Law of the Swarm

Chapter 29 Closing
The torrent formed by the gathering of locusts flew over the forest in groups like the picture of blood inheritance.

Maybe they will fly over rivers and lakes, mountains and rivers, and may even reach the plateau snow.

But those are not important anymore...

After flying with the locust swarm for more than ten minutes, System's speed gradually slowed down and finally stopped.

The path he wants to take is ultimately different from that of these locusts.

Looking at the queen's figure from a distance until it became blurred, System began to return to the forest he was familiar with.

"Because the grasshoppers are destroying the surrounding plants, it looks like I'm going to have to find a new place to feed."

"Unfortunately, the warehouse where the food is stored will be abandoned."

"But it doesn't matter. Just find another similar warehouse. I don't know if the Queen's trip will be as she expected. I hope everything goes well for her..."

Dispelling his sentimental thoughts, System shook his head and flew down from the sky above the forest.

System turned on [Information Reading] as a habit, to detect the movement around him.

He found hundreds of ants on the ground biting the corpse of a mouse, and System jumped over. This was the first time he saw a mouse after the heavy rain.

This mouse still looks very fresh, it should have just died not long ago, apparently it was a mouse that survived the heavy rain...

System wanted to snatch some rat meat from the ants, and at this moment, a wave of peaceful and tranquil aura came from afar.

It is the direction where the torrent of grasshoppers converges.

Feeling the peaceful atmosphere that is very close to nature, a figure appeared in System's mind, that old druid.

Accompanied by this special fluctuation, the constant chirping of cicadas in the forest suddenly quieted down.

System watched a blue dragonfly not far away that landed on a plant leaf bud suddenly flew up and flew in the direction of that peaceful atmosphere.

At the same time, hundreds of red-brown ants on the ground became confused near the dead mouse. They wanted to go to the source of the peaceful atmosphere, but they were unwilling to give up the food they found.

This peaceful breath has a strong attraction to bugs, even more than ten times stronger than the kind of fluctuations emitted by the Grasshopper Queen.

"That old druid? What is he going to do?"

Jumping to the tip of the branch, in System's blurred vision, an extremely unusual green halo appeared in the distant forest.

"what is that?"

System hesitated for a moment, spread his wings, and flew in the direction of the green light.

As the distance continued to approach, a few minutes later, the locust swarm that had gone away became clear again in System's eyes.

Countless grasshoppers, as well as some dragonflies, cicadas, and butterflies, surrounded a giant green light ball about ten meters away.

The grasshoppers formed a torrent of tornadoes and flew around the light sphere to their heart's content, and at the same time they exuded indescribable excitement.

The grasshoppers went on their carnival again, and the intensity of the carnival was even stronger than at noon.

The grasshoppers circled the green light sphere, absorbing the energy of the light sphere. They became more excited, and their flying speed also increased significantly.

This kind of light sphere is also very attractive to System, and System is a little moved.

Could it be that if he swallowed the energy of this light sphere, he would become more flexible like grasshoppers?
System is going to fly over to taste this green energy.

But in the middle of flying with his wings open, System suddenly stopped.

He noticed the figure under the green ball of light.

He saw the old druid's expressionless expression, which was completely different from the smiling expression when he rescued the big bird.

For a moment, System was stunned.

He suddenly understood.

He understood what was wrong with the old druid when he met the old druid for the second time, when he saw the kind-hearted old druid rescue the big bird.

Under the big disabled bird, there were actually two ants that were also seriously injured.

While rescuing the birds, the old druid chose to ignore the injured ants.

People like to choose cats and dogs as pets. When they see others mistreat their pets, they even regard them as scum, but they can kill flies and mosquitoes without any burden.

After trying to empathize, System suddenly understood what the old Druid was doing.

In the heart of the old druid, the grasshoppers may not be the creatures of nature worthy of closeness, but the plague of locusts that destroy nature!
If the nature and duty of a druid is to protect the harmony of the natural world, then what this druid did at this time is self-evident.

This green light ball with a diameter of ten meters is probably similar to the scent of grass and trees emitted by slimes.

It's a trap! !

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"But, they just want to explore this vast world!"

In System's line of sight, several thin grasshoppers had already appeared and fell from the sky due to the loss of strength. They spread their wings motionless, falling from midair like snowflakes.

And the other grasshoppers are still having a carnival without knowing it...

Unwillingness, loneliness, resentment, or other emotions filled System's heart.

The way System looked at the old druid was completely different.

[Information read] Launch!

There seemed to be a blue halo in System's compound eyes. He searched for the Grasshopper Queen. If there was anyone who could stop the grasshoppers from sending them to their deaths, it would be the Queen.

And while System was searching for the queen, a figure rushed towards him at an extremely fast speed, grabbing him firmly with his legs.

Before System finds the Grasshopper Queen, the Grasshopper Queen discovers him first and captures him.

The Grasshopper Queen was very fast. Even if she was holding onto System, her flying speed was two or three times faster than System's flying at full strength.

She led System to escape from the green ball of light at an extremely fast speed...

"Don't... get close, that green light... is dangerous..."

The Grasshopper Queen sent a spiritual message to System, and her spiritual message revealed many worries.

"Dangerous? Are you..."

The Grasshopper Queen didn't respond to System's spiritual message, but just grabbed System and fled...

As the Grasshopper Queen continued to fly, System felt the Grasshopper Queen's body twitch from time to time, and the frequency of the twitches became higher and higher...

The Grasshopper Queen had obviously fallen into the old druid's trap just like those grasshoppers that fell from the sky.

System twisted his body vigorously, but found that he couldn't break free from the Grasshopper Queen's legs.

Just like that, as the twitching frequency of the Grasshopper Queen's body increased, after a few minutes, the speed of the Grasshopper Queen gradually slowed down...

In the end, she could no longer maintain the flying state, and the two grasshoppers fell from the sky to the ground.

Even after falling from the sky, the queen's legs still held onto System tightly.

System twisted his body again, but suddenly found a strange power coming towards him from the Grasshopper Queen's body.

There is a tingling and refreshing feeling coming from the body, which is similar to the feeling of the body when the level is promoted, but it is completely different.

This power seems to be acting on his spirit, and it is a mysterious force.

One after another pictures and images came to System's mind.

The perspective of the picture comes from a small withered yellow grasshopper.

Unlike System, this little grasshopper's compound eyesight is much stronger than System's. It can even see the subtle changes in the clouds in the sky.

From escaping from the ant's fangs when it was born, to eating leaf buds to grow, the experience of this little grasshopper reminded System of his cautious life when he just woke up.

This little grasshopper often looks at the clouds in the sky, and also likes to jump to the top of the trees to look around, even though he was almost killed by a bird attack because of it...

Scenes of images are connected together, and in just a few breaths, System has watched the grasshopper's experience for several months.

At the end of the image, System also saw himself, a green-tailed grasshopper who always likes to shake the tentacles on his head to think.

System could feel what the heroine in the video, the Grasshopper Queen, was feeling when she watched him...

As the video transmitted by the Grasshopper Queen ended, the feet and limbs of the Grasshopper Queen's grip on System's body slowly loosened.

System's experience bar reached the peak of level 10 at some point, and he obtained a special ability [Mind Teleportation], and the derived ability [Spiritual Connection] attached to [Mind Teleportation].

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[Mind Teleportation] (6/22): A special talent bestowed on System by Kun.The ability to communicate with all things, and can transmit some special powers.

[Spiritual Connection] (6/11): A derivative ability obtained from [Mind Teleportation].It can connect the spirit with the other party, so that the other party can gain the ability to communicate with you temporarily.

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The Grasshopper Queen's body twitched slightly, her legs could no longer move, and only half of the slender tentacles were left to turn towards System, but no matter how much she turned the tentacles, she couldn't touch him.

System leaned over and touched his tentacles to the queen's. He knew that the grasshopper queen wanted this.

Using the newly acquired power [spiritual connection], System reconnected his spirit with that of the Grasshopper Queen.

"...I couldn't see that vast world..."

The golden compound eyes of the Grasshopper Queen were a little dim. She stared at the clouds in the sky and sighed softly, then she turned her dim eyes at System.

"Can you help me with one thing..."

System immediately responded: "Yes, as long as I can do it."

"I know you, like to eat meat, so, eat me, take me to see, to see..."

With a gust of wind, the grasshopper queen's tentacles fell down, and her body was completely motionless...

"you……"

System sent a message to the [spiritual connection], but there was no one on the other end of the [spiritual connection].

His body trembled slightly for some reason, and various inexplicable emotions poured out unconsciously from the bottom of his heart.

System tried his best to stop his trembling body. According to the queen's last wish, he slowly aimed his fangs at the queen's corpse, opened them, closed them, opened them again, and then closed them again. repeatedly...

System wanted to drop his fangs, but found that he couldn't do it at all.

System finally dropped his fangs.

He used his fangs and feet to dig into the ground, and kept digging!

He wants to bury her body...

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ps: At the end of this chapter, you can watch the extra episode [-] related to the work - System's crystal pendant.

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