After the meeting ended, Gu Ya quickly caught up to Shen Jingming.
"Where's your head?" Gu Ya asked in a low voice.
"Huh?" Shen Jingming raised a hand to scratch the back of his head and softly replied, "On my neck."
"Don't play dumb with me," Gu Ya stared at Shen Jingming mysteriously and said, "I can see it, you don't have a head."
Shen Jingming narrowed his eyes, looking at Gu Ya as if he were an idiot, and coldly said, "I think you don't have limbs."
"Are you from the underground race?" Gu Ya caught up to Shen Jingming, who was walking away quickly, and asked.
At some point, a tactical short dagger appeared in Shen Jingming's hand, pointing at Gu Ya's face. Although the dagger was in its sheath, his attitude made it clear he didn't want to talk to Gu Ya.
"No need to rush, we'll be cooperating for some time. Ask him after you get familiar with him," Gu Ya murmured, watching Shen Jingming's retreating figure.
Leaving the camp of the Wuhe City Mech Guard, Gu Ya stopped wandering aimlessly and hurried towards the guard's training ground.
He was leaving tomorrow and didn't know how many days he would be gone, so today was especially precious.
He hadn't expected to be separated from Ye Ying again less than a month after waking up.
The two of them had been busy settling into their new home a while ago. After everything was taken care of, they had only been settled for less than a week.
The training ground of the Wuhe City Mech Guard was located in the mountains outside the city, about half an hour away by flight.
By the time Gu Ya found Ye Ying, she was piloting the battered Nightingale mech, supervising the training of other team members.
He had been back for so long, but he had only been with Ye Ying and hadn't had time to help her repair her mech.
The mech repair team of the Wuhe City Mech Guard had been making very slow progress in repairing the Nightingale mech. This was thanks to Gu Ya's God of Machines' Urn ability, as the Nightingale mech was the world's second highest-tech mech.
"Gu Ya! Brother!!" Liu Feng shouted excitedly from a distance, waving his hands as if signaling. "Come see how much my piloting skills have improved! Hahaha!"
Liu Feng's shout wasn't a small matter. The remaining members of the Ao Ying Third Team stopped training and emerged from their mechs to surround him.
"What kind of meeting was that, Captain Gu? You're back so late! Hey, we haven't seen you during training these past few days. What have you been busy with?" Li Fang asked with a grin.
Qiao Weiwei snorted and said arrogantly, "Tsk, who's like you, a single dog nobody wants? Didn't you see Gu Ya and Ye Ying stuck together all day?"
"Is it my fault for being single my whole life? Besides, I just don't want to become a slave to love so early. The benefit of being single for a long time is that even ugly women look like beauties, hee hee. Don't you think so, beautiful Qiao?" Li Fang joked wickedly.
"I'll beat you to death for calling me ugly!!"
"Then what else can I say? Would you be willing if I just called you ugly?"
The two of them quarreled and chased each other away.
Tao Na glanced at them and asked Gu Ya, "Captain, what kind of meeting were you at?"
Gu Ya said in a low voice, "Top secret. Leaving tomorrow."
Upon hearing this, Tao Na glanced at Ye Ying and sensibly walked away.
Liu Feng, lacking discernment, quickly chimed in, "Gu Ya, I've been practicing very diligently recently. Let's have a spar, see how much I've improved?"
Gu Ya looked at Ye Ying. Ye Ying smiled and nodded in agreement, saying, "I'll give you ten minutes."
"That's too much, three minutes at most," Gu Ya grinned.
Without further ado, the two of them got into their mechs.
Gu Ya had no intention of going easy on Liu Feng and directly summoned You Yin.
As soon as Red Beast activated, it swung its two red rippling heavy hammers and charged forward with explosive momentum. A pale red vortex surrounded its body, making it appear like a ferocious beast that had killed its materialized prey! Without a word, it swung its hammers towards You Yin's lower limbs, its speed comparable to a meteor!
"Boom!" A dull sound echoed as the red rippling war hammers struck You Yin squarely, but without causing any substantial damage.
"Ah? How is that possible?" Liu Feng exclaimed.
"Try again. I suggest you use your ultimate skill directly," Gu Ya said calmly.
Liu Feng roared, quickly retreated two steps, and then rushed forward again.
A "swishing" sound came from its mechanical hands as thick metal chains connected the war hammers, spinning rapidly in its hands to form two red discs.
Red Beast, pulling its war hammer vortex, leaped into the air and flew above You Yin, descending rapidly like a colossal fire meteor!
"Is this your strongest ultimate skill?" Gu Ya responded calmly, controlling You Yin to rush forward quickly.
"Boom—!" With a deafening roar, Red Beast's war hammer vortex slammed heavily onto the ground, kicking up dust and rubble from half a mountain and creating a huge pit!
Before the dust had settled, You Yin, holding a beam sword, appeared behind Red Beast, pointing at its rear neck.
Suddenly, Red Beast's head turned into an afterimage, quickly crouching down. The chains "swished" and rapidly retracted into its mechanical giant arms.
Immediately after, Red Beast's elbow jabbed backward. Seeing that there was still a short distance, it suddenly launched its arm, gripping the giant hammer and smashing it heavily into You Yin's waist!
"Klang—!" A crisp, ear-piercing sound rang out. Gu Ya had actually failed to defend against this strike!
A terrifying crack appeared in You Yin's waist.
"So strong!" Gu Ya exclaimed, "You've improved a lot, Liu Feng! This is an ancient martial arts move, right?"
Liu Feng roared proudly, preparing to press his advantage.
But Gu Ya decided not to give him another chance. You Yin, as flexible as his own hands, quickly raised and pressed down heavily on Red Beast's shoulders. Then, he bent his body and knelt on its rear thruster!
These two extremely simple mech movements subdued Red Beast quickly.
Amidst Liu Feng's unconvinced roars, Gu Ya recalled You Yin and shouted to Liu Feng, "Brother! That's enough!"
"Gu Ya! Gu Ya! Brother!" Liu Feng emerged from his mech and quickly caught up, asking, "How can I become as strong as you? How did you subdue me with just a few mech moves?"
Looking at Liu Feng's earnest and innocent expression, Gu Ya suddenly remembered when they were in the preparatory mech pilot academy and how Liu Feng had foolishly believed his made-up secrets for getting stronger.
Gu Ya immediately smirked and said, "Do all the basic mech movements twenty thousand times. Remember, not a single one can be missed."
"Seriously!?" Liu Feng exclaimed excitedly.
"Do you think I'm lying? I did each one fifty thousand times back then!"
"That's great! I've decided to do fifty thousand of each, just like you!" Liu Feng clenched his right fist, tightened his lips, and said solemnly, then ran off to pilot his mech.
Gu Ya shook his head with a smile. Liu Feng didn't think about it properly; it would take him decades to finish fifty thousand of each.
No longer dwelling on it, Gu Ya quickly walked up to Ye Ying, took her hand, and said, "Let's go, I'll make you a big meal tonight. It's been a while since you tasted my cooking, right?"
"I want to eat that sweet meat slices again," Ye Ying said, nuzzling against Gu Ya and pouting with a smile. But she remembered Gu Ya was leaving for the campaign tomorrow, and her heart sank. The smile on her face gradually disappeared, and she softly asked, "Is the mission dangerous?"
"Dangerous, and very difficult," Gu Ya replied seriously, thinking of today's "underground technology" and the headless Shen Jingming. "This world is far deeper than I understand. The more I know, the more I fear, but the more I fear, the more I want to know."
Ye Ying comforted him, "I believe in you, you can do it."
Before dawn the next day, Gu Ya got up and washed up. He glanced at the sleeping Ye Ying, picked up the luggage Ye Ying had prepared for him last night, and set off.
Tossing and turning all the way, two days later, Gu Ya and Shen Jingming finally arrived at Shanhai City.
The once solemn, majestic, orderly, and lifeless Star Sinking Army headquarters city had become even more lifeless and filled with danger.
Occasionally, a low-flying car would dart out from a street corner, only to be hit by a tracking missile and explode.
The straight streets were covered in gravel and debris, left uncleaned.
In the dark glass windows of the skyscrapers, fleeting figures could be seen.
Shen Jingming looked up and scanned the towering skyscrapers around them, licked his lips, and smiled slightly, asking, "Do you feel the killing intent?"
"Does that even need to be asked? Let's start the plan. I can't wait!" Gu Ya grinned confidently, his back slightly hunched, his arms spread, assuming a fighting stance.
"Black Spear!" Shen Jingming said slowly. A black rectangular plane, thirty meters high and over ten meters wide, suddenly opened in the air behind him.
"Thunderstorm Stellar Signs!" Gu Ya summoned his exoskeleton armor and charged forward, his entire body enveloped in a hazy deep blue.
As the two summoned their mechs, countless black mechs suddenly burst through the walls of the skyscrapers above them.