Among these numerous murals, Li Xingkong also discovered many interesting details.
Many murals depict not only snake-people but also ancient humans, whose forms are remarkably similar to those of modern humans.
However, in most of the murals, humans are not depicted as having a high social status.
They weren't exactly slaves; they were more like pets.
After scanning all the murals, Li Xingkong protected this area, as it was a valuable "historical relic" with potential research value.
Besides the murals, this large space also contains many stone inscriptions and corresponding scene paintings, which greatly facilitated Li Xingkong's deciphering of the text.
After inputting all the text into the Hexagram, and calculating for a few minutes, the previously unseen script was almost completely deciphered.
The written records contain brief information about the snake-people civilization, as well as their exploration and understanding of the surrounding universe.
The Serpent People civilization's technology is far more advanced than that of Earth Star before cultivation. They have already made initial progress in developing the entire Solar System and have clear plans for the major Solar System. In fact, the plans for several planets near the sun have already been implemented.
The terraforming of Jupiter had already begun, but the good times didn't last long.
Just as the Snake-People Race were developing rapidly, a passing space fleet discovered this civilization in the Solar System.
According to the Snake-People Race's records, the fleet appeared near their home planet without any prior notice or warning. It unleashed a planet-destroying beam and then launched different world-destroying weapons at several planets already occupied by the Serpent People.
It directly destroyed the ecosystems of several planets, rendering them uninhabitable.
This unexpected disaster was utterly baffling to the entire Snake-People Race; it was as if they had just stepped out the door and a bandit had come up and fired a burst of bullets at them.
What turned out to be a near-annihilation disaster for the snake people was merely a prank by the fleet during their expedition to relax.
They don't care about the resources of these planets in the Solar System at all, nor do they care about the impact of this attack.
It's like passing by a pond, casually picking up a few stones and splashing them in the water; there's no other thought behind it, it's just an itch to grab them.
Throughout the entire record of this space, there is not a single record describing the appearance of these so-called aliens.
Before the entire civilization was destroyed, no one had ever seen the true face of these aliens.
After reading the contents of these documents, Li Xingkong felt a tightness in his chest.
It's not that I'm saddened by the destruction of the snake-people civilization; after all, to humans, the snake-people were nothing more than aliens.
The main reason he was still troubled was his experience with the Snake-People Race. The harsh law of nature, the survival of the fittest, had faded from his view with the development of human civilization. But in this document, it was still a universal law of the entire universe.
Even the demise of their entire civilization went unnoticed; it was merely a moment of amusement during a long StarCraft journey.
Earth Star today is far inferior to the slain Snake-People Race. Although the addition of the cultivation path has led Earth Star to develop on a unique path, Earth Star overall strength is not particularly high at this stage.
Well, the initial desire to relax a bit after advancing to the Golden Core Stage of cultivation immediately faded considerably.
The remnants of this snake-people civilization served as another wake-up call for Li Xingkong.
No matter the circumstances, one must not let one's guard down unless one possesses invincible power.
After setting up a small protective array to protect the entire space, Li Xingkong returned to the surface of Venus Central Plains the rift he had entered from.
After several rounds of modifications by Li Xingkong, the surface of Venus has now stabilized. Data detected by his Divine Sense shows that the surface of Venus is now not much different from Earth Star's and has been transformed into a so-called habitable planet.
However, simply transforming it into a habitable planet is not Li Xingkong's ultimate goal.
He intends to transform the entire planet into a battle royale game map; turning Venus into a habitable planet is merely the first step.
The subsequent modification steps are quite complex.
Terrain design, ecosystem reshaping, a "resurrection" formation...
Li Xingkong still has a lot to do to realize the "game" mentioned by the system.
Fortunately, Li Xingkong has plenty of time right now; he has plenty of time to terraform the entire planet.
After surveying the area, Li Xingkong enveloped Venus within his Divine Sense range and then activated the Thick Earth City Fortification Technique, which he had learned during his Foundation Establishment Stage.
This spell underwent corresponding changes after Li Xingkong entered the Golden Core stage, the biggest change being that its range of influence was greatly extended.
When the spell was cast, the array formed by the spell enveloped the entire Venus. According to Li Xingkong's will, the structure of the entire surface of Venus was like clay, allowing Li Xingkong to knead it at will.
Having scattered various strange cities, geographical environments, and strategic passes from his memory across the surface of Venus, Li Xingkong subconsciously divided the entire surface of Venus into several plates.
Individual battles, team battles, and legion battles— Li Xingkong reconstructed the entire terrain of Venus according to the number of participants.
Li Xingkong also had some plans in mind. After all, Venus is a real place, not a virtual game. The so-called "battle royale" game of the system is not just a game; it can even be used as a huge training ground.
After the transformation of Venus is completed, cultivators can engage in battles and armies can fight each other in real combat.
Only real combat can maximize an individual's strength; this is undeniable in any era.
It took nearly half a year to transform the surface of Venus. Li Xingkong made very detailed designs in many places, including the terrain structure, the distribution of underground mineral veins, the direction of water flow, and the climate cycle. When constructing the terrain, almost all of these factors had to be taken into account.
This was indeed a challenge for Li Xingkong, as Li Xingkong was not very familiar with many of the areas involved. Fortunately, his ability to calculate Hexagram was extraordinary. Whenever there was something he couldn't figure out, he would go directly to Earth Star and find a similar structure to secretly take a look.
Following a similar approach, Li Xingkong's Venus surface terraforming project finally came to an end after six months of work.
After that, Li Xingkong traveled back and forth between Venus and Earth Star many times, collecting a large number of plant and animal samples from Earth Star and replicating Earth Star's ecosystem on the entire surface of Venus.