I Inherited 5,000 Years of Family Property

"You!" The Level Eight Life Form glared angrily at Zhang Menglong.

"What 'you'?" Zhang Menglong sneered, "Who gave you the guts to look directly at my offspring?"

"Geklonn!"

Geklonn understood and slapped the Level Eight Life Form across the face, the power of a level nine life form shattering half his face.

"I already gave you a chance just now. You could have left without any cost, but you refused."

"Then I gave you a second chance, for a small price, you could still have left."

"But not only did you not appreciate it, you even tried to threaten me this way. If I couldn't handle you, I might already be dead in your hands, right? You have no right to negotiate with me!"

The flesh of the Level Eight Life Form began to heal, but the fear on his face did not diminish in the slightest. Those two slaps from Geklonn shattered all his pride and dignity.

"It seems I've been too kind to let you treat me with such an attitude," Zhang Menglong laughed, "Participants from their universe just now, 400 billion Level Five Energy Barytes or 200 million Star Cores, until you pay this ransom, you will stay here quietly and mine for me!"

Looking at the countless warships and warriors, they are indeed the best workforce!

"Many of you were originally destined to die, but I let you pay with labor instead. You should be grateful and write it into your clan's genealogy!"

"Yes indeed!" Those countless warriors unexpectedly showed expressions of having escaped a calamity.

According to the normal process, this massive battle would definitely have been extremely deadly; under this ridiculously high fatality rate, they didn't think they'd be the lucky ones.

And now, Universe Seven, with an invincible powerful stance, has directly taken over this mineral vein. There's no need for the battle to continue, so why not just mine here?

Moreover, once the ransom is paid, they can go home. This is practically a lifeline!

At this moment, even the cannon fodder felt a trace of gratitude towards Zhang Menglong.

...

"Legion Commander, we've already ascertained the Star Core reserves here," after several hours of calculation and exploration, a warrior from Universe Seven excitedly ran over to Zhang Menglong.

"Speak!"

"Legion Commander, we're rich!" The warrior reported excitedly, "This mineral vein's reserves exceed 8000 Hellstone tons, far surpassing the total Star Core reserves of our inner universe by hundreds of times, enough for us to develop here long-term!"

He continued, "We just need to station a legion-sized extraction team to carry out mining here. Even if we allocate some forces for defense, we can extract over 1 billion Star Cores annually! With such resources, we can even live luxuriously here!"

"Wow!" Those captives all showed expressions of envy, the reserves surpassed their imaginations by more than ten times! Unfortunately, this mineral vein now belongs to Universe Seven.

"What are you looking at? Get to work!" Zhang Menglong began assigning tasks according to the reserves distribution map, "You, mine this area! You, mine that area... I'll have people continuously patrol and monitor, and if I catch anyone trying to keep a Star Core for themselves, you know the consequences!"

...

Universe Seven, Luo Ze was anxiously waiting for news in his palace.

This was to be a prolonged battle, and he told Zhang Menglong to send him a report every day, just to keep him informed about the situation. If reinforcements were needed, he'd spare no effort to provide help.

Thousands of universes and tens of thousands of legions, Zhang Menglong's legion seemed the least conspicuous, yet deep down, Luo Ze had a hunch that Zhang Menglong would surprise him.

However, it was already the third day, and until now, Zhang Menglong had sent no news. Could something have happened to him on the battlefield? Or hadn't they even reached the battlefield and were ambushed on the way?

"General, Legion Commander Zhang Menglong has sent back news!" A communications soldier hurried into his palace.

"Quick, tell me, how's the battle going? Do we stand a chance?"

"Reporting to the General! Legion Commander Zhang Menglong says they've already occupied that mineral vein and have determined the reserves, exceeding 8000 Hellstone tons. They're already starting to mine, and it's expected that they'll bring back the first batch of Star Cores when they return!"

"Menglong and his team have already taken over that mineral vein?" Luo Ze's face first showed shock, followed by immense joy.

It's only been three days! Even traveling from Universe Seven's base takes a long time. The last Level Five Energy Baryte mine was much smaller and less valuable compared to this one, yet that battle lasted for three months.

Zhang Menglong took it in three days?

Honestly, deep down, he had some doubts.

"General, took it in three days, do you believe it?"

"General, this Zhang Menglong is still blowing things out of proportion. For this war, even three days, even three to five months or three years wouldn't be an exaggeration."

The Legion Commanders around Luo Ze also expressed strong doubts about this.

However, the message brought by the communications soldier, with a video shot by Zhang Menglong, completely dispelled their doubts.

It was Zhang Menglong's first-person perspective, holding a recording device, showing himself and patrolling the mineral vein.

In the heart of the mineral vein, Universe Seven had already begun building their mining works. The dazzling IPx-001 legion insignia loudly proclaimed that this place had been occupied by them.

"Bro, I've already taken this place," Zhang Menglong said to the camera, "and I've captured a bunch of people to help us mine. Come on, everyone say hi to the camera!"

Zhang Menglong pointed the camera towards the workers mining in the mineral vein.

They worked diligently in the vein, digging out one Star Core after another. They glanced at them greedily, then reluctantly placed them into the storage containers, just like coal miners on Earth.

"Isn't that the Legion Commander of Universe 31's first legion? Though I've never fought him, we've met once!"

"That's the Legion Commander of Universe 29. Last time we fought for several months, I even fought him!"

"That's the Legion Commander of Universe 15!"

The Legion Commanders around Luo Ze one by one recognized old acquaintances among those disheveled workers!

They were once dominant Legion Commanders on the battlefield, even the Legion Commander from the first universe's first legion, nicknamed the strongest legion on the battlefield, was listed among them!

They looked at the camera confused, eyes void of life...

"Damn it, when I told you to say hi, why are you all making deadpan faces?" Zhang Menglong cursed, and the screen turned black for about ten minutes, but the recording wasn't cut. They could hear continuous screams.

After ten minutes, the picture returned. This time, those workers had bright smiles on their faces, though they bore some injuries and bloodstains. One could easily guess what kind of 'training' Zhang Menglong put them through.

The screen returned to Zhang Menglong.

"Oh, right. We'll be back in a few days. I still have some ransom to collect, enough for us to chill for twenty to thirty thousand years. Remember to prepare a warehouse, time to feast, over and out!"