Laws of the Insect Hive - Chapter 43

Chapter 43: Tentacles Envelopment

If System had another chance, he would definitely choose to modify the knights’ images in his imagination.

He would definitely delete the content where the knight was swearing his oath to avoid such an awkward situation.

…

However, upon seeing Shava’s persistent and anticipating expression, System felt that little awkwardness in his heart gradually disappeared.

System observed Shava’s injured body and could not help but lift his forelimb. Then, he extended the tentacles stored in his forelimb and touched the scab on Shava’s severed limb.

“It’s still excruciating, right?” System sent a message to Shava.

Unexpectedly, System did not receive the anticipated answer from her. Instead, he sensed the emotion of bitterness coming from Shava, as if she was waiting for him to do something.

System looked at Shava’s expression and pose, and then he gradually understood what Shava wanted.

System could not help but shake his head and sigh in his heart before saying to Shava, “I, System, accept your pledge of loyalty, my knight.”

After receiving System’s message, Shava seemed extremely excited and wriggled her body, trying to move closer to System.

However, Shava was unable to move despite twisting and turning her body numerous times, as her stinger was still stabbed firmly into the ground…

System shook his head again. Shava’s funny appearance was a stark contrast to her previous firm and indomitable presence when she had been using her mandibles to bite the plant.

System stretched out his tentacles, wrapped them around Shava’s body, and used them to pull her out of the soil.

Previously, Shava had used too much strength when stabbing her stinger into the ground, and she had pierced into the roots of a plant. As the roots were too firm, Shava was unable to pull her stinger back into her body with her own will. Otherwise, such a situation would not have happened.

…

After grabbing Shava with his tentacles, System suddenly felt something.

The tentacles wrapped around Shava trembled gently, while System’s dark green eyes occasionally flashed with blue light.

System suddenly realized that the talent [Perception] obtained from the world’s voice seemed to be closely related to his tentacles. When he used his tentacles to touch Shava’s body, he seemed to be able to feel bits and pieces of information within Shava.

System kept on using his tentacles to wrap around Shava’s body, and then the bits and pieces of information gradually became clearer.

Meanwhile, as he was feeling the information coursing through his tentacles, System received an abnormal message from Shava.

“King, I feel so hot…” Shava seemed to be flustered.

System’s insect head revealed a puzzled expression as he asked, “Hot? You mean these tentacles?”

“Yes…”

After receiving Shava’s reply, System pulled back one of his tentacles, which was wrapped around Shava’s body, and placed it into his mouth to feel its temperature.

“The temperature is just normal?” replied System doubtfully. Then he wrapped the tentacles on Shava’s body once again.

System gradually obtained some information about Shava’s body through [Perception] and [System’s Eye] on the tentacles, combined with the [Reading and Analysis] function of his [Tools Menu].

10/14

Currently, Shava should be a Level 10 soldier ant, and her maximum level should be Level 14.

After sorting out the information, System used his tentacles to wrap and explore Shava more vigorously.

Suddenly, as the information System gathered increased, he thought of something.

Previously, Quin had used the special power of [Mind Transmission] before her death to transfer her ability to him.

Although [Mind Transmission] could only transmit some powers related to one’s mind, [Mind Transmission] obviously did not meet the conditions needed to be transferred.

However, System possessed an extraordinary ability—[Ability Enhancement].

System realized that if he used the [Perception] power of his tentacles to search for Shava’s information, he might be able to endow the [Limb Regeneration] ability to Shava and allow her to grow new limbs.

However, just as System continued to search for Shava’s information, he could feel that Shava’s abnormal emotion was becoming stronger and stronger. Her body even started to tremble slightly.

“King, I… feel very weird…”

Shava seemed much more flustered now and transmitted a strange emotion to System.

System realized that such an emotion was something that would only be released when creatures were mating.

System was suddenly enlightened.

Soldier ants were incomplete female ants, so Shava could not bear offspring. Basically, Shava could not understand a feeling that was related to mating, and thus she had sent a vague emotion instead.

System felt a little awkward, but he immediately calmed himself down.

System only did what he needed to do so that he could help Shava regenerate her limbs. It was not his kink to tie and wrap Shava up.

“Shava, endure it. It’ll end in a while…”

System sent Shava messages to calm her down while using his tentacles to check her body.

System realized that after enhancing his tentacles with the power of [Perception], using them to touch and check Shava would make her experience the kind of pleasure which was similar to living creatures mating.

However, his tentacles did not feel anything special. All System felt was Shava’s cold and tough exoskeleton.

…

A few minutes later, accompanied by a strong mood swing and intense trembling, Shava fainted.

After Shava fainted, System’s efficiency in using his tentacles to wrap around and check Shava’s body increased greatly.

Also, System created a new detecting method. He used his tentacles to gather pieces of her exoskeleton, her scab, and acid. Then, System placed all kinds of Shava’s body parts into his mouth to taste and analyze them.

Soon, System had analyzed that Shava possessed two abilities, [Formic Acid] (3-5/5-7), and [Solid Carapace] (3-4/6-9).

System was unable to precisely calculate the levels of these two abilities, like her level, but he had estimated an approximate range.

System had also felt the [Insect Adaptability] within Shava and a special ability that was similar to [Molting Growth].

However, as the bloodline talent of these two types of insects was different, he was unable to detect the specific results using his [Perception].

Meanwhile, the most important thing was that even though System had discovered that Shava did not possess [Limb Regeneration], it was possible for her to obtain it.

In theory, Shava’s body could be endowed with [Limb Regeneration].

…

System quickly put his thoughts into action and used his tentacles as the medium to transfer his energy. He used the power of his [Mind Transmission] and [Ability Enhancement] and tried to endow Shava the ability of [Limb Regeneration].

However, after busily trying for more than ten minutes and his EXP bar decreasing from 8% to 3%, System had no choice but to pull back the tentacles wrapping Shava.

His idea was not wrong as, in theory, using a certain trait of [Mind Transmission] and [Ability Enhancement] was enough for Shava to obtain the ability of [Limb Regeneration].

However, there was a precondition for that, and that was his [Mind Transmission] had to reach a higher level, which was Level 11.

His [Mind Transmission] was only Level 8 now and currently did not have the capability to completely transfer an ability.

Also, Shava needed to raise her [Insect Adaptability] to a certain level, or it would be difficult to activate [Limb Regeneration].