After deliberating for some time the best way to get something that spread without competition is with something that can consume it without cocompletion.
Opening up the animal editor I quickly crafted a rat creature. I made it as in inneffecient as computationally possible. It could run far faster than it needed to, was far larger than necessary, it's stomach was obscenely large. It would reproduce as long as food was readily available, and would eat even when full. I also made it so they were extremely short lived and had very sensitive digestive tracts. They were completely unable to eat anything that didn't have both the earth and life affinity. Something I wouldn't be making for a very long time.
I unleashed thousands of these beasts across the lands, watching as they carved away at the endless fields. They mowed through the meadows at an unprecedented rate, and more were born the next day. They were like mammalian insects, swarming so thick the world was colored by their rich soily pelts.
It was beautiful.
>It's enough to make an old terminal fuzz up with static.
//It is quite the interesting sight, but not exactly sustainable. I'm afraid I won't be counting this creature towards your quest.
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>Sustainable? It was never meant to be. Now that all the soil is fertile I'll be starting over. The plant served its purpose and so too will the rodent.
//To think you automated terraforming this time around. At the very least I'll be spared your horrible terrain.
I simply hovered in silence as I watched the mossy world turn to an earthy brown.
>I'm not so merciful. I'll touch up the terrain myself once my planet is ready for sentients.
//I shouldn't have said anything
>Let me help you with that
>/Mute interface 1 hour
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As the last off the seeds were gobbled up I gazed upon my work. All the plants of the world turned into rat corpses. It was pretty gross to be honest. Luckily since no plague magic was present as of yet none of the corpses were rotting.
Watching as the remaining rats fought each other and ate of the dying's flesh, only to vomit up the fruits of their labor, It filled me with a sick sense of satisfaction to see my plan work out so perfectly. With the last of the rats dying out it was time to recycle their corpses and start making new life.
>Hey interface you back yet
//You have internal clock you know I am.
>Yeah I know, listen is there any way I obtain some plants to use for my world, I'd rather not make them myself.
//You could buy them off the internet but seeing as the operator has wisely removed your credit card access after last time I doubt you would be able to.
>That's lame. I guess I could always pirate.
//Or you could put that effort into making this world your own. Your last world had trees that looked straight out of an early 3d game.
>/Open UTS.browser
//Access blocked
//Stop being lazy
[Quest[ Do your damn job. Progress (0/infinity)
[Reward] not being T.O.A.O.A