Laws of the Insect Hive

After the long pupation, Shava did not change much, but the body became taller, close to 60 cm, and the carapace on the outside of the body seemed to become stronger.

It's been a long time...

Shava's character is still so straightforward, and her spiritual messages contain feelings of longing and joy.

As if thinking of something, Shava kept digging in the soil with the blades of her feet, and a translucent gem the size of a baby's fist was pinched out of the soil by her.

This gem is much bigger and more beautiful than the small crystal that System gave to Shava.

As if showing off, Shava handed the gem to System.

You are here waiting for my pupation to end, are you just going to show me this? System took the gem and sighed helplessly.

After sighing, System showed a puzzled expression, and at the same time stretched out his tentacles and touched his throat.

Just when he was about to sigh, there was actually a stream of air that spurted out of his throat.

There are still tiny air holes in the gaps in the scales of his abdomen, but his throat has also created a channel for breathing.

Well, this gem is so pretty, so I'm going to give it to you.

Shava’s spiritual message interrupted System’s thoughts on the breathing passage in his throat.

It turned out that Shava didn't want to show him the quick gem, but gave him the gem.

What do I want from this gem... System originally planned to return the gem to Shava, but seeing Shava's look full of anticipation, System changed his mouth and said, This gem is very beautiful. I love so much.

After hearing System's spiritual message, Shava obviously became extremely happy.

How long have you been waiting for me here?

System saw dense slash marks on the mud wall of the empty room. These slash marks were old and new, indicating that Shava had been here for a long time.

However, System obviously looked at Shava highly, and even after at least a year, Shava's math ability had not improved at all.

His question obviously stumped Shava, and Shava began to check her six-legged body, but she didn't count any results.

Instead of progressing, Shava's mathematical ability regressed.

...

Ignoring Shava in the enumeration, System quietly waited for the exoskeleton that had not completely solidified after pupation to solidify, and at the same time felt the throat that he could breathe.

Along with breathing, System found that his throat could make some hoarse sounds.

Perhaps because of subconscious wishes, some members of the ant knights, such as Shava, changed their forms during the second chrysalis, turning into centaurs-like ant knights.

The same is true for System, because of his subconscious wish, he obtained the derivative ability [body-mucus transformation] this time through pupation, and obtained the ability to make a sound.

The tentacle body that System didn't like on the surface was actually not disgusting in his subconscious, so his body didn't change much during this pupation, and he even had more tentacles.

Feeling the gradually solidified and smooth exoskeleton on his back, System opened his [tool menu] and opened his self-information.

...

Race: Unknown insect

Title: Xenogeneic Insect, Insect Lord

Name: System

Tier: Magic

Rating: 15/120

Lifespan: 99 years, 212 days

Vitality: 80%

Experience: 51%

Special Energy: 79%

Special talents: [Numerical Code] (10/10), [Pupation] (17/19), [Insect Adaptability] (17/23), [Data Storage] (8/10), [Telepathy] (11 /23), [Data Compilation] (7/10), [Perception] (18/27), [Frost Form] (11/25), [Super Speed ​​Regeneration] (16/21), [Body Transformation] (17) /17), [Dataification] (9/10).

Abnormal state: [Curse of Severance] (12/12).

Derivative ability: omitted.

Estimated combat power: 81

...

Similar to the previous third molting, the various abilities in System’s body have been improved to varying degrees.

Among all talents, only [Frost and Cold Form] has not changed and still cannot be activated.

The ice elf Neris still did not move, and could not wake up from her deep sleep.

After this pupation, his level cap was changed to level 120, and his lifespan was increased to nearly a hundred years, so that he no longer had to be troubled by lifespan in a short time.

However, in the process of flipping through the information, System unexpectedly discovered an ability that made him unhappy—【Curse of Severance】.

This vicious curse was even strengthened during his pupation process, increasing from level 11 to level 12.

The strengthened curse did not change much, but it made System feel very depressed.

It's not just the lost ability to mate.

System didn't feel much when the lifespan was short before, but now consuming one more day of lifespan every three days will undoubtedly make System's nearly 100-year lifespan to 75 years.

If this [Curse of Severance] is not removed, System's lifespan will be reduced by 25 years out of thin air.

25 years may be only about one-third of the lifespan for humans, but for grasshoppers, it represents dozens of reincarnations of life.

System made a decision, he must try his best to clear this curse as soon as possible.

...

A few minutes later, System's body, which had not completely solidified after pupation, was completely solidified.

After interrupting Shava who was still investigating, System took Shava out of the empty room and started to return to the top of the lair.

How long it took him to pupate, Shava may not be able to calculate, but Black must know.

The wall of the passage constructed by the excavator has become stronger and wider than I remembered, and it seems that the excavator has repaired the passage during this period.

After walking up a distance of about thirty meters, System saw a huge spherical space with a diameter of nearly ten meters. There are more than a dozen passages and exits in the spherical space. These entrances and exits are also connected with some spiral soil stairs. Very cleverly designed.

It seems that during this time, the excavator has not stopped working, and this underground lair has clearly begun to take shape.

However, compared to the size of the nest, System did not see half of the ant people. Obviously, Queen Linda obeyed Black's instructions and did not expand the size of the ant people.

Following the stairs and passages selected by Shava, System finally saw another of his ant people, Xiaoqiang, a soldier ant knight with a [strong physique].

After this period of growth, Xiaoqiang's body has become even taller than Shawa, and has become about 90 cm.

After meeting System, Xiaoqiang approached him kindly, and System also touched Xiaoqiang's head with his tentacles as usual.

As System gradually moved upwards, he encountered more and more ant people, and several worker ant knights appeared one after another, and System finally met Black, who was exceptionally intelligent.

Compared with the growth of other ant knights, Black's body has not changed much, almost the same as before he pupated.

But System could feel that the frost energy in Blake's body seemed to be several times stronger than before.

He soon learned from Blake's spiritual message that it had been a year and a half since his pupation, and now Warren Plains has once again come to the deep winter season.

After the ensuing conversation, System also learned that except for one soldier ant, all the other ant people who had not entered the second pupation had died because of their longevity.