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

Chapter 161 The Green Man’s “Thought Space”

The alarm of the tool finder is loud and accurate.

Li Nuo felt heavy and complicated.

He found a very difficult problem.

He couldn't input the newly acquired second-generation Bone Drinker metabolite molecular formula into Epimet's security database.

Because Epimite does not currently have the conditions to discover this molecular formula, and the Steel Warrior Tribe currently has a chance of discovering the molecular formula.

Importing the molecular formula into Epimet's database does reveal bone drinkers with updated metabolic patterns, but don't forget that the bone drinkers are a Gestalt civilization.

Epimet has just discovered the Bone Drinkers and is carrying out a campaign of extermination.

The question of why Epimet was able to discover the whereabouts of the Bone Drinkers would then spread among the Bone Drinker civilization.

It's possible that the Bone Drinkers are aware of some connection between the orcs and the Epimet.

The possibility is low, but definitely not zero.

Invisibly, there is a certain chance that your presence will be detected by the Bone Drinkers.

This is not okay.

Why was he able to thwart the Bone Drinkers' schemes so many times and escape unscathed?

Isn't it because I'm behind the scenes?

Inside the space station, the one who prevents McGee from blowing up the space station is the "invisible enemy" - the special warfare boy Bond.

On the Ingot, it was Sak, the witch priest of the Orc tribe, who saw through the Bone Drinker.

The Bone Drinkers' current targets of hatred are all orcs.

With the orc vest in front, Li Nuo can stay behind the scenes and do things with ease.

Importing the molecular formula of the second-generation metabolites into the Hive Database may reveal your identity.

Similarly, it would not be a good idea to roll out a vaccine against the Bone Drinkers to the Hives, as this would also risk being exposed.

These two restrictions made Li Nuo feel like something was stuck in his throat, making him extremely uncomfortable.

I have to find a way to protect Epimet while keeping myself from stepping into the spotlight.

Li Nuo fell into deep thought, and the atmosphere on the bridge became silent.

The Beast knew a lot about the boss's style, so he lowered his voice and discussed it with Aaron.

The two men walked out of the bridge and led the boys to check the ship again to make sure no spores were left.

After spending an hour like this, Li Nuo came up with a plan.

"Alon, blow up that ship. Beast, when you get back to the ground, have Pain Boy make more vaccines, and then synchronize the database of the object finder on the bridge with the object finder on the ground."

"hold head high."

"Yes, boss."

The orcs evacuated Oman's ship and returned to the Ingot.

Oman's ships are of battleship class and are relatively large in size.

Two medium-sized bombs crippled the ship's engines, turning it into a giant fireball that plummeted toward the ground.

The Ingot returned to the camp on the ground.

There is an iron tower here that is over 100 meters high. The electromagnetic transmitter on the tower is connected to the giant object finder underground.

After the database was updated, a strong electromagnetic pulse was emitted from the iron tower and quickly swept across the orc camp.

The scan results were very good, with no parasitic spores remaining.

"Beast, from now on, scan once every hour. Stop the construction of the two shafts, and transfer the boys to build more scanning towers to expand the scanning range to the entire world as soon as possible. Especially the oceans. We can't leave the seabed behind."

The beast realized the seriousness of the matter from Li Nuo's expression and nodded repeatedly:

"Okay, Boss. I will personally supervise the boys in building the scanning tower."

"Also, although there are few celestial bodies outside the Milky Way, we cannot let our guard down. On weekdays, you should let Pengpa explore places outside the Milky Way more often and try to find the exact location of the Randan Alliance as soon as possible."

"Oh, boss, don't worry, I'll keep an eye on it."

Li Nuo patted the beast's arm with relief:
"I'm leaving now. I have something urgent to deal with. I'll come back tomorrow. Vaccine production and vaccination must continue. I will study the formula of a new generation of vaccines, and you will still be in charge of organizing production and vaccination."

"Okay, see you tomorrow, Boss."

After the existing vaccine takes effect once, the antibodies in the orc's body will only exist for about two days, and it needs to be re-vaccinated to maintain the immune mechanism against the Bone Drinkers.

The new generation of vaccines aims to solve the problem of repeated vaccinations and strive to achieve lifelong immunity with just one vaccination.

Li Nuo "went offline" on the spot.

【This Waaaagh simulation ends. 】

【Settlement in progress.】

[You led the Orc tribe to a victory. ]

[Your orc tribe wiped out about 12 enemy troops, and your score is +12. ]

[Your orc tribe destroyed 7 light cruiser-level alien ships, score +1.4. ]

[You received 60743 likes from the Orc Tribe, and your score is +15.7. ]

【You get about 29 points in total. 】

[Remaining simulation points: 274 million. ]

Epimet, Royal Court, inside the office.

The light of setting sun pierced his eyes. Li Nuo rubbed his eyes, woke up from the chair, and found that there was an extra blanket on him.

"You're awake." Tido poured a cup of warm water and placed it in front of Li Nuo. "I saw you fell asleep, so I went to Brandi to get a blanket."

Li Nuo smiled at Tiduo, picked up the water cup and took a sip and asked:
"Have you contacted Jersey?"

"I've contacted her. She suggested that we customize heavy-duty repair servitors. Based on the current surplus production capacity of Lava City, she can provide me with 500 servitors every month. She can accept synthetic starch as a deduction for throne coins."

Tiduo smoothed her long skirt and sat on the edge of the desk, counting on her fingers and saying:

"I've calculated it. We can currently only form a team of 10,000 combat servants. To do this, we have to bear the expenses of purchasing and maintaining mechanical servants, the commissions of mechanical priests, and the construction costs of mechanical servant workshops. If these expenses are paid with starch, the purchase cost of mechanical servants is exactly 100 million tons of synthetic starch, and the rest of the expenses total about 1 million tons of synthetic starch per month."

Li Nuo did a quick mental calculation:
"In other words, if we save money for half a year, we can raise a team of 10,000 combat servants?"

"Yes." Titus put her fingertips on her chin:

"As for the logic pipeline of the thought space, Jersey said that this thing cannot be installed alone. The calculus calculation module, skull armor, neural contacts, internal battery pack and intracranial circuit need to be implanted first. After installing these most basic implants, the logic pipeline of the thought space can be installed."

"It's necessary to install so many implants first. I thought it was possible to install only the thought space." Li Nuo didn't know much about the biochemical transformation of the Mechanicus, and now he found that he had taken it for granted.

"Yeah, I just found out there are so many procedures to go through." Tiduo crossed her arms, pinched the fabric of the sleeves with her fingers and rubbed them gently, looking a little tangled:

"Besides, Jersey told me that after installing so many implants, half of my face will need to be transplanted with artificial skin to cover the metal shell of the skull armor. I don't really want to do that. But you are right, we do need to firmly control the top armed personnel in the hive, so I think I should be able to adapt to the skull armor..."

Tido is forcing herself to sacrifice her appearance and part of her body for the future of the hive and Li Nuo's arrangements.

Li Nuo listened in silence for a while.

He thought that if he used his thinking power on the thought space, he might be able to retrieve the corresponding mechanical witchcraft blueprints.

By then, you will have more options to choose from.

Li Nuo held Tiduo's hand and rubbed it, saying:
"Let's put aside the matter of thought space for now. We can take a step back and use the Thinker Array to control the Servitors. If we protect the Thinker Array, we can still firmly control the Servitor team."

"Yeah." Tido smiled with both joy and guilt.

Li Nuo said:
"Contact Jersey again, and we'll go to Mars as soon as possible. I want to see the logic of the thought space and draft a custom contract for the servitor with her in person. In addition, I have some research questions I want to ask her."

"Okay, then I'll go find Ms. Satana." Tido took the blanket from Linuo and folded it, and walked towards the door while considering what to communicate with Jersey.

The door opened and closed, and the room became quiet.

Li Nuo sat up straight, bent his arms and placed them on the table, supported his chin with the back of his hands, and his eyes flashed rapidly.

In order to prevent his orc vest from being discovered by the Bone Drinkers, Li Nuo prepared to find a substitute for himself.

By inducing the mouth to discover the second-generation metabolites and vaccines of the Bone Drinkers, the hatred from the Bone Drinkers can be transferred away, while preventing one's own orc vest from being discovered.

The only regret is that most of the honors and rewards that come with it are destined not to fall on me.

It can be said that there are gains and losses.

It's a good deal, at the cost of losing some honor and rewards in exchange for the safety of himself and the hive.

Overall, Li Nuo thinks Jersey is a good candidate for the mouthpiece replacement.

Before the Horus Heresy, Lino planned to find a reason to bring Jersey to the hive to help him avoid the Great Schism of Mars and save his life.

By that time, Mars will be in chaos and Jersey will have nowhere to go. Then he can legitimately invite the other party to become his personal mechanical priest.

"Well, that's it."

Li Nuo nodded secretly and turned on the communicator to check the information related to the "Ran Dan Alliance".

As a few lines of text came into view, Li Nuo gradually realized that the news of Ran Dan Alliance's return might be true.

These lines say:
"890.M30, several Space Marine Legions and mortal auxiliary armies defeated the Randan Alliance. Since then, the Randan Alliance has disappeared from the galaxy."

A great victory does not mean a complete victory, and disappearance does not mean complete annihilation.

This shows that more than a hundred years ago, there may have been an exile fleet that escaped from the Milky Way.

Li Nuo looked at the alien images on the wall of the secret room and silently included the Ran Dan Alliance in them.

Two days later, early in the morning.

A Luna-class cruiser from Mars enters Epimet's skyport.

Lino and Tido boarded the ship under the escort of the Governor's agents and set off for the Lava City on Mars.

The atmosphere on Mars was even more hostile than on Epimet. It never rained, thick smoke and dust hung in the air all day, and the foul clouds from the foundries were so numerous that they were suffocating.

Lava City is located on the edge of the Daedalus Plain, on the south side of Mount Arsia.

The boiling magma poured down from the crater, along the charred mountain and into the magma lake at the foot of the mountain.

In the middle of the crimson "lake", a huge complex of buildings made of steel and rock stands there.

This is Lava City, a forged city thrown into the embrace of magma.

Directly above the Lava City, at an altitude of about one hundred kilometers, the "Ring of Steel" composed of countless space stations occupies the low-surface orbit of Mars.

This is a true "ring of steel". It is connected end to end and just encircles the entire Mars.

Countless cargo shuttles and lifts connect the "Ring of Steel" with the casting city on the ground, transporting people and materials back and forth.

The Moon-class cruiser stopped at the dock of the "Ring of Steel", and Li Nuo and Tido met Romu 31 who was waiting there.

This Skitarii is Jersey's personal bodyguard.

He and his men are linked together through Jersey's thought space, sharing vision, senses, mental data and memories.

Therefore, every Jersey guard can be called Romu31.

Talking to any of them is like talking to Romu31.

"Welcome, both of you." Romu 31 stepped forward, his dark red cape carrying a slight scent that dispelled the bad smell of engine oil and exhaust gas in the dock:

"Please follow me. Ms. Jersey has set aside five hours today to meet with you two."

Romu 31 led Li Nuo and the others into the elevator and took the rail elevator directly to the lava city below.

Rows of black buildings enlarged in the field of vision, countless robot servants and assembly lines came into view, and everything appeared to be in order.

When the distance is close enough, the decorative patterns on the outer wall of the Lava City come into view. They are carvings made of unknown equations and diagrams, which are dazzling.

The rail elevator box passes through a window on the roof of the city center and enters a magnificent palace.

The floor is made of black and white marble bricks, the doorways and windows are in Gothic style, and the light of magma shines through the stained glass, casting brilliant beams of light into the house.

The elevator door opened, and Li Nuo and the others met the real person - Collier Jersey.

This lady is definitely an outlier among the mechanical priests, an outlier among the outliers.

She was tall, with full breasts, and wore a red cloak with gold edges and a bronze waist armor that did nothing to conceal her curves.

Such behavior often led to criticism and ridicule from his peers, but Jersey did not take it seriously. He even replaced the incense and masks commonly used by his peers with perfume and sunglasses.

Li Nuo had seen Jersey's secondary fan art and had anticipated this.

Tido was caught off guard; this was the first time she had seen a female mechanical priest dressed like this.

This is not just a dull oil man, she is the cover girl of the fashion magazine of the first district of the hive city!
"Wow, sister, you are so beautiful." Tido couldn't help but exclaim with little stars in her eyes.

Jersey was startled at first, then smiled and said:
"Hehe, Tido, you were so serious in the Star Voice Communication, but I didn't expect you to be so cute."

Titus smiled awkwardly and shyly.

Li Nuo bowed and saluted:

"Good day, Lady Jersey, I am Lino Wilsey. I send my greetings to you on behalf of Hive Epimet."

Tido lifted the hem of her long skirt with her right hand, pressed her chest with her left hand, crossed her left and right feet, and performed a ladylike greeting.

Jersey gestured to Romu 31 and gave an order through his mind, and Romu 31 turned and walked away.

Jersey snapped his fingers and led the way to the gold-plated gate guarded by a combat servant not far away:
"You two, follow me. I will take you to visit my collection first."

The long boots with magnetic modules on Jersey's feet make him walk with great vigor and energy.

Tido was drooling as she watched from behind.

Li Nuo was a little puzzled. Why did a man like him not have any feelings about Jersey's appearance and figure, but Tido's reaction was so strong?
Is it possible that sometimes women are more astringent than men...

Li Nuo didn't understand, so he could only quietly poke Tido to ask her to restrain herself.

Tido lowered her head in embarrassment, "Sister Jersey is so handsome, I thought all mechanical priests were smelly."

Li Nuo glanced at Tiduo, "She has a sound pickup implant."

Tido pursed her lips tightly and dared not speak.

Jersey turned around and smiled, his eyebrows slightly trembling, as if he was a little proud.

The fighter servant guarding the showroom opened the gold-lined door and the three of them stepped inside.

There is a soft red carpet here, and vertical glass display cases are neatly arranged.

In the center of the venue, in a two-meter square display cabinet, a black and gold logic pipeline is placed in it.

Now it was Li Nuo's turn to look intoxicated.

The logic circuit was very exquisite, like a computer motherboard shrunk to one-third the size of a palm. The densely packed pipes and contacts formed a bar graph with a mechanical beauty.

The last time I saw such an artistic regular pattern was in the microscopic structure diagram of subspace energy single crystal.

Tido poked Li Nuo and asked her fiancé to be more restrained.

"Ahem." Li Nuo coughed lightly and came back to his senses and asked:

"Ms. Jersey, is this the logical conduit of the thought space?"

Jersey raised the corner of his mouth and smiled:

"That's right. However, I have to correct one thing. This thing was not invented by Master Kas, Master Lazlo, or me. Its technical drawings came from the lost relics of the Dark Age of Technology. We just built it according to the drawings."

"Oh, so that's how it is." It was the first time that Li Nuo knew the secret. "Can I take a closer look at it?"

"Sure, go ahead." Jersey snapped his fingers at the servo skull in the corner.

The servoskull floated over with the low hum of its engine, providing goggles for Linuo and Tido.

The goggles have a magnifying effect, and you can see more details of the logic circuits when you wear them.

Li Nuo put on his goggles, stood next to the glass display case, and observed intently.

He opened the system interface in his mind and manually redeemed the fifth reward option of the Waaagh simulation.

[Reward 5: One offline search opportunity.]

[Exchange price: a number of simulation points. The point consumption is linked to the search result you finally choose, which is 10 times the learning cost of the search result.]

[Searching the genetic knowledge base of the technician boy Gujia, searching for mechanical sorcery related to "thought space". 】

【...】

【Search completed.】

【Search results: 1 item. 】

【Name: Fucking goggles. 】

[Exchange price: 1 skill points. ]

【illustrate:】

【Do you want to know if the fart spirit is working well? 】

【Have you ever been troubled by the kids' mischief? 】

【Are you trying to figure out who put snot in your shoes?】

[Very good, you are lucky! ]

【Put on these goggles! 】

[Even if the orc boys and the farts are behind cover, you can still see them through the goggles! Command them! ]

[Of course, the premise is that these guys and idiots recognize your status as the boss. ]

[Remaining simulation points: 274 million. ]

Li Nuo was moved.

He had previously been using a noise box to command the orcs.

This method of command is somewhat inefficient, and the communication channel can be easily monitored by the enemy.

After obtaining the genetic template of the Bone Drinker, he wanted to try to extract the genetic fragments related to the mental network and implant them into the orcs, which would greatly improve the orcs' coordinated combat capabilities.

But when he thought about it later, Li Nuo felt a little uneasy.

If the Bone Drinkers are mixed up, then the orcs who carry the Bone Drinkers' gene fragments will have a slight chance of being mixed up.

So Li Nuo gave up the idea.

The functions of thought space are threefold:

The first is wireless command, the second is shielding chaotic codes, and the third is the visual data interface inside the skull.

The goggles replicate the first function.

Since this pair of goggles is greenskin technology, it is immune to chaos codes, so the goggles have a second function of giving them the power of thought space.

Among the three functions, only the visual data interface has not been replicated.

Visual data interface and the like are actually unnecessary.

I have my own system, and the system interface alone takes up a lot of my field of vision, so there is really no need to create another virtual interface.

As for Tido, after she put on the holographic goggles of the Hunter Suit, she could also see the virtual interface in the holographic vision.

Therefore, the key function of thought space is wireless command.

If the goggles could replicate this function, they would be able to meet all the needs of both of them.

Li Nuo used his mind to operate on the system interface and exchange the drawings.

(End of this chapter)