Chapter 125

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Chapter 125: Naming

There are a total of five eggs with A Qualification. When they hatch, along with Red Pupil, Army Lady, and Lvzi, there will be eight daughters with A Qualification.

And there is also one egg with S Qualification.

The colorful… actually looks quite nice, not flashy at all.

Lin Yu couldn’t help but pick up the colorful ant egg, which was about the size of a watermelon, and gently held it in her arms while caressing it.

How wonderful, S Qualification~

By the way, after laying eggs, my belly went back down. I was worried that if I laid eggs in my human form, my belly wouldn’t return to normal.

I know that a woman’s body changes after giving birth—I’m aware of that!

Ah! I, I’m not pregnant!

Laying eggs doesn’t count as being pregnant! Laying eggs… this is clearly a skill effect, can it really be considered pregnancy?

…

"Congratulations, Mom, it’s a sister with S Qualification!"

Red Pupil smiled with squinty eyes and came closer, gently touching the egg of the S Qualification Demonic Ant.

"Hmm."

"What names does Mommy plan to give them?"

Ah… it seems I need to name them; I almost forgot about that.

This time, besides the A Qualification and S Qualification ants, it seems quite a few B Qualification Ants were also born.

It’s easy to name the other B Qualification ants; I can just name them in numerical order.

As for the two new ant types.

For the Demonic Ants, the names of the B Qualification Ants will follow the pattern: Demon One, Demon Two…

As for the Flying Ants…

Shall we fly a little? It feels stranger than Sour One and Sour Two or Iron One and Iron Two, so let’s name them Purple One and Purple Two.

Because their egg shells are purple, purple eggs are indeed very eye-catching.

Next are the six ants of A Qualification and S Qualification.

We need to come up with six names, which is a bit tricky…

But we can ask Red Pupil for ideas; Army Lady and Lvzi’s names were created together with Red Pupil at that time.

……

So, after discussing with Red Pupil, we settled on the names for these six ants.

The name of the S Qualification Demonic Ant is Magic Rainbow because her egg is colorful.

The two A Qualification Flying Ants are named Purple Cloud and Purple Mist; clouds and mist float in the sky.

The Stealth Ant from A Qualification is named Darkling Stalker.

All her Stealth Ants can transform into shadows.

The Worker Ant with A Qualification is named Worker Liquor.

Since the skills of these Worker Ants are related to sticky saliva, calling her "Liquid" would sound odd, so they replaced "Liquid" with "Night."

As for the remaining A Qualification Weak Ant… her name was deliberated over for a long time with Red Pupil.

They also considered giving her a name similar to the other ants.

But if they named her like Army Lady, it would become Weak Princess…

If they named her like Lvzi, it would become Weak Child…

If the first character is "Weak," no matter how they name her, it never quite satisfies.

But without "Weak" as the first character, she couldn’t think of a suitable name at the moment.

Thus, her naming was temporarily postponed.

…

Since she hadn’t had breakfast yet, she felt a bit hungry after the naming.

This time, it seemed she had given birth to a wonderful group of daughters, and her belly returned to being flat after the delivery.

It felt like this occasion should be celebrated properly.

Perhaps today I could cook a few dishes!

What should I make? Ah, how about scrambled eggs!

Of course, I’m not going to cook the daughters!

In fact, there are some bird-like monsters in the forest that lay eggs. The ants sometimes find these monster eggs when they go out to hunt or expand their colony, and when they find them, they definitely won’t let them go.

So over the past three years, they have eaten quite a few monster eggs.

Previously, they cooked them by roasting, but if you roast them directly, the eggs could explode, so they always waited for the fire to die down before placing the eggs on the embers.

Then, after a while, the eggs would be ready.

The roasted eggs smelled great, but they surely weren’t as tasty as scrambled eggs, and because it was too troublesome for the ants to peel the shells, they used to eat them with the shells.

Right now, in the strange space, there are still many eggs of various sizes.

As long as you add a little oil and salt to stir-fry them, they should taste really good!

Thinking of this made them suddenly crave to eat.

…

Lin Yu carefully placed the Demonic Ant egg on the bed.

Besides those five A Qualification eggs and this S Qualification egg, the other ant eggs were moved away by the Worker Ants.

These ant eggs will be moved to the Incubation Room on the third floor of the castle.

It is a large room with a thick layer of dry hay on the floor, and whenever new eggs are laid, they are placed in the Incubation Room.

At the door of the Incubation Room, there are always two Iron Armored Ants and two Acid Ants on guard, and Military Ant teams frequently come by to check on things. Once ants hatch, they take the newborn ants to the food storage in the basement of the castle to feed.

The newborn ants will level up by constantly eating raw meat in the food storage, and when their levels are high enough, they can start going out to hunt.

I wonder how long it will take for them to hatch.

Lin Yu gazed at the Demonic Ant egg on the bed and the five A Qualification eggs of varying shapes and sizes scattered on the bedroom floor.

The hatching time for Weak Ants and Worker Ants is quite similar, typically ranging from two to four hours.

Stealth Ants, however, require a much longer incubation period, often taking a full day or even two.

As for Flying Ants and Demonic Ants… their hatching duration remains uncertain for now.

"Keep a close watch on them," Lin Yu instructed, pointing to the eggs in the bedroom.

"Yes, Mom," came the reply.

Accompanying the voice were two shadows that materialized and began to morph, eventually transforming into two gray Stealth Ants.

They were Stealth Three and Stealth Ten.

Like Stealth One, they are the quieter types among the children.

Recognizing them instantly isn’t due to a sharp memory but rather the effect of the "Unique Skill – Queen Ant."

With the vast number of ants and their strikingly similar appearances, identifying them by sight alone is nearly impossible.

After delegating her instructions, Lin Yu descended the stairs with Red Pupil.

…

After some bustling in the kitchen of the castle’s first-floor restaurant, they emerged with a large serving of scrambled eggs and stir-fried vegetables.

Though such a hearty meal might seem unsuitable for early morning, such concerns are trivial for the robust ant tribe, unlike the frail human race.

For the past three years, I’ve indulged in large portions of meat and bowls of blood daily, yet I’ve neither fallen ill nor gained weight!

At least, I hope I haven’t gained weight…

Ahem, returning to the matter at hand.

Following yesterday’s deer meat soup, this time there was no mishap of burning.

The flavors were perfectly balanced.

The scrambled eggs were a delightful home-cooked dish, and the stir-fried vegetables with meat were equally delicious, thanks to the freshness of the ingredients and the quality of the meat, simply seasoned with oil and salt.

However, the lack of additional seasonings is somewhat disappointing.

It feels as though my culinary skills are constrained, unable to showcase the prowess of a master chef!

After sharing the two large bowls of food with the gathered daughters, Lin Yu, now satiated, returned alone to the castle’s third floor.

As for Red Pupil,

"So, Mom, Lvzi and I are off to hunt," she announced.

With that, she led the contented Lvzi out of the castle.