Ye Nai and the purchasing officer were both startled.
"Go to the cold storage? Who told you that? Didn’t they tell you that Ye Nai brought back all live animals?"
"...Ah?!" The cook squad leader immediately leaned in close, touching the pig, then felt the rabbit that Ye Nai was holding, "They’re really alive? That guy, he didn’t make it clear when he called!"
"Is there a place to keep them? If not, we’ll have to slaughter them as soon as possible."
"Yes, yes, of course, there’s a place to keep them. Can a few kids still cause a rebellion after getting in here?" The squad leader, while dialing on his phone, climbed into the nearby vehicle, "Let’s go, let’s go, to the kitchen."
The three of them rumbled to the kitchen, where all the cook squad members, having been notified, were waiting and had already started busily gathering materials to hastily construct solid pens.
As soon as Ye Nai and her group arrived, a bunch of lads crowded around and helped her unload the vehicle, so she didn’t have to lift a finger.
"They won’t wake up so quickly, will they? It’ll take some time to set up the pens."
"No, they won’t wake up until it’s dark. When they do, feed them a bit of this, it will weaken them, making them know hunger and thirst, but without the strength to rebel."
Ye Nai packed up her motorbike, released a pile of mutant plants on the spot, edible, medicinal, and dual-purpose ones. She didn’t take much of each, mainly a few plants of each type, like taking samples, and from them, she picked out a narcotic plant that used its rhizomes in medicine.
The rhizomes looked quite adorable, plump and rounded, about the size of baby potatoes, but their skin was dark and rough.
"Ah, Black Stone Flower Beans, good stuff," the squad leader said happily, taking them.
The purchasing officer took out his phone, opened the electronic mutant plant guide, and began to take photos of the other mutant plants on the ground, trying to identify each.
"I see all this stuff on the ground is great, you’ve made quite a haul this trip."
"Just luck, good luck."
"Got more? Want to take them all out and we can make an estimate?"
"Sure, as long as you guys are willing to buy," Ye Nai first picked up the things on the ground, then put her hands on her hips looking around, "How about we change location? It’s too chaotic here."
"You brought back a lot?"
"How about we go to the cafeteria entrance? It’s spacious there, right?"
The purchasing officer, now slightly unsure, followed a warrior with keen ears who cleverly pointed to a good spot, and then, apart from those building the pens, those temporarily unoccupied also followed to check out the excitement.
The cook squad leader abandoned the piglets and rabbit kits he had just been doting on, following to see what other mutant plants Ye Nai had brought back.
Then, the wide-open space by the cafeteria entrance was covered with all sorts of mutant plants that Ye Nai had brought back.
There were many varieties, and the quantity was considerable, covering the entire road and leaving only a few paths for foot traffic.
The purchasing officer quickly called in reinforcements, phoning his director and colleagues to come and help.
The military hospital also got the news, and doctors and pharmacy staff rushed over.
Besides these, the cafeteria’s steps were covered with rabbits that Ye Nai had shot dead with her gun.
The cook squad leader and his warriors happily counted the rabbits, and then another vehicle arrived, with several researchers jumping out.
As soon as they got off the car, they started jumping and shouting.
"Hey, hey, hey, you two over there, don’t step on the leaves. Move away, move away, the leaves are useful!"
The two who had accidentally stepped on the leaves jumped away as if they had touched an electric fence.
The purchasing officer, still waiting for his colleagues, also shouted.
"Put them down, put all of them down, don’t snatch, we haven’t made an estimate yet! All put them down!"
The cook squad leader chatted leisurely with Ye Nai.
"The person who shot the rabbits has pretty good aim, one shot per rabbit, ran into the Hunting Team?"
"Yeah, ran into someone impressive."
Ye Nai didn’t have a gun license, so of course, she wouldn’t admit to having a gun to anyone outside the Secret Realm.
Even if the cook squad leader guessed that it was Ye Nai who shot the rabbits, and Ye Nai could roughly guess that the squad leader knew the rabbits were shot by her own hand, she wouldn’t admit it.
At this moment, the people in the cook squad had changed the topic and were discussing how much clean meat they could get from these rabbits and how they were going to cook them.
The number of big rabbits they killed was not bad. Ye Nai had been working hard to hunt to test her marksmanship all these days, and the Fungus was helping her dig out the rabbit holes, so they were all undamaged, and the baby rabbits came the same way.
It was precisely because there were enough rabbits to cook a big pot that they were discussing whether to dice the meat and deep-fry it first, then stir-fry it with some vegetables so everyone could get half a scoop.
As they were chatting, the squad leader suddenly took quick, little steps toward Ye Nai and nudged her with her elbow.
"Do we have Big Wild Boars if we can catch the piglets alive?"
"Do you think I could carry a Big Wild Boar, that stands over a meter tall on the ground, back on a motorbike? Just bringing those three piglets back, the bike tires were deflated all the way."
The squad leader’s eyes immediately lit up. "So, there are some? Come on, however much you have, we’ll take it. It’s too late today, but come to eat tomorrow, and I’ll make you braised pork."
"There are no whole pigs; such a big pig would take up too much space. Do you want the clean meat?"
"If it’s clean meat, we eat braised pork today!"
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"Deal."
Ye Nai immediately offered up the clean meat of the three adult Big Wild Boars.
"Ah!" The squad leader, along with his warriors, either excited or thrilled, lost all semblance of composure and let out a loud yell.
A third of the clean meat from one wild boar, and the meat from three Big Wild Boars, was basically as good as one whole pig—one of these adult Big Wild Boars, standing over a meter tall on all fours, would weigh at least over a thousand, if not two thousand pounds.
Such a mountain of meat piled on the ground was quite a sight.
The people busy counting the mutant plants on the clearing looked up upon hearing this terrifying shout, only to see a mountain of meat on the steps of the canteen.
"Ah!"
"So much meat!"
"What kind of meat is this?" Director Zhuo of the procurement department rushed over in a few quick steps.
"It’s Big Wild Boar meat." Ye Nai stood obediently to the side with an innocent face. "As expected of the cook squad leader, truly sharp-eyed."
At this moment, the squad leader didn’t have time for Ye Nai and was pulling Director Zhuo to quickly appraise the value.
"Hurry up, see how much it’s worth. You move fast, and we all eat braised pork tonight. If you’re slow, I’m only cooking a small portion for the little girl."
The cook squad leader didn’t bother to keep his voice down while speaking, and before Director Zhuo could respond, the crowd below was already egging him on.
"Director Zhuo～～～"
Amidst this chorus of jeering, many people pulled out their phones.
Tonight there would be braised Secret Realm Wild Boar.
Someone had brought back over a thousand pounds of clean meat from the Secret Realm Wild Boar.
Within a few seconds, the news spread rapidly throughout the military camp.
A few minutes later, even Regimental Command Pan knew there would be braised pork for dinner.
Of course, the information he received was more comprehensive; Ye Nai had entered the Secret Realm alone to hunt and brought back a bountiful harvest.
No matter how she managed to bring back so much stuff, the main thing was she did, and their New Year feast this year would have plenty of good meat.
Regimental Command Pan thought for a moment and instructed his secretary to send a message to the other danger zones.
"Ye Nai brought back so many live rabbits; the news will spread quickly. Rather than letting them hear about it from others and come asking for rabbits, it’s better if we were proactive and gave them out—one pair per danger zone and let them pick for themselves."
"Yes."