Law of the Swarm

Chapter 83 Brief Pupation
Since he has already completed the third molt, which is equivalent to completing the second pupation, so even if he makes up for the first two pupations, his body will not change much.

But he has to go through this process once, and only needs to go through it once.

His first pupation and second pupation will be combined, and after completing this process, he can be counted as the last insect with the talent of [Pupation].

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The itching from the body quickly turned into a subtle pain, and System found that his thirty tentacles began to wave uncontrollably as if they were insane.

A few tentacles were even entangled with each other, forming a knot that couldn't be untied.

This process didn't last long, System found that his tentacles gradually softened, and then gradually retracted into his body.

The glands in his throat that were supposed to secrete [Corrosion Mucus] secreted a weird liquid, this liquid was as active as [Corrosion Mucus], it flowed out from his mouth, and then wriggled and crawled all over his body.

This strange liquid reacted strangely with the epidermis and exoskeleton of his body, capable of melting everything on the surface of his body.

Not long after, System's vision became dim, his eyes melted, and at the same time, System's tentacles also melted, and he couldn't feel the sound from the outside world.

His body seemed to have turned into a pile of sticky and soft jelly, wrapped in a hard shell of unknown material, and he was stirring back and forth inside like a paste.

"Is this the state of the chrysalis? It really doesn't feel good."

Just like some ants and butterflies like Yushava, after System turned into a chrysalis, his spirit became dizzy, and like his body, he became a ball of paste.

System seemed to be broken from drinking, his body was stirring in the chrysalis, making his spirit more and more confused.

System seemed to be drunk, he felt that he had turned into a whirlpool of mucus, and he manipulated the mucus formed by his body to spin inside the chrysalis.

The harder System tried, the more dizzy his spirit became, and the more dizzy he was, the more his befuddled spirit wanted to control his body to spin...

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The weird insects in the empty room, covered in tentacles, formed a huge chrysalis of 35 centimeters in a few minutes.

This chrysalis did not stand obediently in place. It first rolled back and forth irregularly on the ground, and then suddenly spun like a top.

The huge gray chrysalis spun for nearly an hour before it quieted down, as if it had fallen into a deep sleep...

And in another empty room not far from this empty room.

A piece of irregular flesh and blood trembled slightly.

In ten minutes, it gradually turned into a small meat ball with a smooth and regular surface.

The spherical flesh trembled slightly, and gradually grew a tiny granulation, somewhat similar to System's tentacles. This granulation grew to about three centimeters, swinging irregularly around, as if exploring something .

The granulation gradually retracted into the small meatball's body, but it didn't take long for the little meatball to grow a small granulation again, and continued to swing irregularly.

The first granulation of the little meat ball was not seen by anyone, but the scene of the second granulation of the little meat ball happened to be hit by Black.

System had already told Black not to steal this fleshy core.

Naturally, Black absolutely obeyed the king's orders. Black came here just out of curiosity, and wanted to see what was different about the lump of meat that Wang had studied recently.

Looking at the granulation protruding from this mass of meat, Black tried to touch it with its feet.

As the limbs touched the granulation, the granulation quickly retracted into the body as if frightened. Black waited for a long time, but the granulation did not grow out of the small meatball again.

But not long after Black left, the granulation of the little meatball grew again...

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After waking up, System felt as if he was locked in a dark room, and the room was extremely narrow, his body couldn't stretch at all, making him uncomfortable.

It took a while for System to remember that he was caught off guard and turned into a chrysalis, and then fell into a deep sleep.

System felt that he had been in a deep sleep for a long time. For a long time, he even thought that he had pupated like Shava for more than four months.

But after opening the [Tools Menu], System found that only two days had passed.

"How could it be so fast, is it time to break out of the chrysalis?"

System felt extremely suffocated in his body, and wanted to release his body from this narrow space,
And at the same time that System was born with this idea, his body suddenly burst out with great strength, and the shell of the chrysalis was easily broken by System.

After all, System was originally an insect that had completed its third molt, which was equivalent to having completed its second pupation.

So it was very easy for him to break out of the chrysalis this time. At the moment of breaking out of the chrysalis, System regained control of his body.

He watched the soil in the empty room through the cracks of the chrysalis, and System quickly controlled his numerous tentacles, further tearing apart the chrysalis that had already been split.

It didn't take long for System to break free from the chrysalis.

Like a butterfly or ant emerging from a chrysalis, System's body became wrinkled except for the tentacles. Fortunately, it didn't take long for the exoskeleton, eyes, and antennae on his body to become inflated again. Be firm and solid.

There are still thirty tentacles, but the length of the tentacles has become longer, and System has discovered that some retractable small hooks are formed at the end of his tentacles. Using these hooks, System can once again act like a grasshopper. Easy climb.

Not only that, but System discovered that his physical appearance had changed a bit after he emerged from the pupation this time.

Although it is not as dramatic as the change in appearance after the third pupation can be felt in the blood, it has also become much more pleasing to the eye.

Thirty tentacles no longer grew from the roots of his original limbs, but grew from all over his body neatly.

His body shape also became less slender like a grasshopper, and shortened by about one-third.

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Species: unknown insect

Titles: "Winter Legion", "Alien Insects"

Name: System

Stage: Metamorphosis

Rating: 14/15
Lifespan: 2113 days

Vitality: 88%
Experience: 7%
Special Energy: 90%
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After pupating this time, System discovered that his original race of green-tailed grasshoppers had disappeared, becoming an unknown zerg race, and his lifespan was increased again to 2113 days.

System glanced around, and suddenly found that the butterfly chrysalis had disappeared, and it was very likely that he absorbed the butterfly chrysalis unconsciously during the pupation process.

System continued to look through his information, and suddenly found that he had a new title - "Alien Insect".

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"Alien Insect": The title given to System by an unknown being.Your lifespan has been increased, and the effectiveness of using insect [Ability Activation] and [Ability Enhancement] on yourself has increased.

You, who become a heterogeneous insect, lose the ability to reproduce with grasshoppers, but you can make yourself live longer.

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"Insects of different species, it seems that I am no longer a grasshopper."

System didn't think too much about it, and it didn't make any obvious difference to him...

(End of this chapter)