"We're back!"
On the vast and empty Main God Plaza, two graceful figures suddenly appeared.
"Oh my, it's really worth celebrating that we returned safely. It's a good thing you acted fast just now, otherwise we would have been buried underground."
One of them said, patting the other's shoulder casually.
These two figures were, naturally, Zhou Ming and Qin Wumeng.
"Phew, this mission was really tiring. Let's get the settlement and rest quickly."
Zhou Ming stretched, her beautiful figure revealed without reservation.
Qin Wumeng silently turned her head. She was still a bit unaccustomed to Zhou Ming's current appearance... [Mission settlement complete. Please check it yourself.]
[Main Mission: Kill Yagyu Killing God! Mission completed. Contribution 98%. Reward Points: 9800. Mission Completion Rating: Excellent.]
[Side Mission: Newcomer. Explain Main God Space related matters to the newcomer. Mission completed. Reward Points: 100. Not included in mission rating.]
[Triggered Side Mission: City Slaughter. Destroy the Eastern Capital of Japan. Reward Points: 5000. Mission Completion Rating: Perfect.]
[Triggered Side Mission: Dragon Vein. Destroy the Central Plains Dragon Vein. Reward Points: 2000. Mission Completion Rating: Normal.]
[Overall Mission Rating: Eight-Star.]
[Obtained Special Reward: One Eight-Star Lottery Qualification. You can choose to draw specifically or randomly.]
[The next mission world will be entered in 180 days.]
[Personal comprehensive evaluation in progress! Evaluation complete. Current Personal Rank: Eight-Star Rank.]
[Personal authority confirmed. Reincarnator, please check it yourself.]
[Team comprehensive evaluation in progress! Evaluation complete. Current Team Rank: Six-Star Rank.]
[The basic difficulty of the next story world mission will be Six-Star Rank.]
"Hiss, these changes are indeed quite significant." Zhou Ming carefully examined the mission settlement report, suddenly finding many areas that required study.
"Hmm, first, the Reward Points are much less. A total of 16900, and that's with me almost monopolizing the Main Mission rewards alone, plus triggering two extra Side Missions, to get this many Reward Points."
"If it were other Reincarnators, their gains would probably be much less than this. Hmm... Qin Wumeng's gains this round seem to be very little..."
Thinking about it, Zhou Ming alone accounted for 98% of the Main Mission, and the remaining bit... that's not just little, it's pitiful.
However, this was also related to Zhou Ming. If not for Zhou Ming's overpowered strength, they wouldn't have been matched with such a high-difficulty mission, making it impossible for Qin Wumeng to even scrape by for points.
"No Reward Point bonus, no next mission information announcement, only the Eight-Star Lottery reward left. Compared to the novice period, it has indeed shrunk by more than a little bit."
"However, the mission interval period has been extended again compared to the last time. A full one hundred and eighty days. In the Gu World, the next mission won't start until January of next year. Time is ample, and many things can be done."
"It's just that, in this way, the time flow ratio between the Gu World and the Main God Space has reached an exaggerated eighteen to one. Every minute in the Main God Space is a pure waste."
At this thought, Zhou Ming almost couldn't resist returning to the Gu World immediately, but fortunately, he wasn't really that impulsive and continued to tally his gains from this time.
There was also one Eight-Star Lottery Qualification, which Zhou Ming used directly.
This lottery hadn't changed; it was still five options, choose one.
They were the Divine Artifact Thousand Autumns, Demonic Blade Tiger Fiend, Ten Thousand Souls Ghost Banner, Pandora's Tree Seed, and Mission Failure Exemption Order.
The first four were directly skipped by her; she only focused on the last one, the Mission Failure Exemption Order.
Zhou Ming had seen this token with Feng Yuanzheng. He also had a Team Assembly Order in his hand, both were similar types of items, Main God specialties.
The lottery after mission settlement was the only way to obtain such items. The better the Reincarnator's performance in this mission, and the more the mission rating stars exceeded their own star Rank, the higher the probability of such item options appearing.
Overall, the difficulty of obtaining them was still very high. One needed to be strong enough, have a high mission completion rating, and also be lucky enough to draw such items.
Zhou Ming didn't hesitate too much and directly chose this reward.
The importance of this kind of item was self-evident, and it was quite scarce. In the Main God Space, it was always priceless, and any team would need it, making it equivalent to hard currency.
Even if one didn't use it themselves, they could always sell it for a good price.
Moreover, no one could guarantee that they wouldn't encounter a situation like the Yuanzheng Team's last mission, where they abandoned the Main Mission for greater benefits.
'Basically, everything is settled, right?' Zhou Ming calculated his gains and muttered to himself.
In fact, the gains from this story world were quite substantial. Not to mention the rewards from mission settlement, just one bronze dream tree was enough to satisfy Zhou Ming.
Not to mention the Nine Yin Profound Heaven Sword, which could be called a Divine Artifact, and Zhou Ming's Sword Dao Realm, which climbed from Lv1 to Lv4 in this story world.
This was not an easy feat. Zhou Ming stayed in Shangguan Wuji's dream for two and a half years, practicing the sword for two and a half years, being killed countless times, only then did his Sword Dao increase to Lv3. Then, after entering the Sword World and experiencing various powerful Sword Intents, he finally advanced to Lv4.
Compared to the previous increase in his Blade Dao, the difficulty gap was too immense. One could only say that the Main God was truly powerful, seizing the opportunity to directly absorb combat experience, saving countless future efforts and hardships.
"Finally, there are the newly updated personal authorities. Eight-star authority, isn't this the same as Feng Yuanzheng? Damn it! I don't know what their mission completion rating was this time, and whether their authority will drop."
Thinking that Feng Yuanzheng had shown off his authority to Zhou Ming in the last mission, only to be surpassed by himself immediately after the mission ended, Zhou Ming felt like laughing.
"Tsk tsk, there's quite a lot of authority indeed." Zhou Ming quickly scanned through it, then his eyes lit up as he found an authority that greatly interested him.
Exchange Recommendation Authority.
That is, when a Reincarnator queries the Main God for exchanges in a certain area, the Main God will provide relevant recommendations, helping the Reincarnator save a lot of searching time and reduce trial and error costs.
This authority continuously increased as the Reincarnator's star Rank rose. The higher the Reincarnator's star Rank, the more detailed and thoughtful the recommendations would be.
Just coincidentally, Zhou Ming now had such a problem that urgently needed solving.
He took out the bronze dream tree from the Doushuai Grass Gu, and its huge roots spread out on the empty plaza.
In just a few minutes, the bronzed color of the one-meter-tall sapling had faded considerably, and its bronze leaves had also turned slightly yellow and curled, looking withered and on the verge of dying.
"Main God, what do I need to exchange to keep this tree alive?" Zhou Ming didn't dare to delay and quickly asked the Main God.
The Main God's answer was swift, and soon, several different exchange plans were provided to Zhou Ming.
"Exchange for a demi-plane, raise humans, establish a kingdom, cultivate a Dragon Vein? Holy crap, you're giving me such an outrageous plan too?"
"Strengthen the Ninety-Five Supreme Destiny, add the yellow robe, feed it with one's own imperial purple Qi..."
"Exchange..."
Exchange items flashed by quickly. Among them were some so outrageous that Zhou Ming didn't want to look at them a second time, and also some highly executable ones, highlighting a large quantity, diverse, and varied selection.
After reviewing all of them, Zhou Ming compared them multiple times and finally selected a relatively reliable plan.
Solidify a miniature artificial Dragon Vein in her courtyard garden, with Reward Points deducted daily for consumption.
"Exchange!"
A pillar of light fell into the courtyard, and a golden glow visibly appeared in the soil. Then the golden light vanished, and that patch of land no longer showed any abnormalities.
However, the plants growing on that land underwent obvious changes. The grass was emerald green, the leaves like jade, the branches like Dragons raising their heads to the sky, and the flowers bloomed in competition, emitting bursts of fragrance.
"What a Dragon Vein!" Zhou Ming exclaimed, then mercilessly cleared those flowers and plants, dug a huge deep pit, and planted the bronze dream tree.
Just as the soil was properly cultivated, a rustling sound was heard. The bronze dream tree's branches and leaves swayed, its trunk returned to its bronzed color, and its leaves unfurled. Although it was only one meter tall, it possessed a certain mystical quality.
"Grow well, grow up quickly. When I take you to the Gu World, just refine one or two Immortal Gu for me and then come."
Zhou Ming patted the sapling's trunk and said softly.
Zhou Ming would not take the bronze dream tree to the Gu World unless the conditions were ripe. Not to mention whether it could be kept safe, the current bronze dream tree was too weak to be of much use in the Gu World.
Although the time flow in the Main God Space was too slow, and the bronze dream tree would not grow much during the ten-day interval between each mission, Zhou Ming could only accept it.
After planting the bronze dream tree, Zhou Ming's mission settlement was finally basically complete. He no longer wasted time, and after a brief explanation to Qin Wumeng, he left the Main God Space and returned to the Gu World.