"Mm. These NPCs all spawn as devout believers. I could refuse to let them gain divine power, which would strip all the NPCs in their clergy systems of their strength. But what would be the point?" Lin Zhichen replied.
A little divine power was all it took to gain a group of powerful enforcers, while saving the time and effort it would take to train them. Every one that appeared was a profit, let alone entire groups of them.
This wasn't an isolated case. After the first NPC appeared, this special kind of NPC Faction soon emerged in every corner of the Galactic Arm. They could be a Rebel Army or pirates,
but they all shared one thing: their fervent devotion to the God Emperor. Whenever they encountered the legitimate Dawn Church, they immediately acted out a "we've found our people" scene. No matter how large or small, the entire Faction joined the Empire unconditionally.
These special Factions were more unusual than any other kind of wild NPC Faction. They had no intention of opposing mainstream society at all. Even the NPCs who spawned within the Factions were devout Emperor followers. NPCs with this trait were naturally connected to the God Emperor through their faith.
As with the NPC Factions discovered before, the greater the Empire's influence in this Galactic Arm, the more of these faith-related NPC Factions spawned. The faster the Empire expanded, the faster the situation throughout the Galactic Arm improved, creating a virtuous cycle.
The process of consumption and transformation lasted almost three years. By then, the corrupted planet had grown to over 100,000 kilometers in diameter. No trace of civilization remained on its surface.
At this point, it seemed to have reached some kind of limit. The rate of consumption slowed more and more, while the