Chapter 193 | Swarm: I Became a Cataclysmic Disaster

“It seems the elves in the south have collapsed, and that vast land and everything on it has fallen into the hands of those Great Devourers.”

“Just looking at this Terra continent, they already control over half of the land. With such a massive territory... if we keep fighting like this, can we really maintain complete control?”

The news of the Elven Empire's demise quickly spread to the distant Dwarven Alliance.

They had originally been locked in a stalemate with a migratory colony on the vast plains, but now they were plunged into deep shock and unease.

Setting aside combat power, in terms of sheer scale alone, the main nest colony was dozens of times larger than the migratory colony.

“The Earth God has handed down an oracle!”

Just then, the dwarven king widely disseminated the command handed down by their deity.

It was to adopt a perfect defensive posture and hold out until the new technology announced by the Earth God was fully developed.

As long as they could hold out until the technology was complete, the great Astral Warriors would arrive to sweep away all enemies.

This technology was known as Stargate Forging Technology.

Its purpose was to fill an entire mountain range with massive power generators, thereby summoning a powerful magic field to shatter the dimensional wall and summon reinforcements from another planet ruled by their deity.

[God of War: What do you think you're doing? Only now do you think of building a wall to resist? Do you really think that will work?!]

[Earth God: Shut up! This is what we should have done from the very beginning!]

The Dwarven Alliance, which was expected to fight side by side with them, had suddenly changed its strategy. The angry beastkin deity Uria questioned them in the deity forum, but the dwarves remained completely unmoved.

Guiding their servants to complete the highest stages of various civilizations' technologies—such as Stargate Forging Technology, warp technology, and space navigation technology—and then deploying their own main forces was one of the conditions for a deity to win the competition.

It was common sense that a lower-tier world could not withstand a fully armed army coming from a higher-tier world.

Even if they could not directly deploy forces to the coordinates chosen as the competition zone due to the blockade of the Divine Net covering the entire planet, they could still maximize the technological power of the servants they cultivated internally to summon them.

There were indeed those who targeted this loophole, deliberately fleeing or adopting a purely defensive stance to focus solely on advancing specific technological levels.

In the Divine Net forum, though this tactic would draw criticism, it was a strategy with a fairly decent win rate.

However, the dwarves had not adopted this approach from the start but had changed their strategy midway, which came with some unstable drawbacks.

“From now on, concentrate all the power in this land on that project. Completing the Stargate Forging Technology is our only way to survive!”

The Dwarven Alliance further expanded their thick, heavy walls and poured resources into them, dedicating all their strength to technological development.

As a result, the Beastkin Kingdom became the most anxious.

It was too late to change direction now. The swarming Great Devourer legions would obviously deal with the beastkin first, rather than the heavily fortified Dwarven Alliance.

...

It seemed that keeping his information hidden and remaining silent had indeed been the correct choice.

This way, even if he lurked openly in the Divine Net forum, he wouldn't arouse any suspicion.

Thanks to the Divine Net, Lin Miao could hear all the discussions among the deities on how to block the Great Devourer.

By maintaining this position, Lin Miao had gained plenty of benefits during this period, and he was still continuing to profit.

“Slow down. Use this time to properly gather our strength and prepare to suppress them in one fell swoop.”

Lin Miao delivered an oracle to his servants.

They had to launch a general offensive to destroy the stargate just before the dwarves could complete its construction.

Stargate Forging Technology was generally regarded as one of the victory conditions among the deities, and it was a technology the Great Devourer had to master.

If they captured it too early, they wouldn't be able to acquire the technology; if they attacked too late, they might be defeated by the advanced civilization enemies pouring out of it.

It seemed the most crucial part was getting the timing right.

“We obey the command of the Great One.”

As if she understood Lin Miao's instructions, Celia looked up at the sky and bowed her head.

Lisette was beside her, and most importantly, Elise and Kerrigan had also grown to the point where they could gradually understand Lin Miao's words.

‘I have to trust them.’

Lin Miao looked at them and smiled with relief.

Looking at their performance during this period, they were truly reliable.

Even though the situation changed rapidly and they had faced many desperate last-resort moves from their opponents, they had overcome everything through their unyielding persistence and conviction.

It was precisely because they had won and survived that they could live like this now.

Facing those veteran deities who were far more experienced and powerful, these Great Devourers—whose deity and servants alike were completely green—had still achieved victory.

‘Can I rest for a bit?’

Although Lin Miao could be said to have it easy compared to those fighting fiercely in that world, he still had to keep his eyes glued to the screen without a moment's pause whenever the Great Devourer engaged its opponents.

This was true even in his daily life, whether he was receiving magic stones to place in the terrarium or adding new food that allowed them to prey on genes.