Enemies Are All Nourishment for My Fungi

"The energy absorbed by the Transmission Platform is used to maintain the artificially opened Fusion Zone? Is the size of the Space Channel's entrance another energy supply?"

"Yes, these are two separate energy supplies."

"And what about the soldiers and materials you're transporting across borders via the Transmission Platform? You need a Heart Core to activate it, is this a third energy supply?"

"Correct, only the High-level Witch Beasts of the Yunding Continent can possibly produce the Heart Core needed to sustain cross-border transmission. Our complete withdrawal at that time was partly due to the lack of Heart Core supply."

"Heart Core is so valuable, yet you dare to set up thirty Transmission Platforms at Beigen Military Fortress at once? And without heavy guard?"

"Heavy guard? Of course we deployed heavy forces. Thirty cross-border Transmission Platforms are no small matter. The Heart Cores in the hands of the Commander will attract the interest of adventurers."

"Adventurers are so bold, they dare to attack the fortress to seize the Heart Cores?"

"Heh, what wouldn't they dare to do? As long as the profit is large enough, they even participate in rebellions and battles for power, taking money to assassinate specified important figures."

"Oh, then I apologize, we seem to have a different definition of 'heavy forces.' Your heavy troops didn't last a round in my hands."

Dipul lowered his head, "I guessed as much."

"Besides Beigen Military Fortress, where else have you concentrated the placement of Cross-border Transmission Platforms? Don't make things up, I know one Fusion Zone contains dozens, Beigen Military Fortress only has thirty, they should be scattered corresponding to different Fusion Zones, right?"

"Yes, scattered but concentrated."

Ye Nai handed him a clipboard and a pen.

"Write it down, don't play tricks, you're a captive now, be aware of your place."

Dipul took the paper and pen, showing great interest in the ballpoint pen with its retractable nib, played with it a bit before starting to write.

"Do the cross-border Transmission Platforms in Beigen Military Fortress have different endpoints? Are they all connected to the Blue Star, or are there no distinctions between Blue Star and Fusion Zones?"

"In our country, there is no distinction; the cross-border ones are all placed together, I don't know about other countries."

"What is the difference when connecting from your country to Blue Star and Fusion Zones?"

"The Fusion Zone is actually part of this side of the world. Transmission Platforms linking to the Fusion Zone save a bit of Heart Core, while directly linking to Blue Star consumes more Heart Core, that's the difference, nothing else."

"Since it's part of your world, why is the energy concentration in the Fusion Zone not high?"

"It's a necessary part of the merging of the two worlds. High-energy places flow energy to low-energy places. When the two worlds completely merge, energy will return to balance."

"When will the full merger be completed?"

"I don't know, it's a long process, maybe tens of thousands of years." Dipul shook his head, "No one knows, not even the Witch Saint."

"But according to your side, three thousand years have already passed, how much has the world merged, do those wizards have any research results?"

"No, they say not to measure by our world's time. Since our world is merging into yours, it should be measured by your world's time."

"Really, from the Blue Star's perspective, only fifty years have passed. If it takes tens of thousands of years to complete the merger, by that time, the civilization on the planet will probably be of a new era."

Dipul remained silent.

Ye Nai looked at him and shifted the topic.

"But I find the quality of the seized Heart Cores to be the same, none particularly outstanding. Why is that?"

Dipul wore a bitter smile, "Still due to insufficient supply. The growth of High-level Witch Beasts itself is not easy, and even if they grow, not every one can produce the Advanced Heart Core we need. Initially, we had plenty, but later it became less, and these years we've been relying on stockpiles. We use them ourselves regularly and can't deploy enough to the frontline."

"With your method of killing, are the High-level Witch Beasts on the Yunding Continent now rare?"

"Yes, the price of Heart Cores has risen significantly, indicating that High-level Witch Beasts are not numerous. I haven't seen a new Heart Core in years, and even if there are, they're probably prioritized to the wizards."

"I've dismantled forty or fifty Transmission Platforms at most in a Fusion Zone. Does your home produce a lot of this material?"

"Quite a lot, with many rich mines. They are the basic raw materials for Wizards to create alchemy products; placing dozens of Transmission Platforms in a Fusion Zone is nothing. Our Selsa Country has relatively few; those with richer minerals have more just to deploy large forces at once to occupy new worlds. Judging from the war results, excluding your country, this tactic was entirely successful."

"That's right." Ye Nai acknowledged, "Excluding my country, looking at the current situation, you've indeed completed a full occupation, and this war you've won."

Dipul snorted a couple of times.

Both knew this was just psychological consolation.

Excluding Dahua Country...

How can it be counted that way?

It sounded like they were kicked off the Blue Planet nationality list.

Ye Nai asked another question.

"I found high-energy minerals in a Fusion Zone which can also activate the Transmission Platform. What's the name of this mineral? Is its yield high?"

Dipul looked puzzled, yet slightly excited, "There's such a mineral?!"

"You've never seen it?"

"I truly don't know."

"Well, consider it my special discovery, let's change the question."

Dipul opened his mouth, eager to discuss this special mineral further, but recalling his current status, he quickly dismissed the idea.

"Was the cause of that large-scale withdrawal due to the inadequacy of your material supply, or were there other reasons?"

"No, it was purely due to the lack of supply. The coalition army that came over was made up of troops from various countries, each with its own agenda, rash to grab territory and gain a foothold. Despite putting so many resources into your country, they couldn't make any progress, and the territories already conquered required vast resources to maintain control. Of course, they had to secure what was already gained. Moreover, the countries behind the coalition were also at war with each other, leaving insufficient resources to continuously invest in your country. In the end, it was unanimously decided to withdraw massively from your country to maintain a standoff."

"And then? You secretly restarted the Transmission Platform and sent spies over for long-term observation?"

"Yes, the complete withdrawal was real, and sending spies back was also real. There are so many Transmission Platforms in a Fusion Zone, you would never know which one has been quietly reactivated."

"Aren't Transmission Platforms one-way? How do spies sent over transmit information back?"

"Our Transmission Platforms aren't one-way; one-way wouldn't make sense. Why would you think they are one-way?"

"I saw a team of your soldiers come over through a Transmission Platform, I activated the platform, but I couldn't go through."