As Gu Ya and Shen Jingming flew away from the sky above Enameled City,
The entire main island was razed beyond recognition, no longer showing its former neat and grand appearance.
The two auxiliary islands were also leveled, leaving only jumbled, uneven sea rocks.
Countless mecha wreckage floated on the sea surface, and an untold number of Black Star civilians struggled in the water, clinging to any floating object that could save their lives.
Glancing back at his handiwork, Gu Ya's hatred finally subsided.
"The prison is destroyed, and most of its guards are dead. It will take Black Star years to rebuild a prison of the same scale," Gu Ya muttered.
Shen Jingming responded faintly, saying no more.
Their month-long expedition was now more than halfway complete, with only the final step remaining: bringing Mu Ye Xing Chen back to Xian Xia. Speed was of the essence.
Glancing at the Black Spear mecha's peculiar head design and recalling Shen Jingming's indifferent replies, Gu Ya asked, "What have you been doing for the past half month?"
"Infiltrating Enameled City," Shen Jingming replied faintly.
His tone suggested he didn't want to say much to Gu Ya. This God of War harbored many unknown secrets, and he was only three or four years older than Gu Ya.
The two fell into silence. After traveling for about a day, still thousands of kilometers from Xian Xia,
Gu Ya couldn't help but ask, "Your mecha can hide itself; it's no different from void technology. Why doesn't Xian Xia research your technology?"
"It's innate," Shen Jingming replied faintly.
An evasive answer. Gu Ya felt somewhat speechless. Couldn't Shen Jingming say a few more words?
He always seemed to wear a calm, placid expression, never seen him smile.
Unlike the aloof Bai Ying, who was out of touch with worldly affairs, and Mu Ye Xing Chen, who was deeply calculating, Shen Jingming's calmness carried a touch of ease. He had nothing to hide, simply no desire to get involved with others.
Suddenly, Gu Ya's mind was flooded again by the phantom auditory hallucination from that day: "Underground tech... mecha... hidden..."
Gu Ya panicked, sensing something was wrong. He covered his head with one hand and asked, "Who are you? Why are you in my head!"
"Who... is... in... my head..." the androgynous mechanical voice echoed again.
Gu Ya pounded his head hard, shook it, and angrily summoned Wang Chuan, staring into his face as he asked, "Explain yourself clearly. Are you hiding something from me?"
"Give... me... clear... hiding..."
The voice chimed in again.
Gu Ya was utterly furious. To have something in his head that wasn't his own consciousness was unsettling for anyone!
"Who the hell are you!" Gu Ya cursed, "I'm warning you, get out of my head! Don't let me find you, or I'll tear you to shreds!"
"Who... the... hell... warning you... Don't let me find... you..." the mysterious voice repeatedly echoed Gu Ya's words haltingly.
"Catch... catch... Master..."
"Master..."
The voice arbitrarily pieced together the word "Master," as if it understood its meaning upon uttering it.
"Master."
Gu Ya became distraught by the voice. The inexplicable voice in his head calling him Master was absurd.
"Master, I need knowledge," the voice said again.
Gu Ya instantly roared, "Get out!!!"
Shen Jingming had long noticed Gu Ya's abnormality. Having listened for a while, he casually asked, "Did you eat something poisonous in the prison?"
"Eat?" Gu Ya, panting heavily, retorted angrily, "I only ate three meals, and I inspected each one myself."
"And before that? Have you ever had similar symptoms?" Shen Jingming asked faintly.
"Symptoms!?"
Gu Ya grew even more indignant. Was Shen Jingming treating him like a lunatic? He felt perfectly normal! He could eat, sleep, fight, and even... with Ye Ying...
"Wait!" Gu Ya suddenly understood, "Could it be that I've also been possessed by an consciousness entity?"
"Master, wha...t is... a consciousness entity?" the voice chimed in again.
Good heavens, it learned so quickly! It could even ask questions now!
"Try to recall properly," Shen Jingming said lazily, "otherwise, I'll report you as mentally ill."
Gu Ya indeed needed to recall properly. If he couldn't figure it out, he would drive himself mad.
"Master, I need more knowledge," the voice said again.
"I'm your father! Be quiet!" Gu Ya cursed angrily. The most crucial thing now was to calm down and figure out what was going on.
"Father!"
With Shen Jingming and the mysterious voice, Gu Ya was utterly defeated by the two of them.
Just as Gu Ya was sulking resentfully, the mecha radar alarm suddenly blared.
Gu Ya and Shen Jingming instantly became vigilant.
From the edge of the radar, a huge bright spot suddenly shot out, hurtling towards them at Mach 30!
According to preliminary radar data, this uninvited guest was a medium-to-large combat mecha, standing 55 meters tall.
The two immediately realized that the Sky Devouring Golden Armor had arrived!
The mecha, painted pure gold with some black decorative trim, exuding an aura of supreme authority, appeared on the horizon and immediately charged towards the Hidden Shadow mecha.
"Today, we will settle this!" Jin Quan Ao Tian roared with supreme confidence.
The opponent was already flying towards him with a golden spear, so Gu Ya had no choice but to engage.
Although Hidden Shadow was a medium-sized close-combat mecha, its stats were three times inferior to the opponent's, but Gu Ya was not afraid.
"Father... I... analyzed..." the mysterious voice echoed again.
"Shut up!" Gu Ya cursed fiercely, controlling Hidden Shadow to charge head-on.
The two beam swords seemed like mere toys in front of the long, large golden spear.
Hidden Shadow and the Sky Devouring Golden Armor exchanged several rounds, sparks flying from their weapons. Gu Ya felt that Hidden Shadow was no longer capable of winning.
However, Thunderstorm Meteor was severely damaged by the golden light and could not be piloted normally.
The only mecha left to fight was the Dreadnought mecha, but Dreadnought was a long-range firepower output mecha, and aside from its spatial defense shield, it had no effective close-combat means to counter the Golden Armor.
"Father... is... that so..." the mysterious voice echoed again!
With a formidable enemy before him, Gu Ya had no time to pay attention to it.
Shouldering the unconscious Mu Ye Xing Chen, Gu Ya quickly recalled Hidden Shadow, tossed Mu Ye Xing Chen to the Black Spear mecha, and summoned the colossal Dreadnought. 138 Reading Network
"Whoa!" Jin Quan Ao Tian exclaimed in surprise, "Little brother, your technology is amazing! You can switch mechas instantly! Can you teach me?"
"Go learn in hell!" Gu Ya roared sinisterly, operating his controls swiftly.
Dreadnought unfolded its entire armor, and countless missiles trailed smoke as they shot out, roaring to the sky as they attacked the Golden Armor.
The Sky Devouring Golden Armor twisted its hands in reverse at the center of the golden spear, splitting it in two. An extremely rare golden beam ripple ignited, forming two short spears.
The two short spears were rapidly swung and spun by the Golden Armor, firing beam ripples like arrows and nails at the missile swarm!
The missiles were hit by the launched golden beams, and a series of explosions lit up the sky!
Dreadnought's colossal body surged out of the explosion range, its fists clenched. A spatial energy shield was attached to its fists, and it punched the Sky Devouring Golden Armor's left hand, which was holding the spear!
"Creak—~~~~!"
A bone-chilling sound of twisting metal emanated from the Golden Armor's left fist. Its left hand and the golden spear were twisted into a mangled mess, inseparable.
This time, Jin Quan Ao Tian did not flee despite the mecha's damage. He chuckled twice and shouted, "Master! You're a master! I haven't seen a master like you in a long time!"
"Ultimate Skill! Ten Thousand Feet of Golden Light!"
Having experienced the horrors of that golden light, Gu Ya dared not engage in close combat. He quickly retreated a distance, shouldered his massive sniper rifle, and fired a spatial distortion beam bullet with a "Bang—!"
The pure white beam bullet hit the golden light, distorting it into a huge golden vortex. Then, the bullet's energy was depleted, and it vanished into thin air.
Before Gu Ya could fire another shot,
The Sky Devouring Golden Armor, radiating golden light all over, flew to the front of Dreadnought.
The radiating golden light once again pierced through the heavy alloy armor, penetrating the cockpit and directly targeting Gu Ya's flesh!