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

Chapter 352 Practical Test

The Green Squad plan had many prerequisites.

While Packard was writing the plan, Lino prepared to test whether the preconditions were valid one by one in the End Age.

He used the companion simulation feature to create a clone of the beast within the Crimson Hand, allowing it to act alongside him.

"Hmm... I feel like the warp in the End Age is even more chaotic than the Rebellion Age."

The beast possessed the orc guard, who gazed at the view outside the porthole and couldn't help but sigh.

Li Nuo leaned down to the warlord leader with the scarlet palm, beckoned to the shaman boy beside him, and gave the order:
"Open the star map we've already explored."

"Yes, boss." The priest personally manipulated the star map, explaining the information to the Beast God:
"A year ago, there were thirty-five shrimp worlds, one forging world of motor enthusiasts, and about a hundred spatial entities scattered along the trade routes. There were about three hundred lost worlds that had not been conquered by the shrimp empire, and about two hundred worlds occupied by alien civilizations."

"To this day, apart from the Forging World, all other worlds belonging to the Shrimp Empire have been invaded by Rotten Things, and more than half of the Shrimp Worlds have become Rotten Things Worlds. The Lost World and the Alien World are in a similar situation."

Li Nuo asked:
"In the alien world, how many are not silicon-based life forms?"

The shaman said:
"Boss, the mainstream life forms in the alien world are silicon-based."

Indeed, mutagenic spores hold great potential.

Li Nuo then asked:

Which world is currently the closest to us?

The shaman zooms in on the star map, focusing on the area slightly to the left of the center of the expanded plan:

"It's a world of pointy ears called Yarahaya. That place was recently destroyed by the Pointy-Beaked Kids. If we go there now, we'll probably run into a bunch of Pointy-Beaked Kids and some scattered pointy ears."

Li Nuo frowned and asked:

"A world with pointed ears? You mean the Ark world, or one of those worlds built on a planet?"

"It's a world built on a planet. These pointy-eared people are privateers. Without the protection of the Ark world, they can only explore the planet."

“Oh, is that so?” Li Nuo snapped his fingers at the beast. “Go check the fleet’s combat readiness.”

"Okay, boss." The beast scurried away, all excited.

Li Nuo pointed to the world of ears at his fingertips and gave the order:
"Go to this world immediately, but do not leave the warp after you arrive at your destination."

"Yes, boss," the priest relayed the order.

Li Nuo found an empty warehouse and conducted gene simulations there, using materials from his personal warehouse to create live mutagenic spores.

Considering that the main enemies to come are Pointybeaks and Pointyears, Lino optimized the gene fragments of the spores, increasing the success rate of infecting Pointybeaks and Pointyears.

Next are the test strips, containers, and collection tools necessary for collecting experimental data.

These things are readily available; I have plenty in my personal storage, so I can take them whenever I need them.

In addition, the cannon barrels and shells used to spread the mutagenic spores also need to be modified.

Just to be on the safe side, Li Nuo summoned a research team from Palu Homeland to provide on-site guidance to the Scarlet Palm's technicians on modifying various devices.

Five Terra hours later, the fleet arrived at the subspace region corresponding to the Pointy Ear World.

"Each team reports its self-inspection results." Li Nuo oversaw the entire operation from the command platform.

The noisy boxes successively emitted the voices of the leaders of each work group:
"The count of the mutagenic spore shells has been completed, totaling five thousand, and they are ready for immediate use."

"The Hongpao has been modified and changed from a direct-fire type to a shotgun type, which can fire ten mutagenesis shells in a single shot."

"The salvage vessel has been modified, and the gene scanner and siphon device are ready."

"The Palu Shadow is ready. Once activated, it can cover the planet within half a minute."

Li Nuo nodded slightly and gestured to the young helmsman below:
"Let's set off into the real universe."

"Roar!" The young helmsman turned the rudder, opened the subspace exit, and led the fleet through it.

Shortly after arriving in the real universe, a scanning signal appeared on the Detector.

"Boss, it's the Sharp-Beaked Kid's Auger Matrix. They've spotted us."

“Scan out their fleet situation and tell me how many men and how many ships they have.”

"Okay, boss." Dongdong typed back.
"Boss, there's only one battleship on the other side. Apart from the shrimps navigating it, the rest are all 'pointed bastards,' about 30,000 men. I don't know much about them, so I don't know which 'pointed bastard' unit they're from."

Find Dongdong to project the scan results onto the holographic screen.

A red pattern appears in the image, with a white shield and two crossed black swords in the center, and a scarlet teardrop shape in the middle of the shield.

Judging from the style and color scheme of this pattern, it should be related to the Blood Angel.

Unfortunately, as a Cloud Hammer and a struggling graduate student, Li Nuo didn't have enough time to understand the origins, culture, and characteristics of each Space Marine Chapter, and he couldn't recognize the Chapter at first glance.

However, considering that this is the edge of the Empire and legitimate Space Marines rarely operate here, the probability that they are Chaos Space Marines or rogue Space Marines is almost 100%.

Based on this, Li Nuo doesn't feel any psychological burden about killing the wrong shrimp or sharp-tongued kid when he takes action.

"Just one warship and they took down the Pointy Ears World? No wonder they're Pointy Ears pirates, they're really weaklings."

Li Nuo chuckled and gave the instructions:
"Activate the fire control radar, lock onto the Sharp-Beaked Kid's warship, approach it, spread the mutagenic spores first, then deal with the Sharp-Beaked Kid."

"hold head high!"

Li Nuo beckoned to the wild beast:

"I'll leave the command of the battle to you; I'll go to the lab and oversee the research."

"Alright, boss." The beast patted his chest and took the leader's place on the command platform.

Li Nuo turned and entered the corridor, arriving at the makeshift laboratory to observe the real-time changes in experimental data.

The fleet began sub-light-speed travel and arrived above a desolate planet with artificial forests.

The pointed ears here might be a sign of a retro trend in the primeval forest.

On the brownish-brown ground, they artificially created forest gardens, treehouses, and lakes, which were quite tasteful, but they were unlucky enough to encounter a wicked, sharp-nosed boy.

The fleet bypassed the Pointy Boy's warships and fired shells at the lowest point of their near-surface orbit.

The shotgun barrel fires ten shells at a time.

After a simple five-round salvo, the artificial forest on the ground was covered with spores.

Normally, five green-skinned warships would definitely have an advantage over one spiky warship.

If he's smart enough, the sharp-tongued kid will definitely choose to run away.

But the group of sharp-beaked boys, who were suspected of being connected to the Holy Blood Angels, did the opposite and actually drove their warship straight over to board a green-skinned frigate.

This left the wild beasts dumbfounded; they found it hard to believe that a normal person could do such a thing.

"Wow, what a rare sight! It's hard to find such a brave little rascal." The beast couldn't help but laugh out loud.
"Insert footage of their boarding; I want to see just how good these sharp-tongued kids are."

"Good drop."

The holographic view switches to the surveillance perspective of the green-skinned frigate, revealing an extremely brutal and bloody scene.

The sharp-beaked boy, clad in dark red power armor, was like a madman, chasing after the green-skinned creature and hacking and slashing wildly, while stuffing severed limbs and heads into his mouth, chewing and swallowing them in large gulps.

This scene stunned everyone on the bridge.

"I think these sharp-mouthed bastards have mouths that stink even more than Scudgar..." "Brother Li, have these sharp-mouthed bastards gone mad? How can they even eat us green-skinned people? Is there any justice in this world?"

"Boss Beast, what do we do now? The green-skinned guys on that frigate probably can't stop these lunatics."

The young man who asked the question was eager to try, clearly ready to jump over and fight the other side.

The beast scratched its head and said:

"First, scan how many combat personnel are left on that kid's warship."

"Hmm... I took a look, and there are no Pointy-Beaked Kids on the opposite boat, only Shrimp."

The beast's eyes lit up, and it clenched its fist and slammed it into its palm:

"Alright then, pass on my order: detonate the blue furnaces on the green-skinned frigates, blow up these snipes, then launch a 'jump-and-go' tactic to seize their ships. We'll lose a frigate and get a battleship in return—it's a steal!"

"Hooray! Huge profit! Huge profit!"

"We've won big!"

The bridge lads and farts started making a fuss.

Half a minute later, the bright plasma fireball exploded in its near-ground orbit.

Twenty thousand greenskins and thirty thousand spiky boys perished together, in exchange for a half-new Imperial battleship.

The beasts sent a boarding party to the enemy's ships and spread mutagenic spores.

After waiting for half an hour, the shrimp on the ship were transformed into Palu Boys, and control of the ship fell into the hands of the Palu Empire.

By reviewing the data records of the Thinker Array, the Beast figured out the origins of this warband.

Its name is Blood Knight, which originated from the Blood Angels. Before the Great Rift unfolded, it was labeled a rebellious Space Marine by the Imperium of Man.

So it turns out it's a naughty, pointy-nosed boy, not a normal pointy-nosed boy. No wonder it eats green-skinned animals raw.

The beast relayed the message to its leader.

After hearing this, Li Nuo was momentarily dazed before remembering the relevant settings of the Blood Knight.

Because of the constant thirst for blood, the Blood Knight must frequently eat raw flesh and blood to reduce his appetite in order to maintain his rational thinking.

Their actions were considered heretical by the human empire, and many inquisitors were tracking them.

Only when forced to do so would the Blood Knight seek a living in the surrounding areas of the expanded region.

Unexpectedly, I actually encountered this group of "vampires".

"Hmm... If I remember correctly, the Blood Knights were supposed to all perish in the battle to defend Baal, buying precious time and strategic space for Dante and Guilliman's aid. If I chop down these spiky brats now, can we still win the battle against Baal?"

Li Nuo pondered for a few seconds, then suddenly thought of something.

"Open the map of the Milky Way and bring up the coordinates of Baal, the mother planet of the Holy Blood Angels."

One of the guys responsible for recording Li Nuo's research progress stopped what he was doing, turned on the holographic device, and brought up the map.

Baal is located in the middle of the northern part of the Far East star system.

It is right in the very center of the empire's dark side!

No matter where you go in the dark side of the Empire, the journey from Baal is the shortest!

If we assume that the Eye of Fear will be surrounded in the future, then Baal is undoubtedly one of the most geographically advantageous bridgeheads.

The star regions and galaxies near Bar also meet this requirement.

Li Nuo calculated the time. There were still three months until Guilliman awoke. Considering the time it would take Guilliman to travel from Macurag to Baal, the Battle of Baal would come to an end in about seven months.

I can send a Palu Kids unit, disguised as Blood Knights, to scout the terrain near Baal and find a suitable location to establish a bridgehead.

It doesn't matter if the Empire discovers my identity, as long as I get the intelligence.

"Beast, I've found you a group of researchers from Palu Academy. You lead them in training a batch of Blood Raven Boys..."

Li Nuo explained his plan, and the beast nodded repeatedly in agreement. Blood Raven was perfect for espionage operations behind enemy lines.

Time was spent researching mutagenic spores and preparing for the "Blood Knights" chapter.

Three Terra hours later, Blood Knight's battleship was taken over by Blood Raven Boy.

Linuo calculated the timing of the Battle of Baal, allowing them to investigate the situation around the Baal system before the battle came to an end, and then, based on the exact time of Guilliman's appearance, to go to Baal to spy on the Empire's intelligence.

The "Blood Knight" can then set off.

Lino shifted his attention to the experimental results.

The practical data from the mutagenic spores is very good.

30% of Pointy Ears will complete the mutation within three Terra days, while the rest will gradually transform into Palu Boys within ten Terra days.

The spores that did not parasitize the pointed ears were not wasted.

Like normal Palu spores, they take root and sprout on the ground, forming emerald green mushrooms, giving birth to Skull, Fart Spirit, and Palu Boy.

Li Nuo relayed the experimental data to Paccard and also informed him of his plans for Baal and the "Blood Knight".

Paccado looked admiring and exclaimed in praise:

"Boss, sometimes I really feel that if you weren't so busy thinking about solutions, you might not need my help. Your arrangements for Bal coincide with our plans. We also intend to make Bal a bridgehead."

Li Nuo raised an eyebrow, took the data panel to check the plan, and confirmed that what Paccard said was true.

Great minds think alike.

Li Nuo quickly flipped through the plan written by Paccardo, and a scene automatically formed in his mind:
The Greenskin frenzy originated from the Colonus Expansion in the Far East and advanced westward across the galactic plane, infecting all worlds along its path and forming an encirclement of the Space Marine homeworld, the Forge world, the Ark world, and the Necropolis.

Cut off the Space Marines' and Gadgetmen's supplies, and slowly but surely you can bring them to their knees.

The Ark world has achieved self-sustaining operation and has a complete ecosystem. By using a forceful attack to break in and then spreading mutagenic spores, it should be possible to dismantle the social system of the Pointy Ears from within and transform them into military forces.

The Necropolis was the most troublesome.

These tough guys are unaffected by the mutagenic spores and are among the best in combat, with almost no weaknesses.

Rumor has it that the ribs also possess a super weapon that can "detonate a specific planet with just a tap of a finger".

If pushed to the brink, they might actually resort to suicidal actions.

But what if we blow up the Dynasty World before they do?
Li Nuo chuckled to himself, realizing that he and Paccardo's team had the same idea again.

The plan clearly states:
First, form an encirclement, then launch a swift and decisive attack on the ribs to ensure a fatal blow.

This is the overall concept behind the Greenskin Frenzy.

“Well done, Packardo. Let’s proceed with this plan, and at the same time, let’s halt the expansion plan for subspace single crystals.”

"Yes, Your Excellency!" Paccado bowed and prepared to leave.

Li Nuo stopped him:

"Wait, I want to ask you something. Is there anything you think I absolutely have to do during this period?"

(End of this chapter)