Chapter 36: King and Knight (Part 1)

　　 After feeling the abnormality in the blood, Sisterm started to eat frantically to prevent the excessive consumption that might occur when he degenerated.
　　 told Dasha who might betray him not to disturb him, and then prepare enough food near the ant larvae in the temporary nest.
　　Sistem continued to act, secreting enough [corrosive slime] near the entrance of the temporary lair to prevent ants from attacking him during his weakest degeneration.
　　 When everything was done, Systrom performed his third degeneration in an empty room in the temporary lair.
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　　Sisterm thought that this third transformation would be as smooth as the previous two transformations, but things did not develop as he imagined.
　　 Like the previous two decays, he gradually absorbs the essence of the exoskeleton according to the rhythm of the body's blood, leaving the outermost layer of dross.
　　According to the past two degeneration experiences, at this time his degeneration only needs to be handed over to the instinct of his own body, and his worm body will naturally complete the degeneration according to the instinct inherited by blood.
　　 But this time is different.
　　 The blood inside his body was still rolling, urging him to degenerate, but his body instinct showed no signs of action at all, and it seemed that he had no intention of degenerating.
　　 It's like the body is itchy, but it just can't be scratched. It's uncomfortable.
　　 The information in [Self-information Generation] is the same, and the past [degenerate growth mode] has not been able to appear.
　　The outer shell of the body surface has all softened. It is impossible for Sisterm to stop this degeneration, but Sisterm doesn't know how to continue the degeneration.
　　 There seems to be something missing in his degeneration.
　　 Sisterm recalled the image the Queen gave him when she died. In the image, the queen's third degeneration was very blurry. In the image, the Queen seemed to be in a semi-conscious state, far less sober than him.
　　 From now on, he should have seen the third metamorphosis too simple.
　　 He has been only pursuing the third degeneration, and wants to extend the life of the grasshopper by the third degeneration.
　　 But it ignores that an ordinary grasshopper will become an adult as long as it decays twice, and it is naturally extremely rare for an adult grasshopper to complete the third decay.
　　Because of its scarcity, it is very possible that there is no inherited instinct to complete the third transformation in the grasshopper bloodline.
　　In other words, he has no reference experience at all in the third degeneration, and every grasshopper's third degeneration cannot be copied.
　　Sisterm didn't know whether his guess was correct.
　　 tried to control the peristalsis of the flesh and blood on his body, but Systrom found that he couldn't do it at all, he couldn't even control the slight trembling of the tentacles on the feet and head.
　　 The blood in the body is still tumbling, and the tumbling blood becomes stronger with the passage of time, becoming like slightly boiling water.
　　Sistem felt that the blood vessels in his body seemed to be slightly swollen, and his blood seemed to gush out some bubbles like boiling water.
　　 "Isn't it just exploded like this? It would be too funny if you blew yourself up like this..."
　　 Sisterm thought to himself while having fun.
　　 After half an hour, the boiling and tumbling blood of Sistem Tem has already swollen blood vessels in his body to an incredible degree...
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　　Sistem did not explode and died after all. The blood vessels in his body were swollen and cracked, which sprayed out white gas like a pressure cooker, and part of the white blood also splashed out.
　　 Perhaps it was the movement of this gas ejected, or the blood vapor he ejected produced a very strong fishy smell. It didn't take long for a few ant larvae in the temporary nest to slowly creep over.
　　 Ant larvae are similar in shape to pupalized butterfly larvae, like reptiles, their bodies are milky white.
　　 But compared to butterfly larvae, they have a head and even the sucker-like legs of a butterfly larva.
　　 In addition to being able to twist their bodies, most of their actions rely on the assistance of worker ants.
　　 I have to say that it is a miracle that these ant larvae can crawl to the front of Sisterm.
　　Sistem used [Spirit Connection] on these ant larvae, and he quickly felt that these ant larvae sent him worried emotions.
　　Sisterm used [Psychic Transmission] to soothe the emotions of these three ant larvae...
　　 It didn't take long for the three ant larvae to twist their bodies and gradually leaned against Sisterm. It seemed that staying next to Sisterm made them feel more at ease.
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　　 Three hours later, the blood in Systrom's body was still boiling and rolling.
　　 The food he swallowed frantically in his abdomen before has been digested and absorbed by his body very quickly due to the loss of blood in his body, and some hunger sensations began to spread in his abdomen.
　　Sistem didn't know how long he could hold on like this. If the transformation was delayed, he would run out of energy and die sooner or later.
　　 There is still no obvious progress in his third degeneration. He feels like he can degenerate, but what's missing is something he can't figure out.
　　 In the past few hours, eleven ant larvae have gathered around him. These ant larvae are close to him, and affectively rubbing against his soft body from time to time.
　　Sisterm also doesn’t know whether this transformation will succeed. If the transformation fails, he will die like this...
　　Perhaps, before he died, he would be like the queen, telling these ant larvae, let them eat their own bodies...
　　 At the same time that Systrom was born with this idea, he felt an unusual vibration, which came from above the passage of the temporary lair.
　　 Something seems to be digging this underground passage, and the movement is not small.
　　Sistem felt the bodies of several ant larvae next to him tremble slightly, and they obviously felt strange visitors breaking into the underground passage.
　　 It didn't take long for Systrom to hear the "jiji" cry.
　　The visitor who broke into the ground was obviously a mouse, and it should have been caused by the odor of his blood tumbling and spewing out gas...
　　 Although the [fishy slime] he placed at the entrance of the hole blocked the ants, it failed to block the mice.
　　 The movement of the mouse digging gradually approached...
　　Sisterm felt that he was inevitable, UU reading www. uukanshu. Unless his third metamorphosis can be completed within ten minutes, he may be able to escape after the metamorphosis.
　　 But the transformation was completed within ten minutes, even if his first and second transformations were not so fast, let alone his third transformation has not even begun.
　　 "Is it going to die like this? Even these ant larvae will die..."
　　 Because of the decay, Systrom's body was completely unable to move, even the mucus in the glands in his throat could not be released.
　　 The only thing he can use at this time is his mental power of [Teleportation], but this power level is too low and can only have an effect on insects and plants, and will not have any use on mice.
　　 He didn't have any means to fight back, so he could only wait to die silently.
　　 A few minutes later, under the faint light of the fluorescent mushroom, Systrom saw the mouse's pale green eyes.
　　 is a fifteen-minute mouse, dark gray in color.
　　 More than a dozen ant larvae squirmed their clumsy bodies and blocked the front of Sisterm. They did not allow mice to harm their "queen".
　　 The mouse scratched the dirt in the cave with its paws a few times, and then rubbed its own cheeks with its paws. It seemed that Systrom was already a turtle in the urn and began to act unhurriedly.
　　Sisterm remembered the scene many days ago. At that time, he seemed to block the cricket in the tree hole just like this mouse blocked him.
　　 Cricket does not have the courage to fight him to the death, and he does not have the ability to fight a mouse...
　　 And just now.
　　 The mouse uttered a scream. It seemed to feel the pain. It sprang up and rolled twice in the cave.
　　Sistem saw a figure, it's a silly soldier!