"What a joke! How could there be newcomers!"
The scene shifted, and Zhou Ming surveyed his surroundings. Before he could even utter a sigh of emotion, someone beside him had already cursed angrily.
The sigh Zhou Ming hadn't yet let out was: So many people!
Besides him and Qin Wumeng, there were three other veterans and six newcomers, making a total of eleven people!
It was very simple to distinguish newcomers from veterans. No matter how calm a newcomer was, if they were caught off guard by an unexpected situation, they would inevitably show some panic, unless they weren't human.
The three Reincarnators, however, were much calmer, although their current expressions were angry and surprised, reacting even more strongly than the newcomers.
It was obvious these three people knew each other well, most likely from the same team. Their strong reaction and the words they had just shouted also startled Zhou Ming.
They didn't know there were newcomers?
They weren't Reincarnators participating in the fourth mission!
When he realized this, he looked at the three again, meeting a pair of uncertain, surprised eyes.
"Is this your fourth mission?" The owner of those eyes pointed at Zhou Ming and asked in astonishment.
It was a young man with a pale complexion, dressed in a white robe and cloth shoes, with his hair tied up in a headscarf. He was clearly well-prepared, dressed like a scholar.
His words confirmed Zhou Ming's guess, which ironically calmed Zhou Ming down. He nodded and retorted, "What about you? Which mission?"
The young man didn't answer. With a displeased look, he said, "Has the Main God been broken? Our team, with an average difficulty of eight stars, is matched with a four-star team?"
Eight-star difficulty?
Zhou Ming keenly caught this keyword, but the young man didn't give him a chance to ask. He had already turned around, pulled his two teammates aside, and was whispering, discussing something.
At this time, the six newcomers also reacted one after another, some shocked, some panicked, some angry. Some tried to leave but were blocked by an invisible barrier.
The mission had not yet begun. The Main God gave the newcomers time to understand and adapt to their current situation.
Zhou Ming gave Qin Wumeng a look, signaling it was her turn to perform.
Qin Wumeng was helpless. As someone with mild social anxiety, she only wanted to be alone and quiet, but her captain's order was not to be refused. She could only bite the bullet and walk over, pondering how to introduce herself to the newcomers.
Zhou Ming no longer paid attention to Qin Wumeng. His mind entered his Aperture, activating all his Gu. Everything was normal; the Gu were still unrestricted in this world.
Not only the Gu, but all the power Zhou Ming had obtained from the Main God Space could be used normally in this world.
"The Main God is indeed as powerful as ever."
Zhou Ming couldn't help but marvel at the Main God's immense power. Reincarnators possessed all sorts of strange and wonderful abilities, and the Law of each world was different. Yet, the Main God managed to allow all these different powers to move unhindered and be treated equally across different worlds, forcibly integrating all power systems.
This kind of great power, the higher one's strength, the deeper one's understanding.
Just then, the three veterans seemed to have reached a conclusion from their discussion and approached Zhou Ming together.
"You two," the same young man spoke again, pointing at Qin Wumeng, then at Zhou Ming, and asked, "Are you a team?"
"That's right. What can we do for you three?" Zhou Ming looked at them with a smile.
"No advice, just wondering what your main mission is. Tell us, it'll help us with our next steps."
The young man's voice was calm, but his words were not very polite.
Zhou Ming's smiling expression remained unchanged. He said lightly, "Before asking for help, you should first introduce yourselves. You seem to be capable veterans, yet you don't even understand this basic courtesy?"
"Oh, you brat are quite…" The man standing half a head taller than the young man behind him glared, about to curse.
"Jianye!" The young man stopped him. When he spoke to Zhou Ming again, his voice was still calm, but it inexplicably carried a hint of coldness.
"Kid, to earn respect from others, you need the strength to command that respect. In the Main God Space, strength is everything."
"For you four-star team, our eight-star team is your big brother! You can ask us if you don't understand anything, but we might not tell you. When we ask you questions, you must answer seriously! Now, introduce yourselves to me. You two, state your names, team name, and enhancements, starting with you!"
"Understood." Zhou Ming's smile became even more cheerful. "So, if my strength is greater than yours, I can do whatever I want to you, right?"
"What are you muttering about to yourself! I didn't hear a single word!" The young man frowned and shouted, "Not loud enough!"
The two behind him immediately followed with shouts: "Can't hear! Again!" "Can't hear at all! Say it again!" "Too quiet!" "So quiet, and you want to be a Reincarnator!"
Buzz!
The adamantium alloy blade flew out, the long blade unsheathed, held in Zhou Ming's hand. At the same time, the Blade King Gu in his Aperture was activated, and an astonishingly murderous Saber Intent erupted from Zhou Ming's body.
"I said…"
The Saber Intent stirred up a fierce wind, shaking everything around. Zhou Ming's long hair fluttered like clouds and a waterfall. A terrifying Aura, like a god or a demon, heavily pressed down on everyone.
"My strength is above yours!"
Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!
The adamantium alloy blade vibrated continuously, its Saber Intent soaring to the sky, like a monarch looking down on ants, boundless in its dominance, unmatched in its arrogance.
"What?!"
"How is that possible?!"
The three veterans' eyes widened as if they were about to pop out of their sockets, their expressions of shock identical, as if they had seen an ant on the roadside suddenly transform into an elephant, and that elephant was now raising its foot to stomp on them—unbelievable, incredible.
The long blade descended, Saber Intent converged, and the surrounding air solidified as if tangible, emitting creaking sounds under the unbearable pressure.
"Block it!"
The tall Reincarnator named Feng Jianye rushed ahead of the other two, shielding them behind him. His body suddenly glowed golden, and he crossed his arms, meeting the descending long blade without dodging.
Swish!
Zhou Ming rotated his wrist, and the blade light, which had been chopping straight down, suddenly veered to the side, grazing the Reincarnator's shoulder, passing through the forest, cutting through a patch of lush trees, and disappearing into the depths of the woods.
Crash… Trees toppled one after another. Along the path where the blade light had just passed, all the trees were severed without exception, until it vanished deep within the forest.
The tip of the adamantium alloy blade stopped at the Reincarnator's shoulder. Zhou Ming suddenly smiled, his immense Aura dissipating. He lightly tapped the Reincarnator's shoulder with the flat of the blade, producing a clang of metal.
"How about it, am I qualified enough for you to introduce yourselves first?"
Gulp!
The Reincarnator couldn't help but swallow, gave a dry laugh, and retreated several steps, moving away from the tip of the adamantium alloy blade. Only then did he withdraw his power, and his golden skin returned to normal.
"My name is Kaka. Don't ask for my real name, no one knows it." The pale-faced young Reincarnator walked up, looking at Zhou Ming as if he were an ancient beast.
"You are very powerful. We admit defeat this time. No one could have imagined that a Reincarnator who just left the novice period would be so abnormal. Were you recruited by other Reincarnators from a story world?"
"Zhou Ming." Zhou Ming actively extended his hand and smiled, "You're not weak either, though a little less than me."
"…" Kaka was almost choked by Zhou Ming's words, but he still extended his hand and shook Zhou Ming's.
"Pleasure working with you!"
"Pleasure working with you!"
The two spoke the same words in unison, immediately reducing many useless disputes and wasted words.
The other two veterans, seeing that the two sides had turned hostility into friendship in an instant, also introduced themselves.
The tall one was Feng Jianye, and the shorter one was Feng Yuanzheng. The two were cousins who entered the Main God world at the same time and later met Kaka, forming their current three-person team, the Yuanzheng Team.
Yes, even though Kaka had been doing most of the talking, the captain of this team was actually the usually quiet Feng Yuanzheng.
"Don't mind that our captain doesn't talk much and seems very serious. He's actually a very gentle and easygoing person."
Kaka noticed Zhou Ming looking at Feng Yuanzheng with a strange gaze and, worried that he might have some prejudice against his captain, quickly spoke up.
"Gentle and easygoing, you say? I can tell, haha." Zhou Ming nodded, but couldn't help but inwardly scoff.
'Just hearing the name Feng Yuanzheng, some people must be recalling the fear of being dominated by childhood shadows!'
"Captain!" Qin Wumeng walked over, her gaze curiously scrutinizing Kaka, who was chatting happily with Zhou Ming.
Zhou Ming's blade strike just now made her almost believe that a life-and-death battle was about to erupt between the two sides.
She had already pulled out her gun, but she didn't expect her captain to turn around and chat cheerfully with the other party, making Qin Wumeng, who had been ready to fight desperately, quite embarrassed.
"Oh, you've come at a good time. Let me introduce…" Zhou Ming took the opportunity to reintroduce the several individuals from both sides, officially marking the beginning of the first cooperation between the Fang Yuan Team and the Yuanzheng Team.
"Are things settled over there?"
Zhou Ming glanced at the newcomers. Six newcomers, four males and two females, stood there obediently, like soldiers about to be inspected, not moving a muscle.
"Yes, thanks to the captain's blade strike just now, I saved a lot of talking." Qin Wumeng couldn't help but chuckle softly.
Just now, facing those six newcomers who were half-believing her words, she was introducing herself while wondering how to make them believe her.
As a result, Zhou Ming's earth-shattering blade strike immediately made them more obedient than quails. Without Qin Wumeng having to say another word, they stood properly, indicating they believed everything.
"Very good. The task of introducing the Reincarnation world to the newcomers is complete, and the main mission should be starting now."
No sooner had Zhou Ming finished speaking than the Main God's prompt sounded in the Reincarnators' minds.
[No identity information arrangement in this world. Apart from newcomers, Reincarnators' appearances and disguises are not masked! Mission start!]