Chapter 189
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Chapter 189: Birth
Upon hearing this, Lin Yu instantly shook off her drowsiness.
"Really? How are you feeling now?"
"My stomach feels so swollen… and it hurts a little."
Ah—that definitely sounds like labor!
I know this situation all too well!
"Mother, should I… do anything?"
"Hmm, breathing exercises?"
After a few more minutes, Red Pupil’s abdomen seemed to reach its maximum expansion.
"It’s… it’s coming…"
"Mmm, don’t worry."
It’ll be over in an instant—completely painless. Once you’re used to it, it might even feel somewhat pleasant.
Just as her belly reached its limit, a magic circle materialized!
Though to Lin Yu’s slight disappointment, the magic circle was… purple.
A dark golden magic circle would produce ants of S Qualification, a golden one would yield A Qualification ants, while a purple circle could only produce… B Qualification ants at best.
The magic circle lasted mere seconds before dissipating.
After its disappearance, the bedroom became filled with numerous ant eggs. Simultaneously, the young girl’s belly returned to its original flat state.
"I’m… so hungry…"
Seeing the ravenous look in the girl’s eyes, Lin Yu swiftly activated her Magic Backpack, retrieving some leftover prepared dishes and roasted meat to offer her.
The girl didn’t even pause to thank her—she grabbed the plate of food and the roasted meat, devouring them messily.
Her tiny mouth made the eating messy, leaving her face smeared with food.
Soon, all the cooked food was gone.
"Mother… hungry… so hungry…"
With no more cooked food available, Lin Yu had no choice but to retrieve a Class A Monster from her dimensional storage and place it on the floor.
It was a low-level Class A Bull Horse she had hunted earlier.
At the sight of food, the girl immediately pounced, sinking her teeth fiercely into the Bull Horse’s abdomen. After swallowing a large chunk of raw flesh, her condition seemed to stabilize slightly.
Once Red Pupil appeared more settled, Lin Yu began inspecting the newly laid eggs.
Compared to her own previous egg-laying experience, the most striking difference was… the sheer number of Iron Armored Ant eggs.
A quick count revealed five hundred ant eggs in total—with a staggering two hundred of them being Iron Armored Ant eggs!
Considering that after three years of relentless effort, the entire ant colony only had around two thousand Iron Armored Ants to date…
Could this abundance of Iron Armored Ant eggs be due to them being laid through Red Pupil’s body?
Ah… doesn’t that almost make it seem like these are children born from both of us together?
Looking at the ant eggs that filled the entire bedroom, Lin Yu felt a peculiar mix of emotions.
Setting aside these strange thoughts, she proceeded to examine the other ant eggs besides the Iron Armored Ants. Among the remaining three hundred eggs, Worker Ants and Weak Ants accounted for one hundred and fifty, Military Ants numbered sixty, while Acid Ants and Earth Digging Ants each comprised thirty. There were twenty Flying Ants, and five each of Stealth Ants and Demonic Ants.
Compared to the previous spawning results, there weren’t many B Qualification ants this time, and none of these numerous eggs contained A Qualification specimens.
Come to think of it, since Red Pupil is an Iron Armored Ant, does attaching to her result in more Iron Armored Ant eggs? If other ant types were the ones spawning, would they produce more of their respective varieties? To increase Stealth Ant numbers, I should have Stealth One and Darkling Stalker spawn. For more Flying Ants, Purple Cloud and Purple Mist should reproduce…
Ah, with sufficient Magic Value, I could theoretically have multiple daughters become pregnant and spawn simultaneously! But… is the absence of A Qualification eggs because my daughters were the ones spawning? If I were to spawn them myself, might there be a higher chance for A Qualification ants?
Hmph, seems I’ll have to take matters into my own hands to… wait, no way! Absolutely not! I refuse to lay eggs!
For now, I’ll focus my Magic Value on skill bestowal instead. After all, our ant population is already quite substantial.
"So many were born," the little girl murmured, having finished her meal. She began examining the surrounding eggs, approaching one particularly large Iron Armored Ant egg and gently caressing it with her tiny hands.
Suddenly pausing mid-motion as if struck by a thought, she turned to stare intently at Lin Yu. "Mommy… why did my daughter produce so many Iron Armored Ant eggs? Even though it was your skill being used."
"…"
How should I know!
…
Though deep in night, the castle remained patrolled by diligent ants. Lin Yu summoned her night-watch daughters to transport the roomful of eggs to the Incubation Room. During the relocation, the little girl appeared somewhat reluctant, her eyes fixed on the moving procession.
"Go back to sleep," Lin Yu reassured. "By tomorrow some should hatch, and you can meet your… sisters then." They should be sisters… right? The Weak Ants, Worker Ants, and Military Ants would likely emerge by morning, while other varieties might take until afternoon or even the second or third day.
"Mmm." Only after hearing Lin Yu’s words did Red Pupil tear her gaze from her soon-to-hatch sisters. She returned to bed with Lin Yu, snuggling against the white-haired girl as the quiet rustling of egg transportation lulled them to sleep.
…
The following day, Red Pupil awoke at dawn. After washing up, she immediately headed for the Incubation Room. Though the movement roused Lin Yu, she didn’t follow. Three years of constant spawning had made the hatching process lose all novelty.
Over the past two days, Lin Yu had replenished her Magic Value Limit by consuming the remaining Magic Recovery Potions. Her next task was bestowing the "Transformation" skill upon Little Tear and Stealth One.
Descending to the castle’s basement, she found Little Tear, as expected, still fast asleep in the food storage. Several other ants dozed nearby – regular inhabitants of this larder. These lazy homebodies preferred leveling up through safe but slow raw meat consumption rather than dangerous monster hunting.
"Staying cooped up isn’t healthy," Lin Yu mused. "Even I, a fellow homebody, attend school regularly." Sometimes she had Red Pupil forcibly evict them for mandatory hunting expeditions.
Noticing some slumbering Iron Armored Ants, Acid Ants, and Earth Digging Ants, Lin Yu approached Little Tear and tapped her large head to wake her.
"Mo…Mommy?" The groggy black ant blinked in the pitch-black storage.
"Good evening?"
"It’s morning," Lin Yu corrected. "Come upstairs with me."
"Upstairs? Why?" Little Tear yawned.
"To become human."
