The Highest Bounty - Chapter 29

Chapter 29: Suddenly Everyone’s Favorite
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Only after Gu Ding saw Sa Ze’s figure slowly fade away from the fighting platform did he feel a wave of exhaustion slowly wash over his body.
Medicine King Valley and Virtual Arena were the same in the sense that both of them consumed a person’s spirit. Three hours of continuous high-intensity operations had almost completely drained Gu Ding’s spirit.
Before Gu Ding could even get down from the training platform, Neptune disconnected his spiritual link to Medicine King Valley. Immediately, he fell into a deep slumber in the cockpit seat.
Parma waited anxiously as her message to Gu Ding went an entire day without any reply. She had called him at least ten times but all of them went straight to voicemail.
During that time, Modican had also asked Parma if she was able to contact Gu Ding no less than two times.
“Nothing bad actually happened, right?” Parma’s worries were not unreasonable, as interstellar travel was generally accompanied by various types of dangers.
Meanwhile, in Medicine King Valley, while Gu Ding was still in deep slumber, many people had seen the video about him. In particular the video in which Gu Ding and Sa Ze had refined their Speed Enhancer, it had gathered than 20 million views overnight. 10
Anyone could access Medicine King Valley’s public videos, even temporary residents. As long as someone provided the correct link, they would be able to access it.
Gu Ding’s face was clearly shown in the video. However, his username was blanked out. The only thing on Gu Ding’s body was a unique serial number which was automatically assigned by the system to anyone who stepped foot into Medicine King Valley.
When the video went viral, it caught the attention of the top brass of Hermean Alliance Skyriver Sector Division.
Skyriver Sector Division had always belonged to the mid-to-low tier district for online games in the Hermean Alliance. If somebody like Gu Ding suddenly popped up like he did that day, it might give them a chance of obtaining a better ranking.
As a member of the top management of Skyriver Sector Division, Modican was an A-grade pharmacologist. Despite his high status, he did not actually hold that much power. He was merely regarded as an honorary chairperson, with the real chairperson being someone else.
When Anthony, Skyriver Sector Division’s chairperson, saw how scant the information on Gu Ding was, deep wrinkles formed on his forehead. This was until he suddenly noticed something: Recommended jointly by Modican and Parma.
He immediately dialed Modican’s number.
“Elder, do you know of this person named Gu Ding? When I looked up his information, he was recommended by Parma and you.”
Modican was caught off guard when he heard the question. Immediately, he realized that Anthony must have seen Gu Ding’s refining video. He rolled his eyes. “That kid is my default apprentice. What are you trying to imply?” 1
“Default? So, you mean it’s not been confirmed yet?” Anthony got what he was asking for, but he dared not say it out. Modican’s explosive and short fuse was well known. Therefore, he knew that offending him was not a wise move.
“Elder, don’t worry about it. I’m not trying to steal your apprentice. From the video that I had just seen, I can tell that I’m not qualified to teach this kind of extraordinary talent. I was just curious to see if he was from Skyriver Sector.”
“Were you going to register him for the Newcomer’s Ranking Competition?” When Modican heard the question, he instantly knew what Anthony planning. The Hermean Alliance had many divisions in Dragon Soar Cosmic Nation, and they were present in almost every sector. In each of the sectors, they would have different types of duels and competitions held annually to rank the corresponding sectors. The higher the ranking of each sector, the more resources Hermean Alliance would get. 3
However, there was a condition for these duels. Any pharmacologist who wished to join had to be a local in order to compete on behalf of the sector. Therefore, Anthony had brought up the most crucial point.
“Gu Ding is Cerulean. Therefore, he’s eligible to join the Newcomer’s Ranking Competition,” Modican had learned a lot of things about Gu Ding from his apprentice, Parma. This was why he was able to answer some questions about Gu Ding’s origins.
“If you don’t mind, can you contact him for us?” Anthony continued, “He hasn’t logged back on to Medicine King Valley since he left the challenge platform. We’ve already left him a few messages but haven’t gotten any replies from him yet.”
Anthony was a reliable and efficient type of person. He would do whatever needed to be done without wasting time. This was why he tried to gather all possible information about Gu Ding after watching his video. It was so that he could discern whether Gu Ding was suitable to join the Newcomer’s Ranking Competition. When he stumbled upon Gu Ding’s video, it was around midnight. He finished watching the video at just past three in the morning. After he looked through Gu Ding’s information, he sent an invitation message to Gu Ding. Up until this very moment, he was still waiting for his reply and had not slept a wink. Naturally, he did not get the reply he wanted. Nevertheless, his slight obsessive-compulsiveness made it necessary for him to contact Gu Ding before he could finally relax. 1
“I haven’t been able to contact him since more than twenty hours ago,” Modican told him honestly. “From what I can gather, he may have fallen into a deep sleep due to excessive spirit consumption during the competition. After all, he’s only a Gene Level 1 adult with limited spiritual strength.”
“I see.” Only after Anthony heard Modican’s explanation did he suddenly recall that a lack of spirit would cause someone to fall into a deep slumber. Therefore, it was normal that his messages were not replied as the other party had not even read it yet. “Elder, if you’re able to contact him, be sure to ask him to log on to Medicine King Valley as soon as possible.”
“I’ll relay that message. Don’t worry about it,” Modican nodded. “If he’s able to get a good ranking, it’ll be honor our entire division.” 6
“Alright, I won’t keep you any longer,” Anthony politely ended the call.
After more than twenty hours of deep sleep, Gu Ding finally woke up.
“You’ve slept for twenty-three and a half hours. Your spirit has increased to 12 points,” Neptune notified him when he sensed Gu Ding waking up. “Besides that, there’re a lot of people trying to contact you.” 2
“It’s just Parma, right?” Gu Ding knew his friends well and guessed that only Parma would try to contact him. After all, Parma would have found out about the medicine refinement in Medicine King Valley sooner or later. He just did not know it would happen this quickly.
The communicator showed that Parma left eleven voice messages and eight messages.
“What happened that was so urgent?” Gu Ding opened the messages one by one.
After a few minutes of listening, Gu Ding realized that both of his refinement processes in Medicine King Valley had been secretly filmed. Parma’s messages also claimed that Master Modican wanted to make an appointment to see him.
“Modican probably intends to make you his apprentice. I looked it up. He has a good reputation and high standards when it comes to medicine refinement, an A-grade pharmacologist, to be exact. Whether you agree to it or not is purely up to you. In my opinion, I think it’ll be good for you to have someone to support you during your early stages of development,” Neptune relayed the information that he had gathered from the messages.
Gu Ding kept quiet and contemplated while staring at Parma’s number. After a while, he pressed the call button.