"Speaking of which, should I also create a dedicated belief image for the other races?
Hmm, it feels like it’s worth pursuing..."
Bai Yi put this sudden idea into a new folder. Although she had a premonition that realizing this idea might once again ignite her sense of shame, as they say, if she doesn’t know about it, then it can be treated as nonexistent.
Anyway, those statues won’t be in her face every day, so just create them. As long as it’s beneficial for the construction of civilization and the promotion tasks, why not go all out?
"It’s okay, although the accessories have some minor flaws, at least this Insect Swarm seems to be doing alright in terms of dietary culture!
At least it looks somewhat legit..."
But Bai Yi soon realized she might have been happy too soon.
Initially, she was watching from a distance, thinking the Insect Swarm’s food looked quite appetizing, considering trying it out.
However, when Bai Yi synchronized her thoughts through the network to see what exactly the Insect Swarm was eating, the smile on her face suddenly froze.
What on earth are they eating?
Why is there a bizarre dish like a salad with a mix of fruits, vegetables, and Demon Crystals?
And what even is steel nail fried rice?
Steel rebar mixed with concrete isn’t even considered food at this point!
Even if the Insect Swarm’s digestive abilities are maxed out, this isn’t how it’s supposed to be used!
The digestive abilities provided to you aren’t meant for eating these strange things!
As Bai Yi watched, her understanding was constantly being refreshed, and compared to the rest, the salad made with Magic Power Crystals and hundreds of different fruits and vegetables was actually the most legitimate food...
After synchronizing the Perception of all Insect Swarms below, Bai Yi was left only with the sentiment of "I don’t understand, but I’m deeply shocked."
Having been critically hit by the Insect Swarm’s food, Bai Yi instead felt that she might not need to worry about the Insect Swarm’s civilization...
With this "unique" dietary culture, if the Insect Swarm failed to form a civilization, who could?
Now her only confusion was how the human followers came up with these bizarre foods...
Holding onto this bunch of doubts, Bai Yi quickly arrived at a meeting place not far from this settlement and saw the former Emperor, now turned governor, waiting there.
Skillfully using Life’s Aura to calm those human volunteers affected by her passive charm, all laying on the ground with satisfaction, Bai Yi then inquired:
"How has the construction been going lately?"
Earlier, she had just passed through one of the human settlements, also the initial settlement, so good progress was normal. To truly know the status of all construction, she had to directly find the Emperor himself.
Hmm, maybe she should now be addressed as the Female Governor.
"With the help of the Insect Swarm, the construction progress of the shelters is swift.
All followers have been mostly settled now, except for people from two small nations annexed recently, who still occasionally cause trouble after just being settled.
Currently, plans are underway to begin population registration after settling down, which is all the current progress."
The Governor calmly replied, synchronizing the corresponding information into a report to provide for Bai Yi on the network.
This has become the standard work process for all witches now, unless a task is completed or something exceptional occurs, otherwise Bai Yi would not be disturbed mid-process.
Otherwise, if everything had to be reported each time, even if there were time to write reports without impeding regular work, Bai Yi wouldn’t be able to go through it all.
After Bai Yi confirmed seeing the shared information in the network, the Governor began to introduce further, seemingly "out of thin air," for a more detailed report.
"Your Highness, look, this is the current map of this world. For now, we have chosen to use the Portal Giant Tree to concentrate all population on this continent, and these are the settlements I have arranged...
...These followers are the most perfectly transformed, already able to lend a hand in shaping the Insect Swarm’s culture and supporting the establishment of civilization."
Indeed, it has been established...
Even established a little too well...
Previously inundated with a flood of information by them, she almost forgot about this matter, and once reminded, Bai Yi felt that memories she thought dead were surfacing again.
She gestured to let the other party pause for now, indicating that wasn’t her purpose for coming this time.
Turning to look at the followers who had previously slumped, now mostly recovered, not as uncontrollably captivated by her presence as when she first arrived.
Though Bai Yi needed experimental volunteers, the title used here was to meet the devout and reward them.
This batch, naturally, were the most devout among the followers.
Upon realizing the blasphemous actions they performed earlier, they all piously prostrated themselves, awaiting Bai Yi’s "Divine Punishment."
Of course, Bai Yi had no intention of actually conducting any "Divine Punishment," her aim was experimentation.
Not forgetting her longstanding "God’s Commandments," Bai Yi directly used Divine Power to explain their previous loss of control to the followers and then moved on to the main topic.
People always seek to benefit and avoid harm, since the God already provided a reason, they wouldn’t offend needlessly, accepting this explanation, and soon after became excited for the reward Bai Yi was about to bestow.
The process of genetic Fusion, with her personal supervision, would have no mishaps.