The Federal Government Headquarters' Terrifying Foundation
The Oul Star Region is located at the very edge of the Fei Me Universe Country, adjacent to the Great Boundary River that leads into the Universe Sea.
The reason the Fei Me Universe Country chose this star system for its Auction House was primarily twofold: firstly, the portals to the Or Ruins always opened in this star system; secondly, this star system is the most prosperous among the more than 30,000 star systems adjacent to the Great Boundary River, frequently passing through as powerful individuals return from the Universe Sea or the Great Boundary River. Many items unavailable elsewhere in the Fei Me Universe Country can be found here, making its trade extremely developed.
Gu Ding and his group's Golden Eagle landed on Ju Fu Star in the Oul Star Region. This planet is the largest Administrative Star in the Oul Star Region, with a volume more than three thousand times that of Deep Sea Star, and it is also the main location for the annual Auction House.
After disembarking, Gu Ding and his group realized that the Golden Eagle was no longer anything special at the port. Previously, when the Golden Eagle docked on most other planets of the Fei Me Universe Country, it was considered a high-quality spaceship, and occasionally some people would stop by to take photos. But on Ju Fu Star, Gu Ding's Golden Eagle was practically the lowest grade.
The Golden Eagle was essentially a mortal spaceship, easily damaged by ordinary Twelfth Order or Thirteenth-Order Gene Body. While Robert had modified it, significantly enhancing its defenses, the Gu Ding Eagle would still be easily destroyed by a demigod. This wasn't due to Robert's inferior modification skills, but rather because the materials used in its construction limited its tier. Without altering the core materials, the Golden Eagle simply couldn't withstand an attack from a demigod.
Gu Ding was also considering whether he should buy a suitable spaceship to replace his current one if a suitable one appeared at the Auction House, even though the Golden Eagle had only been in use for a short time.
Of course, Gu Ding and his group were also busy on the road these days.
Besides cultivating his Myriad Manifestations Emperor Body, Gu Ding also took the time to discuss potion-making with Pa Ma. Although both were A-level potion masters, Pa Ma's basic knowledge was far superior to Gu Ding's, greatly benefiting him. Pa Ma also learned many potion-making tips and techniques from Gu Ding, reaping considerable benefits as well. After fully absorbing Gu Ding's Perfect Quality C-Grade Cell Enhancer, she successfully broke through to the Eighth Order Gene Body level. While Gu Ding's Myriad Manifestations Emperor Body didn't break through to the Third Level, its amplification effect increased from 100x to 300x, further enhancing his strength.
After Liliath and Elsa put on the divine armor, their defense increased by more than one level, and their overall Combat Strength also improved.
Besides cooking, Bigge was also busy studying the sword techniques and insights gained from the two-star divine artifact longsword. He had already reached the peak of the Thirteenth-Order Gene Body, and only needed one more opportunity to step into the Demigod Realm. Of course, the two-star divine artifact longsword alone had already increased his Combat Strength.
Dokter also received twelve one-star quality divine throwing knives crafted for him by Robert. He has been practicing with them for the past few days, and his strength has increased to another level due to the weapons.
As for Tagore, he easily devoured the corpse and crystal core of the Three-Headed Demon Dragon, and after sleeping for three days, he consumed the remaining crystal cores. Gu Ding could sense that his Demigod Realm was also overflowing, and he was almost about to step into the god level.
Robert also incorporated three special metallic materials from the spoils into himself. Furthermore, he absorbed the energy from thousands of Originium stones, elevating his Combat Strength to the peak of Low-rank God.
As for the Sea Emperor, due to Gu Ding's advancement of four gene levels in one go, his privileges were greatly expanded. Besides extending his detection range without network access to the star field level, and unlocking high-level permissions for the database, the Universal Key, and the gene bank, he also gained a new ability—creating independent virtual worlds, and this ability has also reached high-level permissions. While the virtual worlds he can currently create are not yet as good as the Virtual Arena, they are no less stable than those in Medicine King Valley.
It can be said that the overall strength of the Gu Ding Team has made a leap forward.
Even so, the moment they disembarked from the spaceship, Sea Emperor reminded everyone, "On this planet, try to avoid trouble and keep a low profile."
The Sea Emperor sounded very serious, which surprised Gu Ding. "Sea Emperor, what's wrong?"
"Only after arriving here did I truly realize just how profound the foundation of the Federal Government Headquarters is..." Sea Emperor sighed, then explained, "I just did a general scan of this planet, and there are over ten thousand god-level powerhouses on this planet, of which more than eight thousand are from the Federal Government."
As the Sea Emperor spoke, he projected the images he had seen. Gu Ding and his group all saw that the Federal Government personnel had been arranged in a square formation.
"This group of people wearing red and black military uniforms are all from the Federal Government's War Department. The War Department's main responsibility is to conquer foreign lands, so the cultivation techniques they practice are all of the killing type. Their God Skill, when cultivated to their peak, generally have an amplification effect of about a hundred times. This time, the War Department sent a total of three thousand people, but only eleven of them have reached the Five-Star Low-rank God. Their cultivation levels are uneven, so they should be reserve troops, brought here for training."
After viewing this batch, Sea Emperor turned the camera around and projected it onto another location.
"This group of people wearing black military uniforms with a scale pattern on their chests are from the Punishment Division. The Punishment Division' main responsibility is to supervise major prisons and Federal Court. Because they often need to deal with dangerous individuals, the requirements are quite high. There are a thousand people here this time, all of whom have a cultivation level of at least Four-Star Low-rank God."
Seeing the War Department was already shocking enough for Gu Ding and Gu Ding group, but seeing so many people in the Punishment Division made them realize that the Federal Government Headquarters was far more powerful than they had imagined.
"This small group of three hundred people with white cloaks behind them is from the Elite Legion. They are all at the level of Five-Star Low-rank God, but their actual Combat Strength is above seven stars."
The Sea Emperor's description of the Elite Legion caught the attention of Gu Ding and Bigge, and even Tagore looked up and stared at the projection on the screen.
"The most terrifying thing isn't even the Elite Legion. While the Elite Legion members are strong, they haven't reached the level of prodigies. The most terrifying organization under the Federal Government Headquarters is codenamed 'TOP.' All members of this organization, including prospective members, are prodigies, capable of fighting across three or more ranks. Among them, TOP1 consists entirely of Low-rank God prodigies, TOP2 consists entirely of Mid-rank God prodigies, TOP3 consists entirely of High-rank God prodigies... and so on."
"In reality, whether it's the top 1, top 2, or even the top 5, or even higher, there are only nine regular members. The rest are all reserve members. It's said that there are only nine chairs in their meeting room, so only nine people can sit. The rest have to stand. Regular members have corresponding numbers printed on their clothes, with number 1 being the strongest and number 9 the weakest. Reserve members don't have numbers. Of course, reserve members can challenge regular members, and if they win, they can get the corresponding seat. Those with seats can also challenge for seats with higher numbers, but such challenges are rarely successful."
"That sounds interesting." Gu Ding thought it was quite amusing that there were only nine chairs in the meeting room.
"Don't get too excited yet, let me finish," the Sea Emperor said irritably. "This time, there are nine top members who came, all of whom are prospective members, but among the prospective members, their Combat Strength ranking is all outside the top 100. However, these nine people are all Five-Star Low-rank God, and the weakest of Combat Strength is comparable to One-Star Mid-rank God, while two others Combat Strength comparable to Two-Star Mid-rank God. These nine people will be your strongest competitors when you enter the ruins this time."
"How do you know these people's rankings? Their membership list must have a very high level of access, let alone internal rankings."
"I overheard their conversation by accident." Whether Sea Emperor was truly an accident or not, no one knows.
"Besides these people, the largest number of people in the Federal Government are from the military. They have sent four thousand people, all of whom are newly appointed or recently appointed Brigadier General."
"So there are still more than three thousand people left, are they all Interstellar Pirate?" Liliath asked.
"There are over 2,300 Interstellar Pirate and over 800 from other factions." The Sea Emperor didn't go into details. "Among the Interstellar Pirate, there are some powerful individuals with bounties reaching tens of millions of Universe Crystal. There are also some skilled Interstellar Hunter who have captured Interstellar Pirate at the level of Five-Star Low-rank God. Even the Freedom Alliance has organized some people to come this time."
"Kou De? Brad's Judicator Pirate Crew didn't come this time?" Gu Ding couldn't help but ask. "I remember he just entered the Great Boundary River a while ago, he should have made it in time."
"He didn't come," Sea Emperor gave a very clear negative answer. "However, you do have an acquaintance on the Freedom Alliance side."
"The only people we've ever crossed paths with in the Freedom Alliance are Granma and Vannaribo, but they're not exactly acquaintances." Gu Ding didn't know who the Sea Emperor was referring to.
"It's Sharp. He's joined the Freedom Alliance too." Seeing that Gu Ding couldn't guess, Sea Emperor simply gave the answer. "After he resigned from his position Military Department General, he joined the Freedom Alliance. Since then, his cultivation has advanced rapidly, and he is now at the peak of the Demigod Realm. Like Bigge, he has the ability of Blade Heart, and his strongest Combat Strength should be above the level of Five-Star Low-rank God."
"He's actually become a demigod?" Bigge exclaimed in surprise, but at the same time, a fighting spirit flashed in his eyes. More than half a year ago, Bigge had been defeated by Sharp, although some of Bigge memories were sealed at that time, preventing him from fully unleashing his Combat Strength. But Bigge knew that Sharp was the best opponent to test his swordsmanship.
"The ruins will open in three days. Most of the powerful figures have already arrived, but it's possible that other powerful figures will arrive in the next three days," the Sea Emperor continued. "Use these three days to adjust your condition. And remember, don't cause trouble!"
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(Top is not an abbreviation; it's the English word "top," meaning the strongest.) (To be continued...)