Enemies Are All Nourishment for My Fungi

"Get her out of here, now!"

Ye Nai gave a low shout, unwilling to allow her crying to affect the mood around.

The teammate next to him didn't dare to say a word and hastily dragged the Sanitation Officer out of the room.

Through the door, Shi Lin patted the Sanitation Officer on the shoulder, waiting for her to finish crying and calm down on her own.

There was no helping it, those of the Healing System were treated like precious darlings, and being medical students, they had good grades, but that was just it—good grades. The clinical skills training was limited to what they were taught at school, so suddenly standing at an operating table, trying to save a teammate's life, and crumbling under the pressure was not incomprehensible.

With no one watching, Ye Nai's movements became bolder, drawing upon the mycelium beneath the ground to release a large number of spores, extracting energy from the air before entering the injured soldier's body to repair his torn and ragged flesh.

Who knows what mutant beast they had encountered; one swipe nearly eviscerated his right lung. Fortunately, it was the right lung—if it had been to the left, his heart would have been gone.

The Sanitation Officer possessed a rare Healing System superpower, keeping the injured alive with her superpower all the way, but once on the operating table, she couldn't manage. She was just one person, and couldn't maintain her superpower throughout the surgery, so as soon as the plasma was hooked up, the blood gushed out.

Yet, Ye Nai could function as two people, so after kicking the Sanitation Officer out, she handled everything with ease.

Outside the operating room, others had prepared the plasma. The Sanitation Officer had finished crying, washed her hands, put on gloves, and tiptoed into the operating room with two large bags of plasma. She stood at the end of the transfusion, waiting to swap in a new bag once the previous one was finished.

The willpower of those at National Defense University was truly resilient—just two minutes of crying under explosive pressure was enough; after calming down, they went back to what they needed to do.

The more the Sanitation Officer watched, the more amazed she became. Ye Nai's understanding of the human body's internal structure seemed far beyond the level of a first aider. With such talent, if she studied medicine for a few years, she would undoubtedly become a top surgeon.

Through the simple glass door of the operating room, Shi Lin and the other teammates were also watching.

"The boss is amazing—once she gets started, everything's fine."

"What was that thing she just picked up?"

"It's a lung. Laoliu's lung was ripped apart by that swipe, and the boss is patching it up."

"This is really lung patching."

"Is this really a surgical skill a first aider should master? Isn't this clearly the work of a top-level boss?"

"Question, how big is the psychological shadow for the front-line bosses when they see this? They spent so many years becoming bosses, and now a surgical prodigy appears."

"Actually, if you look closely, her movements aren't very smooth, and she's a bit slow, but judging by Laoba's expression, with her knowledge, the lung patching seems quite adequate?"

"If it can't be patched, it would have to be completely removed, and that would be even more troublesome—direct disability, sequela for life."

"Right, I hope it can be patched up. By relying on Laoba's Healing System superpower and a good one to two years of recovery, he'll be as good as new."

"I think the boss might have a second superpower? This is supposed to be a major surgery requiring a team, and she's doing it alone? We Laoba are just standing on the sidelines changing plasma and medicine, not even involved."

"What?!"

"Don't say it out loud, I don't want to know, otherwise, we'll have to write it all in the report when we get back."

"Wait, how long has Laoliu been unconscious? Did we administer any anesthesia after he was brought into the operating room?"

"None, just that initial dose of morphine."

"Can a single dose of morphine last until now?"

"Damn..."

"Laoliu won't be in trouble, right?"

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"No," as the team members started to panic, Captain Shi Lin remained calm, "Look at the monitor, blood pressure and heartbeat are low, but stable. Laoliu will be fine."

"Without additional anesthesia, Laoliu remains unconscious, vital signs stable, and the surgery is going smoothly. So, Boss must have a second superpower, right? A life-saving second superpower? Or one that can forcibly stabilize an injured person's vital signs? Can perform surgery without anesthesia?"

"Do we have to say it out loud? Can't we just keep it to ourselves to avoid including it in the report?"

"Laojiu, stop being so resentful. Just write it," Shi Lin said gently, soothing the only team member tasked with clerical work, "Taking an injured person back with us, we can't hide Boss's presence. As soon as the person is sent to the hospital for a checkup, it will become obvious it wasn't Laoba's emergency surgery."

"Once the report is submitted, the higher-ups will definitely find a way to bring Boss into the team, no longer allowing her to roam freely as a solo."

"Well, there's nothing we can do. She can penetrate into the Otherworld all by herself. Just with the route she's mastered, as soon as she steps out, it's a sure thing. Plus, at her age, the best destinations are universities. Heh, maybe she can become our junior."

"...Eh?!" The team members' eyes brightened, "I want to cling to the junior's coattails!"

"Other schools won't try to snatch her?" The vice-captain threw a wet blanket on their enthusiasm.

At this, everyone, including Shi Lin, looked at the vice-captain with faces full of grievance.

"Can't you just stay quiet?"

"If you can't say anything nice, better to stay silent."

"Can't you let me daydream for a moment?"

The vice-captain shrugged nonchalantly.

"Seriously though, if she were to become our junior at National Defense University, think how lucky we'd be. A person who can solo enter the Otherworld, when our entire team is wounded and nearly out of bullets."

"No joke, she's a true all-around King of Soldiers. She'd be hot property anywhere, a natural for becoming a general in the future."

"Hey, maybe we can coax her into attending National Defense University using the argument that it's the best place for nurturing high-ranking officers."

"We're all National Defense University students. Out of love for our alma mater, we've got to get the Boss to join as a junior."

"Eh, seriously though, with her current performance, where she wants to go is up to her to choose. If we had tried to recruit her before, she wouldn't have had a say."

"Yeah, this distinction is important. Whichever place she wants to go, if they don't have that major, they'll just create one for her."

"Also, since she has demonstrated her capabilities already, if we recruit her now, she'll be granted more freedom too."

"Boss is truly awesome."

"Alright, Laoliu should be fine now; let's rest a bit, too, and wait for them to finish the surgery."

After saying this, Shi Lin washed his hands again and headed for the bathroom and laundry.

The other team members followed suit, and after making a round, the first thing they did was cook a large pot of mixed meat and vegetable noodles.

To put it plainly, it was just a big hodgepodge of meat and vegetables boiled together, with extra water added before throwing in the noodles.

They were so eager that they didn't even properly slice and mix the meat, just boiled it directly, turning decent lean meat into something a bit unpalatable. Still, the temptation of fresh food was too powerful. They ate despite the taste, satisfying the craving first.

Including cooking and eating, plus cleaning and tidying up, it took two hours. Just as they finished wiping down the worktable, they saw Laoba running out of the operating room.

Before they could ask, Laoba shouted first.

"The surgery is done!"

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