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

Chapter 197: Bad News from the Bone Drinker Circle

Lino pulled out a chair and sat down, and Brandi brought dinner.

"Tido, I am obsessed with establishing the Space Guard because I have recently invented several Gauss weapons. I want to use the Space Guard to test their actual combat effectiveness and strive to become a supplier to the Imperial Military Affairs Department."

Tido didn't know much about weapons research and development, so she nodded in confusion:
"Is that so? Then we really need to test the power and reliability of new weapons in actual combat."

Li Nuo picked up the wine glass, took a sip of the fruit wine and said:
"Also, although the Space Guard is expensive, it is better than relying on the Imperial Army and other people's troops for everything. Imagine what would happen if the Ork fleet unexpectedly landed in our hive city with or without the Space Guard. Without the guard, we can only passively endure the enemy's harassment, but with the Space Guard, we can take the initiative and turn the passive situation into the active one."

"Yeah, I know that, too. I just feel that this money would be more valuable if used to develop other planets. Our invasion by aliens is just a rare accident, so it's a bit of a waste to set up a space guard just for this..."

Tido was somewhat shaken by what Li Nuo said.

Her daily job is to help Li Nuo develop production plans, and she is quite sensitive to funds.

For financial reasons, she suggested that Li Nuo take a cheaper option, which was a performance of competence rather than stubbornness.

"Of course, the money on our books is mainly earned from your synthetic starch formula, and you have the right to control it. Since you want to establish a space guard so much, let's give it a try."

Titus picked up the spoon and smiled:
"Tomorrow I will go and ask Ms. Shatana about setting up the Space Guard. She has so much experience that she should be able to help us."

"Okay, no problem. Then I will sort out the design drawings of the Gauss weapons I have developed recently. When we submit the application to establish the Space Guard, we will submit the design drawings together and use them as a bargaining chip."

"Uh-huh."

The two enjoyed dinner happily and talked about the recent situation of Granit 5.

The 131st Regiment of the Sun Army left five companies there to assist Fugai.

With the cooperation of Vuges and Delton, Granit 5 gradually got back on track.

Mining and smelting work is expected to resume within three months, with the monthly production of promethium increasing steadily.

I have to complain about the nature of the human empire here.

After production is resumed, promethium will be forcibly collected by the Imperial Ministry of the Interior to pay for the material taxes owed in the past few months.

When the owed taxes are paid, the material tax rate will be restored from 100% to 90%.

Li Nuo had nothing to say about this. As long as the masters of the Ministry of Internal Affairs were happy, that was enough.

At nine o'clock in the evening, Li Nuo opened the system interface on his bed in the bedroom and started today's Waaagh simulation.

He first logged into Bond 11's "account" to check the status of the hive - Rocadillo.

This hive city belongs to the Word Bearers, who adhere to Lorgar's "Theory of Love and Pain", advocate high welfare and high fertility rates, and use population tax instead of material tax.

It must be said that the Word Bearers are indeed good at governing the Imperial world.

If all the Imperial worlds were ranked according to their happiness index, the Imperial worlds of the Word Bearers and the Ultramarines would definitely be among the top.

Linuo possessed the 11th generation of Bond and walked around the upper, middle and lower nests of Roccadillo, and saw no less than ten grand festival celebrations.

Celebrations are held here every few days.

People sing and dance, drink, play cards and eat delicious food at the celebration, and then go home to have babies after the celebration is over.

Many people can support themselves without working.

They packed food and drinks from the celebrations to take home, went to the city hall regularly to collect relief funds, played ball, painted, and read in their spare time, and lived a very fulfilling life.

Medical care and education are the responsibility of the governor, and civilians do not need to worry about them.

For the residents of this hive city, as long as they work hard to have babies and prove their contribution to the hive city, they will not be captured to pay population tax.

This is the secret of why the Word Bearers have a population far exceeding that of other legions.

Li Nuo stood on a busy street, looking down at the crowd below from the top of a Gothic clock tower, thinking about his own plan to increase his military strength.

After a long time, he collected his thoughts.

"Let's build the Webway Empire first. Before I rush to conquer the Warp in the galaxy, I have to prepare a way out for myself, right?"

Li Nuo calmed his thoughts, found a safe place to "go offline", and turned to read the archive of the witch boy - Sack.

The consciousness traveled through the sea of stars and entered Sack's body.

Li Nuo opened his eyes, collected the magical spores from the shack, took out his goggles and put them on, and prepared to go to the periphery of the big workshop to inspect a group of people, and then go to make the Black Knight.

As soon as I stepped out of the room, I heard Pumba's loud voice coming from the noisy box.

"Wow, Master Wuji, you'll never guess what I saw! Someone is giving directions to the worm fleet!"

Li Nuo slowed down his pace, gestured to Zarge in front of the door, and asked him to carry him on his shoulders. He picked up the noisy box and replied:
"I'll be there right away. Keep an eye on the fleet's movements."

"okay."

Arriving at the Ingot on the Kada transport plane, Li Nuo walked quickly into the bridge and saw a holographic map in front of him.

The Randan fleet in the picture is in a state of subspace navigation.

The subspace image, which should have been unpredictable, now showed certain rules.

Blocks of various colors were squeezed outward by some force, forming a gray area in the direction of the fleet's sailing.

The gray area is shaped like silk, long and narrow, and at first glance it looks a bit like a road.

The fleet moved straight along the gray zone without any intention of jumping out of the subspace and adopting the "triangulation positioning method".

"Interesting, what is this grey thing?" Li Nuo picked up the staff and poked the grey "ribbon" in the holographic image.

Pumbaa blew bubbles in the amniotic fluid jar and said:
"I feel like it's some kind of psychic signal, similar to the light emitted by a shrimp light bulb."

"Can the source of this signal be traced?"

"I'll try."

Pengpa closed his eyes tightly, extracted universal psychic materials from the orc boys around him, and began to search diligently.

The holographic image changes accordingly.

The originally straight gray strips began to twitch, dancing wildly like willow branches in the wind.

Pengpa's skin was originally green, and now it was even darker green. His eyeballs were rolling around under his eyelids, and he was frantically extracting universal psychic materials.

In just a few seconds, he absorbed dozens of times more spiritual energy than normal, and his entire head swelled up like a balloon.

Oh no, Pumpa is going to explode!

"Stop, Pengpa!" Li Nuo reminded.

Pengpa seemed not to hear it and kept his eyes closed. The liquid in the amniotic fluid jar was bubbling and showing signs of boiling.

This cannot continue.

Pompa's talent in finding his way in the subspace is the best among all the psychic boys Lino has ever seen.

Li Nuo didn't want him to die.

As soon as his thoughts raced, Li Nuo called up the system interface, redeemed the second reward, and possessed Peng Pa.

The consciousness was transferred at lightning speed, and the bridge scene in front of him switched into a colorful magical picture in the blink of an eye.

The floating blocks of color turned into spiral patterns, and hundreds or even thousands of gyroscopes were spinning in the field of vision, all in different colors.

The gray strip turned into a thin line like wool, mixed in with a vast number of colorful swirling patterns.

Just one look and Li Nuo felt a strong urge to vomit.

It was all he could do to keep his eyes on the grey line and not throw up in the jug of amniotic fluid.

Just as he was suppressing the urge to vomit, several lines of system text appeared.

[You are performing the orc psychic sorcery - warp pathfinding. ]

[The interference of chaotic power is detected. You must consume 169 universal psychic materials to offset this interference. ]

[The current inventory of universal psychic materials is 112/100. ]

[Insufficient materials, please replenish within 15 seconds, otherwise your head will be exploded by the power of chaos! ]

[Warning! The current material inventory has exceeded the upper limit. You have a 12% chance of dying from a headshot in 10 seconds! ]

Oh!
I understand!
As long as Peng Pa's material limit is increased, he can avoid having his head squeezed to pieces.

Dark blue!

add a bit!

I, Pengpa, can have what I have today, all thanks to the witch priest Sak. No, no, it’s all thanks to me, Li Nuo!
Li Nuo was already talking nonsense because of the spiral image in front of him, and he could only poke at the system interface based on his intuition.

[You spend 1 simulation points to increase the material inventory limit for Pengpa by 100.]

[You spend 2 simulation points to increase the material inventory limit for Pengpa by 200.]

[You spend 10 simulation points to increase the material inventory limit for Pengpa by 1000.]

【...】

[Current inventory: 5112/5000 copies]

[Automatically deduct 169 materials to offset the interference of chaotic power. ]

【Offset successful! 】

[You have been disturbed by a new interference. You need to consume 280 materials to offset it.] [Confirm the consumption?]

The unbearable feeling of dizziness subsided and the urge to vomit was no longer strong.

Li Nuo took a closer look and found that the stock limit was 5000 copies!
I just consumed 50 simulation points!

OK, Pengpa, you are really good. The inventory limit of 5000 pieces is not so easy to get. Get ready to be my Palu for the rest of your life!
"Confirm consumption!"

[Consume 280 materials to offset the interference of chaotic power. ]

【Offset successful! 】

A few seconds later, the third interference occurred, and Li Nuo counteracted it without hesitation.

Then came the fourth, fifth, and sixth interference…

Li Nuo offset, offset, offset, and offset again.

After each offset, the colorful spiral in the field of vision will temporarily stop and turn back into colorful blocks.

And that gray thread will unfold again to form a thick and clear gray strip, no longer as thin as when it was disturbed by chaos.

Li Nuo concentrated his attention and closely tracked the gray strip.

With round after round of interference, the stock of psychic materials soon ran out.

Li Nuo used psychic witchcraft - energy absorption, to extract psychic energy from the orc boys around him.

After half an hour of subjective perception passing like this, the interference of the chaotic force finally disappeared.

What appeared before his eyes shocked Li Nuo!
This, this, this, this, this!

Is this the domain of some Chaos Demon?!

Li Nuo opened his "eyes" wide, and a magical tower was reflected in his eyes.

Judging from the visual, the tower is more than a kilometer high and at least two hundred meters in diameter. It is made of black stones. There are stone sculptures similar to "gargoyles" on the outer walls. The doors and windows are all in classical style, engraved with mysterious patterns.

There is a huge crystal on the top of the tower.

The crystal was activated by the magic circle on the floor. A certain gray energy gathered toward the crystal along the lines of the magic circle and turned into a bright gray light band that shot outward.

This is a device that emits psychic signals, and it is it that guides the Randan Alliance forward.

The tower's foundation is a large mixture of rock and soil, covering a vast area, like a floating island.

The islands and towers are wrapped in a layer of white translucent bubbles, which should be a reality bubble that isolates the subspace. Its principle is similar to the Geller force field of the human empire.

What is this place?
Who are these people?

How come they live in the Warp?

Could it be that this is a historical relic that was sucked into the real universe by the subspace?

Li Nuo had heard that the past history of the physical universe existed in the subspace. As long as he looked for it patiently, he would definitely be able to find fragments of a certain period in history and corresponding historical relics.

Of course, due to the instability of the Warp, past history has been torn apart by the energy of the Warp, and the historical fragments and ancient monuments that people have found are mostly scattered or have been maliciously tampered with by Chaos demons.

This was the first time that Li Nuo had seen such a physical object that could exist in the subspace in the form of giant towers and floating islands.

As he observed, he cast an identification spell and received a series of valuable identification results.

[Name: The remains of a huge tower from a long time ago]

[Description: This relic was once a symbol of a certain civilization. After the civilization was destroyed by the Chaos Demons, the giant tower became the home of the demons, and then passed on to the Bone Drinkers as a warp base through the hands of the Chaos Demons.]

The Bone Drinkers' Warp Base!
Li Nuo's heart trembled and he continued to look at the next identification result.

【Name: Researcher controlled by the Bone Drinker.】

[Description: A highly intelligent and educated researcher from the Human Empire was dedicated to the Bone Drinkers by his family and became a Bone Drinker researcher working in the ruins of the Giant Tower.]

[Name: Alien navigator controlled by the Bone Drinker.]

[Description: This is an alien creature with the ability to navigate the subspace. After being infected by the Bone Drinker, it became a manipulator of psychic signals.]

Li Nuo stared at the deformed figure on the top of the tower, his eyes lingering on the other's curved bones.

This alien creature parasitized by the Bone Drinker is using psychic power to manipulate the crystal. It is the "Alien Navigator" mentioned in the identification results.

Li Nuo thought about it carefully, but couldn't figure out what kind of alien this was from the perspective of the Cloud Hammer.

This is not the point.

The point is, unknowingly, the Bone Drinker civilization has developed to the point where it can guide others in the subspace. Is this the benefit of mixing?

"The space inside the bubble force field is not very large. I'll try to sneak in, find something like a plasma reactor, and detonate it with a cationic bomb. I'm sure I can blow this place up.

"But the problem is, the reality bubble isolates the subspace, and I can't get in."

Li Nuo was a little worried.

The reality bubble is a magical force field that can construct a temporary real universe in the subspace. The subspace energy and creatures inside the bubble cannot enter it.

Li Nuo flew around the bubble, trying to find a breakthrough, and just in time he saw a frigate that also had a reality bubble arriving here.

After the frigate shot a beam of light at the giant tower, the ship's reality bubble and the floating island's bubble merged together like two drops of water, forming a larger bubble that enclosed the ship.

The frigate opened its hatch, and a team escorting the sacrifice walked out.

Li Nuo had an idea in mind.

Perhaps he could find a Bone Drinker ship in the real universe and follow it into the bubble of the floating island.

There is definitely no way to complete this task today, so let’s do it next time.

"By the way, what are the subspace coordinates of this giant tower?"

As I was thinking this, new system text appeared.

[You are searching the genetic knowledge base of Psionic Boy-Pumpa, looking for orc psionic witchcraft that can solve the problem. ]

【Search completed.】

【Search results: 1 item. 】

[Name: Bad Stuff Location Technique]

[Learning cost: 10 skill points]

【illustrate:】

[Create a subspace coordinate in the dot map to locate a certain location in the subspace. ]

[Remaining simulation points: 297 million. ]

Wow, great stuff.

With the bad-ass locating technique, you can find trouble with the Bone Drinkers anytime and anywhere.

10 skill points equal 100 simulation points.

It’s super expensive, but it’s expensive for a good reason.

Li Nuo suppressed the bitterness of having his "wallet" drained clean and exchanged out his psychic witchcraft.

Related pieces of knowledge spark a brainstorm in your mind.

After a few seconds, Li Nuo mastered the technique of "locating the crappy stuff".

He consumed universal psychic materials and used his mind to connect the dots.

The liquid in the amniotic fluid jar gurgled and rolled, and strange characters appeared one after another on the dot chart.

The appearance of the characters was somewhat similar to the orc language, but Li Nuo could not understand their meaning.

His intuition told him that these were the coordinates of the Bone Drinkers' subspace base.

【You established a subspace coordinate in the dot map. 】

[The coordinates can exist for 24 Terra times. ]

[Consume 1 Universal Spiritual Energy Material to extend the duration by 1 hour. ]

Li Nuo consumed 240 pieces of materials in one go, increasing the duration to 264 hours.

He saved the save file of the Psychic Boy - Pumpa, and read the save file of the Shaman Boy - Sack.

The scene changed and consciousness returned to Sack's body.

Pumbaa in the amniotic fluid jar gave a cry of joy:
"Cool, master! I have come up with a new sorcery! Look at the string of characters on the dotted picture, it can help me open a subspace entrance and go directly to the land of the crappy stuff! Wuhu~~~"

Pengpa did not have the stupid boy's genetic fragments, so he could not detect the process of Li Nuo's possession and thought the new witchcraft was something he had thought up himself.

Okay, let it go. Just be a good pallu from now on.

Li Nuo smiled like an aunt, nodded slightly, and praised:

"Very good, Pumba! I'm very satisfied with you! Keep an eye on that piece of shit's territory! We'll find a chance to blow it up!"

"Great!"

(End of this chapter)