Law of the Swarm

Chapter 113 Body Deformation

Although the ability of [Body Transformation] has been successfully acquired, System has not been able to master it well because of his low talent level, and can only produce small changes in some parts of his body.

For example, to slightly change the thickness of his carapace, or to make his tentacles thicker and longer, or to make his tentacles thinner and softer.

Compared with the original ability of [Body Transformation], the several derivative abilities obtained by System through [Body Transformation] are more effective.

[Form camouflage] is a derivative ability formed by the integration of [color-changing camouflage] and [body deformation], and its effect becomes more powerful.

System can easily change the color of mud in the cave, and his tentacles, which were unable to change color before, can now actively change the color of mud.

At the same time, there will be some slight changes on the skin surface of the exoskeleton and tentacles on his body, forming a granular feeling like mud.

As long as System using [Form Camouflage] stays motionless in the cave, he will be no different from a pile of soil, even if he is very close, it will be difficult to make any abnormalities.

However, although this [morphological camouflage] ability is good, it is very useless to System at present, and it is basically useless. It is far inferior to the other two [several limb aggregation] and [tentacle-leg conversion] practical.

The ability of [Dismembered Limbs Aggregation] can be said to be a simplified version of System's idea of ​​gelling the body to improve survivability.

System bit off the tentacles, and used the [Severed Limbs Merging] ability to rebond the severed tentacles in less than two seconds.

After moving the regrown tentacles, System found that the glued tentacles were basically the same as before, except for a little bit of fatigue when controlling them, but after a few minutes, the fatigue would all disappear.

System continued to experiment with the tentacles, wings, and exoskeleton of his body. After these parts were broken or shattered, they could also be reattached to his body and grow back in a short time.

However, compared to the fact that the tentacles will grow granulation within two seconds and stick together as before, it will take a little longer for the broken exoskeleton to restore to its original state, but it only takes more than ten seconds.

System thought for a while, then continued to upgrade the experiment.

System broke off the tentacles again, and ate half of the delicious tentacles that were bitten off, and then continued to use the [Severed Limbs Aggregation] ability.

The ability of [Dismembered Limbs Gathering] played a role again. Even though it was shortened a lot, the remaining half of the tentacle still grew on System, and it could be flexibly manipulated by System.

System's tentacles are different from octopuses and other creatures. They are like a thick brown rope. The thickness of the end of the tentacles is almost the same as that of the front end, so the tentacles that are eaten and connected will not be ugly.

It's just that the length of the tentacles is much shorter than other tentacles, so it looks a little strange.

Soon System used the ability of [Super Speed ​​Regeneration], and the tentacles that were shortened by a large amount began to grow rapidly. After a dozen breaths, the tentacles that System experimented on had been restored to their original state.

The ability of [Severed Limb Merging] is undoubtedly a supplement to the ability of [Super Speed ​​Regeneration].

Although only relying on [Super Speed ​​Regeneration] System can repair the damaged body in a short period of time, the ability of [Severed Limb Merging] undoubtedly minimized the loss of System's vitality.

But in fact, this ability is not very useful to the current System, at most it is an extra means for System to save his life.

System's enemies are either too powerful to fight against, like the old druid Medland; or they are very weak prey, such as insects, scorpions, mice and rabbits, and so on. This ability is rarely used .

Without thinking about it, System continued to test his last untested derived ability [tentacle-leg transformation].

The grasshopper's leg that had been abandoned by System once again had a chance to appear again, but this leg was somewhat different from the grasshopper's original leg.

Accompanied by the use of the derived ability of [tentacles-legs transformation], System's tentacle skins gradually softened as if they were pupating, and then the softened tentacle skins gradually formed segments of hard exoskeletons.

A black-gray exoskeleton carapace gradually formed on the tentacles, and some irregular spikes appeared on the surface of the carapace, just like his former grasshopper legs.

The multi-segment exoskeleton forms many joints that can move freely, and there are more small hooks that can be climbed at the end of the tentacles and feet.

System estimates that with three to five of these legs, he can use the hooks of these legs to hang upside down between branches.

In terms of shape, these tentacles with carapaces are somewhat similar to a kind of strange weapon from the previous life, the multi-jointed whip.

This kind of tentacles and feet does not actually break away from the category of tentacles, it just covers the soft tentacles with a hard carapace.

But System soon discovered that it wasn't just that.

The tentacles and legs covered with the carapace are not as flexible as the simple tentacles, but the joints formed by the legs are much stronger than the simple tentacles.

System even found the feeling of his grasshopper thigh, using this joint he can even jump.

System no longer tested individual tentacles, but decided to transform all tentacles into tentacles and go to the grass for jumping experiments.

However, after actually transforming the tentacles, System found that it was very difficult to transform all the tentacles into legs, and a strange sense of hunger came from his abdomen.

According to the information felt in the blood, System knew that the reason why the ability of [tentacle-to-leg conversion] could not be completed was because his body lacked the necessary nutrients to form the exoskeleton.

System quickly chewed on the remaining skeleton of the previous female ratman.

There are still some skeletons of this kind remaining, but if you wait a few more days, they will be eaten up by the little meat balls. In some respects, the recipes of the little meat balls are even wider than those of slimes.

An hour later, enough ratman bones were digested, and System's thirty tentacles were all covered with a layer of exoskeleton and appeared above the ground.

After possessing this kind of exoskeleton joints, System's movements on the grass became much more sensitive.

Although it is not as good as a grasshopper that can jump dozens of times the distance of the body, System can now easily jump seven or eight meters away.

And because there are enough tentacles, System can continuously jump and move in the grass, making many complex movements.

It's a pity that System is no longer in the forest, otherwise he would definitely be able to make more complicated movements in the dense forest with his current body.

System stopped and exerted strength on his tentacles and legs. The ends of his tentacles and legs gradually changed shape, and the hooks responsible for climbing disappeared, gradually forming black-brown cone-shaped spikes.

This is a new ability that System produced when he used [Tentacles-to-legs Transformation].

Reminiscent of the [Ice Spike] ability under the previous [Frost Form], System did a little experimentation, and unexpectedly mastered this derived ability of the [Carapace Spike].

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[Carapace Spike] (2/11): A derivative ability obtained from [Body Transformation] and [Ice Spike].Sharp spikes form at the end of tentacles or legs.

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The power of System's newly formed [Carapace Spike] is average, much worse than the [Ice Spike], both in terms of firmness and sharpness.

However, it was of great help to him in killing small animals like rats, so that he would not be bitten by the tentacles when he wrapped the tentacles around the rats, and he could directly stab the rats to death.

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System continued to test on the grassland for a while before his body flew into the sky. At the same time, he activated the [Form Camouflage] ability to change his body into light blue.

The ability of [enhanced hearing] made System's tentacles hear the voice of the wolf man again, and it seemed that another wolf man retreated from the direction of the Lierte Forest...

(End of this chapter)