After ordering Shawa to watch over the ant larvae as they ate the jelly, System brought that ant larva into an empty chamber.
System immediately began examining the ant larva—by wrapping it in his tentacles.
Perhaps because the ant larva was completely immature, System's examination with his tentacles did not produce the same effect it had on Shawa.
The ant larva continued to feel as though it had returned to its mother's body whenever it was near System, and its emotions showed no particular fluctuations.
A few minutes later, System determined that this ant was level 4. Like Shawa, its level cap was 14. It seemed the level cap for this kind of dark brown ant was uniformly 14.
System also detected the ant's sex. It should be a female ant.
System continued his analysis and once again sensed Insect Adaptation within the ant's bloodline, as well as a special talent similar to Molting Growth.
As he compared the information of the female ant larva with Shawa's, System discovered that the ants' power resembling Molting Growth was actually the talent of pupation.
The talent of pupation was stronger than Molting Growth and could transform life to a greater extent.
Like butterfly larvae, ant larvae constantly ate during their larval stage. Once their bodies had grown to a certain point, they formed pupae, then finally broke free from them and became entirely new lives.
System recalled how, during his first molt, one of his legs had been torn off by an ant. Yet after completing the molt, all of his limbs had been restored as good as new.
Even his molting could repair crippled limbs. Ant pupation could naturally repair bodily injuries all the more easily.
Since a grasshopper's Molting Growth could result in a third molt, Shawa could likewise undergo