Chapter 45
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Chapter 45: The Underground Ant Nest Network Over a Kilometer in Diameter
Name: Lin Yu
Race: Queen Ant
Qualification: S+
Class: D
Level: LV.20
Health Value: 60/60
Magic Value: 102/102
Skills, “Unique Skill – Queen Ant”, “Egg Laying”, “Identification”, “Cleaning”, “Leadership”, “Sword Talent”, “Proficient in all Languages”, “Magic Shield”
Attribute: Strength 2
Agility 1
Intelligence 10
Physical Resistance Ability 3
Elemental Magic Resistance Ability 1
Abnormal State Resistance Ability 1
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This month, Lin Yu rose from level 13 to level 20, and after reaching level 20, the Experience Value progress bar seemed to grow much longer.
Whenever it’s almost time to level up, the Experience Value needed for the previous level suddenly increases a lot.
The limit for Class D seems to be level 20.
When reaching level 20, I also gained a new skill.
“Magic Shield”: When the skill is activated, a transparent shield made of magic essence will appear around the target, protecting against attacks from enemies.
This is a battle-type skill.
After gaining the skill, Lin Yu tried it out.
Upon activation, the skill consumes 5 points of Magic Value, followed by an additional point every ten seconds. Canceling and reactivating it will again cost 5 points. Due to this continuous drain, “Magic Shield” cannot be toggled on and off as casually as the “Command” skill.
Although she really wanted to give the “Magic Shield” skill to the Military Ants below through her “Unique Skill – Queen Ant,” Lin Yu decided against it because granting the skill requires a large amount of Magic Value.
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As for the construction of the ant nest.
After a month, nearly five hundred Worker Ants had expanded the ant nest beneath the stone cave to several times its original size, constructing over a hundred new chambers for food storage, monster materials, and resting spaces for the ant tribe. Additionally, a complex network of tunnels had been dug, with the number of passages far exceeding that of the rooms.
The entire underground ant tunnel network suddenly spread out, extending for thousands of meters.
The number of exits to the surface from the ant tunnels also reached several dozen, mostly hidden in the forest and in between rocks…
The five lookout points near the Goblin Tribe were also expanded.
Lin Yu roughly calculated the position of the Goblin Tribe and directed the Worker Ants to tunnel toward the areas where the small shelters were located. Since the excavation was happening underground—and considering the goblins were constantly making a racket—there was little concern about their digging being noticed.
Next was information about the enemy—the Goblin Tribe.
Although these goblins reproduce very quickly, they are lazy and only go out to hunt when they are extremely hungry.
Due to their laziness, the average level of the ordinary goblins in the Goblin Tribe is between LV.1 and LV.6, with a few at LV.7 and LV.8, but there are very few of those; no goblins of a higher level can be found.
They also fight amongst themselves; any little disagreement can lead to a big fight, and the result usually ends with one side dead. The winner will eat the body of the loser.
The frequency of these internal fights is quite high.
The young goblins have an even harder time surviving in the tribe. When they are born, their mothers do not take care of them.
As for the fathers, it is even worse. It is possible that the fathers were eaten by their own kind before these young goblins were born.
Because of these reasons, the number of ordinary goblins has remained at just over one thousand one hundred.
Over the past month, Lin Yu has counted the number of Big Goblins in the large shelters.
There are eleven in total, and some of them are even larger than the Big Goblin she killed before.
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Lin Yu lay on the back of a C Qualification Military Ant, with her six legs up, thinking about her next plan.
It feels like it will take a long time to advance to the next level.
It’s like the training has hit a wall.
If you want to break through the training wall quickly, you need to approach it from another angle.
For example, killing for treasure?
Too bad there’s no one to kill.
But there are goblins! Let’s defeat those silly goblins! Eat their bodies and gain their experience!
I feel like it’s time to deal with them.
Right now, our fighting strength is mainly six hundred Weak Ants and four hundred Military Ants. In a one-on-one fight, a level 5 Weak Ant with no special abilities probably can’t beat those ordinary goblins.
However, those eighty-D Qualification Weak Ants can definitely defeat the ordinary goblins.
As for the Military Ants, there’s no need to say more. Ordinary goblins can mostly never break their defenses.
A Military Ant could easily defeat dozens of goblins.
So, the more troublesome ones are those Big Goblins.
However, based on the current level of the Military Ants, just two or three should be enough to withstand one Big Goblin’s attack, and five Military Ants could probably subdue one Big Goblin.
But with only five, it might still be difficult; perhaps six or seven will be needed to finally kill one Big Goblin.
To deal with these 11 Big Goblins, one hundred Military Ants should be more than enough.
The problem is what is happening behind the small goblin houses and in the cave.
Perhaps we should capture a few goblins to ask about the situation.
Before, we did not take action against these goblins because we were afraid of alarming them.
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When she thought of it, she began to take action.
The one taking action was the Ant Clan, with her as their daughter.
Soon, the Military Ants captured six goblins that were out hunting and brought them back to the ant nest.
Since the ant colony had grown to over a thousand, Lin Yu no longer stayed in the dark and gloomy underground nest; her bedroom became a stone cave above the ant nest.
Because there were always Military Ants guarding and patrolling inside and outside the cave, Lin Yu didn’t have to worry about her safety at all.
Snap!
The goblins were thrown onto the ground in the stone cave.
These six goblins were unable to move because of their serious injuries; they were covered in blood and bruises, yet they still glared fiercely and shouted at the surrounding Military Ants.
“Death! Death to the ants!”
“Grrrr!!” (Kill! Kill them!)
So it turns out that being “Proficient in all Languages” really lets me understand what these goblins are saying.
And it’s a passive skill that doesn’t use any Magic Value.
By the way, don’t these goblins see the situation? Right now, you are captives, and you are going to be killed and eaten!
Plus, their vocabulary is so poor; all they say is “kill” and “die.” Couldn’t they at least insult me by saying “die, ant”?
I’m really doubtful if I can communicate with them.
Speaking of which…
I’m a little nervous about talking to someone…
Can someone like me, who is socially anxious, really do well? Honestly, I almost forgot I was socially anxious since I haven’t talked to anyone for so long…
Hmm… How should I start?
It is morning now, um, so let’s…
Lin Yu finally gathered her courage and spoke—
“Chirp?” (Good morning?)
