Chapter 207

Modico was still the same. He spoke loudly to everyone without any scruples. Gu Ding was happy to hear Modico's voice again after not contacting him for nearly three months. "Teacher, I've been busy with cultivation for the past few days. I've automatically blocked my communicator."

"I know you're very busy. Seeing your bounty rise every few days, I know you're not idling around. I don't think you have time to practice medicine refining. However, seeing that you haven't appeared in the news for the past few days, I figured you'd stop for the time being. That's why I wanted to give you a heads up five days in advance. I've dialed your number several times, but no one picked up. "

"There are only three days left in the competition. You can participate in the newcomer's ranking competition if you have time. If not, then forget it." Modico did not seem to care much about the competition.

"No matter what the result is, I still think it's necessary to participate." Gu Ding had indeed become rusty in medicine refining. He did not know if he could pick it up after three days of practice. After all, the other contestants had not been idle for the past three months.

"Forget it, let's not talk about this. I have good news for you. Your teacher has just been promoted to an S-level pharmacologist a few days ago and was named a national treasure by the Lord. The first thing I wanted to do was to contact you two precious apprentices, but I couldn't get in touch with you and Parma. I finally got in touch with you today. " Modico finally revealed the real reason he had called Gu Ding's number. It was to tell him the good news.

"Teacher, congratulations! I knew you'd definitely break through. " Gu Ding was also happy for Modico. Modico was indeed a genius in medicine refining. Gu Ding had always felt that it was only a matter of time before he was promoted to S-level.

"Stop flattering me. I'm not as famous as you even though I've been named a national treasure. Some time ago, you single-handedly fought against the eight members of Faye Cosmic Nation's Hunter squad. Those videos have gone viral in Dragon Soar Cosmic Nation. You've become the idol of all Interstellar Pirates in Dragon Soar Cosmic Nation. Because of you, Rose Tavern has almost become a tourist attraction. Every day, there's a long queue outside the Red Light District. Also, many students from military and non-military schools have dropped out of school to become Interstellar Pirates like you … "

"You're exaggerating, right?" Gu Ding felt that Modico was joking with him.

"I'm not kidding. If you don't believe me, you can search for the video on Skynet and some other news reports later." Modico emphasized the authenticity of the matter.

"What has Senior Sister Parma been up to recently?" Gu Ding changed the topic.

"She's been researching a virus antidote and has gone to the Dark Star Sector. I haven't been able to contact her for five days. I'm a little worried. If there is still no news in two days, I will ask my friend to help me look for him. But you don't have the time to worry about things here. You just have to take care of yourself. She should be fine on her side … "

At that moment, Gu Ding suddenly heard a hissing sound. It seemed like the communication signal was being disrupted.

"What happened? Why did I hear a hissing sound? "Modico heard it too.

"This is the precursor of an interstellar storm. It's an electromagnetic disorder," Neptune said in Gu Ding's ear.

"We seem to have encountered an interstellar storm …" Before he could finish, the call was automatically cut off.

Gu Ding frowned slightly. In the case of an interstellar storm, the spaceship could not perform space jumps and other operations. It could only fly in normal mode. Interstellar storms usually covered a large area and lasted for a long time. Based on the current situation, his plan to participate in the pharmacologist newcomer ranking competition was likely to be ruined because he could not contact Medicine King Valley during the interstellar storm.

Moreover, spaceships often suffered various shocks or collisions in the interstellar storm, making it unsuitable for practicing medicine refinement.

"We've entered the outermost area of the interstellar storm," Neptune reminded him.

"Can we first go out of the interstellar storm's range horizontally? Then use a space jump to leave? "Gu Ding suggested his idea.

"Going out horizontally is a good idea. This interstellar storm covers a wide area. It would probably take more than half a month to get through the affected area by going in the opposite direction of the storm. Moreover, going in the opposite direction is very risky. But if we just turn and go horizontally, it would only take us five days to get out of this area. "Neptune also agreed with Gu Ding's idea.

"Is five days the shortest time? Is there a better way? "At this rate, he would not be able to make it to Medicine King Valley in time for the competition.

"No, I've already calculated it. Going horizontally is the most time-saving way. In fact, the interstellar storm is like a river. We have to go against the flow to get to our destination. The width of the river is much smaller than its length, so going horizontally is the fastest way to get out of the river. "

"Well, let's change direction then. We can only stay on the spaceship and cultivate for the next five days." Gu Ding thought about it. He could also take advantage of this time to try to build a second energy cycle in his body.

Under Neptune's control, the Golden Eagle quickly changed direction. Apart from Gu Ding and Neptune, the other members were unaware of this.

Gu Ding was also in his room and quickly entered the next stage of cultivation.

In these five days, the pace of everyone's life changed slightly, but it soon returned to its previous state.

On the first day, Gu Ding and Liliath each ate three meals of egg fried rice from breakfast to dinner. The others did not leave their rooms. Tagore was the only one who stole a few steaks from the refrigerator in the middle of the night.

The next day, Ayesha finally woke up from her cultivation. She had successfully broken through from Rank-10 to Rank-11. She also accompanied Gu Ding and Liliath for a meal of egg fried rice and was full of praise for Gu Ding's cooking. Biggie still did not wake up, and Tagore stole a few steaks from the refrigerator in the evening.

On the third day, early in the morning, Tagore finally woke up. He had also successfully broken through to Rank-11. The first thing he did when he woke up was to go straight to the kitchen to prepare breakfast for everyone. Everyone's daily routine finally returned to normal. Gu Ding and Liliath, who had been eating egg fried rice for three consecutive days, finally breathed a sigh of relief. In the middle of the night, Tagore ran to the kitchen and stole a few steaks from the refrigerator while everyone was asleep.

On the fourth day, Gu Ding finally completed the structure of the second energy cycle in his body. His Righteous Force was obviously much stronger than before, but his Cell Index had not changed at all. His gene level was still at Rank-6. Gu Ding even tried injecting himself with Cell Enhancers and gene enhancers, but they did not have the slightest effect. Robert still had not come out of his room. If Neptune had not said that he was still busy, Gu Ding and the others would have gone to see if something had happened to him. As for the others, they still cultivated as usual, but they did not work as hard as before. This was especially true for Biggie and Ayesha. At their gene level, without strong external support, it was very difficult for them to break through. Therefore, after breaking through a big level, they chose to consolidate their gene level.

On the fifth day, the spaceship finally left the area covered by the interstellar storm.

Gu Ding immediately dialed the number of Hermean Alliance's Skyriver Sector branch president, Anthony. He apologized for standing him up and explained why he did not show up for the competition. This was because from the beginning, Anthony had invited him to participate in the newcomer competition and had high hopes for it.

When Anthony received Gu Ding's call, he was a little surprised because he had found out in advance from Modico why Gu Ding did not show up. Although he did not want to see this result, there was nothing he could do when faced with an unstoppable force like the interstellar storm. Moreover, with Gu Ding's current bounty, he really did not care about the competition reward. Therefore, after receiving Gu Ding's call, Anthony immediately expressed an understanding attitude.

After hanging up the call with Anthony, Gu Ding dialed another number. The number did not have numbers, it was a set of strange, garbled codes, and this number was left by X.

At that time, Neptune had tried to crack the code in an attempt to find X's position, but he had not been able to locate it.

After Gu Ding dialed the number, the prompt rang twice and the call was connected.

"You've encountered an interstellar storm?" X's first sentence was to ask.

"How did you know?" Gu Ding had wanted to tell him that he might be five days late, but he did not expect X to already know that he had encountered an interstellar storm.

"Of course I know. As long as I know the position of your spaceship before, based on the stable speed of the Golden Eagle, I can easily calculate your position. It's just within the range of the interstellar storm." X's explanation was very easy. "The fact that you're able to call me now means that you've escaped the range of the interstellar storm. It only took you five days, which means that you've chosen to sail horizontally. In other words, your current position is farther away from Probrand than you were five days ago. In that case, the purpose of your call should be clear. You want to tell me that you'll arrive at Probrand at least five days later than expected. "

"That's right!" Gu Ding did not deny X's speculation.

"Well, I have good news and bad news for you now." X's voice paused for a moment as if he was expecting some reaction from Gu Ding. "The good news is that the spaceship of the person who prepared your first meeting gift broke down, and he won't be able to arrive at Probrand on time. The bad news is that we're not sure when his spaceship will be repaired. His spaceship is an old model with very high collection value, and it's the kind that's sold in limited quantities. Some of the materials are hard to find. "

"Then let's go straight to the planet where he repaired his spaceship and look for him?" Gu Ding thought of an idea.

"Uh … About that, I have to admit that some members of our organization aren't very easy to talk to. That guy refused to reveal the location of the planet he docked on and even told me that before his precious spaceship was repaired, he should forget about the first meeting gift. So … "There was a hint of helplessness in X's tone.

"Well, let's wait and see after we arrive at Probrand. If we really can't wait, we'll have to leave first. " Although Gu Ding was looking forward to the so-called first meeting gift, he did not want to see everyone's trip delayed because of this matter.

After hanging up, the Golden Eagle, under Neptune's control, headed all the way to Probrand …