Enemies Are All Nourishment for My Fungi-Chapter 134: Let’s Go Hunting (5)

At first, when the signal was lost and a set of vehicle tracks was unexpectedly discovered, they followed it here with the hope of finding something, only to see that the tracks had turned around.

There were no other traces nearby, just the misleading tracks left by the convoy.

From the captain to the team members, everyone’s face was ashen, knowing that something was seriously wrong.

A wealthy boss had hired them to hunt large wild oxen in the Secret Realm of East Ridge City, and now, while the entire team was present, the boss was missing.

"Keep searching, if we can’t find him, our many years of operations in Guangtong City are done for!"

No team members opposed, they silently got back into the vehicles and started another round of aimless searching.

Of course, Ye Nai was unaware of this episode occurring after she left, as she rode along, clearing the way with spores, she safely found a lush grassy area.

The spores scattered around, alerting her to dangers, seeking out prey for her, and landing to root and multiply themselves.

At some point, her radio had fallen silent from the bustling chat noise, and she hadn’t even realized that she had once again gone out of the device’s contact range.

Since she had already gone so far, she might as well slack off.

Ye Nai took out an excavator and found a spot to dig a pit, not too deep, just enough to trap an ox’s hooves for a short while without it being able to struggle free.

Then she dropped a young male wild ox into the pit, forcefully opened its mouth, fed it a sufficient amount of sedatives, pulled out the colorful lifting straps, moved under it, and tied it up, throwing the rope end onto the ground.

Later, she took out the trailer from a slightly farther spot, lowered the mobile ramp, and arranged the plastic trays in position.

She then brought out the forklift, intentionally turning the rear lift toward the pit’s edge as she released it.

She climbed onto the vehicle, started the crane, rotated the jib to position, lowered the hook and stopped, then got off to pick up the rope end and attach it to the hook before climbing back onto the crane.

She started the crane again, extended one crane section right above the pit, then it was time to raise the crane arm, smoothly lift the young bull from the bottom of the pit, afterwards rotating the crane arm towards the trailer and extending another crane section, finally placing it securely onto the tray.

Then, she returned the crane arm to its original position, went back to the forklift cab, started the vehicle, and drove to the front of the trailer, slowly reversed into position, and got out to manually connect the trailer to the vehicle’s rear end.

With everything ready, she drove off to search for her teammates.

After driving for over half an hour, the previously quiet radio suddenly came alive with everyone asking if anyone had seen Ye Nai.

Ye Nai immediately pressed the talk button.

"Hello, hello, I’m here, just got back within contact range."

"Wow, you ran that far?"

There was a moment of silence in the radio, then it got twice as noisy with babbling sounds.

The next second, it all quieted down again.

"Okay, full channel silence, only the captains and Ye Nai speak."

Captain Mei’s voice came through the silent radio.

"Cough, cough, has everyone gathered?"

"We’ve all gathered, we also checked the traps you marked, some were retrieved, some had the prey eaten already."

"Another trap was damaged by humans, it seems like it had caught prey, but it was taken by someone else."

"No worries, today I caught a good prey that can compensate for those losses, I captured a young mature male wild ox."

The walkie-talkie quieted down again, and even the captains fell silent.

"Are you serious? You captured a male wild ox?" After a while, Captain Niu’s loud voice came through.

"Yes, one of those giant wild oxen that stands two to three meters tall on the ground. Caught one alive, a young bull in heat looking for a new herd. I was digging a pit when it suddenly appeared, got aggressive, and charged at me. But it was adorably dumb, couldn’t turn, and fell right into the pit. I quickly administered anesthesia before it could climb out, and just like that, I had it."

"Don’t rush, stay where you are. We’re locating your position, and we’ll come to pick you up."

"What’s the terrain like over there? Is it suitable for a campsite?"

"It’s quite flat; come on over, I’ll wait for you."

The walkie-talkie’s channel-wide mute was lifted, and the noisy chatter dominated the frequency again. The only clear phrases were urging to break camp and meet up with Ye Nai.

Ye Nai drove for another three or four minutes before stopping. She commanded the spores to mark out a large area for tonight’s campsite, build safety walls, and clean the small insects under the soil in the circle, so they wouldn’t chase lights and disturb sleep at night, especially the poisonous ones.

Then she took out her scythe, planning to carve out a conspicuous clearing around her vehicle.

Who would have known that before she even had the chance to take off her coat, Ye Nai was surprised to see, centered around her forklift and trailer, weeds and wildflowers collapsing layer by layer from the inside out like they were radiated. The organic matter among the plants was rapidly decomposed, leaving behind residues that replenished the earth in a natural cycle.

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"...What the heck?!"

"What’s happening?"

"How did it suddenly decompose so quickly?"

"If it decomposes the weeds this fast, could it help the grass and flower seeds in the soil grow rapidly?"

No sooner had Ye Nai spoken than she saw four or five sprouts break through the soil next to the front left wheel of the forklift, growing rapidly with the wind and turning into lush green grass in a few breaths.

"Holy crap! Holy crap! What the heck!"

"Can I pretend to be a Wood Element Awakener now?!"

After a brief moment of astonishment, Ye Nai was overwhelmed with joy, jumping up and down on the spot.

She recalled the Heart Core that had been completely absorbed and couldn’t contain her happiness, bouncing around in place.

She had thought that the expanded Space was thanks to the Heart Core, but the biggest benefit was here.

The Fungal Mycelium was more powerful than she had imagined.

She thought that the abundant energy would not only expand the volume of Space but also enhance the mycelium’s speed of decomposition and absorption. It turned out it was far better, with the mycelium continually surprising her as long as there was enough energy.

Ye Nai quickly opened the note-taking app on her phone and recorded a memo.

"When I get back, I must investigate what fungi exist in nature. What if there really are fungi that can decompose and absorb metals? Then won’t I have struck gold? A mycelium embodying all five elements, wood, water, fire, earth, and metal? Then couldn’t I rule the world? Hehehehehehehe~"

The excited Ye Nai laughed so hard that her hands shook even as she typed. She switched to voice input to successfully finish this memo.

"I’m not greedy; I just hope that the current mycelium will grow into fruiting bodies, into tangible mushrooms that can be cultivated artificially. Then I can go out and sell them, becoming the world’s richest by selling mushrooms with varying functions."

Ye Nai daydreamed of a beautiful future, her nose bubbling from excitement.

"World’s richest! Hehe~"

The newly grown grass was swept back into the earth with a wave of her hand. Ye Nai excitedly ran a few laps around her vehicle, releasing some energy before climbing up the trailer and taking the fox from the cage inside the Space to place under the rail by the vehicle’s front.

Then she returned to the ground, pulled out an outdoor chair, and sat beside the forklift playing a handheld game.