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

Chapter 167 Accidentally Digging into Chaos's Corner
Taking his eyes off the prosperous scene, Li Nuo rummaged in his pocket, took out a pair of goggles and put them on himself.

This pair of glasses is full of wasteland style, which is what the green-skinned uncle likes.

Its frame was painted in a red and green checkered pattern, with the left lens glowing red and the right lens glowing green.

After putting it on, a line of system text appeared.

[You are equipped with the goggles, and the identification skill has temporarily added the Identification Friend or Foe function and the Orc Boy's panel function. You can give orders to the Orc Boy through the panel. ]

The meaning of the new function is easy to understand, take the fart spirit watering as an example.

When Li Nuo looked over, a green arrow appeared on the goblin's head, which meant that the goblin was his little brother, not an enemy.

After poking the green arrow with the mind, the goblin's panel popped up in the field of vision.

【Name: Tooth】

[Type: Farmer and herder]

[Satisfaction value: 75/100. The higher the satiety value, the higher the work efficiency. Eating can increase the satiety value. ]

[Work: Watering the ghost mushrooms with liquid alchemical fertilizer, work in progress. ]

[Commands that can be issued:]

[Don't be lazy! Shoot him! Beat him! Stand on your head/somersault/dance/pat your belly. ]

Li Nuo used his mind to poke the fourth command, causing Yaya to do a somersault.

The psychic energy waves started from his body, passed through the rows of ghost mushrooms in the farmland, and shot into Yaya's body.

Yaya looked in the direction of Li Nuo as if she had telepathy.

It put down the spray bottle in its hand, jumped up and turned 360 degrees on the spot, landed on the ground like a wild goose falling from the sand, and made a "yeah" gesture with a playful smile.

At this moment, Li Nuo truly felt that he was playing a game called "Green Skin Palu".

The awesomeness of these glasses doesn’t end there.

It has a hidden feature!
That is the ability to use bacteria remotely!

Li Nuo changed the angle to test it.

The detection range of the glasses is equal to the visible distance of the naked eye, and any orcs and fart spirits within the visible range can be spotted by the glasses, even if they are in cover or under the soil.

For example, the orcs working underground.

When Li Nuo lowered his head, he could clearly see dozens of green outlines, and he could open their panels with a poke of his mind.

Aiming at these orcs trapped underground, he activated the fungus ability - hunger relief, and a line of system text popped up.

[You use the goggles to penetrate obstacles and cast fungus abilities. This requires an additional consumption of 1 universal psychic material. Do you confirm the consumption? ]

You see, now you can use your fungus abilities on friendly orcs across obstacles. It's really awesome.

Among the many functions, this hidden function is the coolest.

"Zarge!" Li Nuo called out to the follower beside the shack.

Zarge replied:
"Gahha, great witch priest?"

"Bring me some buckets of green mud."

"Okay." Zarg strode towards the Kada carrier not far away.

The orc camp now covers an area of hundreds of thousands of hectares, covering two forests, a plain and a mountain range.

Zarge's original motorcycle was useless, so Li Nuo asked the technician to build him a Kada carrier.

The main feature of the Orcs' aircraft is that it is easy to operate and even an idiot can use it.

After Zarg sat on it, he stepped on the accelerator as if he was driving a motorcycle, and shot into the sky with a bang, leaving behind a trail of white exhaust.

The door of the shack was knocked open by the stupid dog, and the stupid dog, as fat as a gas tank, ran out, followed by a strange Squig.

This Squig is called Hydrogen Oxygen Squig. As the name suggests, its purpose is to produce hydrogen and oxygen.

It looks similar to an ordinary meat Squig, with a patch of grass on its back and two large morning glories growing on the grass, one white and the other blue.

Everything it eats eventually comes out of the morning glory as pure oxygen and hydrogen.

White morning glories expel oxygen, while blue ones expel hydrogen.

Fantastic.

The Iron Horde has grown to 60 Orc Boyz, 75 Grots, and 30 Squiggs.

With such a large base, only one Hydrogen Squig was born.

This shows how rare this kind of Squig is.

The most important thing is that after feeding it radioactive substances, the gas it excretes still does not contain radiation.

The radioactive material will be separated from the water body through metabolism and eventually excreted from the body in the form of solid radioactive waste, but the Squig itself will not carry any radiation at all.

This shows that there is a mechanism inside Hydroxyskug that can perfectly separate radioactive waste from water.

Li Nuo came online today for this purpose.

"Stupid dog, come here!"

Li Nuo shouted and called back the stupid dog that was running away.

Dumb Dog and Hydrogen Squig get along well, and the two little ones are always together wherever they go.

The stupid dog came to the feet of its owner. Li Nuo bent down and touched it a few times, then held down the Hydrogen Oxygen Squig to obtain a genetic sample.

The stupid dog thought that the owner was going to dissect his little friend, and he kept barking anxiously until the owner let Hydroxysquigg go.

"Don't worry, I'm just collecting some gene fragments. Why are you so nervous?"

Li Nuo put Hydrogen Squig on the ground and stretched out his hand:

"Go ahead and have fun. Don't damage my mushrooms."

The stupid dog grinned, wagging his tail and leading his friends away.

Li Nuo targeted the samples in the gene library and started analyzing the fungi.

[Analysis completed. 】

【Name: Genetic sample of Hydrogen Squig.】

【Note: This sample contains fungal, animal and plant genes. 】

[Fungal genes determine how Hydroxysquigg reproduces.]

[Animal genes determine the growth path of Hydroxysquigg.]

[Plant genes determine the appearance and metabolism of Hydroxysquigg.]

Eating light water radioactive substances and emitting oxygen and hydrogen is a process that should be related to metabolism.

Li Nuo selected plant gene fragments and initiated genetic recombination.

[You are trying to write the plant gene of Hydroxyskuger into CVCPSE-ABB-15 yeast. ]

【...】

【Gene recombination completed.】

You get yeast with plant genes.

[You launch an analytical fungus on this yeast and obtain detailed analysis results of the plant's genes. ]

[The analysis results are as follows:]

【Gene fragment: Frag000001】

【...】

The plant gene fragments of Hydrogen Squig were refreshed, and dense text appeared like a waterfall.

Li Nuo specifically read the content related to "radiation" and soon found out the truth about how Hydrogen Squig digested radioactive substances.

【Gene fragment: Frag0114759. 】

【Function: This fragment is related to the antioxidant capacity of Hydroxysquigg. 】

[Affected by this fragment, HydroxySquig can generate a certain tripeptide compound, thereby obtaining an antioxidant capacity that is almost immune to oxidation. ]

Is there a connection between radiation and oxidation?
Yes, and it matters a lot.

Radiation can cause cells to produce large amounts of reactive oxygen species, which can promote cell oxidation and cause serious oxidative damage.

Oxidative damage includes:

DNA chain breakage, chromosome aberration, protein denaturation, lipid damage, etc.

So theoretically, all radiation sickness can be avoided by preventing cells from producing large amounts of reactive oxygen species.

Antioxidants are key.

In addition, oxidation is also one of the primary causes of aging.

Skin oxidation can lead to decreased elasticity, increased wrinkles, and pigmentation.

Cardiovascular oxidation can promote cardiovascular hardening, damage vascular endothelial cells, and cause myocardial infarction.

Brain oxidation can damage nerves, lead to neurotransmitter metabolism disorders, and significantly decline in cognitive function.

Antioxidant means anti-aging.

From this perspective, Hydrogen Oxygen Squig is not just a tool for producing oxygen, but a great treasure for producing the secret elixir of life.

Of course, not all antioxidants can be used on humans.

If antioxidants are toxic, they will not be able to prolong life, but will instead poison people.

Li Nuo originally planned to dissect Hydrogen Squig, but when he saw how well the dumb dog played with it, he changed his mind.

Li Nuo selected the reproductive spores and genetic samples of Hydroxyskug in the fungal warehouse and started a new genetic simulation.

The genetic sample is written into reproductive spores, which are then buried in the soil.

Take out the growth spirit and water the spores.

When Zarg returned with two large barrels of radioactive material, a new Squig had just emerged from the ground.

This second Squig was only the size of a palm, like a small doll.

Li Nuo extracted its sample to obtain its genetic purity.

The result was pretty good. Although this Squig was a product of gene editing, its purity reached 98%, which can be said to be a authentic Hydrogen Squig.

After taking a look at the stupid dog partying in the farmland, Li Nuo turned around, with his back to the stupid dog, took out a dagger, and stabbed it into Little Squig's heart.

With a few whimpers, the newly born Hydrogen Squig died.

Li Nuo completed the dissection and sampling in no time.

When he turned to face the farmland again, the Squig in his hand had been reduced to pieces.

After throwing out several identification spells and analyzing fungi, Li Nuo obtained several panels, two of which came from the ancient fungi he expected.

【Name: Archaean Hydrogen Fungi. 】

【Type: Ancient Saint's creation.】

【Analysis results:】

【The life form of this fungus is similar to yeast. 】

【It can convert water into oxygen and hydrogen through metabolism. 】

The mechanism of Archaean hydrogen and oxygen fungi is similar to that of water electrolysis. The advantage is that it does not consume electricity. The disadvantage is that some hydrogen and oxygen will be consumed during the metabolism, resulting in a unit output that is lower than that of water electrolysis.

This type of archaic fungus is not the focus of today's research, the second type of archaic fungus is.

【Name: Taiko Antioxidant Fungus. 】

【Type: Ancient Saint's creation.】

【Analysis results:】

[The life form of this fungus is similar to that of Ganoderma lucidum and can be classified into the kingdom Fungi, phylum Basidiomycetes, class Hymenomycetes, order Polyporaceae, family Ganoderma, genus Ganoderma. ]

[When growing in an oxygen-rich environment, its antioxidant enzyme system will be activated to actively produce antioxidant compounds to prevent hydroxyl scourge from oxidative damage due to the oxygen it produces. ]

This new ancient fungus looks similar to Ganoderma lucidum, with a fan-shaped cap and a light green color.

Li Nuo stored it in the fungus warehouse, started the fungus simulation, and cultivated it in large quantities. Just like ordinary fungi, the ancient antioxidant fungi can be cultivated with synthetic starch, purified water, rotten things, wood and other things.

After obtaining 1 ton of finished products at one time, Li Nuo began to conduct antioxidant experiments.

He called back the dumb dog and Hydrogen Squig, took out a bag and put it over the white morning glory on Squig's back.

White morning glories emit pure oxygen, while blue morning glories emit hydrogen.

Half a minute later, one cubic meter of pure oxygen was collected, and Li Nuo used it as a consumable to start the fungal simulation.

[On the first day, you use synthetic starch, orange sugar, purified water and soil to make culture medium and nutrient solution. ]

[You use a sterile chamber as a container, grow ancient antioxidant fungi, input pure oxygen, and seal the container. ]

[On the second day, a large amount of light white powder appeared on the cap of the ancient antioxidant fungus. ]

You collect the powder and use a transmission electron microscope to obtain its molecular structure.

A microscope image appears in the field of view, and the molecular structure of the white powder is presented intuitively.

This is a dense plane grid map, similar to the microstructure of graphene, with molecules arranged in an orderly manner to form many regular polygons.

The identification results showed that this thing is the antioxidant enzyme produced by ancient antioxidant fungi.

The next step is the most critical experimental step.

Li Nuo selected the water pacillus in the fungus warehouse and launched a new round of fungus simulation.

【Please set the experimental parameters. 】

Li Nuo pointed to the large iron barrel in front of him, which was filled with green light mud - that is, light water radioactive material.

"This barrel of radioactive waste was selected as the culture medium to cultivate Hydrococcus. For ventilation, light and humidity, refer to the previous Hydrococcus cultivation plan. Before cultivation, the Hydrococcus was injected with an aqueous solution of antioxidant enzymes. The concentration of the solution was tentatively set at 5%, and the injection dose was 10mg/1g."

【Simulation parameters are set.】

【Day 1】

[You prepare the aqueous solution of antioxidant enzymes and complete the injection work, obtaining a total of 100 samples of water poccocci containing antioxidant enzymes. ]

[You have completed the planting work on the radioactive waste. ]

【Day 2】

[Of the 100 samples, 75 were mutated due to radiation, and the remaining 25 were normal.]

Li Nuo paused the simulation, increased the solution concentration from 5% to 20%, and started a new simulation.

【Day 2】

[All 100 samples have no mutation. You take the samples out of the culture medium, squeeze out the water, and test the water quality.]

[The test results show that after the injection of the antioxidant enzyme solution, the water stored by the water puck does not contain toxicity, foreign bacteria and radioactive metal ions. ]

【At this time, you decide? 】

"I decided to grow the bacteria again but without injecting the antioxidant enzyme solution. I wanted to see how long the antioxidant effect would last after a single injection."

[On the second day, you plant water puck bacteria again. ]

[On the third day, you tested the water inside the water puck and found no radiation.]

【...】

[On the 14th day, you tested the water inside the water puck and found slight radiation.]

OK, everyone. The experiment can be declared a success here.

A single injection of 20% antioxidant enzyme solution at a dose of 10 mg/1g can give water poccocus a radiation immunity effect that lasts for 13 days.

During this period, the moisture in the light water radioactive material will be absorbed and stored by the water pneumococcus, while the radioactive material will be excluded, perfectly achieving the separation of radioactive material and water body.

The water in the water puck can be recycled.

Radioactive material is used in a variety of ways, including to power waste shield generators or as fuel in reactors.

In short, after separating the water and radioactive substances, the radioactive waste is turned into treasure and becomes a good thing that can be recycled.

Li Nuo ordered the system to start automatic simulation and obtain antioxidant enzymes in large quantities.

Half an hour later, he took out a can of dry powder of antioxidant enzyme from the fungus warehouse and prepared to conduct a toxicity test to see if this thing was toxic to orcs, animals and plants.

If it's not toxic, wow, then I'd make a fortune, because it means I've made breakthroughs in both anti-radiation and anti-aging fields.

It doesn’t matter even if it is toxic to the human body, it just can’t be used for anti-aging.

The anti-radiation property alone means that today will be a memorable day.

Li Nuo called over the fart spirits, gave each of them an injection, and turned on the device to monitor their vital signs.

He also ordered Zarg to bring some insects and small animals for injection experiments.

After the insects and animals were injected, the plants and grains were next, and finally the fungi.

The injection process of fungi is the simplest. Li Nuo selects all the fungi in the fungus warehouse and starts the automated simulation.

Just as he was selecting the fungi, an ancient fungus that he had obtained long ago came into his sight and immediately caught his attention.

This fungus is an Archaean crystalline fungus.

It has two modes of metabolism.

When there are solid nutrients, it will decompose the impurities in the nutrients and purify the main components in the nutrients to form crystals.

In the absence of physical nutrients, it absorbs subspace energy and forms energy crystals.

There are 3 tons of subspace energy single crystals in the fungal warehouse, but no spirit bones.

Li Nuo was reluctant to use single crystals for experiments.

So he did something very bold.

He set the environment of the simulation experiment in the physical universe and did not provide any nutrients to the ancient crystalline fungi, forcing it to absorb energy from the subspace.

This kind of thing is very dangerous.

According to past experience, the simulation limit is the fifth day.

Later, the Chaos enemies in the Warp will become aware of the existence of the Ancient Crystalline Fungus and come to corrupt it, distort it, and destroy it.

But this time the situation is different.

Under the protection of antioxidant enzymes, the ancient crystalline fungi continuously absorb energy from the subspace and generate subspace energy single crystals.

It was not until the 14th day that the effect of the antioxidant enzyme disappeared and the Chaos Enemy noticed the existence of the Ancient Crystal Fungus.

Li Nuo was extremely shocked.

He immediately started a new simulation experiment, adding antioxidant enzymes to the ancient crystalline fungi every 13 days.

This was repeated over and over again, and the number of simulated days quickly increased from 1 to the 6789th day. The chaos enemy finally broke through the protection of the antioxidant enzyme, detected the ancient crystalline fungus, and corrupted and destroyed it.

From the first day to the 1th day, the colony of the ancient crystalline fungus expanded to half a meter in radius, and produced a total of 6788 kilogram of subspace energy single crystals.

Although it only weighs 1 kilogram, it is enough to make people ecstatic.

When cultivating the ancient crystalline fungus before, the nutrient used was the spirit bones of the elves.

Now, Li Nuo has done nothing but provide antioxidant enzymes, but he has generated 1 kg of single crystals out of thin air!
This process can be called creation from the void.

But why can antioxidant enzymes protect the ancient crystalline fungi?
Li Nuo frowned and thought deeply.

After much thought, he found an explanation.

The Archaean crystalline fungi are currently in a state of partial atavism.

Is there a possibility that:
The perfectly atavistic ancient crystalline fungi can shield themselves from the corruption of the great enemy of Chaos and absorb the energy of the subspace freely.

Some of the atavistic fungi do not originally have the ability to shield themselves from the chaotic enemy, but the antioxidant enzymes stimulate them to temporarily possess this ability.

If this is the case…

So can antioxidant enzymes be used to induce the Archaean crystalline fungi to further revert to their ancestral form?

Li Nuo's eyes lit up and he discovered the highlight.

"System, start the chemical-induced mutation experiment."

【Please select a chemical mutagen. 】

The key point of mutagen is the word "induce".

The mutagenic effect brought about by using antioxidant enzymes alone is limited, and some conventional mutagens must be added to it.

Li Nuo turned around and went back to the shack, searched the shelves, and took out a dozen cans.

It contains common mutagens, including alkylating agents, base analogs, frameshift mutagens, etc.

Atavism is a benign genetic mutation, usually caused by base pairing errors, so alkylating agents can be used here.

Li Nuo picked out a can of alkylating agent and said to himself:

"Use this mixture of ethyl methanesulfonate and antioxidant enzyme as a chemical mutagen. The mixing ratio is temporarily set at 1:1. Other simulation parameters remain unchanged."

【Chemical mutagen settings completed.】

【Start simulation.】

[On Day 1, you prepare a chemical mutagen and make a bacterial suspension at a concentration of 10 μg/ml. You use the dilution spread plate method to prepare culture plates and samples. You obtain 100 experimental samples.]

【You did not provide physical nutrients to the sample.】

[On the second day, more than half of the 2 samples lost their activity and were found to have died from malignant mutations. The remaining 100 samples developed normally.]

【On the third day, the number of surviving samples dropped to 3. 】

[On the 11th day, only one sample survived, and the colony it formed was dark green.]

【...】

[Day 6788, the only remaining specimen was not corrupted by Chaos and developed normally.]

Li Nuo couldn't help but hold his breath.

[On the 6789th day, the only remaining specimen developed normally and was not discovered by the Chaos Enemy.]

"What the hell?"

[On the 10000th day, the sample developed normally, with no signs of decay.]

"Fuck... trough..."

[On the 16789th day, the sample developed normally, with no signs of decay.]

"Fuck!"

[On the 29789th day, the sample developed normally, with no signs of decay.]

[Day 39789…Day 49789…Day 59789…]

[The specimen developed normally, with no signs of decay.]

"Fuck! It worked!"

Li Nuo jumped up on the spot, cheering, aiming at the sample on the interface and throwing it out to analyze the fungus.

[Name: Archaic Crystalline Fungi (60% Reversion)]

[Type: Ancient Saint Creation]

【Analysis results:】

[This fungus has been given a genetic self-limiting mechanism by the Ancients. A single individual will self-destruct after growing for five Terra days. Therefore, it can absorb subspace energy repeatedly without being detected by the Chaos Enemy.]

[When absorbing subspace energy and producing single crystals, this fungus can only be cultivated in the system's fungus simulation function. It produces a fixed 1 kg of subspace energy single crystal every 1 simulation days. ]

[Increasing the degree of atavism can increase the output of subspace energy monomers. 】

One Terra hour in the real universe is equivalent to 1 simulation days.

In other words, 60% of the ancient fungi that have reverted to their ancestors can produce 1 kilogram per hour, 24 kilograms per day, and 8760 kilograms per year!

The output is a bit low, but it is stable and secretive!

The thought of secretly digging into Chaos’ corner was exciting.

Jiejiejie~
(End of this chapter)