NOVEL NEXT Chapter 1065: What Level of Wedding Is This?
"Teacher Han! Senior Brother! Senior Sister!"
Zhang Menglong warmly went up to greet them.
"Menglong, it's been a long time!" Senior Brother Zhu Mengchao punched him in the chest, "Tsk, tsk, tsk, you're such a grown-up, and it's your first time hitting an Academician. Feels great."
"I heard you haven't been on Earth for the past two years, what on earth have you been up to?"
In fact, Zhang Menglong had led people to defeat the invading fleet back then, something ordinary Earthlings were completely unaware of. Even his later ventures to the battlefield outside the realm were only slightly known to a few of his closest people.
"Hmm... I've been doing business with other civilizations in the universe," Zhang Menglong made up.
"I see your wedding today is such a grand affair, looks like you've made quite a few friends among extraterrestrial civilizations," Zhang Menglong's senior brothers glanced over at some of the guests who had already arrived, "No wonder so many aliens came as well."
"Old Zhou, Old Qin!" Zhang Menglong continued to greet several elderly people beside him.
"Hahaha, good, good, I never thought these old bones of mine would see the day when you'd get married, you rascal." Old Zhou, who had no children, almost regarded Zhang Menglong as his own son, "If your parents are watching from above, they must be very pleased."
Upon hearing this, Zhang Menglong couldn't help but roll his eyes. His parents weren't dead yet!
A couple of months ago, when the wedding date was set, Zhang Menglong sent out invitations to his ancestors through Gou Dan. But one after another, they all made up excuses as to why they couldn't come, whether it was a new concubine giving birth or a dinner invitation from some big shot in a high-grade world.
What blood is thicker than water family ties? It's all bullshit!
"You've got other friends coming, so we won't disturb you. Go entertain them!" Another spaceship carrying guests had just landed at the distant docking area.
"Hahaha, alright! Enjoy the food and drinks, I'll go take care of the guests first!"
Ordinary friends were whatever, but whether it was a Level Eight Life Form or a Level Nine Life Form, Zhang Menglong wouldn't give face to any of them. However, from that spaceship, Zhang Menglong clearly felt several familiar presences.
"Ireel! Shayana! Shazina!"
"Menglong!"
Ireel gave Zhang Menglong a big bear hug; it had been several years since they last met at the cosmic underground trade fair.
The Izek civilization, while still just a Level Two civilization, had received untold resources thanks to maintaining the massive network of letter groups Ireel managed, with people trying to send him money, planets, and treasures every day.
Now his civilization governed over 400 Level Five civilizations, his personal assets exceeded tens of millions of star Cosmic Coins, and his status was comparable to a Level Eight Life Form.
Shayana, on the side, looked a bit more prosperous, apparently pregnant.
"Yo, congratulations!" Zhang Menglong winked.
"Ah, what a pity," Shazina sighed, "If I had known, I would have made my move sooner, gotten you drunk, and you would have been mine."
"Shazina!" Shayana glared at her sister.
"Bleh, just kidding," Shazina said cheekily, "Congratulations!"
"By the way, I've already given your gift to your people," Ireel said, "With your status and wealth, I couldn't give you anything of value, so I got you the latest limited edition private spaceship. Don't be picky!"
"Hahaha, as if I could be!" Zhang Menglong never cared about the monetary value of gifts; he could afford anything anyway.
After Zhang Menglong arrived, the live broadcast of the wedding began, an event of such scale rarely seen on Earth, especially since it was held on another planet. Once the broadcast started, an unimaginable number of people poured in.
"Wow! Is this really Zhang's wedding? It's truly astonishing."
"I've said it a few times, stop calling him Zhang; it reeks of commercialism. Call him Academician Zhang!"
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, truly a pioneer of human civilization! I've heard Earth's rapid development today is inseparable from Academician Zhang's efforts!"
In the public's eyes, ever since those extraterrestrial civilizations began visiting humans, human technology had soared, with Zhang Menglong playing a pivotal role, which is why he had been scarcely reported about over the years, all busy with scientific research projects.
"Look, even some leaders of the Planetary Council showed up."
"What's odd about that? That's just Zhang's basic operation. See those oddly shaped people? I bet they're from nearby other civilizations, all friends of Academician Zhang made in other civilizations."
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, incredible!"
"Look, more people are coming out of the spaceship!"
"I know that person! I saw him on a TV broadcast last time. That's the Lord from a planet in the Engel technology, 73,000 light years away, a Level Two civilization!"
"Really? Even a lord from a Level Two civilization came? Zhang's influence is this big already?"
"Strangely, have you noticed he seems to be trembling all the time?"
Could that Lord from the Engel civilization not be shaking?
After all, he arrived on the same spaceship as 17 other people, each a Level Seven Life Form who could easily crush him with a mere fart. There were even two who seemed even more frightening as even the owners of those Level Five life forms deliberately kept a certain distance.
"I've seen that person on the cosmic network. He's our Twin Whales Cosmic Empire's leader! Our Twin Whales Cosmic Empire is a Level Five civilization, so how come such a big name is here?"
"Wait a minute, why does something feel off? Look at him, he's grinning so obsequiously!"
"Not just obsequious, he looks like a smiling dog!"
"I think Academician Zhang definitely has something else he's hiding from us!"
"Izek civilization Lord Ireel, gift of 100 stars, a spaceship from Superstar civilization!" Staff responsible for recording the gifts started reporting.
"100 stars? Our entire Twin Whales Cosmic Empire is worth just a few stars! Are they messing with us? Some kind of scam?"
"The Superstar civilization's private spaceship is an upgraded model of Star Gazers, with a 10% performance increase, at more than double the starting price of a Star Gazers model. Even with money, you might not be able to get it. Are they lying?"
Viewers could hardly believe the reported information was true.
But the next reported gifts further scrambled their worldview.
"Noah Civilization Lord gifted 1 billion stars, 500 Level Five civilizations!"
"Aizek civilization Lord gifted 880 million stars, 1200 Level Five civilizations!"
...
"Noah Civilization? Isn't it one of the largest civilizations in the universe?"
"Take away the 'one of' for me!"
"Who are these people? The gifts are measured in billions of stars? And hundreds or thousands of civilizations given as gifts?"
"Representatives of Universe 82 gifted 8.8 billion Star Cores, 5000 Level Five civilization territories from Universe 82!"
"Representatives of Universe 97 gifted 6.6 billion Star Cores, 6666 Level Five civilization territories from Universe 87!"
...
The people and gifts presented became increasingly outrageous, and the expressions of the viewers had already begun to distort. Either the people attending this wedding were insane today, or they were; could a carbon-based lifeform really host such a wedding?
Even with rulers from super civilizations showing up, why were people from parallel universes coming too? Aren't these still just theoretical?
What level of wedding is this really?