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

Chapter 15 Ghost Mushroom
“What is this fungus called?”

In the monitoring room, Robnos was half lying in a chair with his two leather boots on the table, looking lazy and calm.

He is Li Nuo's superior and the head of the collection department.

Hearing the question from the sound array device, Robnos couldn't help but sneer:
"You are really fearless. You asked me what the fungus is called instead of worrying about your own life. Aren't you afraid of being eaten by the fungus?"

In the surveillance video, Li Nuo shrugged, and the mechanical arm on the shoulder armor trembled slightly, "I can't die in obscurity."

"Oh, you are so optimistic." Robnos used his arms as a pillow behind his head and said:
"Go forward and turn the right angle, and you'll see a tool box on the corner. In the tool box are a full set of tools for digging fungi. The most important ones are the handheld scanner and tractor."

In the picture, Li Nuo finds the box and checks the tools.

He picked up the handheld scanner, paused for a second, and quickly returned to normal.

Robnos joked, "Look at you, this should be the first time you see this kind of scanner, right?"

"Yes, sir, this scanner seems to be very powerful."

"Put aside your curiosity for now. The next steps are very important. Listen to me carefully."

Robnos shook his ankles, and his leather boots swung on the table:

"The first step is to install the tractor on the wall and hook your belt with the hook of the tractor. When your heart rate suddenly rises to more than 150 beats per minute, the tractor will automatically start. It will use the rope and hook to drag you away from the ghost mushroom. In this way, you can get rid of the illusion of the ghost mushroom."

"Ghost mushroom." Li Nuo muttered, "Is that the name of that fungus?"

"Yes. Keep listening to me and don't interrupt me."

Rob Nordig paused and said:
“Ghost mushrooms have a huge and complex root system. Of course, the root system here is actually its body, not something like ‘tree roots’. But I prefer to call it a root system.

“The handheld scanner can accurately scan the root system buried underground. You have to refer to the instructions on the scanner display and dig out the root system of the ghost mushroom little by little.

"Don't destroy the roots. Otherwise, you will suffer hallucinations a hundred times more intense. Do you understand? Repeat my words."

Li Nuo picked up the toolbox and looked up at the blue-purple mushrooms not far away:
"Yes, Director, I understand. Follow the scanner's instructions to dig up the root system. Don't damage the root system. Before I start digging, I need to secure the tractor to prevent myself from being swallowed by the mushrooms."

The supervisor's voice came from the headset, "Very good, start working."

Li Nuo asked thoughtfully:

"Boss, I want to know how much I can get for such a dangerous job? Does it include accommodation and three meals a day?"

There was silence in the headset for a few seconds. "Did I forget to tell you before?"

Li Nuo was speechless for a while. This supervisor was really forgetful.

"Yes, Director, you didn't tell us about the salary."

"Oh, I neglected that. After becoming a regular employee, you will become retainers of the Kram family, and your status will be changed from lower nest people to middle nest people. The daily salary is 50 credit points, and you can get 500 credit points as commission for each ghost mushroom root you collect. Credit points are the currency of the middle nest and the upper nest. During training and work, we will provide free lunch and dinner, but no accommodation."

The free two meals weren’t the point, nor were the credit points.

The real point is that after becoming a regular member, you can become a retainer of the Kram family, and change from a lower-nest person to a middle-nest person!

This is a qualitative change, no less than a metamorphosis.

Li Nuo raised his eyebrows and asked, "Can we move to Zhongchao in the future?"

"Of course you can. After serving for five years, you can apply for retirement and go to Zhongchao to be a small foreman, hug your wife and wait for death."

The voice in the headset laughed:
"However, the prerequisite for enjoying life is to endure the test of ghost mushrooms. Do your best, kid. The chat time is over. Go to work. I have to keep an eye on the others."

The communication was temporarily interrupted and there was no sound in the headset.

The cave became quiet, with only the sound of wheezing breathing as the only companion.

Li Nuo calmed himself down and took out the tractor from the toolbox.

The tractor comes with its own rock bolts.

When it is close to the wall, the tractor will automatically fix on the wall. After hooking his belt with the hook, Li Nuo picked up the handheld scanner again.

At this time, the system interface pops up.

【You are equipped with a handheld scanner.】

[System function - fungus analysis has been temporarily strengthened, and the analysis ability has been greatly improved. ]

[You have met the upgrade requirements for analyzing fungi. ]

[Do you want to absorb the handheld scanner and permanently upgrade the fungus analysis function? ]

When Li Nuo picked up the scanner for the first time, he was stunned because of this message interface.

Equipped with a scanner, the system's fungus analysis function is temporarily enhanced.

Put down the scanner and the temporary reinforcement will be lifted.

Absorption Scanner, permanently upgrades the fungal analysis function.

The scanner was linked to the analysis of fungi, which was beyond Li Nuo's expectations.

I just don’t know what’s so special about the enhanced fungal analysis function?

Li Nuo narrowed his eyes slightly and stared at the ghost mushroom not far away.

The appearance of the mushroom is breathtaking.

It looks like a Christmas tree decorated with LED light strips. The layers of umbrella caps are stacked together from large to small, forming a pagoda shining with blue and purple light.

Judging from the visual, the height of the mushroom is about two meters. It is hard to imagine how developed its "root system" is.

What Li Nuo cares most about are the mushroom's "tentacles".

Just like the fluorescent spores, ghost mushrooms also have "tentacles" that move without wind and sway diagonally like willows.

He didn’t know if it was an illusion, but Li Nuo felt that those “tentacles” were pointing at him, as if they were going to wrap around him and strangle him to death.

Li Nuo shivered, feeling the biting cold, and couldn't help but want to retreat.

grass.

This work is really not done by humans.

No wonder the treatment is so generous, no wonder one can become a Zhongchao person overnight, no wonder one can just live a life of idleness and wait for death after retirement.

It's like trading your life for money.

"Um, Director, why don't you send more people to dig up the roots of the ghost mushrooms?"

Li Nuo asked in the communication channel.

He soon received a response.

"The more people there are around the ghost mushrooms, the stronger the hallucinations become. Digging the roots alone is the safest and will produce the lowest hallucinations, but even so, most people don't meet the requirements. Only those with strong willpower can take on this job."

"So that's it."

Communication ends.

Li Nuo silently thought in his heart:
“Analyzing fungi.”

A far more detailed interface than before emerges.

At the same time, from Li Nuo's perspective, the ghost mushrooms he saw underwent tremendous changes.

Speech bubbles popped up from various parts of the mushroom, revealing all the secrets of the ghost mushroom to him.

(End of this chapter)