Even before he had secured the Deity Position, Gu Ding had thought about what to do with it.
He thought of Uncle Roland immediately, but he shot the idea down instantly. For Roland, the 5-star monster would not engulf someone else’s Deity Position to be promoted to deity level. He would rather run out of his demigod longevity than throw away his pride by doing so. Gu Ding and he were the same in that respect, so he knew that was definitely not an option.
Then Gu Ding thought about selling it because the rest of his crew did not have much use for it either. First, it was still too early for them to be promoted to deity level. Second, being a deity was not the end in terms of cultivation. Once one took another’s Deity Position, one would lose the possibility of further advancement for the rest of their lives. Though the Deity Position was useless to him, it was invaluable to those who basically had little hope of reaching deity level through other means.
When the auction was scheduled in the presence of the three demigods, all three demigods, including the Childe family’s demigod, quickly disappeared from the port.
From Gu Ding’s fight with Marceau to his conversation with the three demigods, all of it was recorded by many and published on Skynet.
All of a sudden, the topic of Deity Position went viral on Skynet.
A Deity Position was a rare auction item. Coupled with video evidence, everyone knew that this Deity Position auction was not a stunt, but a real one.
As the holder of the Deity Position, Gu Ding’s name once again circulated Skynet.
“The boy was so lucky to get a Deity Position. It shouldn’t be difficult to get a good price for it.” On a planet, Roland was enjoying a roast while watching a video projection of the day’s top trending topic. Gu Ding’s video obviously topped the list. “Good combat skills, but his base combat effectiveness is a bit poor.”
Alongside Roland, Elizabeth, who was the Lord, was also watching the video. She was very free during this period. She had other people to help handle everything except for consolidating her cultivation. When she became a deity, she was actually abdicating her place as Lord. Much of her duties were handed over to the Federal Government staff, so she was relieved. As she watched Gu Ding stop fighting with brute force and fight elegantly, she smirked. “He got stronger again.”
Gu Ding naturally had no idea about the amount of attention he was receiving. He and the rest of the crew had been wandering around after breakfast.
Although none of Gu Ding’s crew liked the Childes much, after a brief visit to the port and a few stops around it, they had to admit that the planet was well-run–Whether its the standard of living, technology, or its people’s level of education, everything seemed to be perfect.
Along the pedestrian streets they strolled on, there were various markets on either side. Unlike the incessantly noisy markets on most other planets, the markets here were orderly and spotless.
“It looks like the Childe family really took care of the planet.” Gu Ding had been to many other planets, but only Camilia’s Jiewang was like Red Shield. Red Shield, however, was more orderly than Jiewang. Of course, Jiewang was in Border River, and many Interstellar Pirates pass through it all year round, so it was normal for it to be less orderly.
Correspondingly, the planet also had a disadvantage which was high prices. The average price of the same fruit on other planets was about half a Universe Credit per kilogram, but here it was at least three Universe Credits a kilogram. Nothing else was cheap either. Neptune briefly estimated that the price of goods here was about five times the average price of goods in Faye Cosmic Nation, but the average income of residents here was also about five times the average income in Faye Cosmic Nation.
For the next two days, everyone was basically on vacation mode. They visited the planet’s many tourist attractions and some of its specialty snack bars.
In the eyes of many, Gu Ding’s crew was here for leisure. Even the stalkers of several different forces did not feel the need to continue stalking them.
Early this morning, in the Childe family, Repentance Tower’s gates finally opened.
The glare of the sun compelled Ross to open his eyes. A tall, middle-aged man stood at the tower’s entrance. He stepped in, and the door closed itself behind him.
“Tell me, what are you thinking?” The man asked in a hushed voice as he approached Ross.
“Didn’t Lucia tell you?” Ross still did not get up. He looked up at the man, his eyes unmoved.
“You want to run away from the Childe family, why?” James wondered why his son was so obstinate.
“There is a saying in the Modern Age that people who walk different paths cannot make plans together.” Ross smirked. “There are a lot of things the Childes do that I despise. In particular, the slogan ‘family first’ detests me the most.”
“How dare you say that?!” James felt the urge to slap the ungrateful boy. “The Childes is the legacy of our forefathers. Had it not been for the creed of ‘family first’, the Childes would have been destroyed countless times by now. Do you think you would be as smart without our family’s fostering? If it hadn’t been for the family wealth and fame that hired you the best teachers and gave you access to the best textbooks, you think you could have gotten to where you are today?”
“That’s why I said, people who walk different paths cannot make plans together. All of you have completely different philosophies and ideas than I do. The first thing I’ll do after my rites of passage is to leave this planet. I will make an announcement that I am leaving the Childe family.” Ross had made up his mind. “I’m going to build a business empire bigger than the Childes on my own. You’ll see who has the right idea.”
James was silent for a moment after hearing this. “You didn’t bring Gu Ding’s crew here just to escape the planet in the middle of chaos, did you?”
“There’s no harm in telling you. There’s nothing you can do to stop what’s going to happen tonight anyway.” Ross slowly stood up and patted the dust on his pants. “There are two people in Gu Ding’s crew that are my targets. There’s Gu Ding, and there’s the little girl who goes by the name Lilliath.”
“The two of them have something to do with your plans on building a business empire?” James frowned slightly.
“Yes, do you know about the hacking incident that happened at Mideon Media some time ago? The one that caused a delay in the release of the wanted notice for the entire Faye Cosmic Nation.” Ross asked with a smile. “Well, it wasn’t a hack. Someone broke into their headquarters and stole a mainframe. The mainframe contains the ultimate confidential information of hundreds of Cosmic Nations, including the Faye Cosmic Nation. Additionally, through that mainframe, as long as they have Harris family genetic DNA, they can get through the verification and access the back end. That little girl, Lilliath, is the key to accessing the back end.”
“As for Gu Ding, if I’m not mistaken, he’s not a hacker at all. He must have some type of artificial super-intelligence similar to Skynet on him. That’s why he can do most of the things Skynet can. We’ve brought their crew here to snatch Gu Ding’s artificial super-intelligence and Lilliath’s genetic DNA. Given enough time, I have no problem replacing the Harris family as the first information media group in the Cosmic Sea.”
“You? There’s someone else besides you? You have the mainframe?” James frowned more than ever, for he had not expected his son to be such an ambitious man.
“Of course, I have allies that are strong enough, otherwise how would I dare to make such a plan?” Ross said and snapped her fingers.
A figure slowly emerged from the darkness. It was a tall woman, wrapped in a black robe with an image of a blood-red demon emblazoned across her chest.
James also noticed that the robe had three thumb-sized digits–002 stamped across the collar. The moment he saw that number, his pupil constricted sharply. He was a little shocked that she was a member of Dark Sectors. However, what struck him the most was the seemingly understated number on her collar. That number represented not only a member of Dark Sectors but also a member of Dark Sectors’ elders group. 002 represented the second elder of Dark Sectors, Potie, who was titled The Witch.
The thirteen elders of Dark Sectors were ranked according to their strength from low to high, among which the weakest, the thirteenth elder, was ranked 98th on the Demigod Monster Ranking in the Cosmic Sea. Other than that, the twelfth and eleventh elders were ranked 76th and 55th on the ranking, respectively. The top ten elders were all in the top fifty. Among the strongest three, the third elder was ranked 12th, the second elder was ranked 7th while the senior elder was ranked 3rd.
This woman was the second elder of Dark Sectors, which meant that so far, she had demonstrated even greater combat effectiveness than Roland the sword god, who was ranked 8th. The presence of this woman here spoke volumes about Dark Sectors’ strong interest in accomplishing this mission.
“Hello, Patriarch James, I’m sure you won’t stand in Dark Sectors’ way, will you?” Potie lifted her hood to reveal her stunning face. She slightly smirked, and her voice, like a magical sound, vibrated several times in James’s ear. At that moment, James’s eyes began to glaze over as he nodded stupidly. Potie reached out a finger and ran the back of it over his clearly defined face. “What a fine man…”
“Potie, he’s my father. Don’t do that to him.” Ross frowned slightly.
“Why? You don’t want me as your stepmother?” Potie chuckled over her mouth.
“I’ll owe you one if you don’t touch him,” Ross said with a seriousness about him.
“Alright, whatever you say.” Potie then took a step back and kept her distance from James.
James slowly regained consciousness, and Ross was already at the door. “My detention is due to end today, right? Guess I’ll be going then…”
