Published: February 13, 2025
"These can be considered our blood and sweat money, right?"
Seeing the warehouse filled with various supplies and Moon Age Gold, Commander Cheng Liujin said to Bashiru. The Star-Eye Clan returned to Dark Strip City, and the first thing they did was to wait quietly with the Alliance of Small Races. They were waiting for news from the musk ke people. After all, it was the Su Clan and the musk ke people who united to withstand the pressure from the Hall People. They needed to assess the situation before taking action.
After Ye Zhongming and his group received a certain level of commitment and support from the musk ke people, the Star-Eye Clan, which had been eager to act, finally moved. They joined forces with the small races and launched their final attack against the weakened Ba Tou. There was no need for surrender; there was no surrender—this was merely an act of extermination.
Dark Strip City changed dramatically in a single day. This was still under the premise that Pao Bai and Ye Zhongming had not returned; otherwise, the remaining Ba Tou would have been even more defenseless. As the current boss of Dark Strip City, the Star-Eye Clan, according to their previous agreement, only took the "savings" of one of the Ba Tou families, while the rest was distributed among the small races. However, the wealth of that family opened the eyes of the well-traveled Commander Cheng Liujin and Bashiru.
Faced with the combined wealth worth at least hundreds of millions of Moon Age Gold, they couldn't help but feel amazed. This did not even include the various lands and real estate. This time, the Star-Eye Clan finally turned the tables, resolving many issues that had troubled their clan.
In fact, it was not accurate to say "extermination"; rather, the mid-to-high-ranking members and warriors of Ba Tou were dealt with, while a large number of civilians remained. Those who were weaker would be left in Dark Strip City to engage in various labor, while the others would be temporarily detained until they were sent to the Star-Eye Clan's mining planet to work.
Yes, for now, the Star-Eye Clan only needed one distant mining planet that was about to be exhausted, but they believed there would be many more in the future. Even if there were none in the short term, these people would be sold as slaves to races that needed them. The All Races of the Universe is a large alliance, but it is also filled with brutality among its members.
"I really admire Ye Zhongming now. Did he anticipate that one day our Star-Eye Clan would control Dark Strip City? Otherwise, how could he have planned the area outside the city so long in advance? It now appears that that vast area belongs entirely to him, and no one would obstruct him. The land would even be free; what a huge advantage!" Bashiru stated, and Commander Cheng Liujin understood exactly what he meant.
Now everyone knew that Ye Zhongming had already moved the first batch of people he brought from his home planet into the completed phase of the Cloud Summit Manor.
"Perhaps what we see now is just what we think we see," Commander Cheng Liujin suddenly remarked. Bashiru turned his head, somewhat confused by his old friend's statement.
"The power that Zhong Ming controls on his home planet is called Cloud Summit Villa; here it's called Cloud Summit Manor. Seems normal, right?" Bashiru nodded, as he hadn't noticed anything unusual from the name.
Commander Cheng Liujin took a document handed by a clan member, signed his name and image on the light barrier, and continued, "But which manor can be so large? After Zhong Ming acquired that land, he has circled it twice so far. The first time was for the second phase of the project, which has expanded tenfold. By the time the third phase is complete, the total area will be comparable to one-third of Dark Strip City. Can that still be called a manor?"
Bashiru, one of the few high-ranking members of the Star-Eye Clan who did not have much contact with Ye Zhongming, couldn't react immediately after hearing Commander Cheng Liujin's words.