Law of the Swarm

Chapter 179 System panicked

"Soul, what exactly is it?"

System thought again as he left the stone room where the Devil's Nest was located.

In his free time these days, System would think about this question.

At the same time, System would also think about the form in which the sacrificed soul would appear in front of him.

System knew that the old lich who often harassed him should know the answer to this question.

However, given the current relationship between the old Lich and him, it might be difficult to tell him.

But what about tricking the lich?

For example, tell the old Lich that if you want me to be your servant, you must answer a few questions.

Then after the question about the soul is finished, hang up the old Lich's call.

System estimated that the old lich was likely to fall for it.

System could even imagine the old lich's hysterical voice and crazy appearance.

"Is this going too far?"

System was talking to himself, but System quickly remembered the sight of the old lich, a psychopath, harassing him.

"It should be a little more..."

Calculating the time, there is still about a day and a half before the old lich's next harassment, System needs to design a script carefully.

……

This level of the abyss has abundant food and a suitable climate, which is very suitable for the expansion of ants.

After a month since the ants returned, the breeding of the ants was basically on the right track, basically no need for System's help.

System also has a little more free time, as long as Linda's new batch of ants grow up, he will conduct inspection planning, plus research on flying ants, System will have nothing else to do up.

At most, they would use the queen caught in the Warren Plains to breed a few more queens.

Although it is easy for System to provide food for the ants in a short period of time by manipulating the slime, in that case, System will undoubtedly be completely dragged by his ants and cannot escape.

It is also based on this consideration that System allowed the ants to expand abroad so early.

And with the ants' survival habits, they don't need System's help at all.

It's okay when the number of ants is small, but when the number of ants gradually increases, if System raises the ants as pets, it will undoubtedly kill the ants' nature of foraging and reduce the ants' viability.

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So after being free these days, System will spend more time busying himself with his own affairs.

System's business is nothing more than three things, to improve his life level, to find a way to advance from a magical life to an extraordinary creature; to improve his strength; to lift the Ratman wizard's [Severing Curse].

System already has the route to advanced extraordinary creatures, which is to rely on the bug's [Pupation], as long as his [Pupation] (19/19) is upgraded to [Pupation] (21/21), the level is raised to 60 level, he can reach the fourth pupation and become an extraordinary species.

By taking the remaining bone marrow of the giant dragon and eating giant slime jelly, System has now reached level 27, with a body of 1.2 meters and a combat power of 141.

System felt that as his level rose, the growth of his body began to gradually slow down. System estimated that when his level reached 33, his body would stop growing when he continued to grow to about 1.4 meters, reaching the limit.

Although the higher the level is, the more experience is required, but the dragon bone System of Rafal Temple only used a few dragon ribs with the least bone marrow, which is less than [-]% of the total bone marrow of the dragon. one.

System estimated that if he consumed all the dragon bone marrow in the temple, he should reach level 55. Even if he distributed some of the dragon bone marrow to the bugs, it would not be difficult for him to reach level 50.

For the rest, as long as he eats more nutritious food, it shouldn't be difficult to reach level 60 in a few years.

As for the upper limit of the [chrysalis] talent, System also found a way to improve it. It was his old friend Slime.

Even the giant slime jelly of the magical rank has an effect on System's [Pupation], and it is estimated that the upper limit of System's [Pupation] talent can reach level 20.

All that remains is to find a way to get the jelly core of the tyrant slime, and System's [chrysalis] talent limit will further break through to level 21.

But for now, System has not thought of a way to deal with the extraordinary tyrant slime.

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In fact, not only System, but also the giant slime in the magic rank had a great effect on the ants.

However, because the jelly of giant slime is very corrosive, ordinary ant larvae and adult ants eating this food is like eating poison.

The ants must enter the secondary pupation in order to eat the right amount of giant slime jelly.

Among them, Shava, Excavator, and Soldier Ant Knight Xiaoqiang, the [Pupation] talent limit has reached level 16. It is estimated that within one or two months, they will reach the [Pupation] talent required for the third pupation. 17 levels.

A large part of the reason why System improved his strength was due to Shava's third pupation.

After Shava pupates for the third time, her strength will undoubtedly become stronger. At that time, without any accidents, she should be able to defeat the tyrant slime and take out the core jelly of the tyrant slime.

But before the Shava breaks out of the chrysalis, it undoubtedly enters a pupation stage that lasts at least a year.

Knowing that there will be a lack of bodyguard Shava, although System still maintains a calm appearance on the surface, in fact, System is still unavoidably flustered in his heart.

It was precisely because Shava was about to pupate for the third time that System was reminded of the importance of improving his strength.

In the final analysis, Shava was too obedient. Basically, Shava would do what System said, and never asked why.

Therefore, System became more and more dependent on Shava, and even gave System the illusion that Shava's strength was his own.

But it's not too late to think of these now.

In recent days, System has often used [Ability Enhancement Technique] and [Insect Ability Activation Technique] to improve his abilities.

Because the level has been raised from level 15 to the current level of 27, the experience bar possessed by System has increased by more than eight times, and it is much easier to strengthen his abilities.

System's strongest ability today is still his [Plague Slime] (25/25). By devouring the jelly of a giant slime, his [Plague Slime] has been raised from the original level limit of 23 to the current level 25 levels.

System has 141 combat power, about half of which is due to this [Plague Slime].

But the environment at the level of the abyss is really special. The creatures inside generally have unique resistance to plague, corrosion, and toxicity. System's [Plague Slime] basically has no effect here.

So System spends most of his time these days strengthening and practicing the abilities of [Body-Colloid Transformation] and [Dragon Scale Spike].

These two abilities are System's life-saving ability and attack ability.

Perhaps it has something to do with eating giant slime jelly. Although the ability level of [Body-Jelly Transformation] has not improved much, but through this period of practice, System has been able to convert 15% of his body into jelly. The degree of conversion has increased by three times, and the life-saving ability has been further strengthened.

At the same time, [Dragon Scale Spike] (13/21) was strengthened by System to [Dragon Scale Spike] (20/21), only one step away from becoming an extraordinary ability.

But it was this last step that had stuck System for several days. System always felt that it could be strengthened, but it was always a little bit worse.

……

But compared to the improvement in strength, there are more important things that make System happy.

Just yesterday, System accidentally made an unexpected discovery and found a way to lift his own curse...

(End of this chapter)