Enemies Are All Nourishment for My Fungi

"Ye Nai, hello, hello!"

First, four Academicians enthusiastically came over, vying to shake hands with her.

Recovering quickly, Gao Yi introduced Ye Nai to everyone, identifying all four of them.

The Academicians were easy to recognize, two male Academicians, one slightly chubby and one slightly slim, and two female Academicians, one with dyed black hair and one with naturally grey hair.

Next were the students under these four Academicians, all in their thirties, a total of eight people, who came forward to shake hands.

Judging from the Academicians' status and the students' ages, they were likely the Academicians' closest disciples.

The security personnel at the far end of the table also came up to shake hands with Ye Nai one by one.

After getting acquainted, everyone returned to their original seats, with Ye Nai sitting next to Academician Zeng, and the group continued to view the remaining contents of the PPT.

This PPT was made by the secretary of the Deputy Director of the Staff Department, Su Jing. The earlier content was mainly textual descriptions, while the latter part contained a wealth of images, chosen from the existing video materials they had.

At that moment, the Academicians and others looked at this PPT, becoming more surprised the more they saw, exclaiming repeatedly.

Fortunately, the doors and walls of the meeting room were thick enough, or else anyone passing outside who heard such commotion inside would definitely be puzzled, thinking something significant was happening.

"My god, such confidential matters are just revealed to us like this?"

"Is the next mission to go to the Otherworld to plant Translation Mushrooms?"

"Teacher, should we eat that whole bag of Translation Mushrooms today?"

"Actually, I'm more curious about when we can go to the Otherworld!"

The Academicians and students looked eagerly at Ye Nai, while the security personnel had different thoughts.

"With such a small group of us going to the Otherworld, I fear it won't be safe. Shouldn't we apply for some new personnel?"

"Now there are two choices. Either wait for the third meeting, and this time it will surely involve higher-level officials coming, and we'd go to the Otherworld together for a look. After all, the higher-ups won't be at ease unless they see it with their own eyes."

Everyone nodded in agreement.

"The second choice is for you to eat the Translation Mushrooms first. Then I'll show you some simple text, so you can start building a basic vocabulary in advance, and we'll sneak over to the Otherworld for a quick round trip."

"Choose the second option."

The Academicians and their students unanimously said, and though the security personnel didn't express their opinions, they nodded vigorously.

"Is there any special way to eat the Translation Mushrooms?"

"No, not really, they're just ordinary daily ingredients, without considering their foreign language translation effect. Just treat them as regular food. They're mushrooms, so they taste delicious whether chilled with salad or stewed with meat."

Ye Nai's explanation made everyone's eyes light up, and they immediately began discussing, finally deciding to divide them evenly per person, take them back to their dorms, boil them in a pot, and eat them chilled with salad.

The leaf bag is the most commonly used thing by the Otherworldly, and its size, when shifted to Blue Star humans, seems particularly large. With that bag full of Translation Mushrooms, averaging evenly per person among them was sufficient for a meal.

However, that enormous bag of Translation Mushrooms wasn't brought to the meeting room; it was stored in Academician Shen's home safe, so they needed to go to his place to divide the mushrooms, convenient since he had bags too.

After discussing these trivial matters, everyone packed up and began splitting tasks.

Gao Yi continued to guide Ye Nai through the remaining check-in procedures.

Gao Yi had already obtained the keys to a few vacant apartments in the District Office in advance, and after Ye Nai drove back to the district, under Gao Yi's guidance, she arrived at the apartment complex.

The apartments were well-constructed, with five twelve-story slab-style buildings, each building having five units.

Gao Yi led Ye Nai to look through the rooms one by one.

Since this was the Academician District, the slab-style buildings were well-equipped, with substantial spacing between buildings, all facing north-south.

The vacant rooms had varying floors and areas, but the smallest unit was about a fifty-square-meter single-bedroom suite, while larger ones had three-bedrooms. The security personnel occupied several three-bedroom apartments, living in two large bedrooms and equipping the small bedrooms with fitness equipment.

Ultimately, Ye Nai selected a single-bedroom suite on the twelfth floor. The house was a standard layout, complete with kitchen, bathroom, and balcony, but she needed to provide her own furniture and appliances.

Just as well, since Ye Nai's Space was fully equipped with furniture and appliances.

"Is fifty square meters enough space to live in?"

Gao Yi was accustomed to the sight of Academicians' homes piled with materials everywhere, and in his view, no house seemed big enough for everything. He worried Ye Nai would choose such a small place and then want to switch to a bigger place after a few days.

"It's enough, fifty square meters suits me perfectly. I'm living alone, and cleaning is simple and convenient. I can't possibly hire housekeeping for daily maintenance; that makes sense, right?"

"Understand, understand, got it." Gao Yi nodded vigorously, refraining from offering unnecessary suggestions.

"Alright, the house is settled. What's next?"

"Go to the district office to register, and just handle the cafeteria meal card. We're the ones topping up your meal card, covering all your living expenses in the district. Once our combined project group secures new funding, there'll be more benefits."

"Independent project group, independent funding and review. Understood. Let's hope the higher-ups don't think we're spending too much."

"With you being such a big shot, they definitely won't think we're spending too much. I bet they'll occasionally ask if the money is enough and whether to adjust the budget."

After some playful banter, the two continued hustling through the district, and after half an hour, finally got all the necessary formalities completed.

The tasks weren't over yet. The final step was Gao Yi taking Ye Nai to familiarize herself with the homes of the four Academicians, recognizing which family members were present in each household.

Among those eight Academician students, six also lived in the apartment tower, so regular contact was easy, and there was no rush to meet them urgently.

Since the Translation Mushrooms were stored in Academician Shen's place, his home was the last visit.

At Academician Shen's home, everyone was present, and the Translation Mushrooms were divided into portions, one for the Academicians, one for the students, and one for the security personnel.

The portion kept by the Academicians was packed in two salad basins, intending to eat them by noon.

In Academician Shen's home, the household was simple, just the couple, thus his two students lived with the teacher and the teacher's wife.

Since the teacher's wife had to work during the day, the kitchen was free to use without waste, preventing the teacher's wife from seeing it when returning home in the evening.

Ye Nai placed a stack of handwritten letters on the large dining table, leaving them for everyone to curiously examine.

The unfamiliar text naturally seemed baffling to anyone looking at it.