Law of the Swarm

Chapter 163 Territorial Consciousness of Abyssal Creatures

The lich proposed many temptations to System, for example, after becoming the other party's servant, he would gain great power, and like a lich, he would have a nearly eternal lifespan.

But for these, System directly chose to ignore, and then cut off the spiritual connection with the other party.

Although Lich's conditions are good, if he becomes the other party's servant, wouldn't he put his life and death in the other party's hands.

Perhaps the temptation of the Lich can affect other abyssal creatures with low IQs, but it won't make System fall for it.

He rubbed his head again with his tentacles. Because of the Lich's call, System became much more exhausted again, and even felt some pain in his head.

After System decided to go back underground, he took a rest immediately.

And just as System and Shava continued to carry the black giant snake's body, the shadow and meat ball that went out to hunt finally appeared.

The meat ball turned into a spider with a size of nearly three meters and thick legs. It used the strong spider silk to drag a huge toad carcass nearly two meters high from the mud.

The cuticle of the toad's skin has many wounds. It seems that there was a fierce battle during his lifetime. The reason why Meatball and Shadow have been hunting for so long is probably because they encountered this huge abyss toad.

With the help of a strong meat ball, the transportation of System's giant black snake body was also solved. It didn't take long for the two bodies to be carried underground.

System also entered the half-asleep and half-awake state unique to insects as he wished, and began to regain his energy...

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Seven days passed.

Due to the existence of the excavator, System's abyssal lair has been excavated to form a circular area with a diameter of 20 meters and a depth of 30 meters. Inside, there are large and small empty chambers and passages of different lengths.

System was becoming more and more satisfied with the excavator's underground lair construction.

However, unlike the smooth construction of the lair, there was a deviation in the opening of the Shadow Key.

His ant people still need to wait for a while before they can really come to the abyss.

The recharging time of the black gemstone ring in the main world is half a month, but at this level of the abyss, it takes one and a half months.

In other words, System still needs to wait a month before his ant people will come to the abyss from the demiplane.

It's not that the charging speed of the black gemstone ring has slowed down.

According to Aura's explanation, because the planes are different, the energy required to open the demiplane will also be different, so the black gemstone ring needs to store more energy, resulting in significantly longer charging time.

System didn't suspect that Aura lied to him, not to mention that if Aura lied, he could use [Teleportation] to detect it. Ola, who is extremely obsessed with treasure, may be even more anxious than System.

If the ants could return, Ola would have sent the ants to the abyss with gold coins and treasures.

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And after these seven days, after some research and investigation with Ying, System also basically deduced the reason why the abyss black snake surrendered.

It's like some carnivores in System's previous life "Animal World" used urine to divide their territory and declare the sovereignty of an area.

At this level of the abyss, the abyssal creatures that have reached the level of magic also have this habit.

All abyssal beings whose rank reaches the level of magic will take the initiative to occupy their own territory.

They exude a unique aura at the borders of their territories, warning other invaders not to set foot in the areas they rule.

The giant black snake that System met before was a magical life that ruled the nearby [-]-meter area.

Because System had just become an abyssal being, he didn't know much about the abyss' aura, so he naturally didn't notice the warning aura from the giant snake in the air.

That's why he was attacked and was forced to kill the black giant snake.

As for the black snake that surrendered to System, it was originally a subordinate ruled by that giant black snake, so after the giant snake was killed, the black snake also expressed its submission to him logically.

And the giant toad that Ying and Meatball killed before is also a magical life with a territory of more than [-] meters.

Not only that, during these seven days, after investigating the surrounding environment, System and Sawa killed a two-meter-long large lizard and another purple-black snake one after another.

They are also magical beings on the layer of the abyss.

It was also after killing these abyssal creatures with strong territorial consciousness that System gradually discovered the territorial consciousness of abyssal creatures.

The magical beings on this layer of the abyss generally have a sense of territory, and it is not very clear that Ying has been here for two months.

According to Ying, this place seems to be different from the No. 20 sixth floor of the abyss, and the abyssal creatures there do not divide their territories like this.

System expressed his understanding of this. After all, Shadow's invisibility ability can not only make the body transparent, but also hide the breath on the body, so that he will not be attacked by territorial creatures at all.

Let alone two months, even if you stay for a year, you will still find clues here.

And those toads or some small snakes would choose to run away when they saw System, so it was logical.

At this level of the abyss, ordinary mortals have an innate fear of magical life, and it is precisely because of this that the toads and snakes that saw System voluntarily fled away.

However, there are exceptions to everything. On this layer of the abyss, there are also some species that do not play cards according to common sense.

The large number of mosquitoes is one of them. These mosquitoes are not afraid of death. As long as the target appears within a few meters of them, they will swarm over.

The second is some carnivorous plants in the swamp. They use strong plant walls to form huge containers, which are filled with corrosive liquids, and have movable vines to drag some creatures into their containers. , similar to some man-eating plants in the horror movies of System's previous life.

These carnivorous plants attack any creature that touches their vines.

And the last kind of life that does not play its cards according to common sense is the same as the main world, the scavenger of nature, and Slime, System's old friend.

These slimes rarely appeared near System's lair. As for the huge house-like slime that Ying said, System hadn't seen it in the abyss for a few days.

Only a few slimes of normal size will appear in the area around System.

In this layer of the abyss, slimes seem to be born to stand in opposition to other abyssal creatures. As long as slimes appear, they will be violently attacked by other creatures.

When System saw these slime friends several times, the slimes were being attacked by some lizards, snakes or large toads.

System did not hesitate, and rescued his old friend several times in a row.

I don't know if the sense of taste has changed after becoming an abyss creature. System found that the slime in the abyss tastes better than the slime in the main world...

(End of this chapter)