I'm in Warhammer, I just want to grow mushrooms

Chapter 109: Daughter, put on your most beautiful clothes quickly!

Agent base.

Delton sat before the Thinker.

The screen shows surveillance footage from the orbital tower.

The Mechanicus's ship left the port and exited the low-ground orbit, its portholes covered by thick metal covers.

Under the protection of the Geller force field, the entire ship turned into a stream of light and entered the subspace.

The Mechanicus Magos representing the Forge World of Deimos have left.

He took away Lino's potion sample and left behind a contract that was protected by both Imperial decree and the Mechanicus.

Because the relevant personnel kept their mouths shut, no one knew the specific content of the contract.

But no one doubts the importance of this contract.

It will permanently change Isabel's position in the Crum family.

At the same time, it will officially bring the name "Li Nuo" into the vision of the hive nobles and become a topic and object of heated discussion.

Under such circumstances, is it really okay to continue the assassination attempt on "Li Nuo"?
"I didn't expect Li Nuo to be able to make this happen today. It really exceeded my expectations."

Delton's brows furrowed, and he felt a little uneasy.

A month ago, the Governor arranged for Chekav to personally conduct an assassination test on Li Nuo.

For the past month, Isabel has been with Li Nuo, so Chekav had no chance to launch a sneak attack.

Now that the contract has been reached, Li Nuo will probably resume traveling alone.

That idiot Chekav never paid attention to anything other than his mission and could take action at any time.

Regardless of whether Lino could survive Chekav's assassination, as a contracting party of the Mechanicus, he was assassinated just after the contract was reached, and the impact caused was too bad.

"No, I have to persuade the Governor to give up the assassination attempt on Li Nuo."

Delton sent a communication request.

After the prompt tone, the communication is connected.

The person appearing on the communication screen was the Governor's daughter Tido, not the Governor himself.

"Delton, my father is discussing next year's tithe with the heads of the major families and has no time to handle official business for the time being. Tell me if you have anything to say."

Delton frowned slightly and asked:
"If I remember correctly, the Governor has been meeting with the heads of the major families since this morning. Has it not ended yet?"

A trace of worry flashed across Tiduo's face, as if her heart was being tugged by an invisible hand:
"There's a lot of noise in the conference room. The major families harvested a lot of ghost mushrooms from the auction. They want to use ghost potions to pay next year's tithe. This is fine. But large-scale planting of ghost mushrooms will reduce crop yields. In serious cases, the food supply in the hive city will be short, which may easily cause riots among the people in the lower nests. Dad is persuading the major families to reduce the production of ghost mushrooms and ensure self-sufficiency in food supply as much as possible."

Delton asked:
"Don't you need corpses to grow ghost mushrooms? Where do those families get so many corpses?"

Tido put her fingertips on her chin and recalled:

"I heard that the Lewei family has found a starch that can replace corpses. This starch comes from another imperial world called Necromunda. The Lewei family has reached a preliminary cooperation with a hive governor of Necromunda. The other party is willing to provide starch to the ghost mushroom industry of our hive. The supply price is still under negotiation."

"Oh, that's it." Delton thought for a few seconds, "Please tell the Governor after he finishes the meeting that I have something to tell him."

"Okay, I took note of it."

The two ended the communication.

Delton folded his arms, recalling Necromunda's message deeply.

This Imperial world has a very long history, dating back to the Dark Age of Technology. It was one of the hive worlds that joined the Empire as soon as the Great Crusade began.

Necromunda is a standard high-level hive world.

It has more than a thousand hive clusters, each of which is composed of several to a dozen hives, and the population of each hive ranges from hundreds of millions to billions.

The total population of the entire planet may be over one trillion.

The number of merchant guilds in Necromunda is more than ten times that of Epimet, and there is also a type of merchant guild that no other hive has, called the Corpse Guild.

As the name suggests, the Corpse Guild refers to a merchant guild that specializes in recycling and disposing of corpses.

To date, Necromunda is the only Imperial world that has been granted special permission by the Imperial Adeptus Arbitrius to trade and recycle corpses.

The starch that Tido mentioned as a substitute for corpses is precisely Necromunda’s specialty – corpse starch.

Several representatives from Necromunda attended last month's auction.

It was probably at that time that the Lewei family contacted a governor of Necromunda and reached a preliminary cooperation.

Delton looked at the time. It was 8 o'clock in the evening.

Lord Fugas is old and frail, and he probably won't be able to hold on for another hour or two.

I hope that idiot Chekhov won't cause any trouble in the next hour or two.

With this in mind, Delton checked the Hive surveillance to look for Li Nuo's trace.

In case of any accident, I must assign people to help in time to prevent the situation from getting out of control.

"Found it. This kid is pretty laid back. His mouth is almost crooked from smiling."

In the surveillance footage, Li Nuo walked towards the lift alone with a smile on his face, looking very cheerful.

It must be great to make a big deal.

Who would be depressed because they are about to make a lot of money?

According to Isabel's precise calculations, after deducting all costs and taxes, every 1 tons of promethium refining residue can create a net profit of exactly 100 million credit points for the two of them, equivalent to 1000 throne coins.

One year later, 10 tons of residue will be transported to the hive every day, and the profit they create every day will reach a terrifying 1 throne coins.

This production and operation model can be replicated. When there is a new source of promethium refining residue in the future, all we need to do is to carry out standardized production expansion.

He roughly estimated that in about seven or eight months at most, he would be able to collect 0.5% of the material tax and meet the governor's requirements.

Getting married is secondary. The key point is that the position of governor is so convenient and attractive.

Nowadays, if I make any invention, I will be watched by competitors, aliens, partners and the like.

Once you become the governor, who would dare to explore the origins of his own inventions?

Anyone who disobeys will be suppressed and strangled!
By then, he won't have to do it himself. His supporters and the Governor's Guards will be able to deal with all those with bad intentions.

Li Nuo was imagining the future when he suddenly felt like a thorn in his back, and alarm bells started ringing in his mind.

The killing intent perception ability granted by [Predatory Instinct Potion] was activated, and the body that had been strengthened dozens of times by the Mad Doctor's Witchcraft Potion immediately entered combat mode.

Li Nuo turned his head quickly and looked behind him, and saw a subsonic explosive bullet flying towards him.

A reaction speed far exceeding that of an ordinary person was activated, and the flow of time was effectively slowed down by more than ten times. In Li Nuo's eyes, the flying speed of the explosive bullet kept decreasing, and the airflow texture on the bullet head was clearly visible.

Li Nuo gave a barely perceptible smile.

Haha, I knew I would be assassinated today by the Governor.

For the past month, Isabel has been with me every time I went out, and the killer has never had a chance to act. He must have been pissed off.

Looking into the distance, Li Nuo saw the killer on the roof of a house a thousand meters behind him.

The man was covered in a black cloak. Judging from the outline of the cloth, he was a real strong man with excellent fighting ability.

This guy used subsonic bolt bullets and a bolt sniper rifle to kill himself from a distance, with no sign of letting up.

Well then, I won’t have to show mercy this time.

Since you are a killer, you must have prepared yourself to be killed in return.

Li Nuo stepped on the ground and the explosive bullet whizzed towards him, but he dodged it nimbly.

"Bang!" The explosive bomb hit the ground and exploded a large amount of highly toxic mercury.

"What?! He can actually dodge the subsonic explosive bullet!?" Delton stood up from the table, his pupils shrank sharply, and stared at the Thinker's screen.

On the other side, the assassin who was standing on the rooftop and sniping Li Nuo also screamed as if he had seen a ghost:

"Damn it! How can this guy dodge subsonic bolt bullets?! What the hell is this freak!?"

The assassin's voice is a harsh electronic synthesizer.

He slung the gun over his back and pressed the button on his belt.

“Sizzle, sizzle—”

The sound of electric current passed through the cloak, and the optical camouflage was activated. The cloak covered the assassin's body, leaving only slight folds of light and shadow in the air.

At the same time as the assassin entered stealth mode, Li Nuo left a trail of afterimages and rushed into the alley on the side of the road like a whirlwind.

In the dark area where lights cannot reach, he activated the bacterial ability - optical invisibility, and became a completely transparent mysterious entity.

At this moment, Delton lost sight of both the assassin and Li Nuo.

He quickly switched the surveillance cameras, but still couldn't find any trace of the two.

The monitoring of the lower nest does not have infrared sensing capabilities, nor can it accurately scan the electromagnetic signals of optical stealth devices.

The cloak on the assassin was obviously a high-end product from the Governor's Guard.

It makes sense that he couldn't be found by surveillance cameras.

But why was Li Nuo not found?

Where did this kid go?

Delton raised his eyebrows. Could it be that... Li Nuo had mastered the psychic power to become invisible?
"Boom."

A muffled sound was heard from a surveillance screen.

Delton looked closely.

A burly figure was seen waving his arms in the narrow alley. His metal arm swept to the right, blocking the brick that was shot at his face.

The figure lifted up his cloak and threw it away, revealing a body covered with steel blocks and metal pipes. He looked around the alley and said to the air:
"Hehe, you are quite capable. Not only can you turn invisible, but you can also find me out of my invisible state. Show yourself, and let's fight head-on."

The person who spoke was the Governor's number one thug, the current captain of the 8th Guards, Chekav.

He drew the chainsword from his leg.

"Buzz-buzz-click-click."

The chain on the chainsaw sword spun rapidly, making bursts of noise.

Chekav swung his sword left and right, hacking wildly, trying to force Li Nuo out.

However, no one was injured by the sword, and no second figure appeared in the alley.

Chekav leaned against the wall, operating the scanning implant in his body at high speed.

Sonic radar, optical imaging scanner, scent tracker, psychic sniffer, electromagnetic scanner, magnetic field signal identifier...

The results of various scanners all point to the same conclusion:
There is no one else in the alley except myself.

"Damn it, you actually slipped away. Humph, I'll let you go this time, but next time, I'll definitely get back at you."

Chekav prepared to activate the optical camouflage cloak again and leave.

“Bang———”

The sound of breaking glass made Chekav pause.

Looking up, I saw that the surveillance camera responsible for monitoring this alley was broken by something.

Glass shards slid down from a great height, reflecting star-like glare under the street lights, and the pipes inside the camera crackled with electric sparks.

This scene made Chekav slightly dazed.

At this moment, a transparent figure rushed over silently from where the surveillance camera was.

"Beep beep——" Chekav's scanning implant issued a series of alarms.

In his holographic vision, a blurry invisible figure outlined by red lines was rapidly approaching him from the rooftop.

"Ha, I found you."

Chekav raised the explosive sniper rifle and was about to pull the trigger when his body suddenly shook and his eyes went blank.

"Crack." The electric shock device in his brain woke him up from his trance in time.

The oncoming needle quickly magnified in Chekav's eyes.

Chekav quickly dodged to the side and swung the sword upwards while grasping the hilt.

Before he could complete this set of movements, he fell into a trance again.

This time, his intracranial defibrillator failed to protect him.

Chekav's eyes were out of focus and his brain was a mess.

A needle was inserted into his face. It didn't hurt or itch, just a slight numbness.

A second later, Chekav regained consciousness, pulled out the needle from his cheek, threw it to the ground, swung the chainsaw sword left and right, and activated the scanner to search for the whereabouts of his opponent.

"Huchi...huchi..."

The heavy breathing became slower and slower, and the intervals between inhalation and exhalation became longer and longer.

Finally, with a desperate whimper, Chekhov breathed his last and fell to the ground like a pile of scrap metal.

The needle he threw on the ground disappeared.

The alley was deathly silent. No one else appeared from beginning to end, as if all this was just a one-man show by Chekav.

A long time passed.

The sound of rapid footsteps came closer and closer.

Two agents of the Governor, armed with special forces gear, rushed into the alley.

"Hiss—dead? Chekhov is dead?"

Wick looked at the vital signs scan results in the holographic field of view in disbelief, and felt that the scene before him was unbelievable.

This is the captain of Guard No. 8, a humanoid mechanical beast, a fierce man who can smash through steel and concrete with a single punch.

But he actually died in this nameless alley, like a stray dog!
Mona looked around with the gun in hand, slowly approached Chekav, and turned his body over, facing up.

The tiny pinholes on the corpse's face came into Mona's sight.

She took out the auspicious instrument and scanned it, and said in a deep voice:

"Chekav died of poisoning. A very strong poison caused his heart to stop beating. The murder weapon is probably a needle from a syringe."

Wick walked forward, glanced at the refraction field generator on Chekov's waist, and asked in confusion:

"Why didn't Chekav's force field take effect?"

"Because the needle's mass and flight speed were below the threshold, the refraction field emitter did not see it as a threat. The person who killed Chekav took advantage of this loophole and injected the venom into Chekav's body."

Mona stood up and looked up at the surveillance camera not far away.

She activated the communication and said:

"Sir, Chekhov was killed and the surveillance at the scene was destroyed. You should be able to see the situation here through our combat recorder."

"Yes, I saw it." Delton's voice sounded in the communication channel:
"You and Wick bring the body back, and then stay on standby at the base. I may have a new mission for you."

"Yes, sir."

Delton ended the call with the agent, turned around and looked at the Thinker, and spread his hands to Vogue on the screen:

"My lord, I'm sorry. My agent was a little too late. Someone died, but fortunately, the deceased was not Li Nuo."

In the picture, Fu Ge Si has just finished a long meeting.

He smoked heavily, his brows frowning, his old face full of sleepiness, sorrow and regret.

He no longer had time to consider the impact of Chekhov's death.

A letter that had just been sent through the local Star Language Court made him feel extremely complicated.

The sender of this letter is none other than the Forge World Demos.

...

Your Excellency Governor Epimat,

Today, our representatives reached a business agreement with one of your denizens, which is beneficial to both Demos and Epimet.

Under the guidance of Om Messiah, the forge world Deimos has long produced the weapons, equipment and engines needed by the Imperial Army.

However, for reasons we all know, even the purest manufacturing processes will produce some filthy waste.

We currently have a large amount of promethium refining residues that need to be disposed of harmlessly, and there will be more in the future.

Although these residues have no direct strategic value, if they are not properly handled, they will cause unnecessary burden on Mars, Deimos, and even the planetary system where Terra is located.

After careful evaluation and negotiation, we have signed a mutually beneficial contract with Mr. Li Nuo, a denizen of your hive city.

The full contents of the contract can be viewed in the appendix.

We believe that this cooperation will further strengthen the ties between Deimos and Epimet and bring prosperity to both of us and the entire Empire.

We look forward to your positive response and wish our cooperation a complete success.

May the light of the Omnissiah guide us.

Forge World Demos, Deputy Manufacturing Supervisor, Slan.

Appendix: Photocopy of the contract.

...

The contents of the contract made Fu Gaisi break out in a cold sweat.

He saw the estimated figure for annual net profit - 365 million Throne Coins.

He saw new potions approved by the Mechanicum and new techniques for making synthetic starch.

He also saw the inventor of the potion and new technology, the holder of the patent, and the biggest beneficiary of the annual net profit of 365 million Throne Coins.

This person was none other than Li Nuo, the killer whom he had assigned to test his self-protection ability.

Fu Gais's right hand holding the pipe was shaking violently, his eyes were wandering, and beads of sweat were dripping down like raindrops.

He is not a professional, but that doesn't stop him from understanding the huge value behind new technologies and new medicines!
There was so much useless promethium refining residue throughout the empire that it needed to be dealt with, and it was scorned like manure.

but!

From today on, these useless things that were once despised by people will be transformed into food by Li Nuo's medicine and technology, and feed many poor people who are struggling on the starvation line!
The empire's population explosion period is likely to occur as a result!
It is hard to imagine what would have happened to me as the governor if the person who died in the alley was Li Nuo!
"Delton! Bring Li Nuo... bring Li Nuo to the Royal Court for me... Quickly, quickly! Get all your veteran agents to go and protect him!"

"Yes, sir. I'll have the agents go right away."

Fugas stood up trembling, every piece of fat on his body shaking.

He didn't bother to close the communication channel, and rushed out of the house, shouting as he ran:
"Tido! Tido! My daughter! Change your clothes quickly! Quickly! Put on your most beautiful dress!"

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