The surroundings abruptly transformed into an ocean of green code, everything becoming code.
The micro-stealth unit suddenly became an afterimage. Before the afterimage vanished, its true form had already appeared beside the ancient Ya corpses scattered into thousands of pieces on the ground.
With the cold beam sword rapidly slicing horizontally and vertically, the ocean of green code was split into thousands of pieces by the blue blade.
The ancient Ya corpse fragments on the ground suddenly dispersed into thousands of gray-white mists, rapidly coalescing in the distance and vanishing.
When the surroundings re-materialized, the ancient Ya's armor disappeared, and it appeared on the concrete floor, covered in blood.
Hu Na had already fainted from fear, and everyone around them fled in all directions.
"I will assimilate with this world!!!" Gu Ya roared, and a black square, several square meters in size and zero in thickness, suddenly appeared before him. Gu Ya rushed into the black square without hesitation.
Feeling the biting cold gradually eroding his body, the memories in Gu Ya's mind were fading with unstoppable momentum.
"Ye Ying... Ye Ying!!! I want to return to my world!!!"
Gu Ya roared in anger. An extraordinary, intense desire appeared in Gu Ya's mind, and those past memories returned to Gu Ya.
Holding onto this invincible belief in survival, Gu Ya stood steadily in the pitch darkness.
The corrosive speed of the abyss of consciousness exceeded Gu Ya's expectations. Countless happy, painful, wronged, and manic memories vanished and returned, bombarding his brain endlessly.
Not only did Gu Ya have to endure the torment of these memories, but he also had to use his advanced imagination to conjure the illusion of ground beneath his feet, allowing him to tread as if on thin ice, rather than falling into the boundless dark abyss.
Gu Ya even had to find Hei Yang's location within extremely short intervals.
The only advantage was that the abyss of consciousness connected to all locations in the consciousness world. As long as Hei Yang's location was found, he could climb out of the abyss of consciousness and instantly appear within Hei Yang.
With a flash of white light, Gu Ya once again confirmed Hei Yang's position. His desire to live was so extreme that a long, pure white rectangle appeared beneath his feet. Gu Ya leaped!
The next moment, he felt his body relax. Upon closer inspection, the surroundings were enveloped in a gray-white mist.
Gu Ya grabbed the surrounding mist with all his might, pulling it to his mouth and biting down fiercely. With a snap of his jaw, he tore off a large chunk of "meat" from Hei Yang's body!
"Are you assimilating me, or am I assimilating you first!!!" Gu Ya gnawed at Hei Yang's body with all his might, swallowing piece after piece of tasteless, viscous matter!
By the time Gu Ya saw the dazzling sunlight again, his body's blood had dried, making him feel like he was wearing armor made of dried blood and flesh.
Hei Yang, who had transformed into another human form, was in pieces, with limbs, flesh, and bones scattered everywhere.
Gu Ya, panting heavily, squatted down, picked up a human thigh, and bit into it fiercely.
Everyone around fled in terror. The scene was too bizarre and bloody!
Before Gu Ya could take a few bites, the incomplete corpse of Hei Yang suddenly transformed into gray-white mist again, coalescing into a ball of transparent liquid, half its previous size, which merged into the ground.
Entering the abyss of consciousness twice and killing Hei Yang twice left Gu Ya utterly drained. His brain felt like it had been pierced by thousands of steel needles and then squeezed together. Pain, nausea, and dizziness struck him simultaneously, and even [Pain Immunity] could not block it.
Gu Ya braced himself on the ground with one foot, clutching his head, and roared in agony.
"Since that's the case! Then I'll turn this world upside down!!! Confusion! To hell with it! I'll wreak havoc!!!"
Gu Ya's eyes widened, and the scene before him suddenly changed to a mech cockpit. The familiar and intimate feeling returned. As if reversing his own hands, he activated the mech without a second thought.
Becoming more frenzied with each kill, Gu Ya wished he could summon an army of thousands to completely destroy his mental world, digging three feet into the ground to find Hei Yang and crush him into pulp!
Furthermore, his actions had to be swift. Hei Yang had already adjusted the flow of time to 1 second equaling 3600 seconds.
The outside world must have noticed something. Every second wasted here was more than three hours outside!
But just as Gu Ya was about to go on a rampage, the thing he feared happened.
Intense hallucinations reappeared. After a flash of white light, the mech suddenly vanished, and Gu Ya fell heavily from the sky.
Unwillingness filled Gu Ya with immense hatred. He tremblingly raised his hands with all his might towards the hazy sky, his eyes gradually losing their focus.
...
At this moment, in the underground laboratory of Black Star, Hong Lian·Zhi Wu furiously held a gun to a scientist's head and demanded, "What in the world is going on! Give me an explanation!!!"
On the barrel-shaped instrument, the red number representing assimilation rate had dropped from 49% to 37% within seconds.
The male scientist, with the gun pressed to his head, panicked and kept operating the instrument, stammering, "I... I don't know either. It was fine, and then it suddenly plummeted. I... I..."
"Bang!" A loud gunshot erupted, and the male scientist was shot in the head. White brain matter and blood splattered across the entire lab bench.
Everyone shivered, but no one dared to look, for fear of being next.
Hong Lian·Zhi Wu pointed the gun at a female scientist beside her and said angrily, "You! Replace him from now on and operate this!"
"R-report to General Hong Lian, I'm just an intern..."
"Bang!"
The speaking intern female scientist was shot directly in the head.
Immediately after, Hong Lian·Zhi Wu's guards raised their guns, pointing at every scientist. The cold gun barrels were ready to release fire and bullets at any moment.
Among the many scientists, an elder slowly walked out of the ranks and said calmly, "General, we don't need the experimental subject's body; we only need his brain. We have injected the experimental subject with the strongest corrosive hallucinogen. The decay of his body will transmit to the consciousness world, where he will be completely crippled. At that time, the assimilation rate will surely increase significantly, even faster than before."
Hong Lian·Zhi Wu seemed to vaguely understand and calmly lowered her gun, saying, "Very good, continue!"
Just then, more orderly footsteps echoed from outside the laboratory.
Fu Ya Fang strode into the laboratory and stood at the entrance. The accompanying guards fanned out from behind Fu Ya Fang to the left and right.
Soon, hundreds of fully armed guards surrounded the entire laboratory.
Hong Lian·Zhi Wu's expression suddenly turned extremely grim because all those guards were wearing special Black Star combat suits; they were all loyal followers of Commander Xing Chen.
Unless Commander Xing Chen personally authorized it, Fu Ya Fang would absolutely not be able to mobilize these people.
Fu Ya Fang glanced at the two scientist corpses on the ground and said coldly, "Hong Lian·Zhi Wu, after taking charge of the Black Yang Project, the experimental subject's assimilation rate has severely declined! You have also wantonly killed personnel from the Black Yang Project. I announce that General Hong Lian is relieved of all duties!"
"You dare!!!" Hong Lian·Zhi Wu roared, quickly drawing her gun and pointing it at Fu Ya Fang.
The dozen guards surrounding Hong Lian, and the hundreds of guards around them, raised their guns in a standoff. The atmosphere suddenly became extremely tense!
At this moment, Mu Ye·Xing Chen's calm voice carried in, "Put down your guns!"
Amidst the questioning gazes of everyone, Mu Ye·Xing Chen entered the laboratory with a powerful aura of kingship.
Everyone present neatly lowered their guns, placed their right hands over their chests, raised their heads, and shouted, "Long live Black Star!"
"While I was away these few days, the house has become this chaotic. How did you manage it?" Mu Ye·Xing Chen glanced sideways at Fu Ya Fang beside him and slapped her heavily.
Ignoring Fu Ya Fang's shock, Mu Ye·Xing Chen slowly walked in front of Hong Lian·Zhi Wu, raised his hand to caress her face, and then suddenly grabbed her chin, forcing Hong Lian's head up, and said coldly, "Who gave you the authority to dismiss my people without authorization, and who allowed you to execute scientists of the Black Yang Project?"
Facing the furious Mu Ye·Xing Chen, Hong Lian·Zhi Wu's face turned terrified, and she stammered, "X-Xing Chen Ge, I... I..."
Mu Ye·Xing Chen violently flung away Hong Lian·Zhi Wu's chin and said coldly, "Confine General Hong Lian."
"She's a spy!!!" Hong Lian·Zhi Wu suddenly shouted, "I found out she got into a car with a Xian Xia agent!! Xing Chen Ge!!!"
As Hong Lian·Zhi Wu was dragged out of the laboratory, her shouts grew fainter until they disappeared outside the door. Mu Ye·Xing Chen calmly said, "Bury these two scientists properly. Approve a budget to compensate their families. Everyone else, continue the experiment."
After speaking, Mu Ye·Xing Chen walked up to Fu Ya Fang and calmly looked at Fu Ya Fang, whose face was half red, and said faintly, "Come with me."