As long as there are enough Energy Crystal Stones and Star Cores, Zhang Menglong can have a super army of a million, ask the entire universe, which civilization can field an army with more than one million Level Six life forms?

If the Zuda Civilization had been given some time, history might have been rewritten, and it would not have been their destruction, but the invaders besieging them.

"Luckily we have the Super God Academy, otherwise this thing would be hard to take out!" Zhang Menglong waved his hand, and the entire army of a million, along with all kinds of supplies, entered the Super God Academy's space.

Zhang Menglong acted like a bandit, leaving nothing behind wherever he went. Besides the war armor and weapons equipped for these million puppets, there was enough Energy Crystal Stones for full power usage over a long period, which accumulated to even more than what's stored in the warehouse!

"Dean, someone is coming towards the city!" suddenly Gou Dan informed Zhang Menglong.

"Oh? Are they other treasure hunters?" Zhang Menglong asked, although he didn't know how big the treasure hunting space was, it wasn't surprising for someone to notice such a conspicuous city. "Activate the automatic defense system; they can't get in even if they attack for years."

The previous treasure hunters could open this city only because the city's defensive system couldn't autonomously recharge. Now with Gou Dan guarding it, it's like an Absolute Defense.

"It seems to be the same group from earlier."

"Are they coming back?" Zhang Menglong sneered, "Are they tired of how fiery their heads are and want to turn green instead?"

"Seems not," Gou Dan said, "It's too far, I can't detect the specifics, but their return speed is much faster than when they left and very chaotic. I suspect something is chasing them."

"Oh? Let's go have a look," Zhang Menglong left the underground warehouse and returned to the surface, strolling leisurely to the top of the city's walls.

By this time, the first batch of treasure hunters had already reached the city gates. Seeing the reawakened Protective Shield, they immediately showed helpless expressions, but when they saw Zhang Menglong on the wall, a spark of hope reignited in their eyes.

"Didn't I tell you to get lost? Why are you back here?"

Zhang Menglong snapped his fingers, and the densely packed weapons on the walls instantly aimed at those people.

These weapons were all top battleship-level weapons, capable of inflicting damage on Level Six and even Level Seven life forms. A Level Five peak treasure hunter would likely be done for after taking a hit.

"Mr. Zhang, save us!" the group of treasure hunters suddenly pleaded tearfully to Zhang Menglong.

"What's going on?" Zhang Menglong was taken aback.

Only then did he notice these treasure hunters were all disheveled, with some even bleeding.

These wounds weren't caused by him; they looked like claw marks from some creature, as if an unknown beast had torn through their inner armor, revealing deep wounds down to the bone.

"Did you encounter cosmic beasts?" Zhang Menglong asked.

He had heard from others that the master of the Zuda Civilization had captured many beasts to guard the treasures when creating this treasure hunting space.

With humans no longer a threat, this place had practically become Heaven for cosmic beasts and their subspecies, with countless beasts scattered across the treasury's corners, some weak, only Level Three to Level Four life forms, with Level Five being the most common.

If unlucky, encountering Level Seven or Eight was not impossible.

These treasure hunters from common civilizations likely would struggle against a Level Five cosmic beast; the wounds on them are probably from them.

"It's not just one or two, it's an enormous group!" a treasure hunter said excitedly. "We originally planned to try our luck near a beast's nest; our civilization's predecessors left many marks on beast nests."

"Hmm." Zhang Menglong nodded indifferently. Otis had given him a similar record, detailing many dangerous places, already explored areas, and habitats of some creatures. But Zhang Menglong had tossed it aside without looking.

"But suddenly, earlier, from that direction appeared a massive herd of beasts, endless as far as the eye could see; we couldn't determine if it was tens of millions or billions, and we detected many Level Six and above life form responses, seemingly in migration."

"Oh? Is it spring, everything revived, the air filled with hormones, and it's the season for animal reproduction and mating?" Zhang Menglong suddenly remembered the most iconic opening line of 'Animal World.'

"Mr. Zhang, there's nowhere nearby to hide, being chased for several cosmic hours, none of us have time to recover our strength. We hope you can let us into the city to hide for a while. Once the Beast Tide ends, we'll leave immediately."

At this time, several more groups of treasure hunters appeared, similarly a bit embarrassed.

More and more people gathered before the city, even exceeding just now, as if all the treasure hunters in the surrounding area were driven towards this direction by the Beast Tide.

Indeed, after a few minutes, Zhang Menglong felt the ground slightly trembling, as if thousands of troops were galloping towards this direction, with a huge shadow appearing on the other side of the sky, indicating that this Beast Tide consisted of creatures both running on the ground and flying in the sky. Even if he could use Dou Qi to fly on horses, facing such a vast army would be very dangerous.

"Good heavens, it's real!" Zhang Menglong was a bit tense, "Gou Dan, can you see the scale of this Beast Tide?"

"I can only see part of it; the rest is beyond my reconnaissance range," Gou Dan said. "Within my scope, there's at least several trillion level Beast Tide, mostly Level Four and Five life forms, Level Six occupying about one in ten thousand, over two hundred Level Seven, and five Level Eight cosmic beast level creatures.

"Damn! What is this, an eviction?" Such a terrifying lineup even made Zhang Menglong tremble. Most importantly, these weren't the entirety of the Beast Tide, potentially just one in ten or even a hundred; he dared not imagine.

"Gou Dan, can this city withstand?"

"No problem," Gou Dan said. "Currently it's in basic mode of the defense system; if pushed to maximum power it can withstand assaults from Level Eight life forms—just that the energy consumption will rise exponentially. I recommend enabling energy saving mode."

"It's fine as long as it can withstand." Zhang Menglong nodded.

"Dean, what about these people?"

"Let them in, saving a life outweighs building Level Seven pagodas," Zhang Menglong said. "Why on earth are there some Super God Academy brats here? Looking so pathetic, really disgracing me!"

"Astounded, the Dean actually saves people," Gou Dan was shocked, as Zhang Menglong's usual behavior would be to kick people when they're down, not showing such kindness.

Nearing two million people flooded into the city, and the Beast Tide finally revealed its iceberg tip—a dense mass, giving an almost suffocating feeling.

Everyone held their breath; deep inside, they were unsure if the city could withstand the Beast Tide's assault.

But they were lucky. The cosmic beasts collided one after another against the Protective Shield. Despite creating wave-like ripples, the city remained unshakable.

Seeing this result allowed them to breathe easily.

"Thank you, Mr. Zhang!" This was Gales, the first to find the city, "Thank you for disregarding past grudges and helping us."

"Mr. Zhang, after this ends, we'll definitely report this to our King."

"Mr. Zhang, earlier was our fault, we apologize to you."

"Ahh, alright, alright, why's everyone being so polite?" Zhang Menglong gestured humbly, "Oh my, I'm not that noble; I didn't say I'd save you for free. Please everyone, pay the protection fee."