Enemies Are All Nourishment for My Fungi-Chapter 148: The Prospect of East Ridge at the Dinner Table

The teachers all said that she was a born frontline first aider, and that she was destined for this profession. They recommended professional websites where she could learn advanced content, to prepare for taking higher-level first aid certification in the future.

Ye Nai checked the website and found that the advanced content included battlefield amputation surgery, which had to be performed by a first aider in cases of severe injury when there was no possibility of getting to a hospital and no qualified doctors were present.

The anatomy content related to surgery actually helped Ye Nai find the solution she was looking for. She conducted the final experiment on herself and managed to trick her body in a gentle and harmless way, successfully putting her reproductive system into dormancy, so she no longer had to worry about staining her pants with blood while on missions.

Ye Nai’s outstanding performance made her teachers willing to teach her more, to help her catch up and make up for the content she missed because of her missions in the past few months.

She also found that her mind was now very sharp, and she could learn anything quickly. Those tricky medical terms seemed as easy to understand as common sense to her.

Because of her rapid progress and solid grasp of knowledge, the teachers directly allowed her to enter the internship stage. They wrote her a letter of recommendation to report to the emergency department of the military hospital for thirty sessions.

Just as medical students eventually do internships, so do first aid courses. Thirty sessions meant going to the hospital to clock in thirty times, and the quality of the work would be immediately evident through feedback. After the internship was completed, she would be graded, which would largely indicate whether she would pass the exams and get certified.

Ye Nai wanted to get her certification as soon as possible.

She had enrolled in classes as an Awakener, and after completing the course and getting certified, she would receive a score, which would accumulate points towards her Training Level. Every bit of progress could be exchanged for corresponding points, and once she had enough, she could upgrade to Training Level 3, and then continue to Level 4, Level 5, and so on.

Earning points, accumulating points, and leveling up were all part of the process.

After clocking in at the hospital for two days, Ye Nai quickly became deeply beloved by all the doctors and nurses in the emergency department.

The reason was simple: Ye Nai was strong.

Patients and the injured who were brought in on wheelchairs and stretchers usually required at least two people to transfer them to the emergency beds, but Ye Nai could lift them up and put them down gently by herself.

In the wound cleaning room, she was both fast and steady when cleaning people’s wounds and dressing them. There were no unnecessary movements—everything was by the book as taught by her teachers. If not for the intern badge on her clothes, one would not be able to tell she was a newbie.

In fact, she did not exhibit the common errors of a novice, since she had already handled recently deceased bodies on the battlefield last year and applied hemostatic bandages to severely wounded soldiers covered in blood. She had seen big scenes before and was not fazed by minor injuries.

As a first aider, she had to know the basics of wound suturing, so Ye Nai bought suturing tools to practice on pigskin at home, patiently waiting for her chance to put her skills to use.

As Commemoration Day drew closer, Danger Zone 5 became increasingly lively. For Ye Nai, this meant that wherever she went, she could see photographers carrying large cameras to capture footage—on the streets, in the training gym, and in the military hospital. She even passed by a photographer while pushing a small cart.

On Commemoration Day itself, there was a big celebration in the military barracks during the day, which was bustling with many people. Ye Nai did not have time for the festivities, as she was busy in the hospital all day. She was borrowed by the surgical ward to change bandages for postoperative patients, and only in the evening did she clock out to go to the canteen for dinner.

This time, she sat on the second floor with the captains, while the leaders and media reporters were on the third floor.

Looking around, Ye Nai did not see a single familiar private military team.

"Eh, didn’t the private military teams come?"

"They don’t have the qualifications to come. They know we’re gathering supplies for Commemoration Day, yet they contribute nothing."

"We’ve seen them trading with traffickers as soon as they left Town No. 1. They’re all schemers, no need to bother with them."

"It’s a pity, after all, they are well-known teams on the list. They’re not even active in trying to get in with us."

"Exactly, not as smart as this young lady."

Ye Nai’s head was ruffled by Captain Cao sitting next to her. Her freshly shaved short hair felt soft and fluffy, very pleasant to touch.

Today is the anniversary dinner, and there are leaders and reporters upstairs, so each table only has a few bottles of beer and several large bottles of beverages, but there’s plenty of food to go around.

As the gastronomic delights hit the table, everyone is eating non-stop, lavishing praise on the delicious fish and shrimp from the "Secret Realm".

The main thing is the yield of meat from the fish and shrimp is also very high; after removing the head, tail, skin, innards, and shells, what’s left is all clean meat. For the shrimp, this means pure shrimp meat, and the fish is great too, except those who love spicy fish head and spicy fish tail won’t be able to enjoy those particular delicacies.

"Mmm, this fish and shrimp are really delicious, the flesh is so tender."

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"This pan-fried fish fillet must be from a big fish, but the meat is also very tender, not tough at all."

Ye Nai didn’t make a sound. She had often complained about the texture of large fish being too tough, having caught some and given two to Brother Peng, while the rest were just to complete the task without keeping any for herself. It seemed that her cooking just wasn’t up to par.

"Once the news gets out, fishermen will start showing up."

"Let them come, staying down there is the real skill."

"The prices at Seafood Restaurant in the city are so expensive. I’ve looked at the menu in detail, and a big reason is that the ingredients all come from other places, especially the signature dishes, which all use renowned ingredients from elsewhere. I wonder if, in the future, someone will sell our "Secret Realm" seafood there."

Ye Nai had dined at Seafood Restaurant three times and considered herself somewhat authoritative on the subject.

"Do you want to get into this business?"

"No, I’m not interested in letting too many people know about my ’Space’ ability to keep things fresh, but if I used a thermal box like everyone else, the price would definitely get driven down."

Ye Nai truly didn’t want to bother. She found it to be more trouble than it was worth.

"That’s one way to think about it."

"I wonder if in the future, large corporate groups will send teams here to fish."

"Let them come. With such a vast expanse of water, they do their thing, we do ours. Just because they are a large group doesn’t mean they can monopolize the whole area and forbid others from fishing, right?"

Ye Nai said this while picking up a big piece of braised giant frog meat, which was very flavorful.

"Hehe..." The expressions of others at the table were not the same as her thoughts.

Ye Nai licked her lips, "There aren’t really big groups that monopolize everything within the ’Secret Realm’, are there?"

"Oh, there are, in the big cities."

"In the big cities? So the fact that our East Ridge City has less land has turned out to be a good thing?" Ye Nai reacted quickly, "We don’t have the land that the monopolistic groups need, so they won’t meddle things here."

"Right, there’s none for now, but Zone 1 is said to be cleaned up in a few years, right? The rumor is that they’re already fighting over the distribution of that land."

"As long as those dumpsites are cleaned up, and the land is returned to use, the future prospects for East Ridge City are very promising. Then, big enterprises and factories will come in, and with them, population and employment opportunities."

"Last year in Zone 1, I heard it would take three to five years to clean up the waste, and then they’ll start the land rehabilitation. It’ll take a few more years for it to be ready for industrial use. I guess I have to wait until I’m at least 30 to see that happen, which is about when the current elementary students might catch the hiring wave."

"That’s not too bad, having hope is a good thing."