CHAPTER 1047: CHAPTER 1045: I NEED TO WARM UP FIRST

"How’s the situation?"

On the main battleship of Universe Seven, Zhang Menglong was munching on sunflower seeds while watching the battlefield, which looked just like a sci-fi movie.

"Director, the enemy at the front has been crushed by us. We sent a squad to Universe 34, and they have also routed them. Now they’re preparing to flee."

"No loyalty at all," Zhang Menglong said disdainfully, "The legion commander of Universe 157 knows how to sacrifice himself to protect his fleet, but those guys just scatter like birds facing doom."

"Surround them all for me, don’t let a single one get away!"

"Yes!"

More than fifty million warships directly locked down several directions tightly. No matter which way the people of Universe 65 tried to break through, they faced forces more than ten times theirs.

The encirclement shrank tighter and tighter, and their losses grew larger and larger. Nearly two whole legions were lost from twelve.

The remaining ten legions were completely trapped in the encirclement set up by Zhang Menglong, with no way to escape.

Finally, Universe 34’s fleet joined up with Zhang Menglong’s main battleship.

"I am the legion commander of the United Legions of Universe 34, Nde," the burly wounded man glanced behind Zhang Menglong, "Where is your universe’s legion commander? I want to personally thank him. If it weren’t for your help, our fleet might have escaped, but with more than half losses."

"No need to look," Zhang Menglong smiled, "I am the legion commander of Universe Seven IPX-001 legion, Zhang Menglong."

"You? Legion Commander?" Nde was stunned for a moment. He never expected a legion commander to be merely a Level Six life form.

Setting aside the peak battle strength, this legion’s squad could hold off an entire legion. This combat capability proved their legion commander must be a remarkable figure, otherwise they couldn’t have trained such a legion.

In his mind, the commander of this new legion should be a very great person, maybe even a Level Nine life form personally in charge, which was very unreasonable.

"Isn’t there more than one legion commander in this legion?"

In many civilizations, legion commanders are divided into civil and military roles. The military legion commanders are powerful warriors responsible for dueling with the opponent’s peak forces.

The civil legion commanders don’t require high life levels, but they are all extremely wise and excel in military strategy. To him, Zhang Menglong should be such a civil legion commander.

But even so, Zhang Menglong was not an equal in his eyes, and he continued to look behind him.

However, among this group of people, the highest life level was merely a Level Six life form.

"Stop looking, it’s just me, no one else." Zhang Menglong smiled.

"Just you alone, commanding the entire legion?" Nde was dumbfounded, "Did you train this legion?"

"Yes, I just took over last year, they’re all rookies, trained for a year, somewhat combat-effective."

"A year?"

"Rookies?"

"Somewhat combat-effective?"

These words were a huge mental shock to Nde. If that’s only ’somewhat combat-effective’, what would the elite in his legion be? Trash?

"This is truly incredible." Nde was still dubious about Zhang Menglong’s words, but just then one of his men secretly informed him that he had verified with Universe Seven’s general that Zhang Menglong was indeed the legion commander.

"May I be so bold as to ask, your fleet’s size is at least equivalent to that of 100 legions, are there legions from other universes?"

Nde knew very well that given Universe Seven’s strength, it was impossible for them to dispatch 100 legions alone. If this battle left them at a great loss, they might not even be able to defend their own universe.

He had already observed Zhang Menglong’s fleet; apart from several tens of thousands of battleships that belonged to Universe Seven, the remaining over fifty million were of various models and specs, indicating a multi-party combined army group.

But he recognized several battleships from universes they had fought against, most of which stood opposed to Universe Seven. It seemed illogical to form an allied legion with their enemies.

"Oh, those battleships—less than fifty thousand are ours," Zhang Menglong replied, "You know, the entire extragalactic battlefield is fighting over that mining area; we met many people on the way, encountered battleships from hostile universes or those that came to die, so we effortlessly took them all down."

"Took them all down?"

"Not really," Zhang Menglong said, "I believe in Buddhism from a young age. To save a life is better than building a seven-level pagoda; put down the butcher’s knife and become Buddha immediately. I didn’t kill much; as long as they surrendered all their weapons and equipment, I let the people go."

"You mean, you’ve seized that many battleships?" Nde’s mouth gaped open, going from fifty thousand ships to over fifty million, how many universes did they have to plunder?

"How can civilized people call it plundering? You’ve got to understand either logic or physics, right? When facing enemies, you can’t reason with them, can you?"

Not just Nde, but even the other legion commanders from Universe 34 were conquered by this strong logic, of course, alongside Universe Seven’s powerful combat capabilities.

"What weapon did your army use just now?"

"Oh, that’s the Fire Qilin particle submachine gun, our self-developed product, which can effectively kill Level Six life forms."

"The super ion extreme cannon can blast away Level Seven life forms with a single shot if it hits."

"Then there’s the Italian Cannon, specifically for attacking enemy Base Cities."

"Was the Base City of Universe 81 hit by your Italian Cannon?" a legion commander immediately asked.

"Yes."

"Gasp! You guys are truly astonishing, it seems like in this mining area, you are the strongest contenders."

"Mr. Zhang," by now, Nde’s attitude towards Zhang Menglong had changed. Even though he’s just a Level Six life form, if he masterminded the weapon’s invention and manufacture, that’s enough to earn respect, "Do you also have weapons capable of killing Level Eight life forms?"

"Not at the moment," Zhang Menglong shook his head, "We’re still in the research phase, it might take another three to five years."

"Then how do you deal with those Level Eight life forms?"

"Hahaha, we have a Comical Shield that can completely withstand the attacks of Level Eight life forms. Although we can’t hurt them, they can’t hurt us either," Zhang Menglong smiled slyly, "But their fleets can’t withstand our Italian Cannon, so they’ll have to make a choice, right?"

"Brilliant!" Nde admired, "Mr. Zhang truly understands human nature."

Those legion commanders, wanting to save their warriors’ lives, could only abandon weapons and equipment.

"Once I finish robbing... ahem, educating them, I’ll share some equipment with you. We’re all allies and should mutually support each other," Zhang Menglong thumped his chest.

"But Mr. Zhang, these people are different," Nde said, "The upper echelons of Universe 65 are all desperate individuals. You might have heard, they even betrayed their Allied Forces before."

"Hmm, I’ve heard some rumors."

"At most, we can only drive them away or annihilate their fleet; to seize their equipment might not be easy, they won’t give up arms for their soldiers unless their Level Eight life forms are directly killed, breaking their fighting spirit."

"Then let’s fight," Zhang Menglong said.

"But they have over 200 Level Eight life forms, and we only have 70 or so, all nearly injured. We... Mr. Zhang, what are you doing?" Nde stopped mid-sentence as Zhang Menglong started relaxing his muscles and joints.

"What am I doing? Didn’t you say you wanted to take down the opponent’s Level Eight life forms? I haven’t fought for ages, I need to warm up, right?"