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

Chapter 112 Mushrooms Guarding the Country

The news of the governor's daughter's engagement spread in Shangchao and became the front-page headline of Shangchao News the next day.

Accordingly, the name of Welsh began to spread among the aristocratic groups and well-informed upper nest elites.

With the Governor's instigation, the three keywords "mysterious, low-key, and focused on scientific research" have become people's most profound impression of the Welsh family.

When the cooperation between the Hive World and the Forge World was made public by the Governor, the uproar it caused quickly spread throughout the Upper Hive.

A small family that makes a living by processing the residue from promethium refining says that the new technology has cut off their lifeline and their capital chain is likely to be broken.

The family, whose main business is imported food, was devastated by the fact that synthetic starch produced using new technology was so cheap, safe and environmentally friendly.

From now on, Epimate will bid farewell to imported food forever.

When someone cries, someone else will laugh.

There are many industries that use synthetic starch as raw material, but the families engaged in these industries will soon stop laughing.

Li Nuo has no intention of giving the profits to outsiders.

Just like when he played the role of Mad Doctor Sack and helped the Steel Coin Clan to become bigger and stronger, Li Nuo decided to use his human identity and plug-ins to help the Fugas family reach a higher level.

He spent several days preparing his residence and laboratory in the Royal Court.

He then spent another three days working on Waaaagh simulations, fungal automation simulations, and hands-on practice in the lab.

When he walked out of the laboratory, he brought with him a complete set of solutions related to deep processing of synthetic starch, as well as all the formulas that matched this solution.

As a result, an industrial chain with several links came into being.

The conversion of promethium refining residue into synthetic starch is the first link in this industrial chain.

This link is firmly controlled by Li Nuo himself, and he will not hand over the starch production process and formula to the Fugais family.

Synthetic starch is made into starch sticks, which is the second link in the industrial chain.

After the starch sticks are produced, if they are not sold in time, these unsaleable starch sticks will undergo secondary processing and fermentation to be made into alcohol.

Depending on the degree of fermentation, the taste and quality of the wine present three levels, corresponding to high, medium and low levels of alcohol.

High-grade alcohol can be made into wine, mid-grade alcohol is used to produce medical alcohol, and low-grade alcohol is used in industrial production.

At this point, the industrial value of synthetic starch has been squeezed out.

Except for the two links of producing synthetic starch and selling starch sticks, the rest of the links are handled by the Fugas family's factory.

After giving away such a huge industrial gift package, Li Nuo's status in the Fugais family suddenly rose by several points.

The mouth that eats the food is grateful, and the hand that takes the food is also grateful. This saying also applies to the hive world.

Li Nuo couldn't guarantee that no one would do something behind the scenes, but at least no one would jump out and openly provoke him as a son-in-law.

After boosting the reputation of the Fugas family, Li Nuo turned his attention to his own base.

At present, his main profit comes from synthetic starch, and a small part comes from tobacco.

During the few days of contact with the Vuges family, many people who were related to Tido came to ask the same question:

Can we, the members of the Fugax family, also participate in the production of synthetic starch?

Li Nuo's attitude is:
Don't even think about it.

The basic foundation is the lifeline of one's own organization and must not be polluted.

Without a foundation, you are nothing.

Without a base, his only source of funding is the Fugas family.

Li Nuo knew very well that he had to have a firm control over the basic situation so that he could truly occupy a place in the hive.

His base is based on the Umbrella Group, and he has achieved some success and established solid connections in the synthetic starch and tobacco industries.

The Vorges family wants cheap synthetic starch. No problem. They can go to the starch factory set up by Umbrella in Lower Nest and buy it from it.

The new synthetic starch is cheap and safe, and Li Nuo will have complete control over its production capacity, thereby controlling the supply of many downstream industries.

As for investing in Umbrella Group, the starch factory, and Ginkgo Manor, that is even more of a dream.

A group of people who I have only met a few times came here to get benefits under the banner of Tido. They are really shameless.

The above are all Li Nuo’s real thoughts.

He didn't say it directly, but just slipped away on the pretext of doing an experiment, not wanting to have any more contact with these greedy members of the Fugas family.

What made Li Nuo feel relieved was that when the members of the Fugas family came to ask for money, Tido and Lord Fugas did not get involved.

Tido devoted herself to helping him prepare the laboratory and residence.

Lord Fugas established the files of the Welsh family as quickly as possible and granted the son-in-law the status of aristocracy.

After Li Nuo repeatedly refused the Fugas family members to intervene in the Umbrella Group, Fugas specifically mentioned this matter at an internal family meeting.

Fu Gaisi warned the restless family members not to disturb Li Nuo's experiments and not to have any improper thoughts about his group.

Fu Gaisi's words still carry weight.

Since then, Li Nuo's laboratory has become much quieter and his life has gradually returned to normal.

"Finally, everything has been arranged." Li Nuo placed an order on the communicator, ordering holographic equipment for Leia, then stood up and stretched.

Not far behind him, Isabel and Tido were using an electron microscope to observe the microscopic structure of the compound, whispering to each other.

Isabel originally managed the cigarette business for the Crum family.

Now, she has handed over all her work in the Kram family to other family members and has become a professional manager of the Umbrella Group, helping Li Nuo manage the daily affairs of the Umbrella Group.

Li Nuo admired the courage of giving up his past achievements and devoting himself to the new group.

Linuo offered Isabel a high commission, which completely compensated for the financial losses she suffered from giving up the Kram family's property.

Li Nuo doesn't have to worry about the operations of the Umbrella Group, so he can devote his time and energy to more strategic matters.

In the foreseeable future, he will take over the position of Governor from Vugasse.

By then, riots will be inevitable.

In order to suppress the riots with lightning speed and consolidate his rule as governor, Li Nuo must have a powerful army.

Solving the rebels outside the hive and fully gaining control of the planetary defense force became one of his current options.

"Tido, let's go find Delton." Li Nuo waved at the two ladies who were whispering to each other, "Isabelle, I'll leave the transportation of the catalyst to you."

Isabel pushed her glasses down on her nose and responded.

Tido trotted over, held Li Nuo's wrist, and followed him out of the laboratory.

Li Nuo chose to produce the catalyst needed by the starch factory in his own laboratory.

He made significant improvements to the catalyst and produced a concentrated catalyst.

Only 200 kilograms of concentrated catalyst per day are needed to meet the current production needs of the starch factory.

Isabel needs to transport the concentrated catalyst to the starch factory regularly. The Governor's agents will accompany her during this process to avoid any mistakes.

Li Nuo and Tido left the laboratory and came to the internal elevator of the royal court area.

When Li Nuo followed Delton to meet the governor, he took this elevator.

It is connected to the agent base in Delton.

The lift descended at a constant speed. Soon, Li Nuo and Tido arrived at the end and met Delton who was waiting there.

The three of them made many detours in the base, passed through layers of checkpoints guarded by combat servants, and entered the deepest part of the base.

There is a Thinker Array here, which consists of three Thinkers and is specifically used for storing and analyzing data.

Knowing that the two were coming, Delton prepared first-hand information about the rebels, the Planetary Defense Force, and the Wanser family in advance.

Communication recordings, surveillance footage, combat video, financial transactions, personnel changes and other information are all available.

Delton opened a document first and introduced:
"When I was looking through the information, I found a lot of suspicious points. I listed them all here for your reference. In general, the Wanser family played the role of a middleman between the rebels and the planetary defense force. They were careful enough when doing things, but they still revealed their flaws in many details..."

Delton scrolled through the document and described his findings and inferences based on the information on it.

The more Tido listened, the more nervous she became, and she hugged Li Nuo's arm tightly.

Li Nuo had a premonition of what the Wanser family would do and remained relatively calm. However, he was impressed by Delton's intelligence analysis ability.

When he worked under Delton before, he only felt that the other party had a good command and his action and judgment were above the standard.

But at this moment, Delton's thinking was clear and his logic was smooth. He linked thousands of clues together in a way of unraveling the mystery, forming a complete clue network. Li Nuo gradually realized that Delton's thinking, vision and experience were not simple, and they were definitely not something that could be cultivated by the military academy of the nest city.

".The Planetary Defense Force's casualty figures for the past eight years are inflated. The actual casualty rate is lower than the reported figures. At least one-third of the soldiers registered dead are just missing, not actually dead."

Delton scrolled down the document and pointed to several surveillance screenshots in the file:

"This is the surveillance footage before the cleanup operation began. The people who appeared in the surveillance footage disguised themselves and changed their appearance and body contours. However, what they don't know is that after I became the head of the Governor's Agents three years ago, all the cameras in the Lower Nest have been upgraded and equipped with biometric modules. The identification results show that these guys who claim to be scavengers in the ruins area are actually former Planetary Defense Force soldiers who were registered dead six years ago."

Delton pressed a button on the keyboard, and the surveillance screenshot in the document turned into a surveillance video and played automatically.

In the video, the soldiers who should have died but were not actually dead, dressed in the style of scavengers in the ruins area, pushing a cart into the eighth district.

They bought a lot of medicines and daily necessities in the Eighth District, and then pushed a full cart of goods back to the ruins area.

The document slid down and another image appeared on the screen.

The photographer of the picture was standing in an underground passage, and not far ahead were piles of fallen rocks and gravel left by a landslide.

There are two railroad tracks in the passage, with obvious traces of engine oil on them.

The engine oil is relatively fresh and is in a semi-solidified state.

It can be imagined that before the underground passage collapsed, these two rails were frequently used, which is why there was still engine oil that had not yet dried.

"Gentlemen, this picture was taken during the cleanup operation. The filming device was a combat recorder of an armed retainer. The filming location was in the underground area of the ruins. According to the armed retainer, he personally witnessed two trains running side by side out of the ruins, and then the passage was blown up by pre-buried explosives."

Delton clicked the picture.

The pictures were converted into a video, reenacting the scene of the tunnel collapse.

The armed family exclaimed in the video:

"Damn it! Why is there a car driving outside the hive?!"

Tido covered her mouth in surprise and asked:

“Are these two railways connected to the wilderness?”

"Yes, ma'am." Delton opened the plan of the ruins area.

From the picture, Li Nuo and Tido can clearly see the direction of the railway tracks.

Before the Seventh District became a ruin, these two tracks were used to transport military supplies for the Planetary Defense Force.

They should be deprecated.

But now, they are in good condition and there is no sign of rust.

All of this reveals abnormality.

Li Nuo asked:

“Can the train’s whereabouts be tracked via orbiting satellites?”

"No. I used the orbital satellite's auspicious instrument to scan the train track several times, but I couldn't find any trace of the train. I suspect that someone installed an anti-scanning force field in the train tunnel to cover up the train's whereabouts."

Delton raised a finger and emphasized:

"What's more interesting is that I reported this to the Governor General after the cleanup operation was completed. Lord Fuges ordered the 8th Guard, which is responsible for supervising the Planetary Defense Force, to investigate the whereabouts of the train. The 8th Guard reported that there were no extra trains and supplies in the Planetary Defense Force that shouldn't have appeared."

Li Nuo and Tiduo looked at each other, the latter looked worried with a frown on her face.

Delton spread his hands:
"Obviously, someone is lying. If the train didn't show up at the Planetary Defense Force camp, it most likely went to the rebels. In order to get to the bottom of the matter, I sent out all the members of the 7th Guard assigned to me by the Governor to search for the whereabouts of the train. There is no clear result yet."

Delton manipulated the Thinker a few times and brought up the combat recorder footage of the 7th Guards.

The holographic device projected dozens of perspectives, all from the 7th Guards who were searching for the train in the underground passage.

These images are real-time.

It is not difficult to see that the search progress is very slow due to the overdeveloped underground transportation network outside the hive.

Delton gestured a please gesture, freeing up control of the Thinker so that Li Nuo and Tido could look through the data.

A global map appeared on the Thinker's screen, showing the deployment of the Planetary Defense Force and the whereabouts of the rebels.

The fighting situation between the two can be described as blooming in many places.

On the entire planet, there are three war zones with a population of tens of thousands, and countless others with a population of less than ten thousand.

The hive city of Epimet is the only hive city on the planet of the same name, built on the highest mountain range on the planet.

The water and plants on the planet's surface were paid to the Mechanicus as payment for the construction of the hive city.

The oceans dried up, the rivers dried up, and the forests vanished like a shadow of their former selves.

Today, Epimet is covered in sand and dust, with howling winds and dust all day long.

Under such circumstances, the rebels are still active.

They engage the Planetary Defense Force in various locations underground, often attacking Planetary Defense Force strongholds.

It is really hard to imagine how this group of rebels, without any supplies from the hive, have managed to hold on until now.

"Delton, I'd like to ask you something. Is it possible that the rebels' supplies came from outside the planet? For example, a cargo ship with an anti-scanning force field landed on the ground and delivered the supplies to the rebels."

"In theory, it is feasible. A deeply modified cargo ship is enough to bypass our orbital satellites and monitoring stations. However, when this ship travels through the warp, the warp entrance it creates will definitely be discovered by our orbital satellites and monitoring stations. Currently, there is no monitoring record of strange ships entering and exiting the warp in our solar system."

Del's words make sense.

Subspace travel is very noisy and can be observed from any corner of the solar system.

The subspace entrance created by the Geller force field will have a huge impact on multiple space parameters such as gravity, time flow, physical coefficients, etc., which is far beyond the reach of the anti-scanning force field.

Assuming that there are cargo ships from outer space to provide supplies to local rebels, the cargo ships will definitely travel through the subspace to reach the solar system where Epimet is located.

As long as it is subspace navigation, the subspace signal will be detected and presented in the monitoring log.

There is a possibility that monitoring logs may be falsified, but it is very low.

The main reason is that there are many different monitoring stations for subspace signals, and the people who install these devices come from different forces.

Some monitoring equipment is deployed by the Planetary Defense Force, and some comes from the Governor's Guard.

Some were arranged by the Hive City Law Enforcement Department, and some were arranged by the Imperial Military Affairs Department.

Even the ships passing through Epimet have such monitoring equipment on board.

The monitoring log of a single monitoring device may be falsified, but the possibility of falsifying the logs of all monitoring devices at the same time is absolutely zero.

Therefore, the rebels' supplies must come from Epimet. There is no other possibility.

"The combat effectiveness and credibility of the Planetary Defense Force are still a little weak. It would be great if I could control a combat force of my own."

Li Nuo was reading the information while thinking secretly.

On this planet, the Planetary Defense Force may be able to suppress rebellion and deter villains.

But in the context of the entire human empire, the combat effectiveness of the planetary defense force is roughly equivalent to that of a weakling.

They could not even handle the possible future thieves, let alone fight against the rebellious Space Marine Legions during the Horus Heresy.

Taking these factors into consideration, Li Nuo came up with a bigger and more challenging plan.

That is to use the [Mushroom Farm] system, magical spores and orc witchcraft to create a special forces force that is completely under your control.

Li Nuo has already thought of a code name for this plan, which is called the "Mushroom Guarding the Country Plan."

With this in mind, the combat force that he planned to build could be called "Bacteria State" or "Bacteria Warriors".

Products of one's own system are prone to attracting Nurgle.

Therefore, the primary focus of the Junstat is loyalty and chaos resistance, followed by combat ability and concealment.

Relying on the many characteristics of fungi, Li Nuo is confident that he can raise the combat effectiveness of the Fungusstat to the level of Space Marines, and ensure that they will never betray and will always be loyal.

It would be great if chaos resistance could be kept constant at positive infinity.

Building Junstat is bound to be a big project.

It may be a year or more before the first experimental subject is available for use in public view.

In Li Nuo's imagination, it would be best if he could directly control Junstat like he possessed the orc, so as to ensure that Junstat would not fall and be corrupted.

Li Nuo looked at the system interface, his mind focused on the Waaaagh simulation, his thoughts surging.

(End of this chapter)