The Underestimated Gu Ding Team, Bonus Chapter Seven

During their few days on Tanpo Star, Gu Ding and his group enjoyed several days of undisturbed peace. This was a rare occurrence since leaving Deep Sea Star.

But in Caesar's words, there is a lingering divine will on this planet that suppresses and weakens negative emotions such as anger and sadness, so ordinary people are unlikely to take action. When Elsa challenged others before, it was merely a friendly spar, not a real fight.

Liliath has awakened, and Gu Ding's primary objective in coming to Tanpo Star has been achieved. There's also the unexpected addition of Elsa, Liliath has evolved to Sixth-Order Gene Body, and Gu Ding has evolved to Fifth Order Gene Body.

The two upgrades to Gu Ding's genetic level also increased the Sea Emperor's detection range, from a radius of one kilometer to one hundred kilometers. At the same time, it unlocked a new ability—the Gene Bank ability (basic access).

This ability allows Sea Emperor to reconstruct the entire genetic structure of organisms using their bodily fluids, and, given sufficient materials, to replicate such organisms. He can also directly replicate corresponding gene fragments, implanting gene fragments carrying special abilities into other people, granting them those abilities. Of course, currently he only has basic access, capable of analyzing and replicating organisms with double-helix genetic structures.

It can be said that entering the border river for the first time was a very good start.

After Liliath awoke, Gu Ding and his group did not leave immediately. Caesar was reluctant to part with his granddaughter, while Liliath had many things to talk about with her grandfather.

Taking advantage of this break, Gu Ding didn't sit idle. He took the initiative to approach the Sea Emperor, "Sea Emperor, can I now cultivate Source Power techniques? You said before that you would teach me as long as my Cell Comprehensive Index reached 1000 points. Now my Cell Comprehensive Index is already 3000 points."

"I've already thought of it for you," the Sea Emperor said, completely unhurried. "Based on your personality and fighting style, I've chosen an ancient Source Power cultivation technique for you called the 'Sun Sutra.' It's a technique that absorbs the light energy of stars and converts it into your own Source Power. This technique is extremely powerful. I originally prepared another technique for you, but if you hadn't awakened the ability of the Advanced Iron Block, I would never have dared to risk letting you cultivate the 'Sun Sutra.'"

"It sounds impressive." Gu Ding knew that the cultivation method the Sea Emperor had chosen for him was definitely not bad, as could be seen from the "Limitless Body Technique".

"If you cultivate the 'Sun Sutra' to its peak, you can even generate a terrifying nature-type ability like Starfire. Everyone knows that fire-type nature-type abilities possess extremely powerful destructive force, and Starfire is undoubtedly number one in terms of fire-type destructive power. Its overall ability also ranks among the top three." The Sea Emperor's explanation made Gu Ding's eyes light up.

After the Sea Emperor imprinted the entire cultivation technique into Gu Ding's mind, Gu Ding immediately began to study it. After a brief overview, he was astonished by the technique's domineering power. While converting True Origin Power, this technique could also utilize light energy to strengthen cells. This meant it could make Gu Ding's Limitless Body Technique even more powerful, making it perfectly suited for Gu Ding.

"The cultivation of Source Power can be broadly divided into two stages: Essence Condensation Gale Refinement."

"The first stage, Essence Condensation, is the simplest. It involves drawing external energy into the body and condensing it into Source Power. Then, as needed, the Source Power is distributed to various parts of the body for attack and defense. Some people with abundant Source Power can even envelop their entire body with Source Power and keep it running for a long time. But I don't recommend you use this fighting style."

"The second stage is called Gale Refinement. Those who reach this stage can condense their Source Power into a physical form and use it in battle. You've seen Sharp fight without a sword. That's when he used Gale Refinement Source Power to fight."

"Actually, there is a third stage called Myriad Transformations, but let's not talk about it now. It seems that no one in your era has cultivated Source Power to that level."

The Sea Emperor gave a brief explanation of the levels of Source Power cultivation. Although there are only two levels in general, each level is further divided into smaller stages depending on the level of Source Power application. However, the Sea Emperor did not go into further detail.

"So, your first small stage of cultivation is very simple: absorb light energy into your body, convert it into Source Power, and then try to gather the Source Power in your body into your hands."

Gu Ding immediately found a sunny spot outside the cabin and sat down. Following the guidance of the "Sun Sutra," he began to slowly transform the light energy shining on him into his own Source Power.

A warm, comforting feeling quickly spread through his body, as if every cell was frantically absorbing light energy. Gu Ding even had a vague illusion that his Cell Comprehensive Index had increased. In fact, this was not an illusion; his Cell Comprehensive Index was indeed increasing, although the increase was small, only 1 point, over a few minutes.

As the light energy entered his body, Gu Ding began to control its circulation within him. The process went very smoothly, and the first cycle was completed in less than twenty minutes. Gu Ding then urged more energy into the cycle, and it began to circulate continuously, round and round.

It took about three hours, just before dark, for the first cycle in Gu Ding's body to finally stabilize.

This pace left the Sea Emperor speechless. Logically, others would have to try dozens or even hundreds of times to truly create a cycle, but Gu Ding completed it in just one afternoon.

After establishing the cycle, Gu Ding began trying to control the power and concentrate it in his hands. His first few attempts were unsuccessful, and the energy always dissipated quickly. But he soon found the trick, making the energy flow around his hands. In this state of movement, the Source Power dissipated much more slowly.

Because of Gu Ding and Liliath, the group stayed on Tanpo Star for another night. Gu Ding spent the night practicing his control over Source Power. The next morning, they returned to the port.

Back on the spaceship, the Golden Eagle quickly took off and left the port, heading towards the depths of the border river.

While chatting with everyone, Liliath learned that so much had happened during her coma, and she was shocked when she saw her bounty.

Two million Universe Coin, converted into two billion Star Coin of the Long Teng Universe Country. That's roughly twenty times his previous bounty.

When Liliath saw the bounties for Gu Ding and Bigge, she was so surprised she could hardly close her mouth. "The total is over 100 million Universe Coin. I estimate we'll soon attract the attention of some 10th and Eleventh Order gene-body powerhouses. In the Boundary River, we're like small fish swimming from a stream into a river, easily becoming prey for the big fish in the river."

"Lily is right. The rules in the Boundary River are very chaotic, especially after that guy Koude Bulade stirred things up a few days ago. Now, many Pirate Crew are copying his methods. Not only are those with low bounties challenging those with high bounties, but some powerful Pirate Crew are also learning from Koude Bulade, robbing other ships of their crew members." The Sea Emperor also felt that the situation was not too optimistic. "In this Boundary River, the most important thing to watch out for is not the pursuit by the military, nor the pursuit by Interstellar Pirate, but the threat from other Interstellar Pirate crews."

Although Gu Ding had previously heard the Sea Emperor mention that Kou De had caused some trouble in the Boundary River, he didn't know the specifics. Now, hearing the Sea Emperor bring it up again, he couldn't help but ask, "What exactly did Kou De do?"

"He challenged thirteen Pirate Crew with bounties exceeding one hundred million Universe Coin, and annihilated eleven of them with a resounding victory. Furthermore, he seized two individuals with special abilities from the remaining two Pirate Crew. One possessed extraordinary computational skills, and the other was the best surgeon in the entire Boundary River. While poaching from other Pirate Crew had happened before, this was the first time he had openly stolen someone. Because of this, many powerful teams in the Boundary River had their sights set on doing the same. Therefore, this period in the Boundary River was the most chaotic and dangerous time."

"Some busybodies even did some information analysis on some of the newly joined teams, making a list of the teams that might be attacked. They even ranked the top ten. Our team was on that list." Sea Emperor said, launching an image.

The list above shows the names of ten teams and clearly states the primary reason for the attack.

Gu Ding looked down and saw that the top-ranked team wasn't particularly strong; their combined bounty was only 1.1 million Universe Coin. Gu Ding looked curiously at the reason for the attack:

Upon seeing the words "Holy Light Ability," Gu Ding finally understood why this team was ranked first. "Holy Light" is the ability capable of dispelling the most types of curse-based abilities; over 90% of curse-based abilities are countered by "Holy Light." Therefore, many powerful teams desire such a member to prevent encountering formidable curse-based opponents.

Gu Ding's team was listed second, and the reason for the attack below stated:

"Looks like I've really been treated like food..." Gu Ding was speechless.

"That's normal. Most of the data on Titan Star has been sealed by the Federal Government. The only interesting battle video others can see is the one between you and Siniel. Siniel is only Seventh Order Gene Body. In the Boundary River, Seventh Order Gene Body are just entry-level players, and they're as numerous as hairs on a cow. It's not surprising that they have this kind of evaluation of you." Sea Emperor was quite clear about why these people had this kind of evaluation of Gu Ding.

"If that black Mecha hadn't been destroyed, with my base Combat Strength at 10,000 points, I should be able to fight against Tenth-Order Gene Body." Gu Ding said, looking at Robert, "Robert, build me another one!"

"Under the current circumstances, the basic attack power of the Mecha you create is still the same as the previous one, so it will only have a limited impact on your Combat Strength. If you want to create better Mecha, you must find better materials. But since you have to find materials anyway, you might as well find materials to reforge your weapons and upgrade them to Bronze Level. This would be a more direct way to improve your Combat Strength."

"Three days later, we'll land on Kema Star, a relatively prosperous planet. You can see if you can find enough materials there," Sea Emperor continued.

P. S.: I feel it's necessary to clarify here that this book will not become a cultivation novel. The ancient martial arts techniques are merely a means to obtain Source Power. Gu Ding will absolutely not cultivate anything like the Golden Core or Nascent Soul... You can rest assured.