To date, Divine Land's exploration of Venus remains in a relatively preliminary stage.
Because of the grand formation set up by Li Xingkong, the Divine Land side views Venus as a training planet for military exercises, and currently has no plans to cultivate or establish settlements on it.
Most people who can go to Venus are cultivators. For them, it is not difficult to go without food or water for a short period of time. Even if there are ordinary people involved in the Venus Showdown, the duration is at most half a day.
Therefore, in terms of food reserves, Venus is practically penniless; it has absolutely nothing.
Deploying supplies to Venus through conventional means is obviously not an easy task. Although the reverse analysis of the Snail People's technology has begun, it will still take a considerable amount of time to develop a usable spacecraft based on scientific research.
These prisoners couldn't wait that long.
Although being on Venus means that even if you starve to death, you can be resurrected, the problem is that without food, even if you are resurrected, you will still be on the verge of starvation, just like before you died.
Hunger can destroy a living being's sanity. When people are starving, even humans will resort to cannibalism, and these aliens are no better off.
Therefore, after discovering this situation, Divine Land immediately closed the portal to Venus and began using it to transport food.
Although the demand for food has decreased as the number of cultivators has increased, the Divine Land People are not so easily deterred from their obsession with food. Even cultivators who can abstain from grains still need to eat a meal every now and then.
The desire for food and drink is deeply ingrained in the very bones of the entire nation.
The increase in the number of monks did not lead to a decrease in food production; on the contrary, it prompted more people to conduct more in-depth research on food.
High-yield plants that were previously unthinkable are emerging in an endless stream, and some staple foods have even been developed to a level comparable to those produced on factory assembly lines.
Rice, in particular, has been developed in many ways, and now it can even be used as a biological weapon.
The moment a seed touches the ground, it immediately begins its growth process, absorbing all the nutrients from the surrounding soil, and the entire plant rises from the ground at a speed visible to the naked eye.
In less than ten minutes, plump grains of rice will be hanging on the branches.
If the rice grains are not harvested in time, they will naturally fall off after they mature, and a new batch of rice will grow.
Although it is not a spiritual plant and the rice it grows is ordinary rice, its growth rate, which has been modified to the extreme, clearly means it can no longer be considered a normal plant.
This thing is said to have been created by a monk from an agricultural research institute, combining the advantages of bamboo and rice. As long as no one is watching over it, a large area of rice will grow in just a few days.
With many similar crops providing food, the entire Divine Land of China has no shortage of food.
That means it will be a bit more troublesome during transportation.
When Li Xingkong arrived above the teleportation portal, he saw a long line of large transport vehicles carrying bags of food. The line stretched for several kilometers.
In front of the portal, trucks unloaded the food they carried directly onto the other side of the portal, where people were presumably waiting to receive it. Truck after truck was unloaded, and there was no sign of any overflow.
Li Xingkong glanced around from the air a few times, then found Old Tang's trail at the nearby command post. Li Xingkong descended from the clouds and arrived at the command post.
Seeing cultivators descending from the sky in the distance, someone went in to inform them. Li Xingkong had barely taken two steps after landing when someone came out to greet him.
Upon seeing that it was Li Xingkong, the visitor led him to Old Tang.
"It's been a while since we last met. Your cultivation level is becoming increasingly frightening."
Old Tang was still the same as ever, showing no signs of awkwardness with Li Xingkong.
" Uncle Tang, your cultivation has improved very quickly too."
Li Xingkong scanned the area with his Divine Sense and realized that Old Tang's cultivation had already Middle Stage of Qi Refining. This speed was quite fast for someone his age.
"Not worth mentioning, not worth mentioning at all."
After sitting together and chatting for a while, Li Xingkong could tell how busy Old Tang had been these days.
Simply put, within just a few minutes of chatting, several groups of people came to him to discuss matters.
Even though he was a cultivator, Li Xingkong could see a hint of exhaustion on Old Tang's face, a result of overexertion.
"How did this alien-related stuff end up being handled by you, Uncle Tang?"
Li Xingkong was somewhat puzzled; this was quite different from the work in the Earthly Capital.
"It can't be said that it all fell into my hands."
Another group of people left, Old Tang sat down, took a sip of tea, and leaned back in his chair to rest for a while.
"The intention of Divine Land regarding these prisoners is to fully accept and assimilate them, not only their people, but also their cultural heritage, ethnic customs, science and technology, and so on. It's not just about gaining their physical support, but also about thoroughly understanding them spiritually."
"As for these intangible aspects, a large number of scholars are needed to collect and organize them, and in this regard, only the Earthly Capital can take the lead."
"Besides my side, many other departments are working together, but at this stage, I'm the busiest here..."
Li Xingkong was somewhat taken aback by Divine Land's plans.
He truly hadn't expected that Divine Land would have such audacity, actually preparing to devour so many alien prisoners.
This is no easy task; just finding a place for them is a challenge.
Earth Star is so small, where would they find a place to house so many aliens?
"I think we're preparing to take a step towards StarCraft civilization."
Earth Star obviously can't hold so many people, so there's only one place they can go: outer space.
"That's right, that's the plan. The proposed plan is to divide these aliens into different races and send them to develop several other planets in the Solar System. Let them go first as pioneers, establish themselves on other planets, and accelerate our exploration of the star system."
"Race? There's more than one kind of alien?"
Li Xingkong heard something that interested him.
"What, you haven't seen these aliens yet?"
Old Tang found it strange that Li Xingkong had never seen these aliens, since he was the one who ended the war. It was absurd.
Li Xingkong smiled and shook his head. It was because when he made his move, he thought Earth Star had already fallen. In his haste, he didn't know his own strength and shot down these aliens without even seeing what they looked like.
Later, out of concern, he returned directly to Earth Star.
It was only after he confirmed that Earth Star was safe and sound that he was able to focus his attention on the aliens.
"This time, the invading aliens consist of more than a dozen species, each with a very different appearance. We've already done some preliminary sorting, so here, take a look."
Old Tang found a document and placed it in front of Li Xingkong.
Li Xingkong opened it; there were many files, as thick as a dictionary.