Enemies Are All Nourishment for My Fungi..
Chapter 400: The Second Meeting with the Superior (13)

Chapter 400: Chapter 400: The Second Meeting with the Superior (13)

"I want to talk to the village chief," said Vice Minister Su from the Staff Department.

Ye Nai nodded, handed Vice Minister Su a Fruit Salt, and signaled the village chief to go with him.

"Who does Vice Minister Fan want to find as a guide?"

"Help me find someone familiar with the environment outside the village."

Ye Nai took out another Fruit Salt, "Is there anyone available for work? I need someone familiar with the environment outside the village to take this officer for a walk and see the surrounding area."

"Me, me, me, I’ll do it, I’m not only familiar with the area outside the village, but also with other villages."

"I’ll do it, I know the location of every rabbit hole outside the village."

"They’re not here to hunt, you’re useless, let me do it."

Seeing that the Great Witch was really offering a reward, more people began to jump out and grab the last opportunity, men and women pushing and shoving each other.

"Hmm?" Ye Nai snorted in a threatening manner, and the chaotic crowd immediately stopped.

Vice Minister Fan and his companions glanced at Ye Nai with slight surprise, not expecting her to have such deterrent power here, but no one said anything.

In the end, the boy who claimed to know the location of all the rabbit holes outside the village was chosen by Vice Minister Fan, and Camp Commander Lin went along as well.

After collecting her vehicle and dismissing the villagers, Ye Nai casually opened a Transmission Port and left alone.

This time, she directly arrived at the countryside estate of the former Knight.

Luckily, she had been here before, and the spores she left behind allowed her to locate, opening the Transmission Port directly in the attic of the mansion.

As she stood still, she first confirmed that there was no one in the attic; inside, there were a few beds for servants to sleep on and simple furniture.

Subsequently, she immediately communicated with the fungal carpet that had grown and spread in the soil outside over the years, released spores, and collected all the men, women, and children in the mansion into the Space.

A few seconds later, people started flooding into the Space with crackling sounds.

Once no more people entered, Ye Nai leisurely strolled down the stairs to the foyer on the first floor.

As she walked down, she compared with her memory of the Knight Mansion, noticing that the house had been redecorated; the wall fabric had been changed, and the portraits and various decorations on the walls were new.

Fortunately, the room layout hadn’t changed. Walking into the main living room, the four large windows on the left had new frames, the fireplace on the right had a new design, and the sofa under the window, the bookshelf on the opposite wall, and the chaise longue were all brand new.

The whole living room felt completely different from before, seemingly younger, with no trace of the heritage of an old noble family passed down through generations.

Ye Nai had no intention of inquiring about the identity of the new nobles; instead, she opened the Space and piled all the recently collected individuals in the spacious area between the sofa, coffee table, and the fireplace wall.

Then, she picked through them and separated the homeowners from those dressed as male and female servants.

Before collecting them into Space, Ye Nai glanced at them; it was a middle-aged couple with four children, one daughter and three sons, with the daughter being the oldest.

As for why the male homeowner was at home instead of at the battlefield, Ye Nai was not curious. She collected these people into Space and opened a Transmission Port to the East Ridge Secret Realm, throwing them into the Prisoner Camp where the former Knight resided.

When Ye Nai and her party arrived earlier, the bright lights had awakened them, and now, having just fallen asleep for a while, the lights came again.

A few young people crawled out of their tents to take a look.

"Great Witch, is there something you need this time?"

"Nothing, just throwing in a new family of prisoners."

"New prisoners? Where were they captured from?"

"Hehe, this family inherited the former Knight’s territory."

Leaving this sentence behind, Ye Nai dumped the new prisoners along with three military tents and a pile of everyday items, clapped her hands as if dusting off, and walked through the Transmission Port.

The women and children of the former Knight’s family quickly came over, while other bystanders holding torches gathered a short distance away, feeling a sense of schadenfreude.

The ones feeling the most satisfaction, of course, were the former Knight’s family, but how they would deal with this new family partner, Ye Nai couldn’t care less. She was occupied with one thing — raiding.

Just as she had raided before, she would do it again this time; knocking out all the patrolling guards and emptying the warehouse, cellar, and wine cellar.

After moving everything, Ye Nai was still unsatisfied, feeling that there was too little, after all, they were newcomers and had not accumulated much.

After confirming it was all done, Ye Nai opened a Transmission Port and stepped back into the central square of Beigen Village.

The villagers, seeing the Great Witch return, remained calm, bowing or curtsying as they passed by her.

Ye Nai nodded in acknowledgment, walked to the edge of the square, and set up an apricot-colored canopy for shade, then took out a long table and a ton-barrel water tower, cleaned the cups, leisurely made tea, and played a game console, waiting for the various Vice Ministers to return.

Occasionally, children were attracted by the sound of the game console and ran over, to whom Ye Nai gave some fruits from the Otherworld, sending them off to play elsewhere.

This era’s villagers didn’t have great hygiene habits, and it was normal for Ye Nai not to want them too close.

After sitting for over half an hour, the two Vice Ministers touring the village, Su Cheng and his companion, returned first. The secretaries and military advisors who accompanied them had taken many photographs, which they uploaded to their laptops for viewing while lauding the immense usefulness of the Translation Mushroom to Ye Nai.

The village chief cautiously accompanied them on the side, and Ye Nai asked him to go home and bring a cup over to drink water and chat.

Another twenty minutes or so later, Vice Minister Fan and his team returned as well.

Just as they sat down, Ye Nai put away the game console and inquired about their next destination.

"Hmm, does the Great Witch have any suggestions?" Vice Minister Fan, having sweated, took out a notebook from his chest as a fan and gently fanned himself.

Having toured separately, they now understood why Ye Nai had the title of "Great Witch" here, and they all smiled.

"Do you want to take a look at the former Knight’s territory? I just cleaned it up."

"...Ah?!" The village chief accompanying them was startled, "Great Witch, when did you go over there?"

"I went over while you were on your separate tours, and I’ve been sitting back here for quite a while."

The two ministers, Su Cheng and his companion, only remembered now, "When we came back, we saw you sitting here and thought you were just waiting, didn’t realize you’d already gone and returned?"

"Yeah, I’m quick at fighting."

Ye Nai smiled and nodded to everyone, then turned to the village chief.

"Beigen Village is adjacent to Beigen Military Fortress, which is about to be activated, so I will protect you. If everything goes well on my end, perhaps you will also have new economic opportunities."

Ye Nai wasn’t painting an unrealistic picture for the village chief but was basing it on Dahua Country’s usual practices. Once the mushroom cultivation begins here and as the plantation grows, they will inevitably need to hire local workers.