Enemies Are All Nourishment for My Fungi? Chapter 268 – Chapter 268: Chapter 268 Preparing to Leave the Secret Realm

Chapter 268: Chapter 268 Preparing to Leave the Secret Realm

After rotating through their showers, thirty of them had finished just as Ye Nai called everyone to eat.

The stainless steel kitchen counter had temporarily been turned into a serving table, with steaming dishes arrayed upon it, all self-serve.

Each person then took a paper bowl, lined up to ladle out some tomato and egg soup first, and after finishing the soup, they served themselves vegetables—the purely vegetarian sour and spicy cabbage, garlic-smashed cucumbers, and triple-mixed vegetables disappeared the fastest. The initially made stir-fried chili meat had its chilis all taken, leaving behind half a bowl of meat, whereas the large pot of specially stewed meat was just symbolically picked at by each person.

You didn't need to ask to see how much they were lacking in vegetables.

After the meal, there were small tomatoes to eat as a fruit dessert.

It was only now that Ye Nai had a chance to chat with the team leaders and get to know a bit about the situations in Purple Capital City and Daijing.

They were fully active-duty soldiers, not the self-sustaining military teams with a measure of independence; they didn't understand the living needs of private teams and individuals, aware only that the service industry Ye Nai wanted truly didn't exist in Purple Capital City. Locally, there were only official service stations and privately improvised small stalls that lacked safety due to no oversight.

“Is Purple Capital City that unsafe?” Ye Nai mused that it shouldn't be the case; after all, it was the nation's capital, albeit a rundown one, “Could it really be so lacking in public order?”

“How many days have you been here?”

“Just two days. I've been on the Sixth Ring road for two days before directly entering the Secret Realm, just spending one night outside.”

“You didn't go to the small stalls on the business street, did you?”

“No, I just found a dilapidated house to block the wind, set up a board house, and rested.”

“Good you didn't. It's mainly those places that are dangerous. If you buy something and attract attention, you'd better be careful. Space Users are especially targeted.”

“Directly rob and murder?”

“Not at all, if you get tired of driving on the highway and stop to rest at the side, you'll be fine. You know how narrow that road is; nobody dares to rob there. If someone did, all the Awakeners along the street would start shooting.”

“Oh, I thought once I entered Purple Capital, I wouldn't need to go out anymore.”

“You'll have to. The living supplies here all come from Daijing. We don't even have water pipes and depend entirely on water trucks. Everything is in short supply and expensive, both individuals and teams travel back and forth, and the highways between the two places are safe, guarded by the military year-round.”

Ye Nai decided on the spot to visit Daijing after leaving this time.

Early the next day, after a good night's sleep, everyone woke up to find that yesterday's injured had also awakened, and they had already been taken care of by Ye Nai, who got up earlier. She had removed their urinary catheters, put them in diapers, changed their dressings, and confirmed that each one had passed gas.

Breakfast was a big pot of rice porridge cooked the night before. The leftover meat from yesterday's dinner was chopped up and added to the porridge, along with a bok choy, and after heating it on the stove, it turned into a salty savory lean meat and vegetable porridge. The injured, who had slept for more than ten hours, were already hungry and thirsty. Fortunately, they had passed gas, so they could eat.

Ye Nai's medical records indicated they had only sustained minor injuries—it was just the locations that were heavily vascularized, which is why the bleeding seemed so frightening. Whether they believed her or not, they would still need to go to the hospital after leaving the Secret Realm, and a medical examination would soon verify that her records were accurate and truthful.

With their bellies full and the daylight brightening outside, it was time to get to work, and Ye Nai followed behind, observing the activity.

The scene from yesterday's fight remained unchanged; with spores invisibly controlling the area, not a single poisonous insect had appeared under the awning, nor had any insect stealthily nibbled on the bodies of the enemies outside overnight.

The used rocks were also left where they had fallen, having been dropped numerous times, losing many chips from their edges. But as a whole, they still looked fairly sizable and could be used a few more times.

The large pit in the distance, with the altar not exposed, remained buried underneath. The temporary cavity that could accommodate people had vanished. It was evident that when the cavity's dome was broken from beneath, the soil overlay collapsed downward. Then they climbed out by stepping on the soil and ascending along the edge of the pit.

Shortly after emerging, they encountered a Patrol Team that had driven to the area on patrol, and an immediate combat ensued. Not long after, Ye Nai arrived, and the scales of victory tipped in their favor.

The warriors slid down the edge of the pit, took out their shovels, dug and searched, and swiftly uncovered the altar at the center of the pit. It was not buried deep, and the soil that had been recently covered was not compacted tightly, making it quite easy to unearth.

Ye Nai lay at the edge of the pit without going down, not interfering with the work. Instead, she took the opportunity to compare the brightness of the remaining altar ‘spots' within her line of sight, confirming a suspicion.

Taking this exposed altar as a reference, the ‘spots' were indeed brighter and more conspicuous. If the brightness were like a table lamp, then the altar ‘spots' buried deep underground were like little night lights convenient for getting up in the night.

In the Sky Smoke Secret Realm, her first attempt at extracting an altar directly with spores was done one by one. With no point of comparison and the dense fog affecting her senses, she had not immediately noticed anything special about the altar exposed to daylight within the Military Fortress.

Of course, knowing now was not too late.

By the way, she had collected most of the ‘spots', leaving only one that was farthest away.

This one exposed altar obviously couldn't be taken stealthily by her, so she left another one to see how things would play out.

Having traveled so far, passing through East Ridge, Five Bridges, Sky Smoke, Linping, Santai, and now the Purple Capital Secret Realm, and constantly learning, Ye Nai now understood many of the concepts from her textbooks that she hadn't fully grasped before. Life wasn't as simple as one plus one; some of her earlier ideas were no longer as radical.

The Secret Realms still needed to be collected, but there was no need to be so eager. She would maintain her previous pace, clear out the altars as much as possible, leaving a single one as a marker. Preparation would be done slowly for future collection, avoiding sudden attacks. After so many years of development, in cities with Secret Realms, many people's livelihoods revolved around them. Taking the realms was easy, but how to deal with individuals and families suddenly cut off from their source of income?

After finishing the task, Ye Nai retreated under the awning to avoid the strong winds outside while also tending to the injured.

Minor injuries were still minor, but over-bleeding was serious, leaving them all weak, unable to sit up. To pass the time, Ye Nai took out a screen projector and movie discs, set them up, and played a film for them. Meanwhile, she was stewing another pot of meat on the large stove.

A few hours later, when everyone outside had finished their tasks and returned, lifting the curtain, they were greeted by the aroma of braised pork about to be served.

“Wow, it smells so good!”

“Wow, watching a movie?”

“All done? If it's done, then let's make lunch,” Ye Nai asked from beside the stove while flipping the meat with a large spatula.

“It's all done. We'll head back this afternoon. Are you coming with us?”

“Yeah, I'll go straight from the Secret Realm to Daijing to sell the spoils.”

“Okay.”

Everyone washed their hands, and then a few people from each team helped wash the vegetables. Soon, lunch was served on the table. After a sweeping meal, they began to pack their belongings, preparing to return.

Source: Webnovel.com, updated on Novlove.com

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