Now, the international situation on Earth Star has become clear, and no one can stop the rise of Divine Land.
Although wars are still raging Earthly Capital the world, Divine Land has now captured most of Earth Star and has essentially secured victory.
The few remaining countries on Earth Star no longer pose a threat to Divine Land. At most, the Russia and a few Europe are still capable of fighting, but the problem is that they are currently mired in their own wars and have no time to spare to check on the Divine Land.
It's important to understand that after a nuclear bomb is detonated, the smoke and explosives create a cloud of dust that obscures the sky, making it impossible for even satellites to see clearly. As a result, most satellites used by countries around the world are now rendered ineffective.
Without satellites, let alone observing the battlefield, some small countries would be lucky to even get lost when deploying troops.
The massive outbreak of EMPs also rendered many electronic devices ineffective, leaving most of the weapons of war unusable. As a result, the level of combat between nations dropped significantly, giving the impression that the fighting was regressing to World War II.
Once the Eagle Country is conquered, the Americas are essentially in the bag. Although there is a Big Goose above the Eagle Country, its fighting strength is indeed as its name suggests—practically nonexistent.
Although the subsequent expansion plans have been finalized, there are more pressing matters to address first.
As mentioned before, the explosive damage from a nuclear bomb is only the initial and mildest impact; its subsequent effects on Earth Star's ecosystem are far greater.
Although Divine Land was spared from nuclear attacks, it is still on Earth Star, and environmental damage will have an impact on Divine Land as well.
Therefore, Divine Land must make preparations in all aspects before the subsequent disasters triggered by nuclear bombs occur.
Firstly, this applies to cultivators. Most beginner cultivators who have mastered the Rising Sun Guide still rely on sunlight for their cultivation. If this dust blankets the sky and doesn't dissipate within a few years, the impact on this group of cultivators will be enormous.
Without sunlight, cultivation is impossible, not to mention that cultivators have a much higher energy requirement than ordinary people. If they had to rely on food to provide energy, the entire grain production of the Divine Land would have to be several times higher. Moreover, food also needs sunlight to grow.
For ordinary people, the food crisis is the biggest foreseeable crisis. In addition to food, the more severe climate change, the overall drop in surface temperature, and the worse air quality are all major headaches.
For Divine Land, which has already conquered most of Earth Star, these are all problems that need to be solved.
The root cause of all these problems lies in the fact that the overwhelming dust has shrouded the entire Earth Star. Therefore, the most fundamental solution is to find a way to bring down this sky-covering dust.
Although most Qi Refining who have reached a certain level of Qi Refining can fly, their methods of flight differ, and the amount of Magic Power they consume varies. Therefore, the number of cultivators who can fly to high altitudes is not large.
It mainly depends on the Qi Refining Method of Qi. So far, only some cultivators who have switched to the Moonlight Qi Refining Method and can make initial use of gravity can move freely in the sky.
Although there are many cultivators in Divine Land, they have not been cultivating for very long. To date, only a few thousand people have been able to reach this level.
Although several thousand people may sound like a lot, in the context of such a vast area Divine Land, they are insignificant.
Relying solely on these people to manually clean the dust would be incredibly inefficient, hardly fast at all.
Even if the space carrier is used to support the cleanup operation, it will still take a considerable amount of time.
Moreover, what Divine Land needs most right now is manpower.
Since the start of cultivation, the manpower has never been complete. After the war began, all places were frantically asking for people. Everywhere was short of people. As long as there was a cultivator, they would be eager to pull one out and use one of them as three.
The problem is that cultivators also need to cultivate. Once they start cultivating, they might disappear for three to five days, or even three to five months. There's nothing that can be done about it. After all, their cultivation is more important than their work.
In addition to these external disasters, new internal conflicts have emerged within Divine Land that need to be resolved.
According to some philosophical views, social contradictions have always existed. However, with the changes in the mainstream social structure, the most acute contradictions of each era also change. From slaves and slave owners, peasants and landlords, proletariat and bourgeoisie, etc., the main contradictions change in each era.
The new contradiction facing Divine Land now is the issue between cultivators and ordinary people.
Before the expansion of Divine Land, most ordinary people in Divine Land had already completed their transformation into cultivators. At this time, there was indeed no new type of conflict, since the main body of society had become cultivators, and most ordinary people at this time were sinful groups who were not the mainstream in society and naturally had no say in this matter.
But the situation is different now. The area of Divine Land has expanded considerably, and a large number of new citizens have joined the Divine Land. Although the number has decreased due to war, the total population is still over a billion, comparable to Divine Land's previous population.
These people have just joined Divine Land and their sense of identity with Divine Land's spiritual culture is still very weak. Therefore, resources for cultivation cannot be given directly. This has led to the current population composition of Divine Land being mainly divided into two groups, with the number of these two groups being roughly 1 to 1.
The question now is whether it is necessary to artificially create a class distinction between spiritual practitioners and ordinary people.
From both a moral and logical standpoint, cultivators are the original citizens of Divine Land, the foundation of Divine Land, and naturally, one's own children are more closely associated with them. As cultivators, their physical qualities are inherently different from ordinary people, and this difference is so great that it is already an insurmountable gap. Forcing cultivators to be treated the same as ordinary people is definitely not a good approach.
Another theory suggests that these ordinary people have no way to advance to the level of cultivators in the short term. In the first few years, out of respect for the great power, these people may not have any complaints. However, as time goes on and birth, aging, sickness, and death occur around them, this hatred towards cultivators will naturally arise.
People are not worried about scarcity, but about inequality; that's just how they are.
If the initial intention was not to treat them as human beings, the solution would be simple: just imitate the approach of the Eagle Country. However, once the decision was made to accept and integrate them into the existing ethnic groups of Divine Land, this approach obviously wouldn't work.
As for why we should keep them?
After all, nature emphasizes the preservation of biodiversity, and this principle also holds some relevance for humans.