I Inherited 5,000 Years of Family Property

"Yes! Thank you for your care!"

This was the best news Otis had heard in millions of years!

Although it was a Level Five civilization, the Twin Whales Cosmic Empire was merely an elementary Level Five civilization, and Level Five civilizations were as numerous as the Ganges River in the universe; they were unremarkable.

Even among the surrounding Level Five civilizations, the strength of the Twin Whales Cosmic Empire was only slightly below average, and their situation was not particularly favorable.

In fact, the nearby civilizations were not very strong either; the most powerful one was just a medium Level Five civilization, whose strength and scale were about ten times that of the Twin Whales Cosmic Empire, considered just entering the Level Five civilization realm.

However, to compete for more resources and create better development conditions, many civilizations would also form alliances to support and develop one another.

For example, there was an organization called the Olia United Civilization, which was an alliance of 13 elementary Level Five civilizations nearby, and their strength could even rival the only medium Level Five civilization nearby.

As these 13 civilizations mutually supported and aided each other, their development speed increased rapidly, so much so that even that medium Level Five civilization had to sometimes avoid their sharpness.

But where there is profit, there is always war. Among these 13 Level Five civilizations, the civilization that initially called for forming the alliance had gradually seized some powers within the union, and they began to have expansion ideas, thus starting to encourage surrounding civilizations to join them.

If everyone aimed merely at mutual development, this would, of course, be good; however, the united civilization was no longer the same as before and had started to degenerate. Their true purpose was to annex, unite, and further strengthen themselves.

The civilizations that participated seemed to enjoy the dividends, but their economy, technology, military power, and so on were no longer entirely under their control to a certain extent!

Who wants to lose control of their civilization?

Upon realizing this, many civilizations began to reject them, and this refusal led to problems, as the united civilization began to interfere with the normal development of other civilizations under various pretenses, even maliciously creating conflicts and friction, causing the surrounding civilizations to suffer greatly.

The Twin Whales Cosmic Empire was also among the civilizations that rejected the union.

Initially, they did not dare to go too far, but later, their retaliatory actions gradually began, and many external forces started infiltrating the Twin Whales Cosmic Empire, attempting to split them.

Moreover, they began to create malicious friction in many resource areas. Not long ago, a resource development company from the Twin Whales Cosmic Empire was attacked by cosmic pirates in a mineral area belonging to them. Whether these cosmic pirates were indeed pirates was something understood by those in the know.

But this situation almost left Otis sleepless and worried!

However, now with Zhang Menglong's words, his confidence instantly surged.

The so-called measure of a civilization's power is military might!

Even on Earth, a Level One civilization, long ago the great figures of Huaxia had declared the profound truth, "A weak country has no diplomacy," and a strong military is the foundation of everything!

And now Zhang Menglong not only owned a fleet of 100 standard Level 5 Peak Battleships but also the most powerful Zuda Fleet in the universe. Which other civilization around would dare provoke them?

"Mr. Zhang, may I borrow a fleet from you first?"

"Is there still a need for comparison?" Zhang Menglong said, "Didn't I give Augustus a portion of the military budget for you? You could completely equip a sufficiently powerful fleet, or rather, far more than just one!"

"Augustus?" Otis hurried over and hadn't yet asked what he talked about with Zhang Menglong.

He immediately got in touch with Augustus.

"Augustus, Mr. Zhang said he gave us a military budget?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, I was just about to tell you, but you were in such a rush and didn't give me a chance to speak," Augustus said.

He cautiously glanced at Zhang Menglong, "How much did he give us? Is it 100 stars in Cosmic Coins?"

If there were 100 stars, he could get a medium Level Five civilization battleship, and by then even the union wouldn't dare to cause trouble easily.

"Your Majesty, you're thinking too small!"

"Did he give us ten thousand stars?" Otis was a lot bolder this time.

"A full million stars!"

"What?" Otis nearly crushed the communicator in his hand, "You're not joking with me, are you?"

"Your Majesty, with Mr. Zhang's wealth, do you consider this a lot?"

"This..." Otis naturally knew Zhang Menglong's capability, and a million stars truly wasn't much to him!

But according to their civilization's development, even in another ten million years, they might not be able to accumulate that much in Cosmic Coins.

"Thank you, Mr. Zhang!" Otis bowed to Zhang Menglong once again.

"No need for that, just a small gesture," Zhang Menglong said, "As Augustus mentioned, some of the nearby Level Five civilizations are putting on airs, use this money to buy some good stuff and show them back!"

"Yes!" Otis was incredibly excited; the knife in his hand was already eager to be used.

"Oh, by the way, one more thing," Zhang Menglong said, "You all know that I'm a bit timid, and the fleet I purchased now doesn't give me enough of a sense of security, so I'm planning to buy more, and I'll just register them under the Twin Whales Cosmic Empire for you to handle."

"Of course, small matter!"

Otis was even happier. If he purchased battleships in the name of the Twin Whales Cosmic Empire, even if Zhang Menglong was the actual operator of the ships, they would also be recorded under the Twin Whales Cosmic Civilization in the Universal Alliance.

For instance, if Zhang Menglong asked him to purchase 100 Level 5 Peak Battleships, then when others looked up the military reserves of the Twin Whales Cosmic Empire, those 100 battleships would be listed.

This would naturally be a formidable deterrent to other civilizations.

"How many are you planning to acquire? I'll have Augustus handle this," Otis said, "100 units?"

"I think that's not quite enough," Zhang Menglong pondered for a moment, "Get me 10,000 units, go find this person!"

Zhang Menglong handed him a business card of Tila, "Mention my name, and they might give you a discount!"

"Ten thousand fleets?" Otis's heart almost stopped at this moment; even the most powerful Level 5 Peak Civilization did not have ten thousand Level 5 Peak Battleships.

"That's right, it should be enough for now; if not, I'll add more!" Zhang Menglong said, "Use my secondary card to pay directly then!"

"Yes! Yes!" Otis nodded repeatedly; their Twin Whales Cosmic Empire was surely going to rise this time!

"Oh, there's also one more thing!"

"Please go ahead."

"Since Earth has joined the Cosmic Civilization, we are bound to interact frequently. Business transactions will always require money. I want to discuss with you the purchasing power of this currency!"

Zhang Menglong was well aware that under normal circumstances, Earth's currency purchasing power was very weak, and the hierarchy gap between civilizations could be hundreds or even thousands of times.

If Earthlings were to trade with others now, chances are they wouldn't be able to afford anything!

"This is easy to solve," Otis said, "Although I can't go any higher, I can guarantee that the purchasing power of your planet's currency can be equal to our Twin Whales Cosmic Empire's general currency purchasing power, but I can't go higher, currently, our general currency is about ten times lower in ratio compared to Cosmic Coins."

"That would work," Zhang Menglong laughed. At least within the Twin Whales Cosmic Empire, this ratio was entirely sufficient. Once the Twin Whales Cosmic Empire rose, the exchange rate would quickly catch up as well.

"Wait!" Zhang Menglong suddenly thought of something, "On Earth, we have many currencies, and it's not necessary for every currency to have such high value. For example, US Dollar, Japanese Yen, those can still be measured by the purchasing power of a Level One Elementary civilization!"