Laws of the Insect Hive

"I don't know whether to say you are lucky or not."

System used his tentacles to entangle Shava's pupae, and he quickly detected that Shava's level was 11, which did not reach the 12th level of the normal second pupation.

Perhaps because of the gradually cold weather and the threat of survival, Shava entered the second pupation ahead of schedule.

But apparently, Shava's second pupation was not completely successful.

Using his tentacles to entangle the worm pupae formed by Shava, System carefully felt the [Pupation] talent in Shava's body, and began to consume the experience points in his body to strengthen Shava's [Pupation] talent.

System didn't know if this would still work, but if he didn't do anything, there was a 90% chance that Shava would die because of it.

97%...93%...87%...71%...

System’s experience bar kept dropping, but Shava’s condition hadn’t changed much, and Shava’s spirit hadn’t woken up, and he had always only responded vaguely to System’s spiritual messages.

However, when System's experience bar dropped to about 50%, Shava's body finally changed. She was frozen and the white juice began to melt gradually...

It seems that because of the frost energy attached to the experience transmitted by System, Shava's body also absorbed and mastered this frost energy.

The body of the insect in the state of [pupa] is very easy to mutate, so Shava may have obtained the blood of frost like System, and became a creature with the power of frost.

With the continuous infusion of experience, System found that the white sap in the gap of the Shawa pupa began to wriggle like his [Corrosive Slime], and it didn't take long for the pupa to slowly vibrate.

The white juice inside the chrysalis keeps rolling, filling the gaps on the surface of the chrysalis.

This part of the white sap started to solidify not long after, and gradually turned dark brown to completely block the gap, and the surface of some rough pupae also became smooth.

The chrysalis formed by Shawa began to expand and contract like air, and the deformed chrysalis gradually became a normal oval shape, and finally stabilized at a size of 10 cm. The heartbeat inside the chrysalis also gradually stabilized.

When System finally had 30% of his experience points left, the chrysalis everything stabilized, and it seemed that Shava should have survived.

However, Shava’s spirit still hadn’t recovered, and he still responded vaguely to System’s spiritual message as before.

...

Placing the two surviving pupae with Shawa's pupae, System began to deal with the many dead ants in the makeshift nest.

If it was an ordinary ant System, he could eat it without hesitation, or keep it as a food reserve, but after all, he couldn't do the same with the ant people he raised.

System carried these ant corpses and gathered them in the same empty room.

Finally, looking at the ant people inside, System destroyed the soil at the connection between the empty room and the main passage, and started to bury the empty room in the depths of the temporary nest forever.

Whether it is grasshoppers or ants, they have succeeded in multiplying in this world. Although they do not have strong individual strength, their excellent fecundity enables them to adapt to a variety of environments.

Even if they are preyed without hesitation, even if they are destroyed by natural disasters and magical forces, the insects will struggle to survive.

But no one will look at the weak bug, and the death of the bug will not be remembered by anyone, not even they themselves.

System seemed to let out a sigh, he didn’t want himself, Shava, and the remaining two ants to live like this.

Maybe he can...

System shook the insect head and didn't think about it any further. He used his tentacles to gradually compact the loose soil here, and then went to an empty room where food was stored and began to eat.

In fact, among the many foods he ate, System liked the meat of some arthropods the most, and this meat was the most helpful to his body.

However, in this icy world, it would be very difficult for him to eat again in the future.

System thought of the huge lake, maybe some crabs and shrimps could survive under the lake’s ice…

After eating until his abdomen gradually swelled, Sith came to the empty room where he placed three pupae. Accompanied by the three pupae, he gradually entered a state of dormancy.

After a long day of traveling, digging through the snow with tentacles, and strengthening Shava's [Pupation] talent, System was exhausted both mentally and physically...

...

...

System slept for a long time this time, lasting more than ten hours. The time to look at the [tool menu] was already at noon the next day.

System shook the tentacles above his head and moved the many tentacles on his body.

Maybe it was because he slept for a long time, or maybe it was because he felt good when he returned to this temporary lair. After more than ten hours of deep sleep, System felt very comfortable after resting.

In the dormant state, the tentacles on System grew very quickly. Five tentacles had grown to a length of 30 centimeters, and the three newly generated tentacles had also grown to a length of 5 centimeters.

System found that after more than ten hours of rest, wing buds had grown back on his back, and had grown to one-third of his wings. It was estimated that his wings would recover completely in a few days.

...

In the process of moving his body, System felt the special frost fluctuations from time to time in the distance.

If it wasn't for the weak response from his body caused by this fluctuation, System might have slept longer.

This strange frost fluctuation is somewhat similar to the one when the Grasshopper Queen summoned grasshoppers, but the summoned object was replaced by a creature with frost power.

System's [intuition] didn't feel uneasy, and it seemed that there was nothing wrong with responding to the call along this wave.

But System didn't act rashly, after all, the old Druid's lesson had just passed.

After some consideration, System activated his [Frost Form], and that strange blue halo appeared above his head.

When it comes to understanding the power of frost, Neris undoubtedly knows more than he does.

However, when System asked Nellis, Nellis did not give him a clear answer.

According to Nellis, most of these summoning fluctuations are not dangerous, but it may also be a means for some ice and snow creatures to attract other ice and snow creatures in order to improve their strength or repair their physical damage.

System nodded when he heard Nellis's description. It seemed that the so-called ice and snow world was not much different from the ordinary natural world. It was equally dangerous and full of many unknown dangers.

Feeling the growing wings behind him, if his wings are finished growing, maybe then he can observe from a distance in the clouds what exactly is sending out these frosty fluctuations.

However, System quickly thought of the culprit that caused him to become the tentacle monster now—the Lord of the Glacier.

In a world filled with countless supernatural forces, even watching from afar is not always safe.

...

Shaking his head helplessly, System released the Frost and Cold Form, and then used his tentacles to examine the three surviving worm pupae.

The spirit of the soldier ant Shava seemed to have entered a deeper slumber in these ten hours, and System could not get any response to his spiritual messages.

However, System had a faint hunch that when Shava woke up from her slumber this time, she would emerge from the chrysalis and regain her previous consciousness.

As for the remaining female ant pupae and worker ant pupae, they were still the same as before. When System’s tentacles touched the worm pupae, both ants would feel affectionate towards him.

But in addition to the affectionate affection, the two ants also convey some chilling sensations.

It seems that even the ability of [Cold Resistance] has a certain limit.

The weather is still too cold today, and it is estimated that the butterfly pupa, which can survive the winter, cannot withstand this severe cold.

Without thinking too much, System stretched out more tentacles to entangle the two pupae, and decided to strengthen the [cold resistance] ability of the two pupae.

Perhaps after continuous strengthening, these two ants can move freely even in the ice and snow...