Law of the Swarm

Chapter 128

After a long period of pupation, Shava did not change much, but her body became a little taller, close to 60 cm, and the carapace on her body seemed to become stronger.

"It's been a long time..."

Shava's character is still straightforward, and the spiritual messages contain emotions of longing and joy.

As if thinking of something, Shava kept digging in the soil with the blade of her feet, and a translucent gem the size of a baby's fist was pinched out from the soil by her.

This gem is much larger and more beautiful than the small crystal that System gave Shava back then.

As if to show off, Shava handed this gem to System.

"You're waiting here for my pupation to end, so you want to show me this?" System took the gem and sighed helplessly.

After sighing, System showed a puzzled expression, and at the same time stretched out his tentacles to touch his throat.

Just when he was about to sigh, a stream of air actually gushed out from his throat.

There are still small air holes for breathing in the gaps in the scales of his abdomen, but a passage for breathing has also been created in his throat.

"Well, this gem is so beautiful, so, I'm going to give it to you."

Shava's spiritual message interrupted System's thinking about the breathing channel in his throat.

It turned out that Shawar didn't want to show off the gem to him, but gave him the gem.

"What do I want with this gem..." System originally planned to return this gem to Shava, but seeing Shava's look full of expectation, System changed his words: "This gem is very beautiful, I love so much."

After hearing System's spiritual message, Shava obviously became extremely happy.

"How long have you been waiting for me here?"

System saw dense slash marks on the mud wall of the empty room. These slash marks were new and old, indicating that Shava had been here for a long time.

However, System obviously had a high opinion of Shava. Even after at least a year, Shava's math ability has not improved at all.

His question obviously stumped Shava, and Shava began to check the six limbs on her body, but failed to count the results.

Instead of improving, Shava's mathematical ability regressed.

……

Ignoring Shava who was counting, System quietly waited for his pupated exoskeleton to solidify, while feeling his breathable throat.

Along with breathing, System found that his throat could make some hoarse sounds.

Perhaps because of subconscious wishes, some members of the Ant Knights, such as Shava, changed their forms during the second pupation process, turning into ant knights that looked like centaurs.

The same is true for System, because of his subconscious desire, he obtained the derivative ability [body-mucus transformation] this time through pupation, and gained the ability to make sounds.

And the tentacle body that System doesn't like on the surface is actually not annoying in his subconscious, so his body hasn't changed much during this pupation, and there are even more tentacles.

Feeling the gradually solidified and smooth exoskeleton on his back, System opened his [Tools menu] and opened his self-information.

……

Species: unknown insect

Title: "Alien Insect", "Insect Lord"

Name: System

rank: magic

Rating: 15/120
Lifespan: 99 years and 212 days

Vitality: 80%
Experience: 51%
Special Energy: 79%
特殊天赋：【数值代码】（10/10）、【蛹化】（17/19）、【昆虫适应力】（17/23）、【数据存储】（8/10）、【心灵传输】（11/23）、【数据编译】（7/10）、【感知】（18/27）、【霜寒形态】（11/25）、【超速再生】（16/21）、【躯体形变】（17/17）、【数据化】（9/10）。

Abnormal state: [Spell of Severance] (12/12).

Derivative ability: slightly.

Estimated power: 81
……

Similar to the third transformation, the various abilities in System's body have been improved to varying degrees.

Among all talents, only [Frost Form] has not changed and still cannot be activated.

The ice elf Nellis was still motionless, unable to wake up from her deep sleep.

After this chrysalis, his level limit has become 120, and his lifespan has been increased to nearly a hundred years, so that he no longer has to be troubled by lifespan for a short time.

However, in the process of flipping through the information, System accidentally discovered an ability that made him feel uncomfortable - [Spell of Severance].

This vicious curse was actually strengthened during his pupation process, increasing from level 11 to level 12.

The enhanced curse didn't change much, but it made System feel very depressed.

Not just the loss of the ability to mate.

Before, System didn't feel much when his lifespan was short, but now that every three days he consumes one more day of lifespan, System's lifespan of nearly a hundred years will undoubtedly be reduced to 75 years.

If this 【Severance Spell】is not removed, System's lifespan will be shortened by 25 years out of thin air.

25 years may be only about one-third of the lifespan for humans, but for grasshoppers, it represents dozens of life cycles.

System has made a decision, he must try his best to get rid of this curse as soon as possible.

……

A few minutes later, System's body that had not been completely solidified after pupation was completely solidified.

Interrupting Shava who was still counting, System took Shava out of the empty room and began to return to the top of the lair.

Shava may not be able to calculate how long it took for him to pupate, but Black must be very clear.

The walls of the tunnel constructed by the excavator became stronger and wider than remembered, and it seems that the tunnel was repaired by the excavator during this period.

Walking upwards for a distance of about 30 meters, System saw a huge spherical space with a diameter of nearly ten meters. There were more than a dozen entrances and exits in the spherical space. These entrances and exits were connected with each other by some spiral earth stairs. The design It's very ingenious.

It seems that during this period of time, the excavators have not stopped working, and this underground lair has obviously begun to take shape.

However, compared with the size of the nest, System did not see half of the ant colony. Obviously, the ant queen Linda obeyed Black's instructions and did not expand the size of the ant colony.

Following the steps and passages chosen by Shava, it didn't take long for System to finally meet another ant citizen of his, the soldier ant knight Xiaoqiang with a [strong physique].

After growing up during this period, Xiaoqiang's body has become taller than Shava, and has become about 90 centimeters.

After meeting System, Xiaoqiang approached kindly, and System touched Xiaoqiang's head with his tentacles as usual.

As System gradually moved upwards, he encountered more and more ants. Several worker ant knights appeared one after another, and System finally met Blake, who was extremely intelligent.

Compared with the growth of other ant knights, Black's body has not changed much, almost the same as before he pupated.

However, System could feel that the frost energy in Black's body seemed to be several times stronger than before.

He quickly learned from Black's spiritual message that it had been a full year and a half since his pupation, and now Warren Plain had once again entered deep winter.

After the conversation that followed, System also learned that, except for one soldier ant, all the other ants who had not entered the second pupation had died due to their longevity.

(End of this chapter)