Laws of the Insect Hive

Seeing the distant fire approaching, System immediately jumped to the back of the tree where he was to hide.

Insect bodies are very flexible and responsive.

But his hiding place was slightly off, and he was still hit by the heat wave emitted by that creature. Half of his tentacles were slightly discolored, and he was obviously burned.

Fortunately, apart from the fragile tentacles, although other parts of System's body were also hit by a certain heat wave, they did not suffer any obvious damage.

The creatures that galloped past with the flames looked like wild boars. After a while, four or five green-skinned creatures with weapons appeared behind the wild boar, some of which were similar to goblins or goblins in the fantasy world.

These green-skinned monsters shouted and chased after the wild boar, and soon disappeared into the dense forest.

The wild boars and goblin-like creatures that could emit flames undoubtedly explained to System that the world he lived in was a magical world depicted in previous life novels or games.

"A magical world..."

System sighed for a moment before thinking about it. For a grasshopper, no matter what kind of world it was in, there was no obvious difference.

And compared to these powerful creatures that can use mysterious powers, System is more afraid of ordinary birds or lizards that can eat it at any time.

Gently rubbed the slightly discolored tentacles on the top of his head. The tentacles that were hit by the heat wave suffered a lot of damage. Although they could still turn, they had almost lost their original utility. Body Repair.

With only one tentacle left, System's body's balance was a little bit worse, and it was difficult to maintain stability when jumping. If the barbs on his feet were not strong enough, he would likely fall to the ground during the jump.

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The ground was damp in the dense forest, so wild boars that released flames did not start a forest fire.

The burning flames in several places quickly extinguished themselves, and only the smell of burning wafted in the dense forest.

The dozens of butterfly pupae that faced the heat wave were still intact, and a few pupae may have been twisted a few times from time to time due to the sudden heat wave. It seems that the shells of these pupae have a good thermal insulation ability.

System looked at these pupae and shook his head helplessly. He had nothing to do with them at the moment.

But because of the flaming boar that suddenly appeared, System found a new source of food.

Activating the derivative skill [Information Read], System jumped towards the path of the flaming boar, and there was a high possibility of the corpses of some unfortunate bugs appearing on this scorched path.

Just as System had expected, after only jumping a few meters, he found a green katydid on the ground that was overturned and twitched.

The katydid's pair of tentacles were all scorched, and half of the body became a little yellow due to the burns.

Katydids look similar to grasshoppers, but they are larger than grasshoppers and have sharper fangs in their mouths. They are a typical omnivorous insect.

The katydid in front of System was 7 or 8 centimeters in size, which was about 4 times the size of his body. If the katydid hadn’t been dead or seriously injured, System would definitely have gone as far as he saw it. Far.

System immediately found the right angle to bite at the fragile joints of this katydid's head!

The katydid's legs were scratching randomly, and its body was still conscious to some extent, but these wiggly legs didn't touch System's body.

Not long after, the katydid's head was completely bitten off by System, declaring the katydid completely dead.

System began to eat with confidence. If this katydid was only temporarily dizzy due to the heat wave, he would be the one who killed it with a counterattack.

Using his fangs to cut through the katydid's soft abdomen, System greedily sucked the katydid's flesh and blood. He found that dozens of small oval-shaped worm eggs flowed out of the katydid's abdomen.

If it weren't for the accident of the flaming boar, it might start laying eggs in a few days.

Katydah meat has a good flavor and tastes a lot like a tangy cheese.

These small worm eggs also taste very good, some are similar to banana creme pudding, and they are a little less helpful for his body growth than katydid meat.

Looking at the data of [Self-Information Generation], System estimated that if this katydid was eaten by about a third, his level would be upgraded to level 6 and further growth would be obtained.

Katydid meat is very nutritious, and System only ate for ten minutes before his abdomen swelled up. It was obviously difficult to digest these nutrient-rich foods quickly.

System could only keep jumping around the katydid body so that he could speed up the digestion of his body.

In this way, after nearly two hours, System ate nearly one-third of the katydid corpse. At this time, his abdomen had swelled to an incredible degree, like a grasshopper about to lay eggs. .

His experience also reached the critical value again at this time, and then he was upgraded to level 6.

A feeling of numbness appeared all over his body, and the food in System's abdomen was rapidly digested and absorbed. His body, which was nearly 2.5 centimeters, became larger again, growing to 3.2 centimeters. The wing buds on his back were further extended to a third.

The level of System's talent [Metamorphosis Growth] has not been upgraded this time, but he can clearly feel the growth of his body's bloodline strength. As long as he continues to eat nutritious food, the level of [Metamorphosis Growth] will definitely increase.

At the same time, System's [Insect Adaptability] (9/21) was increased by two levels again, reaching [Insect Adaptability] (11/21).

System felt the power of [Insect Adaptation] in its bloodline become more active, and sent a mysterious image to his mind.

In that picture, he turned into an unfamiliar green-tailed grasshopper, and followed tens of millions of locusts of all kinds to fly over mountains, over lakes, and even over the cold glacial world, over the lava-covered world. The lava mountains...

In the pictures from the bloodline, System saw countless colorful worlds.

He even had the urge to fly with the grasshoppers.

When System came back to his senses from the screen brought by [Insect Adaptation], all his derived abilities obtained from [Insect Adaptation] were all improved.

[Insect Intuition] (2/5) is upgraded to [Insect Intuition] (3/5); [Severed Limb Regeneration] (2/11) is upgraded to [Severed Limb Regeneration] (4/11); [Dark Vision] (2 /5) to [Dark Vision] (3/5); [Acid Resistance] (1/4) to [Acid Resistance] (2/4).

The tentacles on his head have been restored to their original state at some point, and a new derivative skill [Fire Resistance] (2/7) has been obtained.

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[Fire Resistance] (2/7): Obtained from the talent [Insect Adaptation]. passive ability. Has resistance to flame and high temperature.

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When the talent [Insect Resilience] was raised to level 11, the changes were very similar to the talent [Metamorphosis Growth] when it was raised to level 11, both of which made System feel the inheritance information from his bloodline.

System speculated that when the ability level reached level 11, it should be a brand new level, otherwise it would be impossible for him to have such a huge change.

At the same time, when the ability level reaches level 11, it will become difficult to improve, which should be the reason why his [Metamorphosis Growth] has not been able to continue to grow.

System did not find detailed information on the [Self-Information Generation Technique]. System speculated that the level of the [Self-Information Generation Technique] was too low, so he could not analyze the power of a higher level.

After thinking for a while, System continued to devour the body of the katydid.

Because the chelicerae became hard again after the upgrade, the speed of chewing the cartilage of the katydid body also increased by nearly a third again.

As long as these cartilages are eaten, the fangs and exoskeleton of his body will also be stronger, and after upgrading again, he can eat more sturdy food, such as the hard carapace of the head and chest of the katydid.

But he didn't give System too much time to devour, and System hadn't eaten half of the katydid's corpse, and a dozen black-brown ants appeared not far from him.

Ants are like hyenas that snatch cheetah food. As long as there is a fishy smell from the corpse of the prey, they will appear soon, and then snatch it unreasonably.

The Sith could only jump away helplessly. After all, the leopard still has a trick to take the prey to the tree to avoid the hyena, and he has no way to deal with this group of ants at present...