Law of the Swarm

Chapter 129 The Undead of Warren Plain
There are only 14 secondary pupated ants left in the whole nest, one common soldier ant, plus him, Xiaorouqiu and Ola.

Besides, the only living creatures in the lair were a dozen or so of his old friend slime.

After a year and a half of excavation by excavators, the entire underground lair has covered an area of ​​nearly 200 meters, and there are four well-developed passages everywhere, as well as countless empty rooms.

According to Black's description, the capacity of the excavator has increased more than ten times in the past year and a half, which is why the progress in digging through the nest has become so great.

At this time, the huge lair seemed extremely empty.

Because of the ability of [Spiritual Connection], the ant queen Linda replaced System's original role as a breeder, feeding some slimes from time to time.

System remembered that although the former Linda possessed the ability of [spiritual connection], but the ability level was very low. Apart from communicating with insects, she couldn't communicate with fungi at all.

It seems that after the ant queen Linda broke out of the chrysalis this time, the ability of [spiritual connection] has been improved, and she can already control these slime friends like him.

……

System quickly followed Black and several ant knights to the empty room of the ant queen Linda.

After the second pupation, the shape of Queen Linda's body is almost the same as before, with a small cephalothorax and an extremely huge abdomen.

However, compared to before the second pupation, the size of the queen ant has increased by nearly ten times. Her head and chest are close to half a meter, which is about the same size as the soldier ant knight Xiaoqiang. There are already close to 2.5 meters together.

When System first arrived in Queen Linda's empty room, Queen Linda was playing with his old friend Slime.

Linda lay on the ground bored, controlled the four slimes to split and combine, and then let these slimes jump around a small mound.

System could feel some pleasant emotions from the ant queen Linda. Even after playing with slimes like this for more than a year, the ant queen Linda still found these slimes very interesting.

But when the ant queen Linda saw System, these old slime friends were immediately thrown aside by her.

"Wang, I saw you. I am happy."

Similar to most ant knights, the spiritual information of the ant queen Linda is still not smooth, it is stronger than before the second pupation, but it is also limited.

It seems that Queen Linda's second pupation did not improve her intelligence much.

Seeing System approaching, the ant queen Linda moved her bloated body, trying to lean towards System, but her body was so bloated that it took a lot of effort to move.

Seeing this, System leaned towards Queen Linda, and at the same time touched Queen Linda's head with his tentacles.

In the process of stroking Queen Linda's head, System keenly noticed a hint of hostility from Queen Linda.

The target of this hostile emotion was not System, but Black next to System.

System soon discovered that not only was Queen Linda hostile to Black, but Black also had a trace of hostility towards Queen Linda.

Obviously, something must have happened between Blake and Linda during this year and a half.

"What happened to you and Black? Is it because of the spawning? It was my order to keep you from spawning during this time, and Black just obeyed my order."

After thinking for a while, System sent a spiritual message to the ant queen Linda.

However, things were obviously not as System imagined. The ant queen Linda sent a spiritual message: "It's not laying eggs, no, it's Black, she won't let me see you."

The Queen Ant's mental message seemed aggrieved, and System also understood the reason why the Queen Ant was hostile to Black.

Although the 80-meter-deep section of the tunnel is narrow, with the current capabilities of excavators, it is easy to expand the tunnel to the extent that the queen can pass through.

In addition to the soldier ant knight Xiaoqiang who has the talent of [Strong Physique], it is not difficult to carry the ant queen Linda who is inconvenient to visit him in theory.

System looked at Black who was on the side, and Black didn't make any excuses, and replied directly and plainly: "Only she has the ability of [spiritual connection], and can perceive your emotions in sleep, none of us, so I I don't want her to see you."

The logic in Black's words made System amazed.

Blake is probably the only one who can use his jealousy as a reason and say it outrightly.

Although System knew that Black had feelings of jealousy towards the queen ant before, System did not expect that after Black gained power, he would bully queen Linda like this.

Perhaps relying on Blake's wisdom, even if he didn't ask Shava to help, it would be impossible for the ant queen Linda to take charge of the nest again.

System has always been somewhat partial to the intelligent Black. Apart from Shava, System usually cares most about Black.

But this time, looking at the aggrieved queen ant, System finally sighed helplessly, criticized and educated Black, and corrected Black's three views.

In fact, if the ant queen Linda were to go to the empty chamber where he had pupated a few more times, it might be possible to use [spiritual connection] to connect to him when he was awake.

In this way, System will not be ignorant of the outside world during the third pupation process.

……

However, System only criticized Black for a short while, and he heard something wrong from Black's spiritual message.

After continuing to question, System put aside his criticism of Black.

During the year and a half of his pupation, the Warren Plain seemed to have become somewhat unusual. Through the images of mental messages sent to him by Black, System discovered that there were many strange wild wolves in the Warren Plain. , ratmen, and some strange gnolls.

"Is this... a zombie?" System sent out a confused mental message.

"I don't know. Ola said that she is familiar with those guys, but she forgot what they are. Shava and Meatballs have caught them a few times, and their rotten meat is somewhat toxic to us. Only Meatballs can eat them casually." thing."

"When did they start appearing?" System asked.

Black thought for a while and replied: "Last winter, after a snowfall, there was a wild wolf like that wandering around here, and it was killed by the little meat ball."

System didn't continue to think, and soon took Shava to the ground to investigate.

……

For a year and a half, the Warren Plain has entered deep winter, but the weather is not particularly cold, only around zero degrees.

There is no snow on the ground, and although the grass plants are obviously not as luxuriant as in summer, they are not completely dead.

System's tentacles smelled a faint smell of decay, like the long-term decay of a corpse.

And System, who flew into the sky, quickly turned his gaze to the east of the Warren Plain, in the direction of Lierte Forest.

A layer of faint green mist covered the Lilte Forest, making it difficult for System to see the inside of the Lilte Forest. At the same time, System saw countless trees growing near the border of the Lilte Forest. Spiky giant vines.

These giant vines are intertwined with each other, like a wall, completely blocking the Lierte Forest from the Warren Plain...

(End of this chapter)