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

Chapter 303 Special Envoy of the Divine Emperor
Four Terra days later, Li Nuo arrived at the Terra Palace as promised.

The meeting was to be held in a side room next to the Golden Throne.

Macardo selected a VIP reception room in the side hall and transformed it into a teleportation room to transport Lino to the sub-universe of the Apostate Era.

While inspecting the teleportation array, Makado explained it to Li Nuo, who was possessed by the second-generation space geek:
“Subuniverses are connected through a multidimensional network in the subspace. Alpha-level psionicists can vaguely sense the existence of this network. It seems you've undergone some kind of anti-chaos modification on your orc body, isolating yourself from subspace interference. Therefore, without the aid of a ritual, you will never be able to sense the existence of this multidimensional network in your lifetime.”

Li Nuo glanced at the aged Imperial Chancellor and knew that the anti-chaos modification the other party was referring to was the Palu psionic field containing fragments of the Tyran gene:
"So it seems that immunity to the effects of the warp is a double-edged sword. While my psionic field helps me shield myself from the negative effects of the warp, it also eliminates the possibility of me using warp power."

“Yes, that’s right.” Makado nodded with a smile:
"His Majesty the God-Emperor told me that you have lost your qualification to use the power of bacteria because of your estrangement from Lady Elsa. If you want to learn psionics, you can come to me. Of course, the premise is that you change your psionic field, otherwise your psionics will definitely fail."

Li Nuo pondered for a moment and replied:
"Yes, sir. I will consider it."

"No need to call me sir, just call me Makado." Makado waved his hand, his attitude amiable, and shot a beam of psionic energy from the tip of his staff to activate the teleportation array.

A magic circle composed of multiple metal rings floated up, the metal rings rotating around the center point, and a golden dimensional rift slowly emerged.

Five minutes later, the dimensional rift extended to five meters high and one meter wide, enough for Li Nuo to pass through.

Makado continued to cast psionic energy to maintain the rift's existence, turning his head to give a word of advice:
"The warp of the Apostate Era subverse is filled with warp storms stirred up by Tzeentch. If you go there, you will likely run into chaotic warp energy. You must manually activate the device I gave you to open the warp exit before the warp storm sweeps you away, and then leave the warp immediately."

Li Nuo touched the psionic device at his waist and nodded slightly:
"Yeah, I remember."

Makado points to the dimensional rift, "Go, we await your good news."

Without hesitation, Li Nuo strode towards the golden-glowing crevice and plunged inside.

Makado stopped casting the spell, the dimensional rift closed, and the floating metal ring magic circle landed smoothly on the ground.

Li Nuo's perspective was filled with golden light, neither warm nor hot, only a chilling coldness, like the cold light of a hard blade reflecting the sunlight.

However, as time went on, the golden light was gradually replaced by an unsettling blue light.

The blue light was like a raging storm, frantically tearing at Li Nuo's psionic field, trying to invade his body and soul, and corrupt him from the inside out.

Li Nuo knew that he had arrived in the subspace of the Apostate Era sub-universe.

A dark blue claw appeared in the distance and swiftly pounced towards his face.

Before the claws could get close to him, Li Nuo snapped the psionic device on his waist.

A strong sense of being pushed back appeared first, propelling him forward, and the subspace exit connecting him to the real universe opened simultaneously.

call----

Li Nuo darted into the exit, his deep blue claws slicing across where he had been standing, only to grasp a chaotic mass of subspace energy.

A sharp, angry screech echoed from the depths of the subspace, filled with intense resentment.

Li Nuo did not hear the ethereal, dreamlike cry.

After passing through the subspace exit, he landed with a thud on the ground of a planet, kicking up a cloud of dust.

Before the dust settled on the ground, the locator inside the armor obtained the current spatial information.

"Oh, kid, you've arrived in the real universe, and you weren't thrown into some weird place by the warp storm."

“I compared the star map with the planet’s environmental data, and I think you should be in the capital of the Tugalit Sector right now. According to the data that old man Macado gave me, the Tugalit Sector is the front line of the battle between the Holy Light Alliance and the Church of Omniscience. There should be a lot of foul-mouthed brats here.”

Rotten thing, pointy-mouthed boy, the two combined are Rotten-mouthed boy, also known as Chaos Space Marine.

"Beep beep beep————"

A warning sounded, and a dozen heavy explosive projectiles pierced through the smoke and dust, landing on Li Nuo's armor and exploding into bright sparks.

Li Nuo's figure vanished in an instant, bursting out of the smoke as he swung his Gauss axe horizontally.

"Sizzle—Bang!"

A dark green arc of light sliced ​​the foul-mouthed kid in half, striking the grenade at his waist and triggering a plasma explosion.

Before the exploding sparks could splatter his body, Li Nuo dodged again and swung his Gauss Blade.

"Sizzle—Sizzle—Sizzle—"

Three green arcs of light cleaved through the helmets of the three foul-mouthed brats, and the red and white substance beneath their masks was evaporated by the Gaussian force field before it could even erupt.

Looking around, the corpses of four rotten-mouthed boys lay on the ground, foul-smelling blood flowing from their wounds, forming a disgusting lake.

This is a patrol team.

They happened to encounter Lino, who had escaped the subspace, and thus lost their lives.

Their power armor is deep red, with a black head engulfed in flames on the curved surface of their shoulder armor—the symbol of the Chaos Speakers.

Li Nuo weighed the Gaussian axe in his hand and nodded to himself.

Even without the ability to kill bacteria - after brain stiffening surgery, his combat power did not decrease too much; at least dealing with ordinary Chaos Space Marines was not a problem.

"Om-"

A slight vibration in the air, approaching from afar, interrupted Li Nuo's thoughts.

Following the direction of the sound, a flash of light appeared in his field of vision. His killing intent told Li Nuo that this was a deadly firearm.

Dongdong shouted:

"Holy crap, artillery shells are coming!"

Li Nuo quickly activated his optical invisibility and the "Brother Mao Quietly" force field, and began running across the desolate land covered with yellow sand.

The missile grazed past him, its hot exhaust distorting the light and shadow of the air.

After Li Nuo ran two hundred meters away, the shell landed where he had been standing, exploding into a large patch of bright red lava.

"Boom!"

A miniature mushroom cloud rose rapidly, creating a deep crater on the ground.

Looking up, a Doomhammer-type heavy tank appeared a kilometer away, from which the molten metal shells originated.

After Li Nuo entered stealth mode, the heavy tank was unable to locate him and was now turning away from the battlefield.

Li Nuo trailed a transparent air trail as he chased after the tank, jumped onto the top hatch, cleaved the hinges with his Gauss axe, kicked the hatch open, casually tossed down a Gauss grenade, and jumped out before it exploded.

"Bang! Sizzle—"

The Gauss grenade exploded, the bright green light symbolizing death. In an instant, the Chaos soldiers inside the tank turned into putrid sludge, and the lava cannon completely fell silent.

Li Nuo did not linger at the scene.

He quickly found a foothold, hid in the shadow of the boulder, and opened the interface of the Palu Warehouse.

A small, half-meter-tall object finder was taken out and placed on the ground.

Li Nuo pulled out a cable from his wrist and connected it to a small object finder to power the other party.

"Hey kid, I've started up successfully."

Li Nuo typed information on the keyboard of the search device and manually searched for the electromagnetic signals of the Holy Light Federation.

"I'm looking for signals, don't rush. Hmm... I've found more than a dozen electromagnetic signals with the Holy Light Union's identification code, all from near-Earth orbit. I need to further verify these signals, give me some time."

A progress bar appears on the pixel screen of the search engine.

While waiting for the progress bar to fill up, Li Nuo looked up at the sky, and the goggles quickly zoomed in and out and focused.

At an altitude of approximately 310 kilometers above the ground, there were dozens of tiny black shadows, each the size of a sesame seed, surrounded by a faint glow, indicating that the two sides were engaged in a fierce space battle.

The electromagnetic signals detected by the small object finder originated from these ships.

The progress bar is full, and the tool sent a voice message:

"Got it, kid. I've locked onto a signal with 99% confidence. It should be the communication signal of the command ship of a small fleet under the Holy Light Alliance."

Li Nuo activated the armor's noisy box, sending a communication request to the communication signal.

He did not reveal his identity in the communication request, but only added a piece of identification information obtained from Macardo.

If the other party is indeed a fleet under the Holy Light Alliance, then they will definitely be able to recognize this identification information.

"Zizzi-"

A dozen seconds later, the static noise that signaled an imminent connection was interrupted, and a middle-aged male voice appeared on the channel.

"This is the 30th Blitzkrieg Fleet under the Holy Light Alliance. I am Fleet Commander Stein. Following Lord Sebastian's direct orders, we have come to receive an envoy of the God-Emperor. Further identity verification will now commence..."

"Bang, rumble—"

The sound of artillery fire came from the other end of the phone, and the static crackling grew louder. The man speaking quickened his pace, raised his voice, and shouted out the coded message:
"What does the Divine Emperor's Eye see through?"

Li Nuo replied in an orcish voice and High Gothic:

"We see through the false faith of the hypocrites, we see through the blasphemy of the aliens, we see through the corruption of chaos! The God-Emperor guides us, and we obey!"

"Huh? Orcs?" The man was clearly taken aback when he heard the rough orc accent, but the current battle did not allow him to probe any further.

The other party's answer was the correct response to the password, which was enough to prove their identity.

The man said:

"I will send a shuttle to the ground to pick you up. I will send you coordinates that are outside the range of the Omniscient Church's anti-aircraft guns. Please go there to meet the shuttle."

Looking up at the near-Earth orbit, Li Nuo suddenly felt a pang of nostalgia for the Bacterial Ability - Vibration Technique.

With the Vibration Technique at hand, one can propel oneself with air to fly towards a near-ground orbit, so why bother with a shuttle?

To a large extent, this can be considered one of the costs of breaking free from the Eldar prophecy's control.

"Okay, I understand. I'll meet you at the designated coordinates." Li Nuo paused, then asked:
"What are the chances of the shuttle making an emergency landing? If the chances of success are low, I might as well steal a shuttle and fly there myself."

The man and the mechanic priest exchanged a few words and said:

"The chance of a forced landing is no more than 30%. If you can manage to get a shuttle, you can fly up yourself, and we will activate the Void Shield for you."

"Alright, I'll fly up myself then." Li Nuo squinted at the several dark shadows on the horizon; they were gunboats that had followed the communication signals.

You don't even need to scan them to know that the people driving these gunboats are definitely foul-mouthed bastards.

"I'll talk to you later. I'll contact you after I take off."

"Yes, sir, we await your message."

Li Nuo shut down communications, took a sticky bomb from the Palu warehouse, attached it to a small object finder, and then turned up the power of the object finder to attract the gunboats to come and check.

After planting the bombs, Li Nuo moved to a new location while remaining invisible, quietly waiting for the foul-mouthed brat to take the bait.

the other side.

Inside the command ship of the Holy Light Alliance's 30th Blitzkrieg Fleet in near-ground orbit.

Captain and fleet commander Stein Lacevic's face showed a strange expression as he repeatedly checked the communication signal identification code to make sure he hadn't contacted the wrong person.

The other party was indeed the divine emperor's special envoy, whom Lord Sebastian had requested to come and meet.

But why is the other party an orc?
In the name of the God-Emperor, Stein knew he should not question Lord Sebastian Thor's orders.

It doesn't matter if they are orcs or humans, as long as they are the God Emperor's special envoys. We can't rule out the possibility that they are human agents disguised as orcs.

With this in mind, Stein gave the order:
"Pass on my order: upon receiving the boarding request from that communication identification code, activate the Void Shield and allow him to enter the navigation tower."

"Received, sir," the messenger replied.

The mechanical priest who controlled the Auger Matrix said:
"Sir, a new engagement signal has appeared on the ground, indicating an Eta-class cation explosion. The Omniscient Church's land and air mobile forces lost two gunboats in the explosion, and the remaining one is heading towards us."

The sound array commander followed up with:
"Sir, we have received a boarding request. The other party's identification code matches the previous communication records."

Stein raised an eyebrow, surprised by the orcs' capabilities. How long had it been? They'd already seized a gunboat. No wonder they were the Emperor's special envoy sent by Lord Sebastian.
"Boarding request approved, authorization serial number TCU-132-MXX. Prepare to activate Void Shield. Full fleet firepower, suppress the Omniscient Cult fleet, do not allow them to interfere with boarding."

As orders were issued, the Blitzkrieg fleet's six frigates, two cruisers, and one battleship unleashed their full firepower.

For a moment, sparks flew everywhere in the near-ground orbit.

Lino piloted the gunboat, circling around to Stein's battleship from a distance away from the enemy fleet.

The Omniscient Church dispatched two highly maneuverable scimitar-class frigates to intercept them, accompanied by more than a dozen space fighters.

Boom!

The frigate opened fire from the flank of the gunboat, and the large-caliber shotguns blocked the gunboat's path of advance, spreading out dense shrapnel in the air and forming a deadly interception net.

Seeing the gunboat collide with the debris, Li Nuo flicked his wrist and pulled the joystick sharply, performing a beautiful space turn at the cost of instantly enduring 15 times the standard atmospheric pressure.

The gunboat tumbles along the roller track with the interception net as the center, just avoiding the interception net while maintaining its course.

The arriving space fighters couldn't even catch a whiff of the gunboat's exhaust; they could only watch helplessly as it sailed away.

Shortly after, Lino landed on the Torrent-class battleship where Stein was stationed.

This type of battleship was designed and trial-produced after the establishment of the state religion, and it contained religious symbols everywhere.

After boarding the ship, Li Nuo discovered that the emblems, seals, and sculptures symbolizing the state religion had been deliberately damaged and altered to erase any trace of the state religion.

If this happened in the 33rd millennium, it would definitely be a capital offense.

But now, in the 35th millennium, the Age of Apostasy.

The state religion advocates that the state religion itself be the faith and that the state religion serve the God-Emperor, while the Holy Light Union led by Sebastian Thor advocates that everyone serve the God-Emperor directly.

There are indelible differences between the two, and their relationship is like fire and water.

After Sebastian founded the Holy Light Union, his fleet changed its flag and undertook extensive modifications to the ship interiors, trying to erase as much of the state religion's influence as possible.

Since the Holy Light Alliance has not yet been recognized by the Terra Palace, Sebastian did not hang the image of the Holy Emperor inside the ship, which is a basic respect that devout believers have for the Holy Emperor.

Li Nuo stepped out of the gunboat wearing a heavy suit of armor.

The escorting naval vessels gripped their weapons tightly, as if facing a formidable enemy.

They saw a burly man over five meters tall, completely encased in iron-gray metal armor, a veritable human iron tower, whose wrists alone were as thick as their own necks.

Li Nuo glanced at the nervous ship escorts, turned on the speaker on his mask, and said in a low voice:

"I need to see Sebastian Thor, as soon as possible."

"Uh...this...sir." The captain of the guard swallowed hard and forced himself to speak:

"Our commander has instructed us to take you directly to the Star Language Choir. The lead singer has prepared a Star Language ritual for you, allowing you to speak directly with the Sage Thor."

"Well, lead the way."

"this way please."

"Clang, clang, clang..."

Li Nuo walked heavily toward the cabin where the Star Language Choir was located, and could hear the melodious singing from afar.

"The universe is cold and merciless, heresy breeds in the shadows, and traitors whisper in the dark!"

"But your glory will never be extinguished! Your messenger is the messenger of this glory!"
"What he brought was order, power, and the hope of the empire!"

"We are ready, Divine Emperor! We are ready to hear the messenger's holy words!"

The singing was good, but the lyrics were a bit embarrassing for Li Nuo, as if he were the incarnation of the God Emperor.

Forget about it, we can't worry about that now. Ever since the state religion came into being, the entire human empire has been acting strangely from top to bottom. We'll just get used to it.

The guards at the entrance of the Star Language Hall pushed open the door, and Li Nuo stepped into the ceremony hall filled with the sound of singing.

The ballad praising the divine emperor was just coming to an end.

This song is both a prayer and a spell in a star language ritual.

As the singing stopped, a light screen appeared in the center of the ceremony hall, revealing a figure that was Sebastian Thor, whom Li Nuo had met once before.

"God Emperor's Special Envoy~ I have been waiting for you for a long time! Your radiance is so dazzling, like the dawn on the summit of Terra. You... uh, wait, why do you look so familiar?"

Sebastian stared wide-eyed, scrutinizing the creature before him.

“Sebastian, we met at the Eldar ceremony, do you remember me?”

Upon hearing this, Sebastian's eyes widened even further, and his goatee stood on end.

"So it was you! Weren't you killed by the Spirit Clan?"

Li Nuo glanced around at the ship's guards and star speakers, and decided to go with the flow and pretend to be a charlatan:
"By the protection of the Divine Emperor, I am destined for eternal reincarnation, and death is not the end for me. As long as my faith is firm enough, the Divine Emperor will resurrect me time and time again."

"So that's how it is." Sebastian looked on with admiration.

One by one, the onlookers knelt down on one knee before Li Nuo, even though he was clearly an orc.

Li Nuo was a little stunned by what he saw, and a thought popped into his mind:
When the God Emperor modified his system, did he perhaps add something that would easily gain the trust of humans?

Otherwise, how could I have gained the trust of this group so easily...?

(End of this chapter)