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

Chapter 206 We can go wherever we want, no one can stop us
Calastar, this is the name of the Eldar Webway city.

Scholars of the Human Empire named it "The Impossible City", which means "a city that cannot be built by humans."

Kalashta has a 360-degree three-dimensional structure.

It is like a hollow sphere, with numerous plains, mountains, canyons and rivers inside.

There are winding forest paths, steep mountain ladders, towering elf palaces, magnificent landscape avenues, and all kinds of scenery.

The most peculiar thing is its gravity parameters.

There are many paths along the landscape avenue that are perpendicular to the road surface.

We lifted our left foot and stepped on the path perpendicular to the landscape avenue, while our right foot remained on the landscape avenue.

At this time, we can clearly feel two different gravity forces.

The gravity of the landscape avenue keeps our right foot firmly on the landscape avenue.

The gravity of the trail acts on our left foot, causing the sole of the foot to fit closely to the ground of the trail.

When we lift our right foot, our body's center of gravity will naturally lean towards the trail under the influence of the trail's gravity.

This strange phenomenon of gravity conversion aroused the curiosity of the Mechanicus.

After in-depth research, the mechanical priests came to a conclusion.

Relying on the unique psychic gravity technology, the Eldar have set individual gravity parameters for every floor tile in the city, so that people are bound to the ground by gravity no matter where they walk.

Also, the gravity between different tiles will not interfere with each other.

This amazing psychic gravity technology created this 360-degree Eldar webway city.

By cracking and imitating the Eldar technology, the Mechanicus built a 3000-kilometer-long metal corridor.

It stretches upward from the highest point of Kalastar to the Webway tunnel beneath the Golden Throne.

This passage was built by the Eldar and was badly damaged. At the end of the passage were two golden metal doors.

The Emperor protected passages and gates with psychic barriers to block out the malice and attacks from the Warp.

Terra's top scientists, the most knowledgeable sages and experts in the Mechanicus, the silent nuns and psychic experts of the Astronomican, all kinds of high-end talents gathered here, working hard to repair the damage to the channel.

The material they used was an anti-psychic material developed by humans. Its lifespan and protective performance were far from the materials used by the Eldar to build the webway.

The clever mechanical priest proposed a conjecture:
Could we salvage some Eldar material from Kalastar to repair the damage to the Webway?

As a result, Kalasta became a strategic focus guarded by the imperial guards themselves.

La Endymion was the Tribune of the Custodians, second only to the Marshal of the Custodians, Constantine Valdor.

He set out from Kalasta, followed the man-made passage to the Golden Gate, and found his superior.

This is the construction site for repairing the webway. The air is filled with the smell of burning metal. The Sisters of Silence stand silent guard at the damaged parts of the webway, and the Mechanical Priests burn incense and pray to comfort the hard-working machine spirits.

Waldo was wearing golden armor, no helmet, and had a resolute look on his face.

He stood on a high platform overlooking the entire scene, supervising the restoration project of the Webway for the Emperor.

Waldo was slightly moved by La's arrival.

Waldo realized at the first moment that something important had happened in Karastari, otherwise his adjutant would not have come here in person.

La stopped, pounded his chest with his fist, saluted to Waldo, and took out the inspection report of the cans and crystals obtained from the orcs:
"Sir, just now, a group of orcs appeared near Karasta. Their leader provided us with a crystal sample. After inspection by the Mechanical Priest, the various indicators of the crystal were highly consistent with those of the Webway material. The orc leader claimed that we could exchange this type of crystal from him with light water radioactive materials."

Waldo jumped off the platform and took the inspection report and crystal sample to examine them carefully.

The contents of the report shocked him.

"A single crystal crystallized from subspace energy. The crystal structure is highly unified and stable, and its ability to suppress subspace energy reaches Alpha Plus level..."

Waldo couldn't help but read out the words in the report, and a look of surprise appeared on his usually stern face:
"La, tell me the whole story."

La recounted what had happened in detail, even mentioning at the end the small detail that Bloody Hand's ship was exceptionally clean.

After hearing this, Waldo thought for a moment, ordered them to go back to duty, and he walked quickly towards the golden gate behind the platform.

The Golden Gate is not actually made of gold, but it got its name because of its shiny golden color.

The door was half open. After passing through the crack, the first thing Waldo saw was the golden throne hanging high in the air, and the second was the golden figure standing at the bottom of the steps of the throne and looking up at the throne.

This figure is the Lord of Humanity, the Great Emperor.

Compared to sitting on the throne and looking down at everyone, he seemed to prefer standing at the bottom of the steps and looking up at the throne.

At every moment like this, the aura around the emperor would carry some indescribable emotions, which seemed to be a longing for the empire, or a faint sadness.

"His Majesty."

Waldo knelt on one knee, held up the can, and presented the crystal sample and inspection report:
"Tribune Ra encountered a group of orcs. Their leader provided a crystal sample and proposed a deal. We can exchange 1 ton of light water radiation for 1 gram of this crystal. After inspection by the mechanical priest, this type of crystal is consistent with the indicators of webway material."

The Emperor slowly turned his head, his eyes fell on the crystal powder in the jar, and walked over step by step.

He poured out the powder from the jar, rubbed the particles between his fingers, and sparks of psychic energy danced on his fingertips.

The powerful psychic energy impact spread outwards. Waldo tensed his body, barely keeping himself on one knee amidst the rounds of psychic energy explosions.

After a few minutes, the raging psychic energy beneath the throne disappeared.

The Emperor loosened his fingers, allowing the powder to fall freely.

"Swish..."

The powder slid into the glass jar, still crystal clear as ever, unharmed by the psychic storm.

The Emperor handed the jar to Valdor:

"It is indeed webway material. Agree to the orc's terms and try to trade with him."

"As you command." Waldo paused and asked:

"Should we track down the orcs?"

The Emperor looked up at the throne with his hands behind his back:

“No need to track. This might anger the orcs and reveal our layout in Karasta.”

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Waldo bowed and stood up to leave.

Where Valdo couldn't detect, the corners of the Emperor's mouth raised an almost imperceptible arc.

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...

Epimet Royal Court District.

Li Nuo woke up from his bed and saw the system text refreshing rapidly in front of him.

【Waaagh simulation settlement is in progress. 】

[Your Palu Warlord destroyed 13 Slaanesh Demons, and your score is +39. ]

[Your behavior of mocking the Imperial Guards received 1.6 likes from the Blood Ravens, and your score increased by 4.2.]

【This simulation scored a total of 43.2 points. 】

[Remaining simulation points: 6418 million. ]

Cool~
With the Wrench helping to wipe out the demons, he could reap the benefits while freeing up his hands to explore the Webway.

Li Nuo couldn't stop getting excited when he thought that it only took less than half a month to find the road from Palu to Epimet.

The main contributor to the exploration of the web is the systematic identification technique.

Identification is of little use when it comes to identifying ordinary things, and can only provide some obvious answers.

But when identifying the network nodes, it can actually provide the number of each network node.

This is really cool.

It is no exaggeration to say that identification skills are equivalent to half of the network map for Li Nuo.

"The Webway Empire I will build in the future may not be the strongest, but it will definitely be the most mobile in the Webway."

With anticipation for the future, Li Nuo greets today's work.

In the afternoon, news came from the air port commander, Hanrabi Wenger.

"My Lord, Brisso Lestotte's fleet has arrived. They are entering the port and are expected to land in half an hour."

"okay, I get it."

Li Nuo stood up and changed his clothes, replacing his researcher's white robe with the multi-layered sweater that the governor wore to receive distinguished guests.

Brissot Lestoute, also known as Lestoute V.

He is the current Rogue Trader of the Restot Dynasty, a high-ranking noble of the Human Empire, with a status higher than that of a star governor.

When meeting such an existence, you cannot be careless.

After some preparations, Li Nuo went to the bottom of the orbital tower under the escort of the Governor's agent to personally greet Briso.

The opponent's fleet has three cruisers, four light cruisers and twelve frigates, and is currently replenishing supplies in the Hive City Airport.

The wandering merchant himself led the guards into the hive city, and Li Nuo met the other party smoothly.

"Welcome, distinguished guest. I am honored to have you here."

Li Nuo placed his right hand on his chest, stood with his left and right legs crossed, and greeted with the etiquette of the Human Empire.

Brisso had the standard appearance of a middle-aged Terran man, wearing a jet-black military coat with several shiny medals hanging on his chest, a black round hat with a gold skull logo on it, and a feather stuck on the brim.

He nodded slightly, the end of his mustache turned up, and he smiled:
"Lino Wilsey, you are younger than I thought."

"You too, sir. This way, please."

Li Nuo stretched out his right arm toward the carrier.

The group got on the bus and headed towards the Wangting area.

Briso was followed by two people. The one on the left was the captain of the guards, wearing a noble-customized MK3 power armor, and his steps made a clanking sound, which was very imposing.

The person on the right is a woman, half of her face is covered by a mechanical mask. She is wearing an Imperial Army commander uniform without rank or team insignia. She serves as the combat commander of the fleet and should be a retired member of an Imperial Army.

Brissot's captain of the guard was his younger brother, named Malik, who was not good at speaking and was very silent.

The combat commander called himself Zranka. He was serious and did not elaborate on his past.

As the transport vehicle was driving, Brissot's eyes often lingered on Li Nuo, and there seemed to be some envy, or even jealousy, in his eyes.

Whenever Li Nuo looked at him, he would suppress his emotions and behave elegantly and easy-going.

Li drank the "Mao Ge's Spiritual Water" - also known as the predatory instinct potion, which greatly enhanced his senses, almost to the point of being inhuman.

He was keenly aware of Brissot's strangeness, but he never understood why the other party showed such a subtle look.

After a while, everyone arrived at the royal court area.

Li Nuo prepared the meeting room and materials in advance.

After the three of them were seated, a pre-war meeting began.

The holographic device projects a star map of the sub-sector.

The star map gradually zoomed in, focusing on the planet where the orcs appeared.

Li Nuo described the results of the latest reconnaissance:

"My armed cargo ship conducted a 310-hour observation at a distance of 72 kilometers from the ground. The preliminary estimate is that there are at least 45 orcs on the planet. They are building ships. It is expected that the first frigate will be tested in 15 days, and then at least one frigate or higher-level ship will be put into use every 5 days or so."

Li Nuo enlarged the surface image taken by the armed cargo ship:
"Please look here. This is a cave more than 100 meters deep. The orcs will send the parts of the wrecked ship into the cave and bring out the polished parts. I have a reasonable suspicion that there is at least a medium-sized machine shop underneath."

Of course, Li Nuo knew exactly what was underground.

It is a five-story cave with a vertical span of two thousand meters. The deepest part of the cave is the Bone Drinker's treasury, which contains scientific researchers and Chaos Orcs controlled by the Bone Drinkers.

Researchers are trying to crack the genetic secrets of the orcs in an attempt to increase the success rate of Bone Drinkers parasitizing orcs to 100%.

Li Nuo placed a special warfare boy in the treasure house, named Bond 4, who would occasionally "go online" to observe the situation in the treasure house.

So far, there has been no breakthrough in the research on orcs, but the witch priest who was the research subject died.

There are 25 Chaos Orcs, including the Blood Bull Warlord and his 24 personal guards.

The total number of scientific researchers is 18, all of whom are bone drinkers.

Li Nuo keeps these data confidential for the time being.

With the ability of a Rogue Merchant, he should be able to discover the existence of Chaos Orcs and Bone Drinkers, so there is no need for Li Nuo to say more.

"From your introduction, this is a group of tough enemies."

Brissot's eyes flashed with a shrewd light, and he secretly thought about how to raise the price.

His combat commander, Zranka, took over the topic naturally.

"I agree with the master. Lord Wilsi, we'd better not underestimate the orcs' reproductive capacity and combat effectiveness. My experience tells me that there will only be more orcs underground than on the ground, not less. The total number of orcs on the entire planet may reach 100 million."

There was full confidence in Zranka's eyes.

Li Nuo couldn't refute, nor did he need to refute.

In the eyes of outsiders, as a governor who had never been to the battlefield or fought against orcs, it was normal for him to misjudge the number of orcs.

"Ms. Zranka, I have a question for you."

Li Nuo pointed to the cave entrance on the holographic map:
"If the orcs are hiding underground, do we have efficient enough measures to eliminate them?"

"Are you worried that the orcs will become cowards?" asked Zranka.

Li Nuo admitted frankly, "Yes, ma'am."

"It seems that you don't know much about the habits of orcs. They are a group of dirty, undisciplined, rude, aggressive, incredibly fertile, stupid, and green-skinned creatures who have mastered a certain amount of mechanical wizardry."

Zilanka's tone was unquestionable and full of strong confidence:
"The orcs are like powder kegs with very little patience. The slightest disturbance will trigger their bad temper. Believe me, Wilsi. When we send shuttles around their heads, the orcs underground will be eager to come to the surface to die."

Li Nuo breathed a sigh of relief and smiled comfortably, as if he had put down a heavy burden in his heart:
"Then I'm relieved. As expected, professional matters should be left to professionals. Mr. Brisso, are you satisfied with the terms of the deal? Considering that the number of orcs is a little beyond my expectations, I am willing to increase the reward. How much do you think is appropriate?"

Brisso saw that Lino was so smart, and after exchanging glances with Zlanka, he reported a number:
"3000 million Throne Coins. Half paid in advance, the balance to be settled within seven Terran days after the battle."

"No problem." Li Nuo snapped his fingers.

The servoskull tapped the data pad a few times, and the clerical servitor printed out the contract.

The contract is a one-meter-long parchment scroll with the seals of the Imperial Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Internal Affairs. It will take effect after signing.

Li Nuo arranged for Terra's bank to pay the advance payment through Shatana.

The next morning, Brissot's personal astropath received a message from Terra that the advance payment had been successfully received.

The fleet of wandering merchants wasted no time and set off immediately after completing the supply.

The fleet's destination was Epimet DE.

It is 18 light years away from Epimet and can be reached in about 3 Terra hours of travel in the Warp.

Three hours later, a strong subspace signal appeared above the planet Epimet DE.

An illusory crack opened up in the void, and a fleet of wandering merchants sailed out of it.

Twelve frigates entered low-ground orbit first.

They orbited the planet, turning on the full-power Auger matrix, deeply scanning every corner of the planet's surface, counting the number of orcs and grasping the enemy's range of activities.

The four light cruisers reached the lowest point of the low-Earth orbit a little later.

The shuttles took off from the ship, forming a flying squadron, cruising about three thousand meters above the ground.

The roar of the engine attracted the orcs' attention.

Groups of orcs, large and small, stretched their necks in the dense forest, pointing at the noisy "crows" in the sky.

Orcs' eyesight isn't that good.

They cannot see ships in low-Earth orbit with the naked eye alone.

The rumbling of the shuttle engines attracted all their attention, and a dozen tanks with anti-aircraft capabilities drove out from underground.

The appearance of the chariot is hard to describe.

The crooked gun barrel, the curled top cover, the chipped tracks, and the rusty wheels.

The shells carried by the fart spirit were irregular spheres with pits and holes on the surface, and were covered with strangely colored feces.

This scene was seen by the traveling merchants and wandering people, causing a burst of sneers.

"The orcs' combat proficiency is worrying."

"Apart from the mechanical wizardry they master, these filthy green creatures are actually no different from ordinary aliens."

"Oh, it's a good thing these creatures reproduce asexually, otherwise their terrible living environment would most likely drown their offspring."

"Who says it isn't?"

The crew members below the platform whispered and sneered at the orcs.

Brissot tapped the railing of the platform, which made a crisp sound:
"Quiet. Now let's start the battle deployment. Zilanka, you will be responsible for commanding the bombing operations and possible air combat."

"Yes, sir." Zranka responded.

Brissot signaled to his captain of the guard:

"Marik, go gather the guards and marines and prepare for the landing operation. Your mission is to burn the orc corpses and spores. It doesn't matter if you burn the entire forest. I think Bilxi will understand why we do this."

Marik, wearing a custom-made power armor, patted his chest in response and left the bridge.

Brissot sat down on his throne.

Zilanka stood at the main seat, with his hands behind his back, and gave instructions to the crew below:
"The light cruiser formation and the cruiser formation are carrying out the ground bombing protocol. They are loading air-burst bombs and firing alternately from the port and port guns. The frigate formation is returning to join the bombing sequence."

The combat orders were transmitted through the sound array device, and the fleet quickly entered combat status.

The orks on the ground were attacking the shuttle with their tank's anti-aircraft guns.

The roar of anti-aircraft guns attracted more orcs from underground, and the gaps between the forests were filled with green-skinned creatures at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Everything is going according to Zranka's tactical deduction.

However, the next scene shocked everyone.

The macro artillery array in the near-ground orbit roared like thunder, and huge air-blast shells exploded above the forest. The shock wave ruthlessly crushed the orcs, and the rain-like fragments and secondary explosions of cluster bombs took the lives of the orcs.

At this moment, the orcs swarmed back into the cave.

In just three minutes, there was no trace of the orcs on the ground, and only the corpses on the ground could prove that they had been there.

"This...this...this..."

Zilanka was stunned and murmured hesitantly:
"How could this happen? These guys don't have fear in their minds at all, but why do they become cowards when they hear the sound of the macro cannon? This shouldn't be possible!"

Zilanka came back to his senses and ordered:

"Shuttle formation, turn on the radio, taunt the orcs in Low Gothic, and force them to leave the cave."

"receive."

A broadcast sounded in the sky, and the shuttle pilot imitated the orcs' tone and mocked loudly:

"Ahaha! You are such a bunch of scum! We are going to shit on you! If you have the guts, pull us out and fight us! Don't be a coward in the underground!"

The broadcast was repeated over and over again with varying patterns.

At the entrance of the cave, an orc poked his head out stealthily.

The shuttle hovering in the air captured its presence, and the combat instrument recorded its image, transmitting it in real time to the holographic screen on the bridge.

In front of everyone, the orc made an obscene gesture and shouted to the sky:
"We orcs can go wherever we want! What's it to you? You idiot! Go eat shit! Lululu! Come down and beat me up if you have the guts~~~~~~~~"

(End of this chapter)