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

Chapter 218 Black Map Restricted Area, Greenskins Keep Out

The Ministry of Justice requisitioned the VIP reception room and nearby rooms for the interrogation of Brisso Lestoit.

Li Nuo and Tido had other daily matters to attend to, so they didn't spend too much time here.

After escorting Ms. Satana back to her cottage, Lino and his companion went off to attend to their respective business.

The following day, Jasper delivered an order to act.

In the name of the Imperial Ministry of Justice, the Nest City-Epimet immediately began a full-scale vaccination campaign against the Bone Drinkers.

The main component of the vaccine is a fungal phage virus, which can kill the parasitic spores of Bone Drinker that infect humans, with a 1% chance of triggering a severe immune response.

The vaccine was primarily developed by Collier Jersey, a high-ranking member of the Cult of Mechanics, and several experts from the Imperial Medical Department, while its production was carried out by a pharmaceutical factory on Terra.

The vaccination program will gradually expand, starting with the border area between the Misty Starfield and the Solar Starfield, which is the area where the Bone Drinkers are most active, and will later be extended to the entire Empire.

Later that same day, a lunar cruiser delivered the vaccine to Li Nuo, and the vaccination program began simultaneously.

Five days later, members of the legal department escorted Brisso Lestot onto the ship, and the VIP reception room in the Royal Court area returned to normal.

"I wonder what will be the final fate of King Lestrade V," Tido muttered to herself, her chin resting on her finger as she frowned in thought at the dining table.
"As a high-ranking nobleman of the Empire, King Lester V has actually bowed down to the aliens. Although he has not formed a long-term alliance with the Bone Drinkers, his actions are too heinous. I think the War Council may revoke his merchant ronin commission and imprison him for life. What do you think?"

Li Nuo stuffed a juicy, fatty pork chop into his mouth, chewed it a few times, swallowed it, and then took a napkin to wipe his mouth.
"I think King Lestrade V might be a spy."

"A spy?" Tido blinked, puzzled. "Why do you say that?"

"Because the Bone Drinkers are too well-hidden. Before dealing with them, it's best to thoroughly understand their personnel and stronghold distribution before wiping them out in one fell swoop. King Lester V will infiltrate the Bone Drinkers as a spy, working with the Ministry of Justice to sweep them away, thus cleansing his sins."

Tido nodded thoughtfully. "That sounds reasonable. But would King Lestrade V be willing to do that?"

"Probably so. Didn't Ms. Satana and the judges from the Imperial Ministry of Justice brainwash him?"

Li Nuo's words made Tido tremble slightly, as she recalled what had happened a few days ago.

After Satana entered the VIP reception room, faint whispers could be heard coming from inside.

As Satana left the room, Brisso Lestote's eyes were glazed over, while Jasper, holding a data tablet, read lengthy text to Brisso.

Tido didn't hear what Jasper said clearly, but Lino, who had activated the vibration sensor, heard it perfectly.

Its content was nothing more than hypnotizing Brisso and forcibly turning him into a spy for the Ministry of Justice to carry out a series of orders.

Li Nuo had no idea what the specific orders were; he didn't have that much time to eavesdrop on everything that happened in the room.

Regardless of Brisso's ultimate fate, doing your own thing is always the right thing to do.

The Empire's widespread rollout of the Bone Drinker vaccine signifies that the Empire is about to launch a campaign to eradicate the Bone Drinkers.

As the Bone Drinkers' strongholds are cleared, more and more Bone Drinkers will gather at the Warp Base.

Li Nuo's Bond 9 is waiting at the base, ready to wipe out the Bone Drinkers once they arrive.

As the sun and moon revolve, time slips away quietly, and several days later...

That night, as usual, Li Nuo was reviewing the archived reports when the latest developments in Bond 4 caught his attention.

[Save file: Bond 4.]

【briefing:】

[Bond 4 is keeping an eye on the Bone Drinker's subspace base for you.]

Over the past few days, tens of thousands of Bone Drinkers have entered the warp base from the real universe. They bear wounds of varying degrees, and their ships are mostly damaged.

[Bond 4 infiltrates the bridge and searches the ships' navigation records, discovering that most of these ships have been attacked by the Imperial Ministry of Justice.]

[The Bone Drinker leader, Mocha, made a decision earlier today, ordering all Bone Drinkers to leave the real universe and return to their warp bases for refuge. A new round of operations will commence once this situation has calmed down.]

[Just now, Brisso Lestot's fleet appeared at the subspace base. Cargo ships within the fleet are unloading various supplies here.]

[Bond 4 is eavesdropping on Brisso and Mocha's secret conversation.]

Li Nuo had recently heard a lot about the Imperial Ministry of Justice's crackdown on the Bone Drinkers' strongholds.

Before I traveled through time, wasn't there a saying that went something like this:
The Empire of Man is like a crumbling building; if you kick it, the Astronauts, the Silent Sisters, the Space Marine Chapters, the Titans, the Minions, the Custodians… will pour out.

This statement refers to the human empire in the 40k era. At that time, the empire appeared to be on the verge of collapse, but in fact, it contained countless individuals with explosive combat power.

The human empire of the 30k era was superior to that of the 40k era.

Wasn't the Imperial Army tied down with most of its forces by the Ulano Empire, preventing it from eradicating the Bone Drinkers?

Very well, let the Imperial Ministry of Justice handle the task of eliminating the Bone Drinkers.

The Ministry of Justice dispatched at least five hundred cruisers and battleships, launching attacks from multiple points and sweeping across the border between the Hazy Starfield and the Solar Starfield.

In just a few days, the Ministry of Justice shut down over a hundred Bone Drinker strongholds.

The fleeing Bone Drinkers scattered throughout the human world surrounding the stronghold, where they were either identified by scanning devices or infected humans with vaccines and killed by the fungal phagocytic virus.

Thus, the Ministry of Justice swiftly suppressed the Bone Drinkers, greatly encouraging those in the know.

But let me ask you this: is it reasonable for the Ministry of Justice to send out more than 500 warships?

Just how deep is the foundation of the human empire in the 30k era? How come even the Ministry of Justice has such high combat power?

With a sigh, Li Nuo knew that the time had come to destroy the subspace base.

He postponed tonight's Web Graveyard development plan, took out a Magic Spore, swallowed it, and loaded the save file from Bond 4.

[Archived file successfully loaded.]

Consciousness left the real universe and entered the subspace. The ever-changing images of the subspace flashed by, and floating islands and giant towers appeared before their eyes.

Inside the real bubble of the floating island, the former desolation is gone, replaced by ships bearing the scars of battle.

The figures of the Bone Drinkers can be seen everywhere, both on the ground and in the windows of the giant tower.

Li Nuo's consciousness passed through the numerous ships and plunged straight into Brisso's Million-class cruiser.

When he opened his eyes, the cramped environment of the ventilation duct came into view, and below the duct was the VIP lounge of the Richman-class cruiser.

The Bone Drinker, dressed in a black robe, sat on the sofa.

Brisso stood respectfully to the side, bowing and scraping:
"Lord Mocha, rest assured, I will take care of the supplies during this period."

"Supplies aren't the most important thing; the key lies with Lino Wilsey," Mocha said with an air of composure.
"Why hasn't Lino Wilsey arrived at Planet Apimatt DE yet? How many days has it been? I'm giving you two more days. By the night after tomorrow at the latest, I will seal off this base and forbid anyone from entering or leaving. If Lino Wilsey hasn't fallen into our trap by then, your 20 billion Throne Coins will be gone."

Brisso nervously wiped his sweat:
“I understand, I understand. Lord Mocha, Lino Wilsey was held up by the vaccination and the establishment of the Space Guard, but before I came, he promised me that he would go to Planet Apimette DE to inspect it the day after tomorrow.”

what?
I didn't.

Don't talk nonsense.

Li Nuo muttered to himself for a moment, then realized that this must have been a message released by the Imperial Ministry of Justice through Brisso, with the aim of stabilizing Mocha.

After exchanging a few words, Mocha got up and left.

Brisso sat quietly in the lounge, occasionally taking out his pocket watch to check the time.

After a short while, Brisso took out a communication rosary from his underwear and put it in his ear.

Linuo activates bacteria - vibration sensing, listening to Brisso's almost inaudible voice.

"Is the bomb planted?"

"Yes, detonate in fifteen minutes."

"For Terra."

After the brief communication ended, Brisso poured himself a glass of fragrant red wine and silently drank it on the sofa.

The current environment is subspace, and the signal penetration of the communication rosary is limited, making it impossible for Brisso to communicate with people in the real universe.

Therefore, Brisso's communications should be within the base's perimeter.

The bomb he mentioned made Li Nuo realize something:

The Imperial Ministry of Justice is thinking the same thing as me!
They also wanted to destroy the subspace base and eliminate the Bone Drinkers gathered there.

"Well, it seems that after Alpharis intervened, I really don't need to deal with the Bone Drinkers anymore."

Li Nuo felt much more at ease and prepared to find a place to destroy Bond 4 and the equipment on Bond 4, so as to make a perfect ending.

Just then, a cold female voice suddenly rang out in the lounge.

"Do you also think that blowing up this place will eliminate the Bone Drinkers?"

"Who?!" Brisso jumped up from the sofa, looking warily in the direction of the voice.

Suddenly, a female Elven woman dressed in silver armor appeared in the corner of the lounge. She was Elena, whom Li Nuo had met at the base before.

"Who are you?" Brisso activated the refraction field generator at his waist, watching the elusive Eldar warily.

Elena didn't answer Brisso's question, but instead said to herself, "Mocha has the ability to freely transfer consciousness among the Bone Drinkers. No matter how many Bone Drinkers you kill, it will be in vain unless you find Mocha's true form."

Brisso was slightly moved, but his vigilance remained undiminished:

"Tell me who you are and why you're here first, then we can talk about Mocha."

Elena shook her head with a cold smile:
“You mortals always waste time on trivial matters. Listen, I have a way to locate Mocha’s true form. You’d better do as I say before your bombs detonate.”

Elena tossed out something the size of her palm, and Brisso caught it instinctively.

Li Nuo could see it clearly; it was a glass jar containing a liquid that shimmered faintly.

Upon closer inspection, the light came from individual bone-drinking parasitic spores.

"Drink all the liquid and spores in here. The spores won't infect you, but they can help you sense whether Mocha's true form is here. If he's not here, I don't recommend you destroy the base; that would only mean missing your chance to kill him."

Brisso's expression stiffened. "Why won't you drink?"

"I'm immune to this potion." Elena said, her figure shifting from solid to ethereal, disappearing without a trace in an instant.

"How did that Spirit Race member get on the ship?" Brisso muttered, gesturing with his hand where the Spirit Race member had disappeared, but found nothing unusual.

Brisso wanted to use the sonic array in the room to call the guards, but when he put his hand on the communication button, he hesitated.

"I am a loyal servant of the Empire. Everything I have is given to me by the Empire. For the bright future of the Empire, I am willing to perish with this base. I will destroy the base, I will kill the Bone Drinkers here, especially that Bone Drinker leader who calls himself Mocha... Mocha, Mocha, are you here...?"

Brisso was lost in thought, muttering to himself, repeatedly saying things like, "I want to kill the Bone Drinkers, blow up this place, and destroy Mocha."

Li Nuo frowned as he watched this scene, guessing that it was the effect of the Ministry of Justice's "brainwashing".

More than ten minutes later, there were less than 120 seconds left before the scheduled bomb detonation.

After dealing with the mechanical magical artifacts on his body, Li Nuo was ready to make Bond 4's final act a perfect farewell in the explosion.

After losing the protection of "Brother Mao's Quiet Field", he could only use his bacterial ability - optical invisibility to hide himself.

Brisso, who was in the lounge, gradually came to his senses.

He opened the bottle cap, placed the canned goods given to him by the Eldar in front of his eyes, and stared intently at the potion and spores inside.

After a little over a minute of this, Brisso took a deep breath, let out a low growl, and drank the potion down to the bottom:
"For the Empire!... Glug glug glug glug..."

The jar slipped from his fingertips and slammed onto the carpet with a thud.

Brisso leaned against the wall, panting heavily, his head radiating bursts of psionic energy.

A faint light appeared in his eyes.

The light shot out from the pupils, transforming into two wisps of blue-purple mist that pointed towards a corner of the base.

Li Nuo looked in the direction the mist was pointing and confirmed that the place was indeed the location of the giant tower.

"Mocha is in the base! Ha, ha ha ha! Mocha's real body is in the base!" Brisso was overjoyed, completely unaware that there was another person behind him.

"bass----"

The silver blade sliced ​​through the air, severing Brisso's head; the cut surface was frozen by frost.

Brisso lost his life in an instant, his expression frozen in that moment of joy, his eyes still shimmering with mist pointing towards Mocha.

"Thump." The headless corpse fell to the ground.

Elena grabbed Brisso's hair and lifted his head up in her hand.

This sudden turn of events left Li Nuo stunned.

Elena looked up at the ceiling, her gaze passing through the vent grille and landing on Li Nuo:
"Greenskin, I know you've been here all along. I'll spare your life out of consideration for our last collaboration, but don't interfere with me."

When Li Nuo met Elena before, he was protected by "Brother Mao Quietly" and "Brother Mao's Black Hair", but she still managed to discover his whereabouts.

At this point, only optical cloaking was at play, so it was perfectly normal for Elena to pinpoint his exact location.

With this thought in mind, Li Nuo simply opened the vent grille and flipped down:

“I think killing Mocha alone won’t do any good, right? The master behind Mocha can still find other Bone Drinkers to be the leaders.”

"You know quite a lot. I don't have time to waste with you right now." Elena activated her invisibility psychic powers, transforming into a transparent figure and disappearing from the house.

Li Nuo couldn't find any trace of the other party, but he still remembered Mocha's general location.

With only 10 seconds left before the explosion countdown, Li Nuo spotted a figure on the terrace of the outer wall of the middle level of the giant tower, with both arms resting on the railing.

Although this guy was also wearing a black cloak, he exuded a different aura from ordinary Bone Drinkers, and his facial features were clearly different from those of ordinary people.

Upon closer inspection, Li Nuo suddenly remembered who the other person was!
When Li Nuo discovered this subspace base, he saw an alien emitting psionic signals at the top of a giant tower!
This alien guided the lost Randan fleet to the Pacific Starfield, and then it never appeared in the subspace base again.

Li Nuo thought it was dead.

It wasn't until he saw the alien again that Li Nuo realized it was still alive, and it was none other than Mocha, the leader of the Bone Drinkers!
five four three two one.

With the countdown to detonation about to end, Li Nuo didn't have time to think carefully. He pressed the detonator in his hand and detonated his own cationic bomb before Brisso's bomb could explode.

"Rumble——————"

A loud explosion emanated from the reaction chamber at the base of the giant tower, and the intense vibrations tore cracks in the ground near the tower, spewing out sparks of cationic ions.

"Bang! Rumble—"

Another explosion, this time from a bomb planted by Brisso.

Mocha's expression changed drastically, his eyes filled with fear, and the bright blue light of the plasma sparks was reflected in his eyes.

A violent plasma storm erupted from the rift, sweeping across the floating island like lightning.

High temperature, high pressure, and strong current combined create a plasma storm that kills instantly. Anyone swept by it is reduced to dust in an instant.

"Do not!!!"

Mocha let out a terrified scream, and blue-purple feathers grew wildly on its body as it attempted to forcefully ascend to magic to resist the plasma storm.

Elena suddenly appeared behind it, her right hand drawing a cross with the silver blade of her sword, thus opening the exit to another dimension.

Elena unleashed a bolt of lightning, blasting Mocha into the subspace exit, before leaping into it.

Li Nuo, eager to uncover Elena's secrets, would never miss this opportunity.

Without hesitation, he followed Elena into the subspace exit.

"Greenskin, you're playing with fire. This isn't a place for you."

Elena's cool voice lingered in his ears, and Li Nuo felt dizzy, as if he were in a violently churning wave.

A few seconds later, he slammed down on something hard with a thud, enduring the excruciating pain as he tried to look up and see his surroundings.

He saw Mocha bound by the lightning lasso, and Elena standing with her sword in hand.

A figure dressed as a clown stood next to Elena.

He crossed his arms and stared at himself with great interest, an exaggerated smile curving up the corners of his masked mouth.

Far behind the clown and Elena, Li Nuo saw an enormous black double door.

Clown, buffoon, bean sprout!
A black door…a black library?!

How did the subspace exit that Elena opened lead directly into the network tunnel?!

Li Nuo was startled and stood up shakily, looking around quickly for any information that could prove this was the Black Library.

"Hey~ Greenie, how rude of you! Did I give you permission to look around? You guys are as rude as ever. Lady Elena, is this the toy you found for me?"

The clown's voice was androgynous, filled with mockery and ridicule. As he approached the green-skinned man, he drew a rapier from his waist.

Li Nuo ignored the clown and focused on gathering intelligence, when suddenly he felt a chill in his chest.

Looking down, he saw the snow-white blade pierce his heart.

The blade twisted, and the excruciating pain stimulated the orc's brain, igniting Li Nuo's fighting spirit.

Before he could even scream, the clown drew his sword and swept it horizontally, sending the green-skinned head flying upwards.

Li Nuo's vision spun again.

In his final moments, he discovered that far away, directly opposite the black gate, there was a tiny, rice-grain-sized network node gate!

Identification techniques…

start up!

Bond 4 was decapitated and died. Li Nuo's vision went black, and he was forced to end the Waaagh simulation.

(End of this chapter)