Crawling inside the narrow wreckage, Gu Ya cautiously extended his hands.
But fatigue and the aftereffects of battle still made his hands tremble uncontrollably.
Finally, as Gu Ya was about to touch the blue-glowing object, less than ten square centimeters in size, he withdrew his hand.
"I'm just too tired, and the danger of this thing is still uncertain..."
Gu Ya sighed, looking at the cube-shaped object, resembling the "Tesseract" from movies.
In the system's interface analysis, this blue-glowing cube was called the 【Dual-Class Matter Positron Repulsion Collision Device】.
It was classified as confidential Black Star technology, with only a brief explanation in the system: utilizing specially processed dual-class energy materials to form particle collisions in different directions under specific conditions, releasing energy. The energy release threshold could be controlled by the mech's inherent weapon-class reconnaissance and early warning system, achieving the effect of resisting long-range dual-class weapons.
Simply put, it was a rudimentary mobile attack resonance mechanism.
To judge the strength of a country's military technology, the first aspect was offensive weapons, and the second was defensive measures.
Much like the integrated offense and defense missiles in the original world.
In this world, mechs were the primary offensive weapons, with both offense and defense concentrated on them.
Gu Ya slowly withdrew from the enemy wreckage, looking up at the sky with a long sigh.
No matter how hard he tried, he was still mortal, unable to overcome the dual exhaustion of spirit and body.
After a simple meal of battlefield rations and replenishing his fluids, Gu Ya climbed into the cockpit of the Khorne.
"I hope Qiao Weiwei has found reinforcements... With bio-doctors and nurses, Liu Feng's post-operative recovery should be fine... My biggest worries are Li Fang and Hong Lian Zhiwu..."
They were already thousands of kilometers away from Xianxia City. A week ago, they could still receive satellite mech communication signals, and Li Fang could still communicate with Tao Na.
Now they were in the northwest of Xianxia, and it would take time for Qiao Weiwei to locate a satellite mech.
Exhaustion prevented Gu Ya from thinking carefully, and he drifted off to sleep.
When he woke up again, it was already the afternoon of the next day, with the sun already in the southwest.
With his energy replenished, Gu Ya finally abandoned his obsession with the cube. Without a precise method of disassembly, Gu Ya dared not take the thing out rashly.
When the stars reappeared in the sky, and the eastern sky brightened once more, Gu Ya finally reassembled all the parts and stored them in the 【Void Pouch】.
It had been two days since he left Liu Feng's surgery site, and his teammates still hadn't found him, which meant Qiao Weiwei hadn't returned yet.
To avoid any further complications, Gu Ya specifically summoned the ancient mech and, with Gu Ya's command, sent the ancient mech flying south to protect his teammates.
Without mechs, they could only wait for death if they encountered Black Star enemy aircraft.
After the ancient mech's exhaust completely disappeared into the distant sky, Gu Ya returned to his work.
"This time, I need to confirm the state of the enemy aircraft after it was destroyed by Khorne's spatial energy shield," Gu Ya muttered.
Regarding Khorne's spatial weapons, even the system's interface analysis offered no explanation.
Gu Ya was somewhat puzzled and frustrated by this, wondering why items purchased from the system store came without any explanation.
Moreover, how did the system store transfer future technology to the present?
And where did the items in the system store come from?
After subduing the ancient mech, it had asked these questions. Gu Ya, lacking time to consider them carefully, had casually concocted a parallel universe explanation.
But whether it was true, Gu Ya genuinely didn't know.
Furthermore, why he had transmigrated and why he possessed this system, Gu Ya couldn't comprehend.
In this world, Gu Ya was not the first to possess a system, nor would he be the last.
Judging by the history of a boy with similar abilities saving the world three hundred years ago, every time a transmigrator appeared, the world faced a significant change.
Perhaps there truly was an unseen, unimaginable entity that used transmigrators as its proxies to achieve its goals.
A chilling thought suddenly struck Gu Ya, causing him to break out in a cold sweat. He looked back at the vast, empty Gobi Desert and vigilantly asked himself, "System? Are you there?"
Apart from the whistling wind, the surroundings were silent.
Gu Ya let out a long sigh of relief. He felt his worry was perhaps unfounded. Perhaps the system was just a tool, devoid of intelligence.
For so long since his transmigration, Gu Ya had treated the system as a tool. If, one day, his fears proved true and the system was indeed an intelligent entity, that would be a huge problem.
"No... it has nothing to do with the system, it's about what I want to do."
Gu Ya stopped his work and sat in the enemy wreckage, thinking quietly.
"It has nothing to do with anyone else, it's all about myself. What I want to do, what I need to do, how I should strive for what is in my heart."
"Having witnessed so much devastation, I desire peace."
"I have the ability, and I must continue to improve my abilities to protect those I love, to help those around me, Xianxia country, and even all of humanity, so that there will be no more wars."
"World peace, humanity working together to break through limitations, jointly clearing the obstacles that hinder human progress."
"At that time..."
Gu Ya looked up at the starry sky. Months ago, on Ao Ying Team Three's first mission, when Gu Ya went to rescue Liu Feng, he had witnessed the terrifying cosmic debris field firsthand. That was the most significant obstacle to humanity's progress.
"I will personally return a clear night sky to humanity."
Gu Ya gave a self-deprecating smile. He was only nineteen years old and already contemplating such long-term issues; it was rather impractical.
But reflecting on it, perhaps it was precisely because he was young and possessed god-like abilities, and the road ahead was long, that he had such aspirations.
The previous transmigrator saved humanity from a comet attack; now, it was his turn to save humanity.
"Perhaps this is what that unseen, intangible, yet omniscient and omnipotent God wants me to do..."
"No, it's not what he wants me to do, but what I, myself, want to do."
After clearing his mind and gazing at the starry sky for a long time, Gu Ya lowered his head to continue his work, "Just shouting slogans won't do!"
By the time the sky began to lighten again, Gu Ya wearily emerged from the cockpit of his repair engineering mech.
He had specifically purchased a repair engineering mech to be able to unload and transport larger enemy mech metal components.
Looking at the astonishing scene within the half-dismantled enemy mech's fuselage, Gu Ya was momentarily unable to explain the situation.
The enemy aircraft, touched by the spatial energy shield, had its fuselage as if cleanly sliced by a massive force and then fused back together, but displaced by several centimeters vertically.
Along this perfectly straight cut, the metal components were all neatly misaligned, even the cubic mech dual-class energy batteries were neatly severed and then re-welded together with a displacement of several centimeters.
Gu Ya took a breath and looked down at the deceased Black Star mech pilot.
The appearance of this male mech pilot was even more terrifying. A thin, straight bloodline ran diagonally downwards from his right shoulder to his left hip, splitting his body in two and displacing them by several centimeters.
Apart from that thin bloodline, there were no other wounds on his body.
This bloodline was like a scar left behind after splitting a person in half and then rejoining them with a displacement.
And where the displacement occurred, skin and muscle tissue had also covered the area.
It was as if this person had been born this way.
"It's too bizarre. I can't fathom what could cause someone to end up like this," Gu Ya muttered with a frown.
"I can't, but someone can."
After taking photos of the disassembled Black Star mech for evidence, Gu Ya began the skilled reassembly process.
With the prior disassembly experience and the system's interface analysis, the assembly went unusually smoothly. Before the sun had set behind the northwestern mountains, Gu Ya had already stored the reassembled Black Star enemy aircraft in the 【Void Pouch】.
Then, he looked at the deceased Black Star mech pilot.
"Uh... this is considered an inanimate object, it should be able to be stored in the Void Pouch... Let's try."
Gently supporting the Black Star mech pilot's head with both hands, he tried to lift it slightly, but nothing happened.
After trying several more times, he even bought a corpse freezer, placed the body inside, but still couldn't store it: "It seems that any biological entity, regardless of whether it's alive or dead, cannot be put into the Void Pouch."
"Okay, the work here is done. I'll go back and wait for rescue, then hand over my findings to Tutor Liang Xun. She should be able to research them."
Just as Gu Ya was packing up his tools and repair mech, the comm signal from the mech activator sounded.
The comm range of the mech activator was tens of kilometers. Qiao Weiwei must be bringing reinforcements to find him.
Thinking that he could finally return to Xianxia City, the weight on Gu Ya's heart finally lifted, and a tired yet relieved smile appeared on his lips.
"Liu Feng will receive better post-operative care, my teammates' mechs can be repaired, Black Star technology and spatial technology can be sent for research. Most importantly, Hong Lian Zhiwu, a Black Star general, has been captured. This is a big fish! Xianxia can do many things with her, perhaps even stop the war."
"This mission has had mixed feelings, but the gains are far greater."
Gu Ya smiled and connected the comm signal from the mech activator. Qiao Weiwei's avatar appeared in the holographic projection.
She looked anxious and asked frantically, "Gu Ya! Where is Li Fang? Where did that Black Star general go?"