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

Chapter 173: First Visit to the Webway

"50 cubic meters of coolant per year? So much?" Li Nuo raised his eyebrows, and a plan to turn passive into active and turn waste into treasure emerged in his mind.

"Yes, sir." Wenger calculated on the data board and said:
"According to the calculation of the airport control tower, the number of airport visitors this year is four times that of last year, which is mainly caused by the substantial growth of synthetic starch export trade. Conservatively estimated, the engine coolant we will receive this year will reach 200 million cubic meters. The economic benefits we created by receiving the coolant are 2000 million throne coins."

200 million cubic meters of engine coolant contains 90 million cubic meters of pure water, assuming that water accounts for 190% of the total volume.

After the second generation of poison-to-starch catalyst appeared, what Li Nuo lacked was water.

The ancient antioxidant fungi created for him a method to efficiently purify light water radiation.

At this moment, in Li Nuo's eyes, these 200 million cubic meters of coolant were not coolant, but the pure water he had always dreamed of.

The key point is that he has to pay for purified water, but when others give him coolant, he can charge for it, which is equivalent to others not only giving him purified water, but also giving him money!

Where can you find such a good business where you can make double profit from one transaction?

"Wenger, discuss with your department members and formulate a preferential project for sewage diversion. For any ship that is willing to cooperate with us in sewage diversion before discharging sewage, we can provide them with a discount when they resupply, such as a 30% reduction in the discharge price of engine coolant. Do you think this is feasible?"

"I think it's OK. The bulk of the sewage treatment price is engine coolant. A 30% discount is quite a lot. They will agree to it."

"Very good." Li Nuo turned his head to look at the head of the engineering department:

"Oliwen, arrange an engineering team to renovate the sewage collection pipeline at the airport, separate different sewage, and have them treated by different water purification plants. Among them, the water purification plant responsible for treating light water radioactive substances will be built by my Umbrella Group. The rest of the water purification plants will be arranged according to the existing water purification plan. For the domestic wastewater of the ships, you will use the method of monitoring the sewage pools in the lower nest to monitor them, and report abnormal monitoring results to the Ministry of Law at any time."

"Yes, my lord."

Everyone discussed some details, and Li Nuo then announced the adjournment of the meeting, but did not get up and leave.

He left Tito behind and called Isabel to tell them about his plan for dealing with light water radioactive substances:
"I recently invented an antioxidant that is toxic to the human body. Its toxicity is ineffective against water puck bacteria. Water puck bacteria cultivated with antioxidants can be used to separate pure water and radioactive substances. I need you to build a water purification plant dedicated to treating light water radioactive substances based on this second-generation water puck bacteria reactor construction blueprint. The security level of the new equipment and new plant is top secret. After everything is ready, we can try to purchase light water radioactive substances from outside and create a new source of profit."

Li Nuo sent the encrypted document to Tido and Isabel via the data pad.

The antioxidant he mentioned is an artificial compound made based on the antioxidant enzymes of ancient antioxidant fungi, and the technical processing idea is consistent with that of amylin.

This enzyme is harmful to the human body and can cause problems such as tooth loss, dry hair, yellow and wrinkled skin, etc. Therefore, it cannot be used to prolong life for the time being.

After being processed by Li Nuo, the chemical composition of antioxidants has no direct relationship with antioxidant enzymes, so they can be used with confidence.

In terms of technology, Tido and Isabel admired Li Nuo so much that they couldn't give him any advice.

But they still have some insights into practical applications.

"The influence of your new technology is no less than that of synthetic starch. I guess the Mechanicus will have to send sages to examine it again." When Tido said this, she was more worried than happy, and there were faint vertical lines between her eyebrows.

The new synthetic starch turns waste into food, which can alleviate the riots caused by hunger and has great social significance. However, there are few competitors in the synthetic starch industry, and the conflicts caused by this are not intense.

But the radioactive waste business is different.

The profits are high, there are many competitors, and most of them are governors with no bottom line, who only care about money and material taxes.

If they knew that the Governor of Epimet had invented the perfect formula for separating pure water and radioactive materials, the entire radioactive waste disposal market would be in chaos.

By then, perhaps many star governors who have a say in the Imperial Ministry of the Interior will jointly request the Ministry of the Interior to make the formula public.

This situation is definitely not something a planetary governor can handle, and it is definitely possible.

"Boss, I think your wife is right to worry." Isabel pushed her glasses on the bridge of her nose and advised:

"I suggest that we keep a low profile and not purchase light water radioactive materials for the time being. At least before we complete the first transaction of the synthetic starch formula, it is not appropriate to take any new actions. Otherwise, it will be too easy to attract the insidious tactics of those with bad intentions."

Li Nuo nodded slowly, thinking that what the other two said made sense.

He has the green-skinned Palu army at his disposal, but he cannot use it openly, so he is essentially still a small planet governor. He cannot be too ambitious and should keep a low profile.

"Let's follow your suggestion. We should keep a low profile and not expand our business outside. We should only deal with the light water radiation inside the hive."

Li Nuo set the tone for the implementation of the plan.

Tido and Isabel breathed a sigh of relief. Nothing could be more reassuring than the Governor listening to advice.

The three of them discussed in the conference room until the evening. Li Nuo invited them to his place for dinner and continued to discuss the details after dinner.

It was almost nine o'clock in the evening. After seeing off Tido and Isabel, the day's work came to an end.

Amy is responsible for the security of the new factory and new equipment.

This girl suffered a small loss at the hands of a gamma-level psychic last time, and was afraid that Li Nuo would think she was not capable enough, so she always wanted to perform well.

Before Li Nuo entered the bedroom, he sent a message to Amy, asking her to meet with Tido and Isabel tomorrow to discuss security work.

"Wait, what day is tomorrow?"

Li Nuo looked at the data board.

Tomorrow is Friday, and the weekend is not until the day after tomorrow.

Li Nuo changed the wording of the text message and moved the meeting time between Amy and Tido to the day after tomorrow.

The arrangements for separating the pure water and radioactive waste were in place, and there were two main tasks ahead:

The first is to upgrade the life of Gauss force field weapons. Under current high-intensity combat conditions, the weapons only have a lifespan of 1 minute, which is too low. It will take at least 1 hour to be useful.

Secondly, we need to find a way to utilize the radioactive waste after separating the light water radioactive materials.

Li Nuo thought that he could find a feasible solution in Greenskin Technology.

The main component of radioactive waste is radioactive isotopes, which can be separated and purified by ion exchange, a step accomplished by the new hydrococcal bioreactor.

Now the question is, what can the recovered radioactive isotopes be used for?

This involves Li Nuo's blind spot in knowledge.

After looking up relevant information in the database, he discovered that there are many uses for recovered radioactive isotopes.

The first option is to remake them into fuel rods and reuse them in a plasma reactor.

In addition, it can also be used for sterilization, cancer treatment, tracer production, age determination, etc.

All of these options are feasible, but their only drawback is that they are very expensive and far less costly than simply firing radioactive waste into the sun.

Li Nuo thought that he should be able to find a cheaper solution in orc technology.

For example, radioactive isotopes can be made into ammunition and added to the magazines of Gauss weapons.

In this way, the Gauss weapons developed by themselves will no longer need to rely on irradiation and can be publicly unveiled.

Maybe he could even gain the attention of the Imperial Military Affairs Department and become an emerging imperial arms dealer.

Thinking this in his mind, Li Nuo opened the save interface and looked at the save file of the technician boy - Gu Jia.

[Archive 2: Technician Boy - Gujia. ]

Archived briefings:

[After obtaining Black Bean Sprout's web access device, the technical masters and technicians of the Orc Pirate Fleet devoted themselves to the work of cracking this device. ]

[It took them half a month to repair the broken accessor, and another month to figure out how to operate the accessor.]

[In the past few days, Jiba has been trying to open the entrance to the webway. If everything goes well, Big Black Fang's fleet will become the first orc fleet to enter the webway through normal means. ]

"Yeah, that's good. With the Orc Pirate Fleet clearing the way for me, it will be much easier for me to lead the fleet to open the entrance to the Webway in the future."

Li Nuo smiled slightly, quite satisfied, took out a magical spore and ate it, then read the save file.

The consciousness traveled through the sea of stars, and soon came to a vast void.

Apart from the three orc pirate ships, there are no other void entities here. It should be an uninhabited area specially selected by Big Black Fang to try to enter and exit the webway.

His consciousness passed through layers of cabins and entered the bridge of the ship, and Li Nuo woke up in the body of the technician boy - Gu Jia.

The first thing that caught my eye was the web access device that I had snatched from Hei Dou Ya.

After being repaired and modified by the technical masters and technician boys, this device presents a unique artistic style.

The weird style of the Dark Eldar and the rough style of the green-skinned uncle are intertwined on it, forming a weird beauty that is both bloody and terrifying and a little funny.

The shell of the Webway Access Device is a deep black alloy, the surface covered with complex runes and patterns, and inlaid with bone carvings and dried meat as decoration.

Under the light, the shell reflects a hazy, oily glow, which subconsciously makes people feel disgusted on a physiological level.

But don't forget that when this device fell into the hands of the green man, more than half of its shell was corroded by strong acid.

The damaged parts were covered with rough metal plates, covered with rivets and welding marks, and the red and purple paint formed a red and purple checkered pattern, full of the roughness of the orcs, in sharp contrast to the twisted taste of the dark elves.

The fusion of these two completely different styles left Li Nuo stunned.

"Listen to me! We are about to start the 10th start-up experiment! Pay attention and stop being so fussy! If anyone dares to make a mistake, I will kick his ass! Do you hear me!"

"I heard it, I heard it, let's get started, Jiba!"

"I can't wait!"

The Tech Boss stood on the high platform of the bridge and gave orders, while the Tech Boys gathered around the webway access device and responded loudly.

Tech Boss pointed to the corner of the bridge:
"power ups!"

The technician boy received the order and turned off the power. Crackling sparks were transmitted along the wires on the ground to the network access device.

The access device shook and made a rattling sound like an old car, and puffs of black smoke floated out of the cracks in the outer shell.

It's smoking. Did the experiment fail again?

Li Nuo stared with wide eyes. Guga's instinct told him that smoke and fire were normal and there was no need to make a fuss. "Fill in Squig's stinky water!"

Jiba yelled.

The technician opened the valve of the water pipe, and yellow-green liquid flowed into the access device through the pipe.

Squig's Stinkwater is an insulating coolant, not Squig's excrement, and is named so because it tastes just as bad as Squig's excrement.

The yellow-green liquid was bubbling in the access device, and a strong stench was wafting around. The guys at the scene all put on breathing masks at the same time.

"Connect the Dot Dot Diagram's pipeline! Get the Psycho Boy moving!"

A washbasin-sized metal plug was inserted into the slot of the access device. Sparks popped out of the pipeline and static electricity sounded from the access device to the dot diagram on the side.

There are ten psychic boys in charge of controlling the Dot Map, all of them are soaking in amniotic fluid tanks.

After sensing the information flow from the access device, the psychic boys screamed strangely and frantically sucked the universal psychic materials from the orcs around them.

[The Psychic Boy has absorbed 1 universal psychic material from you.]

[The Psychic Boy has absorbed 1 universal psychic material from you.]

Several lines of system text floated past Li Nuo's eyes.

Ten psychic boys suddenly shouted in unison:

"We succeeded! We spotted a nearby Webway node!"

"Quick, show it to me!" Big Black Tooth heard the cheers and rushed to the platform like a whirlwind.

Following his command, the psychic boys worked together to output psychic codes to the holographic device of the Dot Picture.

"bass--"

The holographic device projected a light curtain, presenting a magnificent network node map in front of the orcs.

This is a three-dimensional dot matrix image, with vast stardust, like a brilliant nebula.

The map covers all network entrances and exits within 1 light year, and each node is marked with a flashing light dot.

At first glance, this map looks magnificent and gorgeous, but in fact, it hides deadly dangers.

Most of the light spots at the entrances and exits of the webway are dim gray, which means that they have been damaged due to disrepair and have long lost their function.

These nodes are like forgotten ruins, floating quietly in the void, with no one paying attention to them.

Occasionally, a few nodes would flash with strange colorful lights, the colors of which might be red, green, blue, or purple, and some would even have several different colors appearing at the same time.

This is a sign of corruption by the Daemon of Chaos.

It doesn't take much thought to know that these corrupted nodes are an ominous sign, and entering them is tantamount to seeking death.

Fortunately, apart from the damaged and corrupted nodes, there are still a few nodes that are flashing golden light, which is a healthy color and extremely precious.

These secure nodes are like beacons in the darkness.

In the past, they served only the Slann and the Eldar.

Now, the orcs will officially enter the Webway and become a new racing force.

Big Black Tooth raised the force field sword, pointed it at the nearest golden node, and danced with excitement:

"Let's go! Go here! I can't wait! Get moving, boys! Hurry up!"

The bridge received the order and the ship set sail with a slight shake.

A warp rift appeared in front of the fleet, and three ships entered it, returning to the physical universe three minutes later.

At this time, the fleet's location was more than 5000 kilometers away from the Webway node, which was not suitable for subspace navigation, and could only approach there using normal cruising mode.

Li Nuo aimed at the golden node on the network node diagram and cast the identification spell.

【Identification successful.】

[Name: Star Bridge-T19-00A06. ]

【Type: Secure network node. 】

【illustrate:】

[The Bridge of Stars-T19 is a transportation hub located inside the Webway, built by the Ancient Saints. ]

[After entering this hub from a webway node, you can go to other areas of the webway through the hub's webway entrances and exits, or return to the physical universe. ]

[Please note that node safety only means that you can reach the specified destination through this node, but it does not mean that the destination is also safe. ]

The most crucial information on the panel is the last sentence.

Node security only means that the destination of the node has not been tampered with, but does not mean that the destination is absolutely safe.

Li Nuo aimed at the colored nodes and the gray nodes and cast the identification spell. The identification results confirmed the importance of the above sentence.

For example, the panel information of a red node is as follows:
[Name: Trace of the Eldar-T8-EGT88. ]

[Type: A Webway node corrupted by Khorne. ]

【illustrate:】

[The destination of this node has been tampered with. Visitors will enter the Chaos Realm of Khorne and face the Demon Guards of Khorne. ]

Red nodes are corrupted by Khorne, green by Nurgle, blue by Tzeentch, and pink by Slaanesh.

There are the most pink nodes, and at least half of the corrupted nodes are the masterpieces of Slaanesh. Moreover, these nodes were built by the Eldar and bear the label "Traces of the Eldar".

Li Nuo pondered for a moment and decided to figure out the mechanical wizardry for handling radioactive waste before entering the webway, so as to avoid any accidents after entering the webway and waste his time.

With this thought in mind, Li Nuo turned around and went into Gu Jia's studio, and took out a palm-sized green cube from the box.

This thing is recycled radioactive waste. You can feel a very faint tingling sensation when you hold it in your hand.

Li Nuo put it together with the laser gun and activated the power of thinking.

[You are searching Guga's genetic knowledge base for mechanical sorcery that uses radioactive waste as ammunition.]

【Search completed.】

【Search results: 2 item. 】

【Search result 1: Green pulp bomb. 】

【Learning cost: 100 skill points. 】

[Instructions: Cut the radioactive waste into small pieces, knead them into pellets, put them into the magnetic rail weapon and fire them out to obtain green plasma bullets with electric shock and radioactive killing effects. This projectile is a variant of the plasma bullet.]

【Search result 2: Green Treasure. 】

【Learning cost: 1000 skill points. 】

[Instructions: If you use Green Treasure well, you will need electricity. This is a portable plasma reactor that can convert radioactive waste into electricity or radioactive particle beams at any time. You can decide what kind of energy Green Treasure outputs by switching buttons.]

Green gem?

What a good thing.

Green pulp bullets are also good. They are easier to clean than green gems and can be used in conjunction with self-developed Gauss weapons.

Li Nuo's eyes lit up and he exchanged out both sets of mechanical witchcraft blueprints.

Witchcraft knowledge surged in his mind. At the same time, the speed of the pirate fleet decreased rapidly, and finally reached a completely stationary state.

When Li Nuo came to his senses, Big Black Tooth was excitedly urging Jiba to open the entrance to the webway.

A large amount of universal psychic materials were sucked away by the psychic boy, and the shaking amplitude of the web access device intensified, with a faint feeling of impending collapse.

A black beam of light shot out from the focuser on the bow, and the brass-colored outer wall of the web appeared in front of the ship.

Big Black Fang waved his hand forward, and the force field sword pointed at the outer wall of the webway:

"Let's go! Full speed ahead! Wow, wow, wow! Now I can skate as fast as Black Bean Sprout!"

The pirate fleet accelerated again and again, and three ships rushed towards the outer wall. A huge entrance appeared on the outer wall, and it was pitch black inside.

Before the three ships were about to enter the Webway node, Li Nuo suddenly remembered something.

How does the WebAccessor determine which ships are eligible to enter and exit and which are not?
Is it determined by whether there is an access device installed on the ship?
If that's the case, then only one pirate ship can enter, and the other two can't.

When Li Nuo thought of this question, Big Black Tooth suddenly let out a strange cry.

"No! Stop! Everyone stop! There are no access devices on my other two ships! Stop! Stop! Wan La————————"

"boom!"

The ship plunged into the dark webway.

The entrance to the webway closed instantly, and the outer wall of the webway disappeared without a trace.

The other two ships slid for a distance and then stopped. The guys and the little bastards on the ships stared at each other.

The situation became a little awkward.

(End of this chapter)