Laws of the Insect Hive

After System's blood cooled down, he lost all sense of the outside world.

He couldn't see it, his compound eyes seemed to be inactive, and the clear vision that was still under the mushroom fluorescence suddenly disappeared, as if the lights were suddenly turned off.

Can't hear, can't smell, his tentacles seem to be useless, obviously last moment he smelled the strong fishy smell in the cave, heard the breeze in the cave, but suddenly he couldn't detect it.

He couldn't feel it, he couldn't feel his touch with the ground, he couldn't feel the flow of his blood, he couldn't feel the beat of his heart.

He even lost the sense of temperature, gravity and direction. He felt that his body should be upward, but he suddenly found that he couldn't find which direction was upward.

He couldn't even release the [Self-Information Generation Technique] that he used to be able to use easily.

System could only feel the existence of his own spirit and the slow passage of time.

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I don't know, what happened to Shawa...

As if System, who was in chaos, thought to himself.

Suddenly, his mind felt an incomparably violent tremor. This tremor came continuously and was very regular. It seemed to be emitted three or four times every second.

This is, my...heartbeat?

As System realized this, he suddenly felt his own body again.

Although he can't perceive everything in the outside world, he can feel the inside of his body very clearly. He can feel the blood flowing in his body, and he can also feel the flesh and blood of his body squirming.

System regained consciousness of his body, and the [Self-Information Generation Technique] could be used again, and the words [Degenerate Growth Mode] were clearly displayed on the information.

His third metamorphosis had indeed begun.

It didn't take long for the familiar rhythm to come from the blood of the body again, allowing him to make a choice.

Choose -

Without any hesitation, System still used the strengthening power generated by [Metamorphosis Growth] on his [Numerical Code].

Like the two previous degenerations, System reappeared in the ocean of numbers.

He turned into a huge ball of light again, surrounded by several digital planets in fixed orbits.

It was just different from before the coma last time. System felt that the entire digital sea around him was a little different. Many numbers were irregularly aggregated, forming block solids of different shapes and swimming irregularly in the digital sea.

After observing for a while, System did not find any clues, nor did he see anything wrong, so he began to guide the power of [Degenerate Growth] to strengthen this sea of ​​numbers.

Perhaps because of the third molting, the strengthening power produced by this [molding and growth] is very strong.

The giant digital planet that failed to converge in the digital sea last time successfully coalesced with ease, and then the giant planet orbited around System very stably.

Countless numbers poured out of the massive planet, gradually forming a whole new moon around it.

I feel that the power of [degeneration and growth] gradually decreases in the process of strengthening the digital sea.

This time, System learned the lessons from the previous two degenerations and voluntarily withdrew from the sea of ​​numbers, avoiding a possible coma.

After exiting the sea of ​​numbers, System carefully felt his degenerating body.

His flesh and blood slowly wriggled according to a certain law, and the degeneration was proceeding in an orderly manner. Like the previous two times, he still did not need to control it himself.

However, according to this progress, it seems that his degeneration will take a long time to end.

System checked [Self-Information Generation] and found that his talent [Numerical Code] (3/3) was directly increased by two levels to [Numerical Code] (5/5), many of which were related to [Numerical Code] Ability has also been improved.

He acquired a very peculiar ability [Data Compilation] and its derivative ability [Abilities Enhancement], which are the huge planet and its satellites in the digital sea.

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[Data Compilation] (3/5): A special talent obtained from [Numerical Code] and [Degenerate Growth]. Possess the ability to compile and process data. System's unique talent.

[Power Enhancement] (3/5): The derived ability obtained from [Data Compilation]. The ability to reinforce one's own or other target's abilities. System's unique ability.

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Regarding the talent [Data Compilation], System did not feel very deep, and he felt that he could only use some of the skins of this peculiar ability.

But even this fur is very strange.

Using this peculiar ability, System slightly modified the interface of [Self-Information Generation] to create a brand new interface.

He can easily add some small functions to it, such as recording time, measuring length, direction, calculator, video recording, and taking pictures.

System wasn't a programmer in his previous life, and he didn't seem to have been exposed to the work of compiling programs, but at this time he easily tinkered with a plausible menu interface.

At the moment when the menu interface was formed, System acquired a brand new ability.

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[Information menu] (2/5): The derivative ability created by System using [Data Compilation]. Unique ability to measure time, direction, calculate, take pictures, etc. System's unique ability.

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The interface of the [Information Menu] was designed by System himself, and some were similar to the computer desktops of the previous life, and some were similar to smartphones.

System fiddled with this [Information Menu] at will, and he found that this [Information Menu] could also be integrated with some other abilities.

He easily integrated the three derivative abilities of [Self-Information Generation], [Information Entry], and [Information Reading] into the [Information Menu].

In the moment after the integration, these four abilities merged into one, forming a brand new ability.

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[Tools Menu] (5/12): Special abilities created by System integrating [Information Menu]. Has many unique abilities to view self-information, information records, read analysis, and more. System's unique ability.

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System was fiddling with the newly-appeared [Tools Menu], and he was a little curious as to what form this [Tools Menu] would appear in if he went to the Digital Sea of ​​[Numerical Code] again at this time.

Is it a planet? satellite? Or... a comet?

Continuing to manipulate the [Tools Menu], System tried to integrate the derived ability [Ability Enhancement] of [Data Compilation] into it.

But after trying System a few times, he found that it couldn't be integrated at all.

Although [Power Enhancement] is a derivative ability of [Data Compilation], this ability is obviously a deeper level of power, which System cannot understand and cannot integrate.

But although he couldn't understand it, System could use this ability freely.

The ability of [Ability Enhancement] is very special, making System feel like playing an RPG game.

Through this ability, he can manipulate the experience bar in his body and distribute it at will.

In fact, it can’t be called an experience bar. After mastering the [Ability Enhancement Technique], System found that this kind of experience bar that can improve the level is actually more like a potential stored in his body.

Using the [Power Enhancement Technique], System can use this potential to strengthen his various abilities.

Instead of the past, in the process of upgrading, it will strengthen itself according to the body's instinct and the function of [Insect Adaptability].

Just like after the game character is upgraded, attribute points and skill points that can be freely assigned are generated, but there is only one thing he assigns, and that is the experience bar.

Not only that, System found that he was even able to use this ability to strengthen other targets...

Chapter 40 The Third Degeneration (Part 2)

It's just a pity, because in the process of degeneration, the perception of the outside world is lost.

The Sith couldn't use [Power Enhancement] to test other targets, otherwise System wouldn't mind using this ability to try to strengthen the soldier ant Shava.

I don't know if Shava will have the ability to [regenerate severed limbs].

If Shava has [Severed Limb Regeneration] like a grasshopper, and can be strengthened by his [Power Enhancement], the disabled Shava will grow new legs more quickly.

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System's degeneration took much longer than he imagined, and after a few random thoughts, he continued to tinker with his newly invented ability [tool menu].

This ability generated by [Data Compilation], the more System uses it, the more functions he feels he can discover.

He can add various functions similar to the game in the [Tools menu].

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Ding! Your level increases.

Ding! Your [Tools Menu] ability level increases.

Ding! You gain 58 units of experience.

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He can add voice reminders to his body just like a virtual game.

When he levels up, his skill level increases, or he gains experience by eating, it will automatically make a sound to remind him.

This kind of voice prompt can also be replaced by a text message, which appears in his sight, and he can also add a time module and a direction module in his sight to display the time and direction.

This simple function can be activated continuously, and it will only consume a tiny amount of his mental power. System feels that he can never close it and keep it open, and it will basically not affect his spirit.

System found that he was increasingly transforming himself into an online game.

As long as you add the health bar, the amount of blue, and the small map near the corner, it is basically the same as the ordinary online game.

If System had the current [Tools Menu] when he woke up, there was a 90% chance that he would think he was reborn into a game world.

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System continued to control the [Tools Menu].

After the [Tools menu] was integrated, it was divided into several functional modules and renamed by System.

They are: my information, database, read analysis, and practical gadgets.

My information corresponds to [Self-Information Generation Technique], the database is the same as the [Information Entry] function between the two, reading analysis is the ability like [Information Reading], and practical gadgets are some created by System Miscellaneous little abilities.

System found that the ability to read and analyze the contours of surrounding objects could be modified to become more practical.

After System had a simple idea, he took action immediately. He experimented with the images stored in the database, and began to transform the ability to read and analyze.

System's ability to analyze things couldn't be strengthened, but the function of making the outlines of surrounding things glow faintly was quickly upgraded and optimized by System.

According to the different types of objects he observes, System distinguishes the colors of the shimmers generated by the reading analysis. The things that are not dangerous are set as green shimmers, and the things that are not dangerous are set as green shimmers. Yellow, and things that are dangerous or unseen are set as red shimmers by him.

In this way, after activating the [Reading Analysis] function, the dangers and things in the external environment will be more clear in his eyes.

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System was constantly studying the various uses of [Tools Menu], and he even forgot that his body was degenerating.

And in the process of System researching the [Tools Menu].

System suddenly heard a buzzing roar, this sound was like a mosquito flying back and forth beside your ear while sleeping, making you restless.

While System was searching for the source of the sound, he suddenly found himself in a strange place.

The surrounding area was white, as if nothing was there.

Not even himself, he felt as if he had become a cloud of air, or a speck of dust that the naked eye couldn't see.

System found that he seemed to have heard a voice, which was actually more like the spiritual message of his [Teleportation] than a voice, but it was completely different from [Teleportation].

It seemed that this voice was acting directly on his soul.

Is this the voice of the world that appeared in the third degeneration in the inheritance of [Degeneration and Growth]?

But I don't understand it at all?

Suddenly, System felt an inexplicable power coming from the void, and this power merged into his soul.

System felt that his vision gradually darkened, and then he fell into a deep sleep...

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As he stretched his body, System's body made a crackling sound.

After System woke up, his third metamorphosis had been successfully completed.

After the third molting, System's body grew to about 25 centimeters, possessing slender antennae like a grasshopper queen, and an unknown complex pattern appeared on his green outer skin.

I don't know what kind of plant this pattern is from. It's very strange. It's very similar to the pattern on the queen's body, but it's completely different.

System moved his body to clean up the dross remaining on the epidermis.

System suddenly discovered that his two front legs had undergone a special change. Near the barbs of the first two legs, there were a very conspicuous circular gap, and there seemed to be some brown spots in the gap. things vibrate from time to time.

System exerted a little force, and a few dark brown granulation sprouts suddenly sprang up near the circular gap. These granulation sprouts continued to grow and stretch like tentacles until they reached their limit at about 10 centimeters.

Three tentacles like this emerged from each circular gap. The tentacles were about two millimeters in thickness. They were very flexible and could be freely controlled by System, just like a human being manipulating fingers.

System easily grabbed a nearby ant larva with this tentacle, then tore off a nearby shimmer mushroom with the tentacle and put it into the ant larva's mouth.

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After being reborn as a grasshopper, System missed the flexible fingers of humans.

It is only after the loss of the fingers that the benefits of the fingers can be realized.

There are many things that he can easily accomplish as long as he has fingers, but it is difficult to do with the legs of a grasshopper.

Perhaps it was because of his obsession with fingers that System evolved such specious fingers during his third molting.

However, although these tentacles were as useful as fingers, they were ugly. System felt that such tentacles couldn’t be more awkward when they appeared on a grasshopper.

System randomly controlled the small tentacles on his feet, and suddenly, he seemed to sense something——

System shook his body and moved half a centimeter to the left in the cave. A second later, a fragment of soil fell from above and fell close to System's head.

System suddenly remembered the voice of that mysterious world, the power that the voice of the world gave him, and some information that suddenly appeared in his mind...