“Consciousness anchor?” Gu Ya murmured doubtfully as he withdrew from his deep consciousness.
“The consciousness anchor is the passage for the mechanical Gu Ya and Zeng Lang from eight hundred years later to travel to this world, and it can only be used in the world of consciousness.”
“That voice clearly wants me to use the consciousness anchor to pull it into this world.”
“Combined with what Bai Ying said, the other party is a conscious life form.”
“And conscious life forms are products born from the projection of four-dimensional beings after their death onto three-dimensional spacetime.”
“Wait a minute!” Gu Ya suddenly realized, jumped up, his brow unfurled, and he exclaimed in disbelief, “Why didn’t I think of this sooner!!”
“Bai Ying said that the conscious life form has a powerful ability that its kin do not possess!”
“It really is Hei Yang!! It has merged with the Divine Artifact Urn!!”
Beside him, the two ladies, startled by Gu Ya’s uninhibited nature, cowered and looked at him.
But Gu Ya’s brow immediately furrowed, and he muttered, “No! I can’t be so hasty. Hei Yang is already dead, and the Divine Artifact Urn was created by four-dimensional beings. For four-dimensional beings, this is not a powerful ability at all.”
“If it is indeed Hei Yang, how can I guarantee that it hasn’t been eroded by four-dimensional beings, and then returned to three-dimensional spacetime through me, thus bringing chaos to the world.”
“I must remain calm! Conscious life forms, after appearing in three-dimensional spacetime, possess no abilities. However, Bai Ying said it carries abilities.”
“Following this logic, if it is indeed Hei Yang, then it carries the abilities of the Divine Artifact Urn.”
“If I pull it back into three-dimensional spacetime, Hei Yang will become the first conscious life form with abilities in this world!”
“The risk is great, but the reward is also great.”
“I cannot rush. I must confirm everything before proceeding.”
Gu Ya’s expression turned serious, he suppressed the excitement in his heart, and hurried to the studio.
Ye Ying and Ning Yu stared blankly,
Ning Yu asked timidly, “Shiniang, does Master often have these outbursts of craziness?”
Ye Ying smiled faintly, “This isn’t craziness. I’m certain your master has thought of some formidable technology. He often gets up in the middle of the night to go to the studio and work alone.”
Ning Yu nodded, her eyes darting around, and said with a smile, “Shiniang, I’ve learned this. Well, let’s go pick up Youyou!”
Ye Ying had long seen that her mind wasn’t on studying, but she also knew that studying was for Ning Yu’s own good. She smiled and said, “Xiao Yu, lying is not good. Study hard, and once you’ve learned this, we’ll go play for a whole day! Otherwise…”
The pressure from Ye Ying’s hand on Ning Yu’s shoulder gradually increased.
Ning Yu felt the strictness behind Ye Ying’s smile and quickly bowed her head to continue her studies obediently.
Seeing Ning Yu diligently buried in her work, Ye Ying stopped disturbing her, stood up, and walked towards the studio.
Gu Ya was deep in thought, his eyes closed, his hands held in a cupping gesture. Parts were constantly materializing between his hands, assembling themselves, only to disappear again.
Ye Ying knew that her boyfriend was simulating some formidable technology in his mind and experimenting with its assembly. This process might take several hours, or even days and nights. As long as Gu Ya was focused, no one could disturb him.
With both of them being divine power users and diligently working, Ye Ying suddenly felt superfluous.
“I need to find something to do. Hmm… research recipes.” Humming a cheerful tune, Ye Ying tiptoed into the kitchen.
In less than five minutes, the crisp sound of shattering glass suddenly echoed from the kitchen!
Ye Ying peeked her head cautiously from the kitchen doorway. Seeing that she hadn’t disturbed the master and disciple, she let out a long sigh of relief.
“Failed again! Truly worthy of me.” Ye Ying turned, put her hands on her hips, looked at the scattered pickles and glass shards on the floor, and sighed softly.
While lamenting her inability to be a good cook and cleaning the floor, Ye Ying suddenly heard the doorbell ring.
Xian Wangchuan walked into the living room uninvited, his expression serious, his tone a little urgent. He asked, “Where is Gu Ya? I’ve called him over ten times and he hasn’t answered.”
“He’s in the studio, ah!” Ye Ying quickly stopped Xian Wangchuan, “He won’t be out for a while. Did something happen?”
Xian Wangchuan nodded anxiously, then glanced at Ning Yu in the reception room and called out, “Ning Yu, come with me!”
“What exactly happened?” Ye Ying pressed.
Xian Wangchuan said, “A day ago, Ya Fang was kidnapped by a group of unidentified people. Currently, our special forces team is searching for Ya Fang with all their might.”
“Wang Shangmeng and Yoda are preparing to set out for the rescue, but I’m uneasy and want to discuss it with Gu Ya before sending someone else.”
“Ning Yu is a divine power user and proficient in combat, so she should be useful.”
Ning Yu’s spirits immediately lifted upon hearing about combat. She said, “Great! Before my rampage period passes, let’s get into a big fight!” Saying this, she prepared to follow Xian Wangchuan.
Ye Ying also became serious, stopped the two, pondered for a moment, and said, “I’ll go with you. If necessary, I can also fight.”
“What about Gu Ya?” Xian Wangchuan worried.
“He’s not a three-year-old child. Besides, he can find us easily.” Ye Ying stated, quickly went back into the room to pack some essentials, and the three of them left the house together.
Twenty-four hours passed in a flash,
Gu Ya let out a long sigh of relief. In his hand, he held a delicate, oval device about the size of a tennis ball. Its surface was silver, with numerous, tightly packed seams.
Gu Ya opened his eyes, applied a slight force to clench it, then opened his hand. The seams on the device suddenly sprang open, each seam filled with precise internal mechanical parts, rapidly deforming and expanding into an instrument about the size of a palm, with a raised center. In the raised center of the rhombus, there was a blue dot, which gradually changed to red, and then to purple.
“Hmm… The initial consciousness anchor instrument is successfully manufactured. Next, I’ll attach the consciousness anchor to Ning Yu.”
“Then, I’ll put on a four-dimensional spacetime armor using the imaginary white hole, pierce through the spacetime barrier, and personally confirm the source of that mysterious voice.”
“If it really is Hei Yang, I’ll pull it back into reality along with it, using the consciousness anchor.”
Gu Ya stored the instrument in his [Void Package], gritted his teeth, and slowly stood up, propping himself on the workbench with both hands. He hadn’t moved for 24 hours, and all his joints felt as if they were cast in cement, making movement extremely difficult. Along with a numbness that shot from his soles up to his neck, exhaustion and hunger also assailed him. As Gu Ya stood up, he lost his balance and fell back onto the chair.
“Ying!!” Gu Ya called out, panting heavily, but there was no response.
“Xiao Yu!!” Gu Ya called out again.
After calling out the names of several family members without receiving any answer, Gu Ya, having recovered a bit of strength after a while, slowly got up and walked out of the studio, leaning on the wall. He looked around the house, but it was empty.
Gu Ya thought they had gone out to play, so he opened his communication bracelet to ask what they were having for dinner. To his surprise, he saw more than twenty missed communications. Without any hesitation, Gu Ya immediately rushed out of the house, enduring hunger and fatigue, summoned his mech, and flew towards the Dunsaxin community.
On the way, Gu Ya first tried to call Ye Ying, but she was already out of signal range. He then called Xian Wangchuan. As soon as Xian Wangchuan’s extremely beautiful yet tired and anxious face appeared, he immediately said before Gu Ya could ask, “Ye Ying, Ning Yu, Wang Shangmeng, and Yoda have already departed for Black Star’s Capital City. Come to my place; I have plenty of fresh water and food prepared for you. There’s also an important matter that needs to be discussed with you.”
Gu Ya calmly nodded, hung up the communication, and controlled his mech to fly towards Xian Wangchuan’s home.