Enemies Are All Nourishment for My Fungi..
Chapter 398: The Second Meeting with the Higher-ups (11)

Chapter 398: Chapter 398: The Second Meeting with the Higher-ups (11)

The group wandered around the garden outside the hall, while Ye Nai found a spot where she could see the sky, took out her outdoor chair and paper and pen, and began sketching the blueprint of the Royal Palace on the spot.

There was no need for detailed drawings, just stacking large and small boxes to outline the framework of the Royal Palace. Occasionally, she would write down the uses she knew in some of the boxes, like this Council Hall.

The group saw her drawing speed and assumed she was familiar with the layout of the palace, but Ye Nai was merely copying from her spore map.

Ye Nai drew it three times in a row, and each of the secretaries of the three vice ministers took a copy.

As soon as she finished drawing, the sky brightened further. The vice ministers had set a one-hour visiting time and, holding their respective blueprints, walked out of the Council Hall area to wander around. Camp Commander Lin followed Vice Minister Fan.

Ye Nai remained seated, took out her game console, and played games while resting.

Once the others had walked away, she paused and used the spore map that appeared in her mind to observe the entire Royal Capital, observing its current condition.

Since the fall of Selsa Country, she hadn’t been to this place again, and indeed didn’t know what the Royal Capital was like now.

When the spore map unfolded to reveal the entire city map, Ye Nai was both surprised and somewhat expected to see a ruined city.

On the spore map, many locations that were once complete buildings had collapsed. It seemed that, in the entire city, only this Great Palace, protected in all aspects by spores, was intact.

As for the luxurious mansions of the nobles, which occupied large areas in the city, they had likely been looted clean by the commoners. Without the spores’ protection, the guards couldn’t stop the commoners from storming the mansions.

An hour later, the group returned on time and saw Ye Nai drinking tea, with hot water boiling on a tea cart nearby.

Everyone washed their cups and brewed tea, sat down, rested for half an hour, and then set off to the Southern City Camp.

This camp had been abandoned long ago, with no supplies inside, dust everywhere, and the buildings looking somewhat dilapidated, some roofs even had large holes, and the interior floors were damp and moldy, even growing mushrooms.

Logically, such an unguarded place would easily become a haven for wanderers, but this camp was still intact without signs of being occupied.

Ye Nai knew these people sensed something was off but no one asked.

They didn’t ask, so she certainly wouldn’t answer voluntarily.

Anyway, everyone was pretending not to know.

How could she let anyone else take the place she coveted, especially such a spacious camp with numerous rooms as a perfect base? It was surrounded by spores, and anyone who got close would experience headaches, hand pain, and stomachaches. If they insisted on coming in, the pain would only double, but leaving would stop the pain.

Over time, no one would risk coming in again.

After exploring this camp, the group continued to the supply camp they last visited.

To facilitate the tour of this massive camp, Ye Nai brought out her tractor head and trailer, along with a ladder for climbing aboard.

All three sides of the trailer’s guardrail could be completely lowered, and there was no place to install climbing aids, so she brought her own ladder.

"Don’t worry, I have the license."

Ye Nai showed her transport license for the tractor unit.

"My trailer is as clean as a whistle, only used to transport the wounded, no stench of mutant beasts."

Everyone applauded and laughed before climbing into the trailer one by one.

Ye Nai drove the vehicle slowly around the camp, passing through all routes that the tractor could turn into. From their elevated positions, everyone had a clearer view.

The supply camp was located at the Vice Capital, but Ye Nai hadn’t even looked at what the Vice Capital was like when she seized the camp and left.

The people present weren’t interested in the unknown Vice Capital either; for now, the large camp sufficed, and once they deployed troops to take over the family town outside, they’d consider targeting the Vice Capital.

After circling back to the camp’s main gate, Ye Nai packed up the vehicle and asked the group where they wanted to go next. They all said they wanted to see where the Translation Mushrooms were grown.

Thus, they headed to the Military Fortress in Beigen Village.

In the large square inside the fortress, the thirty foundation pits for the transmission platforms were still there, never filled.

"Wow, are those the pits for the transmission platforms? So many of them?"

"Did you dig them all up and siphon away their energy?"

"Yes, this Military Fortress’s cross-realm transmission platform connects to the area at True Dragon Gully."

"Oh~" Everyone nodded repeatedly. "Destroying this cuts off their access to True Dragon Gully."

"Hey, isn’t there a mountain outside the city wall? So close? Is that where the Translation Mushrooms are grown?"

"Yes, the first batch of Translation Mushrooms was grown in the mountains, collecting them was backbreaking." Just thinking back to that day when she spent five hours collecting mushrooms made Ye Nai’s lower back feel achy again.

"Hahaha, once the mushroom cultivation experts arrive, and they build a mushroom house, it’ll be much easier."

"What’s the village outside the fortress called?"

"It’s called Beigen Village. I don’t know if there’s anyone there now. Should we go see? This is my turf, I guarantee no issues."

"Let’s go, let’s take a look."

Nothing much to see in the fortress; its internal structure and layout were already familiar, so Ye Nai directly took out the tractor, drove out of the open fortress gate, and headed towards Beigen Village.

Having not visited for years, the already old country road had further deteriorated. It seemed like it hadn’t been maintained or repaired for years, possibly due to the deliberate abandonment of the fortress.

However, such road conditions made the ride inevitably very bumpy for the wheel-based tractor and the towed trailer.

Fortunately, the passengers weren’t ordinary people. They held onto the guardrails tightly and stood steadily.

As the outskirts of the village gradually came into view, the villagers busy with farm work also saw this behemoth speeding towards them.

Some screamed and ran away, while others stood calmly in place.

Those who remained calm weren’t unafraid but were stirred by memories from a few years ago.

"Isn’t it the Great Witch coming back again?"

"That’s the direction of the abandoned fortress. It must be her returning, and she’s brought more people back."

"Those people’s clothes are really nice."

"Are there two women? They’re wearing the same clothes too."

"Are those soldier’s uniforms? Why do their women wear the same clothes as men?"

"Those aren’t battlefield clothes, right? They look so tight you can’t even move your arms."

As the villagers by the roadside chattered away, the vehicle approached, and both those on the vehicle and those outside watched each other as they passed by.

Ye Nai turned the steering wheel and drove confidently into the village, straight to the central square.

The village’s central square was always the hub of activity for villagers, aside from fetching water and washing, they’d also do some crafts under the bright sky there, and chat casually.