Law of the Swarm

Chapter 11 The Old Druid
Accompanied by splashes of white blood, the head of the molting insect was easily bitten by System's fangs.

Seeing the unstretched folded wings of the insect's corpse, System finally knew what the insect he killed was.

This is a large water slug (chai, four tones). They live in the water as larvae and feed on larvae (jie, jue, two tones, mosquito larvae), tadpoles or some small fish. It is a ferocious aquatic creature. insect.

The insects formed after the final molt of water leeches are basically familiar to people, and that is the dragonfly.

System killed a dragonfly that was about to hatch.

The exoskeleton of the molt that is in progress is completely softened, and System can easily swallow it. This food rich in softened exoskeleton tastes like compressed milk chocolate. System only sucked four or five As soon as he opened his mouth, his abdomen felt full.

Feeling the fullness of his abdomen, System sucked harder and endured five days of hunger. System would rather eat to the point of being overwhelmed than endure hunger again.

Two hours later, the corpse of the dragonfly was eaten by System and digested nearly a quarter of it. System felt a tingling feeling all over his body again, and he successfully rose to level 7.

The body grew from 3.4 centimeters to 4.1 centimeters, and the wing buds on the back had grown halfway. System could even control these newly grown wings to vibrate slightly.

After this upgrade, System's talents [Degeneration and Growth] and [Insect Adaptability] have been slightly enhanced, but the level is still at level 11 and has not been improved. It seems that System's inference that the skill level reached level 11 was a mistake. The new layers should be true.

Because of the experience of starvation and cold a few days before this upgrade, System once again obtained a derivative ability [Hunger Resistance Physique].

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[Hunger Resistance Physique] (5/11): Obtained from the talent [Insect Adaptability].The stomach can store more food, the utilization rate of food increases, and the energy consumption of the body decreases.

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In addition to the newly acquired [Hunger Resistance Physique], because of this upgrade, System's [Smelly Slime] (3/7) has been upgraded to [Stinky Slime] (4/7). The slime is even more fishy, ​​and also slightly corrosive.

Perhaps because of [Hunger Resistance Physique], System felt that his abdomen had become bigger.

It's not because of the upgraded body shape, but because his abdomen has become much larger in proportion to his body.

System felt that the capacity of his abdomen had at least doubled, and it took him a while to feel full after continuing to eat the dragonfly carcass.

System even had an illusion that the corpse in front of him was two or three times his weight, even if he didn't excrete it, he could eat it all.

After continuing to eat, System realized that it wasn't all an illusion.

Ten minutes later, when half of the dragonfly's remaining carcass was eaten, System's abdomen swelled to an unbelievable extent like a balloon, and the entire abdomen was more than twice as large as the rest of his body.

But even so, there was still room in System's stomach, and he felt that he could still eat.

However, System used his rationality to stop himself who wanted to continue eating in time. Although his stomach could hold more food, his body no longer allowed it.

With such a big belly, his movements have become much clumsy. If he continues to eat like this, it will definitely become difficult for him to move. If any dangerous situation arises, he will not be able to escape at all.

So System watched over the dragonfly's corpse while moving his body, waiting for the food in his stomach to be digested.

During the process of digestion, System's experience bar kept increasing. System estimated that if he digested all the corpses of this dragonfly, his level would almost reach level 7 and a half.

As long as he searched for some more food, he could rise to level 8 in less than two days.Reaching level 8 means that he will undergo a second molt and become an adult grasshopper that can fly.

According to his current digestion speed, System estimated that he would be able to eat up all the dragonfly carcasses before dark, and then return to his lair with his full abdomen. The next day he could go out for food as usual .

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While System was guarding the dragonfly corpse, exercising from time to time to speed up digestion, bursts of mysterious and long singing came from deep in the forest.

The tone of the singing voice was mellow and changeable, as if it was telling a long and vicissitudes of life story, but System did not understand the specific content of the singing voice, and he could not understand the language of this world at all.

System could only recognize that the male who made the voice seemed to be a human being, and looked a little old.

Not long after, accompanied by the sound of gurgling water, the owner of the song was half lying on the raft and slowly rowed past System.

The owner of the singing voice was a handsome and old humanoid creature with deer-like horns on top of his head, sharp ears, and wearing shabby brown clothes.

The appearance seems to be a Druid who is close to nature in the magical world. He controls the mysterious power to control the raft to move forward on the water.

The old druid exuded a peaceful and mysterious natural aura, which made System unconsciously want to get close to him, and he even had the urge to jump into the old druid's palm.

On the raft, System saw several different kinds of snakes, as well as two silver-gray mice and a red-haired fox.

The fur of the fox and the two mice has obvious water stains. They are natural enemies and snuggle up with a few snakes on the raft in peace, as if they have been friends for many years.

System speculated that these animals should be rescued by the old druid from the water, and he used mysterious power to calm them down.

Not long after, the old druid on the raft gradually went away, while System looked at the old druid who went away and fell into deep thought.

The old druid who was half lying on the raft exuded strange power, and System felt the mysterious natural atmosphere surrounding the old druid.

The old Druid's half-recumbent posture was like a Buddha in meditation, blending into nature, and a word appeared in System's mind - the unity of man and nature.

System really couldn't find any other words to describe the old druid. The old druid really gave System a feeling of being an outsider.

"Can he be trusted?"

The moment he saw the old Druid, System even had the idea of ​​showing his wisdom to the other party, but in the end, System suppressed the impulse in his heart.

He didn't even make a simple contact with the old druid, but watched the old druid leave on a raft from a distance.

People's hearts are unpredictable, and hidden under the appearance of a peaceful and natural atmosphere, System has no way of knowing what the old druid's thoughts are.

As a grasshopper, he does not have the right to have an equal dialogue with the old druid, and he cannot bear to entrust his fate to such a strange intelligent creature...

(End of this chapter)