Enemies Are All Nourishment for My Fungi-Chapter 145: An Even More Relaxing Second Round of Hunting (5)

When the shaking stopped, a two-meter-tall, purely transparent, irregular cubic Heart Core, like a large carrot pulled from the mud, was absorbed into Ye Nai’s Space, where the fungus frantically decomposed it and absorbed the abundant energy it contained.

The Space inevitably expanded its volume again.

The items Ye Nai had placed inside already took up only a small amount of the already expanded 5000-cubic-meter Space, and now they seemed even tinier.

After a good night’s sleep, when Ye Nai woke up to the bright daylight, she stretched, crawled out of the sleeping bag, changed her clothes, and was surprised to find that the clothes that had fit yesterday were now short at the sleeves and pant legs. When she put on her shoes, her face grew even more displeased—they were too small, and her toes were uncomfortably squeezed.

This sensation was all too familiar to her.

Her current height was not from natural growth during development; it was enhanced by the abundant energy when the Space expanded last summer.

Was this happening again?

Ye Nai quickly stood up, barefoot on the ground, and raised her arms, gesturing the distance from her head to the tent ceiling.

It felt as if it had gotten a bit closer.

But to know her specific height, she would need to measure it back home.

All her clothes and shoes would need to be bought anew.

The custom shoe lasts she ordered on New Year’s Day were now wasted.

"Luckily, I hadn’t started ordering new shoes yet,"

Ye Nai sighed, considering herself lucky.

Turning around, she went to check how her Space had transformed.

With her height changed, the Space had surely expanded in volume; she wondered what high-energy thing had been absorbed during the night.

At first glance, she was stunned by the Space’s further expansion.

The length, width, and height of the Space had grown to seemingly infinite proportions, but as the owner, Ye Nai subconsciously knew there were boundaries; it wasn’t possible to support such boundless growth without incredibly strong energy; however, she still needed to buy a laser ruler to determine the specific measurements.

She had wanted to buy one before, but hadn’t felt an urgency as the Space was not very large; now, it was necessary.

Skipping past heaps of large fish and prawns in the Space, Ye Nai’s attention landed on an abruptly situated large fungus cocoon in the center.

That thing just stood there alone, surrounded by white fungus on all sides. Ye Nai curiously ordered the fungus to clear away to let her see what treasured item was there.

Like falling snow, the fungus cascaded down, revealing the true form of the wrapped item.

"Ah!"

Ye Nai couldn’t help but let out a brief, sharp scream, then quickly covered her mouth, ran out of the tent to look around, ensuring there were no outsiders, before shrinking back into the tent.

She caught her breath.

Then, she went back to examine that top-grade Big Heart Core in the Space.

"Oh my goodness, where did this treasure come from?"

"I just slept, and how did such a treasure appear?"

"Was it scooped up from the water?"

"Wow, the water really hides treasures?"

Ye Nai really wanted to take it out and touch it herself, but she didn’t dare. She still remembered the conversations she had eavesdropped on yesterday. There was an Awakener among those people sensitive to energy, and she feared being discovered as soon as she took the big guy out.

That the fungus wrapped it up like a cocoon and crazily drew energy from it, it must be a top-grade energy source.

No wonder the space had expanded, and she had grown taller.

She looked closely and felt that such a large Heart Core probably wasn’t naturally grown in animals but rather resembled a type of natural mineral.

The Heart Cores stripped from mutant beasts and mutant plants were all regular cuboids, with smooth surfaces that didn’t cut the hand, but this one had visibly sharp edges.

It was hard to say how such a large Heart Core was formed and obtained, but to speak of maintaining a Secret Realm’s existence, Ye Nai guessed that at least a Super Concentrated Heart Core of this size was needed, right?

The degree of concentration had to be very, very, very strong; otherwise, how could it sustain a Secret Realm of such a large area on Blue Star for fifty years?

In the whole country, and on the entire Blue Star, there were countless such Secret Realms.

This was equivalent to using countless huge Heart Cores with super concentrated energy.

The enemies from the Otherworld had paid such a huge price to invade Blue Star, killing everyone on sight and leaving no survivors. There were some speculations online, wondering if they wanted to conquer Blue Star to make it their homeland, which is why they wanted to kill all the Blue Star natives.

These were all online speculations, and there was no definitive conclusion, and the government never said anything, but the enemies had gone through so much trouble, so their aim must be significant.

Thus, the biggest benefit would be if Blue Star became their new homeland.

Ye Nai felt that to eliminate all the enemies, her spores might just be the ultimate killer move, as only nature’s decomposers could handle the enemy’s bodies in a harmless manner.

Looking once more at the huge Heart Core inside the space, Ye Nai became excited.

"I guess, even in the Otherworld, such treasures must be rare, thanks for the contribution, I’ll gladly accept it."

Ye Nai let the fungus continue to enjoy it, and in about ten seconds, she saw the huge Heart Core densely budding with fungal flowers, connecting to each other in patches, and wrapping the Heart Core back into a huge fungal cocoon.

Then, she quickly washed up, packed up the tent, and prepared to sit in the car and nibble on two homemade meat sandwiches before setting off.

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Just as she used the instant heater to make herself a cup of soy milk, the spores on alert around her sent feedback that someone was rapidly approaching.

Ye Nai glanced in the direction of the incoming people; if she wasn’t wrong, it was the group of believers who were singing and dancing yesterday.

She leaned on the car, not moving, leisurely nibbling on her meat sandwich and drinking soy milk, while the spores had already entered the bodies of that group. As long as they circumvented her, it would be fine; if they dared to make a move, she would feed them to the fishes.

The convoy appeared from afar within Ye Nai’s sight; she clearly saw that they were initially heading towards her, but probably seeing the markings on this tracked vehicle, the entire convoy neatly turned their heads, not only bypassing her but also with a whiff of a hasty escape.

The spores that had entered their bodies as a precaution also followed their breath back outside.

Ye Nai watched the retreating rear of the cars and took a sip of hot soy milk expressionlessly.

Good they knew better.

Half an hour later, having eaten and drunk her fill, she set off on the road.

Ye Nai placed the Radio Direction Finder on the passenger side, setting the outdoor power supply under the seat to power the finder, letting the spores guide her along the path she had traveled, and establishing contact with the fungus growing in the wetlands to guide her on the shortest route out.

After running through the wetlands for three days, she was finally leaving this muddy place. Ye Nai didn’t change vehicles; she turned on the radar, searching for radio signals.

After two more days of traveling, and still not fully understanding the Radio Direction and Distance, the spores released by the fungus growing all around had already found the main camp for her.

Approaching stealthily without greeting or revealing her identity usually wasn’t a good sign. Ye Nai turned on the high-power radio, along the correct route, driving while calling out.