They all call me an Outer God.

"Get out! Get out of here!"

Despite his weak legs, Sherger picked up a stone from the ground and threw it at them with all his might. The stone hit his playmate on the head, making his wound bleed even more. But Sherger didn't want to look at him at all. Instead, he stood up and ran forward.

He didn't know where he was running to, but he vaguely remembered that he had run for a long time that day. The person without facial features did not catch up with him. When he came to his senses, he was already standing in the desert. The wind swept the yellow sand and blew it on his face. Sherger felt a lot of pain.

The pain was so intense that he couldn't help but cry out, which naturally attracted the attention of some of the desert's "natives."

He saw a giant, bizarrely shaped beetle, as big as a pigeon, crawling towards him from the direction of the triangular pharaoh's tomb in the distance. The beetle's abdomen was covered with many white worms, which led him to conclude that the worm must be female.

Its mouthparts held a fruit, and it waved its antennae in front of Sherger. Normally, seeing such a huge insect should frighten a person, but Sherger had completely lost the ability and means to escape.

Even the beetles seemed adorable compared to the faceless men.

How could human larvae appear in the desert? Did you get separated from your family?

The beetle twirled its antennae for a moment, then suddenly made a sound to ask him a question.

It would have been better if it hadn't mentioned these things, because as soon as it did, Sherger's tears started falling like water: "Dead...they're all dead, a bunch of people without features followed me, how terrifying!"

"I have no home anymore, I have nothing left."

The beetle was probably becoming a mother for the first time. Overwhelmed by maternal instincts, it looked at Sherger and then at the worms in its abdomen, and couldn't help but feel pity.

If you don't mind, I can take care of you. Our tribe has plenty of food, and as long as you share our faith, I don't think my people will object.

The beetle gently inquired of Sherger.

My name is Neferti. Perhaps I can adopt you and become your mother... Would you like to live with us from now on?

Sherger looked desperate. He had nowhere to go, and living with the beetles was probably the best option... This couldn't be worse than facing the Faceless Men.

On that day, he tacitly accepted Neferti's acceptance, and on that same day, he learned that a race called the "Shagai Worms" was active in the pyramids.

This race is extremely devoted to their faith, believing that the god they follow will one day awaken, even though, fundamentally, any race that worships that god will ultimately come to a bad end.

Aside from our supreme deity, all other gods are either false gods or inferior gods. Every living being instinctively follows the strong. Since we are going to follow gods anyway, why not just choose the supreme one?

The Xia Gai insects built a huge door in the pyramid-shaped temple, hoping to make contact with the Lord of all things through this door, and even requesting His incarnation to descend to earth.

Neferti told Shergar that even they could only believe in the incarnation of that being, and not in the true form, yet they could not escape the calamity that was about to befall them.

Long ago, the Xiagai insectoids lived on a planet called Xiagai in the vast universe.

But that planet was soon destroyed by another violent celestial body, forcing them to come to their current location.

Our experiences may be similar, and based on my own, I completely understand how you feel, child.

Nefiti sighed, and then suddenly grabbed a white worm from its abdomen and showed it to Sherger. It was the fattest of all the worms, and because it ate the most, it was currently round and plump, and its body surface was still wriggling.

Don't be so sad. Your coming here means you've become one of our people, and I will do my best to fulfill my responsibilities as a mother.

"You see, of all my offspring, this is my favorite, and I've even given it a name." "What's it called?" Sherger couldn't help but ask.

Its name is Shane, and from now on, it will be your younger brother.

The Xia Gai Insect also has another name, Xia En, named after our tribe. I hope it will achieve great things in the future, at least to the level of a Grand Elder.

As for the other offspring... the growth conditions for the shagai larvae are extremely demanding, and their physical condition is not optimistic. I don't know if they can survive to adulthood.

In the struggle for survival, many organisms will abandon their weak offspring in order to ensure the continuation of their genes, and the Xia Ge insect is no exception.

However, adopting a human has little to do with the continuation of genes. Moreover, from a future-oriented perspective, the elders of the Xia Gai insects believed that Sherger could help them spread their teachings more effectively, so they agreed to his joining on the condition that he must swear to be forever loyal to the incarnation of the Lord of All Things.

My child, are you willing to make this vow to the Lord?

"I am willing."

Sherger's gaze was quite firm: "I am willing to be forever loyal to the Lord of all things, the supreme slumbering one."

【you--】

The elders only hoped that he would be loyal to his incarnation, but unexpectedly, Sherger was quite stubborn and said on the spot that if he wanted to have faith, he should have faith in his original form. Countless Xia Gai insects were moved by this and began to doubt that their faith was not as good as that of a human child.

So Serge stayed in the temple, looking after his group of younger brothers, or occasionally helping some of the Xiage insects reach things they couldn't reach.

But this good fortune didn't last long; misfortune soon followed, brought about by faith in the Lord of all things.

The group of faceless men appeared in the temple and expressed their gratitude for the information he had provided, saying that their safe arrival was all thanks to him.

Sherger's face turned pale: "It wasn't me, I didn't!"

"There's none?"

The faceless men laughed maniacally, and his former playmates stepped out from the crowd to face him directly: "Look at your face! How can you deny that you are one of us?"

"Mother, brother... Elder! It's not like that!"

Sherger turned to look at them, only to find that their gazes had turned ferocious, and they were emitting threatening "sizzling" sounds.

He quickly reached out and touched his face, only to find that his features had also vanished completely; his eyes, nose, and mouth were all gone.

"What have you done!?"

"We've only come to thank you for ridding the people of this scourge. You may not realize that the worship of the Xia Gai Demon Insects will only bring destruction to this world."

"Moreover, they themselves are not good either. They have no humanity at all and their best skill is parasitizing the host's brain and controlling it to do all sorts of evil deeds."

Therefore, Sergei Hefistutu, you should be proud of your actions. If we can exterminate this swarm of pests, you will be a true hero. (End of Chapter)