Laws of the Insect Hive

An icy blue mist enveloped System's body...

System felt as if someone was saying something to him beside him, the sound was so small that he couldn't hear it at all, and then he fell from the branches of the tree inexplicably.

System found that his [frost form] had been released for some unknown time, and when he looked at the time in the [tool menu], System found that half an hour had passed.

Contrary to the previous contract with the ice elf Neris, he seemed to have experienced a lot in the last contract, but the time was actually very short, but this time he felt the time was very short, and the time has actually passed. Half an hour has passed.

System looked at the data image in the [Tools Menu], and found that the layer of ice-blue mist only enveloped him for less than a minute, and after that, he was dumbfounded on the tree branch.

Afterwards, Nellis sent him a spiritual message, and seeing that he had not responded, she took the initiative to help him release the [Frost and Cold Form].

And because of the release of [Frost and Cold Form], the balance of his body was lost, and System, who was stunned, fell from the tree branch and plunged into the snow for more than 20 minutes.

System checked the information on the [Tools Menu] suspiciously, and he found that a new thing had appeared in his self-information at some point—“Winter Legion”.

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"Winter Legion": A special title bestowed by Ola, Lord of Glaciers. Health regeneration and energy regeneration have been significantly increased in the Liert Mountains and Liert Forest.

Winter will never die.

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"Winter Will, never die..."

System recalled hearing a small voice before he lost his mind. Thinking about it now, that voice was the meaning of the eight words recorded on the title information in the [Tools Menu].

However, that voice cannot be described in words, just like the voice of the world he heard during the third molting, the general meaning is the same, but there is obviously more hidden inside.

While thinking, System shook his body and climbed out of the snow, using his tentacles to clean the snow off his body.

After these snows stick to his body for a long time, they will melt and become a little sticky because of something special in his body.

Unlike ordinary animals and frogs, insects do not breathe through their mouths, and most of them inhale air through numerous tiny breathing holes in their abdomens.

The melted snow stuck to the many breathing holes in his abdomen, making System very uncomfortable.

However, while System was clearing the snow, System felt the sound of breathing behind him on his tentacles.

Turning his head, System suddenly found that the two-meter-tall goblin giant was watching him behind him. After seeing him turn around, the goblin giant showed him an ugly smile.

System could feel a very kind frosty aura emanating from the other's body.

Just like all the ants in the same nest can clearly recognize which ones are their companions, System naturally knows that this goblin giant and he are partners of the same organization.

System found a diamond-shaped ice blue pattern on his chest exoskeleton, and he also found the exact same pattern on the left face of the Goblin Giant.

Whether it is the breath or the signs on their bodies, they all belong to the Winter Legion and are a member of the Glacier Lord.

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The goblin giant stretched out his big hand to grab System from the snowdrift and placed him on his head.

System habitually stretched out his tentacles to wrap the goblin giant's head, and decided to use the tentacle's [sense] ability to probe for information on the goblin giant's body.

Perhaps it belongs to the Winter Legion, with similar frost ability, and his tentacles can detect something.

However, System stopped just in time to entangle him, and it was definitely not a good idea to make a mighty and majestic goblin giant want to mate.

System swung his tentacles and jumped off the goblin giant's head under the goblin giant's puzzled expression.

He couldn't use the tentacles to check the goblin giant, but he didn't mind using the tentacles to [perceive] the leopard that was frozen by the Glacier Lord. Maybe the frozen leopard could be used as food for him to taste.

System came to the frozen leopard corpse, and the leopard's peaceful and serene eyes seemed to be frozen because of the ice.

But at the moment when System stretched out his tentacles to touch the leopard, the frozen leopard collapsed and shattered like sand. These tiny ice crystals didn't even fall to the ground, and turned into tiny ice chips that were scattered by the wind. now,...

Only a five-centimeter-sized acorn fell into the snow from midair.

Unlike ordinary green acorns, this acorn is also green, but has a faint golden luster on the surface.

System tried to use his tentacles to [Sense], but found that it was useless, and even using his fangs and [Corrosive Mucus] could not destroy the fruit.

The acorns that can survive the attack of the Glacier Lord obviously have their extraordinary qualities.

However, although System gave up, System’s actions obviously aroused the interest of the goblin giants on the side.

The goblin giant took the acorn fruit from System's tentacles. He first squeezed it with his hands, then bit it with his teeth, and finally swung his ice crystal axe to violently destroy it. Acorns can't do anything, not even leave some scars on them.

Finally, the goblin giant shook his head and returned the acorn to System.

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There was a language barrier between System and the goblin giant, but with the help of Neris, he knew that the goblin giant seemed to be taking him to the distant Liert Mountains.

However, when System shook his head continuously and waved his tentacles to express his rejection, the goblin giant gave up and took System away.

After waving goodbye to him, the goblin giant walked away in the direction of the Lilt Mountains...

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System had vaguely joined the Winter Legion under the Glacier Lord, but this legion was much looser than System had imagined.

No one gave him instructions, and he didn't need to do anything special, just continue to survive according to the original rhythm.

Since the Goblin Giant left, System's life seemed to have completely calmed down at that moment.

Not long after returning to the nest that night, the temporary nest worker ant pupa broke out next to System, and the small worker ant ate a large amount of food under System's watch.

Although the weather was cold, this little worker ant was not particularly afraid. It only took a few minutes in the icy snow for its body to become slightly stiff. After returning to the temporary nest, the little worker ant's stiff body quickly returned to normal.

It is estimated that the [cold resistance] will be strengthened after two days, so the worker ant and the female ant can ignore the cold of the severe winter.

Two days later...

System succeeded in strengthening the [cold resistance] to the limit for the worker ants and the female ant pupae, and the two ants completely lost the threat of survival in the severe winter.

And System also regrew his wings after the day's hibernation, and under the nutrient-rich food, all his eighteen tentacles grew to their limit, reaching more than thirty centimeters.

His body's vitality finally recovered to 96%, basically reaching full value, and only his damaged eyes needed to be repaired for a while.

After another ten days, System's damaged eyes completely recovered, and at the same time, the female ants that System had continuously strengthened with [Ability Enhancement] successfully broke out of the chrysalis...

Foraging for food, feeding, raising ants, strengthening and transforming female ants, checking and strengthening the pupae of Shava that have not been able to break out.

System was busy every day, and the Winter Legion he had joined had no news at all, and seemed to have nothing to do with him at all.

Only the golden acorn that System accidentally obtained, in an unknown corner of the wintering nest, trembled uncomfortably from time to time...

that's it.

System spent a peaceful half a year in the snow-covered Liert Forest...

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The first volume of the rebirth of the Liert Forest, finished.