Chapter 19: Meet the old druid again

　　 Watching the corpse of the scorpion and the team of ants in the cracks of the gravel, Sisterm thought briefly...
　　 As it gets dark, the ant colony’s range of activities will begin to shrink, leaving only a few worker ants patrolling near the nest.
　　 But when a large amount of food is found, the ant colony will also send a large number of worker ants to carry the food in the dark.
　　An ant is such a creature. It has been storing food from the summer to prepare for the cold winter and food shortage.
　　Sisterm remembered a little story from his previous life.
　　 talks about the grasshopper musicians laughing at the ants who do hard work all day for not enjoying life. As a result, the lazy grasshopper is judged by the severe cold in winter.
The story of 　　 sets off the ant’s diligence with the laziness of the grasshopper.
　　 The fact is also true, ants are indeed a hardworking life.
　　 "But even if there is no winter cold, the grasshopper can't live that long..."
　　 Sisterm thinking of the story thought of himself, he looked at the life span on [Self-Information Generation], 62 days.
　　 After this dark night, his life span will become 61 days.
　　 Anyone who knows the countdown of his few lives will feel unhappy.
　　 But Systrom was also glad that he had such a countdown, and he would not die suddenly at the end of autumn.
　　 Without thinking about it, Systrom found a dead grass branch and jumped to the ant team.
　　 After a whole day of fighting and learning, Systrom is already very familiar with the dark brown worker ants.
　　 If you can successfully cope with the inherent fighting instincts of ants, then these ants are fools who can be manipulated at will.
Usually after encountering an enemy, these ants will bite their opponents and secrete a pungent odor of acid (pheromone), and other ants that smell this odor will rush forward and continue to secrete this acid, attracting More ants until the opponent dies or escapes.
　　 The method used by Sistrom to distract the dozen or so ants is also based on this principle. Grab the ants and stain the grass stick with the ants' acid, and use the straw stick to distract the dozen ants.
　　……
　　 From catching an unlucky worker ant, forcing the worker ants to secrete acid on the grass stick, and then attracting most of the ants near the scorpion.
　　Sistem's actions went very smoothly.
　　 Step by step, he led these ants to a puddle two meters away, and finally inserted a straw stick containing acid into the muddy water.
　　Because the ants hate to touch the stagnant water, these dozen ants kept drawing circles around the stagnant pit, wondering if they would forcibly wade through the water to attack the grass stick in the mud.
　　Sistem did not observe these stupid ants anymore, and returned directly to the corpse of the scorpion two meters away.
　　 Stopped the ant team from calling the ant nest companions around the scorpion corpse, Sisterm began to use [corrosive slime] to test the two ants remaining near the scorpion corpse.
　　 Although it is a good idea to use [corrosive slime] to paint the ground as a prison, it is also a prerequisite for [corrosive slime] to have an effect.
　　 More than ten minutes later, Systrom's test result was very successful. [Corrosive slime] has a significant repelling effect on ants.
If there are no special circumstances, these ants will take the initiative to avoid [corrosive slime] at a distance of three to five centimeters; and if Systrom provokes ants, they will rush even if [corrosive slime] is close at hand. Come up.
　　 Kicked the two ants flying one after another with powerful hind limbs, and Systrom began to use his [corrosive slime] to paint the ground as a prison.
　　Sistem's drawing of a dungeon is not directly using slime to draw lines. After all, the amount of slime he can is really limited. He secretes more near the fixed line where the ants move, and only sporadic drops in other locations.
　　 If unfortunately the ants break into the restricted area, then he can only manually expel the ants.
　　……
　　 There were too few creatures that were active at night after the rainstorm, and the common rodents and praying mantises in the early rebirth period did not even touch half of them after the rainstorm.
　　 Except for flying a few mosquitoes sporadically, Systrom's eating was not disturbed more.
　　The only flaw is that as time goes by, Systrom is a little tired because he has no rest.
　　 The scorpion carapace is less tough than the butterfly chrysalis, but it is harder, and Systrom can't bite it with his claws.
　　 But his armor-breaking weapon [Corrosive Slime] still has a significant effect.
　　 Corroded and softened the scorpion's carapace, and it didn't take long for Systrom to eat the meat under the scorpion's carapace.
　　 The rich milky aroma is mixed with the taste of cherries or strawberries, which is similar to the texture of pudding after solidification. This kind of meat is very strange, and Systrom can't describe it.
　　 It may not be the most delicious, but it suits Systrom's taste best.
　　 This is because the meat of the scorpion has been soaked in rain for a few days, and it is not very fresh, otherwise the deliciousness of this food would be even better.
　　The experience provided by the same weight of scorpion meat is about 1.5 times that of chrysalis, which is in full compliance with the rules of the deliciousness and experience of Westem’s food. It is a highly experienced food.
　　 However, the effect of this scorpion meat on [degeneration and growth] is not great, and it is not half of the same weight of ants. It seems that the degeneration of scorpions is far less significant than that of insects.
　　 After eating for one night, the effect of this food on [degeneration and growth] was reduced by more than half.
　　 He can only give up this kind of food that suits his appetite.
　　 early in the morning.
　　 Dragging his slightly bulging abdomen, Sisterm, who had eaten all night, returned to the tree hole not far from the ant nest, where he wanted to rest.
　　Although there are ants passing by from time to time in this tree hole, after experimenting with painting the ground as a prison, Systrom has an invisible wall, that is his [corrosive slime].
　　 This liquid is secreted around the tree hole, and the ants will take the initiative to bypass it when they smell it.
　　 However, [corrosive slime] is very volatile, and the smell will disappear after a few hours, but a few hours is enough for Systrom, a few hours are enough for him to rest and regain his spirit.
　　Sistem went into a dormant state quietly in the tree hole, and at the same time, half asleep and half awake, was thinking about the next plan.
　　 Yesterday's foraging was considered a success, although it was not as fast as having been eating insect pupae.
　　 But if at this rate, he can reach level 9 in three days, and reach level 10 in ten days, his [Degeneration and Growth] will also become full level at that time.
　　……
　　 Near noon, the effect of [corrosive slime] near the tree hole was weakened a lot. Two ants had already bypassed the tree hole of Sisterm. Fortunately, the two ants did not bother him.
　　 At this time, Sisterm's body basically rested, and he decided to wait a while before starting a new round of outing for food. UU reading www.uukanshu.com
　　At this moment, Sisterm heard the continuous sound of birds singing more than ten meters away.
　　 After the torrential rain, Systrom hadn't heard the bird's call for a long time. From the bird's voice, Systrom heard some misery and sadness.
　　 The antennae of insects are very sensitive to the sound position, and Systrom soon discovered that the bird was not in the sky, but on the ground.
　　 "Is it injured and landed?"
　　Sistem speculated that the bird might have been injured by some kind of hunter in the forest. He had no idea to join in the fun, and he still rested in the tree hole.
　　 But a few minutes later, the bird was still screaming, apparently no hunter had given it a fatal blow.
　　Sistem drilled out of the tree hole, and finally decided to watch this hapless bird.
　　 Across the weeds in the woods, Systrom saw a bird about twenty centimeters in length, covered in red-brown and white feathers, struggling on the ground.
　　 looks similar to a pheasant, but is slightly smaller than a pheasant.
　　Sistem saw some blood on the ground. The bird didn't know what damage it had suffered, and could only flutter in place.
　　 It didn't take long, perhaps because of the stench of blood, that the ant search team appeared. I believe that the ant army will be killed soon.
　　Sistem was watching and waiting quietly, and decided to take the opportunity to rob some pheasant to try.
　　 However, the scene of the ant army besieging the disabled pheasant that Sisterm was looking forward to finally did not appear, and the inaudible footsteps gradually came from the dense forest.
　　The bird struggling on the ground was finally dragged up by a hand. The owner of that hand was the old druid that Sisterm was looking for...