Chapter 28

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Chapter 28: How to Thicken the Diluted Slime?

“Gaba gaba!!”

“Gaba gaba!!”

The goblins that had lost their combat ability were shrieking ferociously.

“Chirp?”

“Chomp chomp!”

“Chirp!”

“What is it?”

Because she couldn’t understand what the white ant was saying, the goblin’s peculiar goat-like eyes were filled with confusion.

Lin Yu felt somewhat bored as well.

So instead of making arbitrary noises, she leaned forward and bit each of the goblins one by one until they perished.

The goblins’ health points dropped to zero, and the once-large creatures withered away.

/Experience points gained, conditions met, level up.

Level LV.5 increased to LV.6, all values restored.

Choose one of three gifts: ① Health Limit +10, Magic Limit +5 ② Agility +1, Intelligence +1 ③ Intelligence +1, Physical Resistance +1

Selected the third gift option.

After leveling up, Lin Yu focused on several weak ants waiting outside the cave.

Inside the cave, the other weak ants were tearing pieces of meat from the bear’s carcass and transporting them into the ant nest.

Everything was proceeding in an orderly manner.

As time progressed.

The young weak ants and young worker ants in the nest had matured fully. The weak ants’ health value increased to 8 points, while the worker ants’ health value was lower at only 5 points.

The two newly born D Qualification weak ants’ health value also rose to 10 points, while the two newly born D Qualification worker ants increased to 8 points.

After they had grown completely, Lin Yu permitted them to continue consuming meat to level up.

By the time they were satiated, each Weak Ant and Worker Ant had reached Level 3, and they all increased their Health Value.

The Health Value of the 70 newborn Weak Ants: 28/28

The Health Value of the 70 newborn Worker Ants: 25/25

After they were all full, Lin Yu had these newborn Weak Ants join the large group to transport meat, while the 70 Worker Ants were instructed to begin digging tunnels inside the ant nest.

The tunnels could be excavated in all directions or downward into the deeper sections of the nest.

If they dug downward, it would require more time to transport the dirt outside.

Therefore, Lin Yu had the Worker Ants dig tunnels in the four directions of the current chamber, and after digging a small tunnel, they began to expand the room.

After receiving the directive, the 70 Worker Ants automatically divided into four groups and started digging in four directions.

Lin Yu spent some time observing the Worker Ants at their task.

Their mandibles were smaller than those of the Weak Ants but thicker, which made them more efficient at digging.

Moreover, Lin Yu noticed that they secreted a clear sticky liquid while digging, which bound the loose soil together into lumps that could be easily transported by other Worker Ants.

The speed at which they moved the soil lumps was remarkably swift, even faster than the Weak Ants bringing in meat, as if they had been performing this task for a long time.

They expanded the ant nest more efficiently and steadily than the Weak Ants had before.

Lin Yu found herself growing fond of them.

You are all excellent workers! I apologize for doubting your capabilities before.

The white ant gently tapped their small heads with its front legs in encouragement.

After excavating a small tunnel in each of the four directions, the Worker Ants began to enlarge their dwelling.

However, as they were expanding their home, their pace decreased, not due to laziness, but because the clear sticky liquid they produced began to thin out, making it more difficult to bind the soil as before.

The Worker Ants that could no longer produce thick clear sticky liquid ceased working.

It resembled skilled craftsmen who, lacking proper tools or materials, chose to halt work to maintain quality standards.

Noting this, Lin Yu decided to trust the judgment of these “skilled workers,” and promptly instructed them to stop digging in all four directions and concentrate on just one direction initially.

However, this meant that some Worker Ants were left without assignments.

Consequently, the remaining idle Worker Ants were asked to assist in transporting soil and pieces of meat.

To conserve time, the soil was not taken outside the cave for disposal but instead was piled up inside the cave.

After a period, a new chamber was finally constructed.

The new room was nearly twice the size of the old chamber, demonstrating that the Worker Ants constructed the ant hill more effectively than the Weak Ants.

However, after completing this new room, the sticky fluid from the Worker Ants had become as thin as water, and they lay exhausted on the ground.

Lin Yu, being an attentive mother, fed them meat when they were unable to rise.

Consuming more meat might help thicken that fluid!

Ah, it’s not just to make them work efficiently! Why is that? Because…because…right, if it’s too thin, it might be detrimental to their health.

Unfortunately, after the already satiated Worker Ants consumed additional meat, the sticky fluid did not become thicker.

It appears that it requires time to return to its original consistency?

So disappointing…ah, no, just slightly disappointing…

Exploiting the daughters’ labor? What an inadequate mother! She deserves reproach!

After some time.

The Worker Ants, who had become weakened from producing excessive slime, gradually recovered their strength, but the slime remained thin.

Thus, Lin Yu had them transport meat pieces alongside the other Weak Ants.

After laboring diligently for nearly two hours, dusk approached.

The newly expanded chamber was almost filled with pieces of meat.

The massive carcass of the long-toothed brown bear had been almost entirely dismantled, leaving only a small portion of meat along with some internal organs, fur, and bones.

The bodies of the wolf pack remained largely unchanged.

Lin Yu had sampled the meat of the Granville Wolf, and it possessed a strong bloody taste, accompanied by an unusual odor.

It was less palatable than bear meat.

Goblin meat?

Hmm, I’ll postpone that consideration. Why would I desire to consume the flesh of these green-skinned creatures when bear and wolf meat are available?

Those goblins are both unsightly and disturbing, and they remain humanoid beings. Consuming them would surely be repulsive, correct?

While Lin Yu was absorbed in thought, news arrived from the Weak Ant maintaining watch.

A group of goblins was approaching the cave’s direction.

When the goblins drew sufficiently near, Lin Yu could discern their numbers and size through the Weak Ant’s vision.

There were 30 goblins, and the reason their size was clearly visible was because…

The leader of the goblins was not the small green-skinned creature previously encountered; it was tall and powerful, easily seven or eight times the height of the other diminutive goblins.

It appeared roughly the size of a saber-toothed bear, but in terms of height, it surpassed even that bear!

Its skin was dark brown, with an expansive mouth filled with sharp teeth, and it wielded a massive wooden club, as thick as the trunk of a small tree.

This imposing creature bore little resemblance to an ordinary goblin.