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

Chapter 169 Gamma-Class Psychic Bone Drinker

Li Nuo woke up in his residence in the Wangting District, and it was just the early morning of a new day.

In the following days, he produced the second generation of toxin-transforming amyloid fungi based on the 60% atavistic ancient venom fungi.

On this basis, the second-generation synthetic starch preparation formula was freshly launched.

After testing, it was shown that the new formula and new catalyst can indeed double the output of synthetic starch.

But there is a problem that cannot be ignored, that is, there is not enough water.

There is currently no cheap and efficient way to expand water sources, so the promotion of the second-generation synthetic starch formula will have to be postponed.

The reconstruction of Granit 5 is on track.

Just as Li Nuo had expected, the Imperial Fists joined the team and took away a plasma reactor from Mars.

The price of this reactor is 1.3 million throne coins, and the Imperial Fists offer 1.5 million throne coins plus the right of first refusal for 1800 million tons of synthetic starch per month.

Raising the price by only 2000 million Throne Coins was already very conscientious. Li Nuo did not bargain and readily signed the transaction contract with the representative of the Imperial Fist.

The 1.5 million throne coins were nominally paid by Li Nuo, but were actually advanced by Fu Gais.

As for whether Li Nuo needs to pay back the 1.5 million when he becomes rich in the future, Fu Gaisi said it doesn't matter whether he pays it back or not, because after his death, everything will belong to Li Nuo and Tido anyway.

How should I put it... What Fu Gaisi said is correct, but I always feel like I have heard it somewhere before.

Thinking about it carefully, it seems that my father said the same thing before I traveled through time.

Li Nuo commented that this is a common tactic used by parents in the multiverse.

The Governor's residence, mining area and miners' living quarters on Granite 5 are being rebuilt.

Building materials are sourced locally and processed in smelters and forges before being put into use.

The mining equipment in the mining area was destroyed and dismantled by the rebels, and only one in ten remained. Li Nuo had to buy new ones.

After consulting multiple industrial worlds through Ms. Shatana, an industrial world called Meslaton came into Li Nuo's sight.

This is a very advanced industrial world, which was a technological civilization ruled by aliens before joining the Empire.

After the aliens were destroyed, the heretical technology among them was recovered and used by the Mechanicus, and the present-day Meslaton was formed.

Li Nuo plans to purchase thousands of mining equipment clusters from Meslaton. Including the installation and maintenance costs, the total amount of this order will reach 5000 million Throne Coins.

When the governor of Meslaton heard about it, he sent a delegation to Epimet to draft a contract with Lino on the spot.

Originally this should have been a deal that benefited both parties.

But as an agent's voice reached Li Nuo's ears, things became interesting.

"My Lord, we have detected a Bone Drinker among this delegation. What do we do now?"

Mona sent a warning via encrypted communication. She was currently following the welcoming team, waiting for the delegation to land at the airport.

Since the two students from Jersey joined Li Nuo's team, the agents' equipment has been updated.

The original handheld auspicious device has been transformed into a shoulder-mounted scanner, which is more portable and has stronger scanning penetration. It can scan people inside the ship in real time from a distance of thousands of meters.

When the armed cargo ship carrying the delegation pulled into the berth, a clear reminder sound told Mona that three of the 12 people who were about to disembark had shown biological signals of Bone Drinkers.

It is questionable whether the other nine people are bone drinkers.

The metabolites produced by the parasitic spores on their bodies may not have been entered into the database yet and therefore were not scanned.

In short, facing such a delegation mixed with Bone Drinkers, we must be careful in dealing with it.

Li Nuo paused his work, took out the agent leader's identity chip, inserted it into the communicator, and retrieved the footage from Mona's combat recorder.

From the other side's perspective, Li Nuo saw the ship that had just stopped.

In the picture, three scarlet exclamation marks are following three figures.

"Mona, ask Isabel to find out what the three people infected by the Bone Drinkers are in the delegation."

"Yes, sir." Mona raised her hand and patted Isabel in front of her, whispering a few words to her.

"Are you sure there's something wrong with those three people?" Isabel's expression became a little serious, but then returned to normal to avoid being noticed by the Bone Drinkers.

"Yes, I'm sure there's something wrong with those three people." Mona whispered:
"It's not just those three people. The other nine people may also have problems. Try to avoid physical contact with them later."

"Okay, I understand." Isabel pursed her lips.

Under Li Nuo's arrangement, Isabel was responsible for contacting the delegation.

She had heard of the Bone Drinker long ago and knew how dangerous this fungal alien was.

Now that she knew there were at least three Bone Drinkers in the delegation, how could she not be nervous?

"呲————"

The hatch of the armed cargo ship was opened by a pneumatic device, and the delegation walked out of the cabin under the escort of armed crew members.

The leader was a middle-aged man dressed like a senior manager, with a greasy slicked-back hair, a light gray suit, and a dark red striped tie.

"Mr. Meslatton, my name is Isabel Crum, and on behalf of the Governor, I would like to welcome you and your team."

Isabel extended her right hand to the leader of the delegation.

The middle-aged man called Meslaton smiled, glanced up and down at Isabel, who was wearing a black waistcoat, and said with a smile while shaking hands:
"Hello, Isabel, I am Gennaro Meslaton. I prefer you to call me by my first name rather than my last name. It makes me feel closer to you."

A showy middle-aged man... Isabel muttered inwardly, and nodded her chin with a polite smile:

"Nice to meet you, Mr. Gennaro. Who are these people?"

Gennaro turned sideways and gestured behind him:
"The two people next to me are my assistants, and the others are my friends. They are here for tourism. They heard that the first district of Epimet is a beautiful garden city, and they want to come and see it. I don't think you mind, do you, Isabel?"

“Hehe, of course, please go this way, we will arrange a special car and tour guide for your friend.”

Isabel and Mona signaled with their eyes and led Gennaro and others to the transport vehicle.

Mona lagged behind half a step, closely monitoring the representative team's every move with the other two agents.

"My lord, those three bone drinkers are Gennaro's friends."

"Yes, I heard the conversation just now." Li Nuo tapped a few times on the keyboard of the communicator and instructed in the encrypted channel:
"You stay at the scene and keep an eye on Gennaro and his two assistants. I'll arrange another team of agents to monitor Gennaro's friends. By the way, what day is today?"

"Saturday, my Lord."

"Oh, so Amy doesn't have school today, right?"

"Yes, my lord."

Li Nuo snapped his fingers:
"Then I'll leave this matter to Amy. Her father told me that Amy has the genes of an excellent spy leader. I think today's mission will not be a difficult task for her. Brandi, call Amy."

"Yes, Master." The servoskull's mechanical claws poked at the datapad.

The call is connected.

Amy could hear some wheezing from the other end, and it sounded like she was running:
"What are you doing, Li Nuo? I'm sparring with Leia."

"Bone Drinkers have appeared in the hive. Come over here to help. Leia, come over here too. For details, please refer to the document on the data board. My request is to first find out how many Bone Drinkers there are in this delegation, and then kill them accurately. Don't hurt innocent people by mistake."

Li Nuo sent over Mona's battle recorder video.

After reading it, Amy understood what he meant, and she said something before hanging up the phone:

"Look, if dad can do it, I can do it too."

Communication is closed.

The next second, more than a dozen lines of command records appeared on the secret service department's command interface.

These instructions were issued by Amy using her own authority.

She completed the "deployment of troops" at an extremely fast speed.

Two teams of agents set out from their base in the first district and drove towards the orbital tower in armored transport vehicles disguised as passers-by.

At the same time, the Ministry of Justice Inspection Office in the first district of Shangchao received a warning from the secret service department, and the judicial police and chemical defense forces immediately blocked the blocks around the orbital tower.

This all happened in less than 30 minutes.

When the delegation arrived at the ground level of the First District via the elevator of the orbital tower, they were greeted by a bustling street scene and the Governor's Agents who blended in perfectly with the passers-by.

Gennaro and two assistants left in Isabel's transport vehicle, and the nine tourists boarded another transport vehicle.

The driver and tour guide on this vehicle are both played by the Governor's agents.

After the nine tourists got on the bus, the tour guide enthusiastically introduced the local wine and cigarettes of Epimet to them, and took out corresponding samples to distribute.

The male tourist received gold label cigarettes from the Cram Tobacco Factory and a sample of red wine from the Welsh Winery.

The female tourists were given women's menthol cigarettes and samples of fruit wine from the Weirsey Brewery.

For tourists who don't like smoking or drinking, the tour guide put snacks, desserts and non-alcoholic drinks on the table.

There is a special ingredient called Bone Drinker's Verifier contained in tobacco, alcohol, and various snacks and desserts.

This ingredient was developed in Jersey. It is a powder at room temperature and pressure and has a slight aroma. It can be added to tobacco, alcohol and food as a seasoning and will not lose its effect after heating.

The nine tourists in the carriage were unaware of the presence of the authenticity drug.

Those who like smoking can smoke, those who like drinking can drink, and those who like desserts can eat desserts.

After eating and drinking for a few minutes, the dosage of the authenticity test agent accumulated in the body reached the threshold and the effect began to appear.

The three "tourists" who have been confirmed to be bone drinkers had red cheeks, their breathing became a little rapid, and a look of pain flashed across their faces.

The same happened to six other tourists.

Tiny beads of sweat appeared on their foreheads, and the blood vessels in their necks protruded outward, forming blue veins.

"It seems a bit hot." The bone drinker unbuttoned his shirt, fanned himself with his hands, and stretched out his right hand toward the window. The tour guide and the driver looked at each other, and they counted to three, two, one silently. The next second, the transport vehicle braked suddenly.

“Sizzle——”

A harsh friction sound was heard on the street, and the tour guide and the driver pushed open the car door and climbed out of the car at lightning speed.

At the same time, several vehicles of the judicial police and chemical defense forces stopped around the transport vehicle.

A force field generator was installed on the top of one of the transport vehicles.

When the device was activated, a white energy bubble emerged, covering an area of one kilometer in radius, including the transport vehicle where the Bone Drinker was located.

What followed was a red laser storm.

“Buzz buzz buzz buzz————————”

The red rays shot out horizontally, turning the nine Bone Drinkers in the transport vehicle into a hornet's nest in just a moment. A strong smell of burning filled the air, and the temperature rose under the burning of the laser.

A blue-purple light emanated from the corpse, triggering a new round of laser bursts.

At this point, all nine Bone Drinkers whose identities had been verified had died.

It is impossible for them to send warning messages through the mental network.

This was because the energy barrier covering the scene was a controlled substance that could block the Bone Drinkers' mental communications, and it was authorized by Jersey for Epimate to use.

The chemical defense force vaccinated two Governor's agents who risked their lives.

The vaccine formed small bumps on the necks of both of them. The bumps did not turn red, swell or crack, which meant that the two of them were safe and sound and had not been infected by the Bone Drinkers.

Li Nuo watched the entire process on the scene through the communicator, and silently praised the quick response ability of the judicial police and chemical defense forces.

Of course, the two Governor's agents were also very brave and must be given substantial rewards.

Now it all depends on what happens on Isabel's side.

Li Nuo switched the surveillance view on the communicator and brought up Mona's image.

The transport vehicle that Mona was in was a van-type welcoming vehicle with a spacious interior.

Two rows of seats are placed face to face on both sides of the carriage, with a long table in the middle for tea, drinks and desserts.

Isabel and her assistant sat on the left side of the carriage, while Gennaro and two assistants sat on the right side.

When the nine Bone Drinkers died, there was no change in the expressions of Gennaro and his two assistants. The three of them chatted and laughed with Isabel as usual, and no clues were revealed.

But half a minute later, one of the assistants' expression suddenly changed, his brows furrowed, and his eyes unconsciously looked at Gennaro.

As time passed, his expression became more and more solemn.

The same changes occurred in the expressions of Gennaro and another assistant.

There was no verbal exchange between the three of them, but they all became silent at the same time.

The force field that blocks mental communications can indeed prevent the nine Bone Drinkers from sending out intelligence.

But when other Bone Drinkers took the initiative to contact the nine Bone Drinkers, the former would not receive any feedback and thus would not notice anything unusual.

The expressions of Gennaro and his two assistants changed as a result.

This shows that the three of them are also bone drinkers.

Amy's voice sounded in Mona's perspective, "Prepare for action."

"Received." Mona whispered in the communication channel:

"Close your eyes."

This conversation was between Isabel and her assistant.

Isabel and her assistant immediately closed their eyes, and Mona threw a flash bomb onto the table.

"Crack!"

The battle recorder went blank, and a harsh brake sound was heard, followed by the sound of a car door opening.

When the white flash on the screen disappeared, Isabel and her assistant had been moved out of the transport vehicle by the agents.

Vehicles of the judicial police and chemical defense forces appeared near the transport vehicle.

A bubble-like white force field rose up, blocking the Bone Drinker's mental communications.

The Red Storm penetrated the transport vehicle horizontally, venting its firepower at the figures inside.

"Stop!" The sheriff raised his right fist, and the laser rain stopped abruptly.

Thick smoke billowed out of the transport vehicle, obscuring everyone's vision.

The smoke quickly dissipated, and two bodies emerged from the car.

Two?

Shouldn't there be three?
Everyone at the scene felt a sinking feeling in their hearts.

After the chemical defense force checked Mona and others, they asked the five opponents to stand outside the encirclement.

Just then, Amy's voice was heard in Mona's picture.

"Mona, at seven o'clock, pay attention to the roof. I saw from the street surveillance camera that there seems to be someone there. Please confirm it."

Mona followed Amy's instructions and jumped to point the gun at seven o'clock.

There is a ten-story Gothic building there.

A figure stood at the tip of the pointed arched roof.

The outline of his body was blurred under the artificial sunlight, but it could be vaguely seen that he was a middle-aged man.

"over there!"

Mona shouted loudly and opened fire.

The bailiffs turned around abruptly and looked up in the direction Mona was pointing.

“Buzz buzz buzz buzz——————”

Red rain curtains swarmed in.

Before being hit by the laser, the figure on the pointed arch roof vanished into thin air, leaving only bizarre fragments of light and shadow.

When the figure disappeared, a steep curve appeared in the psychic readings from Mona's perspective, and the highest point of the curve stopped at a terrifying indicator:
Gamma level.

The figure was a gamma-class psyker.

One in a billion people will awaken gamma-level psychic powers.

Out of one thousand people who awaken gamma-level psychic powers, nine hundred and ninety-nine will die on the spot.

In other words, the figure standing on the top of the pointed arch building is one in a trillion, and his strength is unquestionable.

Gamma-class psychic bone drinker, a being of this level actually came to Epimaite.

What is he planning?
Li Nuo stood up slowly and smelled an unusual scent.

He could vaguely feel that an elaborate conspiracy had been quietly unfolding a few days or even a dozen days ago.

If he had not made sufficient arrangements against the Bone Drinkers, he would never have been able to discover the existence of the Gamma-level Psychic Bone Drinkers.

"Mona, confirm who the deceased is in the transport vehicle." Amy's voice came from the screen.

"receive."

Mona used a scanner to specifically scan the body in the car and responded:

"I have confirmed that the deceased are two assistants of Gennaro Meslaton. So it seems that the Gamma-class Psychic Bone Drinker just now was Gennaro himself. Sir, what should we do now?"

"Let me discuss this with Li Nuo first." Amy switched to the encrypted channel between herself and Li Nuo.

Without waiting for her to speak, Li Nuo spoke first:

"Amy, I've seen the situation at the scene. I'll ask Ms. Shatana to ask Terra for help and request the intervention of the Sisters of Silence. Have the agents return to the Royal Court area and raise the alert level to the highest level starting today."

"receive."

Li Nuo called Shatana and asked her to send an astropathic message to Terra for help.

Gamma-class psykers are completely beyond the capabilities of the hive.

Although Li Nuo still has many cards to play, he does not dare to be careless and must call for reinforcements when necessary.

After finishing the call with Satana, Li Nuo called Tido again and asked her to stay at Brandi's place from today onwards and go out to work after the intruder was caught.

After some arrangements, Li Nuo opened the secret room in the office.

This secret room displays crisis plans for various crisis situations.

The holographic projection started automatically, and the information and response plans of the aliens and violent elements appeared on the wall.

Gamma-level illegal psykers were prominently listed, including Bone Drinkers.

Putting these two emergency plans together, the intention of the Gamma-class Psychic Bone Drinker's trip is obvious.

"So that's it."

A gleam of enlightenment flashed in Li Nuo's eyes.

He knew what the purpose of the Gamma-class Psychic Bone Drinker was.

(End of this chapter)