Law of the Swarm

Chapter 55 Survival in a desperate situation

Of System's six limbs, only the right foreleg and the middle left limb are still intact.

For some unknown reason, the tentacles on System's right forelimb were useless. It seemed that they were completely damaged by freezing and could not be used at all.

System controlled his only two remaining legs to adjust the angle of his body, preparing to point the gland in his throat at the chrysalis in the distance, and spray his [Corrosion Slime].

However, as System moved his right forelimb, he discovered that there was an obvious crack in the joint at the root of his seemingly intact right forelimb.

Accompanied by a slight click, the crack in the joint of the right foreleg further widened.

Unfortunately, his right forelimb broke off from his body, leaving only a tendon at the base of the foot still connected to his body.

And when his right forelimb fell off from his body, the three tentacles in the detached foot suddenly came out from the round hole of the forelimb, and swayed on the ground like an earthworm.

After staring at the stump and tentacles wriggling on the ground for a while, System shook his body involuntarily, and picked up his stump with the last remaining leg.

System put this stump in his mouth and began to chew.

System once again noticed the abnormality of his emotions.

Not only did System not feel any discomfort when eating his own feet, he actually enjoyed the taste of his own feet.

Especially the moving tentacles on the feet, it can be said to be one of the best foods System has ever eaten, smooth and elastic, somewhat similar to cheese, but the texture and taste are much better.

"Perhaps when the tentacles grow out in the future, you can eat some when you are free, and it will not take long to grow back with [broken limb regeneration]..."

Strange thoughts appeared in System's mind. He really couldn't understand that he could still think about these things at such a critical moment for his life.

However, eating the large pieces of his scattered body is undoubtedly an excellent way to restore some life to his body****** Tem gave up on the chrysalis first, and turned to use the remaining legs and abdominal twist He moved his body to the other side, where there was half of his shattered eye and a shattered thigh that trembled from time to time.

At the same time, the gland in System's throat secreted [corrosion mucus] again, and he manipulated the mucus to wriggle, wrapping the small pieces of his body on the ground with the mucus, as well as the blood that flowed from his body before .

System did not intend to waste this kind of food that fell from his body, and decided to eat it all and recycle it.

A thigh, half a wing and a broken wing exoskeleton, half an eye and a foot...

System found fragments of the body that were incomplete. Some of the remaining stumps were too far away from him, and System did not intend to take the effort to retrieve them. Others might have been lost during the collision with the branches, and he did not find them either.

Through eating and digesting this part of the body, System's vitality began to gradually increase, eventually recovering to 43%, and then stabilized.

The wounds on System's body felt itchy, but within half an hour, all the wounds on his body had condensed into blood scabs.

His body has been completely out of danger, if it is still summer, as long as he pays attention to avoiding predators, he is sure to restore his body to its original state.

but now……

System knew that what happened next was the key to his survival.

The snow and ice falling in the sky showed no signs of stopping, but instead grew bigger.

As time goes by, the temperature becomes lower and lower, sporadic white colors appear on the ground, the snowflakes that fell the previous moment have not completely dissolved, and the snowflakes that fell from the sky the next moment have already fallen from the sky. Melting snowflakes cover.

System knew that the time left for him was running out, and the temperature in this forest would probably drop below zero at night.

With his current body, it was impossible to return to the temporary lair several kilometers away.

There is only one thing he can do at this time, and that is to use the chrysalis not far away to activate the [cold resistance] in [insect adaptability].

It's a pity that his body no longer has the tentacles that can give [perception] ability, and System doesn't know whether he can succeed in this [cold resistance] ability.

Moreover, System is not very clear about how effective this [cold resistance] will be.

But anyway, he has no other choice.

……

System struggled to move his body among the muddy dead leaves, he found the right angle, and sprayed out the [corroding mucus] from the glands in his throat.

The angle of the mucus jet was a little crooked, and it was about three centimeters away from the pupa.

However, after the third molt, the distance at which System can control the mucus has increased significantly. He can already control the mucus to wriggle for about 3 minutes from a distance of two meters, and the mucus will not lose its activity.

The corrosive mucus glue easily melted the thread that fastened the chrysalis to the bark, and the gray-brown chrysalis successfully fell from the tree.

The fallen chrysalis was very lucky to roll towards System. When the chrysalis finally stopped, it was only a dozen centimeters away from System.

System just twisted his body and crawled for less than 5 minutes before he came to the chrysalis.

Because the chrysalis fell to the ground, there was anxiety, and the chrysalis writhed from time to time.

System secreted [Corrosion Mucus] to corrode the solid outer skin of the pupa as he used to eat the pupae, and the brown shell of the pupae was quickly corroded into a light yellow color.

Observing the chrysalis corroded by mucus, System stopped the movement he wanted to continue.

If he just wanted to eat this chrysalis, then he just had to bite it with his fangs and suck it in big mouthfuls.

But checking the chrysalis, and referring to the ability in the chrysalis to activate [cold resistance], it is really difficult for him to do it without tentacles.

After thinking for a while, System broke the blood scab on the remaining half of his thigh, and then inserted the bleeding half of his thigh into the pupa's body.

Using the blood flowing in his own body to feel the blood of the opponent's body was the last method System used.

After the third molt, in addition to possessing super-sensing tentacles, his blood also possessed a certain degree of perception.

System concentrated on feeling...

Having wrapped and tied similar chrysalis twice before, System's detection this time was much easier than he imagined.

Within a few minutes, System felt the ability of [cold resistance] in the chrysalis.

Perhaps in response to the old saying that a grasshopper after autumn can't hop for a few days, System found that the compatibility between the blood of the grasshopper and [cold resistance] is extremely low. It seems that the grasshopper is not a suitable Overwintering insects.

If he hadn't completed the third transformation, he would have no possibility of obtaining this ability...

……

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Due to the sudden return of the glacier lord, snow and ice began to fall in the Lierte Forest.

After five days and four nights of ice and snow, the Lierte Forest was covered in silver like the Lierte Mountains, and the entire forest was covered by a layer of snow half a meter thick.

System, who conducted in-depth research with the chrysalis, was also buried here by the thick snow. Since System inserted half of his thigh into the chrysalis, his body has remained still, as if he had die.

However, on this day, there was a slight movement in the snow above the buried System, and a brown tentacle stretched out from the snow...

(End of this chapter)