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

Chapter 6 Taming the Mine
There are many places to pan for gold in the eyes of Xiachao people.

The ruins area is the largest and most dangerous, and only desperadoes would venture there.

More people will choose to go to the sewage reservoir of the Water Guild.

The sewage from the upper and middle nests flows through pipes to the sewage reservoir of the lower nest, and the pollutants in the water will settle under the action of time and gravity.

The impurities that sink to the bottom of the water will slowly pile up at the bottom of the reservoir, and the clearer water will overflow from the edge of the reservoir and flow into another reservoir used to precipitate impurities.

When a reservoir is filled with impurities, a gold mining spot called "black sand beach" by the Xiachao people appears.

The rumors surrounding the black sand beach vary, ranging from someone finding jewelry from Upper Nest and becoming rich overnight.

The Water Guild regularly dispatches excavators and transport vehicles to transport impurities to the wilderness outside the hive for landfill.

Until the transport work was completed, Lower Nest civilians were granted special access to the reservoir.

They could wander the soft piles of debris, searching for anything that might have come from the city above.

Of course, at your own risk.

The Water Guild is not responsible for any accidents, including skin abrasions, minor infections, fever and cough, or even mutations.

There is a black thing called "mine" on the black beach.

Their diameter can reach up to ten centimeters, and their surface is slippery and covered with a layer of black mucus.

If you step on it, the mine will explode like a landmine, and the sewage stored inside will burst out and fly in all directions.

Since the germs and pollutants carried by mines generally do not cause disease, children like to use them to have water fights to see who will be the unlucky one to be pickled in sewage.

"Children! Stop! Look at me, look at me, I have something to say!"

Li Nuo opened his arms and walked towards a group of children who were playing.

"call out--"

A mine was coming towards us.

Li Nuo's eyebrows jumped and he quickly dodged to the side.

The mine exploded behind him, and the dirty water made a mess of his back.

The children laughed out loud:
"Hahaha!"

"Who do you think you are and why should we listen to you!"

"That's right! Beat us first!"

"You look older than us, so go to your own family and we'll beat you up together!"

The arrogant kid bullied Li Nuo because he was alone, and the two families who were originally fighting each other teamed up to bully him.

Li Nuo's mouth twitched slightly, and before the new attack arrived, he showed his trump card:

"Do you see the ration card in my hand? Whoever brings me ten mines will get this ration card! The number of ration cards is limited, first come first served!"

The children's eyes lit up!
Their parents have no money to send them to school.

Playing water fights and picking up trash at the reservoir was their childhood.

Now when they heard that there was money to be made, the little kids were immediately excited.

Without Li Nuo's urging, the scene became lively.

In less than half an hour, Li Nuo collected a large bag of mines and scattered a handful of ration cards.

On the way back, he bought detergent and chemical resistant gloves specifically for washing food and carefully cleaned the mines.

Carrying the mine back to his residence, Li Nuo took out a mine and held it in his hand, silently saying "analyze the fungi".

The system interface pops up.

[Name: "Mine"]

【Analysis results:】

[Wild fungi, may be contaminated by other bacteria and have slight toxicity. ]

[The Xiachao people have proven through practice that unless you eat three "mines" at once, the bacteria and toxins they carry will not cause illness.]

[The colloid of the "water mine" is extremely hydrophilic and can absorb liquid several times its own volume. ]

It is inevitable that wild fungi carry foreign bacteria as long as they are free of insect pests.

In order to fight against bacteria, Li Nuo bought fungicides and antibiotics at the medical station. The former is for fungal diseases, and the latter is for bacterial diseases.

The only drawback is the toxicity of the mines.

The toxicity of fungi generally comes from genetic material and metabolites. No matter how many generations they reproduce, their toxicity will not disappear.

However, considering the harsh environment in which mines grow, Li Nuo would rather believe that its toxicity comes from the toxic substances it absorbs, rather than that it is inherently toxic.

Putting down the mine in his hand, Li Nuo took out the ration card from under the bed and went out again.

A few minutes later, he came back with a lot of bags.

These things were raw materials he purchased based on his past experience in making culture media.

After finishing preparations, Li Nuo sat down on the chair:

“Starting a simulation of domesticating wild fungi.”

[Simulation is about to start. ] [Please select the experimental sample. ]

Li Nuo pointed to the bag containing the mines:
"The fungus strains were isolated from the mines and used for cultivation."

【Sample setting completed. 】

【Please select the culture medium and nutrient solution you want to use. 】

Li Nuo raised his hand, gestured at the bags at his feet, and said:
"Use synthetic starch, orange sugar, and purified water to make a culture medium. Each culture medium uses 200 grams of synthetic starch, 20 grams of orange sugar, and 1000 milliliters of purified water. For the nutrient solution, use a mixture of orange sugar and purified water, 5% orange sugar and the rest water."

To be honest, Li Nuo felt a little nervous.

The ideal culture medium should use potato starch, glucose, agar and purified water.

But everyone who knows about this Warhammer world knows that there is no normal starch and glucose there.

Li Nuo could only make do with synthetic starch that was suspected to contain potato starch.

The so-called orange sugar is a local artificial synthetic sugar block, which may contain glucose.

【The culture medium and nutrient solution are set up. 】

【Please select a container. 】

Li Nuo took out a stack of brand new plastic bags from his pocket, which he had bought at a high price.

They come from the Promethium Guild and are by-products of refining promethium. They have never been used by humans and are strictly sterilized before leaving the factory.

"I used the plastic bag I had as a cultivation bag. Before the experiment began, I disinfected the container with the medical alcohol I bought."

【Container setting completed. 】

【Please set the simulation parameters. 】

"Standard atmospheric pressure, room temperature 25 degrees, relative humidity 70%, no light, proper ventilation."

【Simulation parameters are set.】

【Start simulation.】

[On the first day, you completed the sowing. ]

[On the second and third days, the environmental parameters remained unchanged and the samples grew rapidly.]

[On the fourth day, more than one-third of the samples had small spots of various colors on their surfaces, indicating mild bacterial contamination. What do you decide at this time?]

Research on miscellaneous bacteria may lead to the discovery of something of great significance.

However, it is better to focus on water use issues for now and not spend time and energy on studying miscellaneous bacteria.

Li Nuo said decisively:

"I decided to isolate the samples that were contaminated with other bacteria and treat them with fungicides and antibiotics. If the treatment was ineffective, the contaminated samples would be discarded."

[On the fourth day, you found that the treatment was ineffective, so you promptly removed the samples contaminated by bacteria to prevent the contamination from spreading to the rest of the samples.]

[On the fifth day, you observe the fruiting body. What do you decide?]

"I decided to lower the ambient temperature to 20 degrees, increase the relative humidity to 95%, and ensure adequate ventilation."

[On the seventh day, bacteria contamination broke out again. This time, more than 90% of the samples were contaminated to varying degrees. What do you decide? ]

"More than 90% of them are contaminated by bacteria? Are fungal experiments in the Warhammer world so difficult?"

Li Nuo felt a tightness in his chest for a moment, and couldn't help but complain a few words in his heart, and then said:
"Like last time, I decided to isolate the contaminated samples and try to treat them. If the treatment fails, they will be discarded. In addition, pay attention to spraying water on the surface of the normally developing fruiting bodies, while avoiding excessive spraying that causes water accumulation."

[On the seventh day, after isolation and treatment, only two cultivation bags were preserved. ]

[On the eighth day, the fruiting bodies in the two cultivation bags had fully developed, but they were seriously contaminated by bacteria and no longer needed treatment.]

[So far, the first simulated cultivation has failed. ]

“Damn it, how come I still encounter a situation where I fail at the last minute after arriving in another world—————————”

Li Nuo scratched his hair in distress, feeling like his PTSD was about to set in.

The process of domesticating wild fungi is long and painful.

Experimenters often need to go through many generations of cultivation and breeding before they can obtain the ideal mycelium.

Failure in the first cultivation will undoubtedly dampen the enthusiasm of the experimenters.

However, Li Nuo has gotten used to it.

God knows how much hair he lost trying to tame wild fungi before crossing over.

Now that we have the system to help, the situation has improved a lot, so there is no need to demand too much.

Soon, Li Nuo calmed down and fell into deep thought.

Once you arrive in a different world, the cultivation techniques you originally followed may not be useful, and you have to adapt to the local customs.

Anyway, there is no supervisor watching over me, so I can do whatever I want.

Thinking this in his mind, Li Nuo slowly stood up, took the ration card and went out.

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