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

Chapter 114: Fear of Corruption, So Chaos Resistance Exploded

【Identification successful.】

【Name: Subspace Energy Single Crystal. 】

【describe:】

[In the distant past, the battle in heaven between the Old Ones and the Star Gods caused too many casualties. The violent emotional changes caused by this caused a storm in the warp. ]

[Under the catalysis of "emotions", the "consciousness" of the physical universe transformed the subspace energy into subspace life forms, and the evil subspace creatures were given the name "chaos". ]

[Over the long course of time, the power of "Chaos" gradually polluted the entire subspace, making every ray of subspace energy carry the corrupting properties that lead to human depravity.]

[But don't forget the crucial point, although the subspace energy is born from "emotion" and "consciousness", and can be controlled and transformed by the two, but the energy itself has no "emotion" and "consciousness". ]

[When we purify the existing subspace energy, remove the "emotions" and "consciousness" in it, and only retain the purest subspace energy, we can obtain crystallized subspace energy, namely spirit bones. ]

[After further purification of the spirit bone, we will obtain a product that is harder than the spirit bone, less susceptible to "emotions", and completely immune to the influence of chaos: a single crystal of subspace energy. ]

As a graduate student majoring in applied mycology, Li Nuo also has some understanding of the "single crystal" in system information.

Simply put, a single crystal refers to a solid state in which the molecules (atoms or ions) contained in the sample are arranged regularly in three-dimensional space.

Just like the holographic image in front of us, this is the microscopic structure of a single crystal.

The highly ordered, periodic arrangements and combinations are like ancient infantry phalanxes.

In life before time travel, the more common single crystal was diamond, which is formed by carbon atoms under high temperature and high pressure and has extremely high hardness.

In the fungal kingdom, there are many fungi that can produce single crystals.

For example, calcium oxalate crystals produced on the hyphae of fungi of the family Aviparaceae.

Most people may be unfamiliar with the name calcium oxalate crystals, but as soon as you mention that one of the main components of kidney stones is calcium oxalate crystals, everyone will suddenly realize it.

Facing the single crystals that appeared in the simulation experiment, Li Nuo just wanted to repeat what he had said many times before:
The Warhammer world is fucking ridiculous.

Energy can actually be purified by fungi and turned into single crystals with substance.

If this kind of thing had happened before I traveled through time, I would have won at least fifteen or sixteen Nobel Prizes.

What's even more outrageous is that how can a tiny fungus turn energy into a single crystal?

Whose warrior is this?

Li Nuo aimed at the colony on the sample and threw out the fungus for analysis, raising his eyebrows.

It turns out that he is a powerful general of the ancient sage. No wonder he is so awesome. This makes sense.

【Name: Archaic crystalline fungi (partial reversion).】

【Type: Ancient Saint's creation.】

【Analysis results:】

[Affected by cosmic rays and culture medium, the psychic fungi that were previously only used for desalination and desulfurization have mutated. ]

[The mutation direction is partial reversion, thus showing some effects of the Archaic crystalline fungi. ]

[When there is solid nutrition, this fungus feeds on the impurities in the nutrition and decomposes the impurities during metabolism, which increases the purity of the main components in the nutrition and forms single crystals or polycrystals.]

[When there is no physical nutrition, this fungus will absorb subspace energy, decompose the "emotions" and "consciousness" in it, increase the purity of subspace energy, and produce subspace energy single crystals without "emotions" and "consciousness". ]

[This fungus can absorb subspace energy from spirit bones as well as from the subspace. When absorbing energy directly from the subspace, the growth efficiency and single crystal yield are extremely low. ]

Very good, very good, Wai Ruigood.

Spirit bones and subspace energy single crystals cannot be stored in the fungal warehouse, but the ancient crystal fungi can at least be stored in the fungal warehouse.

Li Nuo selected the colony and silently recited the settlement.

The next second, the spiritual bone in his pocket shrank by half.

At the same time, colonies of ancient crystalline fungi and some white "sand" appeared in the fungal warehouse. This was the subspace energy of the single crystal structure.

Warp energy monocrystals are not direct products of fungi and fungi.

It can only be temporarily stored in the fungus warehouse. Li Nuo can take it out but cannot put it in or use it as an experimental object for fungus simulation.

This restriction is somewhat inconvenient, but at least it is a way to temporarily store the subspace energy in the fungal warehouse, which is better than nothing.

The life form of the Archaic Crystalline Fungus is similar to that of "yeast" and it does not grow a cap like a mushroom.

Based on this characteristic, Li Nuo conceived a cultivation plan.

He opened the system interface and started the second simulation.

This simulation is still carried out in the physical universe, but in terms of container selection, Li Nuo used sterile props inside the system.

[On the first day, in the space environment and the force field created by the air stick, you made a bacterial suspension using space-purified fungi and sterile water, and spread it on a sterile substrate.]

【You created 1 sample. 】

[You didn't provide the sample with nutrient solution, but wanted to see if it could absorb the subspace energy on its own as the nutrients it needed for growth.]

[On the third day, the sample reproduced into a colony, and sub-space energy with a single crystal structure appeared at the edge of the colony.]

[You collect single crystals. The sample provides you with a total of 100 grams of single crystals.]

According to Li Nuo's observation, during the simulation process, the ratio of the simulated time flow rate to the time flow rate of the real universe is 1 days to 1 hour.

One hour in reality equals 1 simulated days in simulation.

This ratio of time flow will change to a certain extent due to simulation parameters, but generally it is maintained at a level where 1 hour in reality is equal to 1 days in simulation.

Li Nuo waited patiently for an hour, wanting to see whether there was a linear relationship between the colony size and the yield of single crystals.

Unexpectedly, an accident occurred during the simulation process.

[On the 6789th day, red, blue, purple, pink, green and other lights appeared around the sample, and the subspace energy became strange, as if countless voices were whispering around the sample.]

[Four Chaos Enemies have noticed the existence of the sample, and they are corrupting it. ]

【The sample mutated, and all its atavism phenomena disappeared. 】

[The Archaean crystalline fungi (partially reverted to their ancestors) have all degenerated into fungi that can only desalinate and desulfurize. ]

[At this moment of degradation, all the single crystals that you failed to collect in time will be corrupted. They will become the subspace energy carrying the will of chaos and return to the subspace.]

[Please rest assured. The above process takes place in the simulation process, and the Chaos Enemy has not really noticed your existence. ]

[Simulation ends. 】

On Day 6789, all the Chaos enemies have arrived!

The holy number gold content of the groove is still rising!

Li Nuo flipped through the simulation information and discovered a pattern that made his spine shudder.

When any one or more of the four numbers 6, 7, 8, and 9 appear in the simulation day, the single crystal output on that day is likely to decrease.

The more holy numbers that appear on the same day, the greater the likelihood that production will decrease, and the more obvious the decrease will be.

Li Nuo had previously thought that this was a normal metabolic reaction.

Now it seems that it is most likely the Chaos enemy who is behind this.

The safest solution at present is to settle the simulation on the 5th day and then start a new round of simulation.

This will prevent holy numbers from appearing in simulated days.

In addition, Li Nuo suspected that the enemy of chaos would target the experimental samples, [because the simulation experiment was carried out in the real universe].

If the simulation process can be moved into the simulation space, there will definitely be no problem of sample corruption, as evidenced by many simulation cases in the past.

I have to find a device to generate subspace energy and use it to upgrade the system.

After the upgrade is completed, the simulated space will stably produce subspace energy, and those fungi that feed on subspace energy can be simulated in the simulated space without having to be simulated in the physical universe.

So what device can generate subspace energy?

Li Nuo began to think subconsciously.

The system responded to this thought.

[Searching the genetic knowledge base of the technician boy, looking for mechanical sorcery that generates subspace energy. 】

【...】

The system message made Li Nuo's heart beat faster.

If the technician boy's genetic knowledge base really contains something like the blueprints of a subspace energy generator, then he would make a fortune.

Unfortunately, this wishful thinking is doomed to fail.

【Search completed.】

【Search results: 0 item. 】

Excited for nothing.

Li Nuo felt a little annoyed, but found that the system messages did not stop refreshing.

New text content emerges.

【system hint:】

[Subspace energy single crystals are temporarily stored in the fungal warehouse. 】

[This thing is not a fungus, so you cannot use it as an experimental subject to start a fungus simulation.]

[However, this substance can be used as a consumable in fungal simulation, for example, to provide nutrients for fungi. ]

Eh! ?

Yup!

I have already stored the subspace energy in the warehouse, so there is no need to look for a device that can produce subspace energy to upgrade the system!
Li Nuo came around the corner in a flash.

I have to say that the system prompts came very timely.

In a sense, the ancient crystalline fungus is a biological device that can generate subspace energy.

The only difference is that the way it generates subspace energy is to move energy out of the subspace and process it into a single crystal.

After figuring this out, Li Nuo felt that his future was bright.

Considering that producing single crystals would easily attract the attention of the Chaos Enemy, Li Nuo made a decision in his mind:
Only use orc characters to produce single crystals. If the Chaos enemy comes to you, you only need to "go offline" on the spot to save your life without involving your main body.

Thinking this in his mind, Li Nuo was not in a hurry to end the simulation. He simply screwed in the screws while controlling the system to automatically simulate and continuously produce subspace energy single crystals.

"Hey! All of you! Come here!"

A loud and noisy voice came from behind Li Nuo. The person coming was Big Black Fang, the leader of the orc pirate fleet.

This guy was wearing a black pirate hat, a black pirate captain coat, and an exquisite force field sword at his waist.

His two legs were mechanical prosthetics, painted bright red, which made him at least one meter taller.

He came to the engineering platform and shouted loudly, summoning the technical master and the technician boy to his front.

Li Nuo followed the crowd and his eyes fell on the cart behind Da Heiya.

A dozen or so fart spirits pushed two carts of spirit bones over.

They were so tired that they were panting, and they hid secretly in places where Big Black Fang couldn't see them and were lazy, but they were discovered by the fart-evil slave master and were whipped several times.

Big Black Teeth glared behind him, and the fart spirit was so scared that he clamped his buttocks together and dared not breathe.

When the Technician and Technician Boy were almost all there, Big Black Tooth yelled at the top of his lungs:

"I want to put these shiny things on the new ship! Who of you has a good idea? As long as you can satisfy me, there will be a big reward!"

Jiba took a step forward, looked up at the big black tooth who was much taller than him, waved his arms and shouted:
"I have an idea! I can use a hammer to hammer the glitter into a shape that the boss likes!"

The skill master should be talking about hammer forging.

The technician boy has this mechanical wizardry in his genetic knowledge base, and the tech tyrant must also have it in his genetic knowledge base.

Big Black Teeth pointed at Jiba:
"Tell me! How long would it take you to build a sculpture as tall as me?"

Jiba snapped his fingers and replied:
"If I tick sixty times, I'll have the sculpture ready."

Tick-tick is the ship's clock, hanging in the bridge of the first ship.

It was an atomic clock that was stolen from somewhere, and the time format used was Terra time.

One ticking tick equals one Terra day, and sixty ticking ticks equals sixty days.

It took two months to create a life-size sculpture of Big Black Tooth, which is fast enough.

But Big Black Tooth seemed not very satisfied.

"No! I said no! It's too slow. Too slow. I need something better and Waaaagher!"

The technical master and the technician boy racked their brains and tried their best to find a solution that the boss would like.

Orcs are stubborn and there is no such thing as infighting in the workplace.

Whoever can meet the boss's needs will be more Waaaagh. There will be no situation where the technical tyrant is suppressed by the technician boy and conflicts arise.

The young technicians talked at once and expressed their opinions.

Spirit bones are light but too hard, and ordinary cutters are useless against them.

A young technician suggested using a macro cannon to blast the spirit bones into small pieces, which would save the effort of cutting.

The downside is that the size and shape of the fragments are difficult to control.

Another technician boy said that you can tie the fart spirit to the spirit bone, use the ship's light spear to cut the spirit bone, and the fart spirit wearing a jet space suit will push the spirit bone to adjust the cutting angle.

"Waaagh! This is a cool idea! Tie me up quickly! I want the Light Spear to give me a rub!"

The fart spirits scrambled to get on the cart.

For these little guys, working is not as exciting as taking risks.

Li Nuo glanced at the chattering crowd, raised his hand, and waved at the somewhat impatient Big Black Tooth:
"Boss! I have an idea! I just learned a kind of Waaaagh!"

Big Black Teeth hooked his finger at Li Nuo:
"Come on, boy! Let me see your Waaagh."

Li Nuo pushed through the noisy crowd, squeezed in front of the cart, stopped, and picked up a piece of spiritual bone.

Start, start, start, start the fungus simulation quickly!
Li Nuo quickly gave instructions in his mind, and at the same time took out a piece of sandpaper and rubbed the spirit bone with a sizzling sound.

The orcs around him were attracted by his actions and looked at him with wide eyes.

At first, the orcs thought it was just a farce and that Big Black Fang would soon give this guy a hard blow on the butt.

But when the crystal white powder slid down from under the sandpaper, the faces of the technical masters and technicians became excited, just like spectators watching a magic show.

"I think this guy is doing something big~"

"How did he do that? I don't understand how he did that."

"I have sandpaper too. I want to try it too."

"Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle, puff." The sandpaper was torn because of excessive force, and the technician was so angry that he screamed.

Jiba took out some sandpaper and tried it, but found that he couldn't rub the powder out of the spirit bone, so he couldn't help but scream:

"Fuck! This guy is a genius! I think he will become the second Jiba!"

Li Nuo continued to rub, rub, rub, rub wildly, rub hard, and rub quickly.

The system kept simulating, simulating, and using the spiritual bones in Li Nuo's hands to cultivate the ancient crystalline fungi.

Following Li Nuo's instructions, the system let the ancient crystalline fungus stick to the inside of the sandpaper and "bite" the spiritual bone.

As soon as the simulation ended, Li Nuo immediately settled the matter, took out the single crystals from the fungus warehouse and scattered them on the ground, and then started the next simulation.

The value of holy numbers is beyond doubt.

The number of simulation days for a single simulation must not reach 6. This is the simulation parameter that Li Nuo set for the system and it cannot be changed at all.

Simulate the vaccination on the first day, simulate the collection, settlement and start a new simulation on the fifth day, and repeat this cycle. The spirit bone in your hand slowly turns into a circle.

Li Nuo handed the polished spirit bone to Da Heiya.

After seeing this, Big Black Tooth grinned, revealing a mouthful of pitch-black teeth, then drew out the force field sword from his waist and swung it out.

Li Nuo was startled, thinking that the other party was going to do something bad to him, but he saw that the force field sword stopped on his shoulder.

This feels... like a knight's coronation ceremony?
"Listen to me now! From today on, you... uh... what's your name?"

"Boss, my name is Gujia."

"Ahem! Listen to me! From today on, you, Gujia, will help me polish it to a sparkling shine! Kapunk! You will be responsible for designing my sculptures, give the drawings to this kid, and let him polish it to a sparkling shine according to them!"

Kapunk is the name of Jiba.

"Yeah! Boss! I got it! I promise the sculpture will be awesome and as Waaagh as you!"

Kapunk took out animal skins and charcoal pencils and quickly started making a blueprint. Soon he had arranged the work of building the sculpture.

Li Nuo plays the technician Gu Jia, who is responsible for polishing smaller objects and helps build new ships in his spare time.

Li Nuo estimated the time and found that he could help Gu Jia complete the daily polishing work by going online for about three to four hours every Terra day.

Very good, now I can legitimately touch the spiritual bones.

From now on, just polish the spirit bones instead of sleeping at night, and work as usual during the day.

and many more?

Why do I feel like I have become a beast of burden working 24 hours a day?

…Okay, whatever, as long as I can get the subspace energy single crystal.

While there was still some time before dinner, Li Nuo continued to polish his spirit bones and save many subspace energy single crystals.

Polishing and tempering spirit bones can change the shape of spirit bones.

The former is extremely inefficient and cannot change the structure of the spirit bones, so it can only scratch the surface when making complex objects.

Tempering spirit bones is more complicated, but correspondingly, the finished products have a variety of structures and forms, ranging from weaponry to vehicles.

Li Nuo thought that after finishing the sculpture, he would have to think of another way to continue to come into contact with the spiritual bones. It would not be too late to demonstrate his hammering ability then.

Time was spent cleaning the spirit bones and collecting single crystals of subspace energy.

In the evening of that day, Li Nuo finished the simulation just in time for dinner.

【Start simulation settlement. 】

[You get 2 likes from Big Black Teeth, score +200. ]

[You get 1 like from Jiba, score +50. ]

[You received 33 likes from Technician Boy, and your score is +330. ]

[This simulation has a total of 580 points, all of which have been converted into simulation points. ]

[Remaining simulation points: 6185 points. ]

[Number of magical spores: 67. ]

I'll go have dinner first, then come back and continue to collect subspace energy crystals, so as to gather all the crystals needed to build protective gear as soon as possible.

What Li Nuo feared most was being targeted by a chaotic enemy, so he made up his mind to increase his chaos resistance to the maximum.

After finding a way to make germstats, you can use single crystals to create power armor for them.

When facing the possible appearance of Chaos Demons, she would first wear underwear, pants, hood, shoes and socks made of single crystals, and then wear power armor made of single crystals. It provides double protection and double immunity to Chaos Corruption, making it very safe. The mother no longer has to worry about her son being corrupted by Chaos.

Li Nuo was in a good mood. He stretched and left the study. He asked Brandi who was cleaning the house:

"Has Tido been here?"

"No, Master. However, Miss Tido left you a communication recording. She said that she and Lord Vorges will summon the commander of the Planetary Defense Force tonight, so she will not have dinner with you."

"Okay." Li Nuo walked towards the bathroom.

Brandi caught up with a broom and said:
"Master, there is a man who claims to be Osgus waiting in the lounge outside the laboratory. He arrived five minutes ago."

"Osgus? The eldest son of the Garmin branch?"

"Yes, sir, that's what he said."

"Okay, I understand. I'll go see him after I take a break."

(End of this chapter)