The healing ability of the derivative skill [Regeneration of Severed Limbs] was effective, and as Syst continued to devour the eggs, the burning sensation of his forelimbs attached to formic acid quickly diminished, and in just ten minutes, his severed forelimbs stopped bleeding and clotted into gray-white blood scabs.

With [Severance Regeneration], Systm wasn't worried that he would become a lame grasshopper in the future, but he was worried that his severed limb would heal too slowly.

If the severed limb does not heal for a long time, the bloody smell of the wound will undoubtedly attract him to countless insect hunters and put him in a dangerous situation.

Seeing his blood crust wound, Systm completely relieved, concentrating on eating the eggs and keeping an eye on the movements around him.

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The dark red ant that had been kicked down by Syst didn't come back, and it was unknown whether he had forgotten his way here, or had carried one of his half-legged limbs back to the anthill.

After consuming nearly twenty eggs in a row, Systham's body gradually grew to 1.2 centimeters, and began to escalate once more.

His body grew from 1.2 centimeters to 1.6 centimeters, and his carapace and chelica became stronger.

However, compared to his body, this time the power in his bloodline is not as obvious as when he is upgraded from level 3 to level 4, only [Insect Adaptability] (8/21) has become [Insect Adaptability] (9/21), and he has obtained a derivative skill: [Acid Resistance] (1/4), which should be related to the formic acid released by his feet and limbs bitten off by ants.

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[Acid Resistance] (1/4): A derivative from [Insect Adaptability]. Passive abilities. It has some resistance to acids.

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As for the talent that Sistemm was most concerned about, [Metamorphosis Growth], there was no change, Sistum only felt that his bloodline had become a little thicker, far less than the previous upgrade.

Because of these upgrades, Heatham has some speculations about the regularity of his physical growth.

His derivative skills are basically obtained from the talent [Insect Adaptability], removing the [Green Camouflage], [Regeneration of Severed Limbs] and [Insect Intuition] that his body already has, and his last two upgrades have successively gained [Dark Vision] and [Acid Resistance].

The former was due to the fact that he had watched the dim scene outside the cracks of dead leaves the night before the upgrade, while the latter was due to the fact that his forelimbs had been corroded by the ant's formic acid before the upgrade.

Obviously, his reliance on [Insect Adaptability] to gain derivative skills has something to do with his experience before leveling up.

As for the improvement of the talent [Metamorphosis Growth] and [Insect Adaptability], although Sistemm is not very sure, it should be related to the food he eats, as long as he eats more nutritious and varied food, these two abilities should be significantly improved.

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After a brief moment of thought, Sistemm continued to devour the delicious eggs due to the intense hunger that had escalated up.

Because of the increase in size after the upgrade, his devouring speed increased again, and in just ten minutes, he swallowed four or five eggs. At this rate, he would have eaten all the eggs before dark.

However, just after devouring the insect eggs, Sistum's hunger disappeared, and the power of [Metamorphosis and Growth] from his bloodline suddenly filled his body.

The trembling blood told him it was time for his first metamorphosis.

Heatham resisted the urge to metamorphose, devouring as many eggs as he could.

Sensations from the bloodlines and messages from [Autogenetic] told him that his body would fall into a brief period of weakness after molting and that he would need to replenish a lot of food, so Systm decided to accumulate as much nutrient reserves as possible before his metamorphosis in order to make his metamorphosis smoother.

Metamorphosis, not as fast as possible.

But it didn't take long for Heatham to finally choose to leave.

The fishy smell of the eggs finally attracted the carnivorous creatures again, two giant black-brown ants, 2.5 centimeters in size.

If it was still the little dark red ant, Heatham might still consider fighting the other party, but in the face of these two huge ants, Heatham didn't think about it and chose to jump away from the back of the leaf.

In the face of weakness, he will not hesitate to bully, and in the face of strong enemies, he will run away without thinking.

Systm is becoming more and more aware of the change in his personality, and although he still has some human reason, his way of thinking is closer to that of a bug.

Gently shaking the worm's head, Systm didn't think much about it, and concentrated on preparing for his first metamorphosis.

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As a kind of insect, grasshoppers belong to the branch of insects that are not completely metamorphosed, and they do not go through the three stages of larvae, pupa and adult like butterflies, ants, flies and dragonflies.

After hatching from the egg, the body of grasshoppers is not much different from that of adults, and their growth needs to be constantly molted, that is, molted.

Some are similar to the molting of snakes, and also similar to the molting of scorpions and spiders, but the molting of insects changes more than snakes, scorpions, and spiders, after all, no snake or scorpion can change the structure of the body and grow wings after molting.

After Sistum woke up, he gradually recalled more things from his previous life, including a lot of knowledge about insects, and it seems that he had some research on insects in his previous life.

In his previous life, Sistemm seems to have bred a lot of cold-blooded animals, including carnivorous insects such as praying mantis and mantis, as well as arthropods such as spiders and scorpions, as well as amphibian frogs and reptile lizards.

In his memory, there was a black-brown birdcatcher spider with a ten-centimeter-sized foot spread and nearly twenty centimeters of limbs, because of his mistake, he fed live crickets during the molting process, and was bitten to death by the crickets.

In this world, the molting of insects is basically the same as in Systm's previous life, and the body is extremely soft and fragile after molting.

So all Syst has to do now is find a safe place to metamorphose.

Instinct from the veins directed Systm to find a shady leaf to molt as quickly as possible.

But while it's convenient, it's not safe enough.

After an hour, Systham finally found a pine-like tree with a large dead leaf stuck in one of its branches.

The space beneath this dead leaf is the site of the metamorphosis that Systm is looking for.

The branches chosen by Syst are more than a meter high from the ground, far from the numerous ant colonies on the ground, and the tree emits a faint pungent odor that makes Heatham feel a little uncomfortable, and has a weak insect repellent effect, making it an ideal place for decay.

Celestial soon burrowed beneath the dead leaves, and after grasping the branches of the plant with his feet, Heatham began his first metamorphosis, guided by the veins in his body.

His entire epidermal exoskeleton gradually softened, and the flesh and blood of his body began to absorb and soften the essence of the exoskeleton, leaving only a thin layer of dross left in the outermost layer.

A larger exoskeleton gradually formed underneath Systm's original exoskeleton, and there was a tingling sensation in his back, as if something was growing from his back.

With the power of his bloodlines filling his body, he naturally acquired a new derivative skill, [Fishy Slime].

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[Smelly Slime] (3/7): The ability of grasshoppers to metamorphose for the first time. Able to secrete a special fishy fluid to get rid of predators.

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A new organ has formed in his mouth that secretes glands that contain foul-smelling mucus, which grasshoppers can escape from many predators.

However, compared to the natural changes in his body due to transformation, Sistm's attention was focused on the blood all over his body, and his blood seemed to be making an inexplicable sound.

- Choose.