Chapter 2106 - 2099: Why Don’t You Just Rob Us?
Faced with Zhang Menglong’s questioning, everyone already had the answer in their hearts, but no one had the courage to say it out loud. They just stared at Zhang Menglong in silence, looking like they were both inept and eager to play.
"Why don’t I just speak up for you," Zhang Menglong said with a cheeky grin, "You want to kill me, but can’t do it, and don’t dare to either. You’re just waiting for someone brave enough to stand up to me, right?"
Zhang Menglong’s words clearly hit the nail on the head. Everyone avoided his gaze, unable to meet his eyes directly, as if it was something truly terrifying.
Finally, a cloaked figure stepped out from the crowd.
It was an adventurer from the Divine Primordial Civilization!
"You want to be the one to stand out?" Zhang Menglong looked at him.
"Humans, you truly are a race that evokes a strong sense of danger. I can hardly find the words to describe you. To date, you’re the most enigmatic race I’ve encountered."
"Aren’t you shallow? Just having money makes someone hard to see through?" Zhang Menglong made an exaggerated face.
The adventurer from the Divine Primordial Civilization was at a loss for words. But upon reflection, everything humans had demonstrated so far really only amounted to having money; no other traits had emerged yet.
However, they could see clearly Zhang Menglong’s despicable shamelessness.
"So, what’s your agenda with sealing this space? I’m in a hurry," Zhang Menglong said impatiently.
"We want to sign a peace agreement with humans," the adventurer from the Divine Primordial Civilization said. "In the upcoming myriad tribes contest, our Divine Primordial Civilization will not invade humans or do anything harmful to you. Similarly, we hope humans will not attack us."
"Are you an idiot?" Zhang Menglong, upon hearing this, suddenly wanted to smash the person’s head open to see what crap was inside. "If you had told me this before the myriad tribes auction started, I’d have considered it. But now your people have invaded our Great City of Aiville, and you talk about peace?"
"What? The Divine Primordial Civilization actually sent people to the human city during the auction?"
"How insidious of them! Who can tolerate such behavior?"
"I didn’t expect them to resort to such underhanded methods after failing in direct competition!"
The surrounding crowd immediately burst into discussion.
The people from the Divine Primordial Civilization remained calm, "Zhang Menglong, there were no casualties among you in the Great City of Aiville, yet the people I sent are all missing. I assume they’re dead, so you suffered no loss."
"No loss?" Zhang Menglong sneered, "Your people came to the Great City of Aiville, and my people had to waste time dealing with them. Isn’t that a loss of time?"
"We could have been quietly enjoying hot pot and barbecue in the city, but you disturbed us, making meals unenjoyable. Is that not a loss either?"
"We used up a lot of ancient relics to deal with your people. Is that not a loss?"
"Facing your ugly faces made our human warriors sick to their stomachs, barely able to eat for days. Are you saying that’s not a loss?"
"Your people came here and damaged the greenery outside the Great City of Aiville. That’s a loss too, right?"
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While Zhang Menglong’s initial questions were quite practical, and they admitted to that, the later questions became increasingly ridiculous, as if a cockroach getting pregnant on human territory was somehow their fault.
"I know you’re afraid of me now, given that I’ve acquired so many ancient relics, making it easy for me to destroy any race, even the Divine Primordial Civilization!"
Everyone shuddered, including the adventurer from the Divine Primordial Civilization.
Indeed, the Divine Primordial Civilization was undeniably powerful and deep-rooted, but they also believed that just one Qimei could plunge their entire race into irreparable disaster, with no one able to stop its destruction.
"Humans, name your terms; our relationship hasn’t deteriorated to an irreparable degree. After all, there have been no casualties on your side, and everything else can be restored."
"Cowards, I thought you sealed the space intending to fight me, and I might even have respected your courage." Zhang Menglong didn’t expect that someone sealing the space would do so for conflict resolution!
The feeling was akin to getting into a conflict with classmates at school, and after school, being stopped by a big guy eight feet tall. All prepared to fight, just to have the guy kneel down and apologize; the turnaround was quite comical.
"We aren’t really the sort to excessively demand compensation," Zhang Menglong’s previously serious expression shifted rapidly, "In all honesty, those things aren’t worth much for a top-tier civilization like yours."
"We’ll double the original cost for whatever losses you humans incurred," the adventurer from the Divine Primordial Civilization said through gritted teeth. At this point, they didn’t have much room for negotiation.
"Alright, and to show that I’m not ripping you off, I’ll calculate on the spot," Zhang Menglong took out a device, "Let me contact my partners in the Great City of Aiville. They’re most familiar with what resources we used."
"Ying Zheng, can you hear me?" Zhang Menglong activated the device, and Ying Zheng’s projection appeared.
".....Yes, I can hear you, Menglong, go ahead."
"Here’s the deal, we need to calculate how many resources we used dealing with those dogs and cats, to sort out compensation."
"Dogs and cats..." The races that had sent warriors all wore indescribable expressions.
They considered themselves among the most powerful races in the world, with their warriors being elite among elites, yet being compared to dogs and cats seemed excessively disrespectful.
"I’ve recorded everything," Ying Zheng pulled out a small notebook, "This time we used a total of 2000 Ultimate Bombs, and fired 1200 Super Divine Cannon rounds..."
"Slow down, slow down," Zhang Menglong pulled out a calculator.
"Reset!"
"I’ll calculate the loss based on the regular market price. If you think the price is off, just let me know."
"An Ultimate Bomb for 1.2 million Supreme Crystals isn’t excessive, is it? That’s 2.4 billion Supreme Crystals here."
"Super Divine Cannon ammunition at 800,000 Supreme Crystals per round is quite a deal, right? That’s 960 million Supreme Crystals."
"Mirror World... That’s a valuable item, right? 8 million Supreme Crystals?"
...
"Alright, finished calculating. The total resources consumed amount to about 5.7 billion Supreme Crystals."
Upon hearing this number, the top-tier races heaved a small sigh of relief. A dozen or so races participated in this operation, and by dividing the cost evenly, it came to a few billion Supreme Crystals each, which they could just about bear.
"Well, now I’ll calculate the intangible losses."
"Intangible losses?" Everyone was taken aback.
"The Great City of Aiville has over 50 million people. Your attack frightened many of them badly. Charging 10,000 Supreme Crystals per person for mental anguish seems fair, doesn’t it? That would be 500 billion..."
"Hold on!" they exclaimed, aghast.
Resource consumption was only 50 some billion, but mental anguish required over 500 billion?
Why don’t you just go rob a bank instead?