New Mission

Herk's attitude made a complete one-hundred-and-eighty-degree turn, and Zhou Zheng naturally became the captain.

The three of them went together to the office established by the Temporal Temple in the central city of 954 Time-Space Island and submitted Zhou Zheng's status as captain.

At the same time, the squad officially received its name.

Temporal Temple registration number "0076431809"—Zhou Zheng named it the "Black Wind Squad"!

There was no special meaning behind it. It was simply because the location of their first mission had been a city called Black Wind City in a certain Material Realm.

"Captain, a squad usually has four members. If we don't do something, once this mission begins, the Temporal Temple will definitely randomly assign someone to us!" Herk said. "We have no idea how strong this person will be or what their personality will be like. If we're lucky and they're steady, that's fine. But if we get some reckless fool, they might ruin things when the time comes!"

"You mean we should take the initiative and find someone?" Zhou Zheng asked.

"Yes, yes, that's exactly what I mean. The captain is wise!" Herk nodded repeatedly.

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Zhou Zheng did not speak immediately.

The Temporal Temple indeed had such a rule. Some Cyclic Reincarnators had all their teammates die, leaving only themselves behind, and they could be taken in by another squad.

Of course, both sides had to agree, and some Time-Space Points had to be paid as a price.

"Where would we find someone on such short notice?" Zhou Zheng asked.

"Does the captain not know anyone on Time-Space Island?" Herk asked.

"No!"

Zhou Zheng shook his head directly. He had briefly interacted with a few people, but he had never formed any deep connections.

For the past nine years, he had focused single-mindedly on improving his strength. Even when he occasionally had free time, he only wandered around aimlessly. How many people could he possibly have gotten to know?

Besides, in a place like the Temporal Temple, those who were not in the same squad might become opponents someday.

If they became acquainted now, it would be harder to act against each other later. So it was better not to interact at all!

"I do know someone. She's also Transcendental and has mastered the Illusion Profound Mystery. She specializes in Spear Technique. All her teammates died during her last mission, and she's currently looking for a squad to join!" Feng Zhuhong suddenly said.

"Oh?"

Zhou Zheng was slightly surprised at her words. If the Illusion Profound Mystery could condense into a True Meaning, it would be a Third-grade True Meaning. It was a fairly powerful Profound Mystery!

After thinking briefly, Zhou Zheng said, "Then go ask whether she's willing to join our squad!"

"Alright!" Feng Zhuhong nodded in agreement.

"Then let's leave it at that for now. Go make your preparations!" Zhou Zheng said, then had the two of them return to prepare.

Herk said nothing more and quickly left.

However, Feng Zhuhong did not set off immediately.

"Is there something else?" Zhou Zheng asked somewhat curiously.

"Captain, could you lend me some Time-Space Points?" Feng Zhuhong hesitated for a moment before finally speaking.

"What do you need to borrow Time-Space Points for?" Zhou Zheng asked.

"During my last experiment, I accidentally destroyed most of the materials I bought with all my savings. I need some Time-Space Points to buy materials for setting up a Transcendent Magic Array." Feng Zhuhong explained, and Zhou Zheng understood.

The path of a Mage required researching all things.

This was even more so for a Transcendent Mage!

Feng Zhuhong had simply encountered an accident during her research, plunging her into extreme poverty all at once.

But that was not particularly strange. Transcendent Mages were inherently enormous consumers of resources. If they were lucky, the materials they researched could be refined into alchemical items and sold to recoup some losses. If they were unlucky and the materials were destroyed, then they would return to square one overnight!

"How much?"

Zhou Zheng asked. If it was not much, he could consider it.

"One hundred points."

Feng Zhuhong held up one finger.

Zhou Zheng froze slightly upon hearing that, then nodded.

One hundred Time-Space Points truly was not much to Zhou Zheng.

Although he had not done any missions during the past nine years, he had obtained even more Time-Space Points than he had from missions before.

The reason was simple: his rule Profound Mysteries had improved tremendously.

Every improvement in each Profound Mystery Zhou Zheng mastered earned him some Time-Space Points. When his Time Deceleration Profound Mystery condensed into the Proto Time Deceleration True Meaning, he had directly received a reward of ten thousand Time-Space Points.

Zhou Zheng had not expected Feng Zhuhong to borrow a mere hundred Time-Space Points, which was why he had asked.

But if Feng Zhuhong was only borrowing one hundred points, then it truly was nothing to Zhou Zheng. He could lend them to her without a second thought!

Still, upon careful consideration, it was not that strange.

During their squad's previous mission, even though their mission completion rating had not been too bad, the base reward had only been five hundred Time-Space Points.

Of those five hundred Time-Space Points, Zhou Zheng alone had taken half. Herk had likely taken most of the remaining half.

Of what was left, Feng Zhuhong and Jit had split it. Even if Feng Zhuhong had contributed more, she had probably only received a few dozen Time-Space Points.

Although she had completed another five individual missions before breaking through to the Transcendental level, with strength below the Transcendental level, she probably had not earned many Time-Space Points.

So one hundred Time-Space Points was not actually a small amount.

Zhou Zheng thought it was little only because he had obtained too many Time-Space Points from the very beginning.

Feng Zhuhong did not know what Zhou Zheng was thinking, but when she saw him nod, she also breathed a sigh of relief.

"Thank you, Captain. After this mission, I'll repay you immediately!"

Feng Zhuhong promised him. She had already broken through to the Transcendental level, so her ability to earn Time-Space Points was naturally different from before. She was quite confident that she could repay those hundred Time-Space Points after this mission.

"No need to be so polite!"

Zhou Zheng smiled and said nothing more.

Time passed, and three days went by in a flash.

As soon as the time arrived, Zhou Zheng, who was in his Private Space, was swept up by a vast Power of Space-Time and instantly vanished from where he stood.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

After a bout of Space-Time Teleportation, Zhou Zheng quickly surveyed his surroundings.

At this moment, the flow of time around him was astonishingly fast. Relative to him, the outside world was almost frozen.

Zhou Zheng tried to sense the mystery of this Time Acceleration, but unfortunately, its level was too high. He could not understand it at all.

However, Zhou Zheng did not dwell on it and instead looked beside him.

Feng Zhuhong and Herk were both there. Besides them, there was also a woman in a red-and-white combat suit with a ponytail.

This was the Transcendental Feng Zhuhong had mentioned, the one who had mastered the Illusion Profound Mystery. Her name was Mo Zitong. After meeting her, Zhou Zheng had accepted her into the squad.

She did not speak much, but she was quite steady. She was a good choice for a teammate.