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

Chapter 98 Second, Empire...

Waving his hand to dispel the pungent smell of ammonia, Li Nuo walked towards the door of the VIP room in deep thought, intending to take a look at other places in the ship.

The corporate spy he had just killed was clearly in the early stages of infection.

There are two reasons.

First, the Bone Drinker can only completely control the host's body after eating the host's spinal cord in the tail vertebrae.

This process lasts for 24 Terras and is defined as the early stage of infection.

Second, after parasitism for more than 24 hours, the infected person will be completely controlled by the Bone Drinker and become a host controlled by the Bone Drinker. This is the middle stage of infection.

After entering the middle stage, the host will no longer scratch its back.

He could still feel the pain in his bones, but under the control of the Bone Drinker, all movements related to "back pain" would be erased and would never appear in front of outsiders.

At most, a barely perceptible trace of pain flashed across his face.

Based on these judgments, Li Nuo was 24% sure that the spy was infected by the Bone Drinker within the past hours.

Naturally, Li Nuo suspected that the crew was infected with spies.

But the scene he saw when he left the VIP room made him waver in his analysis and judgment.

On the way from the VIP room to the bridge, hundreds or even thousands of unarmed sailors' bodies were scattered in the corridor.

This ship is not an armed cargo ship, it is just an ordinary transport ship.

It had no light spears, macro cannons, armories, astropathic halls, or mechanical priests who maintained the engines, but only cargo holds, cargo, bridges, ordinary sailors, power rooms, and navigators.

In the eyes of the Eldar, humans are nothing more than a group of monkeys who can sail boats.

The Eldar pirates slaughtered the crew on the ship in an almost crushing manner.

The sailor's throat was cut by the Eldar's chain sword, the wound was bloody and his death was miserable. The corridor was covered with bright red blood, like purgatory on earth.

Security personnel armed with guns and wearing plasteel armor were brutally executed, their heads severed and their limbs arranged in various obscene shapes.

Perhaps because his current body was that of an orc and lacked the hormonal regulation and psychological feedback of a human body, Li Nuo was calmer than he had expected when he saw the scene in front of him.

He found the family crest of the Binis family on the crew members. It was the richest merchant family in the hive city-Epimet, and it owned two-thirds of the seats in the Coin Guild.

The previous commercial spy should have been arranged by the Binis family.

But what is strange is why the sailors on the same ship showed no signs of infection?
Who infected the spies with the Bone Drinkers?
Li Nuo entered the bridge with this question, intending to find the answer from the navigation log.

He was destined to be disappointed.

The navigation computer on the bridge had been destroyed, and the sound array, fire protection array, Geller force field, monitoring pipelines and the power hub connected to the power room had all been destroyed.

The captain, who also served as the helmsman, was hung on the rudder, with the rudder armrest sticking out of his mouth. His expression was frozen in the moment before death, terrified.

There is no survivors, only death.

The clues for tracing the Bone Drinker's infection path were cut off.

Li Nuo had to admit that he made a mistake.

He was a bit rash in dealing with the case of industrial espionage and should not have eliminated the other party so easily.

If it were experienced people like Wick and Mona, they would most likely use various means to force the commercial spies to tell the truth and then render it harmless.

Now, everyone on the ship might be dead, the Bone Drinker's infection route has become an unsolved mystery, and I don't know when I will be able to see a living Bone Drinker again.

Li Nuo shook his head helplessly, preparing to find some spoils to take with him, and while carrying the spoils, he would return to the orc ship to explore mechanical witchcraft.

Just as he was about to walk out of the bridge, he heard rustling footsteps coming from the corridor outside the door. The number of people should be between 5 and 10.

Along with the footsteps, there were also the Eldar voices of the Eldar pirates and the humans' cries for help.

"Help! Is there anyone else on the boat? Help!"

"Dathach! Lachuir!" (Note)
The Eldar language was obscure and difficult to understand. Li Nuo didn't understand what was said and thought it was not a good thing.

"Pa!" The human who shouted for help was slapped in the face, and let out an even more shrill scream:

"Help! Cough cough cough! Help! Can someone help me!"

Li Nuo activated the bacteria's ability - optical invisibility, and hid behind the navigation computer on the bridge.

Eight Eldar pirates walked onto the bridge, four of them jointly carrying a young male human with three eyes.

The human was wearing a simple scholar-style robe, with clear slap marks on his face, and half of his face was swollen like a ball.

The third eye in the center of his forehead announced his identity.

Navigators, a mutant recognized by the Empire.

A benign mutation occurred within their genetic makeup, giving them a third eye - the Eye of the Warp.

This eye possesses unique psionic effects.

When the Navigator opens his third eye, he can see the psychic light of the Astronomican in the Warp, and use the light of the Astronomican as a guide to help ships navigate in the Warp.

Aside from this psychic power to guide Warp navigation, Navigators generally have no other abilities.

The Eldar pirates threw the captain's corpse off the rudder and dropped the navigator to the ground in front of the rudder with a clang.

A total of eight Eldar pirates stood in a circle around the helm, surrounding the navigator in the middle.

They drew out their chain swords, cut their palms, and blood fell to the ground.

The Eldar pirates moved in a circle, blood lines drawing arcs on the ground.

The blood of eight Eldar pirates formed a scarlet circle.

The atmosphere became a little weird.

The Eldar pirate stopped, held the sword with both hands, held the blade vertically in front of him, retracted his chin slightly, and rested his forehead against the blade.

The low tone rose and fell like waves, and the psychic energy fluctuations gradually became more intense.

"Ar Gwaed Gwaew, Gin ni annogir gwaed a chig o'r Nodwyr fel gwobr a thaliant…"

The navigator's body twitched and was held in place by an invisible force.

His third eye suddenly opened, as if he saw something terrible from the warp, and tears flowed from his eyes.

“Help…Help…!”

The navigator yelled at the top of his lungs, but suddenly his throat was strangled and he could not make a sound, with veins popping out on his face.

Li Nuo hid in the dark, his heart beating rapidly.

As Cloud Hammer, if he still doesn't understand what the Eldar pirates are doing, then it would be a waste of his time wasting on short videos.

Brain freeze, start, start, start!

After launching a series of brain freeze spells, Li Nuo didn't bother to check the results and just picked up the lumberjack gun and fired wildly.

“Bang bang bang bang bang bang————”

Gunshots rang out suddenly, catching the Eldar pirates off guard and having no time to react.

Half of the Eldar pirates were immobilized by brain freeze, becoming living targets with no power to resist.

Li Nuo's shooting instinct of a governor's agent emerged in his body. He tried hard to control the landing point of each bullet. The lumberjack gun fired a barrage of bullets, shooting all the stupid pirates in the head.

A psychic shield appeared around the other half of the Eldar pirates, and the warheads hit it, causing dense ripples.

"Gwae! Sut mae'rchwi Cochionyn fan hyn?!"

The leading Eldar pirate screamed, drew a sword flower with the chain sword in his hand, stomped his feet hard, and rushed forward.

Lino yelled in Low Gothic:
"Close your eyes! Face the ground!"

The twin-linked lumberjacks turned their muzzles and spewed a barrage of bullets at the oncoming Eldar pirates, barely slowing them down and giving the navigator time to react.

The navigator had no time to investigate the source of the Low Gothic language, and hurriedly covered his face and faced the ground.

Infrared blindsight, activated!
Light magic, 500 million lux, activated!
In an instant, the space seemed to be torn apart by a pair of invisible hands, and an incomparable white light burst out from the cracks in space, piercing into the eyes of every Eldar pirate like a sharp blade!
"Puff puff----"

There were a series of crisp sounds of eyeballs exploding, and blood spurted out of the eye sockets.

Li Nuo's eyes disappeared, and his eyes turned into a whole eyelid, which was not affected by the strong light.

Not only that, the bacteria ability - infrared blindness helped him mark the infrared source of the Eldar pirates.

The gun line followed the infrared source, and the bullet tore through the pirate's fragile armor and broke into his body. The powerful impact force caused the infrared source to fly backwards.

"Click——"

There was a crisp sound from the gun chamber, indicating that the ammunition was exhausted.

Only one Eldar pirate survived the violent sneak attack.

When it heard the crisp sound, it knew that its chance to counterattack had come, and immediately charged in the direction of the sound.

"Marw! Cochionyn!"

Vicious curses and sharp blades whistled past.

Li Nuo changed the bullet with his left hand and pushed his right hand forward, and his bacterial ability - vibration technique was activated following the gesture.

The air in front of the Eldar pirate contracted and expanded, and then popped out like a spring that had been accumulating energy for a long time.

"Bang!" The air turned into a solid wall and collided with the pirate's psychic shield.

The psychic pirate's body shook and he was pushed back two steps by the recoil force.

It was blind and couldn't see clearly, so it could only swing the chain sword randomly, trying to clear the obstacles.

This Eldar pirate's psychic proficiency is extraordinary. Even after experiencing hail of bullets and flashes of light, he still maintains his psychic shield.

I don't know why, it seems to prefer short weapons and not guns, and it never picked up the human guns on the ground to fight back.

Li Nuo changed the magazine, placed the twin-linked lumberjack gun on the navigation computer and fired with one hand.

He used his other hand to push forward and push back the pirates who were approaching him. The psychic shield was shaking violently and there were signs of cracking.

The Eldar pirate cursed in Eldar and turned to flee the scene.

It couldn't see, and it stumbled as it ran, and before it could escape the range of the barrage of bullets, it crashed into the wall.

At this moment, the psychic shield protecting it was shattered by the rain of bullets.

The bullet penetrated its back and the back of its head, and blood flowers exploded.

"Pfft."

The last Eldar pirate fell to the ground and breathed his last, leaving behind a corpse with some warmth left.

Li Nuo put down the double-linked lumberjack in his hand, exhaled a long breath, dispersed the white light that filled the bridge, and lifted the infrared blindness.

The light returned to normal, the echo of the gunshots dissipated, and the smell of blood and gun smoke floated everywhere.

The navigator crawled on the ground, turning his body sideways tremblingly.

When the green color representing orcs came into view, his heart was filled with stormy waves.

"Oh my Emperor! Did you see that?! The one who saved me was actually an orc!!"

"Quiet." Li Nuo turned over and jumped over the navigation computer, walking towards the navigator with heavy steps.

Now that things have come to this, he doesn't plan to pretend anymore.

Ask all the questions you want to ask first, and then think about how to make up for the fact that you are an orc but saved humans.

"Time is running out. I ask you questions and you answer them." Li Nuo picked up the navigator from the ground, stared into his eyes and asked:
"There is a secret door in the VIP room, and inside the door is a business spy dressed as a wealthy businessman. Was this person arranged by the Biennis family of Epimate?"

After escaping the life-and-death crisis, the navigator regained some of his thinking ability amidst his heavy breathing, his voice trembling a little:

"Yes, yes. The commercial spy was brought on board by Master Hakas of the Binis family before the cargo ship set sail."

"Besides Khakassia, who else did the industrial spies contact?"

The navigator swallowed his saliva, suppressed his pounding heart, and replied thoughtfully:

"The corporate spy should have met the pharmacist of the Binis family. They performed surgery on the corporate spy in the secret door of the VIP room and implanted a locator or something like that."

Li Nuo's heart moved slightly.

Locator?
Is there such a thing on a corpse?
Why did not I see.

Oh, well, it looks like it was dissolved by the corpse transformation technique.

The corpse-transmutation technique is so terrifying.

"Who else has the industrial spy contacted? Have you had any contact with him?"

Li Nuo asked while observing the navigator's behavior.

The navigator was frightened by the orcs' gazes and had no choice but to bite the bullet and tell everyone who might have had contact with the corporate spies.

The people he mentioned were either dead crew members or the Penis family convoy that sent corporate spies on board the ship.

The Navigator himself had no contact with the spy.

Overall, the number of people suspected of infecting the Bone Drinkers with corporate espionage is large, and most of them are related to Epimet.

If any one of them were to be infected by the Bone Drinker, it could lead to the destruction of all of Epimet.

All of Li Nuo's belongings are in Epimet, so if one thing is lost, all will be lost.

He secretly decided that after the simulation was over, he would find a chance to identify those who were suspected of being infected with the Bone Drinkers.

If the situation is out of control, quickly sell the Baiguo Manor and find a chance to escape with the physical throne coins.

When Li Nuo was thinking about how to escape, the navigator suddenly raised his index finger.

"Oh, right! I remember now. According to the sailing schedule, we will set off as soon as the commercial spy gets on board. But the captain told me that Master Hakas asked us to wait a little longer, saying that Osgus from the Vogues family would come over to explain something."

"Osgus? He came on board alone?"

"Yes, not long after he boarded the ship, he left with Khakass. Then the captain gave the order to set sail."

The navigator tells you everything he knows.

At the end of his voice, he boldly whispered:

"Are you an orc or a human? Do you know who those names I just mentioned refer to?"

Finally, things have developed to the point of exploring the true identity.

Li Nuo retreated a short distance, raised the lumberjack in his hand, and aimed at the opponent's chest.

The navigator was startled, his face turned pale, and he shouted in horror:
"I won't ask anymore! I won't ask anymore! I didn't ask anything! We have never met! You don't know me, and I don't know you! Let's just walk out of this door and pretend nothing happened, okay!"

"Tell me your name." Li Nuo tried hard to control the excitement in his heart and not let his hands tremble because of the impending shooting.

"My name is Yara Solar. I just graduated from the family academy two and a half years ago. I was hired by the Binis family to serve as the navigator of this cargo ship..."

Yara tremblingly took out his personal information, fearing that he would be shot if he spoke a second slower.

"Yara Solar." Li Nuo took a deep breath and said in a deep voice:

"I'll remember your name. Sorry. I have to."

"No!" Yara's pupils shrank sharply.

"boom!"

Gunshots rang out.

…The air fell silent.

The wheezing sound came from nothing and then disappeared.

Li Nuo's eyes turned red and the gun in his hand slid to the ground.

Yara hugged her head, moved her arms away tremblingly, looked at the bullet holes on the wall next to her, and swallowed hard.

Being on the brink of death made his heart rise to his throat. It was more terrifying than a cargo ship crashing head-on into a warp storm.

But it was obvious that the orc in front of him was not much better, with an anthropomorphic complex expression appearing on his rough green face.

In the end, Li Nuo failed to take that step.

He knew very well that after the first time, there would be a second time, and countless times.

He will become more and more cold-blooded, and will increasingly regard human life as worthless, treating innocent human beings like the elves treat humans.

One day, this inner corruption will join forces with the great enemy of Chaos to crush his humanity into dust, causing him to fall hopelessly into the abyss of darkness.

So, Li Nuo moved the gun line and shot the bullet at the wall.

Li Nuo put the double-linked felling rifle on his back, raised his head and looked at the other person, his voice hoarse:

"Yara Solar, remember this shot. You owe me a life. Keep what we said to each other to yourself, and don't let me lose faith in the bottom line of humanity."

Li Nuo walked towards the exit of the bridge, hurriedly and quickly, as if he was worried that he would change his mind and turn around to shoot the other party.

"Wait!" Yara chased after him for a few steps. He was so weak that he broke out in a cold sweat. He could only watch the strange orc walk away.

"Wait! Please stay! If you want me to keep a secret, you should at least tell me which side you are protecting. If it is for the empire, I will die without regrets even if you kill me now!"

Li Nuo stopped and clenched his fists.

Damn loyalty.

What kind of magic does Old Man Huang have that makes you, a bunch of natives, so devoted to him?

Li Nuo turned sideways and turned his head, his expression becoming solemn:
"First, the Legion is always loyal. Second, the Empire has no secrets. These two sentences will tell you whose secrets you are keeping, and keep them to yourself along with our conversation."

Li Nuo's back disappeared at the exit of the bridge. A series of footsteps indicated that he was jogging forward without any intention of staying.

In fact, after leaving the freighter, he saw orcs and elves fighting at the other end of the dock.

He joined in without hesitation and killed more than a dozen Eldar himself, ending the simulation amid the enemies' wailing.

Yara came to the porthole and looked at the station of orcs and elves, and could no longer recognize the orc just now.

"First, the Legion is always loyal. Second, the Empire has no secrets."

"First Legion, secret? Could they be agents of the Dark Angels?!"

This is a hazy star field where alien collections are endless.

In order to eliminate illegal transactions and personnel here, the Dark Angels sent agents disguised as orcs to obtain intelligence.

This makes sense.

Yara felt like she had touched the truth!

As expected of the legendary Space Marine Legion, they can even pretend to be orcs so convincingly!

Awesome!
Yara decided to keep the secret completely secret and never tell anyone.

Even if the Dark Angels' Space Marines questioned him, he would keep his mouth shut and resolutely keep the secret.

The reason why Yara did this was simple.

The previous agent should have killed himself, but he didn't.

By doing this he must have violated the rules within the legion.

Revealing the conversation between the two would only result in the agent being punished.

Therefore, the best option is to keep the content of the conversation to yourself forever.

　Asking for a monthly ticket! !
　　Note: I couldn't find an alphabetic conversion table for Eldar, so I used the Old Elvish language from Middle-earth instead. The Old Elvish language that appears in the text can be converted into English according to the conversion table, and then converted into Chinese.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)