Laws of the Insect Hive

The withered yellow exoskeleton of the giant grasshopper looks very hard, and it is covered with unknown complicated patterns, which should be the vein patterns of some kind of leaves.

It has a pair of golden and deep compound eyes and slender antennae like a katydid.

The huge grasshopper flew down from the sky and landed in front of System, exuding a peculiar smell, which System felt very good.

System felt the incomparable beauty of the grasshopper in front of him.

Many inexplicable emotions were born in his heart, and there was even an urge to kneel and worship.

But this feeling of wanting to worship is far less than another emotion - the desire to mate with each other.

This is the instinct in the blood of all insects.

Find a strong mate, then mate with each other, breed strong offspring, and let the strong offspring continue to pass on their blood.

System forcibly suppressed his body, which was trembling slightly from excitement. He possessed a human soul, and he couldn't imagine a scene where a grasshopper less than half the size of his opponent would mate with him.

And if he mates with each other now, he will be greeted with the end of death in three days.

The fear of death made System's excited body gradually calm down.

System carefully observed the huge female grasshopper in front of him. The grasshopper didn't act any closer to him, but tilted its head as if looking at him.

Seeing this, System also felt relieved. If this big female grasshopper wanted to mate with him and die with him, it would be really hard for him to resist with his current body.

The mating principle between insects is very simple. The stronger the individual, the stronger the ability to attract the opposite sex.

Conversely, if your own strength is weaker than the opponent, it will be difficult to attract the opponent.

This was the case with the female grasshopper in front of System. It obviously did not intend to mate with System. If System forcibly leaned in, he might even be attacked by this female grasshopper.

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Two grasshoppers, one big and one small, looked at each other on an unknown plant.

System thought and felt the mysterious aura emanating from the other party, not the feminine scent that attracted the opposite sex, but the mysterious aura that made him want to crawl on the ground.

This 25-centimeter female grasshopper seems to be the queen of grasshoppers.

It is covered with a sturdy exoskeleton and huge fangs. It is estimated that it is difficult to defeat the natural enemies of insects, lizards and birds. Ordinary insect hunters, mantises or katydids, can only avoid it when they see it.

System speculates that this female grasshopper can emit a mysterious aura like a grasshopper queen, and it is very likely that she has completed the third molting.

I don't know what it has gone through to achieve the third molting of the grasshopper.

Either he is gifted, or he has experienced some kind of adventure.

With tens of millions of grasshoppers in the forest every year, it is not impossible to give birth to such a special individual.

It is a pity that the IQ of the insect is very low, and it is impossible to communicate. System cannot ask the other party, and cannot obtain the specific information of the third transformation through this same species.

However, just as System was thinking, he suddenly heard a soft voice.

Let's go, together.

The sound was very soft, but System could hear it very clearly. System subconsciously turned the antennae on his head to detect the source of the sound.

He twisted the worm's head and looked around, but found nothing.

You, go, let's go together.

That soft and strange voice entered System's mind again.

System finally discovered that the sound was not actually a sound, but a unique ability similar to the communication of thoughts.

The creature that sent this thought message was the female grasshopper in front of System.

Let's go, together.

The female grasshopper made her voice again. She seemed to be intelligent, but her use of language was poor and her message was clumsy.

System's worm head unconsciously showed a look of astonishment.

Compared to the wild boar that could emit flames, or the old Druid who could heal wounds, the grasshopper in front of him undoubtedly surprised System even more.

Not only is the psychic communication ability like the Zerg brain worm special enough, but the creature using this strange ability is his kind, a grasshopper that is a different kind of distant relative to him.

Let's go, together.

The grasshopper queen sent out a message again, and System finally recovered from the surprise.

The ability of the Grasshopper Queen is very wonderful, System can feel his spirit is connected with the spirit of the other party, and through this ability he can communicate with the other party.

Where are you taking me?

System tried to send a message to the other party through this spiritual connection.

He found that it was very easy to send a message. As long as he imagined the words, the spiritual message would naturally be passed on to the other party.

The Grasshopper Queen tilted her head and glanced at System, showing a look of doubt, and it didn't take long for her spiritual message to come again.

You are different.

You...I, very special, and...they...not the same.

The female grasshopper’s use of spiritual messages was clumsy, and there seemed to be many words that she couldn’t utter, but System still understood the meaning of the female grasshopper’s message.

Are you trying to say that you and I have wisdom, different from ordinary grasshoppers?

wisdom?

Well, wisdom. System answered in the affirmative.

The female grasshopper seemed to be lost in thought, and did not continue the conversation with System for a long time.

System also waited silently like this. Not long after, the female grasshopper suddenly looked at him and sent him countless messages at the same time.

These spiritual messages combined with each other, forming strange and familiar images in System's mind.

These images were familiar to System, and they were exactly the images that emerged from his blood when he entered a new level after his [Insect Adaptability] had been upgraded to level 11.

There are countless grasshoppers in the picture, they are flying over the mountains and the oceans and lakes together, they seem to be looking for a mysterious place.

Let's go together?

The huge female grasshopper sent a spiritual message to System again, and System finally understood what the invitation from the female grasshopper was.

Why go so far? Is there anything there?

System thought for a while and asked the other party, maybe the other party's [insect adaptability] level was higher and he knew more secrets.

The grasshopper queen showed a look of longing, and sent a message to System: If you want to go, take a look.

The world is so big, I want to see it.

The message from the Grasshopper Queen was simple and pure. If an ordinary human said this to System, he would probably use it as an excuse and would never believe it.

But the grasshopper queen obviously couldn't lie and couldn't lie.

Without any other purpose, the grasshopper queen simply wants to see this vast world.

System shook his head gently and sent a message to the Queen: I can't go with you, I want to stay here.

why?

Seeing the Queen's expression, System thought for a moment and decided to tell the truth: 60 days of life is too short, I don't want to waste time exploring the world.

The grasshopper queen showed a puzzled look, and she continued to send spiritual messages to System.

You, and me, together, and later, mating, offspring.

The female grasshopper seems to want to say a long sentence, but it is difficult for her words to connect completely.

However, System still understood the Queen’s message. She meant to let System go with him. Later, when System was about to die, she would breed offspring with System and let him go with him. Sturm left offspring to keep his bloodline alive.

Passing down their bloodline is the instinct of all insects from birth. Compared with their own death, they are more afraid of not being able to leave offspring.

But System was different. Compared to leaving offspring and then dying, System obviously wanted to live longer.

System looked at the huge female grasshopper in front of him, not knowing what to say for a while...