Enemies Are All Nourishment for My Fungi

The outer city civilians, who were initially afraid, were awakened by a single remark, and more people rushed into the inner city. The young and strong led the charge, while the slower women, children, and elderly followed closely.

The inner city was subjected to a great pillaging.

Overall, there were few valuable items left, since Ye Nai had already picked the place clean, emptying all the valuable buildings and noble mansions, leaving only scraps, which were still enough to drive the civilians mad.

Everyone was rushing towards the inner city, so naturally, no one stopped Ye Nai, who was driving on the outer city's streets.

However, as she gradually approached the outer city wall, the enemy soldiers on the wall also saw a strange vehicle rapidly approaching, so they began shooting arrows in attempts to stop it.

Ye Nai slammed on the brakes and quickly reversed, moving out of the range of the arrows.

Then, both she and the vehicle vanished from the spot, reappearing atop the city wall a bit further away.

But the officers and soldiers who previously shot at her did not see her reappear, only astonished at her sudden disappearance.

"We're doomed! It's a Space Wizard!"

"It's a Great Wizard! It must be a Great Wizard!"

"A Great Wizard has broken in!"

The soldiers looked at each other, the city was in chaos, and no one dared to think about what had become of the inner city.

"...What should we do?"

While the soldiers on this segment of the wall were still hesitating, Ye Nai had successfully gained a foothold on the section where she landed, her spores had taken down everyone on the wall.

She ran up the wall with no other purpose than to find the flag stand and stake a national flag to declare sovereignty.

Amidst the fallen soldiers, Ye Nai precisely captured the captain among them, bringing both him and the vehicle back to East Ridge for interrogation.

The captain of the squad guarding the Royal Capital's wall had no battlefield experience; despite being part of a powerful national capital, even with constant battles at the borders, none had ever reached the Royal Capital.

This was the first time this captain witnessed an enemy wreaking havoc in the Royal Capital.

When Ye Nai scared him, he confessed everything.

Not only did he identify the location of the flag stand, but he also revealed the positions of the military camp and military warehouses in the city.

With this accurate testimony, Ye Nai returned to the wall and quickly replaced the flag, deploying a large number of spores to guard the flag stand.

Then she hurried to the North City Camp of the Royal Capital, to seize it by force.

Despite being the capital of a country, the area was vast, and the energy on Blue Star was abysmally low, so the spore growth was slow, spreading sporadically and not forming a complete fungal mat, let alone covering the entire city. Not only were civilians running everywhere, but the soldiers in the camp were also bustling around.

Only when Ye Nai arrived and launched a targeted attack did she manage to pacify the entire military camp.

She emptied the warehouses, captured the officers, and finished her business swiftly.

Back at the East Ridge Secret Realm, Ye Nai seized the time to settle the captives she had brought back.

This time, the captives' identities were important, needing a better location for detention.

Thus she chose the wilderness outside Town No. 2.

But it was quite far from Town No. 2, the advantage being a small stream flowing through.

Ye Nai no longer had water containers like barrels or water towers, so she had to find a place with a water source for the captives to sustain themselves, whether the water was clean or not was not her concern anymore.

She did not place them directly in Town No. 2 because Ye Nai didn't want these primitive and uncivilized Otherworld enemies, untainted by modern life's influence, to enjoy the town's convenient living facilities.

Another reason was that it had been vacant for so long, reactivating it would be quite troublesome, and at least a full round of inspection and maintenance was unavoidable.

She couldn't do it.

So even a national monarch would have to live in a tent according to her decree.

It was already generous not to give them each a hoe to reclaim land.

Another reason for choosing this place was that there was a fungal mat underground, with the whole environment under spore protection.

Every time Ye Nai went in and out, she would sow a wave of spores along the highway, and over time, the fungal mat grew well in the wilderness on both sides of the road, especially near Town No. 2.

With the protection of the spores, there was no fear of carnivorous mutant beasts and plants carrying off the captives.

As for whether they would bring about their own demise, that was not Ye Nai's concern.

She separated the men and women, placed some living supplies, and once roughly settled, Ye Nai followed the stream's direction, going five to six kilometers downstream to release the officers held in Space.

Some of these officers had been detained in the Space for several days without being released for feeding, if left for much longer, they would certainly starve to death.

Placing the two groups at not-too-distant locations, Ye Nai mobilized the spores in the air to form two invisible monitoring rings, disallowing them from stepping outside these boundaries; touching them would cause intense pain, preventing them from contacting or colluding with each other.

Each of them had been subjected to a restriction, leaving them physically weak, barely able to light fires to cook their meals, and for the rest of the time, they were to lie quietly.

During this process, Ye Nai discovered that some among them possessed wizard talents, especially a high proportion among the officers, suggesting they likely pursued military service due to insufficient family support to tread the wizard path.

Those from noble families with talents had limited potential, barely scraping the edge of Wizard Apprentices, unable to become official wizards. Otherwise, given the common family resources of nobles, even those in decline would certainly nurture a child with talent.

Ye Nai imposed stronger restrictions on these special individuals, treating them as official wizards, sealing their energy channels to ensure no wizard power could be exerted, preventing unrest, as she wouldn't be monitoring them daily.

After clearing out the living captives, Ye Nai's gaze fell upon the skeletons.

She opened a Transmission Port to Yunding Continent's Wizard City once more.

Having raided the place last time, it was now an empty city, but its warm climate and rich flora and fauna meant a complete biological chain existed. Ye Nai instantly teleported outside, scattering the skeletons everywhere, pretending they were unlucky souls who perished in this primitive continent.

In case she discovered active volcanoes in the future, any further skeleton will be thrown into the volcanic crater.

While discarding skeletons, Ye Nai took the opportunity to hunt. Encountering mutant plants and beasts, regardless of size, she forcibly collected them into Space, considering to bring them back home. If no one showed interest, she would toss them back.

The Fungus compartment, cleared of bones, was just right for storing these intact prey.

After some fun, she returned to the East Ridge Secret Realm for rest, still concerned about the spores at the Wizard Institute, not in the mood to unwind entirely. Spending just a few hours there, yet only a few minutes passed upon returning, making it preferable to pass time on Blue Star.

This massive time difference, once infrastructure is completed and tourism resources are developed, would surely be a favorite among working people looking for a break—seven golden days on Blue Star could mean a whole year of leisure in the Otherworld.

Well, by then, it might not be the lack of time preventing working people from taking breaks, but the money~

During the waiting period, she was not idle. She prepared a sports camera, then singled out the Prince of Selsa Country for questioning.

She was very interested in the Secret Realms scattered around the world. She wouldn't touch those within or near Dahua Country, as intervening there might provoke the authorities, but she would take what she wanted far from the borders without reservation.