Chapter 8 Levels of Competence
Seeing the distant firelight approaching, Systm immediately jumped to the back of the tree he was on to hide.
Insects are very flexible and responsive.
But he was hiding a little off, still hit by the heat wave emitted by the creature, and half of his tentacles were slightly discolored, apparently burned.
Fortunately, except for the fragile tentacles, the rest of Heatham's body was also hit by a certain heat wave, but it was not significantly damaged.
The creature that galloped past with a glow of fire resembled a boar, and it wasn't long before four or five green-skinned creatures with weapons in their hands appeared behind the boar, some resembling a fantasy world goblin or goblin.
The green-skinned monsters shouted and chased after the boar, and soon disappeared into the forest.
The fiery boar and goblin-like creatures undoubtedly indicate to Sistemm that his world is a magical one depicted in a previous life novel or game.
"Magic World......
Heatham sighed a little and didn't think much about it, for a grasshopper, no matter what kind of world it is in, there is no obvious difference.
And compared to these powerful creatures that can wield mystical powers, Systm is more afraid of ordinary birds or lizards that can eat it at any time.
Gently rubbed the tentacles on the top of his head that were somewhat discolored, this tentacle that was hit by the heat wave had suffered a lot of damage, although it could still rotate, but it had almost lost its original effect, and it was estimated that it would take a while for his body to repair.
With only one tentacle left, Sistum's balance was a bit worse, and it was difficult to keep it steady when jumping, and if it weren't for the hook spines on his feet that were strong enough, he would probably fall to the ground during the jump.
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The ground in the dense forest is very wet, so the wild boars that released the flames did not cause forest fires.
A few of the burning flames quickly extinguished on their own, leaving only a scorching smell wafting through the dense forest.
Dozens of butterfly pupae facing the heat wave are still intact, and a few pupa may writhe a few times from time to time due to the sudden appearance of the heat wave, it seems that the heat insulation ability of these pupa shells is very good.
Systm looked at the pupae and shook his head helplessly, he didn't have much to do with them at the moment.
However, thanks to the sudden appearance of the flaming boar, Systham found a new source of food.
With the skill [INFO READ] activated, Systm jumped towards the path where the Flame Boar was moving, and there was a high chance that the corpses of some unlucky bugs could appear in this scorched path.
Just as Syst had predicted, he had only jumped a few meters before he spotted a green mantis on the ground that had fallen to the ground, its feet twitching.
The pair of antennae of this mantis were all scorched, and half of its body was a little yellow from the burns.
Mantis are similar in appearance to grasshoppers, but they are larger than grasshoppers and have sharper chelicerae in their mouths, making them a typical omnivorous insect.
The mantis in front of Sistham was 7 or 8 centimeters in size, about 4 times the size of his body, and if it weren't for the fact that this mantis was dead or seriously injured, Sistm would definitely have traveled far and wide when he saw it.
Systm immediately found the right angle to bite down on the fragile joints of the mantis's head!
The mantis's feet were scratching wildly, and its body was still sensible, but the moving limbs did not touch Sistrum's body.
Not long after, the head of the mantis was completely bitten off by Sistm, announcing the complete death of the mantis.
Systham began to eat with confidence, and if the mantis was only temporarily dizzy due to the heat, he would be the one who killed it in a single blow.
Cutting through the soft belly of the mantis with his chelicera, Systm greedily sucked on the flesh of the mantis, and he found dozens of small oval-shaped eggs flowing from the mantis's abdomen.
If it weren't for the Flame Boar's accident, it might have started laying eggs a few days later.
The meat has a great flavor and tastes a lot like rich cheese.
These small eggs also taste good, some resemble banana cream pudding, which is slightly less helpful for his physical growth than mantis meat.
Looking at the data of [Self-Information Generation], Systm estimated that if he ate about a third of this mantis, his level would be able to rise to level 6 and gain further growth.
The meat is very nutritious, and after only ten minutes of eating, Systm's abdomen swelled, and it was obviously difficult to digest these nutritious foods quickly.
Heatham could only move around the mantis's body in order for him to speed up his body's digestion.
In this way, after nearly two hours, Systm had eaten nearly a third of the corpse of the mantis, and by this time his abdomen had swelled to an incredible extent, like a grasshopper about to lay eggs.
His experience also reached a critical level again at this point, and he subsequently leveled up to level 6.
A feeling of soreness and numbness appeared all over his body, and the food in Sisstem's abdomen was rapidly digested and absorbed, and his nearly 2.5-centimeter body grew again, growing to 3.2 centimeters, and the wing buds on his back further extended to one-third.
This time, the level of upgrading Sistem's talent [Transformation Growth] did not increase, but he clearly felt the growth of his body's bloodline power, as long as he continued to eat nutritious food, the level of [Transformation Growth] would definitely increase.
At the same time, Systham's [Insect Adaptability] (9/21) was increased by two levels to [Insect Adaptability] (11/21).
Sistemm felt the power of the [Insect Adaptability] in his veins become more active, and transmitted a mysterious picture to his mind.
In that scene, he transforms into a strange green-tailed grasshopper, following tens of millions of locusts of all kinds over mountains, lakes, and even the cold glacial world, and lava mountains covered with magma......
In the images of the bloodline, Systm has seen countless colorful worlds.
He even felt the urge to fly with the grasshoppers.
When Syst came back to his senses from the image brought by [Insect Adaptation], all of his derivative abilities derived from [Insect Adaptation] were increased.
[Insect Intuition] (2/5) to [Insect Intuition] (3/5); [Regeneration of Severed Limb] (2/11) increased to [Regeneration of Severed Limb] (4/11); [Dark Vision] (2/5) to [Dark Vision] (3/5); [Acid Resistance] (1/4) is increased to [Acid Resistance] (2/4).
The tentacles on his head have somehow been restored to their original state, and he has gained a new token-skill [Fire Resistance] (2/7).
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[Fire Resistance] (2/7): Obtained by the talent [Insect Adaptability]. Passive abilities. It is resistant to flames and high temperatures.
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The change of the talent [Insect Adaptability] when it reaches level 11 is similar to the change when the talent [Metamorphosis Growth] is increased to level 11, and both make Syst feel the inheritance information from the bloodline.
Sistemm speculated that when he reached level 11, he should enter a whole new level, otherwise it would not have been possible to make such a huge change to him.
At the same time, when the ability level reaches level 11, it will become difficult to improve, and his [Transformation Growth] has not been able to continue to grow for a long time, which should also be the reason.
In the [Self-Information Generation], Syst did not find detailed information, and Syst speculated that the level of [Self-Information Generation] was too low, so he could not analyze the power of a higher level.
After a brief moment of thought, Systham continued to devour the body of the mantis.
Because the chelica became hard again after the upgrade, the cartilage of the mantis body also increased his chewing speed by nearly a third again.
As long as these cartilages are eaten, his chelica and exoskeleton will become harder, and when upgraded again, he will be able to eat stronger foods, such as the hard carapace of the head and chest of the mantis.
However, Sistemm was not given much time to swallow, and Sistem's corpse had not yet eaten half of it, and a dozen black-brown ants appeared not far from him.
Ants are like hyenas that steal food from cheetahs, as long as there is a fishy smell of the carcass of their prey, they will soon appear, and then they will snatch it unreasonably.
The Sith had no choice but to jump away, the leopard had a trick up his sleeve to get his prey into the trees to avoid the hyenas, and he had no way to deal with the ants......