Chapter 925: I Am a Dictator—Got a Problem with That?
This war of words almost concluded with Zhang Menglong's perfect victory.
You think it's inappropriate for me to buy Earth? No problem at all, I can just sell it to you! Pay up and I'll sell it immediately, I have absolutely no interest in being Earth's owner!
But you can't even fork out a single Cosmic Coin, now you want to get something for nothing, want a free ride? That's where you're wrong, money doesn't grow on trees, except for Zhang Menglong.
As for moral blackmail? Zhang Menglong has no morals, who can morally blackmail him?
"Mr. Zhang, you're disregarding the interests of all of humanity!" Siens lips twitched for a long time before finally pinning another accusation on Zhang Menglong.
"Oh? Really? Hahaha!" Zhang Menglong laughed instead of getting angry, "Since you say so, then I'll go ahead and have a good talk."
"Let's first talk about that lousy space military of yours, built those moving pieces of junk at such cost only for a non-combat exploration spaceship to wipe them out, 200 against one and they didn't even knock off a hair. Aren't you embarrassed?"
"Who's the one who dismantled that spaceship and captured all the Durando civilization's intruders? It was me, Zhang Menglong, right?"
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"And how about that Antila civilization? They're a Level Three Advanced Civilization, hundreds of millions of years ahead of us humans. Without the warship I, Zhang Menglong, brought back, do you think right now it would be us using them as slaves or them using us as slaves?"
Everyone fell silent, they couldn't even handle the reconnaissance spaceship from a Level Two Civilization like Durando, the other side actually was a Level Three Peak Civilization's standard combat ship, the disparity in combat power is immense.
If it weren't for the fleet Zhang Menglong brought, Earthlings likely had no choice but to surrender.
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"Third, do you really think that the extraterrestrial civilizations visiting us are genuinely hospitable? You might as well open the Universal Alliance's trading market and see what specifications of battleship I purchased."
"Technician!" Siens immediately signaled to a technician.
Once the network was connected, they could access most of the cosmic civilizations' websites. Upon entering the system, he couldn't help but marvel at its power and the universality of the cosmic trading market.
He uploaded pictures of the Interstellar Wanderer Zhang Menglong brought back for search and indeed, found information about this battleship in the vast database.
Interstellar Wanderer
Level Five Peak Civilization Battleship
Barebone Standard Price: 20 star Cosmic Coins
Another unfamiliar unit of price appeared to them.
The technician quickly checked this unit, and the result nearly dislocated his jaw.
"1 star equals the total assets of a foundational Level Five civilization, approximately 100 trillion Cosmic Coins!" His hands trembled almost uncontrollably.
Humans emptied everything they've got, couldn't even buy one Earth, and this ship is equivalent to the assets of 20 Level Five civilizations, which could nearly purchase 200 billion Earths!
If not mistaken, Zhang Menglong brought back 20,000 of these standard warships from the cosmic civilization this time, right?
This technician instantly understood everything!
Their knowledge was too lacking, so much so that they couldn't recognize the most expensive, most powerful mass-produced battleship in space before their eyes!
With such a battleship, their Earth civilization could easily crush the face of even a very powerful Level Five civilization!
What kind of civilization is a Level Five civilization? They currently have no clear concept, but they clearly know, that the invincible and powerful to a desperate extent- Durando civilization is only a Level Two civilization.
To present-day Earth, a Level Five civilization should probably be like a god-like existence, right?
And one of Zhang Menglong's battleships can buy 20 of such god-like civilizations, how terrifying must this battleship be?
What hospitality! All bull! Those 100,000 civilizations probably came to worship Earth upon hearing the news!
"Why does he have so much money?"
Zhang Menglong's family has existed on Earth for over 5000 years. With more than 5000 years of development, they amassed more wealth than a nation, although it sounds absurd, it's still somewhat explainable.
But now he's bought something that Earth couldn't afford in billions of years, can this be explained by common sense?
He just said he didn't care about being Earth's owner, they originally thought Zhang Menglong was boasting.
But now they think about it, what's there to boast? Any one of his battleships could buy billions of Earths, the title of Earthlord doesn't count for crap!
The technician leaned close to Siens' ear, and Siens' expression turned from shock, then to fear, and finally to daze.
"Of course," Zhang Menglong began to speak again, "Being a reasonable person, if everyone really feels this is inappropriate, then I'll just return Earth to the Universal Alliance. I can then take us Huaxia people to buy any planet and develop, and you do whatever you like."
"No! Absolutely not!" Hearing Zhang Menglong's words, Siens finally began to panic.
If Zhang Menglong took the Huaxia people away from Earth, for him, it might not be a difficult task, he might even purchase a planet bigger, more developed, and more elegant than Earth.
But what about Earth? If it lost Zhang Menglong's protection, it would completely revert to being an ordinary Level One civilization.
Even if Earth has now joined the Universal Alliance, other civilizations wouldn't dare openly invade, but those petty harassment and bullying will inevitably descend upon them, what can they rely on to resist that? Talk their way out?
"I have done so much for Earth, and yet you shamelessly accuse me of disregarding the interests of all humanity? I take care of a dog and it at least wags its tail at me, you ungrateful ingrates, doesn't your conscience hurt?"
"Oh, right, obviously, you have no conscience, sorry, I shouldn't compare you to a dog, I apologize to the dog."
Zhang Menglong's words were like cold slaps across their faces. They had to admit, what Zhang Menglong said was the truth, the entire meeting fell silent for this moment.
"Alright, I can't be bothered to argue with you further. If you recognize my position as Earth's owner, then from here on out, everything will be dictated by me, Zhang. Put away your politicians' tricks, if humanity is to form a community, don't play games!"
"Does anyone have any objections?" Zhang Menglong asked, "Those who do might need to go for some labor reform, our Dyson sphere construction plan needs quite a bit of manpower recently.
Threat! Bare-faced threat! But Zhang Menglong's attitude of "I'm threatening you, what can you do about it" left them with no recourse.
Someone once said, every individual before the state machine is a paper tiger.
Now they just want to hammer this guy, what logic can you argue with someone who's hacked the system?
"Looks like none of you have any objections," Zhang Menglong displayed a satisfied smile, "From today, this damned Earth Planetary Council is disbanded, and the Earth Civilizational Administrative Center is established, with Huaxia representing us in diplomatic activities with other civilizations!"
"This is dictatorship!" Siens gritted his teeth.
"Yes, I am dictatorial!" Zhang Menglong shrugged, "So what? If you're not happy, try biting me!"