Li Xingkong originally thought that after the dueling arena on Venus stabilized, the lives of the Divine Land People would be somewhat guaranteed. At least compared to those miserable alien mercenaries, the cultivators of Divine Land were quite capable of protecting themselves.
But after encountering one advanced civilization after another, Li Xingkong felt more and more that Divine Land was still far behind.
It seems I need to hurry and build the " Underworld " that can cover most of the territory of Divine Land.
The Venus Showdown has been running smoothly for so long at least shows that the resurrection point's function has stood the test. All that's needed is to build upon it further and establish the basic functions of the Underworld, then the entire operation of the Divine Land Civilization can be considered to be on the right track.
However, these plans are still somewhat distant for Li Xingkong at the moment. To realize them, his strength needs to be further improved.
On the other hand, after exchanging ideas with the system, Li Xingkong had gained some understanding of what these major powers were pursuing. With the answers in mind, watching the process made him find it somewhat amusing.
"So, I feel the people of the Sihali Kingdom are quite pitiful."
The funniest thing was the people from the Sihali Kingdom. They didn't know what they were looking for, they just knew there was some action going on, so they thought they'd come and join in.
But neither their most advanced instruments nor their detectors were relevant to what they were looking for.
It's like a blind person groping around, but instead of touching an elephant, they're touching a ghost.
It would be a miracle if they could even find it.
However, Li Xingkong couldn't discuss this with Baili Qiu. After all, who was Baili Qiu? Divine Land's current strength was far inferior to that of the Sihali Kingdom, and its information sources were also much fewer.
How did he know information that even the Sihali Kingdom couldn't obtain? Li Xingkong couldn't explain that.
It's not like you can just say that because you saw the people from the Kingdom of Fixed Light, you knew what they were looking for.
Could someone from an inferior civilization really tell that? Who would believe that?
Besides, the fact that you can figure out what they're looking for means you've already found something yourself, doesn't it?
Keeping quiet will only keep them busy for a while, but telling them will only cause trouble for yourself.
Fortunately, the area around Divine Land is too remote, and there are no other advanced civilizations. Let's just consider Baili Qiu's trip as a vacation.
"You're even pitying them now? Although they're allies, your strengths are no longer equal. Just mind your own business and not worry about what others are going through."
The system's words, though somewhat sarcastic, are indeed true.
"Of course I understand. Divine Land such a long history, what hasn't happened? When two countries are evenly matched and form an alliance, it's like the Qin and Jin dynasties. But when two countries are unequal and still form an alliance, that's like the Divine Land - Soviet Union conflict."
The reason why the Soviet Union and Divine Land broke apart back then was because they wanted us to give up our industrial and military power and become their agricultural base.
This is how it is when the strength is unequal: you may be called allies, but in reality, the other side has long been treating you as their own servant.
Although the Sihali Kingdom is currently much better off than the nations on Earth Star, the scale of a civilization is too large. Today's friendliness does not guarantee that it will continue in the future.
Everyone has their own political views, and who knows what the next generation will think?
In the end, everything else is just talk; only one's own strength is real.
"Speaking of which, the people from the Kingdom of Fixed Light have already gone to investigate. Will the people from the other two forces come as well?"
Li Xingkong had long wanted to go into seclusion to cultivate again. After his recent trip, he had many ideas about the methods he currently lacked and urgently needed to go into seclusion to improve them.
"It's hard to say. We have no idea whether these forces have reached any agreement. We can only assume the worst-case scenario: all three of them have to come to Earth Star."
"Sigh, at this rate, who knows when I'll be able to go into seclusion again."
Li Xingkong shook his head. Better safe than sorry.
However, just as he was thinking about cultivation, a sudden idea struck him.
"By the way, you Kingdom of Fixed Light felt a sense of familiarity towards me. Do the other civilizations feel the same way about me?"
Li Xingkong stretched out his hand, and one of his palms transformed into golden light.
"Hmm, looks like a young Fixed Light Kingdom?"
The system wasn't sure either, but after comparing Li Xingkong with Jian Yu, whom it had met once, the system gave a strange description.
"Well, childhood... it's not impossible. When I cultivate, do you think releasing my aura would have a similar effect, preventing the other factions from acting recklessly in the Solar System?"
Li Xingkong came up with a brilliant idea.
"Your idea is quite good; it might actually work. This place is within the territory of the Kingdom of Fixed Light, so it wouldn't be surprising to have a newborn citizen here."
"If that's possible, then so be it. Leaving such a mark will at least make people from other advanced civilizations subconsciously avoid this place for a short period of time."
Kidnapping and assassination are things of lower civilizations. At the level of the three major powers, the sheer strength of individuals makes ordinary actions ineffective against them.
Naturally, there would be no such act as using him as a hostage.
Besides, those who have come to the vicinity of Divine Land now all have more important things to do, so they don't have the time or energy to deal with a newborn little guy.
"Hey, you're getting into the old tricks of using someone else's name to make a big deal out of nothing now."
The system looked at Li Xingkong; he seemed like a completely different person.
"Before, my intelligence told me that brute force would suffice, but now my brain tells me that I need to use a little more effort. What's the big deal?"
Li Xingkong smiled.
In this way, he could easily go into seclusion now, leaving only a trace of his presence outside.
He has spent enough time in the Early Golden Core Stage realm. He still has supernatural powers he hasn't finished learning and spells he hasn't mastered. It's time for him to go into seclusion again.
However, Li Xingkong a premonition that this seclusion would probably last for over a hundred years, especially since it coincided with the beginning of communication with extraterrestrials.
Therefore, he considered things more thoroughly during the initial preparation stage.
Now, this unexpected encounter has allowed him to discover that he can use someone else's power to his advantage, and many of the problems Li Xingkong had been considering have been easily resolved.
With this tiger skin in hand, most external problems are no longer problems. As for the development issues of Divine Land itself, that's a matter for Divine Land's top leadership, and Li Xingkong doesn't need to worry about it too much.
With things having come to this point, Li Xingkong didn't want to think about anything else. He decided to go into seclusion and improve his strength first.