The priests had been reborn. Their bodies had never felt so light, nor their minds so clear.
The new doctrine advocated removing divinity. It named no god and did not encourage praising gods, for the gods disliked their meaningless prayers.
What did the gods want to see? They wanted to see people acquiring knowledge, loving learning, and taking pride in their knowledge.
Moreover, they could not simply be bookworms. They had to put their knowledge to practical use, rather than endlessly developing theories without testing them.
Beneath its many layers of packaging, the new doctrine centered on knowledge on the surface, but atheism at its core.
Ke Meng watched them leave, then continued pondering whether to turn them into a team of players who gathered resources for him.
The doctrine could be changed at any time.
At this stage, it had not departed from the original ideal of pursuing knowledge. It had merely added an emphasis on practical application.
If he wanted to turn those other races into a player workforce for himself, he would certainly have to revise the doctrine. Otherwise, it would be hard to win them over.
"But am I short on resources?" Ke Meng asked himself.
Orange Star leveled through cooperation and a division of labor, but Ke Meng was different. He was an individual, while Orange Star operated as a team, using the team's resources to serve the team rather than any one person.
A top-tier team needed an enormous amount of resources.
But a single player only needed a few thousandths of that amount. Perhaps even a few ten-thousandths would be enough to satisfy Ke Meng.
"I know where the map's resources are, where to trigger quests, and how to obtain god-tier equipment. I can do all of that myself." Ke Meng ran the