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

Chapter 129 Burning Golden Moon Shadow

The object finder needs to load a database to identify the target.

Li Nuo loaded three databases into the tool.

The first is the Imperial Threat Screening List, a database published by the Imperial Law Department.

The second one is "Essays of a Traveling Merchant".

The third one is the database of the Orc Pirate Fleet, which was copied secretly by Li Nuo after he possessed Guga and used his fungus ability - optical invisibility.

Import the three databases into the object finder, and it will be able to automatically identify alien creatures within a 10-meter radius.

As long as the biological characteristics of this alien creature are recorded in detail and the alien is not invisible, the finder will be able to identify it.

Since the object finder is a product of orcish technology, it uses orc jargon when reporting situations.

This is not the point.

The point is, what is a mud man?
Li Nuo checked the database of the finder through the data board and quickly locked onto the information of the mud man.

This document contains two different types of intelligence.

The first piece of intelligence comes from the Orc Pirate Fleet, and includes a description and a biometric identifier:

"Dirty mud man, we hate it! It will turn into our appearance and steal the glitter on the boat! Remember, to deal with the mud man, you must use the most poisonous and smelly stinky water!"

“Biometric code: a string of binary digits.”

The second piece of information comes from "The Essays of a Wandering Merchant."

【Name】Arsus

[Type] Evil alien creature
Threat Level: High
【First contact brief】

622.M30, the border area of the Nebulous Star Region.

Three ships of the Bhopal Dynasty were infiltrated and destroyed by the Arceus civilization.

When the Imperial Law Enforcement Department and the Imperial Army arrived, no one was left alive and the bodies had been used in a desecration ritual.

【characteristic】

Free Deformation:

By coming into contact with a target, it can transform into the target's appearance, provided that the target's size is not larger than itself. If it devours a living creature, it can inherit the knowledge and memory of the living creature.

Muddy body:

Arceus' body is made of a large amount of activated ooze. When attacked by physical means, the body will soften under the action of external force and dissolve the physical attack. Therefore, Arceus is immune to physical damage in most cases, but can still be burned to death, poisoned, etc.

【Biometric Code】None.

[Value] Due to the lack of experimental samples, the value of Arceus cannot be determined for the time being.

...

Arceus, a shapeshifting creature with physical resistance.

The biological identification code of this alien was not known to the Human Empire, but instead appeared in the database of the Orc Pirate Fleet.

Otherwise, how can we say that aliens are guarding the country?

The database of the Orcish Pirate Fleet is amazing.

Do something now before it's too late.

Li Nuo carefully considered his wording and made sure there would be no mistakes before calling Fu Gaisi.

...

...

"Dad, I found some furtive servants in the banquet hall. They seemed to be plotting something. I'll send you their badge numbers."

In Fu Gaisi's office, Li Nuo's voice came from the communicator.

Vorges sat at the table and Delton stood in front of it.

When the call came in, the two were discussing something.

What Li Nuo said caused the expressions of the two men to change slightly.

The atmosphere in the house became a little solemn, but Fu Ge Si and Delton were not surprised by the arrival of the uninvited guests.

"My child, I am pleased with your alertness and prudence. I will arrange for a comprehensive search of the Royal Court area. You don't have to worry about it. It will not disturb the banquet tonight."

"Yes, Dad."

Communication ends.

Vauques lit his pipe, took a deep breath, and slowly exhaled the smoke:

"Osgus and his men will indeed take action tonight. This is within your and my expectations. I just didn't expect that they would send so many people at once."

Delton nodded slightly. "This shows that their hatred for Li Nuo is beyond our imagination. Tonight is destined to be a restless night."

Fu Gaisi agreed with this, smoking heavily, his eyes flickering rapidly.

More than a month ago, after Li Nuo was appointed as deputy governor, undercurrents began to surge in the First District.

As the spy chief, Delton noticed the unpredictable situation hidden beneath the water in time.

The most obvious problem lies in the flow of funds.

The Golden Rose Bank in the first district, the Euro Ghana Bank in the second district, and the Parapfei Bank in the third district.

The headquarters of these three banks are located in Terra, and their daily operations in the local area are handled by Terrans and servitors.

The nobles thought that their money could be kept in it away from the Governor's sight.

But what they didn't know was that Delton had obtained authorization from the Supreme Lord of Terra to check the flow of every fund.

He had already noticed something was wrong.

A total of more than 15 million throne coins were taken out by Osgus and others.

This money was converted from book funds into physical currency and never entered a bank account.

Hiring a killer became a natural assumption.

The way Li Nuo became governor was not accepted by the nobles, so it was normal that he was assassinated, and the unusual flow of funds provided evidence for this.

Since discovering the abnormal flow of funds, Delton has been sending people to secretly follow Osgus and others.

This morning, Delton's spies saw Khakas secretly leaving the parade convoy.

Delton watched as Khakass and his guards delivered the stones to the warehouse.

The number of people coming out of the warehouse far exceeded those going in. This scene was so unusual that Delton certainly could not miss it.

The twenty people who appeared out of nowhere became the targets of continuous tracking by the Governor's agents and the surveillance network.

In fact, before Li Nuo's call came in, Delton was reporting the results of the tracking to Fugas.

"At five o'clock this afternoon, these twenty people disguised themselves as servants of the Royal Court and entered the mansion through the shift change passage. Judging from Li Nuo's description, he and I are talking about the same group of people."

Delton sent the surveillance screenshots to Fugas, who checked them one by one on the communicator.

After half a minute, Vauquez extinguished his pipe, scooped out the burnt tobacco with a spoon and threw it away, then stood up and tidied his clothes:
"Keep a close eye on these twenty men. Once Osgers' men arrive, we'll execute the next step of the plan. After the next step is complete, we'll eliminate these twenty assassins."

"Yes, my lord."

Fu Gaisi looked up at the artificial moon outside the window, left the office and headed for the banquet hall.

Delton followed him out of the room and in another direction.

In the banquet hall, all the guests attending the banquet were present, and the servants brought the appetizers carefully.

The rectangular banquet table was filled with plates, wine glasses, cutlery and gorgeous candlesticks.

Fu Gaisi came and sat down facing the gate.

On his right were Li Nuo, Tido, and a dozen young people under the age of twenty.

On the left side of Fu Gaisi sat a few middle-aged men with old-fashioned faces, and the rest were between thirty and forty years old, both men and women.

It is not difficult to tell their origins from their clothes and expressions.

The man with a serious expression, who never smiles, wears a dark suit with few decorations, and sits on the left seat closer to Fughes.

They are Li Nuo's future ministers.

The rest of the people were wearing light and bright-colored dresses and had festive smiles on their faces. They were the ministers' families. The older ones sat on the left, and those under the age of 20 sat side by side with Li Nuo.

"Pa pa." Fu Gaisi clapped his hands twice.

The servants quickly moved away from the table, and the conversations and laughter subsided.

The guests all looked towards Fugas.

Fu Gaisi extended his hand to Li Nuo:
"Everyone, please allow me to introduce you again. This is my successor, Li Nuo Wilsey."

Li Nuo received emergency training from Tido before the banquet began.

He did not stand up in a panic and wave his glass around, but sat steadily on the chair and glanced at everyone with a faint smile.

Anyone whose eyes passed by him would nod in greeting.

Fu Gaisi raised his left hand and pointed at the first person on his left:

"This is Marku, the head of the tax affairs department, a dedicated and savvy accountant. He will calculate every tax for you."

Lino and Maku nodded to each other.

On the left of Marku is Bor, the head of the Quartermaster Affairs Department. His main job is to prepare military supplies and personnel for the Imperial Army. Every year, the Planetary Defense Force must supply at least one million trained soldiers to the Imperial Army.

There are three ministers on Bol's left, namely Harper, the commander of the planetary defense force, Keda, the head of the hive legal department, and Oliwen, the head of the hive engineering department.

These five ministers have close blood ties with Fugais.

Their father is Fu Gais's younger brother, and they are Fu Gais's nephew, and they have a uncle-nephew relationship with Fu Gais.

If Fugais has no offspring, the position of governor will be inherited by one of these five people.

It is quite strange that none of these five people want to be governor. They don't want to be governor at all. This is the real situation.

It was these five people who repeatedly urged Fu Gaisi to have an offspring.

When Tido talked about this with Li Nuo, Li Nuo was shocked. Why didn't they want to be governor?

Tito's explanation is simple:
My father manages the nest so well.

The Imperial Ministry of Internal Affairs will not easily lower the tax level of a world.

When an unqualified governor takes office, the total industrial and agricultural output of the hive city decreases, but it does not mean that the amount of tithe tax will also decrease.

For example, the existing material tax rate is 20% of the total industrial and agricultural output value.

The gross output value will shrink in the next year and the tax rate will remain unchanged at 20%, but the actual amount of tax to be paid must not be lower than that of the previous year, otherwise it will only prove the incompetence of the new governor.

Once the actual amount of taxes paid is lower than the previous year, the Imperial Ministry of Internal Affairs will squeeze the hive city madly to force the hive city to collect the full tithe.

If a hive fails to pay tithes for two consecutive years, the governor will be hanged, the taxes will be collected in one lump sum through compulsory levy, and the tax rate of the next governor will be reduced by one level.

People who are not around the governor think that the governor spends his days in luxury.

Only those who directly manage taxation for the governor know that this position is a tiger bench and that anyone who sits on it will be doomed.

The five nephews who had the right of inheritance knew that they could not compete with Fughes, so they urged him to have a descendant so that the governor would not fall on them.

This absurd scene was closely related to the tithe of the human empire. Li Nuo was stunned when he heard it.

Then wouldn't the tithe have been increasing year after year since I took office?

He might be killed by himself by then...

But in fact, it's not.

The tithe in the hive world has a level cap, with the highest being the first level advanced, and material taxes account for 30% of the annual total industrial and agricultural output value.

After reaching the first advanced level, the tax rate will no longer rise, and the annual tax amount will remain fixed, otherwise high-level hive worlds like Necromunda will have no way to survive.

After brushing up on his knowledge of taxation, Li Nuo breathed a sigh of relief and also lowered his guard against the five ministers.

To these five people, I am a big tree where they can provide shade. They are too busy protecting themselves so how could it be possible for them to do something bad to me?

After realizing this, Li Nuo's smile became much more sincere.

Fuguais announced the start of the banquet and the servants brought the main dishes one by one.

As the glasses clinked and cups were exchanged, the atmosphere gradually became heated and Li Nuo's interactions with the ministers and their families increased.

He became more alert and searched for the servant whose whereabouts were strange.

It is not known whether Vogue Spadelton secretly dealt with these people. Li Nuo did not see any trace of them at the scene, and no toxins were found in the food, drinks, desserts and other things.

On the other side, Fu Ge Si received the encrypted communication from Delton.

"Sir, the banquet has begun at Osgus's manor, and all the people on the list have arrived."

Delton paused and continued:
"Also, twenty assassins in the Royal Court just destroyed the surveillance of the courtyard garden of the mansion. The vegetation there is too dense, and we have temporarily lost the trace of these assassins. The agents are looking for their whereabouts."

Vugasse picked up the wine glass and used the action of drinking to utter a secret message:
"Escort Li Nuo and Tiduo to my office and raise the security level there to the highest level. After they go in, explain the situation to them."

"Yes, my lord."

Fu Gaisi put down his wine glass, wiped the corner of his mouth, leaned forward and said to Li Nuo:

"Take Tido to my office. There are gifts I prepared for both of you."

"Okay, Dad." Li Nuo didn't understand and didn't ask any more questions.

He and Tido stood up, nodded to the guests, and walked into the corridor accompanied by the governor's personal guards.

Fu Gaisi watched his daughter and son-in-law go away, with a hint of nervousness in his eyes, fearing that the twenty assassins would show up on the way.

Fortunately, fortunately, perhaps it was the governor's personal guards that made the assassins retreat, and Li Nuo and the other man entered the office safely.

After confirming with Delton that the two were safe, Fugas relaxed and drank with the guests.

Inside the Governor's Office.

Li Nuo once again saw the huge floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the entire city.

The last time he came here, he was still a rookie agent who was about to be promoted to a full-time agent.

Now, he is the deputy governor, just two years away from officially becoming the governor.

The difference between before and after was so huge that it really made him feel deeply moved.

The servo skull in the office floated over with a tray containing a hot towel for wiping hands.

Li Nuo and Tiduo wiped off the smell of food from the banquet with towels, and sat hugging each other on the sofa facing the huge floor-to-ceiling windows.

The Servo Skull placed the goblets and drinks on the table in front of the two.

Tido looked around curiously:

"Where is the gift Dad prepared?"

Li Nuo also looked around and didn't see anything like boxes tied with ribbons.

Just then, a notification tone indicating a communication connection came from the desk.

The servo skull floated over with the communication button in hand, and Li Nuo pressed the switch to connect the communication.

Delton's voice came out:

"You two, the gift that Lord Fuges prepared for you is about to arrive. Before this gift arrives, please allow me to introduce the current situation to you.

“In the past two months, Lord Fuges has carried out drastic reforms on key departments of the hive city, which has made the nobles who originally benefited from it dissatisfied.

“Lord Wilsey’s appointment as deputy governor became the fuse that ignited the anger of the nobles.

"We have sufficient evidence to show that an assassination plan against Lord Wilsey is underway. The presence of at least twenty assassins at today's banquet is strong evidence."

Tido covered her mouth in astonishment, trying hard not to interrupt Delton.

"The Governor's agents and other members of the guard are searching for these assassins. The banquet hall where Lord Vorges and the guests are is already protected by a force field. You two do not need to worry about the appearance of assassins."

Tido breathed a sigh of relief, but her hands tightly grasping Linuo's arms showed that she had not completely let go of her worries.

"The gift will be delivered in three minutes. Please pay attention to the movement of the moon."

Delton's voice disappeared and the communication ended automatically.

Li Nuo and Tido looked at the moon outside the window, and gradually saw some clues from the outline of the moon.

This artificial moon, made up of an artificial sun and a moonlight mask, is burning.

The moon is hazy and the light and shadow are boiling.

The color of the moon changed from cool silver-white to dazzling gold, as if a huge force that could destroy the world was rapidly brewing.

...

...

In the manor of the Garmin branch of the Fugas family.

"Strange, why are there so many people who retired from the Planetary Defense Force here?"

"I really don't know what Master Osgus was thinking. Why would he allow these useless people to enter the banquet?"

The banquet entered the stage of free communication and dancing. Guests gathered in groups of three or four in the corner, whispering to each other's ideas.

All the guests present were supporters of Osgers.

The presence of such a group of people made the guests feel uncomfortable.

This group of people retired from the Planetary Defense Force and no longer had any influence.

Everyone present has seen what the Planetary Defense Force has done over the years, so naturally they won't be kind to these guys.

Osgers had to bring Weissberg Wanser with him to explain to each guest the purpose of inviting these people.

"Everyone, they are only temporarily retired. After tonight, they will return to the Planetary Defense Force with the support of me and the Wanser family..."

As soon as Osgus finished speaking, Weisberg of the Wanser family followed immediately.

"Yes, you can trust Osgus completely. Our Wanser family will fully support them in returning..."

"Look! What's happening to the moon?!" A scream interrupted the lively banquet.

Everyone looked up at the glass dome of the banquet hall.

The artificial moon was burning, and the light and shadows around it were distorted and changing. The silvery-white disk became as eye-catching as the midday sun, filled with golden light.

Osgus's face turned pale in an instant.

"Impossible... No... Impossible... How dare he... How dare he use the artificial sun as a weapon... There are so many of us here... Isn't he afraid of our retaliation? Why didn't my psychic power warn me?! Why!!"

"Khakas" and his eight "guards" rushed to the windows of the banquet hall and shot at the glass in an attempt to escape.

The others followed suit. Although they didn't understand why the moon was burning, they also frantically looked for a way out.

Unfortunately, it's too late.

Boundless light and heat waves descended from the sky, pushing the atmosphere of the banquet to an unparalleled "climax".

The core members of the Levi, Wanser, Bruton, Water, and Binis families, the three branches of the Vorges family, a large number of core members from the Merchant Guild, many senior managers of the Zhonghe Factory Cluster, and retired personnel of the Planetary Defense Force who colluded with the Wanser family...

On the first day of the Chudan Festival, they responded to Osgus's call and gathered together.

They were turned into dust by the explosive bombardment of the golden light spears and rest here with Osgus forever.

The old must go before the new can come, and a brand new nest city pattern is thus opened.

This is the New Year gift that Lord Fuges prepared for his two children.

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