Law of the Swarm

Chapter 25 Living Corrosive Slime
Maybe it's the slime's peculiar life form, or some other reason.

This kind of gelatin has a huge improvement in [molting growth], more than twice that of the same insect meat, and even if it is swallowed in large quantities, the improvement effect will not be weakened.

In addition, gelatin has a greater effect on [degeneration and growth].

System could feel that as he ate the gelatin, the nutrients in the gelatin not only strengthened the degeneration power in the blood, but also continuously impacted the shackles of the talent [degeneration and growth].

The maximum level of the grasshopper's talent [Molting Growth] is level 13, but level 13 may not be the limit of [Molting Growth], just like his [Insect Adaptability]'s maximum level is 21.

If he continues to eat such gelatinous food, it is impossible for his [Degeneration and Growth] to break through the upper limit of his talent and reach level 14.

If the talent limit of [Degeneration and Growth] continues to increase, there may even be a fourth and fifth molting after the third molting.

By then his lifespan will definitely increase further.

By eating the slime's gelatin, he undoubtedly found a way out for System's future and allowed him to find the direction to prolong his life.

As System continued to devour the jelly, he discovered more about the properties of the slime jelly.

Not all colloids are effective in breaking through the upper limit of the [Degeneration and Growth] talent, only fresh colloids are useful.

Although some colloids scattered on the ground and inactivated have the effect of improving [degeneration and growth], they do not have the effect of impacting the upper limit of the talent level.

System looked at the small slimes formed by the aggregation of several nearby, and came up with an idea——

Can these little slimes be raised as livestock?

Slime can survive as long as it eats rotten litter, so it should not be difficult to cultivate.

But this idea was quickly rejected by System.

If he was about the size of a human being, raising these small slimes should not be a problem, but he is just a big grasshopper now, and it is obviously unrealistic to breed these small slimes.

The best thing he can do now is to eat all the living gums as quickly as possible.

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From the ant nest to the silt where the slime is now, there are a total of six clusters of jelly on the path, the largest diameter is 6 cm, and the smallest diameter is 3 cm.

Because the ants in the ant nest suffered heavy damage, he should not be disturbed by ants when he eats these gums.

The only limitation is his mental need for regular rest.

System estimated that it would take at least a full day to completely digest all the gelatin.

However, System can shorten this time a bit, and possesses the derived ability [Hunger Resistance Physique], his stomach can actually hold food twice the weight of his body.

Just to keep his body flexible, he never completely fills his belly.

If he makes full use of the space in his stomach, System speculates that he can eat all these jelly in twelve hours.

If it continues for twelve hours, although his spirit will become exhausted, he can still persevere.

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Among the six gelatinous groups, the three large gelatinous groups were more active. System was worried that these large gelatinous groups would run away, so he kept breaking these three active large gelatinous groups with his feet, and every time he stirred Swallow a little after crushing.

However, in the process of constantly crushing and devouring the large jelly, System found that the smallest jelly gradually stopped vibrating, and seemed to be about to lose its activity.

In order to use these jelly as much as possible, System first swallowed small groups of jelly.

As time went by, the sun gradually went down, and the sky became pitch black. Sist, who shuttled back and forth within ten meters, finally lost a group of 4 cm medium-sized jelly.

After dark, several groups of colloids suddenly became extremely active. Among them, a group of very stable medium-sized colloids suddenly bounced away at some point, and System did not notice the clue.

However, after one clump of jelly ran away, the remaining clumps of jelly were very close to each other, and System moved much more easily. As long as his stomach digested it for about 5 hours, he could dispose of the remaining three and a half clumps. Swallow the gelatin in its entirety.

As he swallowed these jelly, System felt that the glands in his throat gradually became very itchy, as if special nutrients gushed out from his stomach, nourishing the glands in his throat that secreted corrosive mucus .

System speculated that when his level reached level 10, his [Corrosive Slime] would definitely be upgraded again.

However, just as System was giving birth to this idea, the itching of the glands in his throat suddenly increased several times...

Very itchy!

System even stopped eating jelly, and wanted to scratch his throat with his forelimbs, but his forelimbs were too thick to fit in at all.

System decided to find a straw stick to poke his extremely itchy throat.

While searching for the grass stick, System suddenly felt a tingling pain in his throat, and the glands in his throat wriggled uncontrollably.

The jelly swallowed in the stomach was digested and absorbed at an unusual speed, and at the same time a special energy was transmitted into the glands in his throat, transforming his glands.

His [Corrosive Slime] (9/13) was upgraded and became [Corruptive Slime] (10/15).

This is the first time that System's ability has been improved outside the time of leveling up, and this time not only the level of [Corrosive Slime] has been increased, but also the upper limit of [Corrosive Slime] has been raised.

The glands in his throat became more developed, and the mucus he secreted became more viscous, like glue, even if he pulled a few centimeters with his feet, the mucus would not be broken immediately.

Although the corrosiveness of [Corrosive Slime] did not increase significantly, System had a strange reaction to the spewed slime.

The spewed slime seemed to have life like slime's jelly, and System could feel the slight tremor of the slime on the dead leaves on the ground.

And as System swallowed and recovered the mucus, he even felt the joy of returning to the mother's body from the mucus.

"As the level of [corroding slime] increases, can these slimes still have life?"

System felt the vibrating mucus in the glands in his throat from time to time, and said to himself in his heart.

If these slimes can be manipulated freely, then the active corrosive slime will undoubtedly become his powerful killer.

These glue-like slimes can bounce off the ground at unexpected angles, wriggling like necrosis, corroding the enemy's weak joints and restricting the enemy's movement.

System could even imagine the scene where he used this slime to kill spiders and even his natural enemies, birds.

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System's foraging for food lasted for more than 20 hours, which made him mentally exhausted.

Fortunately, because of the upgrade of [Corrosion Slime], the glue in System's stomach was consumed at an extremely fast speed, and it is estimated that he will be able to eat all the remaining glue in one or two hours.

After that, he can drag his swollen belly to the rock pile near the pitcher plant to rest.

System, who eats jelly, has already started to think about tomorrow's plan, how can he get more jelly from slime...

(End of this chapter)