Enemies Are All Nourishment for My Fungi

"Got anything you want? The country hasn't announced this world as part of our territory yet, so you can collect some stuff."

As soon as Ye Nai finished speaking, there were powerful suppressed gasps of excitement around.

The Commander continued to chuckle, showing no signs of excitement.

Clearly, he already knew about this news, but his trusted subordinates did not.

"I'd like a few Transmission Ports to facilitate my troops' fast travel while scouting territory outside the border," the Commander stated his need.

"That's a bit challenging. The Transmission Ports I can open now are fixed locations based on my personal use experience. I haven't figured out the kind that follow people yet, that'll take some time to research," Ye Nai admitted truthfully.

The Commander got excited now.

"Oh? I was actually talking about fixed Transmission Ports. If you can figure out the kind that follow people, that would be even better."

"Ah, so just fixed locations will do?" Ye Nai regretted her haste in speaking.

"Yes, they don't need to cross borders, just facilitate movement between two places, with larger entrances like warehouses for military trucks," the Commander specified further.

"That's no problem, but I've never been to the Commander's defense line. For places I've never been, I can only use maps for rough positioning, like you give me a location, I try to forcibly open a Transmission Port and then calibrate it for precise teleportation," Ye Nai explained how she opens Transmission Ports.

"But for places you've never been on Blue Star, aren't you afraid of opening a Transmission Port to a dangerous area like a big river?" the Commander raised a concern.

"Of course, it's not like just opening a portal and rushing in headfirst. Instead, I wait a bit; if there's someone on the other side, they might come through impatiently. If there's no movement, I push a stick through to check. This usually tells me if it's ground or something else. If still no sound, I peek through, and if it's all clear, I go through completely."

"This kind of probing sounds dangerous, too."

"That's the fun of adventure."

"And are you going to use this method for the Transmission Port I need?"

"Yeah, the location you provide will surely be safe, right? I won't just step through only to fall into water, off a cliff, or land in a swamp with a giant python overhead, right?"

"Definitely not, no way."

"Then that's settled. I've opened portals like this across all continents of Blue Star, using whatever spot I land on as a starting point for exploration."

"Alright, let's exchange phone numbers and talk later."

Ye Nai took out her phone and exchanged numbers with the Commander and his trusted subordinates.

With that, the main business was nearly concluded, taking less than a minute by Blue Star's clock.

Ye Nai packed up the canopy and table, putting the barely touched Otherworld fruits into leaf bags for the Commander to take, even giving him an extra leaf bag with a batch of corn harvested from the Secret Realm.

"Take it back and give it a taste. This is the first batch of corn harvested in the Secret Realm. The land is fallow and will have to wait until next year for new corn," Ye Nai said cheerfully.

Then, she opened a Transmission Port and led everyone to the beach below the high cliffs to see what could be gathered.

After walking back and forth a few times, they only managed to pick up a few miserable crabs. Ye Nai weighed them in her hand and, finding the weight off, casually broke one open to find little meat inside and tossed them all away.

Instead, she fished around with Space from the shallow sea bed, scooping up some specialty fish and shrimp from the shallow sea area. She packed them into several garbage bags for the Commander to take back and eat.

"This world's seafood resources are still abundant. The fishermen only have small wooden boats, fishing in about thirty meters deep water, with moderate-mesh sized hand-woven nets, not the all-destructive nets," Ye Nai introduced.

"Are there any special ways to cook these fish and shrimp?" the Commander laughed so broadly his teeth showed, delighted with Ye Nai's generosity, while his accompanying subordinates were already holding items in both hands.

"No special way, just cook them like we do. Fish have the highest meat retrieval rate. If you're uneasy, just fillet the fish and shell the shrimp before eating. If you like them, we can come back next time," Ye Nai said.

"Can you fish here freely? No landlord here?" the Commander asked curiously.

"This land's landlord is me, and I have the land deed. I traded five boxes of steamed fish soy sauce, fish sauce, shrimp paste, rice wine, and garlic paste for it. The original landlord was a Little Baron about to lose his title, guarding the sea for generations without ever eating well. The coastal land is barren and has no resources, truly pitiful," Ye Nai laughed twice.

"And then what? End of story, how did you get the land deed?" the crowd gathered around eagerly to hear the story.

"I ran a trading business and bought some seafood from returning fishermen, set up a charcoal grill roadside to try them out. As soon as the aroma wafted out, the Guard Commander of the nobles brought troops and surrounded me, saying they'd been watching me for a while, some Otherworldly person poisoning in public, then took me and my stuff to the nobles' mansion and cooked for them for five days. Using those five boxes of condiments, I traded for land deeds of all coastal lands belonging to the territory," Ye Nai narrated with flair.

"...You can do that?" Everyone was utterly amazed.

"Although I didn't ask, I think this noble was kind of at his last straw, thinking he might lose his title soon, and without land after. So might as well gamble before losing his title, riskively selling the land against the decree that feudal nobles can't arbitrarily sell land. With no future and power, even the Great Lord above would lose a large piece of coastal land," Ye Nai analyzed.

"How long ago was this?" the Commander asked.

"On the Otherworld timeline, two or three years ago? I can't quite figure out how many days exactly," Ye Nai counted on her fingers.

"To which country does the land belong? Given the war situation between otherworlds, does this Great Noble not go to the battlefield?" the Commander continued to ask.

"After I bought the land, I checked, and the Great Lord above was an Earl, not at home, said to be on the Blue Star battlefield. But now I don't know, haven't checked yet. I just resumed my trading business today," Ye Nai shrugged. "Doesn't matter to me. Frankly, I'm uninterested in their lives or deaths. If they're lucky enough to survive the war, they'd all be war criminals, dead either on the battlefield or at trial."

"Yeah, the Noble Class can't be allowed to remain."

Everyone nodded in agreement, believing that according to post-war settlements, none of these nobles could escape death, especially those royals and Great Noble Class, who were fervent war supporters, reaping enormous benefits.

Lower and peripheral nobles might go to war to keep their titles, but they weren't the ones who initiated it, perhaps facing different outcomes.