According to Baili Qiu, the size of a civilization's territory depends entirely on how far it can conquer. As long as it is strong enough, it is not a problem to unify all the surrounding small countries.
As for the Convention's prohibition against using force to destroy a civilized nation in full view of the public, what kind of restraining effect can it have? Whether it's a regime in exile or a puppet state, there are always ways to circumvent this provision.
That being said, once Divine Land begins to expand its territory, the speed of expansion will absolutely exceed everyone's imagination.
However, for Divine Land at present, even if it occupies such a large area, there are not enough people to govern it. It's no different from not occupying it at all. It's better to focus on governing the Solar System first, and then talk about other things.
Time flew by, and the exploration by the Sihali Kingdom had lasted for nearly a month. They had searched the entire star system near the Solar System, but still found nothing. After several repeated explorations, Baili Qiu was certain that with their level of expertise, they really couldn't find anything.
Giving up was clearly out of the question, so they decided to explore somewhere else, excluding the Solar System altogether.
Although they didn't obtain any intelligence, the Divine Land side got much more.
Having made this trip, Baili Qiu naturally wouldn't have come for nothing, nor would he let Divine Land work for them for free. Before leaving, Baili Qiu left behind a lot of technical data for Divine Land.
These are mostly scientific and technological documents and related basic theoretical works that cover the next 200 years or so, focusing on the current direction of scientific and technological development in Divine Land.
Perhaps it was the potential of Divine Land that moved him, or perhaps it was to befriend Li Xingkong, but the documents that Baili Qiu sent out were all quite valuable, and he didn't hold anything back.
This technology might be outdated for a long time in the Sihali Kingdom, but it is indeed very advanced for Divine Land.
Of course, this so-called advancement is after removing the influence of cultivation. After incorporating cultivation, these techniques are actually not that difficult to understand.
With the calculations of Hexagram Computer, it's only been about ten years since technology advanced to this level.
A few days after Baili Qiu and his group left, Li Xingkong, who was researching magic on the space station, suddenly felt a chill in his heart. He sensed an extremely powerful threat entering the Solar System at an extremely fast speed.
Li Xingkong used his Earth-Traversing Golden Light to fly a distance towards the direction he sensed the threat, then used his Divine Sense to enhance his vision and looked in that direction.
Looking out, it seemed there was nothing at all; space remained a void.
But Li Xingkong could indeed sense the threat it contained.
Upon closer inspection once more, Li Xingkong indeed discovered a clue.
In the empty depths of space, there seemed to be a glimmer of light that looked rather strange.
Its speed was too fast, far faster than the speed of Li Xingkong's Earth-Traversing Golden Light.
It's important to understand that the speed of the Earth-Traversing Golden Light is already the speed of light in this region. In the universe near Earth Star, this is the fastest speed. Logically speaking, nothing should be able to travel faster.
There's definitely something wrong with that sliver of light.
There are only two possibilities for achieving speeds exceeding the speed of light here.
One possibility is that it is some kind of unknown wonder; the other is that this light is related to the Kingdom of Fixed Light.
They've mastered the art of using light in countless ways; no other civilization can compare.
Li Xingkong caught sight of the light. After entering the Solar System, it circled in place instead of flying randomly.
After circling around a few times, the beam of light seemed to sense that Li Xingkong was watching it. It paused for a moment, and then flew straight towards Li Xingkong.
Sensing the approaching threat, Li Xingkong rapidly circulated his Magic Power, and his hand already held the Taiyi Ice Soul Divine Light. If the light showed any sign of attacking, he would use this divine power to strike it head-on.
The beam of light flew up to Li Xingkong and stopped instantly.
It's like an emergency stop, but far more terrifying. It comes to a complete stop from the speed of light in an extremely short time—this is no joke.
If it were something of higher quality, that one moment would have been enough to annihilate its own matter.
"Strange, your taste is so familiar."
The beam of light stopped in front of Li Xingkong, and he could see that it had some kind of material structure or organs. Then a voice entered Li Xingkong's mind.
"This guy is actually an alien!"
Although he had anticipated many things, he certainly hadn't expected that this aggressive-looking fellow would also be an alien.
"How strange, this is the first time I've ever seen an alien like you."
The beam of light spoke again, and then began to absorb light from all directions, creating a human figure from the abundant light.
"I am Jian Yu from the Reconnaissance Team of the Kingdom of Fixed Light. Who are you? I've never seen you before."
The figure made of light was quite unceremonious. Although Li Xingkong hadn't said a word, she acted as if they were old friends and immediately came forward to get close to Li Xingkong.
Although I sensed a threat from a distance, that feeling disappeared after I saw the guy in person.
After the figure was completed, Li Xingkong also felt a strange attraction emanating from her.
It was as if she and he shared the same roots.
"My Li Xingkong, and I'm a native of this star system."
Li Xingkong took a few steps back, dodging Jian Yu's outstretched hand that was about to grope him.
Perhaps realizing her own impoliteness, Jian Yu flicked her wrist, capturing all the surrounding light in her hand.
"Ah, haha, sorry, there's a familiar feeling about you, just like with people from our civilized world, it makes me unconsciously want to get closer to you."
As she spoke, her hands didn't stop; beams of light from the surrounding area were drawn into her hands and then released from her body.
"What are you doing...?"
Li Xingkong couldn't understand what she was doing, but as things stood, she didn't seem to have any hostility towards Divine Land.
"It's nothing, it's nothing. Our meeting was accidental. Don't tell anyone you've seen me."
Jian Yu smiled, finished her work, and then transformed back into her original beam of light, flying out of the Solar System.
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Li Xingkong was speechless for a moment; this guy was really strange.
However, considering what Baili Qiu said, this guy might be the one from the Kingdom of Fixed Light who came to collect data.
"System, what did she just do?"
Li Xingkong didn't understand her actions, but he still had the system.
"She just surveyed all areas of the Solar System directly exposed to sunlight, using the sunlight as a baseline, to collect data."
"Judging from the fluctuations she observed during the reading, the data she collected this time is primarily biased towards the time dimension."
Upon hearing the system's explanation, Li Xingkong was somewhat taken aback.
As expected of the strongest force in the Convention, they don't need any detection equipment at all; they only need to sense the starlight to grasp the situation of the entire galaxy.