Enemies Are All Nourishment for My Fungi-Chapter 129: Buy Some More New Cars (2)

The boss and the clerk’s eyes widened as they watched her disappear in a cloud of dust.

"Wow, she’s actually a Space Awakened!"

"Damn, no wonder she didn’t want delivery."

"I’m so jealous; if only I also had space."

Ye Nai had previously taken a liking to a small digger suitable for an orchard greenhouse, compact and adorable, with flexible steering. It had only a seat, no enclosed cockpit, which made it easy to get on and off, and it could dig trenches and holes. A slightly larger model could even dig basements.

The services here were good too, with a site and an instructor available, and for a little money, you could get an instructor to teach you the basic operations and safety rules on the spot.

After looking around, Ye Nai chose a digger with an effective depth of three meters. It might not trap a giant frog, but a Big Wild Boar would definitely fall in.

Her purpose in buying the digger was to dig traps in the Secret Realm. This model could catch large prey with its big hole; smaller diggers were somewhat lacking, with an effective depth of only one meter and twenty centimeters, which was useless against a Big Wild Boar that stood more than a meter tall.

Not to mention asking her to go down to the bottom of the pit to continue digging; she could go down, but how would she get back up?

She just wanted to dig a trap; why bother putting herself through so much trouble? Just buy a big digger, and a few scoops would get the job done.

Besides, the digger was tracked and not allowed on public roads; it had to be carried by a truck, didn’t require a driver’s license, and being agricultural machinery, it also didn’t require an operation certificate.

How wonderful.

After paying the money and purchasing the digger, a worker drove it, while Ye Nai followed on an electric scooter, to an outdoor area to find an instructor.

The teaching was very formal; a shack served as the classroom, with the digger’s manual as the textbook. First, they studied theory, making sure everything that needed to be memorized was clear, before going outside for practical exercises on the machine.

Once outside, she took her turn on the machine and pulled each control lever to ensure the boom, the stick, and the bucket followed her commands.

Then it was about how to adjust the direction synchronously while digging holes and trenches, and how to turn left and right, move forward, and reverse.

At this step, the instructor’s importance became apparent; when entering the site and needing to drive the digger to a specified location, you had to raise the boom, retract the stick, and pull in the bucket.

This detail was often overlooked by newbies, who might think that driving with the boom and stick up improved visibility. However, this could lead to a high center of gravity and even slight unevenness on the ground could tip over the machine and operator.

Even with her enclosed-cab digger, a rollover wouldn’t trap her underneath the vehicle, but crashing into the glass would be painful enough. For an ordinary person, it would easily result in broken bones.

Ye Nai earnestly practiced all morning.

Big holes, small holes, deep holes, shallow holes—each required different skills, and she had to learn and practice them all.

The instructor taught her step by step, and Ye Nai learned bit by bit, mastering the techniques quickly. She operated within the marked areas beautifully, impressing the instructor with her talent in machinery operation. He joked that if she were a student at the Agricultural Machinery Technical School, she would definitely be a top student favored by the school.

After getting off the machine, Ye Nai took out a pack of cigarettes out of thin air in front of the instructor to thank him for his meticulous instruction. Then, she slapped the digger, and under the dumbfounded gaze of the instructor, the large machine vanished on the spot.

She got on her electric scooter and left.

After grabbing a fast food meal on the street as lunch, Ye Nai returned to the hotel to rest. In the lobby, she saw some examinees gathered for a chat and joined them. Those who had taken the practical test in the morning had all passed, and those who were scheduled for the afternoon exam were wishing each other good luck.

At two in the afternoon, Ye Nai and other examinees headed to the driving school’s practice field. She was third in line, and it seemed like there was some sort of mysticism at play -- since everyone passed in the morning, the afternoon went smoothly too. The two people ahead of her passed on their first try, and Ye Nai breezed through as well, then hung around to watch the lively scene for a while before leaving.

She stayed at the hotel for another night, and the next morning, Ye Nai saw her electronic driver’s license for tractor transport on the registration website, valid for six years.

Ye Nai attached her driver’s license to her Awakener profile, took a screenshot, and sent it to the team captain’s group before hopping on her motorcycle to head back.

The physical driver’s license would be mailed in two weeks, but with the electronic license, she could hit the road immediately.

Upon receiving her message, the team captains officially began preparing for the hunting expedition in the Secret Realm, hauling box after box of long-lasting anesthetics effective against mutant beasts.

Back in the dangerous zone, Ye Nai also picked up her customized shoe lasts and the tanned cowhide. During the two days she was getting her license, someone had made a special trip to Town No. 1 to bring back all the custom-ordered private shoe lasts.

She also took care of some public and private matters.

During the New Year period, garbage had piled up in the dangerous zone. Ye Nai gathered it up in one go and had someone drive her to the waste incineration plant in an off-road vehicle. As she dumped the garbage bags, she also disposed of several bodies.

That day at home, acting on hints from several female team captains, she had killed the loan company’s boss and his henchmen. They had already discussed using garbage incineration as a means to dispose of the bodies.

She didn’t recognize the driver this time; he wasn’t the same person as before, and she didn’t know whose side he was on. Therefore, she acted the part thoroughly, discarding the bodies together so that everyone was in the same boat.

She also took this opportunity to dispose of a pile of man-made objects that the fungus couldn’t digest.

These items came from the employees of the loan company and that fund broker whom she had stored in Space; shielded by the fungus, they lay in a dormant state within. With their bodies maintaining minimal sustenance without food, they disappeared one after another.

The fungus exploited them to the fullest, leaving behind a pile of indigestible man-made items, which she took this chance to cleanly dispose of.

This was a cruel life experiment, but since no one knew about it, Ye Nai didn’t care about the ethics involved.

The truth was, even with the disappearance of the entire staff of the loan company and that fund broker, a thorough investigation could probably turn up some clues. She never underestimated the abilities of professionals, but with no bodies and no case, even if it was discovered that she had visited those suspicious locations, it just meant she had been there. There was no evidence she had contact with the missing individuals, and definitely no evidence in her Space; what could happen to her then?

It’s said that crimes involving Awakeners are hard to solve, precisely because it’s difficult to find evidence. Awakeners have too many ways to hide or destroy evidence.

On the night of the twelfth day of the Lunar New Year, the team captains familiar to Ye Nai set out with their full teams.

They didn’t have to take turns because there was only one Ye Nai; they moved out together and would return together, ensuring everyone got ample rest without turning Ye Nai into an overworked nuclear-powered mule.

A mule was bad enough, let alone a nuclear-powered one. As an ordinary solo, she couldn’t have it any worse.

Before setting out, Ye Nai sent a message to her mother, telling her she had snagged a job as a Secret Realm Laborer and was going into the Secret Realm. She would discuss anything important once she was back.

Thankfully, the groundwork laid during the New Year’s meal with her grandparents was sufficient. The gossip wasn’t for nothing. The job of a Secret Realm Transporter, also known as a Secret Realm Laborer who "earns money with one’s life," was described to them with a daily wage of a thousand – it sounded like a lot, and just carrying things for a team didn’t seem too difficult. However, everyone was on their own should anything happen; the money was essentially a life purchase, with no compensation or pension to follow, which turned the elders’ faces pale with fear.

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