Chapter 12: The Second Metamorphosis

Because of the accumulation of rain, Systm did not encounter hyena-like ants again when he fed the dragonfly carcasses, which had been severely damaged by the rain impact.

However, Systm did not think that the ants in the forest would die out as a result, and the rainstorms that lasted for several days may be accidental, but heavy rains lasting a day or two must be common in this forest.

The wide variety of ants in this forest undoubtedly shows that they are not helpless in the face of heavy rain.

The complex and large anthill must have some empty chambers for some of the ants to survive, and as soon as the rain has passed, they will crawl out of the ground again.

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Eating slightly earlier than Systm had expected, and within an hour or two of sunset, Heatham had already eaten the entire dragonfly carcass, then dragged his bulging belly back to his nest of dead leaves on a branch to rest.

After a day's time, the forest had regained some life, and Systm heard the chirping of several cicadas.

As the sky gets darker, the moon and stars become brighter.

He even heard the cricket cry and wondered how the cricket, which only hid under a pile of rubble, survived the heavy rain.

Perhaps because he was reborn as an insect, Systham gradually understood the meaning of the cricket's chirping, not just because of the knowledge left over from his previous life, but because he did understand the cricket's chirping.

The cricket's chirping is filled with the joy of surviving after a rainstorm, and it also expresses a desire to find a mate.

Except for a few insects to grab territory, most of them are to find mates to reproduce.

Sistum hadn't paid much attention to the sound of insects before, and it wasn't until today that he suddenly realized that insects were multiplying after he had eaten and drunk enough, and a question about himself—

He is a male grasshopper who mates after metamorphosis into an adult.

Could it be that after metamorphosing into an adult grasshopper after level 8, he will have to find a female grasshopper to mate?

Find a female grasshopper, show off her strong body, attract the female's attention, and then mate with the female grasshopper......

The human soul made Systm feel very depressed about the mating of grasshoppers.

But what was even more depressing was that when Heatham thought of the picture of grasshopper mating, the blood in his body trembled slightly, and he actually had a slightly excited feeling.

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Sistm's body went into a dormant state as usual, but Sistm's spirit did not go into a half-asleep state as usual that night.

Until the next morning, Heatham's spirit was still a little confused.

Because of the mating between insects, the human soul of Systm and the instinct in the blood of the insect fought for a whole night last night, and finally the human soul had a slight upper hand.

However, Systm wondered if this would continue after his second metamorphosis into an adult.

You must know that with his current grasshopper body, he is at most an adolescent human child.

When he transforms into an adult grasshopper and encounters a female, Systham is pessimistic about whether he can continue to be sane.

It is estimated that it will be difficult for him to control himself by then.

Systm also considered eating less food to delay the time for him to become an adult worm, but he could not escape the fate of becoming an adult grasshopper after all.

Besides, being an adult grasshopper increases his chances of survival, and he must survive as much as possible!

Cistran finally looked at the matter, he still had to turn into an adult as quickly as possible, and as for mating, he decided to go with the flow and not think too much about it.

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Three days passed, and Heatham's luck was not very good, and in the course of three days, apart from eating a dozen sesame seed-sized aphids, Heatham did not find any other meat for him to eat.

At the same time, the next day, Sisstem also encountered a near-death experience, a light green lizard of more than ten centimeters launched a long-range surprise attack on him from a branch a few meters away.

Due to the short observation distance of the insect compound eye, Heatham did not perceive any danger before, and had to jump into the water in a panic to escape with his life.

Fortunately, there were no fish in the water to attack him, and his body was light enough to levitate on the surface of the water, and finally he struggled to paddle back to a tree and escaped.

In the course of three days, the water in the forest depression had subsided considerably, and only the last thirty or forty centimeters were left, and some of the high ground had been exposed.

By eating plants, Systm managed to reach level 8 a day earlier, and his body grew to a size of 5 centimeters.

Although he has not yet metamorphosed into an adult, his body is already 3.5 centimeters larger than that of an adult green-tailed grasshopper.

It could be related to the fact that the food he eats is nutritious, or it could be that his talent [Numerical Code] has optimized his growth efficiency, or that his talent [Metamorphosis Growth] has a high initial level.

After the level was raised to level 8, Sistmutem's talent [Transformation Growth] was increased to level 12, and it was only one level short of being promoted to full level, and Sistm also learned more about the green-tailed grasshopper because of the new bloodline information.

The 3.5-centimeter body shape of the ordinary blue-tailed grasshopper was known by the information in the bloodline, and he also knew that grasshoppers like him who had reached level 10 at birth [metamorphosis growth] were very rare, and they were simply one in ten thousand.

It can be said that even if he doesn't have the talent of [Numerical Code], he can be regarded as a talented grasshopper.

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After a full day of devouring leaves and storing food in his belly, Systm began to return to the lair for his second metamorphosis.

After experiencing the first metamorphosis, Systm became much more proficient in the second metamorphosis, and he quickly softened his exoskeleton according to the instinct in his blood, and then controlled his flesh and blood to absorb the essence of the softened exoskeleton, leaving behind the outermost layer of dross.

In the process of metamorphosis, Sistemm does not need to control himself too much, and all the changes in his body will be naturally completed by the instinct of the grasshopper's body.

Systm could feel the winged buds on his back growing and stretching rapidly, and a softened exoskeleton gradually wrapped around his wings to protect them.

As expected, the agitation from the bloodline came out again, the [Metamorphosis Growth Mode] appeared, and Syst was once again given the opportunity to strengthen one of his body's abilities.

This time, Syst did not hesitate, and chose to strengthen his talent [Numerical Code] again, and his spirit also appeared in that sea of 0 and 1 numbers again.

Systm turned into a white ball of light again, and several digital orbs appeared swirling around him.

[Self-Information Generation]'s sphere is small, and it's fast at a distance.

The sphere of [Data Storage] is very large and very close to him, and there are two smaller digital spheres near [Data Storage], namely [Information Entry] and [Information Reading], these two spheres orbit around [Data Storage], like moons orbiting planets.

With the re-injection of the bloodline power in [Metamorphosis and Growth], the entire digital sea has become even wider.

The digital sea near Systm shook irregularly again, as if it was about to form a 0 and 1 planet again, and the size of this new planet was several times larger than that of [Data Storage].

As long as this planet is successfully converging, Systm will undoubtedly gain new abilities.

However, this time or the new skill is obviously not as smooth as the last time, to be precise, the power injected into the bloodline is not enough, and the huge digital planet has not yet been fully formed because of the lack of strength, and Syst has fallen into a coma again......