Chapter 74: Seek

　　 Could it be that it was killed by fallen dead branches?
　　For weak insects, the forest is full of various dangers. Two months ago, a worker ant was killed by a huge snow-covered branch.
　　 But the other dozen ants were hit at the same time last time. It is obviously unrealistic to kill five ants at the same time in the soft snow.
　　 Something unusual must have happened in this.
　　 Asking Black to tell the ants in the ant nest not to go out, Systrom decided to take Shava to the outside to check the cause of the ant's disappearance.
　　 But when Systrom found Shava, he found that Shava was eating.
　　The so-called one advantage has one disadvantage. Although Shava has become a half-knight figure, she can attack smoothly with two weapons, but she now struggles to eat with her head.
　　 The food that could be done in three or two bites in the past, Shava now has to eat for a long time, which has become the biggest obstacle to her growth.
　　Sometimes watching Shava eating, Systrom even has strange thoughts.
　　 Fortunately, the knight in the knight image given to Shava was not fully armed.
　　 Otherwise, after the second pupation of Shava, a complete knight helmet will appear, and Shava with a complete knight visor will probably starve to death because he cannot eat.
　　……
　　Sisterm felt that Shava's food would take at least an hour or so.
　　 Without disturbing Shava who was eating, Sisterm decided to go outside to search for the traces of the five missing ants.
　　 All the ants in the nest were instructed by him to not leave the area 100 meters near the nest unless they encountered a life and death crisis.
　　 So the location of these missing or dead ants must be nearby. With his powerful eyesight now, as long as he flies into the sky and observes, he can definitely find some clues.
　　 Leaving the lair and flying at an altitude of 100 meters, Sisterm began to scan the vicinity of the lair.
　　Sistem found that the moss in the forest was better than the one that had grown a month ago. It seems that these green moss have basically adapted to the cold climate here.
　　 But compared to moss, the size of those mushrooms shaped like snow has been reduced.
　　 From only a few sporadic, to rapid breeding and spreading to the top, and now the scale is gradually decreasing.
　　Sistem estimated that these mushrooms can adapt to a certain degree of severe cold, but the cold has grown to the current level of minus 40 degrees, this mushroom is not very adaptable to this severe cold.
　　……
　　 Sweeping constantly over the forest, it didn't take long for Sisterm to find strange traces in the snow about 30 meters from his lair.
　　Sistem found a large crater about half a meter in the snow, like a hole created by a meteorite hitting the ground.
　　Sisterm flew over, and he found some reddish-brown snow in the pit. Even if it was frozen, the blood-stained snow exuded a strange smell.
　　 Sisterm grabbed the snow block with his tentacles. Although this unique smell did not have a burning sensation, the smell also made Sith uneasy.
　　 Sisterm had a feeling that his five ant people were killed by the owner of this blood, and his [intuition] also brought him a sense of danger.
　　 "This is the blood of the abyss monster?"
　　Sistem changed into [Frost Cold Form] and asked the circle that appeared above his head.
"do not know."
　　Nelise, the fairy of ice, did not give Sisterm any useful help. Sisterm removed the [Frost Form], and then used the [Sense] attached to the tentacles to probe the blood.
"this is……"
　　 Systrom's head showed a look of doubt, and he put the snow on his tentacles into his mouth.
　　 As the snow was gradually devoured and tasted, Sisterm's expression became even more weird.
　　 "Why does insect blood turn red, and what is the spicy taste?"
　　 Sisterm whispered secretly, the combination of spicy and unique sweetness turned out to be unexpectedly delicious, making Sisterm's mouth endless aftertaste.
　　 It was obviously an insect or a life containing insect blood that caused the snow pit to appear here. Sistem could clearly feel that the insect blood of this life had a higher level than him.
　　 has reached at least the fourth degeneration or the third pupation.
　　 But because there is so little blood left here, Sisterm can't detect any more information.
　　Sistem used his tentacles to flip this snow pit back and forth. Apart from the sporadic blood, the snow pit did not leave too many clues to that life.
　　Sistem can only roughly infer that the weight of this life is at least a few kilograms, otherwise such a pit cannot be smashed.
　　 "Where did it fall from? How did it leave?"
　　 Except for the deep pit, Systrom did not find any other traces outside the deep pit, there were no traces of feet, and there were no special traces around.
　　 is like a meat ball suddenly falling from the sky, then growing wings and flying away.
　　Sistem continued to spread his wings and patrol nearby. It didn't take long for him to discover new clues. He found some butterfly larva blood and tiny pieces of flesh behind a tree.
It didn’t take long for Sisterm to find a messy snowfield at a distance of two meters. Sisterm couldn’t tell from the traces on the snow what was happening here, but he found one in the snow. Light gray ant feet.
　　 These ant people of his undoubtedly died here.
　　 "Is it eaten?"
　　Sistem shook the long tentacles above his head~EbookFREE.me~ He suddenly smelled a strange smell.
　　 Because of the death of the ants, Systrom was somewhat annoyed. If he faced this situation in the past, he would definitely return to the lair to bring Shava out. After all, Shava now belongs to his strongest combat power.
　　 But this time he didn't return to the lair to look for Shava. After feeling the direction of the smell for a while, Sisterm flew into the sky.
　　Although he was angry, for this unknown creature, Sisterm would not directly follow the fishy anger, but decided to fly to a high altitude to observe secretly.
　　 Sisterm fell from a high altitude and then rose from time to time, and he found that the position where the smell appeared was about 150 meters away from his lair.
　　Sisterm found nothing special in the center of the smell.
　　 His [intuition] gave him a sense of danger, but this danger did not cause him to lose his life.
　　 Sisterm thought for a while, and slowly flew down, and when it fell to the ground, Sisterm suddenly discovered something.
　　 The blue light flickered several times in Sistem's eyes. Sistem moved a few meters on the snow, and he stretched out his tentacles and touched the transparent silk thread between the trees.
　　 The silk thread is strong and sticky, and Systrom uses a lot of force from his tentacles to tear it off, but when he spit out [corrosive slime], the thread will be easily dissolved.
　　 "Spider silk? After the severe winter, the spiders in the Lierte Forest have been basically extinct. Is this spider the creature that exudes a strange smell?"
　　 Systrom's tentacles shook slightly, he heard a roar like a bee flying, something was moving at high speed around him...