Gu Ding's Birthday Party

The Demigod Prodigy Ranking has attracted more attention from the Gu Ding Team.

This ranking is based on an extremely authoritative organization within the Universe Sea. This organization is called the Star Pavilion, and it has existed since Ancient Era.

The Star Pavilion is a very special organization in the Universe Sea. Like the Freedom Alliance, they are a completely neutral institution. They never participate in any power struggles, only collecting various information. Moreover, it is said that the Star Pavilion contains a large number of priests and prophets. Most of the Saintly Speech Clan who have had contact with Gu Ding are members of the Star Pavilion.

The prophecies given by the Star Pavilion have never been wrong from Ancient Era to the present. Therefore, few people doubt their rankings, and even those who do have ultimately proven them correct. However, this time, the Demigod Prodigy Ranking is different from before. Those with special bloodlines have all appeared on the list. Basically, more than 95% of those within the top 200 are experts with special bloodlines.

Therefore, many people were dissatisfied with the four spots occupied by the Gu Ding Team, especially Gu Ding's second place. Dokter defeated the top-ranked expert and single-handedly took down nine regular members of the top-ranked team, so his fifth-place position received little objection. As for Elsa and Liliath, although some people voiced their opinions, they were, after all, women, and some truly strong individuals were hesitant to openly criticize them. Therefore, Gu Ding became the subject of the most criticism.

Aside from winning against Scarlet in the War God Arena, Gu Ding had no other notable achievements. Even the exact time he ascended to demigod status remained unknown to outsiders. But how much stronger could someone who had just become a demigod be than before? This was a question many had in mind.

Above the SkyNet, a lively scene unfolded, but Gu Ding paid it no heed. He spent his days within Robert's domain diligently improving his Myriad Manifestations Emperor Body Technique. Several months had passed within Robert's domain in the past few days. The beast corpses Gu Ding had obtained from the Helen Ruins were finally exhausted, and his Myriad Manifestations Emperor Body had reached a permanent boost of four thousand times the Devil Elephant Realm, and a temporary boost of forty thousand times the Physical Body Realm.

Gu Ding had a good understanding of his current strength, so after seeing this list, he also wanted to know just how strong that Buddha was.

But what Gu Ding didn't know was that during the few days he was in seclusion, everyone was preparing a birthday party for him.

Gu Ding himself didn't actually know when his birthday was. Because his Old Dad had found him in a trash can. Therefore, his Old Dad considered "Trash Can Child Picking Day" as Gu Ding's birthday.

The city where Gu Ding lives is located in the northern part of Deep Sea Star, where winter comes relatively early.

The day he was found was a cold winter day on Deep Sea Star, with snow still falling. According to the Deep Sea Star calendar, it was December 8th.

However, after leaving Deep Sea Star, the Deep Sea Star's time was no longer used for calculations; instead, the Universe Sea Calendar was used. Even Gu Ding himself couldn't quite figure out what his birthday should be on this new calendar. Therefore, he never really cared. In his mind, did fifteen or sixteen make any difference?

Early that morning, Gu Ding received a message from an unknown number that read "Happy Birthday!" in large letters. There were no other words or signatures.

"Who sent this to the wrong number?" Gu Ding had no idea that this day was actually his birthday.

"No mistake, it's for you. Today is your sixteenth birthday," the Sea Emperor finally reminded him.

"Is it today?" Gu Ding rubbed his eyes and opened the calendar. "I can't figure this out no matter how I look at it. Who sent this message? Can you find out?"

"If I'm not mistaken, it should be Reed," Sea Emperor laughed. "The number shows that it was sent from the Federal Government Headquarters, but the information is encrypted, so we can't see the specific source. At the Federal Government Headquarters, there's probably only one person who would remember when your birthday is."

"Then it must be Reed." Gu Ding nodded and replied to the message with two short words, "Thank you!"

Back at Federal Government Headquarters, when Reed saw his communicator light up and Gu Ding give a brief reply, a slight smile played on his lips. He knew that Gu Ding's response meant their friendship remained unchanged, unaffected by their differing stances.

"What are you looking at? You seem so happy." A girl's voice came from not far from Reed.

"It's nothing," Reed calmly deleted the two text messages, then smiled and turned around. "Let's go, we're going to be late for the meeting again."

"My room is right next to yours. It's your fault for not waking me up," said a Blonde Woman with two pigtails who looked like a doll, puffing out her cheeks.

"You were the one who stayed in bed late, and I sent you sixteen text messages while I was brushing my teeth this morning." Reed was speechless; she had actually turned the tables on him.

"What's the point of sending a text message? Don't you know to just knock on the door? If no one answers, just kick it. The alarm system in the room will automatically activate, and I'll definitely wake up then." The doll raised its fist.

"Don't you know the alarm system is integrated throughout the entire building? If your room's alarm isn't deactivated within a minute of its set time, the entire building's alarm system will go off. And the loudspeaker downstairs will announce your room number and keep shouting 'Robbery!'... I don't know which idiot designed this system," Reed complained, somewhat speechlessly.

"Such a thing exists? I've never heard of it before. How do you know?" the doll asked, blinking.

"Once, I was thinking about something when I went out and forgot to bring my keys..." Reed's face immediately turned ugly.

Inside the Titan Warship, Gu Ding stepped into the living room when a group of people suddenly jumped out. "Happy Birthday!"

Gu Ding grinned and said, "Thank you!"

"We've all prepared a birthday present for you, including Blue," Liliath said with a smile, pointing to the large coffee table in the living room.

There was a pile of packages of various sizes on the coffee table. They were all wrapped very carefully.

"Robert did the wrapping; we're not very good at wrapping gifts," Bigge, scratching his head a little sheepishly.

"Thank you everyone!" Gu Ding sat down at the coffee table. "Then I'll start with the smallest one."

Gu Ding picked up a palm-sized package and quickly tore it open. Inside was a small dish containing a single leaf of green vegetable. Gu Ding knew at a glance that this must be Blue's gift.

Blue, his small eyes fixed on Gu Ding, a smile playing on his lips. He seemed pleased that Gu Ding had opened his gift.

Gu Ding rubbed Blue's head and stuffed the vegetable leaf into his mouth. "Blue!"

Next, Gu Ding opened the second gift. This gift wasn't much bigger than the first one, except that the first one was flat, while this one was a square, three-dimensional object. Gu Ding opened it with curiosity.

After opening the package, there was a Memory Crystal inside.

Gu Ding was somewhat surprised as he channeled his divine energy into the device, and a three-dimensional figure was projected—it was Bigge. In the image, Bigge stood holding a sword, demonstrating his swordsmanship with each strike.

Gu Ding recognized it immediately. Bigge was demonstrating each level of the Blade Intent he had comprehended. This gift could be said to be of some help to Gu Ding's Martial Dao Intent. He nodded to Bigge, "Thank you, Bigge. This gift is very important to me."

Next, Gu Ding opened the third gift.

The third gift was also a Memory Crystal.

Gu Ding opened the Memory Crystal, which clearly recorded pictures of Gu Ding's first meeting with each member, as well as pictures of meals together after each new member was added. It started with a Smart Watch that rolled down the ground, then met Liliath at the volcano, named Robert, and then met at the Bigge Restaurant... Every scene was vivid in their minds, and everyone's eyes blurred as they looked at it.

Gu Ding knew that this gift must have come from the Sea Emperor, and he recorded everything.

"Thank you, Sea Emperor, for recording all of this." Gu Ding's eyes welled up with tears.

"I will record everything. If one day we really become the Interstellar Pirate with the highest bounty, we can look back at all the scenery we have experienced," Sea Emperor laughed. "This is the most meaningful thing I can do."

Next, Gu Ding unwrapped each of Liliath's and her companions' gifts. Each gift was a touching gesture. Although they might not seem valuable to outsiders, in Gu Ding's eyes, they were the best gifts.

After unwrapping the gifts, it was almost noon. Under Bigge's guidance, Liliath and the others each went into the kitchen to cook a dish, including Blue and Tagore.

Blue arranged a plate of vegetable leaves, which, with Bigge's help, looked quite presentable.

Tagore, surprisingly, after transforming, used his nine tails to control various kitchen utensils and single-handedly prepared a dish, leaving Liliath and her companions feeling utterly ashamed.

Even Miko, with the help of Bigge, managed to complete a simple dish while sitting on a stool.

As for the sixteen-layer cake, it was made by Bigge himself. He hadn't made many desserts before, and he spent several days learning how to make this cake.

Everyone enjoyed lunch, and not a single sliver of the sixteen-layer cake was left.

"This is the best cake I've ever eaten!" Miko was so full that he lay on the ground clutching his stomach, with Blue, whose belly was also bulging, lying next to him.

Gu Ding looked around and asked, "Whose birthday is it next?"

"It's me!" Liliath immediately raised her hand. "I'll be fifteen in about a month. Bigge, could you make another cake then?"

"Of course!" Bigge nodded and smiled. "Next time it will definitely taste even better. This time I was a bit rushed in my studies and only had time to make some small desserts as test subjects. This cake is the first finished product."

"I can't wait..." Elsa's mouth was practically watering.

"Everyone, give me your birthdays, and I'll remind Bigge to do it," Sea Emperor immediately suggested.

On this day, the Titan Warship was bustling with activity...

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Hehe, Gu Ding is finally sixteen!