Law of the Swarm

Chapter 148 Black's Lie

After continuing to observe the sky for several hours, System found more than a dozen similar centipedes.

However, the worm demon System transformed from a centipede demon did not find half of it, and he did not know what shape this giant centipede would grow into before it could transform into a worm demon.

The centipede demons that System found were different in size, with the largest being more than one meter in size.

The smaller ones are only a few centimeters to a dozen centimeters. If he hadn't encountered them now, System might have thought they were ordinary centipedes.

Thinking of this, System resolutely flipped through the video data in the [Tools menu] that he took the meat ball out for inspection more than ten days ago.

as predicted.

Ten days ago, he found a similar centipede, about 12 centimeters in length.

Because the winter in Warren Plain is not cold, similar scorpions and spiders will appear occasionally, so System didn't pay attention to that centipede at that time, let alone have any idea of ​​catching it.

After several hours of investigation, especially after discovering these centipede demons that were only a few centimeters in size, System's deduction that this kind of centipede was multiplying in the Warren Plain was basically confirmed.

If System's predictions were correct, the place where the centipede demon breeds is the same as System's ant people, it should be underground.

However, System searched for a long time near where the centipede demons appeared, especially the places where the small centipede demons appeared, but he did not find the breeding grounds of the centipede demons.

And after catching a centipede demon about 1.5 meters in length again, and turning it into a 0.6-meter small insect demon.

System also obtained the vocal cords of the little bug demon as he wished.

It's a pity that although he modified his own vocal chords with reference to the vocal chords of the little bug demon, System's voice is still hoarse as before, but the hoarseness feels slightly different.

It's like knocking on a stone can't make the sound of metal colliding. It seems that it is basically impossible for his voice to change in a short time.

In the process of inspecting this little worm, System also discovered some differences between this little worm and the previous one.

Different from the little worm that grew Gnoll fangs before, this little worm has a tail like a scorpion and has a tail needle.

Through tasting, System found that the toxin on the tail needle was not much different from the scorpion venom, both had a strong, bitter coffee taste, slightly bitterer than the spider's toxin.

It should have something to do with the change of the centipede demon's [Devour mutation]. After each centipede demon transforms into a small bug demon, it will inherit part of the ability obtained through devouring.

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Although System did not find out all the secrets of the centipede demon, nor did he discover how the centipede demon was born, but System also has a lot of information about the centipede demon.

For now, although these centipede demons have newly appeared in the entire Warren Plain, these centipede demons have not yet formed a climate, and the undead creatures wandering in the Warren Plain have not decreased significantly.

After more than half a month, the Gnoll town in the distance is still surrounded by undead creatures. It seems that it has not been breached by the undead creatures. It seems that there are no centipede demons there.

One or two wandering zombies would still pass by System's lair from time to time.

But System knew that the current situation in the Warren Plain could not last forever.

For centipede demons, these undead creatures are just food.

And these undead creatures whose numbers will not increase will eventually be eaten up by centipede demons one day.

The rain is about to come, and the wind is coming. In the next one or two months, the food chain in the Warren Plain is expected to undergo new changes...

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After several hours of investigation, System finally failed to find the breeding place of centipede demons.

In order to prevent this kind of centipede demon from invading the lair again, System decisively issued instructions to suspend the original work of the excavator and let the excavator be responsible for guarding the entrance of the lair.

Today's underground nest covers an area of ​​nearly 200 meters, even if his ant colony expands to hundreds of thousands, it is still enough to live in.

The excavator has the ability to manipulate the soil, which is most suitable for controlling the entrance of the nest.

The excavator can control the closing of the entrance of the nest. As long as only a narrow passage is left at the entrance of the nest, it is very difficult for the giant centipede to invade.

For this reason, System also criticized Black who was in charge of guarding the lair these days, pointing out that Black didn't know how to work around it.

In fact, after discovering the continuous invasion of this giant centipede, with Blake's intelligence, it is impossible to think of blocking the entrance of the nest with an excavator to prevent the next crisis.

But Black didn't do this, he just stopped the ant people newly produced by Queen Linda from foraging, and at the same time let Meatball and a few ant knights guard the entrance of the cave.

It is precisely because of this that there are many more casualties of ant knights in the nest.

However, after hearing Black's reason, System couldn't help but fell silent.

In fact, Blake had already thought of the idea of ​​re-building the entrance of the cave by the excavator and blocking the entrance of the nest, and discussed with several ants that had re-pupated, including the queen Linda.

But in the end this proposal was rejected by Black and other ant people.

The reason Black gave was very strange, and it also left System speechless.

"Because at the entrance of the cave, there are vines that you planted yourself. You also said at that time that the few vines at the entrance of the cave have not changed much after a year and a half, and I miss them very much." Black's spiritual message seemed aggrieved, and once again An extremely subtle spiritual message was sent: "We don't want these vines to change."

Black and the rest of the ant colony refuse to change the nest entrance simply because they don't want to destroy the inconsequential vines.

But after thinking about it for a while, System immediately noticed something strange.

In fact, during the year and a half of his pupation, due to the arrival of the rainy season, the excavator obviously rebuilt the entrance of the nest more than once.

These vines have actually moved several times, and even if the hole is completely sealed, these vines rooted in the ground may not necessarily die.

How come now, but suddenly mentioned that they don't want to let these vines move, isn't this contradictory?

System tilted his head, lost in thought.

How could Blake come up with such a weird reason?

Is it because you have just learned to lie, and you don't know how to use lies?
But why do other ant knights cooperate with Black to lie like Black?

System looked at Black, and he suddenly felt something inexplicable from Black's emotions.

Looking at the fluorescent mushrooms in the nest, which were the same as those placed half a month ago, System suddenly realized.

System suddenly understood why Black was unwilling to change the appearance of the cave entrance for the past half month.

Because the year and a half of his third pupation is fundamentally different from the previous half month.

He disappeared half a month ago for no reason.

Stretching out his tentacles, System touched the black spot on top of Black's head, and asked slowly, "Are you worried for the past ten days?"

(End of this chapter)