Law of the Swarm

Chapter 155 Underground Ruins
However, the abyss is an unknown world after all, and System still couldn't dispel the worries in his heart based on Ying's spiritual information.

System, who hadn't made up his mind for a long time, finally returned to the lair a few kilometers away.

According to the conversation with Shadow, before Shadow's fifth transformation, she will stay beside System, and if she is lucky enough to complete the fifth transformation, she will assassinate the old druidmed again orchid.

Even though it was the fifth transformation, Ying would not be the old Druid's opponent, but System did not persuade Ying, because he knew that Ying's character was extremely stubborn, as long as she decided, she would definitely do it .

In the process of endowing Shadow with the [Regeneration of Severed Limb] ability, System also used [Investigation and Analysis] to obtain some information about Shadow's body.

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Species: Grasshopper (renameable)

Rating: 46/125
Height: 0.62 meters

Weight: 19 kg
Estimated combat power: 35-95
Special: [Molting Growth] (20/20), [Insect Adaptability] (21/21)

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[Investigation Analysis] The combat strength displayed by Zhongying is not high, but System, who is well aware of the flaws in [Exploration Analysis], knows that the combat strength displayed by Ying should be the same as that of Shava. When the stealth ability is revealed will rise suddenly.

It's a pity that when the figure with the ability to activate the shadow disappeared, System's [Investigation Analysis] seemed to have lost its target, and it was impossible to detect the combat power of the shadow when it was invisible.

System also gave up.

After successfully activating Shadow's [Severed Limb Regeneration] ability and placing Shadow in the lair, System gradually moved to an empty room in the lair that System seldom visited.

In the empty room, because of the excavator, a square table made of mud was made. On the table was a translucent gem the size of a baby's fist, and a silver metal chain.

This gem is the one that Shava gave him when he was waiting by his side when System's third pupation had just ended dozens of days ago.

But at this time, there are two golden discs in this gemstone.

In fact, after more than a year of growth, excavators can not only manipulate soil, but also rock.

The same is true for gems. Digging and using force can also make it change shape, but the process of changing is extremely slow.

As for these two golden discs, at the request of System, the excavator spent a day and two nights inlaying these golden discs.

Under the illumination of the magic candle, the golden discs in the crystal shone with a faint luster.

In System's mind, he recalled the appearance of the Grasshopper Queen, Kun, and the countless images of grasshoppers flying over the mountain lakes.

Ever since System received the title of "Alien Insect", images of grasshoppers flying in groups have seldom flowed from his blood.

Flying in a swarm with the grasshoppers in the past was very attractive to him, and every time he thought about it, his blood quivered.

But at some point, flying with the grasshoppers in groups no longer caused the slightest fluctuation in his heart and blood.

System picked up the metal chain that was brought back from the treasure vault of the temple on the table, and passed the metal chain through the gap that the gemstone pendant had left in advance.

System hesitated for a long time, and finally put the necklace pendant on his body.

"Then I'll take you to have a look..."

A hoarse voice came from System's throat, which seemed to be speaking to the dead Grasshopper Queen Kun, and also seemed to be speaking to himself.

I don't know when, he became timid and lost the courage he originally had.

And after wearing this pendant, System felt that there seemed to be something more in his heart, which made him no longer hesitate when making a choice.

The scene of the Grasshopper Queen flying with countless locusts appeared again in System's mind, and the trap made by the old druid Medlan also appeared in the image.

System once again showed his killing intent towards the old druid.

But this time was different from before. Instead of directly killing the old druid, System had a new idea.

If one day, after he has the strength that the old druid can't resist, he will launch a locust plague in the Lierte forest in front of the old druid, so that the old druid can see all this with his own eyes but can't resist.

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The next day, System discussed with Black and Shava about guarding the lair for two or three days.

He set off with Shadow to explore the location of the portal.

Although the decision had been made to let the ants migrate, System did not hastily let the ants migrate directly, but decided to investigate first by himself.

And last night, System thought of an efficient migration method, which would allow him to take the ants with him at a much faster speed, and complete the migration in a few days.

He didn't have to take the ants away so early.

And the reason why System didn't bring Shava this time was because the speed of Shava, who couldn't fly, was too slow, and it would undoubtedly delay a lot of time to act together.

The underground ruins where the portal is located are about [-] kilometers away. If he and Ying fly with all their strength, about ten hours will be enough to reach the destination.

System and Shadow quickly flew to the northeast direction at high speed, while checking whether there were any dangerous things in the flight path.

After these days, the deep winter in the Warren Plain has gradually left, and the temperature has gradually increased in the past few days, reaching a temperature of 3 to 5 degrees. Sporadic leaf buds have also begun to appear on the ground. It seems that early spring has arrived.

Along the way, apart from the fact that System's flight speed and physical exertion exceeded expectations due to the headwind, nothing special happened.

One or two wandering undead creatures still pass by from time to time, and worm demons also occasionally appear, either devouring the roots of plants, or attacking some of the same kind or undead creatures.

Because of the headwind, when System arrived at the entrance of the underground ruins, it had already gone from early morning to complete darkness, a full fifteen hours had passed.

It is said to be the entrance of the underground ruins, but in fact it is just a gap created by a ground fissure on a desolate hill. It is about [-] centimeters wide and [-] meters long. There is no clue at all from the outside, it is just a desolate Gobi gap.

Because of his large size, System had to use the ability of [Body Transformation] to flatten his body before he could enter.

During the process of exploring the underground ruins, System did not feel any special energy fluctuations.

However, as he gradually sneaked in, System gradually discovered the special features in the ruins. After a distance of more than ten meters, the gaps became wider, and many stone building wrecks appeared in System's eyes. These wreckages There are many beautiful patterns on it.

Maybe it used to be a beautiful city before I don't know how many years ago.

It's a pity that System searched for a while during the movement, but found no biological remains.

Instead, near the stone fragments of a building, System found a rusty metal palm and half of a metal arm, which looked like a metal puppet.

Using the power of tentacles and [Dragon Scale Spikes] to easily destroy stones, it didn't take long for System to find a wreck that looked like a puppet...

(End of this chapter)