Chapter 22: The Queen (Part II)
Eventually, Systham rejected the grasshopper queen on the grounds of longevity.
Although the Queen was still unable to understand Systham's thoughts in the end, she had apparently accepted Systham's point of view.
Throughout the afternoon, Systham spent the afternoon communicating with the female grasshopper, asking her about her experiences and telling her about her awakening.
When it was getting dark, the huge female grasshopper like the queen flew away.
She is very firm in her desire to explore the vast world.
In the course of an afternoon, through communication with the grasshopper queen, Systm received a lot of information, including the key information of the third metamorphosis.
Although there were many words that Grasshopper Queen couldn't utter, and communication between them was laborious, Systham learned that Grasshopper Queen had indeed gained an increase in her lifespan after her third metamorphosis.
The queen said that when the leaves of the tree wither and then grow again, and so on three times, she will die, which means that the queen has three years to live.
However, as to how she managed to complete three transformations in just one summer, the grasshopper queen herself is not very clear.
She rarely eats meat like Systm does, and basically only eats plants.
Systham speculated that the grasshopper queen must have eaten some special plant, just like that special lizard meat, which caused the grasshopper queen's body to grow and change dramatically.
Unfortunately, the area where the grasshopper queen grew up was far away from here, and it was said that it would take a month to fly here, and Sistemm had to give up.
After all, it takes too long, and it is undoubtedly very dangerous to fly continuously in the sky, so it is not as safe as him snatching the ant's food.
Shortly before the sun was about to set and the grasshopper queen left, Systham asked the question he was concerned about.
The grasshopper queen knew that she had a lifespan of three years, and she also knew that the lifespan of the Grasshopper was very short, so why did she choose to travel with the Grasshopper for two months and then choose to mate?
It is important to know that even after the third metamorphosis, the grasshopper will die quickly after laying eggs.
To this, the grasshopper queen gave a simple and direct answer: "Like, wisdom, you." ”
The grasshopper queen's confession was very direct, and Sistemm was a little caught off guard, and being said by a big grasshopper made him feel very awkward from the human soul.
But his blood kept trembling, and his body seemed to secrete some special hormone, which made him feel joy and excitement.
Fortunately, Sistum's sanity eventually suppressed his body's instincts, and he still wanted to live longer on his own than breeding offspring.
The Grasshopper Queen was the last to leave after dark, and sent a final message to Sistemm before leaving.
"I'll come back and look for you."
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"Will you come back to me?"
Sistemm looked at the direction in which the grasshopper queen flew away, and subconsciously used the spiritual message, but found that because of the grasshopper queen's departure, the spiritual channel had been closed.
Despite the awkward instinct of insects wanting to mate, meeting the grasshopper queen was a joy for Sisttham.
At least there is one of his kind in this world who can communicate with him, so that he will not be so lonely.
And through the grasshopper queen, he also learned that the third metamorphosis can indeed increase his lifespan, maybe three years is still a short time, but it is more than ten times more than two months.
Shaking his dizzy head, he hadn't rested for a day and a night, and Sistem's spirit had become very tired, and he needed to rest his head for a while.
After a few jumps, Systm secreted some [Corrosive Slime] near the tree hollow, and he returned to the lair to rest.
As usual, Systm went into a state of sleep to summarize his daily life and think about his next plans.
The news that the third metamorphosis can prolong his life undoubtedly gave Systm a shot in the arm, and Heatham still believed in his own kind and himself more than relying on the old druid.
As time goes on, the muddy forests dry up after heavy rains, and the ants are looking for less meat and more grass seeds.
Although it will not be a problem for the next three or two days, after a few days, the efficiency of snatching ants to obtain meat will decrease a lot.
Heatham knew he had to prepare early and find more food sources, more different kinds of insects.
As long as he survived these ten days, his [Transformation Growth] would be easy to raise to full level.
Once given a third chance to metamorphose, he can no longer have the restriction of a variety of foods, or return to the tree covered with pupae and quickly increase his level.
The forest is gradually coming back to life after the rainstorm, not only is there an increase in mosquitoes, but Heatham has been encountering a few other insects lately, and the crickets are chirping more at night.
However, hunting these newly emerged insects will not help Sistemm much, after all, the efficiency is too poor, and there are only a few kinds of prey that are easy to prey, and if you eat too much, you will lose the effect of improving [Metamorphosis and Growth].
If he wanted to get more variety of food, he could only continue to explore farther afield.
Only by exploring farther will we get more opportunities.
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The next day, Systm patrolled the ants near the nest as usual, and then snatched the food from the worker ants.
After trying to provoke a twenty-centimeter toad by throwing a stone from a height, Systm began to explore farther away.
The landscape of the forest is similar in all directions, with all kinds of trees, vines, weeds, and fallen leaves and rotten branches soaked in rainwater.
Because of the humid environment, there are many more mushrooms in the forest, and there are a few of them almost every one meter.
Sistemm himself did not dare to try these foods that could contain highly poisonous food, but there were ants who carried mushrooms back to the anthill before him, and Sistemm had tried to eat this food several times in the past few days.
Through the analysis of the derivative abilities [Information Entry] and [Information Reading], Systm has analyzed seven types of mushrooms that can be eaten by him from the fragments carried by the ants.
Most of these mushrooms taste much better than the leaves of the plant, but a little worse than meat.
It has a faint yogurt flavor and is a good food if you don't have meat.
Jumping off a giant white mushroom and continuing his exploration, Systham discovers a strange plant in the forest.
This plant has a special plant organ like a water bottle, which is reddish-brown in color, and there is a leaf on the top of the water bottle that appears to be a lid.
If Sistm's memories of his previous life are good, then this plant should be similar to the pitcher plant in the rainforest in his previous life.
The bottle has a smooth mouth, a special digestive juice inside, and a cap on the bottle that secretes a scent that attracts insects and also blocks rain.
It is a typical semi-carnivorous plant.
Because of the heavy rain a few days ago, the pitcher plant bottle has been filled with water, and it is estimated that it is basically impossible to catch any unlucky bugs.
The Sith tried to bite the bottle with his chelica and found it to be unusually strong, and his [Corrosive Slime] had no effect on the bottle, presumably because the plant that secretes digestive juices is resistant to corrosive liquids.
Systham tried to take a sip of the stagnant water in the pitcher plant, and found that it had a beneficial effect on his [corrosive mucus], but the digestive juices of the pitcher plant had been diluted by the rain, and the effect on him was very limited.
And just as Sistemm was about to leave, his tentacles suddenly felt a strange aura......