I Inherited 5,000 Years of Family Property

Jiangnan City, at the residence of Zhang Menglong.

"Mr. Zhang, congratulations, you're going to be a father!" Zhang Menglong's private doctor put away the equipment. "From now on, Miss Lu should get plenty of rest and avoid any strenuous activities."

"Whoa!" Becoming a dad, Zhang Menglong could only think of these two words, with no other exclamations able to escape his mouth.

In fact, before Zhang Menglong set out, their plan to have a child had already begun. After returning to Earth, they tirelessly worked at it for a year, to the point where Zhang Menglong began to suspect he might be infertile.

Until Gou Dan told him, the higher the life form, the weaker its ability to reproduce. For example, lower-level creatures like insects or fish can lay hundreds or even thousands of eggs at a time.

Cats and dogs can give birth to litters of four or five.

But if a human could have quadruplets, it would definitely make the headlines.

This past year, Zhang Menglong has become a Level Five life form, and Lu Yiyao has broken through to Level Four. Naturally, the difficulty of them having a child was enormous.

So in the universe, the only method for advanced civilizations' higher life forms to increase their offspring is to crazily marry many wives, like Ireel's father who has thousands of wives but has only managed to have a hundred or so offspring after tens of thousands of years.

Of course, after over a year's effort, Zhang Menglong even spent significant energy concocting some auxiliary medicines, making this splendid news for them.

"Did you hear that, Yiyi? I'm going to be a dad!" Zhang Menglong seemed to go mad; if the people living in this neighborhood weren't all his own, neighbors might already be on the way with knives.

"Alright, alright, I know!" Lu Yiyao's face was full of a blissful smile too.

"I have to tell my parents this news immediately!"

Zhang Menglong kissed Lu Yiyao on the head and rushed into the Super God Academy.

Not long ago, the number of teachers at Zhang Menglong's school officially exceeded 200. He unlocked many other functions, the most important being bypassing the barriers of various worlds to directly contact his parents and other ancestors.

"Mom and Dad!" Zhang Menglong immediately contacted Zhang Xiaoyun and his wife using an extraordinarily unique device.

"What is it, what is it? We're watching the Seven Fairies dance at Turquoise Pool!"

"Watch your step," Zhang Menglong's mother slapped her husband on the head. "Like watching the Seven Fairies, huh? Want to bring them all as little wives? Anyway, those folks like Hongjun got caught by you and sent to Super God Academy, so no one in the world can control you now."

"Heh heh heh, wouldn't dare; how could those Three Pure Ones possibly compare to you, dear?" Zhang Xiaoyun quickly massaged his wife's shoulders.

"Henpecked husband!" Zhang Menglong muttered softly, "Got some great news for you guys: Yiyi's pregnant, I'm going to be a dad, and you're going to be grandparents!"

"What?" Zhang Xiaoyun instantly jumped up excitedly, "Wait, I have to tell your grandfather and other ancestors this news!"

"Hey, Dad, your grandson's going to be a dad, you're going to be a great-grandfather, yeah, that's right!"

"What? Great news, I'm going to tell my dad!"

"Dad, my grandson's become a dad, you're going to be a great-great-grandfather!"

"Dad, my great-grandson's become a dad!"

"Dad, my great-great-grandson's become a dad!"

...

"Oh my, this is nuts!" Zhang Menglong watched as one high-tech interface after another appeared before him, like the Russian nesting dolls, contemplating that at this rate, it'll probably be dark by the time it reaches everyone?

"Whatever, you guys should come down to Earth when you have time and see the little one. I need to go take care of my wife now!" Zhang Menglong exchanged a few more words with Zhang Xiaoyun before leaving the Super God Academy.

...

"Hmm? Old Zhou, what brings you here?" When Zhang Menglong returned to the living room, Old Zhou had come to visit unbeknownst to him.

"A bit of trouble," Old Zhou said, "Our quantum network is up and running, and there are over ten thousand planets wanting to visit Earth. Even if we host one a day, it'd take hundreds of years to get through them all!"

"That's a good thing!" Zhang Menglong laughed, "It's just more opportunities to engage with extraterrestrial civilizations. Relying on theories alone really limits Earth's development."

Zhang Menglong naturally understood why those ten thousand civilizations wanted to visit Earth. It probably had something to do with a warning Otis issued or some events regarding Antila Civilization that got out.

Now that the Twin Whales Cosmic Empire has emerged as such a strong civilization, they must be eager to recognize the big brother.

"I get that, but the Planetary Council is getting a bit unsettled."

"What's going on?" Zhang Menglong suddenly noticed that Old Zhou's expression seemed more worried.

"Aren't those council members the problem?" Old Zhou sighed.

Currently, our Earth's Planetary Council is still in a phase of multi-party negotiations. When it comes to contacting and interacting with these civilizations, everyone holds different opinions, and there's no one to make the final call.

"What? Aren't we calling the shots?"

"It's not that simple," Old Zhou said. "While you were away from Earth, that group already showed some false compliance, and now many countries within the Earth's Planetary Council are banding together. You know, when a tree becomes too large, it catches the wind. Our Huaxi's achievements are too brilliant now; if we keep advancing, Earth may only have one voice left in the future."

"I see, so they're trying to vie for opportunities to interact with the Planetary Council and those civilizations?"

"Yes, now that all council members have equal voting rights, they've banded together and nearly have control over the entire joint council. Currently, those countries want to interact with those extraterrestrial civilizations on a regional and national level instead of representing all of humanity."

"What, do they think early contact with those civilizations will make their own civilization rise?" From Zhang Menglong's perspective, such behavior was quite laughable.

Given that humanity's understanding of cosmic civilization is nearly zero, many people believe that early contact with extraterrestrial civilizations will spur development. The old American fleet thought the same when they rushed to contact people from the Durando Civilization, only to receive an explosive 200-firecracker greeting.

"These people never learn," Zhang Menglong smirked coldly. "Do they really think those civilizations are that impressive? They seem oblivious to the fact that the real big shots have always been on Earth."

To be honest, interactions with Level Two, Level Three civilizations, or even Level Four civilizations didn't appeal to Zhang Menglong at all. Bring in ten thousand Level Five civilizations, and then maybe.

"So what do you suggest?"

"I think if we're going to interact with extraterrestrial civilizations, we should do so from the standpoint of humanity as a whole, not some countries acting alone. This could lead to extremely unbalanced development and further exacerbate international conflicts."

"You have a grander perspective," Zhang Menglong said. "Humanity's crisis was only just resolved not long ago, and these fools are already starting to grab for power and engage in this pointless struggle."

"Yes, indeed, but now only three out of twelve countries support us. Meanwhile, those American countries are starting to prepare to establish contact and arrange meetings with the first visitors."

"Old Zhou, to be frank, I've actually bought Earth's sovereignty in the Universal Alliance."

"You bought Earth?" Old Zhou's pupils dilated in shock. Such a move?

"If I didn't do this, Earth would fall under our Cosmic Empire's administration and would lose many autonomous rights. But if I bought it and as long as I have enough power, our Earth can develop independently without bowing to any civilization's demands!"

"Ah, I see." Old Zhou nodded, more or less understanding Zhang Menglong's intent.

"Looks like we'll have to show them who really is the boss of Earth."