Silver Token Divine Envoy

Just as Zhou Zheng finished sorting through the gains from this mission and was preparing to visit Time-Space Island, a vast ripple suddenly descended.

"Transcendent Zhou Zheng, in light of your performance, from this moment onward, you are a Silver Token Divine Envoy. I hope you continue striving and reach even greater heights!"

The ripple came quickly and vanished just as fast. At the instant it disappeared, information regarding the "Silver Token Divine Envoy" appeared in Zhou Zheng's mind.

"Silver Token Divine Envoy." Zhou Zheng pondered it briefly, then quickly nodded.

He was not particularly surprised to have become a Silver Token Divine Envoy.

Since becoming a Bronze Token Divine Envoy, he had improved tremendously. Most importantly, he had grasped two Second-grade Proto True Meanings.

As long as Second-grade Proto True Meanings continued developing, they would inevitably become Second-grade True Meanings.

For a Transcendent who had mastered two Second-grade True Meanings, becoming a Silver Token Divine Envoy was naturally only right.

"A Silver Token Divine Envoy has far greater authority than a Bronze Token Divine Envoy!"

Zhou Zheng looked through the newly granted permissions and nodded in satisfaction.

A quarter of an hour later, Zhou Zheng left his Private Space and arrived on 954 Time-Space Island.

Before long, Zhou Zheng reached the usual place where the group met.

Zhou Zheng was still the last to arrive, but this time Herk said nothing. Instead, he grinned and invited Zhou Zheng to take a seat.

"Captain!"

Mo Zitong and Feng Zhuhong also rose to greet him.

"Sit!"

After Zhou Zheng said that, the four of them took their seats in turn.

"This mission went well, and the rewards were substantial!"

As Zhou Zheng spoke, he tossed three Storage Treasures to the others. "There are parts of that Special Lifeform's corpse inside. One share each!"

"So much?"

Feng Zhuhong swept her gaze over the Storage Treasure, and a surge of delight immediately flashed through her heart. The last time, she had studied the Special Lifeform Corpse for less than a month, and she had still wanted more. She had thought she would never have another chance to study it, yet there was an unexpected bonus.

Mo Zitong and Herk were also delighted. Neither of them was interested in the Special Lifeform Corpse itself, but it was still a resource. Whether they sold it to a general store on Time-Space Island or directly to the Temporal Temple, they could earn a considerable amount of Time-Space Points.

"..."

Zhou Zheng said nothing as he watched the three of them rejoice.

Of the Special Lifeform Corpse they had obtained this time, aside from the portion handed over to the Temporal Temple, he still had twenty percent left. Naturally, he unceremoniously kept most of that for himself, while dividing the rest among the three of them.

The reason they felt it was so much was because the Special Lifeform had been enormous. Even a small portion of its corpse looked massive.

"And Herk, this is yours!" Zhou Zheng gave Herk another Storage Treasure separately, filled entirely with Origin Stones.

When they had divided the Origin Stones before, Zhou Zheng had set aside a portion for Herk. Since Herk had returned alive, Zhou Zheng naturally gave it to him now.

"Captain, did you give me the wrong one?"

Herk checked the Origin Stones inside, and his heart immediately jolted.

He had asked the Native Transcendentals. The excavated Origin Stones had weighed roughly ten thousand jin. After removing the outer shells, there should have been around six or seven thousand jin left.

Herk had thought Zhou Zheng giving him three hundred jin would already be generous, but now... there had to be over a thousand jin of Origin Stones inside, right?

"I've always been fair. As long as you've contributed, you'll be rewarded!" Zhou Zheng said. Herk immediately understood that these Origin Stones really were for him.

At that moment, Herk suddenly felt that his risk of going undercover this time had truly been worth it. Over a thousand jin of Origin Stones—more than the reward for this mission.

If there were another chance, Herk even wanted to go again...

"The next mission will be fifteen years from now. Use this opportunity to improve yourselves as much as possible, especially you, Feng Zhuhong!" Zhou Zheng looked at Feng Zhuhong.

"I will!"

Feng Zhuhong nodded somewhat helplessly.

She had only just broken through to become a Transcendental and had thought she could keep up with the team's pace. Who could have expected the team's strength to expand so quickly?

During the last mission, aside from being somewhat useful when setting up formations, she had basically been slacking off the rest of the time.

Fortunately, she was the team's only Mage. Otherwise, she truly would have been completely useless, and might even have been eliminated outright.

"Fifteen years from now?"

Herk suddenly realized something was wrong and looked at Zhou Zheng in confusion.

"I became a Silver Token Divine Envoy, so the interval between missions has been extended by another six years!" Zhou Zheng said calmly.

"Silver Token Divine Envoy..."

Herk and Mo Zitong both froze slightly.

"Captain, how did you become a Silver Token Divine Envoy so quickly?" Mo Zitong asked. "Could it be that your Proto True Meaning has already become a complete Second-grade True Meaning?"

"Not that. There's another reason I became a Silver Token Divine Envoy!" Zhou Zheng had no intention of explaining, but the others all knew it was now a fact.

In an instant, following Feng Zhuhong, Herk and Mo Zitong also felt immense pressure.

Following a powerful captain naturally had considerable benefits. For example, during this mission, they had obtained a large amount of extra Origin Stones and collected most of the Special Lifeform Corpse.

But there were drawbacks too: it made it easier for the Temporal Temple to target and kill them.

The Temporal Temple would actively balance a team's strength. There could be differences in strength among members, but the gap could not be too large. If it became too great, the weaker members would be extremely likely to die during missions.

Just like how, during the previous mission, Herk had warned Feng Zhuhong that if she could not break through to become a Transcendental in time, she would very likely die in the next mission.

Zhou Zheng's sudden promotion to Silver Token Divine Envoy made Mo Zitong and the others realize that Zhou Zheng's strength might be far greater than they had imagined. Under such circumstances, if they did not improve quickly enough, it would be hard to say what would happen in the next mission.

After Zhou Zheng mentioned several more matters, he felt that was about enough. He then asked, "Do the three of you have anything else to say?"

"..."

Feng Zhuhong and Herk both shook their heads.

"I do have a suggestion." Mo Zitong spoke up. "I think our team should have a fixed territory. Whenever we don't want to stay in our Private Spaces, we can stay in the team's territory instead. And for team meetings like this, we won't need to come to a place like this either."

"That works!" Zhou Zheng nodded directly. He said,

"Then find a place on 954 Time-Space Island. The environment should be better. When the time comes, have Feng Zhuhong set up formations there!"

"Yes!"

Mo Zitong immediately nodded in agreement.

A short while later, the four went their separate ways.

Zhou Zheng neither remained on Time-Space Island No. 954 nor returned directly to his Private Space. His consciousness entered the Temporal Temple mark on his left wrist, and he directly selected a newly appeared option.

"Time-Space Arena!" Zhou Zheng murmured inwardly.

Whoosh!

As a ripple of Space-Time energy appeared, his figure instantly vanished from Time-Space Island No. 954.