Gu Zhilin squinted at him and asked, "Are you Zheng Ying?"
"It seems you know me, but unfortunately... we've contacted you many times before, and you've always... been dismissive."
The man's voice was cold and angry.
"I have nothing to say to people like you who lack competitive spirit, use dirty tricks on the field, and are just as unsavory off the field," Gu Zhilin said indifferently.
He simply sat down on the ground.
He checked the floor and found that the room he had created had a solid floor.
This gave him a sense of security.
"Whatever means are used, as long as it leads to victory, it's a good means." The man didn't care.
"Now I only have one request for you, which is to stop participating in competitions. As long as you agree not to play in the finals and sign a contract, I will let you go."
Gu Zhilin simply ignored him and remained silent.
"You're not the first person I've ever met to reject me, but you're the one who ignores me the most. Gu Zhilin, you've made me very angry. Although you have Shen Guannan backing you up, he's just a rich second-generation who appeared out of nowhere. Do you really think he can protect you for long?" The man's tone was icy.
However, Gu Zhilin remained unmoved, instead closing his eyes as if he were oblivious to everything around him.
"Do you know that fire control operator from S University last year? You don't really think that a car accident made him brain-damaged, do you?" Zheng Ying continued to threaten, "He was beaten like that by my men. I can cause as many car accidents as I want without any problem."
At this moment, Gu Zhilin slowly opened his eyes and looked coldly at the person on the holographic projection: "Mr. Zheng, I wonder if you have ever heard an old saying."
The man frowned: "What?"
"Those who commit many unrighteous acts will surely perish."
"Ha, it's good for young people to have ambition and backbone, but in the face of absolute power, these two things will kill you."
As soon as the holographic projection disappeared, a door suddenly opened in the wall of the room.
Before Gu Zhilin could run out of the door, five combat robots came out.
"Since you refuse a toast only to drink a forfeit, then let these robots keep you company." After the man's voice rang out, the robots all assumed attack stances.
Gu Zhilin then looked seriously at the robot opposite him.
He then got up from the ground and stood up.
These robots are highly biomimetic, but their mechanical skeletons clearly give them a combat advantage over humans.
Gu Zhilin dared not be careless. He looked coldly at the robot opposite him, ready to accept the attack.
The robots moved in unison and attacked them.
Gu Zhilin had already deployed the Bagua Formation using his mental power and quickly moved to the fire position.
Fire overcomes metal, and since these things are metallic, I can only deal with them from this location.
Having no weapon in hand, Gu Zhilin simply attacked a robot, which moved nimbly and tried to grab Gu Zhilin's waist.
Gu Zhilin was also caught by the robot, which lifted him high and then slammed him hard to the ground.
But just as it was about to crash down, Gu Zhilin suddenly twisted his waist and turned around in mid-air, using his knee to stop the robot's head.
It's unclear how much force Gu Zhilin's knee exerted, but the impact directly loosened the wiring in the robot's head.
The robot paused for a second, and that second gave Gu Zhilin the opportunity. He broke free from the robot's arm and tore off one of its arms with his bare hands.
The speed was so fast that even the other robots nearby didn't have time to react.
The robot, now missing an arm, was clearly enraged and attacked Gu Zhilin with its other arm.
Gu Zhilin used his arm as a stick to fight back against the robot.
However, there were five robots, and he was no match for them all, especially considering the robots' powerful attacks.
This caused Gu Zhilin to suffer a serious injury.
He knew he had to find something to protect himself.
So he turned his gaze back to the robot. Perhaps sensing Gu Zhilin's gaze, the robot actually showed some fear.
The robot actually took a step back.
The other four robots attacked Gu Zhilin. The robots' attacks were unpredictable, simply targeting his vulnerable spots.
Gu Zhilin leaped up using a robot's arm as a springboard, and before the robot could react, he landed on the shoulder of the robot that had lost an arm.
He took the arm he had just used and began to strike the robot's body repeatedly.
The force was so great that it was unlike that of a normal human being.
When Zheng Ying saw the situation in the secret room from her office, she screamed in anger: "Gu Zhilin, what are you doing? Do you know how much these combat robots are worth? Stop it right now!"
There was no more holographic projection, but Zheng Ying's voice was heard. Gu Zhilin looked up at the air and smiled coldly: "It's your money that's being thrown away."
After saying that, he tightened his grip even more.
The robot beneath his feet thrashed about, trying to throw Gu Zhilin off, but his stance was very stable, and even with his legs gripping the robot's neck, he couldn't shake it off.
The other robots tried to pull him down, but Gu Zhilin swung the head of the robot beneath him, forcing it to swing its arms and head, preventing the robots from immediately advancing.
He also dismantled parts of the other robot and used them as projectiles to smash the heads and eyes of other robots.
Finally, Gu Zhilin removed the metal plate from the robot's chest. He held the metal piece up in front of him and showed it to himself; it was just the right size to make a shield.
So he pulled out the wires from the robot's body, tied them to his father's arm, and began to fight back.
With the shield protecting him, Gu Zhilin received far fewer attacks.
He used the robotic arm to directly defeat the other robots, leaving them helpless.
If it weren't for the previous injuries that had weakened his physical abilities, Zheng Ying felt that this person might have dismantled the remaining robots.
Seeing that the robots were no match for the opponent, he couldn't let Gu Zhilin dismantle another robot, so he had to urgently summon all the robots back.
Gu Zhilin sneered: "Boss Zheng, bring out whatever other tricks you have up your sleeve."
Unfortunately, Zheng Ying did not reply this time.
Gu Zhilin was already quite exhausted. He sat down against the wall, wanting to rest for a while.
But thinking that Shen Guannan and Wen Yifan were probably worried sick because they didn't know his current situation, he decided to try contacting them again.
But no matter what he did, the AI just couldn't make contact with the outside world.
Helpless, he took out his tortoise shell and copper coins, wondering when he would be able to get out of this hellish place.
But I never expected that I would get a hexagram of Gen (艮) for mountain, which is not a good omen!
Gu Zhilin frowned, but there was no other way. Although the divination was bad, it was not a dead end.
Perhaps the best approach is to wait and see.
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