Chapter 105
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Chapter 105: A Pleasant Dinner… Perhaps
Night descended.
Red Pupil, along with Army Lady and Lvzi, who also possessed the Identification skill, tallied the number of ants.
A total of nine hundred ants attended the dinner, with only three boasting A Qualification: Red Pupil, Army Lady, and Lvzi. Red Pupil had achieved Class B LV.23, while Army Lady was at Class B LV.20.
Possibly due to her "Ability to Fight" skill, Army Lady’s growth rate outpaced Red Pupil’s, and it might only be a matter of time before she catches up.
As for Lvzi, her level stood at Class C LV.28.
Hmph, it’s hardly surprising that her level is low, given that she spends most of her time lurking in the shadows, watching me.
However, perhaps because she couldn’t find me and gave up, she has recently been hunting alongside Army Lady.
Moreover, concerning levels.
By observing her daughters’ advancements, Lin Yu has noted the level caps for each class.
The unclassed have a level cap of LV.5 or LV.10.
Class D’s level cap is LV.15 or LV.20.
Class C’s level cap is LV.25 or LV.30.
As for Class B, since no ants have yet surpassed this rank, it remains unclear.
But Lin Yu estimates it to be LV.35 or LV.40.
The quality of an ant influences the level cap. For instance, an unranked ant can only reach LV.5, whereas an ant with a quality of D or higher can reach LV.10 without a rank.
Similarly, in Class D, an ant with quality D can only reach LV.15, while those with quality C or higher have a level cap of LV.20.
The same principle applies to Class C.
In each class, individuals with a quality higher than the class can reach a level cap that is five levels above those with the same quality as the class.
Additionally, in Class D, each level up grants double the attribute growth compared to when they have no rank, while Class C gains three times.
Upon reaching Class B, each level up provides five times the attribute growth compared to when they have no rank, making Class B monsters significantly stronger than Class C monsters.
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Now, back to the main point.
Currently, there are only three A Qualifications, but numerous B Qualifications.
There are sixty Stealth Ants, all with B Qualification.
There are one hundred forty Acid Ants and one hundred sixty Iron Armored Ants with B Qualification.
There are one hundred twenty Earth Digging Ants with B Qualification.
There are twenty Military Ants with B Qualification.
Currently, there are no B Qualification ants among the Weak Ants and Worker Ants.
Thus, there are a total of five hundred B Qualification Ants, but most remain at Class C, with only about thirty having reached Class B.
The remaining ants at the banquet are from C Qualification Class C. Given the sheer number of ants at this level, Lin Yu only selected those that had reached the maximum level in C Qualification Class C.
Even so, four hundred ants had attained the maximum level of Class C. Most of these were born earlier than the B Qualification ants, allowing them to reach their maximum level sooner.
As for the other ants with C Qualification that have not yet reached the maximum level of Class C, their numbers are even greater.
Lin Yu didn’t count them precisely, but she estimates there are over two thousand.
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The total number of ants in the colony is approximately twelve thousand. Excluding the C Qualification ants mentioned earlier, there are still over eight thousand ants below C Qualification.
In fact, the number of ants could have been even higher, but over the past few months, some have perished during their explorations in the forest.
Additionally, Lin Yu has noticed that since she advanced to Class B, each time she levels up and uses the skill "Lay Eggs," the duration of her pregnancy has increased. Initially lasting two to three hours, it now takes six to seven hours to complete the birthing process with a swollen belly.
Although the pregnancy period has lengthened, the quality of the eggs has improved, and it is now rare to lay eggs without qualifications.
However, the number of eggs laid has not significantly increased.
They say it takes ten months to prepare… I wonder if I will upgrade after that…
No, that’s impossible… It can’t possibly take ten months…
Just imagining myself with a big belly for ten months made Lin Yu feel dizzy.
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Although twelve thousand ants seem daunting, when spread across the five main nests, each nest houses just over two thousand ants, and each main nest also has several smaller branch nests.
Some of these branch nests contain two to three hundred ants, while the smaller ones have only about a hundred.
Moreover, there are even smaller outposts than the branch nests, typically housing fewer than thirty ants each.
I can’t believe it has grown to such a large scale…
My stomach has been through many battles, so I should treat it well.
The white ant lowered its head, using its front legs as a fork to spear a piece of roasted meat, then tossed it into its mouth.
The roasted meat is delicious.
After all, it’s a rare family dinner, so today we won’t eat raw meat.
Snap, crackle…
Red Pupil has informed all the ants present about the important points regarding the human race, and they will relay this information to the other ants when they return to their respective nests.
Now that all the important matters have been addressed, it’s time for a pleasant dinner!
Pleasant… it should be pleasant, right?
The girl tried hard to focus on the food, ignoring her surroundings.
But no matter how hard she tried, the sounds of chewing and quiet conversations around her made her feel weak and nervous.
Mom is so beautiful…
Why don’t you look up?
It’s time to eat…
After you eat, even the sound of chewing is nice to hear.
Hah… hah… Army Lady, I think something… something is coming out…
Don’t drool, you really are so gross…
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Good evening, this is the main hall on the first floor of the castle.
I am surrounded by hundreds of ant monsters…
Although I promised Red Pupil to come downstairs for a meal, why does it have to be in the midst of all these ants??
Plus, there is a table and chairs set up in the middle of the main hall… I know my mom is clean, but doesn’t this make it even more conspicuous! Who moved the table and chairs here?
So many gazes…
Every part of my body is being watched… every movement I make is being observed…
One gaze, in particular, feels so intense; it feels like my body is being licked back and forth by this gaze, ugh—so disgusting…
They are just ants, but I feel goosebumps all over my body.
Wowww!!
This is exactly the situation I fear the most!
Is anyone there! Help, help me!
If Red Pupil hadn’t been standing next to me to block some of the gazes, I would have probably escaped by now. No, wait… Since I am surrounded, I can’t even run away… right?
It’s all Red Pupil’s fault! If she hadn’t persuaded me to come downstairs, I should be happily enjoying dinner alone on the third floor right now!
Mom, I am really angry!
I won’t pay attention to her anymore! Even if she apologizes, I won’t talk to her!
