The situation has clearly escalated to this point not solely due to actions by the Sihali Kingdom side; there are also numerous individuals from Divine Land involved.
Otherwise, such a highly confidential matter as the Spiritual Root Server would never have turned out the way it is today.
Returning from the server, Li Xingkong discovered several small shield generators surrounding it. These generators were fixed around the server, emitting anti- Divine Sense shields that completely surrounded the server.
There were obvious signs of human intervention at the location of each shield launcher, and there were also many monitoring devices around the launchers, indicating that they were not Divine Land technology.
This server may seem to be still on the moon, but in reality, it has probably already escaped the control of Divine Land and become someone else's meal.
After exploring the interior of the moon, Li Xingkong had very mixed feelings.
As expected, no matter how amicable Baili Qiu and Xuanyizi's conversations were, it was all just polite talk; true cooperation between civilizations is rare.
After all the pretense is stripped away, all that's left is the saying "big fish eat little fish."
It's just that some civilizations prefer to take direct confrontation, while others prefer to lay traps.
Moreover, the situation in Divine Land is also somewhat chaotic right now. At least in Li Xingkong's view, it is very short-sighted to exchange one's own interests for some dubious help.
Now that the investigation has reached this point, Li Xingkong naturally won't let it go. All the clues point to these people who have already taken root in Divine Land.
There was nothing more to say, so Li Xingkong decided to go there himself.
If things can still be negotiated, then everything is fine; if negotiations fail, then action will be the only option.
After withdrawing his Divine Sense from the lunar subsurface, Li Xingkong hurriedly bid farewell to Tang Huhu, took a step, and was already gone.
Before leaving, Li Xingkong also cast a few spells on Tang Huhu. Although they couldn't help her cultivate, they would be enough to protect her safety on the moon.
After leaving the moon, Li Xingkong straight for the industrial concentration area of the Sihali Kingdom in Divine Land.
This place isn't exactly a secret location; after all, it's a company, and they couldn't hide it even if they wanted to.
The entire industrial area is located in the middle of the Solar System, basically concentrated between Saturn and Jupiter. The industrial area is so large that it looks like a continent floating in space from a distance. Various buildings that are clearly not in the style of Divine Land are densely distributed in it, and a large number of spaceships come and go in this area, making it look very lively.
Along the way, Li Xingkong had been quietly observing the passing spaceships.
Most of the spaceships were from Divine Land, carrying piles of Spiritual Root towards the industrial park before returning empty, seemingly there specifically to transport goods. Among this torrent of spaceships, there were also some uniquely shaped ships that looked like ghost ships, all transparent blue.
This is clearly a feature of the Sihali Kingdom; the unique projection technology is indeed quite distinctive.
Even the figures inside the spaceship were projections. Ever since Li Xingkong met those people from the Sihali Kingdom at the Chamber of Commerce, he seemed to have never seen the real Sihali Kingdom appear in any part of the universe.
Following the current of the spaceship, Li Xingkong Luffy. When he approached the industrial area, Li Xingkong felt a familiar shield surrounding the entire industrial area.
It's an anti- Divine Sense shield, and the version of this shield is even more advanced.
Numerous shield generators isolated the entire industrial area from the outside world, making it virtually impossible for any Foundation Establishment cultivator other than Li Xingkong to break through this barrier.
Moreover, the cultivators Li Xingkong has encountered so far are not particularly powerful, and very few of them can even separate their Divine Sense from their bodies. He doesn't know who this shield is meant to protect against.
The Cloud and Rosy Mist Robe dissipated into a wisp of smoke. Li Xingkong completely ignored the layers of shields and landed directly on the ground in the industrial area.
The Sihali Kingdom has indeed put a lot of effort into this area; such a large region has undergone gravity adjustments and even corresponding localization modifications.
Li Xingkong briefly examined the surrounding atmosphere, which was almost identical to that of Earth Star, with only a small difference in the content of gases.
Without wasting time on such trivial matters, Li Xingkong immediately deployed his Divine Sense network, using himself as the center, to search for matters related to Spiritual Root within the industrial area.
After scanning all the buildings on the ground, Li Xingkong didn't find anything special. Most of the buildings contained machine tools he had never seen before, and many ordinary people from Divine Land were working there.
Just like before the widespread adoption of spiritual cultivation, they were doing assembly line work, and judging from their expressions, their work was probably even more arduous than imagined.
After all, aliens don't follow labor laws, nor do they have any worker rights.
Even in the Sihali Kingdom, there is still no legal protection in this area. After all, a civilization of their level wouldn't hire its own people to do the work. If outsiders are hired, there's naturally no need for any rights protection.
Compared to other civilizations, they are only slightly more Dao of Humanity; at least they pay the agreed-upon wages.
Finding nothing amiss on the ground, Li Xingkong turned his attention to the Spiritual Root that had been brought here.
These things have definitely been brought here and will be useful. By simply keeping an eye on their destination, we should be able to find out where those requests were sent.
The Spiritual Root targeted by Li Xingkong were transported to a factory and then poured into a huge barrel-shaped structure. With the addition of a strange potion, all the Spiritual Root began to change.
Under the influence of this potion, all the newly matured seeds were transformed into so-called Single Spiritual Root — Single Scientific Research Spiritual Root.
This transformation technology must have been developed by the Sihali Kingdom themselves; it only requires a little potion to produce a large number of Scientific Research Spiritual Root.
Then, the matured Spiritual Root were transported by conveyor belt to the underground part of the factory, and their whereabouts are unknown.
Li Xingkong's Divine Sense closely followed behind a group of people with Spiritual Root, and he also stepped into the conveyor belt.
Soon, Li Xingkong discovered that these Spiritual Root had been transported underground, and there were many sealed rooms underground in this industrial area.
After the Spiritual Root were transported over, a machine sorted and stacked them, and then transported them to various rooms.
Li Xingkong casually probed into one of the rooms with his Divine Sense, and immediately saw a rather cruel scene.
In the middle of the small room was a life support pod, which appeared to be a product of the Sihali Kingdom. Inside the life support pod was an unconscious Divine Land People.
He was truly unconscious in a physical sense. Although he appeared to be in hibernation, in reality, his nerves had long been detached from his neck and connected to a device similar to a computer.