I Inherited 5,000 Years of Family Property

The interaction between humans and alien civilizations is proceeding in an orderly manner. Since the first exchange ended successfully, those civilizations have each sent representatives to live on Earth for the long term and established one alien civilization embassy after another.

Of course, as this trend continues, Earth's land resources will become increasingly tight, and Earth is gradually starting to develop the idea of colonizing other planets. Perhaps in the distant future, only the upper middle class of human society will remain living on Earth.

However, these matters have little to do with Zhang Menglong. Enjoying life, going around showing off—that's his biggest pursuit in life.

"Come here, Little Yu, come to Daddy!" Zhang Menglong waved towards the distance. At the end of the 300-meter-long corridor, a child's Pagani with a beautiful tail drift raced towards Zhang Menglong.

This Pagani was practically a scaled-down replica of a real Pagani, with the entire vehicle made of carbon fiber, custom-built by their chief designer for Zhang Menglong, and officially priced at 732 US Dollars. Considering the current value of the two currencies, converted to Huaxia currency... well, about a dime could buy a warehouse.

Of course, that kid called Little Yu is naturally Zhang Menglong's son. Zhang Menglong isn't so boring as to raise him poorly. With the Zhang Family's power, even if Little Yu poked a hole in the universe, they could patch it up.

Of course, they still highly value Zhang Junyu's education in thoughts and morals—showing off is okay, but one must have morals.

Lu Yiyao, beside him, smiled at the father and son, "Don't always let Little Yu drive at home; the corridor is so narrow and accidents could easily happen."

"No worries!" Zhang Menglong said with a smile, "I have already asked Hong Yi to build a private racetrack for this little rascal. He can play however he likes when the time comes. With Ye Yin and the others around, there's no need to worry about Little Yu getting hurt."

Following the arrival of the batch of life forms surpassing Level Six that Zhang Menglong brought along, Ye Yin and the others are practically unemployed now, having almost become Zhang Junyu's personal babysitters. Frankly speaking, there's hardly anything that poses a threat to Zhang Menglong now.

"Dean, you can't continue like this," Gou Dan sighed, "Your father was already a Level Seven life form at your age, but you are still quite a ways from reaching Level Six life form status, and your cultivation is about to decline."

"Let it decline then, anyway, I'm still young." Zhang Menglong said carelessly. To him, reaching Level Six life form status, apart from possessing endless life, seems to have little attraction; as for fighting, which big shot does it themselves?

In these few years, Ganei has already become a Level Five life form, while Makabaka has become a level nine life form through the infusion of massive resources!

Of course, except for Zhang Menglong, no one else knows about this. Otherwise, another level nine life form appearing in the universe would be a sensational event.

"Hmm? Let me take this call!"

Zhang Menglong picked up the phone. The call was from the Center for Human Civilization Exchange.

"May I ask if you are Academician Zhang?"

"Oh, it's me, what's the matter?"

"Well, a gentleman named Otis is visiting, saying he had an appointment with you not long ago."

"Oh, let him come," Zhang Menglong suddenly remembered this matter, Otis said he wanted to see him for something recently, "Don't block him next time, after all, he's the King of the Twin Whales Cosmic Empire; show him a little respect."

"Yes, I understand." The operator broke out in a cold sweat.

He originally thought Otis was a representative of a civilization. According to Earth's current regulations, entering Earth requires approval; no one is exempt.

Little did he know, this person turned out to be the King of the Twin Whales Cosmic Empire! As Earth becomes more deeply involved with the cosmic civilizations, Earthlings' understanding improves, allowing them to realize what a King of a cosmic empire represents!

Yet such a figure not only personally visits Earth, but when applying to meet Zhang Menglong, his respectful demeanor makes it hard to associate with such status.

So this is Academician Zhang? His capability is truly fearsome.

...

"Little Ao, you haven't visited us here on Earth for a long time, any particular reason?" Zhang Menglong had a drink served to Otis.

"There's nothing really, just that last time you mentioned if there's anything interesting, I should come find you to go together."

"Oh?" Zhang Menglong's eyes lit up. These years, aside from spending time at home with his kids, eating, and drinking, he hadn't had any real fun. To put it bluntly, he had already entered a kind of retired, waiting-to-die state. "Looks like you came to find me with something interesting this time."

"I believe you will be greatly interested," Otis said. "You must be familiar with the Zuda Cosmic Empire?"

"Of course," Zhang Menglong nodded. It was once the strongest civilization that appeared in the universe, and his Zuda Fleet originated from this civilization.

"Then do you know why someone dared to unite against such a powerful civilization back then?"

"Mm-hmm?"

"To be honest, if this civilization hadn't encountered unforeseen events, even if given a hundred guts, they wouldn't dare, because the King of the Zuda Civilization was the only person in our universe who reached the peak of level nine life form."

Zhang Menglong chuckled to himself, thinking Otis was still short-sighted. Which of his ancestors hadn't surpassed the peak of Level Nine?

"According to their theoretical research, once a life form level surpassed the peak of level nine, it might step out into a whole new domain, entering a higher-dimensional world. Hence, that King attempted a breakthrough once."

"Did he fail?"

"Yes, he failed," Otis nodded, "But he left a huge treasure vault, containing all the wealth their civilization accumulated. Apart from that Zuda Fleet, all the wealth is inside that vault. It was precisely due to the King's downfall and the allure of the vault that their destruction was partly caused."

"Was it more because of the vault?" Zhang Menglong understood immediately.

"Yes, after destroying the civilization, they finally located the vault," Otis said, "But the King of the Zuda Civilization was a truly great figure. Before his breakthrough attempt, he employed scientific power and his understanding of space laws to hide the vault, along with an enormous continent, in a small world."

"Impressive!" Though he didn't know exactly how badass that person was, achieving such feats without cheating definitely made him the first person in the universe.

"However, it appears that person didn't want his civilization's heritage and treasures to disappear entirely. His small world opens periodically, but only life forms below Level Six can enter; otherwise, they will be torn apart by his space law!"

"And there's something very special there, something our current science cannot explain."

"Oh?" Although the universe's scientific development isn't as advanced as the Super God Academy, there aren't many things unexplained by science, besides Management Studies and the Truth of Fragrance Principle.

"It's something called the Fire of Fate," Otis explained, "Everyone who enters ends up with a visible but intangible flame around them."

"What's its use?"

"The unexplainable aspect lies here," Otis said, "After leaving the vault, civilizations with the most thriving Fire of Fate experience great changes swiftly, perhaps a scientific breakthrough, or the birth of a once-in-a-millennia martial arts genius."

"Interesting, it indeed captures my interest!" Zhang Menglong showed an excited spark, "How does one make the Fire of Fate more vigorous?"

"It requires the representative entering the vault on behalf of the civilization to perform exceptionally, garnering recognition from all civilizations."

"Isn't that just showing off?" Zhang Menglong exclaimed, "This is my most mastered domain!"