All Gods: Starting with Two Families

Chapter 42 Overseas MissionZhou Zheng took a deep breath, pushed past several divine thought projections that were still whispering to each other, and walked straight to the base of the stone platform.

He looked up at the massive phantom of the Tiger God and sent his Divine Thought, cutting straight to the point:

”Respected Tiger God, are there any tasks that require long-term stationing or investigation outside the crystal wall of the Orc God System?”

At the same time, he very discreetly sent over a ball of pure faith—this was the currency used between deities.

The Tiger God’s messenger opened his tightly closed, massive tiger eyes slightly, and his cold, golden slit pupils swept over Zhou Zheng. It seemed he was recalling who Zhou Zheng was.

Fortunately, he seemed to remember Zhou Zheng, and the assessment passed. He nodded imperceptibly.

The ball of faith energy that had been sent over was gently brushed away by his invisible Divine Thought; he did not accept it.

His voice, deep as rumbling thunder, resounded directly in Zhou Zheng’s consciousness:

”Tasks... naturally, there are some.”

As he spoke, a light screen that only Zhou Zheng could ”see” unfolded within his Divine Thought, listing several task options:

* Guard the ”Ancient Boundary Stele” of the Ash Plain Plane (30 years).

* Investigate the cause of glacial melting in the ”Eternal Silence Icefield” Plane (45 years).

* Track the anomalous trajectory of the meteorite belt in the ”Sighing Star Domain” Plane (30 years).

* Investigate the cause of the mass comas among the Merman tribe in the ”Yinghai Plane” (40 years).

Without exception, these tasks were all in remote Planes outside the crystal wall of the Orc God System. The task descriptions were simple and vague, but the durations were astonishingly long.

They looked just like... ”reasonable excuses” prepared specifically for certain people to stay outside for long periods.

Zhou Zheng’s gaze swept over them quickly, almost without hesitation. ”I choose the last task, to go to the Yinghai Plane.” Perhaps there would be water resources needed by the Sand Worms there.

”Approved.” The Tiger God’s messenger was concise.

A dark golden light, bearing a sharp claw mark, shot out from his phantom and precisely branded itself onto the core of Zhou Zheng’s divine thought projection.

Entry and exit from the Orc God System were now strictly controlled. This mark was both proof of the task and a pass to enter and exit the crystal wall of the Orc God System.

The moment the branding was complete, the Tiger God’s messenger stared at Zhou Zheng with his cold, slit pupils: ”You must return to report before the task deadline ends. If you are overdue... you will bear the consequences.”

”Understood!” Zhou Zheng replied solemnly.

He took one last look at this empty, oppressive assembly Plane. Here, he had experienced the excitement of Totem Awakening and felt the cruelty of the law of the jungle.

It wasn’t that he was attached, nor did he feel much reluctance to leave.

It was more a sense of bewilderment regarding this sudden upheaval and the unknown path ahead.

However, compared to these deities who were still kept in the dark and unaware that danger had arrived, he already held an advantage.

Delay leads to changes; right now, it was a race against time. Zhou Zheng quickly regained his resolve, his Divine Thought triggering the newly acquired dark golden claw mark on his forehead.

The task Plane was far too distant; he would likely need to undergo three to five Plane jumps to reach it. Moreover, this would be his first time leaving the crystal wall of the Orc God System.

A massive spatial fluctuation instantly enveloped his projection; the jump initiated!

The incredibly sturdy crystal wall, which protected the Orc God System, began to ”dissolve” after sensing the aura of the Tiger God’s claw mark, clearing a narrow passage for him that was only wide enough for one person.

Traveling through this ”melting” crystal wall passage, the concepts of time and space became blurred. Zhou Zheng’s Divine Thought was highly concentrated, vigilant against any possible accidents.

Finally, a faint light appeared ahead, signaling the end of the crystal wall.

Just as his divine thought projection was about to completely break free from the crystal wall of the Orc God System and step into the external Void Realm—

A cold, deathly, and silent power of Death, containing endless decay and resentment, like maggots on a bone, suddenly seeped in from the edge of the ”melting” crystal wall and directly invaded his Divine Domain!

Zhou Zheng looked at the thick layer of black ”sludge” enveloping the outside of the crystal wall, and only then did he have a real sense of the crisis—this time, the Orc God System had truly encountered a major event.

It was very likely the legendary God War!

Let alone a Reserve Deity like him, even Formal Deities would not know how many would fall.

But for now, he also had his own trouble to solve—hundreds of pale skeletons were struggling to crawl out from the soil of his Divine Domain!

In their eye sockets, ghostly green Soul fire flickered; they held rusted bone blades or broken weapons in their hands, their hollow jaws opening and closing silently, emitting intense hostility and a pure aura of Death!