Enemies Are All Nourishment for My Fungi-Chapter 130 Going Hunting (1)

Yu Qing, who was at work, received a message from Ye Nai that scared her so much she immediately made a call.

"What happened? Why did you take that job? Didn’t you say it was very dangerous?"

"Need to make money, or where would I get twenty thousand to pay for your settling-in fee?" Compared to her mother’s anxiety, Ye Nai’s tone was calm, as if she was accustomed to life and death situations.

Yu Qing thought about what Ye Nai had said at the dinner table, how moving trash required paying a third of the income to the local tyrant, along with bad weather and necessary rest, slashing the monthly income of nine or ten thousand on paper by half, making the actual take-home pay only four to five thousand.

This modest amount of money, after covering daily expenses, also needs to maintain social relationships; none of the local tyrant’s underlings are easy to deal with. After working hard for half a year and barely saving some money, two visits to Seafood Restaurant had already cost fourteen thousand. Now, promising her another twenty thousand, her elder daughter really didn’t have much money left.

"Is the team you’re going with reliable? Can they ensure the safety of the laborers?"

"The team is reliable, but safety is debatable. The mutant plants and mutant beasts in the Secret Realm don’t announce their presence to humans before they emerge, and it’s not uncommon for team members to die while laborers survive."

"If there’s danger, drop everything and run, you know? No matter how ferocious the mutant plants and mutant beasts are, they’re not as deadly as being pushed out by someone beside you to be a human shield."

"Okay, I got it."

"After you come out of the Secret Realm, remember to let me know you’re safe."

"Sure."

After hanging up the phone, Yu Qing started pondering again about finding a good man for her elder daughter to quickly get married, have children at home; anything would be safer than her working as a Secret Realm Laborer.

But on second thought, she realized Ye Nai’s income from these jobs was considerable. She had grown up with certain expectations, become accustomed to spending freely, and definitely would not settle for being a housewife. Not to mention, with the local poverty, it would be hard to find a man who both earned a lot and was willing to marry her and let her spend his money.

Moreover, she was so strong, her man had to be able to withstand a beating.

Rich men didn’t have such quirks.

The more Yu Qing thought about it, the more she got a headache. Ye Nai was just nineteen this year, and it would only get harder to find someone as she got older. What sin had she committed to have a daughter like this? She needed to keep a closer eye on her younger daughter to ensure she didn’t end up like the elder one.

Unaware of her mother’s myriad worries at the moment, Ye Nai hung up the phone and got into Captain Xiao Ni’s car.

Heading for the Secret Realm.

They entered as a group. During the hunt, they would still operate in squads but stay within a distance where they could call out to each other on the radio for immediate confirmation of everyone’s safety and support in case of emergency.

Ye Nai would also take part in the hunting. She was the main force in capturing live prey, and most of the anesthesia was for her use.

She followed Captain Xiao Ni’s team, mainly because of Ah Qi, who could take turns driving the tractor with her.

They drove along the highway for five days before entering the wilderness. There were only a few fungus threads by the road, obviously having slowly grown and spread over the days.

Ye Nai hurriedly released a large number of spores, providing ammunition for her fungus.

At this point, the various teams started to scatter, warming up with some medium and small game.

Although everyone wanted to hunt large animals, the reality was that the lower on the food chain, the more numerous the animals are, so deer and rabbits were their main targets.

They had come to this wilderness because Captain Niu had said he saw Camel-hump Deer in this area—a large deer with a single hump on its back, just one size smaller than a mature Blue Star Camel.

"Each team will have a chance. If you see a Camel-hump Deer, mark the location, and try to capture it alive."

Before they separated, Captain Niu’s voice came through the radios in each team’s vehicle.

All the vehicles also replied with "Received".

Having entered and exited the Secret Realm so many times, Ye Nai had never seen a deer before, especially such a unique Camel-hump Deer. She rubbed her hands together in anticipation, bursting with excitement.

The greatest value of this deer lay in the extraction of its blood for medicinal purposes.

The blood and internal organs of mutant beasts were inedible, but the Camel-hump Deer was a rare exception. Its blood contained survival factors that could improve the quality of life for patients with serious diseases or injuries.

And it was a Wood Element Mutant Beast.

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There was a common belief that this was probably a unique talent of Wood Element Mutant Beasts since it hadn’t been found in other mutant beasts. The survival factors could only be found in Wood Element Mutant Beasts, with the quantity varying according to the size of the individual mutant beast.

Because of their large size, high-quality survival factors, and the greater quantity, Camel-hump Deers became the preferred choice for hunting.

Ye Nai didn’t ask about capturing a Wood Element Mutant Beast alive to harvest its blood. She thought that if one dared to keep it alive, there must be a safe and reliable method of control.

She was just a hunter, so why ponder so much?

Ye Nai got off the vehicle and switched to a motorcycle, reasoning that she needed to set traps to catch some rabbits.

Before the New Year, the live rabbit kits she brought back were very popular. Initially, they were meant to be distributed one pair to each household in another dangerous zone, but those who came to collect the kits brought gifts, and every household ended up taking more than one pair.

The live piglets were reserved by the chefs for preparing a feast on the first day of the New Year. Unfortunately, Ye Nai was busy with household chores that day and missed the meal, so she wanted to catch some more this time.

Speaking of piglets, there were still three in a state of hibernation within the Space, protected by the fungus, and still alive, just a little thinner.

Compared to the fragile humans, the life force of mutant beasts was truly long-lasting.

Just right, they could be thrown out to mimic the prey caught in traps.

Ye Nai rode the motorcycle through the wilderness and found a spot with sparse woods and shrubs. She first released spores and waited for them to multiply and build a fungus wall. Then she brought out the excavator she had recently purchased and started digging holes.

Using a large bucket to dig was fast, and she properly arranged a wild boar trap.

After she was done with all this, the fungus wall also took shape to some extent, thriving on the nutrient-rich soil, which was very conducive to its growth.

Next, Ye Nai released the three piglets and then sat outside the fungus wall, taking out a camping chair to rest.

The piglets gradually awoke, rolled over to stand and instinctively let out a couple of cries looking for the larger pigs. When they got no response, they started rooting around in the dirt for food.

As they wandered, they fell into the big hole.

Ye Nai leisurely ate and drank, with her feet up playing games, utterly unconcerned about the piglets that had fallen into the hole. More spores danced on the wind, landing and growing wherever they fell, aiding her in tracking prey.

She had come out to hunt, there was no need to lift a finger herself.

After having her fill of food and play, and growing tired from gaming, Ye Nai even reclined her chair to take a nap.

In this way, she dawdled away a few hours, and the grown fungus sent back feedback. It released an abundance of spores to reproduce, many of which entered any passing mutant beast. The spores lulled those creatures to sleep and provided Ye Nai with their location.

Only then did Ye Nai pack up and set off on her motorcycle, searching for her prey one by one.

There was no hurry to deal with the piglets in the pit, since they were protected by the fungus. Moving something weighing several hundred pounds required calling for help. She simply placed a glow stick beside the trap as a signal.