Enemies Are All Nourishment for My Fungi-Chapter 131: Let’s Go Hunting (2)

Every time she found a mutant beast, she would take out the excavator, dig a hole beside it, set up a trap, drop in a mutant plant that served as bait with anesthetic effects, then wake up the drowsy mutant beast, and herd it into the hole before placing a fluorescent stick.

Others practice shooting at targets, but she would shoot first and then set up her target where the arrow landed.

Ye Nai ran until almost dark, hearing the walkie-talkie calling everyone to regroup. She then used the fungus to immediately draw into the Space the prey she did not have time to trap and picked up her walkie-talkie to respond, asking them to follow the red and orange fluorescent sticks to see if there were any animals in the traps.

Those already regrouped dispersed again to search for the dim, man-made light sources in the wilderness as night fell.

The red and orange in the wilderness were indeed striking, and the walkie-talkie kept ringing, each ring indicating someone had found a trap with an animal.

"Wow, I’ve got a catch here,"

"I have two here, two wild birds,"

"The trap is dug very cleanly."

"Yezi, did you buy an excavator?"

"Yes, there was a farm machinery market near the Agricultural Machinery Technical School, so I bought a farm excavator."

"No wonder."

"Hey, come quickly, Yezi, come back soon, one of your traps has caught three piglets."

"Wow!"

"Lucky start!"

"Which trap? What’s the terrain around it?"

"The one with sparse trees and bushes."

"Got it, wait for me to come over, and tie up the pigs so I can hoist them with the excavator."

Ye Nai’s trap holes were deep. Since rabbits and wild birds were small and light, a person could simply descend tied with a rope to pick them up from the bottom. The piglets weighed hundreds of pounds; they could use the vehicle’s winch to pull them up, but once the piglets were on the ground, it would still take effort to flip them over for the forklift to get in.

This was so much trouble, not as convenient as using the excavator to hoist them directly.

Upon returning to the piglet’s trap, two off-road vehicles were shining their headlights, waiting for Ye Nai to arrive, and meanwhile, they had already sent someone down into the pit with a rope to check on the piglets, tie their limbs one by one with a hog-tie, pass a long rope through, and throw both ends of the rope up to the surface.

Ye Nai arrived just in time.

She first put away her motorcycle, and everyone stepped aside as she took out the tractor pulling the trailer, inviting everyone to help lay down the movable ramp and place a plastic pallet for the forklift.

Finally, she set up the excavator at the edge of the hole.

"Wow, you bought a big one."

"Hehe, with an effective depth of 3 meters, surely it can catch wild boars and buffaloes."

"Definitely."

Everyone hastily knotted the steel ropes and hooked them to the dipper teeth, then stepped back.

Ye Nai skillfully operated the excavator, steadily extending the boom and stick, the bucket paused motionless, straightening the steel rope. As the boom gradually lifted, the piglets at the bottom of the pit were also hoisted up.

Once the piglets reached the surface, the excavator rotated, and placed them on the pallet.

Someone immediately climbed onto the trailer, unhooked the steel rope, and threw it into the bucket. Ye Nai rotated the bucket to the edge of the hole, dropped down the steel rope, and waited for the people at the bottom to hook up the second piglet, hoisting it onto the trailer.

A few minutes later, the third piglet was also settled, and the bucket returned once more. This time it carefully extended to the bottom of the pit, lifting the person in the bucket back up.

As the person safely landed, everyone present burst into applause and cheers.

"Well done, Xiao Yezi!"

"The excavator was a great purchase."

"Having a shovel truck is just awesome."

"Are we filling this big pit, or should we clean it up and use it again?"

"It’s a waste to dig a pit and use it only once, keep using it, we might catch a nocturnal animal."

Thus, the person who had just come up went down again. Ye Nai took out the bait and anaesthetic mutant plants, filling the bottom of the pit, while others used local materials, picking up dry branches and shrubs of appropriate length but porous quality to simply cover the pit mouth, finally covering it with weeds. For realism, Wood Element members added some soil and promoted the growth of weeds around it.

From a distance, it appeared to be a slightly elevated mound of grass and dirt.

Small animals wouldn’t fall in, but if something heavier came along, stepping on it would send them tumbling in.

"All good, that’s it."

"Let’s go, let’s go, it’s getting dark."

"Hehe, let’s see what luck tonight brings."

"Just to report, the piglet has been captured, we’re heading back to camp now."

The crowd prepared noisily for the return trip. Ye Nai stowed away the excavator, climbed into the tractor’s driver’s seat, and the tailgate of the trailer had already been closed by everyone’s help.

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Two off-road vehicles led the way, the tractor in the middle, other vehicles followed behind, making a significant impression as they returned to the camp.

While they were busy, the team members who were dispatched to collect game had all returned gradually. Thus, when they arrived, the entire camp came to see their catch.

It wasn’t that they hadn’t seen piglets before but they admired Ye Nai’s hunting efficiency.

Every trap they had set contained live game, which, after being taken, was obviously reset for reuse, just in case some lucky creature fell into it.

Recalling the live rabbits and piglets she had brought back, along with a bunch of slain game before she had an excavator, no one would believe she wasn’t a born hunter.

After the excitement eased, Space team members who were responsible for logistics came over to take over the game from Ye Nai, taking photos for records; everything was well-prepared, with the killed game stored in large plastic crates.

After dinner, despite a tiring day, there was still entertainment: other logistics team members had brought a projector and a screen, and Ye Nai connected her portable movie drive to the projector, which could read files for playback.

The stall was set up, everyone sat sipping beers and sodas, munching on snacks, as the outdoor cinema kicked off.

Early the next morning, everyone broke camp and dispersed to check the traps marked the day before.

Ye Nai didn’t join them. Catching live game was the sole task unanimously delegated to her. She handed the tractor over to Ah Qi and mounted her motorbike, riding off lightly.

She had a good idea of what their inspection would yield. With Fungus feedback, the night’s results were promising: about half of the traps contained game, the other half either triggered but didn’t capture an animal or weren’t approached by any animals at all.

The pit where they caught the wild pig remained empty.

Ye Nai ignored those pits. She chose a less crowded direction and sped off. As she went, she released superpower spores until she found a spot she liked, then stopped, sat on an outdoor chair, drank her beverage, opened her laptop, and waited for the Fungus to hunt for her.

Her walkie-talkie was also on, constantly filled with chatter; she listened in, ready to make a quick exit should anyone come her way.

She spent the better part of the day at leisure, except for quick breaks for the restroom and meals, her backside barely left the chair. When her brain grew tired from studying, Ye Nai packed up and got to work.