Law of the Swarm

Chapter 12 The Second Degeneration

Because of the accumulation of rainwater, System did not encounter hyena-like ants again after eating the dragonfly carcasses. These annoying ants had been severely damaged by the impact of rainwater.

However, System did not think that the ants in the forest would die because of this. The continuous rainstorm for several days may be accidental, but the rainstorm that lasted for one or two days must be very common in this forest.

The large variety of ants in this forest undoubtedly shows that they are not helpless in the face of heavy rain.

Complicated and huge ant nests must leave some empty chambers, allowing some ants to linger, and they will crawl out of the ground again as long as the rain passes.

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The speed of eating was slightly ahead of System's expected time. One or two hours before the sun went down, System had already eaten the entire dragonfly carcass, and then dragged his bulging belly back to his branch. Dead leaf lair for rest.

After a day, the forest regained some vitality, and System heard several cicadas chirping.

As the sky gradually darkened, the moon and stars became brighter.

He even heard the chirping of a cricket, and wondered how the cricket, which lives only under piles of rubble, survived the heavy rain.

Perhaps because of being reborn as an insect, System gradually understood the meaning of the cricket's chirping, not just because of the knowledge left over from his previous life, but because he did understand the cricket's chirping.

The cricket's chirping is full of the joy of surviving a rainstorm, but also expresses a need to find a mate.

Except for a few insects singing to seize territory, most of them are seeking mates for reproduction.

System hadn't paid too much attention to the sound of insects before, but it wasn't until today that he had eaten and drank enough that he suddenly realized the reproduction of insects, as well as a question about himself——

He is a male grasshopper that mates after moulting into an adult.

Could it be that after level 8, after molting into an adult grasshopper, will he find a female grasshopper to mate with?

Find a female grasshopper, show off his strong body, attract the attention of the female, and then mate with the female grasshopper...

The souls from humans made System feel very depressed about the mating between grasshoppers.

But what was even more depressing was that when System thought of the scene of grasshoppers mating, the blood in his whole body trembled slightly, and he actually felt slightly excited.

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System's body entered a dormant state as usual, but System's spirit did not enter a half-asleep and half-awake state this night.

Until the next morning, System was still a little confused.

Because of the mating between insects, System's human soul and the instinct in the insect bloodline fought all night last night, and finally the human soul had the upper hand.

But System didn't know if this result could be maintained after he molted into an adult for the second time.

You must know that with his current grasshopper body, he can at best be regarded as an adolescent human child.

After he transformed into an adult grasshopper and met a female grasshopper, System was pessimistic about whether he could continue to maintain his sanity.

It is estimated that it will be difficult for him to control himself by then.

System also considered eating less food to delay his becoming an adult insect as much as possible, but he could not escape the fate of becoming an adult grasshopper after all.

Besides, becoming an adult grasshopper would increase his chances of survival, so he had to live as long as possible!

System finally saw the matter aside, he still wanted to become an adult as quickly as possible, and as for the matter of mating, he decided to let nature take its course and not think too much about it.

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Three days passed, and System was not very lucky. Apart from eating a dozen aphids the size of sesame seeds, System did not find any other meat for him to eat.

At the same time, on the second day, System also encountered a near-death experience. A light green lizard of more than ten centimeters launched a long-distance surprise attack on him from a branch several meters away.

Because the observation distance of the compound eyes of insects was too short, System hadn't noticed any danger before, and had to jump into the water in a panic to escape his life.

Fortunately, there were no fish in the water to attack him. His body was so light that he could suspend on the surface of the water. Finally, he struggled and paddled back to a tree and escaped.

In three days, the stagnant water in the forest depression subsided a lot, leaving only the last [-] to [-] centimeters deep, and some high-lying places have been exposed to the ground.

By eating plants, System successfully rose to level 8 a day ago, and his body grew to a size of 5 centimeters.

Although it hasn't transformed into an adult yet, its body is much bigger than the 3.5cm adult green-tailed grasshopper.

It may be due to the rich nutrition of the food he eats, or it may be that his talent [numerical code] optimizes his growth efficiency, or his talent [degeneration and growth] has a high initial level.

After the level was raised to level 8, System's talent [Degeneration and Growth] was raised to level 12, which was only one level short of reaching the full level. System was also very sensitive to the green-tailed ants because of the new blood information. Grasshoppers learn more.

The 3.5cm body shape of an ordinary green-tailed grasshopper is known to System through the information in his blood, and he also knows that grasshoppers like him that have reached level 10 at birth are very rare, and it is almost impossible. one.

It can be said that even without the talent of [Numerical Code], he can still be regarded as a grasshopper with extraordinary talent.

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After devouring the leaves for a whole day and storing the food in his abdomen, System began to return to the nest for his second molt.

After experiencing the first molt, System became much proficient in the second molt. He quickly softened his exoskeleton according to the instinct in his blood, and then controlled his flesh and blood to absorb the essence of the softened exoskeleton, leaving The outermost layer of dross.

During the process of molting, System doesn't need too much control by himself, all the changes in his body will be completed naturally by the instinct of the grasshopper's body.

System could feel the wing buds on his back growing and stretching rapidly, and at the same time, a layer of softened exoskeleton was gradually wrapped around his wings to protect them.

As expected, the turmoil from the blood came out again, and the [Degenerate Growth Mode] appeared, and System got another chance to strengthen a certain ability of his body.

This time, System did not hesitate, and chose to strengthen his talent [numerical code] again, and his spirit also appeared in that ocean of 0 and 1 numbers again.

System turned into a white ball of light again, and several digital spheres appeared to revolve around him.

The sphere of [Self-Information Generation Technique] is very small, and the speed is very fast when it is far away from him.

The sphere of [Data Storage] is very large, and it is very close to him. At the same time, there are two smaller digital spheres near [Data Storage], which are [Information Input] and [Information Read]. These two spheres surround Orbiting 【Data Storage】, like a satellite orbiting a planet.

With the reinjection of blood power in [Degeneration and Growth], the entire digital sea becomes wider.

The digital sea near System vibrated irregularly again, as if to form a planet composed of 0 and 1 again, and the size of this new planet was several times larger than 【Data Storage】.

As long as the planets converge successfully, System will undoubtedly gain new abilities.

However, this time the acquisition of new skills was obviously not as smooth as last time. To be precise, the power injected into the bloodline was not strong enough. The huge digital planet was not fully formed yet because of insufficient power, it shattered, and System was thus once again fell into a coma...

(End of this chapter)