Law of the Swarm

Chapter 87 Volcanic Eruption

The demon was about 1.2 meters long, much smaller than the strong demon that the white bear was fighting in Nellis' video, and had dark red skin, just like the little demon that appeared in System's previous games and novels.

The little devil was struggling painfully in the snow pit with only the left half of his body and head left.

System did not approach rashly.

After observing from a distance with Shava for a while, System changed into [Frost Form], and used [Frost Mucus] on the branches of the trees to spit out this little devil who was not completely dead.

System heard a few angry curses from the little devil in a weird language, but he couldn't understand it at all, it should be the language of the abyss, and Nellis couldn't understand it either.

A few minutes later, maybe the little devil lost too much blood, or the little devil was affected by the [Frost Slime] attack, leaving only half of the little devil dead.

The wounds on one side of the little devil's body were uneven. They didn't look like they were bitten, nor did they look like wounds from a weapon attack. System couldn't speculate how the wounds were formed.

System didn't find any footprints or other traces near the little devil's body, which seemed unusual.

The little devil seemed to be made like this by something and then thrown here, very weird.

System scanned the surroundings with his eyes for more than ten minutes, and found that the surrounding environment was still very quiet, so he jumped off the branch, dipped the little devil's blood into his mouth with his tentacles.

Just like System's speculation about the creatures of the abyss, he tasted a spicy taste that confused him, with a slightly sweet taste.

The experience of producing little devil meat is not very high, and it is not even better than the flesh quality of frost slime. It seems that little devil should be a weak abyssal creature.

This kind of spicy, sweet and chaotic meat is obviously not suitable as food for the ant people, and even System himself doesn't really want to eat this kind of food.

But System quickly thought of a way to kill two birds with one stone, which was to use the half of the demon corpse to feed slimes.

Slime, as the scavenger of the forest swamp, is a kind of microbial aggregate, even if it digests the corpse of a demon, it will not have any effect on it.

In this way, not only can he harvest more slime jelly, but also have the half of the demon corpse as bait, and it can also prevent the frost slime from escaping suddenly when it is kept in captivity.

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There were no other twists and turns in transporting the demon corpse and the three slimes back together with Shava. System successfully used the little demon corpse to house the frost slime...

Ten days passed, and System's worker ant knights emerged six more from their pupae.

Except for the worker ant with the lowest intelligence, which is still the same size as before, the remaining five worker ants have become knights.

And the first two worker ant knights had grown to about fifteen centimeters in ten days, much faster than System expected.

During these ten days, while the ordinary worker ants in the ant nest were eating slime jelly, three more worker ants appeared and entered the second pupation.

And the ant queen Lin finally entered the second pupation under the watchful eyes of System, forming a huge pupa of nearly [-] centimeters.

However, except for the queen Linda and the three worker ants, most of the remaining ants in the nest have no great potential. Unless a lot of time is wasted, it is difficult for them to enter the second pupation.

System's lair has once again entered a stage of steady development.

A month passed again...

Except for the two soldier ants that took longer to pupate, the remaining worker ant knights have all emerged from their pupae.

Among the thirteen worker ants, three did not change much in appearance, but became larger than ordinary ants, and their fangs became larger, similar in appearance to soldier ants.

The remaining ten all turned into worker ant knights similar to Shava.

Most of the forelimbs of the worker ant knights have bladed weapons similar to the fangs of ants. Only the first two worker ant knights that emerged from the chrysalis showed diamond-shaped spikes and weird hooks.

During this month, System accumulated experience through eating and drinking, raised his level to the full level of 15, and successfully activated his talent [Super Speed ​​Regeneration].

Perhaps it was because of the newly acquired title "Alien Insect".

System found that the process of activating [Super Speed ​​Regeneration] was much easier than he imagined, and he easily obtained this powerful life-saving ability by referring to the ability of the little meatball.

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[Super Speed ​​Regeneration] (13/19): Special talent obtained from [Insect Adaptability], [Numerical Code], [Severed Limb Regeneration], [Insect Ability Activation].The body can be quickly regenerated by consuming vitality.

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After possessing [Super Speed ​​Regeneration], System's severed tentacles could grow out of him relying on his vitality in just a dozen seconds.

Not only the tentacles, but his shattered exoskeleton, broken tentacles and wings can grow out in a short time by consuming vitality.

As long as he didn't lose consciousness due to a fatal injury to his head, his crippled body can recover very quickly by consuming vitality.

And after [Super Speed ​​Regeneration] was successfully activated, System also began preparations for activating the talent [Body Transformation].

By comparing [Body Transformation] and the gradually growing body of the little meatball, System came up with a wonderful idea for the ability of [Body Transformation].

That is to use the ability of [Body Transformation] to transform the body with the [Corrosion Mucus] secreted by his glands, forming a body similar to a meat ball or slime that ignores physical attacks.

At that time, the weakness of his head is no longer a weakness, as long as his body is not crushed in an instant, he will not die.

Because of his mutation, his [Corrosion Slime] has rare life characteristics, just like the blood flowing in his body. In theory, his body can completely transform with the [Corrosion Slime] glue.

However, to actually implement it, [Body Transformation] needs to have a high talent level. Only when the talent level is high enough can he transform his body back and forth between the flesh and the jelly.

This is a bit troublesome for System, who has a low degree of compatibility with [Body Deformation].

Although having the [Ability Enhancing Technique] can strengthen his ability, System cannot strengthen the upper limit of his ability, otherwise he will undoubtedly gain more unimaginable abilities when he strengthens the [Numerical Code] during this period.

System must make the upper limit of the talent level when [Body Transformation] is activated as high as possible, at least level 11.

So a few days ago, after System activated [Super Speed ​​Regeneration], he often came to the room of the little meat ball, and while having daily communication with the little meat ball, he compared and felt the ability of [Body Transformation] inside the little meat ball .

After nearly forty days, Little Meatball has already regarded System as the closest person.

Different from ordinary ants, although System has taught Meatball to call him king, Meatball has always called him father.

In fact, the little meatball called him mother at first, but after System corrected him countless times, the little meatball finally changed it and called him father.

After these days of continuous eating, the small meat ball has grown to a size of ten centimeters. Although it is not as good as its predecessor, it can already change in a certain way and form various shapes.

Among them, Meatball's favorite thing is to imitate the appearance of System's tentacle monster. Besides, it maintains the state of Meatball most of the time.

The little meatball seemed to hate being alone. If System was not around, it would often move to the side of other ants and imitate System, stretching out its tentacles to entangle the ants.

Among them, the worker ant who is closest to the little meat ball is Black, and the little meat ball often moves to the side of Black to play with him.

And since System took the little meat ball out of the lair for a flight more than ten days ago, the little meat ball basically goes outside for a few laps every day, sometimes with System, sometimes with Black, or Hook, a worker ant knight with lightning abilities.

System also made an appointment with the little meat ball today, and after the inspection was completed, he would take it outside for a flight for a while.

But on this day, System used the [Perception] power of his tentacles to compare his [Body Transformation] talent.

The uneasiness that System had felt in the past few months reappeared, and this time the uneasiness was extremely strong, as if something was about to happen.

Not too many levels later, with the strange fluctuations sensed by the tentacles, the underground nest where System was located shook violently, and the ants in the nest all expressed uneasiness and appeared to be in a panic.

earthquake……

(End of this chapter)