Law of the Swarm

Chapter 21 Queen

The withered yellow exoskeleton of the huge grasshopper appeared to be very hard, and it was covered with unknown and complicated patterns, which should be the veins of some kind of leaf.

It has a pair of golden and deep compound eyes, and slender tentacles like katydids.

A huge grasshopper flew down from the sky and landed in front of System, exuding a strange smell, which System thought was very pleasant.

System felt that the grasshopper in front of him was extremely beautiful.

Many inexplicable emotions were born in his heart, and he even had an urge to kneel down and worship.

But this feeling of wanting to worship is far inferior to another emotion-the desire to mate with the other party.

This is an instinct in the blood of all insects.

Find a strong spouse, and then mate with each other to breed powerful offspring, so that the powerful offspring will continue to pass on their blood.

System forcibly suppressed his slightly trembling body due to excitement. With a human soul, he really couldn't imagine the scene of him, a grasshopper less than half the size of the other party, mating with the other party.

And if he mates with the other party now, what greets him is the end of death in three days.

The fear of death made System's excited body gradually calm down.

System carefully observed the huge female grasshopper in front of him. This grasshopper didn't make any more intimate behavior towards him, but tilted its head as if looking at him.

Seeing this, System was also relieved. If this big female grasshopper wanted to mate with him and die with him, it would be really hard for him to resist with his current body.

The mating principle between insects is very simple, the stronger the individual, the stronger the ability to attract the opposite sex.

Conversely, if one's own strength is weaker than the opponent's, it will be difficult to attract the opponent.

This is the case with the female grasshopper in front of System. It obviously does not intend to mate with System. If System moves closer, he may still be attacked by this female grasshopper.

……

Two grasshoppers, one big and one small, looked at each other on an unknown plant.

System thought and felt the mysterious aura emanating from the other party, not the feminine scent that attracted the opposite sex, but the mysterious aura that made him want to crawl on the ground.

This 25-centimeter female grasshopper seems to be the queen of grasshoppers.

It is covered with a strong exoskeleton and huge fangs. It is estimated that even the natural enemies of insects, lizards and birds, will be difficult to defeat. Ordinary insect hunters, praying mantis or katydids, can only avoid it far away.

System speculates that this female grasshopper can emit a mysterious aura like a grasshopper queen, and it is likely that it has completed the third molt.

I don't know what it went through to achieve the third molt of a grasshopper.

Either they are talented, or they have experienced some adventures.

There are tens of millions of grasshoppers in the forest every year, and it is not impossible to give birth to such a special individual.

It's a pity that the IQ of insects is very low, and they cannot communicate. System cannot ask each other, and cannot get specific information about the third transformation through this same kind.

However, while System was thinking, he suddenly heard a soft voice.

"Let's go, together."

The sound was very soft, but System heard it very clearly. System subconsciously turned the antennae on his head to detect the source of the sound.

He twisted the worm's head and looked around, but couldn't find anything.

"You, let's go, together."

That soft and strange voice entered System's mind again.

System finally discovered that the voice was not actually a voice, but a unique ability similar to thought communication.

The creature that sent out this thought message was the female grasshopper in front of System.

"Let's go, together."

The female grasshopper made a sound again. She seemed to have intelligence, but she was very poor at using language and was very clumsy in conveying messages.

System's worm head unconsciously revealed a look of astonishment.

Compared with the wild boar that can emit flames, or the old druid who can heal wounds, the grasshopper in front of him undoubtedly surprised System more.

Not only is the telepathic communication ability of the Zerg brain worm special enough, but the creature using this strange ability is his kind, a distant relative of a different kind of grasshopper.

"Let's go, together."

The Grasshopper Queen sent another message, and System finally recovered from his surprise.

The Grasshopper Queen's ability is amazing. System can feel that his spirit is connected with the opponent's spirit, and he can communicate with the opponent through this ability.

"Where are you taking me?"

System tried to send a message to the other party through this spiritual connection.

He found it very easy to send messages, as long as he imagined speaking, the spiritual message would be transmitted to the other party naturally.

The Grasshopper Queen tilted her head and glanced at System, showing what seemed to be a puzzled expression. It didn't take long for her to send another spiritual message.

"You are different."

"You...I, very special, and...they... are different."

The female grasshopper was very clumsy in using the spiritual information, and there seemed to be many words she couldn't say, but System still understood the meaning of the female grasshopper's message.

"Are you trying to say that you and I have wisdom, different from ordinary grasshoppers?"

"wisdom?"

"Well, wisdom." System answered in the affirmative.

The female grasshopper seemed lost in thought, and did not continue the conversation with System for a long time.

System just waited quietly like this. Not long after, the female grasshopper suddenly looked at him and sent him countless messages at the same time.

The combination of these spiritual messages formed strange yet familiar images in System's mind.

These images were very familiar to System, they were the images that emerged from his blood when he entered a new level after his [Insect Adaptability] was upgraded to level 11.

In the picture, countless grasshoppers are in groups, and they fly together over the mountains, over the oceans and lakes, as if they are going to find a mysterious place.

"Together, shall we go?"

The huge female grasshopper sent a spiritual message to System again, and System finally understood what the female grasshopper's invitation was.

"Why go so far away? Is there anything there?"

System thought for a while, and asked the other party. Perhaps the other party's [Insect Adaptability] level is higher and he knows more secrets.

The Grasshopper Queen showed a look of longing, and sent a message to System: "I want to go, take a look."

The world is so big, I want to see it.

The message conveyed by the Grasshopper Queen was simple and pure. If an ordinary human being said this to System, he would probably use it as an excuse and would never believe it.

But the Grasshopper Queen obviously couldn't and wouldn't lie.

Without any other purpose, the Grasshopper Queen simply wants to see this vast world.

System shook his head lightly, sending a message to the Queen: "I can't go with you, I want to stay here."

"why?"

Seeing the Queen's expression, System thought for a moment and decided to tell the truth: "60 days is too short a lifespan, and I don't want to waste time exploring the world."

The Grasshopper Queen showed a puzzled look, and she continued to send spiritual messages to System.

"You, and me, together, afterward, mate, offspring."

The female grasshopper seems to want to speak a long sentence, but her words are difficult to connect completely.

However, System still understood the queen's message. She meant to let System go with him, and when System was about to die, she would breed offspring with System, so that Sturm left offspring to keep his bloodline alive.

It is the instinct of all insects to pass on their own blood. Compared with their own death, they are more afraid of not leaving offspring.

But System was different. Rather than leaving offspring and then dying, System obviously hoped that he could live longer.

Looking at the huge female grasshopper in front of him, System didn't know what to say...

(End of this chapter)