After leaving the Chamber of Commerce's giant ship, Li Xingkong plunged into a nearby star system.
Perhaps because the Chamber of Commerce's small spaceships were advertising everywhere, several spaceships could still be seen heading towards the Chamber of Commerce's location along the way.
However, these spaceships looked much more shabby than the merchant guild's ships; in comparison, they were basically just moving space junk.
Li Xingkong ignored them, glanced at them a few times, and continued on his way.
In a hurry.
Guided by the compass, Li Xingkong performed several more jumps.
According to the Snail People's soul, after the next warp, they will enter the Snail People's core territory, and Snail People settlements will gradually appear around the star system.
As they approached the enemy's lair, Li Xingkong naturally became more cautious.
The moment he emerged from the warp portal after the warp was complete, he immediately activated his invisibility ability.
The galaxy that appeared before us was indeed completely different from what we had seen before.
In the past, the most a galaxy would have was a rudimentary space station orbiting near its star, with one or two engineering vessels working nearby.
This time, the galaxy we warped into was completely different.
There are seven planets in the galaxy, slowly orbiting the star, and each planet reflects a different kind of planetary light.
But they all have one thing in common: their colors are quite pure.
Unlike Earth Star, which is a mix of blue and white due to the interplay of clouds and oceans, these Earth Star, when viewed from a distance, resemble solid-colored billiard balls, reflecting light of an extremely uniform color.
"You Snail People also like to create wonders?"
The state of these planets is clearly not a result of natural formation.
"Of course not. Wonders mean nothing to us, but the fact that these planets have become like this is largely due to our actions."
"Well, see for yourself, it saves me the trouble of explaining."
Just as it was about to say something, it suddenly pointed in a direction, letting Li Xingkong see for himself.
Li Xingkong looked in the direction it was pointing and saw a spatial rift appear near one of the rust-colored planets.
As the fissure opened, a rust-colored "torrent" surged out and poured straight onto the planet, adding another layer of rust to its surface.
Upon closer inspection, it was no torrent at all, but rather a collection of garbage of varying sizes, all of the same color.
"This star system is a shared dumping ground for the thirteen surrounding Convention. All the trash is sorted through by each civilization and then dumped here, where we do the final cleanup."
Only after the torrent disappeared and the spatial rift healed did the Snail People, the artifact spirit, speak.
"Don't make it sound like you're so pitiful. I don't think there are many Snail People on that planet; most of them are your so-called cannon fodder races."
Although the Snail People spoke pitifully, Li Xingkong had no sympathy for it. The ones who should be pitied were the innocent races oppressed by them for generations.
Li Xingkong has excellent eyesight; even though he is currently at the edge of the galaxy, he can still clearly see what is happening on the surfaces of the planets.
After the garbage was dumped onto the planet, many aliens emerged from its surface.
Li Xingkong had seen most of the races, and they had all appeared among the cannon fodder captured from Earth Star.
With chains binding their hands and feet, they crawled out of the hole and rushed frantically towards the pile of rubbish, trying to rummage through it for something.
This is their job, and this is their life.
If you don't pick up trash, you'll just starve to death.
While these aliens were frantically picking up and fighting over the loot, in the sky above the planet, the Snail People manager inside a hub was calmly observing the situation below.
Although managing a garbage planet is the worst job for Snail People, there are still quite a few who are willing to do it.
After all, this is one of the few positions outside the military where one can arbitrarily abuse the lives of other species.
During the time Li Xingkong was observing, the garbage dumps on several other planets dumped large amounts of garbage.
The planets are different colors simply because the trash they dump is all the same color. Over time, this trash has piled up on the surface of the planets, making them look the way they do today.
No wonder it's not a spectacle; this is far too bizarre.
However, as for how Li Xingkong could help them, he couldn't say.
This kind of thing obviously can't be solved by killing one Snail People manager. Even if you kill one, there will be more. Unless you can completely eliminate the Snail People civilization behind it, killing any number of them won't make much of a difference.
Revolution is never a one-person affair; it requires the awakening of everyone.
Moreover, this is an alien, so Li Xingkong has no psychological burden whether he intervenes or not.
However, after witnessing the tragic situation of those who were abandoned by their own kind while scavenging for garbage, and were thrown directly into the garbage dump to fend for themselves because they did not meet the standards of their work, Li Xingkong still felt that if he could help them, he should help them a little.
Anyway, for me now, it's just a small favor.
Having made up his mind, Li Xingkong darted towards the Snail People's supervision room.
When he transformed into light and stood behind the Snail People in the detention room, the Snail People remained completely unaware.
He was still watching the chaotic battle on the ground with great interest, thoroughly enjoying himself.
Li Xingkong didn't make any move; he just glanced at the Snail People, and its exoskeleton seemed to suddenly come alive, sprouting many sharp spikes that pierced its entire body.
The exoskeleton, which originally protected the body, has become an iron maiden under the influence of this magic.
As for the Snail People inside, they obviously can't survive.
After eliminating the Snail People that was overseeing the operation, Li Xingkong stood up and landed inside the atmosphere of the rusty planet.
The reason this planet is this color is mainly because it has a lot of iron slag.
This time, he wanted to give these aliens who were working illegally a chance, a chance to escape.
They're tough to deal with air units, but surely ground units will be able to put up a fight once they have weapons?
He placed his hand on the ground, and a massive magic circle spread out from his hand, enveloping the entire Rusty Star.
Then, the trash scattered on the planet's surface seemed to come alive and began to line up and head towards Li Xingkong's direction.
These materials were melted down and forged into swords, which were then rained down on the surface of the entire planet.