Law of the Swarm

Chapter 75 The Small Routine of Failure
System turned his head back and forth, and in the gaps between the trees in the forest, he saw the white exoskeleton as the color of snow, and also saw the translucent wings vibrating at high frequency.

The unknown creature was at least half a meter in size, and it was extremely fast. Instead of attacking System, it moved around System at high speed.

"To distract me? To attack when my attention is gone?"

Blue light flashed in System's eyes again.

"not good!"

System discovered what the unknown creature was flying around him for.

System discovered that as the white creature flew over, strings of sticky threads would appear between the branches of the forest.

The transparency of this kind of silk thread is far superior to that of ordinary spider silk. Even if he has the [Eye of System], he can easily ignore it if he doesn't pay special attention to it.

System knew that the best way now was to get out of here as soon as possible while the silk thread trap nearby was not finished. When the silk thread trap was set, he would lose the chance to escape.

But System did not act rashly. The opponent's speed was too fast. If he fled recklessly, he would be easily overtaken by the opponent and fall into an unfavorable situation.

【Frost Form】Activate!
The surface of System's body was gradually covered with a layer of light blue ice crystal armor, and the brown tentacles turned blue, and sharp ice spikes appeared at the ends of the tentacles.

After the growth of the body in the past six months, coupled with the control of the frost power, the degree of consumption has been greatly reduced, and the time for System to transform into [Frost Form] has been greatly increased. Now he has transformed into [Frost Form] for half an hour. Hours or so before exhaustion.

System waited quietly. All he could do now was to wait. Thirty flexible and powerful tentacles with ice crystal spikes were his greatest reliance.

……

The unknown white shadow, after System's continuous observation, finally saw its appearance clearly. It was half a meter in size, with a body shaped like a spider and wings like a bee.

System faintly felt some emotional fluctuations from this strangely shaped white spider. The other party didn't seem to have the intention of killing him, but wanted to catch him.

"Are you an insect?"

Discovering that he could perceive the other party's emotions, System immediately used [Mind Transmission] and [Spiritual Connection] to try to communicate with the other party.

Although he was sure that the ice crystal spikes on his tentacles could pierce the opponent's skull, System had a vague feeling that even if he pierced the opponent's skull with the ice crystal spikes, the opponent would not die immediately.

And if the other party has shallow intelligence and can communicate.

Then System's most powerful weapon is no longer his frost power, but the wisdom he inherited from his previous life.

……

Hearing the spiritual message from System, the flying speed of the huge half-meter-sized white spider gradually slowed down.

Not long after, it landed not far in front of System, and showed an expression that seemed to be thinking, and at the same time expressed doubts.

"Same as, Ying, mental ability, but, you, not, Ying."

The white spider obviously has insect blood in its body and can communicate with System.

It sent stumbling mental messages to System, and in terms of its ability to organize mental messages, it was about the same level of wisdom as Shava before the second chrysalis.

Although the language skills were poor, System was very surprised by the content of the white spider's spiritual message.

film.

The worm that named the grasshopper queen Kun, System saw the vague appearance of that worm in the memory left by the queen, but that memory was very hazy.

"Could it be that Queen Kun gave Ying the same ability before giving me the ability of [Mind Teleportation]? What is that Ying?"

System kept thinking in his mind.

Looking at the white spider that seemed to calm down not far away, System continued to ask: "Shadow? What is it?"

The white spider showed a thoughtful expression again, and after a while it replied to System: "Master's, worm, no, it's not. Yes, betrayal, worm."

"Master? Who is your master?" System asked.

"Fei... Fei... Fei... Fei, Fei... Fei... I, I forgot." The white spider stumbled and sent many spiritual messages. It seemed to know the name of its owner, but for some reason, it couldn't remember clearly for a while. up.

"Did your master ask you to catch me?"

System showed a puzzled look, he really didn't know if he, a grasshopper, would provoke someone to catch him specially.

The white spider showed a thoughtful expression again, and it replied: "Yes."

Hearing the white spider's answer, System immediately asked, "Why do you have to catch me?".

System's expression became dignified. Fortunately, he has the ability of [Mind Teleportation], and the white spider that came to catch him is also an insect, and possesses equal intelligence.

Otherwise, even if he killed the spider insect, he would not be able to know the truth of the matter.

System's question obviously made the poor wisdom of the white spider a little insufficient, it thought for a long time before answering to System: "Master... of, task. Catch, special, reach... limit, of, insect."

Hearing the spiritual messages gradually sent out by the dead white spider, System breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that the other party's target was not aimed at him, but met him by chance.

"Is it your master who sent you to catch bugs that hear the sounds of the world and acquire special abilities?"

System guessed the opponent's purpose after a little analysis, but the owner of the white spider didn't know what to think. The chance of finding bugs in the icy and snowy Lierte Forest was absolutely slim.

It is naturally impossible for System to know that the owner of the worm beast is far away on the No. 20 sixth floor of the endless abyss, and he has no idea of ​​the changes that have taken place in the main world Lierte Forest in the past six months.

"Listen, the voice of the world... the master, also, said."

……

Seeing the answer from the white spider in front of him, System nodded, it seemed that his guess was right.

System thought for a while and continued to ask: "Do you have to complete the task the master gave you?"

"Must, complete!"

The spiritual message of the white spider was full of extremely firm and excited emotions. System found that this white spider trusted its master very much, just like his ant people had trusted him.

System knew that he might be able to use [Mind Transmission] to communicate with the other party for a while longer.

But a battle between him and the opponent is inevitable.

"Can you count?"

System asked the white spider.

"Shadow, you taught me." The white spider replied.

System's worm head once again showed a strange look, and it was Shadow again. If it weren't for the special situation now, he would really have to ask in detail what kind of worm is Shadow.

"Then do you know how many limbs you have now?"

After System finished asking, he began to wait, and the white spider quickly counted its legs.

“1…2…3，4……6…7，8……9，9根。”

In nearly half a minute, the white spider finished counting its own limbs. Although it was wrong, the result was not very important to System.

System stretched out his tentacles and slowly moved towards the white spider. He gradually moved the thirty tentacles on his body closer to the white spider's body.

"After checking your feet, let's count mine. Can you count how many feet I have?"

The white spider quickly stared at System's legs and counted them one by one, while System secretly accumulated strength in his tentacles.

Wait until the white spider is getting more and more difficult to count and counts to 23.

Except for the four tentacles that supported System's body, the other 26 tentacles all worked together!
puff!puff!puff!puff!puff……

Skull, chest cavity, abdomen...

The body of the white spider was pierced 26 times by System's [Ice Spike] at the same time, reddish-brown blood splashed everywhere.

Thirteen tentacles pierced the spider's skull, four pierced the spider's chest, and the remaining nine pierced the spider's abdomen.

System secretly felt that piercing the spider's head with just one tentacle was not enough to kill the opponent, but with so many [Ice Spikes] piercing the opponent's body at the same time, it was impossible for the opponent to survive.

……

However, as System pulled out the blood-stained tentacles, what happened next made his body tremble uncontrollably.

"23, 24...25..."

The white spider is still checking his tentacles, and the white spider's body pierced by his tentacles is wriggling and healing at a speed visible to the naked eye...

(End of this chapter)