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

Chapter 266 Conrad Coates's Self-Redemption
"Wow! I've detected an incredibly strong psionic energy fluctuation! You might not believe it, but the reading is off the charts! It's more powerful than thousands of psionic kids combined!"

The alarm for the missing item rang in my ears.

Li Nuo became alert and looked in the direction indicated by the spiritual energy fluctuations marked on the device.

He is currently in the ventilation duct on the upper deck, about five or six kilometers away from Conrad Coates' private hall.

The psionic fluctuations came from a location more than a thousand meters to the side and front.

Its energy readings are incredibly high, even exceeding those of the Alpha-class.

"Holy crap, there's another expert here! Whose subordinate is this?!"

Li Nuo was startled and quickly checked the team's "Brother Mao Quietly" force field to avoid being detected by the source of the psionic fluctuations.

The device scanned the area more than a dozen times and returned a series of strange data.

The psionic fluctuations appeared for an extremely short time, lasting only about three seconds.

Three seconds later, the psionic fluctuations disappeared, replaced by a dozen very weak gravitational signals.

There were no other signals.

This indicates that a dozen or so people with optical cloaking and electromagnetic shielding capabilities arrived at the ship via the psionic fluctuations just now.

"Oh, I see. It must be that the Midnight Lord's think tank used teleportation to send reinforcements over."

Li Nuo suddenly realized what was happening and immediately became even more careful, leading the team silently towards their destination.

"Rumble————"

The sound of battle explosions came from ahead, followed by a strong tremor that occurred half a second later than the sound, causing the ventilation ducts to shake violently.

The spiritual energy fluctuations captured by the Dongdong device increased again.

This time, however, the psychic energy originated from Coz's private hall.

A high-intensity battle broke out there.

With each bombardment and collision, strong winds would rise within the tunnel.

The closer you get to the private hall, the stronger the wind becomes, and lightning and flames burst in from outside the pipes.

Li Nuo led his team closer and seized the opportunity to peek outside.

Be nice.

It really was Luo Jia.

This guy unleashed psionic energy like a madman, using lightning, fire, illusions, telekinesis, and shields at will, bombarding everything indiscriminately.

He was fighting a black shadow that was so fast that its human form was indistinguishable.

Li Nuo focused his attention and tried to keep up with the speed of the shadowy figure before he could barely confirm that it was a tall, thin man in tattered clothes.

Judging from his thin frame and face, and the long, straight black hair that is rare among the Primarchs, this must be Conrad Coates.

Koz was unarmed, not even wearing power armor, yet he managed to dodge Loka's psionic bombardment time and time again, without his clothes ever getting torn.

Cattle!
If he were given suitable weapons and equipment, wouldn't he be able to kill Loga on the spot?

Li Nuo observed secretly, without making any rash moves, and soon discovered two unusual places.

First, the dozen or so people who were just teleported over did not appear on site.

Second, why does the shoulder armor on Loka's shoulders look somewhat familiar?

Li Nuo rubbed his eyes and stared intently.

The shoulder armor is dark purple, and the surface material is very strange; it is neither metal nor leather.

The patterns on the curved surface of the shoulder armor resemble a wailing human face, rising and falling with Loka's movements.

"Hiss—isn't that the Howling Soul Armor?"

Li Nuo sensed something was wrong.

He has nearly 700 million simulation points.

After exchanging the points for universal psionic materials, you can obtain more than seven million units.

Using so many versatile psionic materials to cast a headshot spell should be enough to severely injure Loka.

If Koz cooperates well, Loga will definitely die without a burial place today.

The problem is that Loka is wearing the Howling Soul Armor.

In the canonical Warhammer lore, the owner of the Howling Soul Armor was Lucius.

Lucius is loyal to Slaanesh, who grants him the ability to be resurrected in another's body after death. The soul of the person whose body is taken will be sealed in the Howling Armor, never to be reborn.

If Lucius so desires, he can transform into the form of a soul within the Howling Soul Armor.

Now, Loka also has the Howling Soul Armor.

Li Nuo strongly suspects that he obtained the same resurrection ability as Lucius from Slaanesh.

If that's the case, then we probably won't be able to kill Loka today.

Whoever kills him will be reborn in his body without even realizing it.

Wait, this isn't always the case.

Li Nuo glanced at the boy who had jumped on the gang beside him, and a bold guess popped into his mind.

Suppose he manipulates the gangster to kill Loka, and then, before Loka regenerates, he takes control of the gangster and imprisons him in the net.

So, can Loka be reborn in the body of the jumper kid?
If it works, then everything will be fine.

Li Nuo's only concern was that the rebirth ability granted by Slaanesh required the use of the warp to be realized.

After all, the network would isolate the subspace from it.

"Never mind, let's give it a try first."

Li Nuo squinted at Luo Jia and attempted to activate the Brain Stun Technique.

[You are about to use the Brain Freeze Technique on "Loka".]

[Start calculating the cost of bacterial capacity.]

The target is the Primarch; the base cost of the Brain Freeze Technique is 1000 tons of Foolish Mushrooms.

[The target possesses Alpha+ level psionic talent; the base cost of the Brain Stun Technique has increased to 100 million tons.]

[The target receives the blessings of Slaanesh, Nurgle, Khorne, Tzeentch, and three Chaos Demons, increasing the cost of the Mind Blast spell by 70 times.]

[The target is protected by a psionic shield; the base cost of the Mind Blast spell is increased by at least 10 times.]

【最终的菌能力开销至少为100万吨*（1+70+10）=8100万吨。】

[Please note: Consuming 8100 million tons only means you have a chance to break through Loka's psionic shield and inflict a brain-dead state. The more tons consumed, the greater the chance of inflicting a brain-dead state.]

8100 million tons.

Li Nuo glanced at his fungal warehouse.

[Foolish mushrooms: 2.2 million tons.]

If we go all in on these two hundred million stupid mushrooms in one go, we should be able to control Loka.

Li Nuo then tested the costs of the Headshot Technique and the Sealing Technique.

Very good, excellent. The consumption of sealing techniques has increased 81 times, with the final calculated result being 8.1 million tons.

The headshot technique consumes far fewer resources; only 324 million units of universal psionic materials are needed to blow up Loka's head.

That translates to 3.24 million simulated points.

There are so many free-range chicken demons in the online game; if you grind for a few days, you can quickly catch up.

Li Nuo prepared to take action.

Suddenly, he remembered something.

What if Koz steals the kill?
Then all my efforts would have been in vain.

"Koz, Koz, why don't you just join Loga? Once you're in, I won't bother showing any mercy to the weasels anymore; I'll just obliterate you, soul and all. Loga's only here to recruit you, why are you fighting so hard?"

Watching the two locked in combat, Li Nuo sighed repeatedly, quietly waiting for the right moment to make his move.

Loga was just as confused as he was.

Loga was filled with questions as Koz kept looking for opportunities to attack him.

Isn't Conrad Coates famously a believer in fate?

Over the years, the Supreme God had instilled so many illusions about fate in him, which had long since transformed him from the inside out into the chaotic and desired form. But today, he seemed like a completely different person, resisting so fiercely and decisively, and growing stronger with each battle.

Is this reasonable?
With the gods setting the stage beforehand, Loga had assumed this would be a straightforward conversion, never expecting to waste so much time here. "Koz, where has your respect for fate gone?"

Luo Jia waved his hand, unleashing three thick bolts of lightning that shattered the marble floor tiles of the hall, and sternly rebuked:

"Didn't you keep saying 'the future cannot be changed'? If that's the case, why are you defying fate? Didn't you foresee today's scene? Don't you want to leave with me and join the embrace of the supreme gods?"

Koz remained silent, focusing solely on dodging the psionic bombardment, while taking the opportunity to pick up his subordinates' heavy bomb guns and thermal flamethrowers.

"Bang bang bang bang——"

The barrage of arrows swept through Loka's psionic shield.

"boom----"

The hot melt flamethrower spewed out a dragon of fire, completely engulfing Loka.

The psionic shield kept the bullet impact and high temperature at bay, and Loka stood still, unmoved.

Anger rose in his face, and his originally delicate and beautiful features became slightly ferocious:

"Defying fate is dangerous, Koz, don't blame me for not warning you. When the future changes, you will lose the ability to foresee it. You don't want to lose the guidance of your precognitive abilities, do you?"

Koz paused, his figure hovering on a certain floor tile for 0.1 seconds.

For a fleeting moment, he showed a hint of hesitation.

But then he moved again, even faster and more powerfully.

Bomb gun, meltdown gun, power axe, electromagnetic grenade, plasma gun...

Koz picked up any weapons he could find in the vicinity and used them in the battle.

"Kakaka-"

The weapon in his hand made a crisp sound, indicating that the ammunition was exhausted.

Koz casually tossed the bomb gun aside, preparing to go find a new weapon.

A wall woven from lightning blocked his way, and a sea of ​​fire quickly enveloped him, making the air thick and sticky.

The immense air pressure made it difficult for Koz to walk.

"Have you had enough, Koz?" Loga asked, his hands clenching loosely.

Coz was forced to remain where he was.

His skin began to splatter under the high temperature and pressure, and the scarlet blood that seeped out of his body was immediately evaporated by the flames.

His hair and body hair had long since vanished, and his robes had turned to ashes.

He clenched his fists, his knuckles cracking, and stared intently at Luo Jia, his eyes filled with both hatred and understanding.

"I refuse the fate that you and your master have arranged for you!"

Koz roared, his eyes blazing with fury, his anger surging within him:
“I have seen through your tricks!”

"You know I hate evil and cannot tolerate even the slightest bit of sin!"

"You fear that I will become a key figure in the fight against evil! You are terrified of the justice in my heart!"
"I won't negotiate with you like the others do. I just want to kill you all! Kill all the demons! Kill all the sinners!"
"Because of my extreme righteousness, you, and your masters, you all fear me!!!"

Koz roared and charged toward Loga, letting the crimson flames and lightning entangle him.

"boom!"

The fist, charred black by the flames, slammed heavily onto the psionic shield, the force so powerful that Loka instinctively took a half-step back.

“Bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang——”

Koz pounded furiously on the psionic shield, roaring at the top of his lungs:

"To destroy me, you damned scum went to great lengths to grant me the ability to foresee the future!"

“Bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang————”

Koz's hands were severed at the root, his wrists turning into bayonets as he struck the psionic shield.

"In order to undermine my beliefs and distort my sense of justice, you frequently interfere with the future I envision!"

As Coz moved, his wrists, forearms, and upper arms turned to ashes, followed by his feet and legs.

In the end, he could only stand in the sea of ​​fire, supporting his head with his torso, and launch a headbutt at the psionic shield.

"Die, die, die... all evil, die!!!"

Loka stared blankly at the inhuman original on the ground, then smiled inexplicably, with a hint of self-mockery in his expression.

"I just can't do anything with you." Loka waved his hand, dispelling the sea of ​​fire and lightning, and brushed the dust off his shoulder.
"If I had known your sense of justice was so strong, I wouldn't have bothered coming all this way. In that case, go die with your sense of justice."

Luo Jia raised his right foot.

The feet, encased in terracotta boots, became deformed, with scarlet flesh strips and purple feathers growing wildly in the gaps.

A bizarre mouth covered in spikes appeared on the soles of the feet.

The mouthparts wriggled, stretched, expanded, and tightened toward Koz's head, like a gaping maw about to swallow food.

At this point, Koz was powerless to resist.

He lay on the ground, staring at Luo Jia with hateful eyes, wishing he could tear him to pieces.

But there was nothing he could do; he could only watch helplessly as the foul-smelling mouthparts swallowed him whole.

at this time.

An unexpected situation occurred at the scene.

From the shadows to the side, a dozen dark figures suddenly darted out, rushing towards them like lightning, and silenced bullets rained down upon them.

At the same time, Loka froze almost imperceptibly for a moment, and the psionic shield protecting him shattered like a bubble.

"Pfft!"

A burst of psionic energy swept by, and Loka's head instantly exploded, leaving his body riddled with hundreds or even thousands of bullets.

Li Nuo and the people who had been teleported over earlier made their move at the same time.

Li Nuo's Brain Stun Technique immobilized Loka, his Headshot Technique took Loka's life, while another group used a silenced grenades gun to riddle Loka with bullets.

"These people really are here to help Koz."

Li Nuo, without lingering in battle, led his team away from the battlefield, glancing back at the Space Marine who had pierced through the black power armor.

They have no badges or numbers on them; their most distinctive feature is the "iron halo" on their power backpacks, which is designed in the shape of a "balance scale".

They split into two groups: one group treated Koz, while the other group remained on guard, searching for the uninvited guest who had just killed Loga with a headshot.

Li Nuo was preoccupied with the fact that Loka had been reborn using Slaanesh's blessing, and had no interest in delving into the origins of these black-armored strongmen.

He returned to the bang-bang spaceship at top speed, activated multiple anti-detection force fields, and headed straight for the edge of the galaxy.

Open the system interface and find Big Black Tooth's simulation save file.

Li Nuo quickly completed the process of loading the save file and ordering the fleet to come to the rescue.

The Ulano fleet and Expedition 85 were still engaged in battle and had no time to attend to the returning privateers.

Not long after, Li Nuo led his fleet into the net passage at another location.

After a series of procedures, the boy's head was placed in an amniotic fluid tank in the cell.

Li Nuo eagerly anticipates seeing Luo Jia resurrected in the body of the jumping kid.

But he was destined to be disappointed; the young man who had jumped ship showed no unusual behavior.

Li Nuo was not surprised by this.

Unfortunately, the Web Path is too overpowered; any warp-based psionic energy cannot function within it.

"Never mind, there will be other opportunities to deal with Luo Jia later."

Li Nuo crossed his arms and pondered, the image of Koz punching the psionic shield flashing through his mind.

As a Cloud Hammer, Li Nuo felt he had to apologize to Koz.

Because of his lack of understanding of what happened to Koz, Linuo always thought that Koz was a psychopathic killer at heart.

Koz's angry words made Lino realize that the truth was probably not so.

It is highly likely that Koz was influenced by chaos, which led him to his self-destructive behavior.

Moreover, the interference he experienced was more subtle than that experienced by Horus, Loka, and others, seemingly disguised as the ability to foresee the future and a psychological suggestion that he had unwavering faith in the foreseen future.

Looking back now, it's truly remarkable that Koz was able to have a sudden realization when facing Loga.

"Looks like this guy isn't inherently bad. I wonder if those Space Marines in black power armor can rescue Koz..."

(End of this chapter)