From what Linsley remembered, most of the Outer God lackeys were composed of criminals as they were easily affected by the Outer God's mental pollution and they also had nowhere else to go than defect to the Outer God's side.
After all, society had already shunned the criminals so for those who had nowhere to go, could only seek asylum on the Outer God's side and even enjoy benefits.
Rather than become the livestock, it's indeed far better to be the hunter.
If not for him being a transmigrator, Linsley admitted that he might have chosen to defect to the Outer God's side and become a lackey of the Outer God as that would bring him more benefits.
There was no point in joining the losing side unless one was confident that they could flip the table and suddenly change the outcome of the battle.
Nonetheless, Linsley realized that most of the criminals in the world were already used as a resource by the Outer God to increase the number of his lackeys.