya appeared behind Ning Yu, his five fingers clenched into a blade, and he fiercely chopped at Ning Yu's head!
"Ow! That hurts!!" Ning Yu suddenly cried out in pain, a large lump immediately forming on her head.
But Gu Ya's anger was not yet vented. He directly summoned his consciousness clone and threw four punches, creating afterimages that struck Ning Yu's body, but each punch was held back in force.
The blows didn't hurt much when they landed, but they were definitely not light hits.
After taking dozens of punches, Ning Yu clutched her head and yelled, "It hurts! It really hurts! Stop, please Gu Ya!"
Gu Ya's fist stopped in mid-air, and he asked sternly, "What did you call me!"
Ning Yu squatted down, holding her head, and looked at Gu Ya timidly with tears in her eyes, whispering, "Mas... Master!"
Gu Ya spread his large hand, grabbed Ning Yu by the scruff of her neck like a chick, and carried her back to the living room.
"Becoming a disciple isn't just about saying it. Kneel and offer tea!"
Gu Ya said sternly and seriously, pulling Ye Ying to sit properly on the sofa with him.
Ning Yu was still a bit unconvinced, but seeing Ye Ying smiling at her kindly and harmoniously, her anger subsided by half.
She summoned the hand armor of her exoskeleton to heat the teapot, poured two cups of warm tea, knelt down, and offered them respectfully.
Gu Ya maintained his posture, steadily took the cups, blew away the steam, and took a sip.
"Hmm, since you've joined my tutelage, restrain your temper from now on. When you see me and your Shiniang, bow respectfully."
Ye Ying raised her hand to lightly cover her mouth and smiled without revealing her teeth. She nudged Gu Ya with her elbow and chuckled softly, "What kind of absurd rule did you learn?"
Then she smiled at Ning Yu and said, "Don't listen to your Master, just be yourself. From now on, this is your home."
Ning Yu quickly got into character, immediately got up and sat next to Ye Ying, entwining her arm around Ye Ying's arm, and sweetly smiled like a darling, "Shiniang is still the one who treats me best."
Ye Ying lovingly pinched Ning Yu's little face, and Ning Yu also reached out her finger to touch Ye Ying's favorite high nose bridge.
Gu Ya spread his hands, looking at the two women getting along harmoniously with a face full of questions, as if he were the outsider.
A week after the disciple-taking incident, Gu Ya taught Ning Yu combat skills and necessary mecha knowledge to the best of his ability.
He also passed on the most crucial and useful skills: [Code Tampering] and [Star Blueprint].
Gu Ya said seriously, "To defeat 'Haiyang', you must understand its principles, composition, and internal drive programs. Mastering these two skills is of paramount importance."
Ning Yu placed one hand on the instrument in front of her and shouted in her mind, "Code Tampering!"
The instrument's internal program instantly flooded into her mind.
She felt dizzy looking at the neat, standardized, and highly logical code sequences.
She recognized each word individually, but when they were combined into sentences, it was like deciphering a divine text.
"Holy hell... what does 'when the data of the two sensor module matrices are combined, the simulated output waveform needs to be compared with Protocol No. 3854; identical output means..., different output means not...' mean?" Ning Yu's forehead beaded with sweat as she muttered to herself.
"And this one, 'The waveband frequency-altering torque separator motor, when a single small motor reaches thirty thousand revolutions per minute, the three-phase motor's frequency-following program needs to be invoked to synchronously increase the rotational speed of the other two motors, so that the total rotational speed of the separator motor assembly reaches controllable conditions, which can be divided into the following situations...' Oh my god! What is all this?"
"And also..."
"Hey!" Gu Ya lightly tapped the back of Ning Yu's head to remind her, "What are you spacing out for? Do what I just told you."
"Master! It's too difficult!" Ning Yu said with tears about to fall.
Gu Ya's face immediately darkened, and he said, "What's difficult about it! This is the simplest mecha finger joint drive device. Without it, how can you control the mecha to grip a weapon? Let alone make the gestures you want!"
Ning Yu pouted her small mouth and said dejectedly, "We don't need to learn this stuff at all. As long as we have system coins, we can just buy finished products from the system store!"
"Smack!" Gu Ya heavily smacked Ning Yu's head and said sternly, "Learn it if I tell you to learn it!"
Ye Ying quickly came to mediate and said, "Gu Ya, she's just a young girl! Be gentle! Ning Yu, come over to me, let's see if he dares to hit you then."
"Hehe, Shiniang is still the best." Ning Yu scooted over to Ye Ying's side, shot Gu Ya a look, and happily continued learning.
Gu Ya said helplessly, "You've spoiled both Youyou and Ning Yu!"
"When will Sister Youyou finish school? I'll go pick her up!" Ning Yu became excited again!
Ye Ying smiled and said, "You study this well, and then we'll go shopping with Youyou and buy lots of good things."
"Can I bring my two sisters?"
"Of course, you can."
"Great! Hehe!"
Gu Ya shook his head helplessly, hugging his head. It seemed that divine power users couldn't grow quickly without being in desperate situations, except for Gu Ya himself.
Gu Ya had spent countless nights studying alone until dawn. He knew that to defeat enemies, one couldn't rely solely on brute force; the power of technology was equally formidable.
That's why Gu Ya could quickly learn consciousness uploading, secret space, and Yong Meng, and apply them in actual combat.
Even without the Mech God's Relic Urn, Gu Ya had ways to contend with enemies.
To put it simply, the Mech God's Relic Urn was just a tool and couldn't truly replace one's own strength.
There were still many things in this world that could restrain and kill divine power users.
As Gu Ya was contemplating alone, he suddenly heard a faint voice calling him.
That voice seemed to be through a thick piece of glass,
Or like someone speaking to someone on shore from underwater,
Indistinct, but he could be sure that some kind of sound was calling him.
Coupling this with what Bai Ying said when she appeared a week ago, Gu Ya was certain that something existed on the other side of the temporal wall.
It could see Gu Ya, but Gu Ya could not see it.
Gu Ya was unwilling. He instantly focused all his spirit, blocked out all surrounding noises, and listened carefully.
Slowly, he felt his consciousness descend into a boundless deep blue ocean, with silence all around.
Gu Ya's consciousness was like radar, searching for the source and content of the sound in the "seabed."
Finally, he faintly heard that non-human, non-material voice.
The more he concentrated, the clearer it became.
That voice, hoarse and desperate, entered his brain yet was incredibly vague and ethereal,
"Consciousness... anchor... point..."