Chapter 257

In more than thirty days, news of the battle between Gu Ding's crew and Dark Sectors' Second Elder Potie had spread throughout Faye Cosmic Nation and more than a dozen other Cosmic Nations, including Dragon Soar Cosmic Nation, that had shared a network with Faye Cosmic Nation.

No one had seen the outcome of the battle with their own eyes, including the many people on Red Shield who had witnessed the battle. They had only seen part of the process. However, the outcome of the battle was not difficult to guess because Gu Ding's spaceship had eventually bombarded the Childe family. Moreover, Potie the Witch's name had completely disappeared from the Demigod Ranking. Sword God Roland, who was originally ranked eighth, had jumped up one place to seventh.

Many people had seen Gu Ding's crew being absorbed into Potie's personal domain and then Potie's death. Gu Ding's crew's Golden Eagle had bombarded the Childe family. It was not difficult to guess from the sequence of events and the cause-and-effect connection that Potie's death was most likely the work of Gu Ding's crew. Of course, no one knew what had happened in Potie's domain that night or what method Gu Ding's crew had used to kill Potie. It was all a mystery.

What was even stranger was that Gu Ding's crew seemed to have completely vanished from the face of the earth since the Red Shield incident. For thirty-one days, there had been no news of them.

For a while, there was a lot of discussion on Skynet.

Some people said that the battle had resulted in the death of Gu Ding and several members and that the crew had been completely disbanded.

Others said that someone in Gu Ding's crew had been seriously injured and was still recuperating.

Some people even said that Gu Ding's crew had encountered the opening of a civilization ruin not long after they left Red Shield and were now searching for treasures …

Some people's guesses were not far from the current situation of Gu Ding's crew. However, no one would have guessed that Gu Ding's crew had appeared in the Royal Capital Star Sector.

No one knew that Gu Ding's strength had increased again.

Gu Ding had actually only spent two days to successfully cultivate the first chapter of Imperial Manifestation. After using it, he could increase his combat effectiveness tenfold, but it only lasted for a minute. In the following twenty-seven days, he took time out every day to strengthen the "Ten Thousand Imperial Phenomenon Body" Theurgy. Finally, he extended it from one minute to forty minutes, and he spent a total of fifty-eight Origin Stones.

The day before Grey-faced Buzzard's arrival in Royal Capital Star Sector, Gu Ding took the time to inject the Golden Combat Armor into his body. His combat effectiveness was once again increased by fifty times. If all the other enhancements were added to the base combat power of 100 million points, it would be increased to 100 trillion points, which was exactly equivalent to the combat power of a One-star Lower Rank Deity who had just advanced. Coupled with the stacking of damage, the highest combat prowess he could achieve could even barely reach the level of a lower four-star deity.

The Grey-faced Buzzard slowly docked at the interstellar port of Carefree Planet in the Royal Capital Star Zone.

With the help of the Sea King, the two of them easily passed the identity verification. The spaceship's scan did not detect any abnormalities. No one found the cell repair cabin or Biggie hiding in it.

The planet where the King's Palace was located was called Dragon Cove Planet. A large number of experts were gathered there. Moreover, Y'lisabet basically did not leave the palace. If he wanted to see her, he would have to sneak in, but it was too risky. Therefore, Neptune chose Forget-Me-Not for Gu Ding. If Dragon Cove was Y'lisabet's home, then Forget-Me-Not would be her backyard.

Forget-Me-Not was a tourist planet with beautiful scenery. Therefore, in terms of supervision, it was on a completely different level from Dragon Cove. The most important thing was that Y'lisabet would come to the planet at least once a month. When she was free, she would stay for a few days and wander around. Of course, she would also be secretly protected by various experts, but it was slightly better than Dragon Cove. Moreover, the chances of Gu Ding meeting her were much higher.

"Y'lisabet has been coming to Forget-Me-Not frequently for the past few months. She should have slowly handed over her duties. However, I don't know when the new King of Faye Cosmic Nation will be chosen." Neptune knew very well that being a King was not an easy job.

"Handing over the position of King? Why? "It was the first time Gu Ding had heard of such a thing.

"Because Y'lisabet is still too young. She has already advanced to become a deity, which means that she can go further in the future. The position of King will not benefit her in any way in terms of advancement. Moreover, the Congress and the Federal Government of Faye Cosmic Nation have groomed many candidates for King of Faye Cosmic Nation. The position of King of Faye Cosmic Nation can be replaced at any time, and it will not affect the operations of the Congress and the Federal Government. Compared to a King of Lower Rank Deity, the Congress and the Federal Government would rather have a Medium Rank Deity, even if the Medium Rank Deity is just an ordinary citizen. "

"Why is that?" Gu Ding could not understand what an individual becoming a deity had to do with the Congress and the Federal Government.

"The more powerhouses that emerge from a Cosmic Nation, the more resources they will receive from the Federal Government. Therefore, the Congress hopes that powerhouses appear in their jurisdiction, even if these powerhouses are just ordinary citizens or even Interstellar Pirates.

"As for the reason why the Federal Government needs powerhouses, it is because the entire human race is about to fall out of the first-rate race in the vast Cosmic Sea. This is also why in this era, the Federal Government's killing rate of Interstellar Pirates has been reduced to its lowest. Basically, as long as they are not anti-human Interstellar Pirates, they will capture them alive. Moreover, in the Cosmic Sea, the Federal Government is willing to give up a portion of its benefits to various major forces and give up a lot of jurisdiction, allowing the Interstellar Pirates to grow freely.

"No matter who you are, whether you are a soldier, an Interstellar Pirate, a mercenary, or something else, you all belong to the human race. If the entire human race is faced with a huge crisis of annihilation, Gu Ding, will you step forward? "Neptune suddenly asked.

Gu Ding nodded heavily. If the entire race was gone, it meant that his friends, and even Cerule, would be in danger. It was impossible for him not to step forward, even if he was just an Interstellar Pirate.

"The Federal Government thinks so too. Therefore, to a certain extent, the strength of the Interstellar Pirates has also pushed the Federal Government Army to become stronger, and even pushed the entire human race to become stronger. At critical times, other than individual anti-human organizations like the Dark Sectors, even Interstellar Pirates will step forward when the human race needs them. "

Neptune's explanation finally made Gu Ding understand that he was actually born in a good era.

"In the previous era, the Federal Government would spare no effort in killing Interstellar Pirates. At that time, Interstellar Pirates were basically street rats, and many of them would be killed on the spot. It was also because of the excessive killing in the previous era that some Interstellar Pirate powerhouses who had a chance to rise were killed. The Army did not have strong enough opponents, which led to an overall decline in strength. The number of new powerhouses among the entire human race fell to a historical record in that era. Only then did the Federal Government realize that they had made a huge mistake. "

"Once humans are demoted from a first-rate race to a second-rate race, they can only rely on another first-rate race to exist. Otherwise, they will only be divided up by other first-rate races. In serious cases, the entire race may be destroyed by the other first-rate races. "

"Even if they choose to rely on another first-rate race, their sphere of influence will certainly be reduced to less than a tenth of what it is now, and a large amount of resources will be plundered by the first-rate races. Being reduced to a second-rate race means that it is legal for members of the race to be sold as slaves. "

"At that point, it would be impossible for the human race to rise again."

Gu Ding frowned as he listened to Neptune's words. He shook his head and cleared his mind of distracting thoughts. "Tell me about Elizabeth's schedule."

"Elizabeth will come to Forget-Me-Not in a few days, and the woman named Medea will be by her side. There will be at least four peak demigod powerhouses secretly protecting her, and the possibility of an ultimate demigod powerhouse cannot be ruled out. " Although Neptune's current authority was not strong enough to spy on the Lord's secrets, he had gathered information from other sources that allowed him to speculate.

"Medea, that woman is very strong! But I don't think I saw her name on the Demigod Monster Ranking. "Gu Ding found it a little strange.

"There's nothing strange about that. Star Pavilion will not reveal the personal information of some people closely related to the Federal Government. This is an agreement between Star Pavilion and the Federal Government. I've never heard of a Cosmic Nation Lord being on the Demigod Monster Ranking. The bodyguards of a Cosmic Nation Lord should have the same restriction. That woman's strength is not much weaker than Roland's. I personally estimate that her combat effectiveness is at least in the top twenty of the Demigod Monster Ranking. She has the combat effectiveness to kill at least a 1-star deity. However, for the current you, she is not an obstacle. Your biggest obstacle is still Elizabeth. Although she is only a 1-star deity, she has a 4-star combat effectiveness the moment she advanced. Now that she has consolidated her cultivation for a few months, I'm afraid she is comparable to a 5-star powerhouse. "

"Hey, that spaceship is really impressive!" Dockett suddenly exclaimed.

Gu Ding immediately looked in the direction he was looking at. It was a purple and gold Phoenix. A golden phoenix crown was embedded at the top of the Phoenix. This spaceship obviously belonged to Elizabeth. Gu Ding did not expect her to arrive so quickly.

The Phoenix slowly descended and attracted the attention of many people.

The staff near the port and some local merchants knew who the owner of the spaceship was. However, Forget-Me-Not was a tourist planet, and many tourists did not know who the spaceship belonged to. The onlookers were only separated by some Army personnel and were not chased away. Many people took pictures of the spaceship.

The hatch of the Phoenix quickly opened, and a beautiful woman in a purple dress walked out of the hatch with a faint smile.

It was only then that the onlookers realized that the spaceship belonged to Lord Elizabeth …