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

Chapter 198: The Mental Network of the Palu Warlord

The holographic screen of the Dot Picture was split into two.

The picture on the left is the fleet of the Randan Alliance, and the picture on the right is the subspace base of the Bone Drinkers.

The Randan fleet will not leave the warp for a while, and it will take an estimated 30 Terran days for them to reach the northernmost edge of the Milky Way.

Li Nuo calculated that in 30 Terra days, he could produce at most 3 Shocking Bombs.

After the Randan fleet enters the Milky Way, it will most likely replenish its losses through looting.

By then, he could make plans and launch a surprise attack on the Ran Dan fleet.

Ships in near-ground orbit and space can be dealt with using cationic bombs.

The slave army and ships in the atmospheric environment adopted earth-shattering and huge bombardment.

If you encounter a small group of enemies, send battleships, cruisers and frigates from the planet Palu to intercept them.

Taking into account that the Randan Alliance may have allies in the Milky Way, Li Nuo decided to prepare more cationic bombs and Gauss weapons, and send out a wave of troops in advance to ensure that everything is foolproof.

As the construction of the shaft came to an end, the construction of underground infrastructure progressed steadily, and the death rate of orcs at work dropped significantly.

The plan that Li Nuo and Beast discussed to increase the number of troops was as follows:

Every time a living area is built, a group of young laborers will be quickly trained in that area.

The labor boy is a new species of orc created by Li Nuo using gene editing.

Their fighting desire has been castrated, and their energy recovery speed is not as fast as that of normal orc boys.

Correspondingly, they are easier to domesticate and manage, and they feel a sense of satisfaction when being dominated by their superiors - this is also thanks to gene editing.

If orcs do not fight, their bodies will inevitably become thinner. This is the underlying logic engraved in their genetic fragments.

Li Nuo made some modifications to this.

While working, the labor boy will stimulate his own psionic field, causing it to generate psionic fluctuations, thereby strengthening his body and brain, making himself stronger and more Waaagh.

The longer the working years, the stronger the labor boy becomes.

When they are needed to join the battle, Li Nuo only needs to use witchcraft to boost the morale of the labor boys, and they will be able to fight as bravely as ordinary orc boys, bang bang boys, and chop chop boys.

Normally, labor boys are as docile as cattle and horses.

Similarly, the technician boy in charge of production work, the livestock boy in charge of animal husbandry, the pain boy in charge of saving the dying and the wounded, and the fart spirit who is responsible for assisting various boys, these most basic labor forces are also the products of genetic modification.

Their "warlike" factor was eliminated, and instead they carried the genetic code of "being happiest at work", becoming professional beasts of burden in various fields.

The same goes for the middle-level orcs who manage the basic labor force, and Li Nuo has created simulation archives for all of them and they are under Li Nuo's control.

For example, Technician Guladin is responsible for arranging the production tasks for Technician Boy.

At the beginning of every month, Li Nuo would possess Guradin, check the work results of the past month, specify the production plan for this month, and convey it using the weird goggles.

Gu Ladin's "warlike" factor was also eliminated, and his way of gaining pleasure and power changed from fighting to working and commanding.

The same is true for mad doctors and fart slave owners.

The above basic labor force and middle-level managers are the production-type Palu in the planet Palu, and they will only undertake combat missions in wartime.

In addition, Li Nuo also set up a standing greenskin armed force.

He transformed the original Iron Warrior tribe into the Palu warlords.

Ailon served as the commander of the garrison, commonly known as the garrison boss. He was responsible for guarding the planet Palu and maintaining production order. His status was equivalent to that of Rog Dorn, the Primarch of the Imperial Fists.

Orc Boy-Space serves as the front-line commander, commonly known as the front-line boss, responsible for leading the fleet to attack and commanding the battle on the front line.

Beast serves as the warlord's think tank, commonly known as the think tank boy. He is responsible for formulating battle plans at all levels, strategizing, and fighting with the army. When Li Nuo is "offline", he temporarily serves as the front-line commander.

The shaman boy - Sak serves as the political commissar of the warlord, commonly known as the political commissar boy. He is responsible for boosting morale, batch-strengthening combat units, and mobilizing production-type Palu.

The Palu warlords do not have an open warlord leader.

When Li Nuo possessed Sack, Sack was the boss.

When Li Nuo possessed other members, Beast, Ailon and Sack formed the warlord branch... uh, the warlord council, and made decisions together.

With the system in place, the tribes and clans are all under his control, so the factor that limits the orcs' military strength is not the concern about "having too much power", but the total productivity of the production-oriented Palu.

Li Nuo stipulates:

The total number of combatants cannot exceed 10% of the total number of production Palu.

The current total number of production Palu is 100 million, and the upper limit of the number of active combat personnel is 10.

Don't think that 10 is too little.

These 10 are all elite troops, and each of them possesses combat qualities and combat effectiveness that exceed those of the Sun Army.

Their minimum height is 2 meters, their minimum weight is 300 kilograms, and they have all been deeply strengthened by alchemical potions.

Their conventional weapons are gauss rifles, heavy bolters, and micro-cation cannons, and their conventional protective gear is armor made of ceramsite particles, equipped with scrap shield launchers and micro-object finders.

The Iron Warriors tribe is additionally equipped with heavy shields with a monocrystalline coating, and their primary combat function is defense rather than offense.

The Space Beast Clan's gloves have integrated Gauss force field claws, and the thrusters on the back allow them to glide short distances, rush into the enemy group, and kill them indiscriminately.

The Blood Crow Clan is equipped with "Brother Mao's Quiet" micro force field generators, wear "Brother Mao's Black Hair" as combat capes, have silenced weapons, and have boxing gloves with integrated traction devices and lock picking kits.

The Palu clan established later will also have its own characteristics.

The clan leader and the company commanders of the subordinate companies are all simulated characters of Li Nuo. They have undergone deep genetic modification and are extremely disciplined.

The Palu warlord's supervisory team is composed of black knights, and Li Nuo directly controls each black knight.

He named this whole transformation plan "Orc Paloochus".

The plan will gradually take effect within a month.

A month later, Li Nuo could pat his chest and say without shame:

Under his leadership, the orcs will gradually bid farewell to barbarism, primitiveness and rudeness.

From now on, the orcs will be deeply differentiated. Those who fight will fight, those who produce will produce, and those who provide logistics will provide logistics. When necessary, everyone can be a soldier.

While transforming the orcs, their characteristics have also been preserved, such as orc slang, peculiar thought processes, currency mechanisms, etc.

"This is pretty much the end of today's Waaagh simulation."

Li Nuo put down the hammer in his hand in the mechanical workshop and put the newly made subspace single crystal breastplate on the black knight.

If we work one more night tomorrow, we will have completed half of the 10 Black Knights that we planned to build this month.

Just before logging off, a line of system text popped up.

【Fungal gene simulation has been completed.】

【Congratulations on your successful production of RNA vaccine. 】

【The plan has been saved.】

【Do you want to proceed with the settlement? 】

“Finally completed the simulation of RNA vaccine.”

Li Nuo rubbed his hands excitedly, muttered "settlement" silently, and put the RNA vaccine that had just been produced into the fungal warehouse.

We launched fungal analysis with the goal of launching vaccines, and the feedback was encouraging.

【Name: Bone Drinker RNA Vaccine】

【Analysis results:】

[A vaccine specifically designed to protect against Bone Drinker infection, which can be used on humans, subhumans, and animals]

【One injection will permanently immunize you against Bone Drinker infection.】

[However, there is a 1% chance of a strong immune response within seven days of injection, a 0.001% chance of disability, and a 0.000001% chance of death.]

Statistically, small probabilities of adverse reactions such as immune responses, disability, and death are unavoidable.

However, in actual operation, refined operations can be adopted to avoid adverse reactions.

This is because the so-called immune response only occurs in people with specific genetic defects, physiological defects, and intractable diseases.

Before the injection, a comprehensive examination should be conducted to exclude people who do not meet the vaccination requirements, thus reducing the adverse reaction rate of RNA vaccine to 0.

"System, start new fungal gene simulations to mass produce Bone Drinker RNA vaccines."

【Automated fungal genetic simulations turned on.】

Li Nuo "went offline" on the spot, and his consciousness returned to the Epimet Royal Court to handle daily affairs, and the system automatically produced vaccines.

The raw materials needed for production are in the fungal warehouse, and the system can use them as needed without the help of the host.

Several days passed like this, and 30 vaccines were stored in the fungus warehouse.

Li Nuo gave them to the beast and asked it to vaccinate the Palu warlord. He was responsible for the vaccination work on Epimate's side, on the grounds of finding someone to test the medicine.

The system's fungal gene simulation function enters an idle state.

Li Nuo called up the genetic templates of the Sealed Yeast and the Bone Drinker and started the next simulation.

"Use sealed yeast as an expression vector to cultivate bone-drinker-like spores."

【Automated fungal genetic simulation launched.】

Time passed in busy work and automatic simulation, and in a blink of an eye, it was more than 20 days later.

In the underground mechanical workshop, Li Nuo possessed the witch boy and made the 10th Black Knight of this month.

As the pipelines inside the armor were connected, the 10th Black Knight was put into use.

The system message popped up just at this moment.

【Fungal gene simulation completed.】

[You have produced a sample of Bonedrinker-like spores.]

[The following is the panel information of this spore:]

[Name: 3rd Generation Bone Drinker-like Spores]

【Type: Gene editing product】

【Gene purity: 92%】

[Analysis results:] [Gene-edited products that possess most of the physiological structures and characteristics of native bone drinkers can be used to transform flesh-and-blood life forms into bone drinkers.]

[Bacteria ability 1: Mental network, establish a brain network with a specific object. ]

[Unlock requirement: 1 skill point. ]

[Bacteria ability 2: Bone drinking technique, forced consumption of the target's spinal cord to heal one's own injuries. ]

[Unlock requirement: 1 skill point. ]

Unlock two new fungus abilities at once!

Cool!
With a thought, new bacterial abilities are acquired.

Li Nuo suspended the fungal cultivation simulation of producing subspace energy single crystals and allowed the system to mass-cultivate the third-generation Bone Drinker-like spores.

A few minutes later, 10 tons of Bone Drinker spores entered the fungal warehouse and the production of the Warp Energy Monocrystals resumed on its own.

Li Nuo aimed at the black knight that had just been assembled in front of him and activated the fungus ability - mental network.

The system interface appears before your eyes.

[You are about to establish a spiritual connection with Black Knight No. 13. ]

[Due to system restrictions, your mental network is different from that of the Bone Drinker.]

[You do not share your memories and knowledge with the connected object.]

[You can view the memories and knowledge of the connected object at will.]

[You can manipulate the connection object through the "tactical perspective". ]

[When the mental network is running, for each connected object, 1 kg of third-generation bone drinker spores is consumed per minute. ]

[Are you sure you want to make a spiritual connection? ]

"Tactical perspective? What is this?"

Li Nuo was curious and clicked to confirm the spiritual connection.

The next second, his vision changed.

Originally he was in the first-person perspective of the shaman boy - Sack.

After activating the mental network, his perspective changed to the tactical perspective of an RTS game, observing Sack and the Dark Knight from a high vantage point.

There is a circle of light white outline around Sack and the other person, indicating that they are in a state of spiritual connection.

At this moment, Li Nuo deeply doubted whether he was bound to a war game system with Warhammer and Orc background...

New system text appears.

[Please use your mind to issue orders to the units in the mental network. ]

Li Nuo looked around but couldn't find his body.

He is now floating in the air as a pure consciousness.

With his eyes fixed on Sack, Li Nuo silently said in his heart:
"Equip the fucking goggles."

Sack took off the welding goggles on his face and took out the goggles and put them on.

The tactical vision refreshed, and many translucent green figures appeared outside the workshop. They were the orcs around.

Li Nuo turned his sight and looked at Zarge at the door of the workshop, activating the bacterial ability - mental network.

【Successfully established a spiritual connection with Zarg.】

The system message flashed by, and a light white outline appeared on the green figure representing Zarge.

[Zagoel has been connected to the mental network. You can give him orders through your mind.]

Li Nuo pondered:
"Zarg comes in and lifts Sark onto his shoulders, and Black Knight No. 13 lifts Zarg up and does a squat."

Black Knight No. 13 loaded the unlimited data protocol cartridge.

Li Nuo's outrageous order was implemented.

Zarg walked into the room, picked up Sack and put him on his right shoulder.

Black Knight No. 13 lifted Zarg horizontally with both hands and did squats with grunting sounds.

Li Nuo was delighted by what he saw and simply included the technicians around him into his mental network.

After a series of orders were issued, a group of green-skinned palus appeared in the workshop.

"Awesome, awesome. The spiritual network lives up to its reputation. I just don't know how far the network can connect. Also, is the so-called spiritual connection connected to me or to the beastman I possess?"

Li Nuo ended the Waaagh simulation and maintained the mental connection.

My consciousness returned to the bedroom in the Epimet Royal Court.

It was dark outside the window, and the moonlight mask covered the artificial sun, bringing nighttime tranquility to the First District.

Li Nuo woke up in bed, and the system's [Spiritual Network] interface did not disappear.

When he focused his attention on this interface, his vision automatically switched to the workshop where Sack was, and several lines of system text popped up.

[The straight-line distance between you and the object of spiritual connection is about 5 light years, and the consumption of the spiritual network has increased to 50000 times. ]

[The 3rd generation of bone drinkers is running low on spores, and the stockpile has been completely consumed.]

【The mental network will end in 42 seconds. 】

[Countdown: 42, 41, 40…]

"Oh, I see. The core of the mental network is my own mind. The farther away from the connected object, the greater the consumption of spores."

Li Nuo seized the time and tried to control Sack and others within the 60-second countdown.

The commands he issues will take effect on the connected object within 0.1 seconds, which is almost equivalent to no delay.

It is worthy of being the spiritual network of the Bone Drinkers, it is extraordinary.

The low-latency communication effect across tens of thousands of light years alone is enough to destroy the human empire's interstellar network in seconds.

Li Nuo tried it, cultivating spores while establishing a mental connection, and confirmed that this approach worked.

Theoretically, as long as there is sufficient cultivation material in the fungal warehouse, he can maintain the spiritual network indefinitely.

So, how much cultivation material is needed to maintain a constant mental connection with 5 Palu warlord warriors 10 light years away?

Li Nuo took out the data board and calculated that it should be about 500 million tons per minute.

Assume that the material used to cultivate spores is entirely synthetic starch.

Currently, Epimate's monthly production of synthetic starch is 5000 million tons, which is only enough to maintain the mental network for 10 minutes.

"Hiss... this consumption is really exaggerated. It seems that the reserves and production capacity of cultivation materials may limit my command of large-scale operations in the future. The growth and development of mushrooms are inseparable from nitrogen sources, carbon sources and water. The carbon source can be solved by synthetic starch, and the water source can be solved by recycling and purifying light water radioactive substances. The nitrogen source is even simpler. The liquid ammonium nitrogen fertilizer produced by the decomposition of corpses by corpse-eating fungi is the best nitrogen source."

Li Nuo thought quickly and built an industrial chain for producing mushroom cultivation materials in his mind.

The planet Palu has plenty of water and a large ocean available for development, so in the short term, there is no need to obtain water by recycling and purifying light water radioactivity.

Li Nuo manually ended the mental network, and the system returned the consumables based on the remaining time.

Selecting the save file of the witch boy Sack and activating the Waaagh simulation, Li Nuo returned to the Black Knight's production workshop again.

The guys on site resumed production work, and Zarge returned to stand guard at the workshop door as if nothing had happened.

Li Nuo shouted at him:
"Zarge, what happened just now?"

"What?" Zarge poked his head in from the door:
"Nothing happened. What happened?"

Li Nuo nodded secretly. It seemed that when the spirit connected, the orcs would not retain the memory of the connection process.

This is very similar to when you are possessed by someone else.

Perhaps only the orcs with the gene fragments of the stupid boy can retain the memory of the mental connection.

Based on the principle of rigor, Li Nuo plans to find a wild beast to test it.

"Hello? Beast, where are you?" Li Nuo took out the noise box and asked.

"Zizizizi——" the sound of electricity passed by, and the voice of the beast came:

"Boss, I'm observing the worm fleet from the bridge of the Ingot. I feel like they're about to leave the warp."

Li Nuo raised an eyebrow and walked towards the workshop door. At the same time, he activated the mental network, connected the beast in, gave it a somersault command, and then disconnected the mental connection:

"Beast, do you feel anything unusual?"

"Abnormal? Boss, do you mean somersault? I don't know what happened just now, I suddenly wanted to do a somersault, and I did one here in Pumpa."

The beast responded in confusion.

Pumba's voice came from the side:

"Yes, Master Wuji, the beast is crazy! It just flipped over for no apparent reason and almost smashed my can of food!"

Li Nuo was now certain that only the orcs with the stupid boy's gene fragments could retain the memory of the mental connection process.

Orcs like stupid boy have extremely high emotional intelligence.

In the orc group, the stupid boy seems to have no other use except providing emotional value to other orcs.

But why is his gene fragment so unique?

While thinking, Li Nuo operated on the system interface and started the next fungal gene simulation.

The third fungus ability of the Bone Drinker Spores is enslavement, which can force the target to obey its orders.

This fungus is very powerful, and the requirements to unlock it are very strict. The genetic purity of the bone-drinker must be increased to 95%.

Based on Li Nuo's understanding of gene editing, it would take at least half a year to increase the gene purity from 90% to 95%.

He doesn't really need slavery, so he should use the next six months on more meaningful simulation projects.

Therefore, this fungal gene simulation project was set up to "promote further reversion of the ancient crystalline fungi."

Li Nuo suddenly had an idea and added the stupid boy's gene fragment as part of the gene editing.

The stupid boy's gene fragment will bring some surprises of its own.

(End of this chapter)