Expand the ant tribe

Deng Ru purchased a large quantity of food from the supermarket, including some desserts for Qiu Yuan as a gesture of his guilt.

With so much food that it would take thirty refrigerators to store it all, he decided to keep it all in his divine space, exclusive to gods.

Powerful gods possess a divine space that is a world of its own, capable of housing devout followers.

However, weaker gods, like Deng Ru, can only store inanimate objects in their divine space, but at least they won't spoil.

Back downstairs, Qiu Yuan was still tending to her flowers.

It was evident that she truly saw these flowers as a spiritual sustenance during the last month of her life.

"Little follower, I bought you some puffs. I remember you mentioning that you've always wanted to try these, but you couldn't afford them, and your parents wouldn't let you have such luxuries," Deng Ru said with a smile, offering the puffs he just bought from the supermarket to Qiu Yuan.

Qiu Yuan accepted the puffs without hesitation.

She just wanted to enjoy the last month of her life.

Besides, as Deng Ru's only follower, could this really be considered taking advantage?

This was a reward from a god to his follower.

She deserved it as Deng Ru's devout follower.

"Hehe, thank you, divine lord," Qiu Yuan said with a smile, taking a bite of the puff. The sweetness and creamy flavor exploded on her taste buds.

"Mmm, this tastes wonderful. Deng Ru, you are the best god in the world," she said, her face beaming with happiness. Regardless of what would happen in a month, she was determined to enjoy this month to the fullest.

Seeing Qiu Yuan's optimistic attitude, Deng Ru felt relieved.

He took a pot of flowers from her and returned to his rented room.

When he chose this pot of blue flowers, Qiu Yuan's face turned red.

Deng Ru only understood why she blushed when he learned the name of the flowers from her—they were called "Forget-Me-Nots."

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If he couldn't defeat the god of H City in a month, these Forget-Me-Nots might really come in handy.

Deng Ru shook his head to clear these ominous thoughts.

He believed in the reproductive capabilities of the ant colony. With sufficient food and no natural predators, they could definitely multiply to a billion.

Back in his rented room, Deng Ru placed the Forget-Me-Nots he got from Qiu Yuan on the balcony and approached the waiting ant queen.

"My devout follower, you have waited long," Deng Ru said using his divine power to communicate with the ant queen.

Talking to these ants made him feel like a true god, exuding the aura and dignity expected of one.

The ant queen's two antennae trembled rapidly.

[Merciful Father, we praise your mercy. It is our honor to wait for you!]

"Follow me," Deng Ru said, looking around his rented room for a suitable place to store the thirty refrigerators' worth of food.

He finally settled on the storage room.

The storage room was actually empty. As a god, many broken items could be restored to their former glory with divine power.

Over time, there were no more unwanted items.

Despite being called a storage room, it was just an empty room, roughly 10 square meters in size, ample space to store the food.

The ant queen followed quickly, standing at Deng Ru's feet as she looked at the storage room.

[Merciful Father, is this not a forbidden place in our world?] Her antennae trembled frantically.

Deng Ru kept his divine power active to understand the ants' thoughts.

"Forbidden place? I am the master of this realm. How could I not know of such a place?" he asked, perplexed.

[Merciful Father, this is a forbidden place for our colony. None of our kind have ever returned after entering,] the ant queen explained.

Deng Ru understood. He had never entered this 10-square-meter storage room and rarely bothered to clean it, so insects and other creatures might have infested it.

While these creatures posed no threat to him, they were terrifying existences for the ants.

Stepping into the room, he saw a palm-sized spider spinning a giant web in the top right corner.

Numerous smaller spiders surrounded it, each guarding their own hunting ground, interconnected by intricate webs.

The webs were filled with the corpses of weak insects like flies and ants.

Each spider had its own territory, just like the gods in the Blue Star, each ruling over their own domain.

Deng Ru used his divine power to probe these spiders.

He wondered if, just like his ants, these spiders could also become his followers.

Unfortunately, the spiders did not respond to his call. They were not eligible to become followers.

It was clear that his ants were special, possessing intelligence beyond that of other insects.

Since these spiders lacked consciousness, Deng Ru saw no point in wasting time on them.

Instead, he decided to use them as an opportunity to demonstrate his divine power and majesty to the ants.

"So, these are the creatures that have caused such heavy losses to your kind? Very well, since you have chosen to follow me, I shall grant you this realm as your own, where you can multiply in peace," Deng Ru declared.

With that, he summoned his divine power, which had been greatly enhanced by the 50 million ants providing him with a constant stream of energy.

In fact, if it weren't for his upcoming battle with the god of H City, he would have had enough divine power for his daily needs.

To the ant queen, it seemed as if the spiders and their webs, which had once been a terrifying sight, disintegrated into dust in an instant.

Witnessing Deng Ru's mysterious and powerful abilities, the ant queen became even more excited.

Her antennae trembled rapidly.

[Praise the merciful Father! You not only possess the benevolence to shelter all living beings but also the thunderous power to vanquish evil. You are the greatest being in this world! Thank you, merciful Father, for granting us this vast realm to rest!]

Deng Ru was now immune to such praise.

What truly surprised him was the amount of faith the ant queen provided—a stunning 0.8.

While it was still a vast chasm compared to the faith provided by two ants, the ant queen's intelligence was remarkable compared to that of other ants, making them seem like different species.

"I shall now bestow upon you an abundance of food. From now on, this shall be your home," Deng Ru announced.

With that, he transferred the food from his divine space, which looked like a small mountain even to his 1.85-meter frame, filling the room.