New Task

"Xandar!" Star-Lord, who once again had a gun pointed at his head, quickly spoke up.

When the warden was escorting Rocket and the others out, Star-Lord was not far away and accidentally overheard that they were returning to Xandar.

Moreover, on the way to the prison, he heard Gamora mention that it was Rocket and his crew who had taken the Orb.

That's why Star-Lord gave this answer.

In such a life-and-death situation, he dared not lie.

But Star-Lord still underestimated Ronan's brutality. Their only value alive now was the information in their heads.

Once they revealed it, Ronan would have to kill them to prevent the news from leaking...

"Since I know the answer now, you are of no use to me!" Ronan said, signaling the soldiers surrounding Gamora and Star-Lord.

"I know who has the Orb!" Gamora said, looking deeply at Star-Lord, the man who had helped her several times.

"Who?" Ronan turned and asked.

"Do you think I'm stupid enough to tell you now?" Gamora, knowing Ronan's unpredictability, of course, wouldn't reveal Zane's existence at this moment.

If she did, no one in this prison, including her and Star-Lord, would survive.

In the end, Ronan had to take Gamora and the pointed-out Star-Lord and set off for Xandar.

Meanwhile, Zane, who had just left Xandar, suddenly received a message from the system.

[Ding, a special event detected, releasing optional tasks.]

[Task One: Destroy the Xandar civilization

Task Reward: One skill lottery draw ranging from B-level to SS-level based on participation

Failure Penalty: None]

[Task Two: Destroy the Kree civilization

Task Reward: One skill lottery draw ranging from A-level to SS-level based on participation

Failure Penalty: None]

[Only one of the two tasks can be chosen, the other will be automatically forfeited upon selection.]

Hearing the system, Zane instinctively looked back at Xandar.

The task seemed a bit late; if it had been five minutes earlier, he wouldn't have had to choose.

Zane, being a person who keeps his promises, felt it wouldn't be right to go back on his word now and return to Xandar.

"I choose Task Two!"

[Task One is being eliminated...]

[Elimination complete.]

The only difference between these two tasks was the initial reward: one was B-level, and the other was A-level.

It was likely because of Ronan. Zane remembered this villain who died in the original story because of Star-Lord's awkward dance was from the Kree civilization.

Seeing the tempting SS-level reward in the task, a gleam of heat flashed in Zane's eyes.

Indeed, to obtain SS-level skills, one must seize opportunities in the vast universe.

This opportunity was one Zane had been waiting for a long time, and finally, it appeared for the second time!

The first time was when the task to destroy Asgard appeared. Zane gave it up considering they were allies.

This time, Zane was determined to get the SS-level skill!

"Skynet, broadcast our location on all channels, and add an additional message."

"What message, boss?"

"Say that the Orb is in my possession! Anyone who wants it can come and get it!"

A bloodthirsty smile appeared on Zane's lips.

"Got it, boss!"

Yes, Zane's purpose was to lure Ronan over.

Zane had no time to search for Ronan everywhere; having him come to die was the most efficient method.

Since Task Two had a completion requirement, Zane aimed to do it to the utmost.

This meant that anyone aligned with the Kree civilization had to die!

This included the main Kree civilization, its subordinate civilizations, and the radical Ronan causing trouble everywhere. They were all Zane's targets.

Billions of lives unknowingly were placed on the death list.

Otherwise, simply going to Kree and launching a star-destroying cannon wouldn't earn an SS-level lottery chance; at most, it would be an A-level.

However, Zane was a bit conflicted. Not because he couldn't bring himself to kill those billions of lives.

After all, Zane's hands were already stained with blood, and he had no hypocritical savior complex, especially since they were all aliens.

There's no point in playing the saint now. Zane wasn't that pretentious. Anyone standing in his way would be killed without hesitation.

Being called a demon or a butcher didn't put any pressure on Zane.

Getting the SS-level skill was the real goal!

Zane's conflict was that his Death Power was less than two days away from complete transformation, already on the edge of metamorphosis.

If billions of souls suddenly joined the Death Domain, the time for the Death Power's complete transformation would be significantly delayed.

But Zane, who was impatient for the SS-level skill, couldn't wait any longer.

Delay it then; after all, it would only bring benefits, not harm.

As the saying goes, a tall building starts from the ground; the foundation is the most important.

Zane used to wonder how the old bastard God managed to become a deity with the not-so-pure power of faith from a few million people.

Zane's current followers already far exceeded the initial number for God, and the purity of their faith was much higher than Jehovah's.

Yet, there was still no sign of igniting the divine spark and achieving godhood.

It wasn't until the Death Power was about to complete its transformation that Zane suddenly realized.

The reason he hadn't become a god yet was simply because he developed too fast.

So fast it was frightening. Jehovah didn't have the [Realm of Dead] to harvest faith.

His faith was gathered bit by bit through trickery.

Zane even boldly speculated that his reserve of faith couldn't keep up with the conversion speed of divine power.

So once the faith reached the minimum threshold for becoming a God, Jehovah immediately succeeded.

Thus, stepping into the realm of five-dimensional beings, but that was the weakest of the five-dimensional beings.

That's why the Ancient One could expel him from the human world.

Now, after thousands of years, Jehovah had finally grown strong enough to defeat the Ancient One.

But the Ancient One had anticipated this long ago, which is why she established the three sanctums.

She set up barriers across the human world to prevent beings from other dimensions from descending into the human world.

One wrong step leads to another. Now Jehovah could only watch the countless lives on Earth with drooling desire.

Therefore, a solid foundation is indeed crucial.

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