Birthday Present (Part 1)

A day passed quickly. When Gu Qingshan returned to the real world, only an hour had passed.

The communicator he had left on the bed was ringing incessantly. He picked it up and saw that there were seven missed calls, all from Su Xue'er.

Gu Qingshan called back, and the call was immediately answered.

Su Xue'er appeared on the communicator.

"Gu Qingshan, I have good news to share with you."

Su Xue'er's face was filled with a faint joy.

"Oh? What good news?" Gu Qingshan asked.

"I've been pre-accepted to Capital University. I don't have to take the college entrance exam and I have to leave immediately to register!"

Gu Qingshan said happily, "Capital University is the best university in the Federation. Congratulations."

Su Xue'er said regretfully, "My family has packed everything for me and is urging me to leave immediately, so I can't go to your stall tonight."

Gu Qingshan said, "It doesn't matter. I'll make it for you when you come back."

He thought about it seriously and said, "When you turn eighteen, you can drink alcohol. I'll personally mix some drinks for you then—consider yourself lucky, ordinary people can't drink the drinks I mix."

Gu Qingshan thought this sentence was very ordinary, only because in his previous life he was influenced by an old friend, and he would make some dishes and some wine when he had nothing to do, to treat himself well.

He had put his heart into bartending and was indeed a first-class expert. In the later stages, he also learned to brew wine with materials from other worlds, which was very beneficial to the body.

Many experts wanted to be friends with him, not for his identity as a war commander, but for the intoxicating wine.

But when Su Xue'er heard the word "wine", her face turned red, and she whispered, "Gu Qingshan, you must work hard on the college entrance exam. I'll be waiting for you in the capital."

What kind of person was Gu Qingshan? A Qi Refining fifth layer cultivator. Even the slightest vibration in the air could not escape his ears, let alone such a soft voice.

Gu Qingshan had lived two lives, how could he not hear the affection in these words.

He was stunned for a moment, feeling a little inexplicable—we were clearly talking about eating and drinking, how did the topic change so quickly?

But in the face of Su Xue'er's affection, his heart still couldn't help but beat violently.

Gu Qingshan was about to speak, but he saw Su Xue'er avoid his eyes, not daring to look at him again, and she pressed the communicator off with a snap of her small hand.

Too embarrassing, she actually said such a thing. Su Xue'er felt like she was going crazy.

Before, Gu Qingshan wanted to confess to her in front of the entire school, which actually made her feel very painful, because she couldn't agree to it.

If she agreed to Gu Qingshan in front of everyone, not to mention that the elders in her family would not let Gu Qingshan off, even those playboy scions of aristocratic families would secretly attack Gu Qingshan.

This was definitely not what Su Xue'er wanted to see.

Who knew it was all a misunderstanding, that someone else was playing tricks.

At the party, Gu Qingshan calmly and freely dealt with the situation on the spot, resolving the matter quite perfectly.

Su Xue'er felt relieved and her good impression of Gu Qingshan increased.

That's why she took the initiative to contact him today.

On the other side, Gu Qingshan stared at the air for a long time, until the communicator reminded him that there was a message, then he came back to his senses.

It was a message from Su Xue'er.

"Reminding you, next week is this young lady's birthday."

Gu Qingshan closed his eyes and thought for a while, then replied with one word: "Okay."

He admitted that he was a little caught off guard.

But it was still wonderful.

Gu Qingshan quickly made a decision.

He got up and walked out of the lounge, went straight to the elevator, swiped his card, and pressed the "99th floor" button.

The elevator went all the way up, until it reached the top floor of the Changning Steel Armor Building.

Gu Qingshan walked out and stopped at the large central processing unit on the top floor, placing his palm on the scanner.

A burst of electronically synthesized voice sounded: "Identity authentication passed, number 41157, what can I do for you?"

This was the main optical brain of the Changning Steel Armor Technology Company's system, responsible for handling all affairs within the group.

Gu Qingshan said, "I request to connect to the Goddess of Justice."

After he finished speaking, the electronic voice immediately sounded: "Connecting to the Goddess of Justice requires the most stringent identity verification, and verification of the citizen's personal merit points to ensure that the reputation of Changning Steel Armor Research Company is not damaged by your personal behavior. Are you sure you want to connect to Her Excellency the Goddess?"

"I am sure," Gu Qingshan said.

"Then as you wish, verification will begin in one minute."

The electronic voice gradually disappeared, but many robotic arms flashing with cold light rose from the ground, surrounding Gu Qingshan and beginning a series of verifications.

At the same time, the 99th floor entered a completely closed state, and no one could enter.

"Iris verification passed."

"Blood verification passed."

"Biological characteristic compliance: 99.1759%."

"Checking for cloning characteristics, verifying non-clone status, DNA verification passed."

"Life's unique volatility, consistent with records, passed."

"Reading personal life cycle file, determining non-dangerous person."

"Good credit record."

"Reading personal merit..."

Gu Qingshan stood in place, silently waiting for the complex and cumbersome verification to end.

The Goddess of Justice is the core intelligent processing system of the entire Federation, in charge of the operation of the entire Federation, responsible for all affairs of all citizens, and executes all operations in accordance with the Federation Constitution.

The Goddess of Justice is the crystallization of the Federation's top technology, the most glorious and brilliant achievement of human civilization.

Because the Goddess of Justice's computing speed is too terrifying, and its intelligence level and game-playing level far exceed those of other countries, no country has dared to attack the Federation in recent decades.

Ten minutes later.

The electronic voice sounded again: "Your personal merit has reached the requirement, verification passed. Changning Steel Technology Optical Brain officially submits a connection request to the Goddess of Justice. Please number 41157 wait in place and do not leave."

Personal merit is the contribution of Federation citizens to human civilization and society.

The greater the power contributed to human society, the higher the personal merit, and the better the benefits that can be obtained.

Even the enrollment of some key universities requires examination of personal merit. Those who do not meet the requirements, no matter how good their grades, will not be admitted.

——Unless you are a noble of the Nine Houses, you can ignore personal merit.

The Free Federation is a country established by the Nine Houses, and the Nine Houses naturally have privileges that ordinary people do not have.

"The Goddess of Justice has accepted the request."

Suddenly, the tone of the electronic voice changed, turning into a solemn female voice.

This female voice spoke each word with a unique cadence, sounding like a special rhythm.

"Federation citizen Gu Qingshan, I am the Goddess of Justice, please state your request."

"Please note that any time-wasting behavior will lower your evaluation in my presence."