Law of the Swarm

Chapter 224 The Unexpected Corpse
System found that there was a wound that had been simply bandaged under the robe on the back of the corpse. The wound was nearly [-] centimeters long, and it looked like it was scratched by a sharp knife.

Perhaps the wound was not fatal, but it undoubtedly accelerated the death process of the female swarm druid.

There was a strange green color on the face of the corpse, and green pus and blood appeared on the wound on the back of the corpse.

From these pus and blood, System felt the germs' very active and excited emotions.

Obviously, the cause of death of this swarm druid should be that he was sent to this level of the abyss in a weak state, and then died under the infection of bacteria and viruses.

After that, the corpse was discovered by ants.

Because the IQ of the big ants born in the abyss is generally very low, after these big ants found the corpse, they directly regarded the corpse as food and transported it to the granary.

If System hadn't been very lucky to find this corpse, perhaps after a while, this corpse would be fed to the giant slime together with the corpse of the mosquito and insect beast.

After the giant slime digested it, System could no longer see the corpse.

Feeling the state of the druid's corpse and the degree of reproduction of the germs in the corpse, System found that the druid's death was about five days ago.

And five days ago, it happened to be the time when the inexplicable feeling of System [intuition] disappeared.

"Could it be that this swarm druid is the culprit who made my [intuition] respond?"

System made a suspicious sound, turned the corpse over a few times, and soon found a black backpack in the corpse of Mosquito Beast.

The material of the backpack is similar to canvas, and the workmanship is exquisite. It also has a metal zipper that only existed in System's previous life. It seems that the creatures in this world are not bad at inventing and creating.

System found a book in Elven language in his backpack, and several bottles and jars made of ceramic-like materials.

In these small jars, System found several unknown bugs, including insects and some arthropods.

These bugs seem to have been exerted a special power by the swarm Drew. Although they are alive, they have entered a dormant state, and they don't even need to breathe, so they can survive in the airtight bottle.

He also found dozens of eggs in one bottle.

In addition, there was an envelope in the backpack, and System felt some magical atmosphere in the envelope, it should be a magical letter.

But just as System opened the envelope and unfolded the letter inside, the letter was instantly burned to ashes without any wind.

It seems that this letter is not the kind of high-tech letter that uses magic to display images or sounds in System's imagination, but a letter that is kept secret by magic.

Although there was an image data record in the [Tools Menu], the letter was burned very quickly, and System didn't have time to completely open the envelope, only seeing a few lines of text at the bottom of the letter.

These few lines of text are in Elven language, which System doesn't understand, but System can ask Aura after a while.

……

However, compared to the burned letters, System was more concerned about how the corpse got here.

If the corpse had been transported down by ants on the ground, then the black robe and the soles of the shoes would undoubtedly be covered with some mud, and the body of the corpse was very clean.

It is very likely that this corpse was sent here from the underground teleportation array.

After moving to the teleportation circle, System confirmed his thoughts, because beside the teleportation circle, System found a hair.

At this level of the abyss, there are not even creatures with hair, and this hair cannot belong to anyone other than this elf.

"Could it be that Ying sent her here? But why didn't Ying come back?"

System muttered to himself suspiciously.

Through the [enhanced sense of smell] brought about by the strengthened tentacles, System felt carefully, and gradually became aware of the faint aura left by the sole of the swarm druid's shoes a few days ago.

Following this breath, System moved all the way to the building of the underground floating island, and finally came to a relatively remote room on the floating island.

It seems that this swarm druid should have been hiding here until he died.

In this room, System saw a large soldier ant, two worker ant knights, and a dozen large worker ants. These ants were motionless on the ground.

In addition to these immobile ants, there are also two large worker ants, constantly touching these immobile ants with their antennae.

The two big worker ants were obviously wondering why their companions didn't die, but stayed here motionless.

Obviously, System's ant people should have discovered the uninvited guest of the swarm druid, but because of the swarm druid's ability to control insects, these ants were controlled by hypnosis and settled in this room middle.

System originally thought that it would be very troublesome to untie the controlled ants, but System simply used the ability of [Spiritual Connection] to send a few mental messages, and then released the control of the hypnotized ants up.

As if waking up from sleep, the ants kindly moved to his side after discovering System.

After that, the ants left because of the hunger in their abdomen and went to find food. After all, these ants had endured starvation for five or six days.

……

In this room, System quickly discovered a strange crystal disc.

The diameter of the disk is about ten centimeters, and the thickness is about one centimeter. The material and the crystal scepter are very similar to the crystal throne. There are also some strange patterns on it, which are very similar to the common patterns on underground floating islands.

System discovered that by sending energy to this disc, the energy he sent would be transformed into another kind of energy. The transformed energy was exactly the kind of energy that Shadow and Snail Jess had, and it was also related to this underground space. The energy that is closely related to the floating island.

So far, System has been able to confirm that the swarm druids who came here should have nothing to do with Shadow, and only came here by relying on this crystal disc.

"Is it just a coincidence that this swarm druid wants to go to the main world?"

System made a guess, but still felt very puzzled.

The most important thing is the induction brought by his [intuition] a few days ago, that feeling is really special.

It's likely no coincidence that the druid of the swarm came here.

Or it could be a coincidence, but this coincidence is also closely related to him.

……

System quickly went to the treasure house where Ora was, and asked Ora about the meaning of the last few lines of the letter.

Following Ola's interpretation of the image of the letter in the spiritual message, a name caught System's attention - Nandez.

The name Nandez has been mentioned by System.

The owner of Shadow and Meatball is called Fistantin, and Fistantin's teacher is named Nandes, a legendary swarm druid.

The content contained in the letter seems to be saying that Nandes' plan should be stopped.

As for more things, because System only saw the last four lines of the letter, it was not very clear.

But between the lines, System can somewhat see that the current 26th floor of the abyss should be in chaos...

(End of this chapter)