Chapter 62
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Chapter 62: I’ll Give It My All, Mother
What comes after satiety?
As the saying goes: "Warm and fed, thoughts turn to… leveling up!" Obviously – time to level up!
…
After eating, Lin Yu approached the 24-hour guarded goblin experience packs with Red Pupil.
Remaining targets: 5 Big Goblins, 8 Goblin Warriors, 1 Goblin Wizard, and 1 Goblin King.
Though limb-broken and perpetually near-death… the green-skinned creatures’ lower regions remained erect – especially the Goblin Wizard and King, whose arousal seemed intensified…
Is this why goblins breed so prolifically?
Lin Yu couldn’t help staring a moment longer.
Disgusting…
Ignoring their pleas, she slaughtered the 5 Big Goblins first. Her Experience Value surged significantly, but remained insufficient.
After eliminating 5 more Goblin Warriors…
[Experience Value condition met. Level up.]
[Level LV.2 → LV.3. All stats restored.]
[Choose one blessing:
① Health Value Limit +30
② Health Value Limit +20 & Magic Value Limit +5
③ Health Value Limit +10, Agility +1, Intelligence +1]
Selected option three.
The remaining three Goblin Warriors offered negligible experience for further leveling. Might as well…
"Red Pupil, you handle these three."
"Me? Understood."
Having probably guessed Lin Yu’s thoughts, she stepped forward to a Goblin Warrior and effortlessly severed its head with a single snap of her mandibles.
After battling throughout the afternoon while already at the peak of her classless LV.10 Experience Bar, slaying this Goblin Warrior immediately propelled her into Class D.
Since Goblin Warriors ranged between Class D LV.19 and LV.20, eliminating just one caused Red Pupil’s level to astonishingly leap directly to LV.10.
Whether through some bestowed blessing or not, Red Pupil froze motionless after defeating the Goblin Warrior.
"What’s wrong?"
"Mother could appraise me."
Thus the appraisal was activated.
——
Name: Red Pupil
Race: Iron Armored Ant
Qualification: A
Class: D
Level: LV.10
Health Value: 410/410
Magic Value: 60/60
Skills: "Bite", "Ironcladization", "Life Connection", "Defense Enhancement"
Attributes:
Strength 3
Agility 2
Intelligence 2
Physical Resistance Ability 5 (+1)
Elemental Magic Resistance Ability 0
Abnormal State Resistance Ability 1
——
Nearly all attributes showed growth, with Health Value Limit and Physical Resistance Ability demonstrating the most significant improvements.
Moreover, two new skills had been acquired!
The first was "Defense Enhancement" – a passive skill boosting Physical Resistance Ability by 1.2 times, which we’d previously encountered.
As for the second…
/"Life Connection": Forms a link with single target, transferring all damage received by the target to the user.
Incredible!
With this skill, ant squads accompanying Red Pupil would rarely face casualties unless encountering exceptionally powerful monsters.
This ability would prove invaluable when colony members suffered severe injuries or critical health depletion!
Furthermore…
This skill appeared applicable to me too? As long as Red Pupil survives, my own life would be safeguarded!
Wait – does that seem somewhat cold-hearted?
N-no! Red Pupil’s so resilient, robust, and massive… If even she couldn’t withstand enemy attacks, no ant in the colony possibly could.
As Lin Yu pondered, an imperceptible yet tangible thread connected to her body.
"Red Pupil?"
"I activated Life Connection. How does Mother feel?"
"Just sensing a connecting thread between us – nothing else."
"Same here. Mother… may I test this skill?"
Test the skill…
Wouldn’t that require inflicting harm upon me?
Well… I’m rather pain-averse.
The previous acid incident still haunts me.
But this skill’s crucial enough to warrant personal testing…
Please… be gentle…
"I’ll be careful, Mother."
She actually suggested it herself.
Such a considerate daughter – Mother’s heart swells with pride!
"Mhm."
Lin Yu then watched the large black ant cautiously extend its foreleg to give hers the softest possible nudge.
The movements are so gentle… does this really deal any damage?
Red Pupil then slid further up along the white ant’s forelimb.
As Lin Yu watched in bewilderment, Red Pupil tapped here and prodded there, nearly touching all six limbs of the white ant.
"What’s happening?"
Lin Yu finally couldn’t hold back her question.
"It seems too light. I need to use more force, Mom."
"Mmm."
This time, it appeared serious. Red Pupil’s forelimb struck the white ant’s limb with slightly greater force.
A muffled thud echoed.
Lin Yu opened her eyes—which she’d shut in anticipation of pain—but still felt nothing.
She glanced at Red Pupil and noticed her Health Value had dropped by 10 points.
"The skill effect is genuine. This way, I can protect Mom better."
Red Pupil seemed thoroughly satisfied with the skill.
However, upon checking Red Pupil’s Status Panel, Lin Yu discovered that activating "Life Connection" consumed 10 Magic Value instantly, followed by 1 Magic Value per minute thereafter.
This meant the skill couldn’t be sustained indefinitely, and its usage required caution due to Magic Value limitations.
Red Pupil proceeded to eliminate the remaining two Goblin Warriors, leveling up from LV.10 to LV.17 with another significant stat boost—though no new skills emerged this time.
Lin Yu decided to apply her "Unique Skill – Queen Ant" to bestow the two overpowered abilities, "Magnification" and "Leadership," onto Red Pupil. If successful, she planned to grant "Identification" and "Magic Shield" next.
Her choice to prioritize skill-granting over "Egg Laying" served three purposes:
First, testing the success rate—while C Qualification Military Ants had failed, an A Qualification like Red Pupil should succeed.
Second, ensuring the safety of Red Pupil and her hunting daughters, now the ant colony’s elite force.
Third, empowering them to defeat stronger foes for richer experience gains.
…And a fourth, minor reason:
Laying eggs… I’ve done enough of that already. Let me rest awhile!
Plus, doing such things under Red Pupil and Little Tear’s watchful gazes feels… odd.
