"Ha, that sounds nice, but it's just sophistry. Do you expect us to come and ask them ourselves whether they volunteered or not?"
Li Xingkong felt nauseous listening to this guy's words. They sounded noble, but they couldn't hide the filth behind them.
"When the collective will prevails, what use are the words of an individual? It's all a matter of mutual consent; who gives you the right to criticize?"
"Furthermore, your civilization also has classics of poetry, books, rites, and the Book of Changes. The chapter on rites has strict rules, and the value of life naturally differs depending on one's status."
"As the strongest being in civilization, why should you concern yourself with the lives of those ants? Leading civilization forward is what you should be doing."
"Weighing the pros and cons, making selective sacrifices—all of this is simply a historical inevitability."
Xuan Qingzi's words and actions exuded an air of superiority.
"The sun is born high above, naturally looking down on us mere dust. You can't discuss ice with a summer insect; I think any further conversation with you would be utterly pointless."
Li Xingkong shook his head. This guy's mind was probably still stuck in the feudal system. There was a generation gap between him and this kind of person, and they couldn't communicate.
While exchanging ideas, Li Xingkong was also meticulously examining the entire industrial zone, trying to find the anchor points of these projections and remove them.
"Hmph, so unreasonable. It seems we're destined to be on different paths. Fine, since we can't reason with each other, let's settle this with our skills."
Xuan Qingzi snorted coldly, and the projections around Li Xingkong quickly reacted.
The projections of regular combat legions are clearly much stronger in combat than those of casual players, and their weapons are also various upgraded versions.
Li Xingkong briefly assessed the situation and found that most of the attacks were not very effective against him. Only the powerful weapons wielded by the remote projectors posed a real threat to Li Xingkong.
It was only a minor threat, at most causing a scratch.
The technological level of the Sihali Kingdom is clearly not that low; it's just that Xuan Qingzi has misjudged the situation so far.
Li Xingkong was a cultivator, and he was different from ordinary Divine Land People, and even from those cultivators in the Divine Land Foundation Establishment Stage.
All his great strength resides within himself.
If one were to truly engage him, or even pose a threat to him, the counterparts to Li Xingkong would be a large number of space warships, even star destroyers, or other high-powered weapons, not these ordinary soldiers used for ground combat.
From the moment they treated Li Xingkong as an ordinary being when devising their battle strategy, their operation was already doomed to failure.
War broke out at the first sign of trouble, and all sorts of attacks rained down on Li Xingkong.
Spatial bullets cleared a path, preventing Li Xingkong from using spatial means to resist momentum attacks. A large number of energy rays blocked his path, using these rays to deplete Li Xingkong's Magic Power. The previously somewhat imposing shadow weapon was deployed, eroding Li Xingkong's shadow from another area.
However, as soon as the battle began, based on previous research on cultivators and the weaknesses of Li Xingkong that had just been discovered, they were targeted.
Unfortunately, even though they found his weakness, these guys' attacks were too weak, and even with their weakness exploited, they couldn't inflict any effective damage on Li Xingkong.
Li Xingkong and threw it casually in one direction.
The spatial turbulence caused by the punch spread outward in a fan shape, and all the projections affected by it went offline.
Among them were projections with spatial shields, but Li Xingkong's punch exceeded the shield's limit. After the shield shattered, the projections still inevitably dissipated.
With a few more punches, Li Xingkong cleared away all the projectiles that had surrounded him.
With the surroundings quiet, Li Xingkong was somewhat puzzled. Was this all Xuan Qingzi was capable of?
Li Xingkong's Divine Sense had already scanned most of the industrial area and found that there were indeed many spatial rifts. However, after exploring them, they were either naturally formed abandoned spaces without entrances or exits, or remnants left behind after Li Xingkong destroyed the Xingkong expanded within the rooms. He did not find any anchor points for the projection.
He wasn't in a hurry. After all, the Sihali Kingdom was a long-established power. If it were so easy for him to discover it, he would have to wonder if it was a fake target.
The surrounding space had been smashed beyond recognition by Li Xingkong's punches, and this thing did not restrict Li Xingkong at all.
The projections reappeared, but this time they weren't individual soldiers; instead, they transformed into warships. It seems that Xuan Qingzi had been silent for a while, adjusting his strategy.
Since they couldn't capture Li Xingkong individually, they decided to board the warship directly.
"Lord Xuan Qingzi, the resources on Planet α-5031 have been exhausted..."
Just as Xuan Qingzi was frantically clicking away at generating warships, one of his subordinates ran over.
"If we run out of resources, so be it. We'll mobilize resources from another 20, no, 50 resource stars. I must win this battle."
This projection seems to consume little energy and makes the Sihali Kingdom invincible, but it is ultimately about fighting against humans. Since it is about influencing reality, it will naturally consume energy and resources.
However, this consumption is not visible on these projections; all resources are being channeled into the resource diversion device in the heart of the Sihali Kingdom.
This is what a civilization that has achieved integrated production and warfare looks like: it doesn't need a logistics supply chain. As long as resources are invested in the distributors, they can be mobilized at will within the entire area Fallout the civilization.
After engaging these spaceships, Li Xingkong could clearly sense that the combat capabilities of the Sihali Kingdom's spaceships were indeed formidable.
Although it's just a projection, one of these things could probably wipe out the entire Snail People's fleet.
Even Li Xingkong had to dodge slightly when facing some of the powerful weapons, and sometimes he even needed the Cloud and Rosy Mist Robe to help him avoid those unknown attacks.
However, while this thing is incredibly powerful, it's not without its advantages.
In order to project these spaceships to the corresponding positions, the so-called anchor points inevitably experienced slight fluctuations.
While searching for the anchor point, this strange fluctuation naturally did not escape Li Xingkong's detection.
"Okay, just a few more times and we'll be able to find its location."
Li Xingkong confirmed that the fluctuation was generated by the anchor point.
He accelerated, transforming into a bolt of lightning, slicing through more than a dozen of the projected spaceships that were flying around.
Soon, a new spaceship arrived, and Li Xingkong located the anchor point.