“Something is about to happen on Earth as well. Things are truly unpredictable. At a time like this, the only thing I can rely on is my own strength.”
Late at night, Lin Miao didn't turn on the lights and walked straight to the terrarium.
Elise was already there.
But Elise was not alone today.
Her younger sisters, Kerrigan and Gaia, stood on either side of her.
Gaias appearance was quite amusing; only her upper body emerged from the ground, and she was prostrate just like her older sister.
There was only one reason why the queens in charge of waging war had made time to come here in person.
“My queens, your mission is of the utmost importance.”
Lin Miao placed crowns on Kerrigan and Gaia as well.
This was both a reward and recognition for their hard work so far, as well as a symbol of their ongoing responsibility in the future.
“Great One...”
Having removed her mask, Kerrigan wore the crown and looked up at the sky with a dazed expression.
Just like Elises coronation last time, this entire scene was shared through the hive mind.
One could easily tell just by looking at the Legion Commanders bowing respectfully in the middle of the battlefield.
“Kerrigan, can you bring us victory?”
Hearing the words conveyed by Lin Miao in the form of an oracle, Kerrigan, the Queen of Blades, had a gleam in her eyes. “Without a doubt.”
She wasted no time.
Kerrigan and Gaia immediately left the terrarium, returning through the Stargate to begin their respective missions.
“Nine planets have been secured so far. Troop production has increased by more than twelve times the original amount.”
Elise, who remained at her post, looked up at the sky and reported to Lin Miao.
The territories abandoned by the Goddess of Light Association under the pretext of prioritization and concentration were being steadily annexed and developed by the Great Devourer.
The forces pouring out from there would soon turn into another tsunami, sweeping away even the things they tried to protect through sacrifice.
Sacrifice was by no means a cure-all, and blind sacrifice could not solve every problem.
At the end of the day, sacrifice was merely a form of consumption.
Moreover, Lin Miao estimated that among the factions of the Divine Net, few could understand and calculate consumption as precisely as his servants.
“Increasing numbers is important, but improving quality is equally vital. You must have considered this as well, right?”
“Of course.”
Hearing Lin Miao's wishes, Elise gave a bright smile and nodded vigorously.
Every time a new planet was developed, a massive wave of energy would surge forth.
As long as this could not be countered, the Great Devourer had a vast array of choices.
While designing new troop types and establishing a stronger system was good, the continuous improvement and modification of existing forces—namely, upgrading—was also absolutely essential.
“This is Gaia's job.”
Elise pushed this task onto her younger sister.
Of course, she wasn't being lazy, but rather doing so to achieve the optimal efficiency she had calculated.
This was because Elise herself had to expend a massive amount of computing power to design new individuals and command the battlefield.
“The genes of our existing organisms... have shown defects and inefficiencies in certain areas.”
Having received a crown from her father just like her older sister, Gaia seemed to be in a wonderful mood and gladly accepted the task handed to her.
On Terra, Gaia's "main body" was perhaps the trunk that was currently rooted in multiple worlds simultaneously.
Atop her massive upper body and head, which emerged from it, she wore a colossal crown wrapped in black exoskeleton.
Although the original was just a plastic fragment, its value was far more precious than gold, for it was an item imbued with divine power.
Whether its size scaled up or down was not an issue.
“To improve mass production efficiency, we need to adjust the types of mutants.”
Gia reviewed all the knowledge and information accumulated in the hive mind since before her birth, and she seemed to have reached a conclusion.
It was time to organize everything.
Upon closer inspection, the history of the Great Devourer was a history of struggle.
Humans, beastkin, goblins, dwarves, elves... even the deities who aided them, their civilizations and species were all vastly different.
Every time, the Great Devourer had to fight various distinct enemies under different environments and conditions.
Each time, Elise would tailor various mutants to handle the situation.
Indeed, these mutants had successfully targeted the opponents' weaknesses every single time, becoming the key to victory and contributing greatly to their triumphs.
However, as the Great Devourer's system expanded and its horizons broadened, the roster of mutants grew increasingly bloated.
The combat units needed to possess more functions and power, and become even sturdier.
There was even an increasing number of individuals that required dedicated production nests, and constructing these nests consumed resources as well.
Neither Elise nor Gaia could tolerate such inefficiency.
To perform stronger modifications on the existing forces—some of which had been around since their battles with the primitive goblins—what they needed first was a massive systemic restructuring.
This is the perfect time.
It was exactly when the colony was consuming a high civilization like cancer cells, rapidly ballooning in size.
Since a massive influx of resources was pouring in, they could take this opportunity to make the adjustments.
Lin Miao quickly took out his notebook.
It wouldn't make sense if he didn't even understand the system of his own servants.
Although all past data was compiled in the notebook, Lin Miao had to add new information to keep up with their continuous advancement.
“For efficient production, we must categorize individual types.”
Gaia finally took action.
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