Laws of the Insect Hive

System had encountered ants many times when he came to this world, and every time he saw ants, the species were different, black, dark red, dark brown, regardless of color and size.

Apparently these different populations of ants thrived well in this forest.

Several times he encountered the ants and ran away in embarrassment, which made System feel resentful, and he wanted to take revenge on these ants immediately.

But after calming down, the Sith knew it would be difficult.

Even if he grows into a big grasshopper in the future, it will be difficult for him to defeat the ant colony head-on. Besides, there are too many species of ants in the forest, and even if he takes revenge, he will not be able to find a target for revenge.

...

After jumping continuously, System returned to the tree that was clinging to many butterfly pupae.

A few hours later, the unfortunate corpse on the flame path has most likely been searched by creatures such as ant colonies, and System did not waste time continuing to search for such corpses.

For System, the most stable food source was still these worm pupae, which were enough for him to eat for more than ten days.

As long as he finds a way to destroy the pupae, he doesn't have to worry about finding meat for the next ten days, and he can safely carry out the second molting to become an adult grasshopper, and even relying on these pupae to complete the third molting is not a problem. impossible.

System waved his fangs and aimed at the silk thread that fixed the pupae to the bark, and soon one of the pupae fell off the bark.

System obviously didn't expect the fallen pupae to be shattered, he just tested whether he could get them to the ground.

The shell of the chrysalis was even tougher than the strongest head exoskeleton of the katydid corpse, and after System had upgraded, there was still no way to break the chrysalis.

But System didn't think of anything, he thought of a very sinister approach.

Relying on this method, these worm pupae are not much worse than the entire army.

The method System thought of was to bury the fallen pupae with dead branches and leaves.

It's like a seed buried in the soil.

Bury a pupae in the spring and harvest a butterfly or moth in the fall.

System's idea seemed very naive and stupid, and it was also very ridiculous.

But it is very deadly to these butterflies. The butterflies that emerge from the chrysalis will be very fragile in the first few minutes. The consequences of their unstretched wings encountering soil and dead leaves can be imagined.

There is a nearly 90% chance that their wings will become deformed due to the attachment of soil and broken leaves after they emerge from the pupa, thus completely losing the possibility of continuing to survive.

However, this method of masculinity was obviously harmful to others, and it would obviously waste a lot of System's time to bury these pupae. At the same time, waiting for the pupae to hatch also brought the problem back to its original point.

Does he have to wait a few months for these butterflies to break out of their cocoons in a few months?

After several attempts to attack the chrysalis with the thorns found, the sun went down again.

System bounced back to the lair he found when he molted.

As the night approached, System saw another insect hunter—a bat that was flying fast in the dense forest.

The sudden appearance of these bats made System decisively give up his plan to forage at night. Although he has [Dark Vision] and [Information Reading] to assist him, his vision is still much limited compared to the daytime, and his A lot of mental power has been consumed, and [Information Reading] cannot be used for too long.

In the face of the dark night full of danger, it is not a wise choice to go out for food.

...

It has been a few days since he became a grasshopper, and System has become more and more familiar with the control of his body. He can easily put his body into a still dormant state, and his spirit quickly enters a half-sleep and half-awake state. status.

Today’s night was unusually hot, and System, who had gone dormant in the first half of the night, was awakened three or four times because of the hotness.

After every time he woke up, his abdomen accelerated and breathed a few times before System’s body returned to normal.

System's tentacles felt the moist and sultry breath in the air.

"Low pressure and sweltering heat, is the rainstorm coming?"

Just as System had guessed, it didn't take long for sporadic raindrops to fall, and then the speed of the raindrops accelerated, and the sultry weather quickly became colder.

System’s shelter was swept away by the torrential rain, and the dead leaves kept shaking with the impact of the rain. Fortunately, the wind was not strong in the rainy night, and the dead leaves stuck in the gaps of the bark were also very reliable. Sith Tem's lair is not in danger of collapsing.

Feeling the firm withered leaves above his head, System gradually calmed down, and he soon entered a state of dormancy again.

However, as time passed, System's worm head gradually showed a solemn expression.

A faint light penetrated through the gaps between dead leaves and branches, and it was dawn, but the rainstorm showed no sign of stopping...

Although he didn't face the rainstorm, the splashing rain still made System's whole body wet under the dead leaves. In the still violent rainstorm, System heard the sound of running water below.

The violent torrential rain gathered into a flowing water stream. Although he had not seen it with his own eyes, System, who was hiding in the dead leaves, could imagine the scene of the rain gathering outside.

He was very lucky that he didn't hide under a dead leaf on the ground like the first night he woke up. If he did, he would probably be washed away by the rain, and then he would have no choice but to live and die.

In the second day after the rainy night, the torrential rain continued, but there were signs of fading.

However, as the evening approached, the torrential rain became heavier again, as if he was playing a joke on System, who was hiding under the dead leaves.

With the passage of time, except for the sound of the rain washing the branches and leaves of the trees, System could no longer hear the sound of the rain hitting the ground. After removing the sound of the rain hitting the trees, he could only hear the continuous sound of dripping water.

Under the tree where System was standing, it should have turned into a small lake, and the sound of the turbulent water had completely disappeared.

Usually strong rainstorms last for a short time, usually ending in a few hours, but the rainstorm in the forest where System was located continued for three days and showed no signs of abating.

On the third day of the torrential rain, System’s stomach was already extremely hungry, and because of the continuous rain, System felt that his body became very stiff.

System could only be forced to move his body properly, so as not to cause the blood in his body to coagulate due to the low temperature, which would make the body necrotic and disabled.

But moving his body would make System's stomach even more hungry, and in order to relieve his hunger, System had to keep his body still to reduce his physical energy consumption...

The cold brought by the rain and the inability to go out for food undoubtedly put System into an unimaginable vicious circle.

The hunger in his abdomen drove System to use his fangs to gnaw at the bark that had been soaked by the rain, but it was useless, even if the bark was soaked by the rain, his fangs could not handle it.

...

On the fourth day of the rainstorm, System, who was hiding under dead leaves, finally decided to look for food in the rain.

With his body, he might be able to hold on for another day or two, but by then his physical energy would no longer be able to support him to go outside to find food, so he could only passively wait for the rainstorm to end among the dead leaves.

System is not ready to hand over his life to God to decide...