Enemies Are All Nourishment for My Fungi-Chapter 147: An Even More Relaxing Second Round of Hunting (7)

Ye Nai leaned against the trunk, casually fiddling with the ant queen in her hand. The ant queen was white, tender, and chubby, clearly well-nourished.

After playing for a while, she took out a small glass jar, put the ant queen inside, and stuffed the cork in tight.

She leaned against the tree trunk in a lazy fashion for about a quarter of an hour before she stretched her back, pinched the glass jar, and slowly turned to walk towards the car.

As she approached, the person in the car gently opened the rear door. Ye Nai caught the door, deftly jumped in, and before the door even closed, the car started and drove off.

"All done?"

The car had already gone far when Captain Mei finally had a moment to ask.

"All done, got the ant queen." Ye Nai shook the jar in her hand, "Turn on a light, turn on a light."

With a click, a small light inside the car turned on.

Ye Nai handed the jar over to Captain Mei.

"Wow, this ant queen is so plump."

"Let me see, let me see."

The warrior in the front passenger seat turned around, caught the jar, and even showed it to the driver for a moment.

"This ant queen is really fat." The driver, busy with driving, spared a glance and was equally surprised by the queen’s plumpness.

"It shows how nutrient-rich that tree must have been."

"No wonder these termites like big trees so much, they do eat well."

"It’s really dead, right? Don’t want to harm our native trees when we take it out."

"Dead, dead as can be, guaranteed not to harm any trees." Ye Nai didn’t want to cause trouble for the local trees, "You can take it out and feel it, it’s really nice to touch."

Upon hearing this, the warrior indeed took the cork out and poured the ant queen onto his palm.

"Hey, it is! The shell of this ant queen feels soft to the touch."

"Let me feel it, I’ve never touched one before."

Captain Mei in the back seat stretched out his hand and took the ant queen to feel it for himself.

"Don’t pull at the wings. The ant queen’s wings are degenerate; pull them and they’ll break. I’ve already torn a small part of one." Ye Nai added from the side, she had accidentally damaged a bit of the wing membrane when handling the queen.

"Ah?! Then we better put it back, don’t want to damage it further."

The ant queen was valuable as a specimen, and naturally, it was best to take it back whole.

Having the ant queen also proved that an ant nest had been raided.

After returning to the base camp, the glass jar containing the ant queen became an exhibit for the whole camp to see.

Ye Nai then went to find the logistics team. An entire ant nest’s worth of termites filled more than ten of the largest logistics bags, each swollen and bulging, standing waist-high on the ground.

They were brought back to extract formic acid; there was no need to treat them as gently as the ant queen, as long as they weren’t too battered.

In space, there were still eggs waiting to hatch, eggs hatching, and larvae that had already been hatched. Ye Nai didn’t take them out, allowing the fungus to decompose and absorb them all.

Anyway, no one asked about this, nor would anyone ask. The ant larvae that hatched without the care and feeding of worker ants would starve to death, and without the scent left by the worker ants coming in and out, other animals would come to the Ant Nest to forage.

Things like the food chain are the objective laws of every living world, and there was absolutely no need to worry about what to do with the remaining ant eggs in the Ant Nest.

The next morning, just as the sky began to brighten, everyone had a simple breakfast, packed up camp, and set off on the road as the sun fully rose.

Ye Nai withdrew her vehicle and followed on her motorcycle.

She resolutely refused to ride in the car again. She had already developed a "butt of steel" from driving these past few days and needed a break.

Although riding a motorcycle for an extended time would also train a "butt of steel," the feeling was different.

She rode her motorcycle at the front, leading the way for the convoy, and the team let her speed ahead, knowing that she bought this model specifically for racing.

After all, could a bunch of soldiers driving be outdone by a newbie who’d just received her motorcycle license?

So, although Ye Nai was fast, the vehicles behind weren’t slow either and kept up not far behind, making her motorcycle seem even more like a lead vehicle.

Their large military convoy drove with such momentum that other cars on the road swiftly made way for them.

After rushing at such a pace, it took them over five days to finally leave the Secret Realm and get back to the number 5 danger zone.

This chapter is updat𝙚d by freeweɓnovel.cøm.

Unloading the goods once more wore out the people from cold storage and purchasing, calling everyone from logistics to help with the inventory.

The seventeen male wild boars that Ye Nai had captured alive last time were given to the danger zone as live animals—one large and two small. The rest had been sleeping in Space until now, taken out on the presumption that she had hunted them on her way from the wetlands to find the camp.

If she had left them any longer, they would have grown too thin to present.

For the upcoming commemorative feast, this batch of rich ingredients was definitely enough, and it could even be distributed to the various rear towns within the Secret Realm.

The number 5 danger zone had been established for 15 years, but had never seen such a large amount of aquatic products from the Secret Realm.

The news was not kept secret. In fact, it couldn’t have been even if they wanted to. After the feast, news of the wetlands and rich aquatic resources in the Secret Realm will spread nationwide. It’s likely that it would attract countless Space Awakened.

Ye Nai, already resting at home, also received a message from the team leader’s group chat, asking her if the wetlands could withstand the influx of fishermen from all over the country in the future.

Ye Nai responded that there was no problem at all, just to come on over. Those without the skill would just become food in the water.

After all, that wetland was rarely visited, with an ecological system that had existed for many years. Indeed, the produce was plentiful, but it was also far from the road, which alone limited many teams.

If there were teams that managed to bring a refrigerated truck directly in, that was their skill.

Ye Nai’s response gave the higher-ups in the danger zone some peace of mind. Even if it would attract many people at first, after the initial excitement died down, not many would remain. The wetland had its own ecosystem, and the elusive, highly venomous water snakes were enough of a deterrent. Just think of the last soldier who was poisoned; on the way back, he needed so many toxin-blocking injections to survive and be resuscitated. Neither the Solo Hunters nor private teams had such medical resources.

The entire number 5 danger zone then started putting all efforts into preparing for the commemorative day. With some free time on her hands, Ye Nai spent a few days buying a bunch of new clothes and shoes, and also asked the captains where she could buy new combat uniforms, since she had grown taller and her clothes were too small.

No one believed her reason at first; it’s too rare for a 19-year-old girl to grow taller. But, after measuring in the training hall, she had indeed grown to 175 centimeters. Not only did they give her the phone number of the logistics officer responsible for buying clothes, but they also reminded her not to forget to get a new shoe last custom-made in number 1 town, since the previous one was useless now.

The fact that Ye Nai had grown taller became a piece of gossip for a couple of days, but then it was no longer mentioned. Anything could happen to a young Awakener.

Now with comfortable new clothes, Ye Nai reported to the training hall every day. The training in the morning was different every day, but she always had emergency medical response class in the afternoon.

She combined what she learned in class with the content she studied on the computer, mastering theoretical knowledge rapidly. With sufficient theory, she also learned practical classes quickly and performed well. Her talent for mechanical operations extended to medical emergency equipment as well, plus she had the advantage of being strong, capable of moving a 200-pound model dummy on her own.