Chapter Twenty-Three: Dangerous Magical Creatures

It was not a pitcher-like plant in front of Systm that gave off a special aura, but an unknown tree more than a dozen meters away from him.

The appearance of the trees is very ordinary, similar to ordinary poplars, about the thickness of human thighs.

The leaves of this tree were eaten by Systm, and he happened to have data on the plant in his [INFORMATION ENTRY].

The taste is slightly sweet, and the experience value of this leaf of the same weight is about one-twentieth that of a pupa worm.

As Syst got closer, he felt the strange aura of the tree even more, and it was clear that in the humid forest, Heatham felt a hint of heat.

This hot breath is not strong, and if it weren't for the innate perception of the insects' antennae, it would be difficult for Systm to detect.

Sistemm jumped on the tree's branches and ate on the leaves.

The flavor of the leaves, as described in [INFORMATION READ], is only slightly sweet, but provides five times the experience of the original leaves.

This is what Syst has eaten since he woke up, and besides the lizard's corpse, the second type of food that has boosted experience points that does not match his sense of taste.

Heatham jumped and moved the branches of the tree, carefully observing what was different about the tree, but Heatham couldn't find anything but the hot breath.

"Plants of the Magic World?"

I think of the wild boar covered in flames before, the old druid who exudes the scent of nature.

Systm speculated that both the tree and the previous lizard were magical species with supernatural powers.

The reason for the abnormal experience should be that when he ate this food, he absorbed the special energy attached to the plant and gained the experience of leveling him up.

But in reality, his body is unable to digest and absorb this special energy, so his palate does not distinguish this special vegetative taste.

It is very likely that along with the absorption of this energy, when the special energy accumulated in his body exceeds a certain amount, the quantitative change causes a qualitative change, and his body will undergo special changes.

However, these are all inferences drawn by Systm based on the subtle feelings of his own body, and there may be a big difference from the actual situation.

Neither his derivative ability [Self-Information Generation] nor the inheritance in his bloodline has revealed any information about this magical power.

Sistemm estimated that he would find some clues after his third metamorphosis, because the grasshopper queen's ability to communicate with spirits was acquired during the third metamorphosis.

Since he didn't know what kind of effect this leaf had, Sistemm only ate a few bites of this leaf and chose to leave, so as not to undergo unknown changes in his body and hinder the improvement of his talent [Metamorphosis Growth].

At the end of the day, Heatham still knows too little about the world.

After coming to this world, except for the grasshopper queen he met, he didn't have any object to communicate with, and everything had to be explored by himself.

……

Continuing to bounce and move to explore, it didn't take long for Systm to encounter another magical life again.

It's not a plant that exudes a special smell.

Rather, it was a basketball-sized cloud of light brown gum with a faint sour smell.

The gum slowly wriggled on the ground, melting some of the rotting branches and broken leaves on the ground into its body, as if it was eating.

The slime monster resembles a slime.

Slime has appeared in many fantasy games in Sistum's previous life, and has weak combat skills, feeding on grass or rotting impurities, usually the monsters that the protagonist faces at the beginning of the game.

The slen's gum is filled with corrosive mucus and can digest a lot of decaying impurities in the forest, and belongs to the forest scavenger.

In addition to the sour smell that corresponded to the hot and dry scent of the magic tree, the slime also exuded a unique aroma of grass and trees that made Systm very excited.

Seeing the slime moving slowly among the dead leaves, Systm decided to taste the gum.

Not to mention the delicious aroma of herbs, the digestive juices in the slime's body will definitely have a certain effect on his [Corrosive Slime], and it is worth his try.

Systham jumped and moved past.

But just as he moved a meter away from the slime, the blood in Sistm's body suddenly trembled.

His [insect intuition] gave an early warning!

……

Heatham stopped, and his mind cleared immediately.

He was very wrong just now, why would he, who has always been cautious, rush to the front of the slime unguarded, and still suck the slime's gum?

Sistemm turned the tentacles on his head, and the strange scent of plants and trees emanating from the slime came to Sistm's mind again.

His spirit seemed to enter a strange state of relaxation.

This time Heatham was on the alert.

Shaking his head to sober himself, Systm thought for a moment, then grabbed a five-centimeter-sized dead branch and jumped up to a branch above the slime.

Throwing dead branches from above –

As the stick hit, the soccer ball-sized gum suddenly contracted, and the entire gum suddenly shook violently and jumped, and the stick was swallowed by the slime in an instant.

The aroma of the slime is not a sign of how delicious its gum is, but a trap that kills insects!

Slimes can be easily killed by humans, but they are a deadly killer against insects.

Seeing the fate of the dead branches, Sistum's body trembled slightly unconsciously, if it weren't for the reminder of the derivative ability [Insect Intuition], he would have probably been devoured by the slime just now.

Although possessing [Corrosive Slime] gives his body some resistance to corrosive liquids, and he will not be easily digested, being swallowed by the slime's gum will undoubtedly suffocate him.

Species from the magical world may not be as simple as depicted in the game, and they also have a variety of habits, most likely eating insects.

After this lesson, Systm decided that when encountering other unknown creatures in the future, he must be extra careful not to make this mistake.

……

Jumping away, it wasn't long before Systham spotted some reddish-brown ants, and following the trail of these ants, he quickly found the reddish-brown ant's nest.

Unlike black-brown ant nests, this one is built in a decaying tree.

The reddish-brown ant is about 0.8 cm in size, and the size of the anthill is a little smaller than that of the black-brown anthill, but there are many ants that come and go.

As Syst watched the thousands of ants roaming around the anthill, an idea was suddenly born -

What happens if you lure a slime near an anthill?