Why does this NumberValue act as though there are two of them?

Hello, everyone.

To test my Lua abilities, I set out on creating a self-replicating, semi-intelligent, and thrilling hive system reminiscent of the Faro Robots from Horizon: Zero Dawn. A few bumps were encountered, but I mostly got everything up to speed on my own. I have a Queen, a spawning system, resource collection, outside response, etc. etc.

The problem occurs in the Queen's Resources NumberValue, defined as "Resources." The Queen script has no issue keeping track of this value when it comes to spawning the robots, nor when it reaches zero and stops drone production. The issue occurs when the Robots return to the Queen to deposit their harvested resources; Instead of increasing from the zero resources that warranted the collection, the Queen suddenly regains the 500 resources within her NumberValue, and the robots add onto it. In addition, this value has no effect on the value within the Queen's script, as the Production function does not resume even though it has surpassed the threshold.

local Queen = script.Parent
local SpawnPart = script.Parent:WaitForChild("SpawnPart")
local Resources = Queen.Resources.Value
local IsCreatingDrone = false
local WorkerControl = game.Lighting:WaitForChild("WorkerControl")
local QueenSerial = Queen.QueenSerial.Value
local Crown = Queen.Crown



if QueenSerial == 0 then
	QueenSerial = math.random(1, 9999999999)
	print("Queen " .. tostring(QueenSerial) .. " is now online.")
	Queen.Name = QueenSerial
end



function SpawnDrone(dronetype)
	if dronetype == "Worker" and IsCreatingDrone == false then
		IsCreatingDrone = true
		
		Resources = Resources - 50
		
		local Worker = Instance.new("Model", Queen)
		Worker.Name = "Worker Drone"
		
	
		
		local WorkerHead = Instance.new("Part", Worker)
		WorkerHead.Name = "Head"
		WorkerHead.Size = Vector3.new(2, 1, 2)
		WorkerHead.Material = Enum.Material.Neon
		WorkerHead.BrickColor = BrickColor.new("Lime green")
		WorkerHead.Position = SpawnPart.Position + Vector3.new(0, 4, 0)
		local Weld = Instance.new("WeldConstraint", WorkerHead)
		Weld.Part0 = WorkerHead
		
	
		local WorkerBody = Instance.new("Part", Worker)
		WorkerBody.Name = "HumanoidRootPart"
		WorkerBody.Size = Vector3.new(2, 1, 2)
		WorkerBody.Material = Enum.Material.Metal
		WorkerBody.BrickColor = BrickColor.new("Dark stone grey")
		WorkerBody.Position = WorkerHead.Position + Vector3.new(0, -1, 0)
		Worker.PrimaryPart = WorkerBody
		Weld.Part1 = WorkerBody


		
		local Humanoid = Instance.new("Humanoid", Worker)
		
		local IsActive = Instance.new("BoolValue", Worker)
		IsActive.Name = "IsActive"
		
		local ResourceLoad = Instance.new("NumberValue", Worker)
		ResourceLoad.Name = "ResourceLoad"
		
		local WorkerControl = WorkerControl:Clone()
		WorkerControl.Parent = Worker
		WorkerControl.Disabled = false
		
		local HomeQueenSerial = Instance.new("NumberValue", Worker)
		HomeQueenSerial.Name = "HomeQueenSerial"
		HomeQueenSerial.Value = QueenSerial
		
		local DroneSerial = Instance.new("NumberValue", Worker)
		DroneSerial.Name = "DroneSerial"
		DroneSerial.Value = math.random(1, 9999999999)
		

		
		WorkerHead.Anchored = true
		WorkerBody.Anchored = true
		wait(2)
		WorkerHead.Anchored = false
		WorkerBody.Anchored = false
		
		
	
		print("Drone " .. tostring(DroneSerial.Value) .. " is now online.")
		print("Queen " .. tostring(QueenSerial) .. " has " .. tostring(Resources) .. " resources remaining.")
		IsCreatingDrone = false
	end
end

function Dormant()
	Crown.BrickColor = BrickColor.new("New Yeller")
	if Resources >= 50 then
		Production()
	else
		wait(1)
		Dormant()
	end
end

function Production()
	Crown.BrickColor = BrickColor.new("Lime green")
	if Resources >= 50 then
		SpawnDrone("Worker")
		wait(4)
		Production()
	elseif Resources == 0 then
		print(("Queen " .. tostring(QueenSerial) .. " has no resources. Activating Dormancy Protocols."))
		Dormant()
	end
end

Production()

And now for the Drones.

local PathfindingService = game:GetService("PathfindingService")

local DroneSerial = script.Parent:WaitForChild("DroneSerial").Value
local dronepart = script.Parent.HumanoidRootPart
local humanoid = script.Parent:WaitForChild("Humanoid")
local WorkerHead = script.Parent:WaitForChild("Head")
local HomeQueenSerial = tostring(script.Parent:WaitForChild("HomeQueenSerial").Value)
local resourceload = script.Parent.ResourceLoad.Value
local isactive = script.Parent.IsActive.Value
local target
local HarvestingOrganicMatter = false
local OrganicMatterDirectory = game.Workspace:WaitForChild("OrganicMatterDirectory")
local QueenDirectory = game.Workspace:WaitForChild("QueenDirectory")
local Queens = QueenDirectory:GetChildren()

function ReturnToHive(targethive)
local HomeQueen
local QueenTitle = tostring(HomeQueenSerial)
for _, i in pairs(Queens) do
	if QueenTitle == i.Name then
		HomeQueen = i
	end
end

print("Worker Drone " .. DroneSerial .. " is returning to Queen " .. QueenTitle .. " at " .. tostring(HomeQueen.SpawnPart.Position))
WorkerHead.BrickColor = BrickColor.new("Lime green")
local ReturnPosition = HomeQueen.SpawnPart.Position - Vector3.new(0, 2, 0)
	local path = PathfindingService:CreatePath()
	local waypoints
	local currentWaypointIndex
	local function followPath(destinationObject)
	path:ComputeAsync(dronepart.Position, ReturnPosition)
	waypoints = {}
	if path.Status == Enum.PathStatus.Success then
		waypoints = path:GetWaypoints()
		currentWaypointIndex = 1
		humanoid:MoveTo(waypoints[currentWaypointIndex].Position)
	else
		humanoid:MoveTo(dronepart.Position)
	end
end
local function onWaypointReached(reached)
	if reached and currentWaypointIndex < #waypoints then
		currentWaypointIndex = currentWaypointIndex + 1
		humanoid:MoveTo(waypoints[currentWaypointIndex].Position)
	end
end
local function onPathBlocked(blockedWaypointIndex)
	if blockedWaypointIndex > currentWaypointIndex then
		followPath(ReturnPosition)
	end
end
path.Blocked:Connect(onPathBlocked)
humanoid.MoveToFinished:Connect(onWaypointReached)
followPath(ReturnPosition)


WorkerHead.BrickColor = BrickColor.new("New Yeller")
		
		for i=1, 50 do
			resourceload = resourceload - 1
		
			wait(1)
			HomeQueen.Resources.Value = HomeQueen.Resources.Value + 1
			
		end
		print("Worker Drone " .. DroneSerial .. " has deposited resources at Queen " .. QueenTitle .. " and is returning to harvesting.")
		print("Queen " .. QueenTitle .. " now has " .. tostring(HomeQueen.Resources.Value) .. " resources.")
		WorkerHead.BrickColor = BrickColor.new("Lime green")
		IdentifyTarget()
end		




function RetrieveResource(targetresource)
	print(targetresource.Position)
	local path = PathfindingService:CreatePath()
	local waypoints
	local currentWaypointIndex
	local function followPath(destinationObject)
	path:ComputeAsync(dronepart.Position, targetresource.Position)
	waypoints = {}
	if path.Status == Enum.PathStatus.Success then
		waypoints = path:GetWaypoints()
		currentWaypointIndex = 1
		humanoid:MoveTo(waypoints[currentWaypointIndex].Position)
	else
		humanoid:MoveTo(dronepart.Position)
	end
end
local function onWaypointReached(reached)
	if reached and currentWaypointIndex < #waypoints then
		currentWaypointIndex = currentWaypointIndex + 1
		humanoid:MoveTo(waypoints[currentWaypointIndex].Position)
	end
end
local function onPathBlocked(blockedWaypointIndex)
	if blockedWaypointIndex > currentWaypointIndex then
		followPath(targetresource.Position)
	end
end
path.Blocked:Connect(onPathBlocked)
humanoid.MoveToFinished:Connect(onWaypointReached)
followPath(target.Position)
end	


function IdentifyTarget()
	print("Identifying target!")
	local directory = OrganicMatterDirectory:GetChildren()
	local randomtarget = math.random(1, #directory)
	target = directory[tonumber(randomtarget)]
	print(target.Name)
	RetrieveResource(target)
end

function Harvest(part)
	if part.Name == "OrganicMatter" and HarvestingOrganicMatter == false then
		local OrganicMatterAmount = part:WaitForChild("Matter").Value
		print("Harvesting!")
		HarvestingOrganicMatter = true
		WorkerHead.BrickColor = BrickColor.new("New Yeller")
		
		for i=1, 50 do
			OrganicMatterAmount = OrganicMatterAmount - i
			wait(1)
			resourceload = resourceload + 1
		end
		print(resourceload .." units have been harvested.")
		WorkerHead.BrickColor = BrickColor.new("Lime green")
		ReturnToHive(HomeQueenSerial)
	end
end


wait(5)
IdentifyTarget()

script.Parent.Head.Touched:Connect(Harvest)

Some coding in these blocks are inefficient, and though I realize and lament that, I respectfully ask all direction be focused on the question. This was a project of possibility, not precision.

All help (besides the aforementioned) is greatly appreciated. If you need something clarified, let me know.

Turns out that affixing .Value to a :WaitForChild("NumberValue") conjures up some weird phantom value that doesn't affect the actual instance. All I had to do was assign :WaitForChild("NumberVariable") to a variable and then refer to it as Variable.Value for it to work properly.