【One of your hunting squads has been wiped out】
Lin Miao clicked his tongue softly. “The cooperation between the beastkin and humans is far more destructive than I imagined.”
What particularly caught his attention was the scene of the silver-haired female mage, Celia, fighting side by side with the beastkin warrior. He watched the entire process with great interest.
The beastkin had initially been thrown into a frenzy because they didn't understand how to deal with the colony. Their ability to figure out the tricks so quickly was largely due to the knowledge passed down by the humans who had previously fought the colony.
Although this hunting squad had fought with every last ounce of their strength, they were ultimately wiped out, with not a single one remaining.
For the colony, the concept of a “prisoner” had never existed.
They would not take prisoners, nor would they ever willingly become them.
Some among the human faction tried to capture a few ants alive in their haste. However, even if their bodies were bound, the ants would struggle desperately until they tore themselves apart, ultimately dying of exhaustion.
Lin Miao's heart remained untroubled. He thought to himself, After all, they were at a disadvantage from the very beginning of this battle.
Reality was always full of variables. This time, a variable had simply emerged within expected parameters.
After all, he had already watched countless scenes of ants tearing humans apart and devouring corpses. With the colony's total population now having grown to tens of thousands, the loss of just a few hundred could not shake his mindset in the slightest.
Lin Miao temporarily set down the screen and picked up his phone, which he was using to write his colony observation diary. Looking at his face reflected in the front-facing camera, he muttered under his breath, “Have I finally gone mad?”
Whenever he encountered such things, he would desperately comfort himself, saying he was an innocent victim caught up in circumstances beyond his control. Yet, reality would never change.
The colony would continue to push that world toward destruction, and he, in order to survive, would continue to assist them.
Ultimately, this war waged for their respective survival would only drag on endlessly.
From the moment he became a deity, he was destined to shoulder a heavy karmic burden befitting his status.
From the very moment the Divine Net first appeared before Lin Miao's eyes, it had already been warning him: this was his destiny. No matter how reluctant he was, he could only accept this reality in the end.
【Your servants are confident that this loss is of no great concern】
Lin Miao thought to himself, True. After all, those who managed to form an effective counterattack only represented a tiny fraction of the region.
The colony itself didn't react much to this defeat either.
Including the one that had just been wiped out, there were now a total of forty-one hunting squads scattered abroad.
Even calculating by the minimum standard of three hundred ants per squad, there were already over ten thousand ants dispersed in all directions, sweeping across the entire land.
Places that could organize an effective counterattack like the one just now were the absolute minority.
In most places, humans could consider themselves extremely lucky if they could just hold their fortresses, cities, and villages without suffering devastating losses.
Faced with the colony's hunting method of flexibly gathering and dispersing based on the battle situation, the targeted human forces were retreating in defeat.
Because they simply could not achieve the ultra-high-speed movement and information sharing that the colony possessed.
From the screen came a soldier's heart-wrenching roar: “Captain, my brother is still over there!”
“Retreat! Abandon the city! It's too late!”
【Your servants are highly satisfied with this bountiful harvest】
At that very moment, in another region, a small city was completely falling amidst desperate wails and screams.
The colony had judged the defenses here to be relatively weak, so they immediately summoned eleven nearby hunting squads to launch a fierce offensive from all directions, easily tearing the city's defense system to shreds.
Reasonably, defenders should have the advantage in a siege, but to the colony, which could scale steep rocky walls without any hindrance, the city walls were no obstacle at all.
They needed no siege ladders or engines. Clinging to the walls in dense swarms, they climbed upward, spilled over the ramparts into the city, and used their specialty—close-quarters melee—to slaughter all resistance.
Lin Miao knew very well: food containing magic power. It was no easy task to breach a densely populated place like a city, but once successful, they could obtain a massive amount of magic power.
Naturally, the colony's favorite food now was prey containing special energies like magic power and holy power.
Unlike the humans who had fought to the death only to lose and have their corpses completely devoured, the victorious ants had obtained a large quantity of high-quality food from this operation, leaving them highly satisfied.
Currently, the colony's growth had fallen into a bit of a stagnation due to a lack of resources.
Ordinary nutrients were easy to obtain now, but the energy required to breed mutated ant species could only be acquired through this method.
Over this period, Lin Miao had been constantly observing the colony and gradually came to understand their persistence and situation regarding breaking through their bottleneck.
He finally understood now why they had bred mutated hornet ants long ago but had kept them hidden in the nest, refusing to deploy them to the battlefield.
They planned to use these forces in a much larger-scale war.
The current colony was luring their prey.
Luring the humans into gathering more troops in an attempt to stop them.
When that time came, they would release these secret weapons like a patient hunter, securing another bountiful harvest.
Sometimes, looking too far ahead could end up harming oneself.
But as long as one maintained proper control, it would become a fatal, decisive blow.
And the colony had already reached this step.
【As your servants' infamy and influence continue to expand, your deity level has increased】
【Lowest-Tier Deity → Low-Tier Deity, Grade I】
【Certain restricted functions have been unlocked】
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However, at that very moment, something he had never anticipated or hoped for occurred.
Just like when Lin Miao had known absolutely nothing and suddenly awakened as a deity.
This time, once again without his knowledge, a certain change quietly took place.
Lin Miao looked utterly bewildered. “Just lying at home, and my level automatically rises?”
Truthfully, he had never wished for greater authority.
Yet, the colony in this world, along with this system, would not let him off after all.
He hurriedly ran into the bathroom, feeling his body and checking himself repeatedly in the mirror. He thought to himself, Fortunately, my body hasn't changed.
Most of the changes had not occurred on his physical body, but rather within the Divine Net system he used.
Unlike his unaltered body, the system interface floating before his eyes was displaying more complex and diverse functions than before.
Just as the system prompt had stated, a portion of the restricted functions had been unlocked.
【Personal private messages can now be viewed】
【Enhanced communion with servants】
【Split-screen display supported】
【Unlocking of authority beyond current grade】
Lin Miao frowned, thinking to himself, What is this now?
Mixed in with the easily understandable functions were some things that left him completely baffled.
Lacking any relevant knowledge, if he wanted to understand these things, he had to rely on the system's explanations.
【Abnormal awakening detected】
【*This is a restricted function】
Lin Miao couldn't help but curse under his breath, “What the hell...”
It was as if the system was only willing to tell him what it deemed necessary, while the parts he most wanted to figure out were completely blocked, leaving him with no way of knowing.
He couldn't help but ask the system, “So, when is the next level up?”
【Deity level advancement is directly proportional to your servants' achievements and the scale of their influence】
However, one thing was now absolutely certain.
Every step the colony took would alter his circumstances. Ultimately, step by step, he would reach the final truth.
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