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

Chapter 68 Schrödinger's Fungus (3k)

"Let me think about it. Downnesters like strong cigarettes that are easy to store and can be used after getting wet by just drying them."

Li Nuo nodded slowly after pondering for a moment, and an idea came to his mind.

Sun-drying cigarettes are undoubtedly the first choice for people in Xiachao.

As the name suggests, the tobacco leaves are picked and dried naturally to reduce their moisture to a certain level before fermentation and shredding.

This is the general production process of sun-dried cigarettes. Compared with flue-cured cigarettes, it lacks the baking step.

The most critical aspect of sun-dried cigarettes is the selection of raw materials, followed by the yeast used for fermentation.

In Shangchao, the cheapest air-dried cigarettes are sold at 3 credit points per stick, and the most expensive ones can reach 1000 credit points per stick.

The over-the-counter exchange ratio of credit points to ration cards is 1:10.

By conversion, the cheapest sun-rolled cigarettes require 30 ration cards. No wonder this type of cigarette cannot be sold in Xiachao.

So how much do the sun-dried cigarettes sold in private workshops in Xiachao and Zhongchao cost?

Li Nuo searched the database and got a rather surprising answer.

There are no private workshops in Xiachao and Zhongchao that produce air-dried cigarettes!

This kind of cigarette is only produced in Shangchao.

"Why is this happening? This doesn't make sense. Air-dried cigarettes are so easy to make. Even if the people in Zhongchao don't like them, the private workshops in Xiachao should be interested. Could it be that the supply of raw materials has been monopolized by someone?"

Li Nuo had some guesses in his mind and frowned slightly.

The worst situation is the monopoly of raw materials.

If this is the case, I can only change the track.

"Crackling."

After typing on the keyboard, the search results will be displayed on the interface of the communication device.

Li Nuo read it carefully and his brows relaxed.

The raw materials were not monopolized, but the output had been greatly reduced due to the disease, so that they were only produced in the areas with the best medical conditions.

A type of tobacco called white spine tobacco appeared on the communicator screen.

The leaves are thin, shaped like ginkgo leaves, and are light amber in color. The straight lines are white and very obvious, looking like a white spine, hence the name white-spine tobacco.

The origin of White Rib Tobacco is this hive city.

The sun-dried cigarettes made from it were originally popular in Chao City, but starting three years ago, a series of large-scale disease disasters almost destroyed the entire white spine tobacco industry.

First, there was a large-scale outbreak of TMV-30K tobacco mosaic virus. Not long after it was cured, bacterial wilt of tobacco appeared and spread rapidly.

After barely suppressing the spread of bacterial wilt, a series of diseases such as brown spot disease, nematode disease, anthracnose, and frog eye disease followed.

Just like that, after a series of attacks, the extremely heavy treatment costs overwhelmed most of the manors. Currently, only one manor located in the second largest area of the upper nest has survived in the entire nest.

However, the estate did not become the final winner.

It is still battling stubborn pathogens, and the amount of healthy tobacco leaves it produces each year is only 10% of what it was three years ago.

"Let me see the origin of the germs that are currently plaguing the manor."

Li Nuo moved his fingers, clicked on Chaodu News, and found a picture.

The white-backed tobacco in the picture changes from amber to dark purple, with clearly defined light gray circular spots appearing on the leaves, and the originally pure white straight lines turning into twisted black lines like a centipede.

Li Nuo held his cheek and thought.

"The outlines of the spots caused by bacterial diseases are fuzzy, but the gray spots in the picture are regular circles with clear outlines. Therefore, the disease that white spine tobacco is suffering from is most likely caused by fungi. This is just within my ability."

Li Nuo realized that his chance had come.

He found the Baiguo Manor that sold Baiji tobacco on the "Product Purchase" interface and called the manor manager.

After a conversation, Li Nuo successfully got a box of diseased white-back tobacco leaves for free.

After a while, the tobacco leaves were delivered to the doorstep and taken into the basement by Brandi.

Brandi was stunned for a long time when facing the suddenly empty warehouse. There was a crackling sound of electricity in her head, and she looked like she was so shocked that the circuits in her brain were about to burn out.

"Calm down, Brandi, calm down." Li Nuo smiled and blinked:
"I have an ancient technological item that can be used to store scientific research equipment. Keep it a secret for me, okay?"

"Yes, Master. I will keep this secret." Brandi folded her hands in front of her and bowed:
"I'm sorry, Master. I was distracted just now because of a malfunction in the logic circuit algorithm. I have classified your secret as top confidential and added it to the whitelist of logic detection. I will not make the same malfunction again in the future. I will leave first. Please tell me if you need anything."

Brandi turned away.

Li Nuo was satisfied with the female servitor's reaction.

Let’s get down to business.

"Use the identification technique on the diseased white spine tobacco leaves."

【Identification successful.】

【Name: Diseased white-back tobacco leaves】

【describe:】

[This tobacco can only grow in warm and humid conditions, and has high requirements for soil fertility and light. ]

It was suffering from a fungal disease.

“It’s a fungal disease indeed.”

Li Nuo secretly breathed a sigh of relief, pointed at the tobacco leaves in the glass jar and said in his heart:

"Activate fungal mimicry to isolate pathogenic bacteria from infected tobacco leaves."

【The simulation object has been set. 】

【Please set the experimental parameters and steps. 】

Li Nuo pondered:
“First, take samples at multiple points, clean the surface of the samples with sterile water, prepare 75% alcohol, soak the samples in it for about 60 seconds, and then clean them again with sterile water.

"Cut up and clean the sample, and use the dilution plate method for preliminary separation. When colonies are formed on the culture medium, use the holographic microscope with the automated inoculation box to pick out the pathogenic bacteria from the colonies for separate culture."

[Experimental parameters and steps have been set.] [Automatic simulation has been enabled.]

【Start automatic simulation. 】

【...】

【Automatic simulation failed. 】

【Please click here to view the simulation process. After adjusting the parameters, re-simulate. 】

"Ah? Simulation failed?"

Li Nuo was stunned for a moment, as he was not expecting the simulation result.

This feels as absurd as a graduate student taking an elementary school exam and ending up getting zero points.

"How could it fail? My experimental steps and simulation parameters are all in accordance with the standardized process..."

Li Nuo frowned and clicked on the simulation process.

Glancing at the vast amount of system text, one piece of information appeared repeatedly and immediately caught Li Nuo's attention.

【Please note. The sample disappears during inoculation and the sample inoculation fails. 】

This system message is very strange.

There were no problems in any link from collecting samples to cultivating them.

The only abnormality occurred during the vaccination step.

When the system uses a holographic microscope to find the pathogenic bacteria on the culture medium plate and is about to pick it out with an inoculation needle,
The pathogenic bacteria disappeared!
Correct!
It just disappeared!
As soon as the inoculation needle touched the surface of the pathogenic bacteria, it disappeared inexplicably!

Such an counterintuitive scene made Li Nuo shudder.

Suddenly, he remembered the observer effect in the field of quantum mechanics.

The act of "observing the experimental subject" itself will have an impact on the experimental subject.

This is the explanation for the observer effect.

The same principle applies to Schrödinger's cat.

The situation I'm facing now is similar to this.

The difference is that the observer effect describes the relationship between "observation" and "experimental subject".

However, what I encountered was that once the pathogenic bacteria were "inoculated", they would disappear.

Applying the naming logic of the observer effect, the phenomenon happening now can be called the vaccinator effect.

"What's the principle behind this? Could it be that the pathogenic bacteria are quantum creatures? This is too ridiculous."

Li Nuo folded his arms and frowned in thought.

He adopted a manual operation method, personally controlling the simulation process and conducting experiments step by step.

Soon, the simulation advanced to the vaccination step.

Looking at the microorganisms on the holographic image, Li Nuo chose to directly launch the fungal analysis function on it.

【Analysis successful.】

【Name: Unknown pathogenic bacteria】

【Analysis results:】

[Psychic mold, transformed by the hand of Nurgle, its toxicity is only effective on a very small number of plants and is harmless to humans. 】

[Plants infected by this substance will show a certain degree of disease, and the disease symptoms are particularly obvious on white spine tobacco. ]

[The growth and reproduction of psychic mold depends on the energy of the subspace. The system's simulation space cannot provide this energy for the time being. You can only cultivate this mold in the outside world.]

[The biggest feature of this object is the "subspace superposition state". It can be observed by the physical universe, but cannot be captured by the physical universe.]

[When you try to inoculate and cultivate it, it will immediately return to the subspace, preventing you from conducting in-depth research on it. ]

Li Nuo already knew that psychic creatures could not be cultivated in the simulated space for the time being.

When he saw the words "subspace superposition state", he was petrified on the spot!
After a long time, Li Nuo slowly uttered "Gift Crab".

The love of a loving father is truly everywhere.

I have come all the way to the upper nest, but I still find Nurgle's creations.

By the way, does this fungus have bactericidal ability?

Li Nuo calmed himself down and continued to check the panel.

As several lines of text came into his field of vision, his pupils suddenly contracted!
[Bacteria ability: Subspace walking]

【Ability description:】

[You fade out of the physical universe and enter the surface of the subspace. In the physical universe, you are invisible and can pass through walls. You have no physical collision volume, can ignore obstacles, and are immune to any damage from the physical universe. However, you will emit spatial signals from the subspace, and then be discovered by people and objects with psychic recognition abilities. ]

[Unlock requirement: 100 skill point. ]

[Nurgle has corrupted this mold. Cutting off the connection between the mold and Nurgle will remove the Chaos Corruption and complete the domestication of the mold. ]

[After successful taming, the unlocking requirement is reduced to 1 skill point. ]

[The taming process will not alert Nurgle. 】

[Please do not forcefully unlock and use this fungus's ability before taming is complete! Otherwise, terrible consequences will occur! ]

Ecstasy, dazed.

Two completely different emotions collided violently in Li Nuo's mind, making his expression extremely complicated, like an overturned paint bucket.

Although subspace walking has its drawbacks, it is undeniable that its wall-penetrating function and damage-avoidance ability are extremely powerful, and it is definitely a T0-level bacterial ability.

But how can I cut off the connection between the fungus and Nurgle?
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