Law of the Swarm

Chapter 116 Tempest
System came to this world, and the torrential rain shortly after waking up was not accidental.

Every year from the beginning of summer to the end of summer, there will be one or two continuous rainstorms here, and the time and scale of each rain are different.

However, this rat man surprisingly knew when the next rainy season would come. According to the description of the male rat man, System learned that the next rainy season would come within half a month.

The words of the male ratman were very firm, as if he was extremely sure about the arrival of the rainy season.

But specifically why it knows, because the language barrier, System only has a half-knowledge.

System speculated that it should be something like a ratman wizard, divination or something else, and guessed the time of the next rainstorm.

As a subterranean race, it seems reasonable to be wary of rain that might flood their lairs.

However, the Ratman's sneaky eyes always made System feel awkward.

Maybe the Ratman's eyes were born like this, but it made System couldn't help but think about it, and today he suddenly thought of something strange.

Although the Ratman knew a general range of the arrival of the rainy season, it was not precise. He only knew that the rainstorm would come within half a month.

In other words, in fact, there is a possibility of heavy rain every day.

Then why did this Ratman warrior brave the torrential rain that may fall at any time, instead of dealing with the upcoming flood situation in the Ratman gathering place, why did he venture here to investigate?

This is obviously not logical.

The Rat Man must be hiding something, or he didn't understand some of the Rat Man's words, or this very clever Rat Man warrior lied to him.

Because the Ratman vocabulary they mastered is too little, and System is unable to speak out to interrogate, the interrogation of the Ratman by System and Black will definitely take a lot of time.

However, if what the Ratman said was true and the rainy season was coming, System had to make preparations as soon as possible to prevent the rain from submerging his lair.

System didn't have much time to interrogate the rat man in detail.

After using the tentacles with aphrodisiac effect to torment the castrated ratman, System began to inspect the excavator's flood-proof renovation of the nest.

In the process of selecting and building the nest, System considered the waterproofness of the nest, so he built the nest on a higher ground.

However, on the plains, it is obviously unrealistic to want to be close to water sources and to have high terrain.

Therefore, the location of System's choice of lair is not particularly high. Of course, if System had known that excavators could find groundwater, he would not have to deliberately choose a location near a river.

However, due to the control of the soil by the excavator, the outer walls of most of the passages in the nest are extremely dense, which can effectively prevent the penetration of rainwater.

It is only necessary for the excavator to reinforce the outer walls of some of the less strong nests, and to raise the entrance of the nest to prevent rainwater from accumulating and pouring into the nest.

After a full day of rush work by the excavator, a half-meter-high conical mound has formed at the entrance of the nest.

System also used the ability of [Growing Plants] to camouflage the vicinity of the mound with vines, making the mound not very obtrusive.

……

After finishing his work, System flew into the sky as usual, and began to observe the direction of the distant Lilte Forest and the gathering place of the Ratmen.

System could see scattered ratmen and rats busy at the entrance to the tree hole in the ratman gathering place, and some ratmen were carrying food to a higher hillside. There seemed to be a few ratmen there as well. Ratman Cave.

It seems that the Ratman's talk about the coming of the rainy season was not a lie.

The elves in the Lierte Forest did not make any obvious movements, they were still planting trees and plants, and some elves would play with a few leopards.

Looking at the tree houses made by the elves on the trees, System knew that these elves didn't have to be afraid of rain at all.

During this flight, System also watched the black dark clouds gradually approaching in the eastern part of the Lierte Forest more than a thousand kilometers away.

The turbulent and tumbling black clouds are like a big hand reaching out from afar, trying to cover the entire Lierte Forest and Warren Plain.

System's blood trembled slightly, and his [intuition] felt uneasy again.

A storm is coming...

……

After a few hours, the wind that kept blowing on the Warren Plain gradually stopped, and the air pressure gradually decreased.

Even though System had notified the ants of the coming rainstorm in advance, the ants inevitably became flustered and anxious.

It seems that his ant people also sensed the arrival of heavy rain in advance from the change in air pressure and the humid air.

Ants are creatures that have a natural fear of heavy rain.

It was a little later than System expected, and the crackling rain didn't start to fall until the early hours of the night.

Moreover, when the heavy rain first came, there was a small burst of hail, and some ice cubes the size of pigeon eggs fell, and System also absorbed some ice energy for a long time.

System originally thought that these hailstones would cause Aura to react lazily in the empty room. After all, Aura liked the energy of frost very much.

But unfortunately, these hailstones did not arouse the slightest interest in Ola.

Compared with these hailstones, Ola still prefers to sleep.

After eating the two hailstones that fell in the nest, System looked at Black who was beside him: "How is that ratman doing now?"

"Because the hunger has just wailed for a while, and now it has been paralyzed by the paralyzing toxin."

The tentacles on System's head moved slightly, revealing a thoughtful expression.

"Did the rat man have no other reaction?" System continued to ask.

Blake shook his head, she didn't see anything.

……

Ever since he learned that the rainstorm was coming, System's [intuition] has sent him a feeling of uneasiness from time to time these days.

System always thought that his uneasiness was due to the torrential rain, and perhaps this time the torrential rain would be a bit heavy, causing damage to his ant people again.

However, this was not the case in fact. The heavy rain mixed with hail was ferocious, but it was not as heavy as System imagined, and it actually did not pose much threat to the well-prepared nest.

It was precisely because of this that System, who had watched the rain and hail fall for a while, was able to retreat to the lair with peace of mind.

Even if continuous rainfall causes the water level of the plain to rise by one meter, and the presence of excavators can keep raising the entrance to the lair, System really can't imagine what kind of threat he will face.

The remaining doubts were naturally on the rat man imprisoned by him.

Unlike the unreliable [Insect Intuition], [Insect Intuition] has never made a mistake since the third molting to listen to the sounds of the world and gain the abilities of [Perception] and [Intuition].

Something bad is bound to happen.

Although he felt that there was still some value for the rat man to stay, but after thinking for a while, System had some means to prevent the rat man from spreading the news, or some means for the rat man to sense his companion.

He still decided to deal with the rat man ahead of schedule.

(End of this chapter)