Laws of the Insect Hive

The rainstorm on the fourth day was slightly smaller than that on the third day, but the rain was still violent.

Even if the bean-sized raindrops hit human skin, they would feel slight pain, and in the face of such rain, System felt like his body was constantly being hammered by fists.

Just sticking out half of his body from the gap in the dead leaves, he was almost swept away by the violent rain, but fortunately, the barbs on his feet were fairly solid.

System's left body was washed away by the rain, but the barb on his right foot firmly grasped the wet bark, and then flipped to the lower end of the branch at an incredible angle.

There is no danger!

If his legs hadn't grabbed the bark just now, he would have fallen into the lake where the rainwater pooled.

The impact of the rain on System hanging upside down under the branch was much smaller. Although the rainwater flowing from the top of the branch would pass through his body, it was enough for System to slowly move on the back of the branch.

System's derivative ability [Information Entry] passively records a lot of information, and he can recall various experiences in this world just like watching a video.

In System's video, the branch kept walking along the branch, and near the end of the branch, there were several young leaves of newly grown pine needles, which could be eaten even if they were hiding under the branch.

System didn't know if his claws could bite the tough pine needles, but he had no other choice.

If he couldn't eat this kind of pine needles and tender leaves, he could only choose to jump into the lake where the currents converged and seek that ray of life in the midst of death.

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Under the violent rain, System finally ate the tender pine needles, and his claws were just enough to crush the tender leaves of this plant.

The taste of this pine needle is slightly sweet and bitter, which has a certain growth effect on his body, but also has a certain degree of toxicity.

Perhaps it was because of the poison that this tree made System feel uncomfortable.

The toxicity of the pine needles made System's body function sluggish, as if he was drunk, and a slight pain came from his abdomen.

However, the toxicity of the pine needles is not strong, far less than the trouble caused by hunger. After feeling the effect of the toxicity for a while, System began to swallow the young leaves of the pine needles.

In the face of a life-and-death crisis, let alone nutrient-rich meat, even this kind of toxic food was a treat to him.

Because of the impact of the rain, System was very inconvenient to eat, and it had been several hours after eating a dozen fresh pine needles.

The remaining relatively mature pine needles could not be helped by System's fangs, and System began to return to his dead leaf lair.

As if it was a blessing from heaven, when System returned to the nest, the rain was a little less, and he was able to withstand the impact of the rain and climbed back to the front of the branches, and then hid in the dead leaf nest.

And not long after System hid in the dead leaves, the rain became heavy again.

Since then, the rain has become stronger and weaker, and there is a roar of thunder and lightning in the sky from time to time, something like a thundershower, but no matter how small the rain is, it has not completely stopped.

On the fifth night, the rain that had been violently stopped abruptly, and the dark clouds in the dark night sky quickly dissipated.

The rain finally stopped, there was no breeze in the whole forest, and there was no sound in the whole forest except for the tick of the water dripping from the leaves.

System was finally able to climb out of his dead leaf lair again...

With the continuous dripping of water on the leaves and the twin moon stars in the sky, the water below the trees appeared sparkling.

The two days of rainfall caused the water level to rise further, and the rainwater gathered in the forest was only about half a meter away from the branch where System was located.

The rainwater in the forest has accumulated nearly one meter deep. In addition to the trees, only the tops of some tall herbs are still standing above the water.

Perhaps as long as the rain lasts for a few more days, the branches where he is standing will be flooded with water, but before being submerged, he will die of hunger and cold first.

The five consecutive days of rain kept the temperature in the forest dropping, and it got cooler after the rain stopped.

Stiff and weak, System used the barbs on his feet to crawl slowly on the wet branches.

Fortunately, as a grasshopper, he has many kinds of food. Even poisonous pine needles can replenish his energy. If he is reborn as a carnivorous mantis, he may starve to death in this heavy rain.

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The rain in the forest subsided very slowly. In the early morning, the rain subsided only about ten centimeters. It is estimated that it will take several days for the rain in the vicinity to completely subside.

After a night of eating, System's physical strength recovered a lot.

Just because of the toxicity of pine needles, I was a little dizzy, and my abdomen was slightly tingling.

Over the night, the water on the leaves in the forest no longer dripped, the wet bark became only slightly damp, and System, who had recovered his stamina, began to jump and move.

The morning after the heavy rain became very quiet, except for the occasional frog croaking in the distance, System did not see any living life.

However, as the sky brightened, System found many signs of life, and ripples were occasionally heard from the calm water.

System saw a lot of black shadows appearing underwater, some of which were similar to tadpoles, and also saw a lot of gray-white things slightly smaller than the black shadows, which might be the larvae of some kind of insect or other aquatic creatures.

System was bouncing back and forth on the branches in the forest. He found that because of the different terrain in the forest, although they were all submerged by water, the water level in some places was very shallow. Maybe there are some high terrain in this vast forest. The location was not flooded by rain at all.

After recovering his stamina, System quickly found a vine that surrounded the trees and jumped over.

Compared to the leaves on trees, System’s body obviously prefers grasses. Although vines are a little worse than grasses, they are still stronger than leaves.

The taste of this vine is very delicious, and the leaves are soft and have a faint aroma of peach, which System devoured in large mouthfuls.

While System was swallowing it, System found that the water surface under him had tiny ripples, and a 5cm-sized, six-legged green-brown insect crawled along the vines from the water. come up.

This insect has a slender abdomen, six strong legs are concentrated on its front half, and the whole body is covered with a layer of translucent carapace.

After crawling along the vine for ten centimeters, it hugged the branches of the vine and remained motionless, as if it had entered a dormant state unique to insects.

Although System did not find claws in the insect's mouth, the insect was strong and covered with carapace. System did not have any thoughts of fighting with the other party, and still quietly ate the leaves of the vine.

Just like that, after more than ten minutes, System suddenly heard a strange sound. The brown insect made a sound similar to the cracking of its carapace. It seemed that something had come out of the brown insect's body.

"The molting insect!"

System's insect head showed a greedy look, this molting insect was the food given to him by God!