Laws of the Insect Hive

To strengthen the [cold resistance] of ordinary ants, System does not consume a lot of experience points. It seems that the ant pupae are highly compatible with this ability.

With only about 5% of his experience points, System used the [Power Enhancement Technique] to greatly strengthen the [Cold Resistance] of the two chrysalis.

Unlike the body that System possesses due to the talent [Numerical Code], ordinary ants are limited by the [Power Enhancement Technique], and cannot be improved too much at one time.

After each ability has been enhanced to a certain extent, they all need to rest for a period of time before they can continue to receive System [Ability Enhancement].

Otherwise, it will only promote the growth of the seedlings, which will cause problems in the ability of the ants to be promoted.

System speculates that the [cold resistance] of these two pupae will reach their limit if they are strengthened again after two days of rest.

I just don't know what the effect is, but for now, the [cold resistance] effect of the two pupae is much better. At least in this temporary nest, the two pupae no longer feel cold.

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After strengthening the two pupae, System continued to strengthen the female ant pupae additionally.

Although there are no male ants to match, this female ant is still the object of System's special care, the queen of the ant's nest in the future.

After spending about 10% of his experience, System also strengthened the female ant pupae's [pupation] talent. The growth cycle of ants is not long. Only the female ants will break out of the chrysalis and lose the effect of strengthening the talent [pupation].

By strengthening the [pupation] ability, although the female ant pupae did not have the earth-shaking changes like Shava, the brown skin of the worm pupae became significantly smoother.

And as System kept busy with the two ant pupae, the frost and cold fluctuations that had come from the outside world from time to time gradually subsided.

But at this time, System had already left that strange frost fluctuation behind him.

System wrapped the female ant chrysalis with the tentacles for a while, then wrapped Shava with the tentacles for a while, and finally wrapped the tentacles around his body slowly.

System found that he probed himself with the power of [sensation] attached to his tentacles, which also caused him to have a desire to mate, and his body produced a strange feeling of comfort.

But System himself touched himself with his tentacles not to experience his magical tentacles, but to find out the talent [Metamorphosis Growth] in his bloodline.

[molting growth] and [pupation] are the fundamental powers in the blood of insects. If there is no such peculiar power, then insects are no longer insects.

There are various types of insects, and although their appearances are quite different, there is no fundamental difference in the blood vessels flowing in their bodies, which System had discovered a long time ago.

And in the process that System uses [Power Enhancement] to strengthen the talent [Pupation] for Shava and the female ants one after another, System has a deeper understanding of [Pupation], and at the same time, he also discovered [Pupation]. Growth] is more related to [pupation].

System suddenly had an idea, and once he thought about it, he couldn't wait to act.

Since the effects of [Melting Growth] and [Pupation] are similar, and [Pupation] is obviously stronger than [Melting Growth].

Then can he activate the talent of [Pupation]?

With this idea, System's blood trembled slightly, his [intuition] gave him a feasible hunch, and if he could successfully perform [pupa], his body would definitely gain Unexpected growth.

It seems that [pupation] is better than [molting growth].

System ignored the refreshing feeling that the tentacles had on the body, and concentrated on analyzing the [degeneration] in his bloodline and comparing it with the [pupa] in several worm pupae.

System found that it was basically impossible to directly activate the [Pupation] talent in his bloodline. The two talents, [Pupation] and [Multure Growth] had a natural conflict and could not exist in the same insect's body at the same time.

But he can use another method, which is to completely transform the talent of [Melting Growth] into [Pupation]

talent.

In theory, he can completely transform these two abilities by using [Insect Ability Activation Technique] and [Ability Enhancement Technique].

However, he doesn't have much experience bar left in his body now, and he can't stand the consumption of transforming from [Metamorphosis Growth] to [Pupation].

And System didn't know what the chances of his success in doing so were.

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After continuing to wrap his tentacles around his body and feeling it for dozens of minutes, System reluctantly let go of the tentacles wrapped around his body.

Converting [Metamorphosis Growth] to [Pupation] is definitely worth a try, but he still needs to wait for a while to store enough experience points.

And as System put down its tentacles, the Sith found that the smaller worker ant pupae began to tremble unnaturally, and sent out some uneasy emotions to System.

System, who had cultivated many ants, knew that this worker ant would emerge from the chrysalis and become a worker ant in just a few hours.

He used [Teleportation] to soothe the uneasy emotions of the worker ants. When the worker ants' emotions gradually calmed down, System moved out of the passage of the temporary nest.

Since the cold winter can no longer stop his pace of action, he must also find more means of survival in the harsh winter.

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The frigid wind was blowing non-stop on the ground, and when System came to the ground, he found that snow began to fall from the sky again.

Unlike the last snowfall on a clear sky, this time the sky was very gloomy, and it was a very normal snowfall.

System caught two snowflakes with his tentacles and put them in his mouth to taste.

Although it is still a little salty, compared to the previous snow, the salty taste of this natural snowflake is much worse, and it does not have the umami of MSG.

System changed into [Frost Form], and controlled the free frost energy in the air to condense into snowflakes and put it into his mouth.

In contrast, System found that his own condensed snowflakes tasted much better, even better than the accumulated snow.

System suddenly thought of something. He controlled the free frost energy in the air to gradually condense. After a few minutes, the frost energy finally formed a blue ice bead the size of a soybean.

Putting this ice bead in his mouth and chewing, System found that the ice bead tasted very delicious, not too salty, but very fresh, just like tasting shrimp or fish, but the taste was a little crispy, which was very strange. .

Ice orbs of the same weight can provide thousands of times the experience of ordinary snow, which can provide about 2% of System's current experience.

However, this kind of ice bead System can only be condensed in [Frost and Cold Form], and it takes three minutes to condense one, and in the limited [Frost and Cold Form] time, he can only condense three or four.

System condensed an ice bead again, releasing the [Frost Form].

Although this kind of ice bead is rich in experience, it can't actually relieve his hunger, nor can it be used as food for the ant people. At most, it is a means for him to gain experience.

System looked around and kept scanning. In a short period of time, his food sources were abundant, even the leaves and the weeds in the snow were enough to fill his stomach.

But within a month or two at most, the leaves and weeds will dry out and lose their edible value.

And just as System continued to look around, he noticed something special appeared in the surrounding air.

It is an extremely tiny white insect that flies in the air...