Law of the Swarm

Chapter 271 The Floating Island That Has Ascension
The body burst out of the chrysalis, and System's breathing became unimaginably comfortable.

The air holes of his body discharged a lot of slightly turbid and foul-smelling gas. With the discharge of these gases, System felt that his body seemed to become a little lighter.

Turning his head, System found that after his body had pupated for the fourth time and turned into an extraordinary worm, his appearance seemed to have become even more strange.

The length of the body is close to 1.5, and it still looks a bit like the grasshopper before, but there are too many tentacles on his body.

Just like the coral in the sea in System's previous life, except around the wings and his head, his tentacles proliferate wantonly and cover his body.

These tentacles, which are about 2 meters long and the thickness of a human thumb, surround his entire body, looking like a mess from a distance.

"There are too many tentacles."

System made a sound from his throat, and he found that after this pupation, his voice became clear and pleasant, and it was no longer so hoarse.

But the change in voice didn't improve System's mood, because these tentacles disappointed System very much.

It's not that System rejects tentacles. In fact, as long as tentacles are practical enough, System will accept them in his heart even if he says he hates them.

The reason for System's disappointment was because there were too many tentacles this time. The densely packed tentacles not only blocked his vision, but also affected his flight.

However, at the same time that System was born with this idea, along with the blood flow in his body, an inexplicable feeling appeared.

It is the [mimetic deformation] ability that System obtained during his pupation.

It was as natural as lifting his hands and feet, and System felt it was effortless. The dozen or so tentacles on his body quickly changed shape, and eyes like dark green gemstones formed at the ends of these tentacles.

The eyes at the end of these tentacles are exactly the same as the eyes on his head, able to view the surrounding situation, even reaching the point where there are no dead ends.

The so-called blocking the line of sight no longer exists, not to mention that his [Eye of System] itself has a certain perspective ability, which will not affect his line of sight at all.

And as System felt that the tentacles near his wings were obstructing his flight, the tentacles near his wings immediately retracted into his body.

With the opening of the carapace on the back, the wings under the carapace gradually increased by one-third in a few seconds, becoming more suitable for flying.

However, as System relaxed his body, his body would return to its original shape extremely quickly, turning into a mess of tentacles.

Probably just like the meatball always maintains the appearance of a ball of meat, his appearance is now like this.

However, it is different from the deformation ability of the meat ball.

The meat ball can transform into that he has devoured insect creatures, while System can transform into that he has studied insect creatures with his tentacles.

In other words, the more thorough his research, the more perfect the changes that [Mimicry Transformation] can make.

System jumped off the crystal throne and continued to use the ability of [mimetic transformation]. He easily turned into a giant green-tailed grasshopper nearly two meters long.

System quickly changed back, and continued to use the ability of [mimetic deformation]. The end of his tentacles changed into palms and fingers like Black.

Although it is obviously not as delicate as Black's palm, it is still passable.

In the process of continuing the experiment, System even discovered that he could also transform into an ant knight, or even a human standing on two legs, but his body was very bloated.

The legs and limbs of the lower body are normal, but the upper body looks like a big fat man wearing armor, and the armor is still very ugly.

And as long as System is a little careless, his armored body will explode with a bunch of tentacles, looking very worried...

……

And just as System was studying physical abilities, System found a familiar figure approaching him, pulling the tentacles on his body, trying to wrap them around him.

The one who can do this kind of behavior is the worker ant knight Wendy who often likes to secretly look at him. After these three years, Wendy has grown from the original 30 centimeters to the current 1.3 meters, compared to the worker ant knight Black's 1 meter is nearly a third higher.

Wendy was also the first ant among his many ant children to discover that he had successfully pupated.

However, during the spiritual communication between System and Wendy, System suddenly discovered some special situations.

Because the [Perception] talent was upgraded to an extraordinary ability, System's perception of the surrounding things became stronger.

System found that his current location had a big problem compared to before. To put it simply, it was too high, and both air pressure and gravity were different from before.

"What's going on, isn't this underground?"

System made a sound in doubt, then looked at the Crystal Throne behind him and the surrounding palace hall.

Except for the gray floor tiles that seemed to have become smoother due to the excavator's repairs, System found that there was no obvious change here.

System immediately used the ability of [Spiritual Network] to connect with the spirits of many ants.

"The floating island has lifted off?"

System finally discovered that the floating island had lifted off and was floating at an altitude of about 500 meters.

Because there are already 1.5 big flying ants in the floating island, it is not difficult to help carry ordinary big ants and ant knights. Obviously, the foraging of the ants has no effect.

System suddenly remembered that it seemed that in the past few months when he was in a daze, Black seemed to have talked to him about the launch of the floating island.

"Wang, the floating power system and energy circulation system of the floating island have been repaired by the excavator. The floating island should be able to lift into the air. Can I let the floating island lift into the air for an experiment?"

"...Oh, you can figure it out."

"Wang, can I park the floating island at a height of 500 meters?"

"Ah."

At that time, his mind was obviously very confused, and he just gave Black a perfunctory answer, and after answering, he forgot what happened before, and now he recalled the memory of that time actively.

From this point of view, in the recent year of his confusion, he should still have a lot of things that he can't remember clearly.

System opened the video data in the [Tools menu], only to find that it would take at least ten days for him to watch all the memory videos of this year.

System naturally didn't want to stay for more than ten days to observe his memory immediately after his pupation, so he decided to ask Wendy and Blake if there was any major event, and then take the time to re-observe the hazy memory of this year.

"Wendy, is there anything that has left a deep impression on you in the past year or so?" System asked Wendy next to him, and at the same time, using the ability of [Spiritual Network], he also sent a spiritual message to notify Black Come to him.

"The day before yesterday, Shava agreed to ride a flying dragon with her for a circle. Is this okay?" Wendy seemed to think for a while, then tilted her head and responded happily.

Seeing Wendy's happy face, System responded helplessly: "Okay...well, do you have any other things that are more impressive?"

(End of this chapter)