Enemies Are All Nourishment for My Fungi

"What levels do their wizards have?" the baby-faced doctoral student continued to ask.

"Basic, Intermediate, Advanced, Great Witch, Witch Saint, a total of five levels. Basic is commonly seen on the battlefield front lines. The Witch Saint is a national spiritual symbol, and their number signifies the strength of a nation. So, top-level combat strength is the Great Witch, the Advanced Wizard is the backbone. If a Witch Saint comes to fight, it's basically a war of destruction for a nation."

"Got it."

"Can wizards really boost people?"

"Yes, they can boost allies and debuff enemies."

"What are the debuffs?"

"It's in all aspects."

Ye Nai noticed that the baby-faced one seemed very interested in wizard culture and was happy to let him experience it.

"You look quite healthy. For example, I could make you feel so weak that you can't even carry your backpack, as if it weighs a thousand pounds."

"Hmm?"

Before the baby-faced one could react, Ye Nai began to chant a spell.

Those around him swiftly scattered, leaving the baby-faced one in place.

At the instant Ye Nai finished chanting, the baby-faced doctoral student suddenly felt his legs weaken, collapsing to the ground. His backpack slid to his legs, and he struggled to lift it a few times without success.

The people who ran away slowly returned, especially her advisor, who pinched her arm.

"Really can't stand up? Suddenly became this weak?"

The doctoral student was teary-eyed; never since birth had she been this weak, even moving made her pant with exhaustion.

Ye Nai let her experience the wizard's debuff under the affectionate strokes of others for a minute, then chanted a Recovery Spell to make her become lively again.

"Hey, she's back on her feet, magic is amazing."

"Can we learn it?"

"It depends on the spiritual power. The principle of casting spells on people is to use one's own spiritual power to interfere with the target. Anyone who can cast spells in a group is a master. Regardless of the wizard's level, if you see a spell affecting several people, it's best to dodge if you can."

"Understood, understood."

"Can Junior Wizards already cast group spells? That's amazing."

"It depends on the actual situation. If the battle reaches a stalemate, a wizard can chant a few spells to boost their own side and suppress the other, and victory becomes straightforward."

"True."

"Are there other fields? Let's leave this for later and come back when the prisoners are transferred."

"Yes, there are two more large fields."

Ye Nai opened a new Transmission Port, and after everyone crossed, they found themselves standing by a river. Across the river were two large fields with some distance between them and rows of orderly tents.

"Whoa, are these also prisoners?"

"Yes, it's labor for development. Give them something to do, or they'll cause trouble when idle, and using hoes and shovels for fights is all too convenient."

"Indeed."

"What's different about these two groups of prisoners?"

Ye Nai raised her left arm, "The left side are former military officers."

She then raised her right arm, "The right side are former nobles, including the King, Queen, Royal Family members, and some powerful former nobles like the Duke."

"Wow! This batch is valuable!"

"So are the wizards!"

"Aren't the women and children in that carrot field also from noble families?"

"They were the first batch captured. Our Beigen Military Fortress originally belonged to Knight Territory, and I confiscated their properties. The Knight Manor is now used by the logistics department."

"Wow!" Everyone gave Ye Nai a thumbs up, "You're amazing."

"Where are these two fields located? Are they far from the previous ones?"

"Actually, these two fields are the closest, just in the wilderness outside Village No. 2. The other fields are what you would call far, requiring Transmission Ports to reach."

The academicians pondered in place for a while.

"Is there a military presence in Village No. 2?"

"Yes, they are cleaning and setting up the Prisoner Camp."

"Let's go say hello and see where they plan to build the Prisoner Camp."

"Alright."

Ye Nai opened the Transmission Port again, and they arrived on the highway outside Village No. 2 with one step.

As soon as they emerged from the Transmission Port, warriors came to greet them. Ye Nai introduced both sides, and the Company Commander quickly arrived upon receiving the news.

Ye Nai took out a table and chairs from Space, and both sides sat down to discuss for a moment, reassuring the academicians. The site for the Prisoner Camp was decided to be in the wilderness under the highway, far from all the fields, for convenient warrior management.

Incidentally, the Company Commander also asked Ye Nai for help. Once the Prisoner Camp is set up and prisoners begin to be transferred, she would open several large Transmission Ports.

This was a small matter, and Ye Nai readily agreed. Moreover, she was sure to be present during the transfer of prisoners to prevent any disturbances from them.

After the discussion, the academicians returned to their laboratory, preparing sampling toolkits to collect soil samples from the resting fields.

Although they were researching staple crop planting, they had interdisciplinary research and understanding in soil science, microbiology, ecology, and other fields, particularly as soil microbiota had a crucial impact on staple crop planting.

Ye Nai had already made it clear that it was a problem with the microbiota, so they were more obligated to conduct microbiota experiments.

After collecting soil samples, they even asked Ye Nai for a bag of corn as an experiment sample. When they heard that the total harvest weight was similar to what was grown on Blue Star, they were very excited and each went about their tasks.

It was just their first day on the job, and their lab wasn't fully set up yet, but it didn't stop their enthusiasm for experiments.

Ye Nai closed the Transmission Port leading from the conference room to the East Ridge Secret Realm and opened another to their main laboratory, allowing them to enter the Secret Realm at any time during work hours.

However, the field was not far from the field where carrots were grown. To prevent women and children, former nobles, from wandering over during the day in the Secret Realm, Ye Nai circled the resting field with a defensive ring of spores. Anyone from the Otherworld approaching would feel pain all over.

She then went to the Otherworld Beigen Military Fortress and, as requested by the academicians here, also reopened a Transmission Port in their main laboratory.

The huge time difference between the two worlds made the academicians feel that doing agricultural research in the Otherworld was both good and bad.

The good part was that time passed quickly— leaving the experimental samples in the Otherworld, then returning to Blue Star to wait briefly before heading back to observe the results.

The downside was also that time passed quickly in the Otherworld; they had to constantly travel back and forth, unable to sleep well at night, and after sleeping comfortably for a few hours, several days would have passed in the Otherworld.

Just like earlier, when Ye Nai took the staple crop project team for a tour of the Secret Realm, it added up to just over thirty minutes, but in the Otherworld, a whole day and night had passed, giving the academicians a profound experience of the discomfort caused by the time difference.

To plant spores in the Otherworld, they had to move experimental tools there, which led to amusing incidents. Those left working in the Otherworld would feel as if those who went back to the lab for something never returned.

Because the Transmission Port was opened in the meeting room, those going out had to go from the meeting room downstairs to the laboratory, grab what they needed, and then run back upstairs. No matter how quickly they moved, it took a few minutes, but for those left in the Otherworld, it felt like going to grab something took hours.