Law of the Swarm

Chapter 13

The coma this time was obviously longer than the last molt. When System woke up, he found that he must have been in a coma for two days, because the water in the forest depression had receded and only about ten centimeters remained.

Just like what he felt in the digital sea before coma, System's [Numerical Code] (2/2) was upgraded to [Numerical Code] (3/3), but he didn't get any new abilities.

However, apart from the unsatisfactory strengthening of the talent [Numerical Code], System's body has undergone tremendous changes.

His body grew from 5 centimeters to 6.5 centimeters, more than twice the length of an ordinary green-tailed grasshopper.

The hind limbs became stronger and stronger, and System felt that he could jump five or six meters away, which was more than twice the original improvement.

At the same time, his newly formed fangs are also very sharp and strong, System can even use these fangs to bite out the bark that he couldn't do anything about before.

A pair of strong wings appeared on System's back, and System felt that he could fly continuously for several hours with these wings.

However, this pair of wings also has obvious shortcomings. After System tried to flap his wings, his wings made a roaring sound.

Somewhat like the roar of a helicopter, the momentum is extraordinary and intimidating, but it is obviously not good news for System, who has kept a low profile and survived peacefully after his rebirth.

In addition to the changes on the body surface, after becoming an adult grasshopper, some of System's abilities were also improved, his [Green Camouflage] (2/4) was upgraded to full level [Green Camouflage] (4/4).

The leaf vein patterns on the grasshopper's body are more realistic, and at the same time it has the ability to resemble a chameleon. As long as he stays on a certain plant for a long time, the color pattern on his body will slowly change to that plant's appearance.

Another ability that can be improved is the [smelly mucus] secreted from the grasshopper's mouth (4/7). This ability has undergone a huge change due to System's second molt, and has become a brand new derivative ability [Corrosive Slime] (7/13).

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[Corrosion slime] (7/13): Ability obtained from [stink slime], [molting growth], and [insect adaptability].It can secrete strongly corrosive mucus to attack, and can also use this corrosive liquid to assist digestion.System's unique derived ability.

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System didn't know that his ability to obtain this brand new ability was actually related to his coma.

The power enhancement [numerical code] of [Degeneration Growth Mode] failed to produce new abilities, and a lot of enhanced power was lost, and because of System's coma, the remaining part of the power flowed with the blood of the grasshopper's body, Randomly strengthened to System's gland that secretes [smelly mucus].

From the results, this kind of ability born by coincidence can be regarded as wrong.

The newly appeared [Corrosion Slime] undoubtedly increased System's attack methods. The corrosive liquid secreted by the glands in his throat was very effective. It could corrode the bark of the same weight into juice in ten seconds, and even It can be recycled by him.

Relying on this [Corrosion Slime], System is confident that he can easily break open the chrysalis that he can't do anything about, and become his food.

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System, who came out of the dead leaves again, felt that the weather in the forest had become a little cooler, but because of the second molting, the cooler weather did not have much impact on System, and he did not appear in his previous body. Stiff state.

System jumped easily, flapped his wings and tried a few short-distance flights, and then he began to head for the tree full of butterfly pupae.

Although he already has the derived ability [Hunger Resistance Physique], his body is still very hungry after molting, and he is now eager to taste the taste of those chrysalis.

However, while moving forward, System suddenly saw a slightly dry yellow leaf falling from the sky, and System, who was constantly jumping, gradually stopped.

One leaf knows autumn.

An old saying from the previous life suddenly appeared in System's mind - a grasshopper after autumn can only hop for a few days.

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Species: Green-tailed Grasshopper (mature)
title:-
Name: System

Order:-
Rating: 8/15
Lifespan: 63 days

Vitality: 97%
Special Energy:-
特殊天赋/技能：【数值代码】（3/3）、【蜕化生长】（12/13）、【昆虫适应力】（11/21）、【数据存储】（1/2）。

衍生技能：[自我信息生成术]（2/2）、[昆虫直觉]（3/5）、[断肢再生]（5/11）、[绿色伪装]（4/4）、[黑暗视觉]（3/5）、[酸性抗性]（2/4）、[信息录入]（1/1）、[信息读取]（1/1）、[火焰抗性]（2/7）、[耐饿体质]（5/11）、[腐蚀粘液]（7/13）。

Combat power evaluation: 0.2
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The information from the [Self-Information Generation Technique] confirmed the correctness of System's old saying in his previous life, that the grasshoppers after autumn really don't last long.

His [Self Information Generation Technique] analyzed his remaining lifespan in detail.

Because [Self-Information Generation] (1/1) is upgraded to [Self-Information Generation] (2/2), the information on the data panel becomes more and more detailed.

When System just woke up, he took a quick look at it, but because he was very hungry after molting, he decided to eat first, so he didn't notice the new information about longevity before.

System was stunned staring at the 63-day lifespan in the [Self-Information Generation Technique]. At the same time, he also felt the more detailed records about the grasshopper's lifespan in his blood.

Unlike grasshopper adults, although the survival rate of grasshopper larvae is very low, they have no lifespan limit before becoming adults and can live endlessly.

This is also one of the reasons why System ignored the grasshopper's lifespan during the larval stage, because he would not feel the limit of his lifespan during the larval stage.

However, although the lifespan of a grasshopper larva is unlimited, no single grasshopper larva can escape the fate of becoming an adult.

Once they become adults, although the grasshopper's physical fitness has been greatly improved, their unlimited lifespan directly becomes limited, usually ranging from a few weeks to a few months.

The lifespan of adult green-tailed grasshoppers is in the middle among all grasshoppers, with a little more than two months.

But even so, very few green-tailed grasshoppers can really live for as long as two months, because grasshoppers have a special mission after molt and maturity, which is to reproduce.

When the grasshopper successfully finds a mate and completes mating, the lifespan of the male grasshopper will be directly reduced to three days, and the female grasshopper will die within a few hours after laying eggs.

As long as the task of reproducing offspring is completed, the life of the grasshopper will be successful.

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System stared blankly at the calm water below him, unable to recover for a long time.

Because of the powerful intelligence that is different from ordinary grasshoppers, and the bloodline inheritance up to level 12 [Molt Growth], System now has a clearer and more detailed understanding of the species of green-tailed grasshopper.

Thinking back on how he tried everything to speed up his leveling up and turn himself into an adult grasshopper, System wanted to slap himself several times.

He desperately transformed himself into an adult grasshopper to increase his chances of survival, which was equivalent to pushing himself into an endless abyss.

His chances of surviving have increased now, and he is even sure to win against the hyena-like ant squad, but so what, he will still die in two months!
The human soul gave System wisdom, but it also made him subconsciously ignore the grasshopper's lifespan, making him think that he had a long lifespan like a human.

He thought that spring and autumn will come year after year, but he ignores that after summer and autumn, the life of a grasshopper will be.

In fact, he should have noticed that if he could have noticed the lifespan of the grasshopper earlier, he would not have transformed into an adult so hastily, and he would have made more preparations before transforming into an adult.

It's just that it's too late.

But at this moment, a special figure suddenly appeared in System's mind, the half-recumbent old druid who looked like a man of heaven.

"Can he help me?"

System raised his worm head and looked at the sky beyond the gap in the dense forest, and a unique hissing sound came out of his mouth.

Although he lost the memory of his previous life, the reborn System did not want to end his life just like this two months later.

He wants to live longer...

(End of this chapter)