A Piece of the Pie

【The servants have built another brand-new nest.】

The shock of just learning about the true world of the deities was so intense that Lin Miao forgot to eat all day, doing nothing but staring at the screen.

Closing the forum page for now, he saw the ant colony building another new nest inside an empty castle.

It seemed that the people living in those decent cities and castles had finally realized they stood no chance against the ant colony, abandoning their homes and fleeing in all directions.

Because of this, the ant colony had claimed this land almost without shedding a drop of blood, but they were far from satisfied.

After all, no matter what, the highest priority and most needed resources for the ant colony would always be food infused with special powers like magic power or holy power.

“Compared to Earth, this Terra is only just beginning its competition.”

Looking at the situation on the screen, Lin Miao murmured.

The situation in Terra was completely different from Earth.

Unlike Earth, where the deities had joined forces from the very beginning to prevent invasions by Outer Gods, Terra had no such threat. From the start, it had been a battlefield where the deities competed against one another.

Yet, just as the various factions were getting their starts, these mutated ants appeared in some corner of the world.

All efforts to stop them had ended in failure.

The deities of the Terra region were also beginning to sense the crisis, debating whether they should formally join forces like the deities on Earth had.

[Goddess of Light: I've asked everyone, but no one knows where these Outer God servants appearing in Terra came from.]

[Venerable Night Moon: Just what are they? Could it be a newly emerged Outer God?]

The deities who had directly clashed with Lin Miao, with them at the center, were sharing photos and videos of the ants on the forum.

Yet even across the entire Divine Net Forum, no one could uncover their origins.

As existences outside of order, the Outer Gods were the common enemy of all deities on the Divine Net.

To stop the expansion of an Outer God's influence, even competing rivals would temporarily join forces.

But no matter how much information they shared, it was impossible for them to find the truth about the ants.

This was because, from the very beginning, Lin Miao's ants were not the servants of any existing Outer God. In fact, even he, their master, had no idea what they would become in the future.

“If only they never find out.”

Watching the ant colony construct another massive nest, Lin Miao murmured softly to himself.

Contrary to Lin Miao's wishes, he was learning more and more, and things had developed to a point where he could no longer turn a blind eye.

Now that he knew, he could not just sit idly by.

The ant colony's desire to destroy Terra was their very reason for being, and it was also the root cause of Lin Miao, an ordinary human, awakening as a deity.

Therefore, there was absolutely nothing he could do to stop it.

Tied to the same fate as them, Lin Miao could only help them adjust their direction; he had no way of suppressing their rampaging instincts.

So, he would just let the ant colony run its course.

Lin Miao would continue to assist them, guide their evolutionary path, and help them grow continuously to ensure they would not be defeated.

Without a doubt, in the eyes of both the deities and the residents of Terra, this behavior made him an evil and terrifying Outer God who disrupted order and pushed the world toward destruction. There was absolutely no room for excuse.

But as of right now, with the ant colony unable to fully understand human speech, Lin Miao had no other option.

He would have to wait until their intelligence developed to the point where they could accurately understand and obey his commands. Only then would Lin Miao have a chance to try and alter their behavior of indiscriminate slaughter and destruction.

Deities did not treat their servants as mere tools, either.

Between a deity and their servants, there truly existed an indescribable, fated bond.

From the moment Lin Miao first awakened, he had instinctively sensed this. This bond was never controlled unilaterally by one side.

As long as the ant colony, his servants, wanted to live, it was impossible for him to abandon them.

“A magic stone mine...”

Lin Miao's gaze fell upon an interesting post on the Earth section's announcement board.

The post said that as a reward for performance achievement, a brand-new magic stone mine would be dropped in America this time.

Previously, these "resource dungeons" that allowed people to obtain massive amounts of resources like magic stones through rifts had always been treated as a sort of unexplained, grand lottery.

But in truth, they were not coincidences at all.

They were merely part of a meticulously designed system, created after the deities behind the scenes negotiated and made their decisions.

“I might as well get a piece of the pie.”

Now that he knew about this, Lin Miao absolutely could not stand by and do nothing.

Forget getting a piece of the pie; even if he just dipped his toes in, the profits he could gain would definitely be more than all the money he had earned in his entire life.

Investing the money he earned back into the ant colony would make them stronger, which in turn would raise his Divine Status. This cycle could continue infinitely in the future.

If this kept up, his power would one day cover the entire Earth. Whether they were Outer Gods attempting to invade this unclaimed land or other deities, they would all be driven out.

Lin Miao clenched his fists, making up his mind.

This was undoubtedly like stepping on the accelerator instead of the brakes for a runaway train, but Lin Miao had made his decision.

He might as well act like a true deity and try to become the master of this world.

In any case, as long as the ant colony's actions did not stop, the situation would likely develop in this direction whether Lin Miao wanted it to or not.