"I said I don't want this!!"
Before they even entered the hangar, Gu Ya and Ye Ying heard Qiji shouting.
Followed by Ning Yu's insistent cry:
"You want it! You have to! This is from me to you! It's very good and very useful!"
Gu Ya and Ye Ying turned into the hangar.
The White Dragon Model 077 mecha stood proudly in the center of the hangar.
Beneath the massive mecha, Qiji was sitting on a thick, short, giant shotgun, holding a wrench, and tightening armor bolts.
Ning Yu stood on the ground, looking up at Qiji with her hands on her hips, her face full of annoyance.
"What's going on?" Gu Ya asked loudly.
Seeing Gu Ya, Qiji immediately jumped down from the three-meter-tall weapon, landed steadily, and ran to Gu Ya.
"Brother Gu, Sister Ning insisted on installing a self-charging grenade launcher on my gun, but I don't like it!"
Ning Yu also rushed over, arguing, "This is very useful. For close-quarters combat, it can blast open 800/
"The program is set to fire one charged grenade for every thirty shotgun shells, but it can also be fired individually."
"The energy concentrator for manufacturing grenades, Model 3785, is not heavy. The barrel doesn't need to be replaced."
Upon hearing Gu Ya's words, Qiji and Ning Yu immediately stopped arguing.
Qiji still refused, saying in a low voice, "But I don't like grenades."
"You do!" Ning Yu shouted loudly.
"I hate you!" Qiji said fiercely.
"You don't hate me!" Ning Yu yelled back stubbornly!
"Ning Yu? Stop arguing!" Gu Ya's face darkened, and he shouted sternly.
Ning Yu pouted, glanced at Gu Ya, and ran off after muttering, "Master plays favorites!"
"Brother Gu, Sister Ning is too willful!" Qiji complained angrily.
Gu Ya asked faintly, "Why isn't she willful with anyone else?"
After speaking, Gu Ya walked under the mecha and looked up, saying, "You've also removed a propulsion mount?"
"Mm!" Qiji said with a smile, "Too many mounts affect kinetic energy. Three thrusters are enough."
Gu Ya nodded, reached for the mecha, and instantly removed the excess mounts and internal conduits, adding a layer of inner lining armor.
The inner lining armor was not heavy and could increase the mecha's protection.
Just then, Gu Ya's communicator rang.
"Brother Gu, someone calling himself 'Wuji' has arrived and wants to meet you. We've intercepted him outside the city," Zhan Huo·Ji said over the communication.
Gu Ya was about to refuse by claiming he didn't know him,
Ye Ying added with a smile, "Thanks to him, we were able to break through the defense zone of the Black Star General Metropolis."
Gu Ya nodded, deciding to meet this "benefactor."
Before leaving, Gu Ya turned to Qiji and said, "I recall Ning Yu likes 'Valongke'."
Qiji scratched his head, not understanding Gu Ya's meaning, let alone what 'Valongke' was.
It was Ye Ying, with her usual thoughtfulness, who said softly, "Why don't you go and coax little Yu? She's younger than you, easier to coax."
"Why should I coax her?" Qiji asked, confused.
"Uh..." Ye Ying was embarrassed, but she dissolved it with a smile, "Probably because she can conjure up a lot of interesting little trinkets, hehe."
Ye Ying gave Qiji a sweet smile and went after Gu Ya.
"Do you think they'll have feelings for each other?" Ye Ying asked softly after catching up to Gu Ya.
Gu Ya didn't know.
After all, Ning Yu did not belong to this world. As long as Black Star was destroyed and the Hǎiyáng disappeared,
She would return to her own world with the technology she had learned to save it.
If Ning Yu and Qiji were to fall in love, it would be more cruel than any romance in the world.
It would span time and space, torturing hearts more than long-distance relationships or separations by death.
The two boarded a hovercar and sped towards the outskirts of Shanhai City.
Looking down at the majestic Shanhai City, crossing its towering city walls hundreds of meters high,
On the flat ground on the south side of the city, the two saw the Wuji mecha.
Dozens of Xianxia mechas had surrounded Wuji.
The Wuji mecha's imposing aura was proud and solitary, completely disregarding these defending mechas.
It possessed the courage and boldness of a single rider charging through enemy lines.
"Leave it to me!" Gu Ya shouted loudly.
At his command, all the defending mechas spewed out their thruster flames and slowly ascended, carrying out their respective patrol missions.
The hovercar landed steadily on the flat ground.
Gu Ya and Ye Ying stepped out of the vehicle and looked up at the Wuji mecha.
Gu Ya said loudly, "Hero! Would you be willing to descend for a chat!"
With a "clang!", the outer armor of the Wuji mecha's cockpit sprang open.
Following that, the cockpit door also opened.
A rough male voice emerged from the cockpit: "You come up instead! You alone!!"
Gu Ya and Ye Ying exchanged glances. Ye Ying said, "He is our benefactor. Go ahead, I'll wait for you in the car."
Gu Ya summoned his exoskeleton and flew into the cockpit.
As soon as he entered, he saw a man in completely black armor sitting in the pilot's seat, his back to Gu Ya.
Gu Ya walked into the cockpit, looked around, and praised, "The mecha is well maintained. Although it's an older model, you've modified it very successfully."
Wuji turned the pilot's seat towards Gu Ya, and through the dark helmet visor, he scrutinized Gu Ya from head to toe, saying:
"Gu Ya, unremarkable, nothing special."
Gu Ya smiled faintly, unbothered, and said, "You bravely rescued my friends and family; you have my gratitude. How should I repay you..."
Wuji raised his hand to interrupt Gu Ya and said, "Fight me! Prove you have the strength!"
Gu Ya smiled helplessly in his heart. What kind of meeting starts with a fight?
This person is truly strange.
"What? Scared?" Wuji's tone became somewhat contemptuous.
Since the other party had requested it, how could Gu Ya refuse? Moreover, in a one-on-one situation, Gu Ya truly feared no one!
"Alright! Meet me 100 kilometers south!"
Gu Ya accepted the challenge, turned, and flew out of the cockpit.
After briefing Ye Ying, Gu Ya summoned his Thunderstorm Star and flew south alone.
When the Thunderstorm Star arrived at the appointed location,
The Wuji mecha was already waiting there.
"Do you like to break appointments?" Wuji said displeasedly.
"You sent someone to contact me to jointly destroy Black Star, yet you hid in Shanhai City, disregarding the safety of your friends and family!"
"You agreed to a fight, and then you were ten minutes late!"
Gu Ya ignored Wuji's misunderstanding and said calmly, "Your Excellency, stop talking. Let's fight first!"
"Good!!"
Wuji shouted loudly.
The mecha immediately spewed out a majestic crimson aura, and the stacked wings on its back suddenly unfurled.
With a "bang!" a loud noise, the Wuji mecha lifted off the ground and shot directly at the Thunderstorm Star!
Gu Ya gazed at the rapidly approaching Wuji mecha on the display screen,
The corners of his mouth curled up slightly as he quickly operated the control panel.
The Thunderstorm Star, at the same speed, rapidly dived down, charging towards the Wuji mecha.