Enemies Are All Nourishment for My Fungi-Chapter 234 Digging in the Five Bridges Secret Realm (3)

The two team leaders standing still also received contributions from their own teammates, holding a cigarette between their fingers. Instead of lighting it, they quickly entered the laundromat to buy cigarettes.

There was no helping it, their mission this time was for scientific sampling deep into the forest, and clouds had been gathering for several days. Now, in this weather of nearly October, the humidity was deadly. Cigarettes removed from their packs would get damp and moldy in a day, and after two days without smoking, their mouths felt tasteless.

They dashed into the store where Ye Nai was still restocking; the machine had run out of cigarettes.

"These guys didn't leave even a single pack."

"What brand do you captains want?"

Two minutes later, one of the captains bought two cartons.

And he gave her a small suggestion.

Stock some small packages of paper box matches, the climate in the Five Bridges Secret Realm is humid and rainy. Not to mention cigarettes, even matches get damp, everything tends to get moldy easily.

Ye Nai didn't smoke, and after buying the cigarettes, she indeed hadn't specifically bought any matches, thinking those who smoked would surely carry lighters.

Now it seemed she hadn't considered everything thoroughly and quickly noted it in her little notebook.

After the captains had bought their cigarettes, they checked out the other vending machines, bought some drinks and snacks, and then left first.

After Ye Nai restocked all the vending machines, she stepped out of the store and saw the researchers coming out one after another from their showers, all saying how comfortable the hot showers were with plenty of water and high temperature. After days of roughing it in the field, a hot shower relaxed their entire bodies.

The researchers, carrying their suitcases, went back to the vehicle to tidy up and then returned to wash their clothes. After a while, the warriors lined up to shower.

At the camouflage tent, the quartermaster team set up an outdoor stove and was making ginger soup for the whole team. After it was ready, they even asked Ye Nai to grab a bowl and join them.

The rain continued to pour, with every step forming a puddle of water and a footprint of mud, wet and cold; not even tents had been pitched.

Ye Nai slowly sipped the scalding, spicy ginger soup, listening to them worry about where they would sleep tonight.

Someone even suddenly had a bizarre idea, thinking the bathroom was spacious, maybe they could sleep there?

Ye Nai's hair stood on end when she heard that.

The conditions weren't that harsh.

"No, no, no, let's not make it sound so tragic. It's not that bad, really not that bad."

Ye Nai put down her bowl, stood up, and walked to the edge of the camouflage tent, releasing the medical room setup, a long, narrow single-story building with twelve rooms, each with three beds.

"If you don't mind the bad omen, how about this? Brand new, never been used."

As soon as the building appeared, it attracted everyone's attention, and they all moved forward to take a look, despite the rain hitting their faces, they clearly saw the sign on the roof.

"Medical ward?"

"This is a ward?"

"It really is brand new, not even a speck of dust."

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"Does boss handle such a wide range of businesses?"

Ye Nai promptly took out her brand-new Beginner First Aider ID.

"Wow!"

Everyone gave her a thumbs up.

Ye Nai held her chin up, quite proudly.

"Inside are twelve rooms, each with three beds."

"Wow!"

"Can I go in and have a look?"

"Sure, there are exits on both ends."

"Let's go, grab some slippers, don't dirty the floor."

A group of people scattered noisily, each searching for their slippers in their luggage, and only entered after changing at the door.

Ye Nai had changed into slippers ahead of them and was waiting inside to give them a tour.

The makeshift clinic without a bathroom was up to the clinic's standard, with four sets of medical equipment installed on the wall by the head of the bed. Except for the lack of oxygen outlets, the other functions were complete, with oxygen being supplied entirely by carts full of oxygen bottles.

With four equipment sets, only three beds were placed, leaving one spot available for spare use.

The spacing between the beds also met standards, allowing two people to work back-to-back at the bedside without bumping into each other.

"The clinic is quite spacious."

"Since the clinic can fit four beds, boss, can we move one so that the four of us can stay in one room?" the only four female researchers in the team politely asked Ye Nai.

"Sure."

"Let's the four of us stay in one room too." The male researchers quickly agreed.

Consequently, two beds were moved out of clinic room one and placed into clinics two and three, and the eight researchers settled in.

The remaining lone bed was simply moved to clinic four.

Aside from those needing to keep watch at night, everyone had a bed to sleep in, with two to spare.

Ye Nai brought out disposable medical bedspreads for them to use as sheets, and with that, everyone's sleeping arrangements were sorted. Everyone marveled that today was a lucky day, considering the heavy rain outside in the wilderness, they wouldn't have known how to rest tonight otherwise.

As for whether using the clinic as a temporary hotel was bad luck, as they were all scientists, no one entertained superstitious thoughts.

After everyone had showered in turn, the warriors asked Ye Nai for her high-pressure water gun to help clean the bathroom before storing it away.

The laundry business was in full swing, with none of the ten washer-dryer sets idle. The clothes needing washing were piled up on the folding table. Having been in the field for several days, there were plenty of dirty clothes to wash. They cleaned the mud and leaves off in the sink before queuing them up for the laundry service.

Ye Nai was secretly thrilled, reflecting on how good the business was going. She decided that once she got out, she would buy new machines and fill up the empty spaces, just as the quartermaster of Mountain Leopard Team had suggested.

Ye Nai had dinner with the warriors, and then they each rested, with the laundry shop being busy until midnight before quieting down.

The next morning, after a night of heavy rain which had turned into a drizzle, the team set off to return. Before leaving, they cleaned up the clinics and pushed the beds back to their original places. They also settled with her at the rate of two hundred per bed.

Ye Nai felt somewhat embarrassed earning this money; the clinic rooms were part of the clinic's facilities, included in medical expenses. They were used last night because of the emergency and she hadn't planned on charging them.

But as they insisted on paying, not wanting to take advantage of the locals in any way, Ye Nai accepted their money.

After bidding each other farewell, the convoy departed. Ye Nai cleared up her belongings, released a large amount of spores to survey the surroundings, confirming there was no one else within a few hours' drive. She immediately brought out an excavator and began digging.

She had used Space Teleportation to come here yesterday specifically to excavate an underground altar, but the rain had delayed her, and then people arrived, preventing any work. After spending two hours studying pioneering land-turning techniques in the evening, she had slept.

Now, she hurried to get to work.

After digging two meters deep, the drizzle turned into moderate rain, making the digging muddy. But since she had already dug this far, she had no choice but to continue.

After several hours of hard work, Ye Nai suddenly fell to the bottom of the pit, revealing the altar, then continued digging.

After unearthing the altar, she filled the excavated earth back in. Just like before, the underground cavity couldn't be filled, resulting in a large sunken pit on the surface.

The rain showed no signs of stopping. Ye Nai, wearing a raincoat, went around to dig up turf to plant in the pit and poured down some farm manure, treating it similarly to how she had with the previous pit; the rest she left to time and her fungus.

Afterwards, she set up a rain-shelter and a small house nearby, where she took a bath, ate, and rested.