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

Chapter 355 Self-Deception
"Did the spore jars enter the Nurgle Garden along with the clones?"

"Yes, boss, the tank is in too."

"That's good." Li Nuo breathed a sigh of relief, and Paccado beside him looked delighted.

The little brat typed on the keyboard, head down, and said:
"Boss, after the tank entered Nurgle Garden, our tracker stopped working. We couldn't pinpoint the tank's exact location, and we're not sure if the tank's detonator was functioning properly."

"It's okay, I have a way to verify the effectiveness of the detonator."

Lino gestured to Paccardo:

"I'll leave the command here to you. I'm going to meditate now."

"Yes, boss."

Paccardo nodded in response.

Li Nuo left the monitoring room, entered the meditation room next door, and opened the system's simulation interface.

The work of decapitating Dekaramus' clones and breaking the Nurgle spell is closely related to the plan to conquer the Eye of Terror.

The jar containing the spores implanted with the clones is one of the key elements in the success of the plan.

Spores are specially modified; they lack biological armor and are not very adaptable to harsh environments, but they possess an adaptive optical camouflage film that can change with the environment.

In the ideal scenario, after the detonator detonates, the spores are sprayed out and blend into the surrounding environment, delaying the time it takes for the spores to be detected by the scum as much as possible.

During this period, Li Nuo will possess the orc that grows from the spores, go to the Nurgle Garden, and use subspace positioning to obtain the exact location of the Nurgle Garden.

Searching for simulated objects that match the criteria.

Search complete.

Search results: 0 items.

Undeterred, Li Nuo continued her search.

Search complete.

Search results: 12 items.

Great, the first batch of spores has developed successfully.

Search complete.

Search results: 28 items.

The second batch of spores grew successfully.

Search complete.

Search results: 175 items.

The third batch of spores successfully spawned Palu Boy.

Search complete.

Search results: 1871 items.

Yes, now.

The Palu Kids born from the fourth batch of spores are the ones capable of taking action; the previous three batches of Palu Kids could only be used to confuse potential enemies.

Li Nuo selected a Palu boy and began the simulation.

The field of vision instantly shifted, and the scene before my eyes was replaced by lush vegetation and twisted vines, with puddles on the ground filled with foul-smelling, filthy water that looked like thick phlegm.

The sounds of fighting came from not far away; it was the Nurgle demon in the forest encountering the first three batches of Palu Boys, and the two sides were engaged in battle.

Knowing that time was limited, Li Nuo didn't have time to explore the forest further and found a suitable rocky corner to hide in.

Open the portable storage and take out the subspace locator, the latest development of the Palu Academy.

The core component of this thing is a cylinder with multifaceted lenses, and below the cylinder is a metal structure resembling spider legs.

Insert the "spider leg" into the ground to fix the column, press the button, and a ring of light green light waves will spread outward, then converge inward and return to the column, followed by a second, third, and fourth ring of light waves.

Each time the light wave returns to the cylinder, a new dimension information will appear on the locator's data panel.

"The Eternal Ring...Seventh Section...Seventh Subsection...The Corridor of the Lake of Pus...The Source of Alveolar Hyperplasia and Ulceration..."

"Rustle, rustle—"

The nearby bushes rustled, and several three-meter-tall Nurgle demons leaped out, approaching the rock where Li Nuo was standing step by step.

Li Nuo glanced back, resisting the urge to use his brain-freezing technique to immobilize the other party, and continued recording the dimensional information on the locator.

After the eighth wave of light returned to the column, the positioning process was completed.

Li Nuo took out a plasma grenade and detonated it.

"Sizzle, bang!"

The plasma storm tore its body apart, burning the fragile locator to ashes. Several Nurgle demons missed their target and, unwilling to give up, headed to the other side to chase after other greenskins.

Li Nuo's consciousness returned to the shaman, and he got up, went out, and arrived at the monitoring room:

“I’ve got the address of Nurgle Gardens. Disband the Palu fleet monitoring the planet where the clones are located and erase all traces of us.”

"Yes, boss." Paccard relayed the order, then followed Lino out of the monitoring room and into another room.

There are lots of sparkly boys here.

They surround the subspace observation device in the center of the room, forming three circles, and are connected to the device through psionic pipelines.

Lino entered the address of Nurgle Garden into the subspace observation device, and the Sparkling Boys closed their eyes in unison and began to observe the subspace.

A holographic screen appeared above the observation device, presenting the subspace view seen by each Sparkling Boy in the form of hundreds of small windows.

The subspace is vast and boundless, and even with an address to guide you, searching for Nurgle Gardens is no easy task.

In the blink of an eye, a month has passed.

The Greenskin Frenzy is progressing steadily in the Coronus expansion, and sixteen Junk Worlds and five Alien Worlds have already been taken over by the Palu Kids.

These twenty-one worlds happen to be located within the same subsector of the expansion area.

The Palu Network Project was implemented there.

Fifteen Palu Torches, over one hundred single-crystal capsules, and thirty stable entrances and exits to the real universe and subspace together form the first Palu Network Cluster, with an average daily traffic of fifty million people and a daily freight volume exceeding ten million tons.

Such robust and stable network transportation relies on the support of the Palu brand space energy compressor.

In the heart of the Palu Network Cluster, within the core area shrouded in Palu's shadow, tens of thousands of 1000T-level subspace energy compressors operate 24/7.

Each machine has a daily output of 1000 tons of single crystals, and 10,000 machines would produce 10 million tons of single crystals per day, which would increase the single crystal production capacity of the Paru Empire by 20 times!
Horror!
This large-scale subspace exploitation has attracted the attention of rotten stuff.

On the periphery of the Palu Network Cluster, red, blue, green, purple, and all sorts of other miscellaneous things wandered around, but could not get close to the Palu Network.

The pale green light emitted by the Palu Star Torch has the effect of driving away bad things.

Where the light shines, rotten things avoid it like the plague.

When the rotten thing overcomes its psionic aversion, it organizes its forces and launches a surprise attack.

The light of the Palu Torch instantly turned into the Palu Shadow, enveloping the invading rubbish within it, severing their connection to the warp, and then activating the single crystal pods and the Torch's turrets to blast them to pieces.

Those rotten things that die within the shadow of Palu are tantamount to being forcibly exiled and will be unable to regenerate for a very long time to come.

As it turns out, the combination of the Palu Web and the Palu Shadow is virtually unmatched in the warp. The factor currently limiting the expansion of the Palu Web cluster is no longer the production of single crystals, but rather the growth and proliferation of the Shining Clan.

To maximize the use of Sparkling Boy, Li Nuo initiated gene simulation to iteratively upgrade Sparkling Boy's gene template.

After multiple rounds of verification, screening, and optimization, the current Sparkling Boy has completed six iterations. The size of the Palu Shadow that a single Sparkling Boy can generate has increased threefold, and the duration has reached more than 10,000 hours, basically meeting the needs of building Palu Networks.

I must mention Sparkle's life here.

From birth, they are immersed in amniotic fluid; the amniotic fluid tank is their home and also their coffin.

It took the little spore about half an hour to develop into a head inside the amniotic sac.

For the next 1 hours, they will be fixed to the base of the amniotic fluid tank, maintaining the Palu shadow steadily.

After 1 hours, regardless of how much life these little darlings have left, their amniotic fluid tanks will be fitted with mechanical arms and legs to facilitate their retirement at Palu Home.

Approximately a thousand hours later, the retired Sparkling Boy will suffer brain death due to prolonged subspace interference.

Their amniotic fluid tanks will be recycled and used to raise new glittering babies.

At first glance, working 1 hours straight seems utterly inhumane.

But for the sparkling boy, those 1 hours were like living in paradise.

Maintaining the Palu Shadow requires the consumption of universal psionic materials.

Take a breath of the all-purpose psionic material and feel good for a moment.

You can keep inhaling and feel great, and you don't have to worry about your head exploding from absorbing too much psionic material.

How can you say anything bad about the boss when something this is so great?

Therefore, when observing the lives and work of the Palu beastmen, never judge them with a shrimp's mindset.

Outsiders might think they're having a tough time, but they're actually having a blast!

Back to topic.

After a month of intensive searching, the Shiny Boys finally found the Garden of Nurgle deep in the warp.

Just as the Palu Web Cluster is protected by the Palu Shadow, Nurgle Gardens is shrouded in a layer of Nurgle miasma.

Some of the sparkling boys accidentally touched the miasma and were immediately turned into a pile of mud inside the amniotic fluid tank, with a large number of white maggots and poisonous insects crawling in and out of the remains.

Palu Boy's timely use of anti-psychic medium to eliminate the threat prevented the outbreak of the Nurgle plague.

The key to conquering Nurgle Gardens lies in figuring out how to break free from the Nurgle's miasma.

In addition, whether there is a sufficient number of recruits is also a problem.

"Boss, I've done the calculations. If we double the size of the existing Palu Network cluster, we should be able to use sheer numbers to take over Nurgle Garden. But whether we can actually wipe out Nurgle is still uncertain."

Paccard pondered and said:

"The biggest uncertainty is Nurgle's unique nature as a Chaos God. He can have an almost infinite number of avatars in infinite spacetime. It's very difficult for us to pinpoint his true form, and even if we do, and successfully destroy him, he may be reborn in another avatar. Until we find a way to prevent his rebirth, we'd better exercise restraint to avoid revealing our trump card."

Li Nuo is probably the one in the Palu Empire who has the deepest understanding of the methods of the true gods.

Taking himself as an example, so far, only the stasis field has had a slight impact on the Waaagh simulation.

Having been a Chaos God for many years, the Stasis Field likely has little effect on him.

Li Nuo pondered for a long time, and an idea came to him:

“Paccard, call Pad here.”

"Yes, boss."

A few minutes later, Pad arrived at the scene.

Li Nuo led the two to the shed, closed the door, and said:
"In order to destroy the Chaos God, I have decided to make some sacrifices. From today onwards, you two will use me as your test subjects to find a way to limit the true god's ability to transfer between his avatars."

The method to restrict the true god from transferring between his clones is tantamount to the art of slaying gods!
Li Nuo's words were like a bombshell, leaving Pad and Paccard in shock!

"Boss, perhaps we should start with the most unclean ones..."

Pad tried to persuade him.

Li Nuo raised his hand to stop the other party:
"I know very well that we can't research anything from the Great Impure Beings. Cryotherapy alone can limit the ability of these rotten creatures to transfer their consciousness. But this technology won't work on beings at the level of true gods. You two don't need to persuade me anymore, go and form an experimental team and start researching as soon as possible."

Pad and Paccard exchanged a glance, their eyes filled with shock and awe.

"Yes, boss, we'll get ready right away. I'll strictly control the selection of personnel to ensure that the information doesn't leak out."

Pad bowed and turned to leave. Paccado wanted to say something, but he also bowed and walked out of the shed.

Later in the day.

A top-secret laboratory has been added to Paru's back garden.

The experimental subject was a Palu boy specially prepared for the experiment, who possessed all the gene fragments of both the ancient orc leader and the weird boy.

Li Nuo possessed it and cooperated with Pad in conducting research.

Molecular knife, nanolock, magnetic lasso, psionic anesthetic, anti-phantom barrier, stasis field, gene-splitting ray…

Various tools with binding effects were used in turn.

The experiment lasted for half a month. Li Nuo possessed the experimental subject and cooperated with the research for half a month, and all physical and psionic methods ended in failure.

There is only one method we haven't tried yet, and that is the soul technique.

This requires examining Li Nuo's soul code to find the secret to freely transferring consciousness, and then deciphering it in a targeted manner.

At this point, Pad refused to continue, even when Lino forced him.

Li Nuo didn't insist.

He emptied the laboratory of people and used a soul code reader to personally examine his own soul.

Soul keys of varying sizes flickered in the holographic image, and images of memories flowed between the keys, some from after the time travel and some from before.

These things are divided into the conscious mind section, next to which is the deep consciousness section, which is filled with the soul keys of thought activities such as instinctive reactions, dreams, and fantasies.

On the other side of the deep consciousness partition is the partition where the system resides. The arrangement of the soul keys has become more regular and scientific, and overall it looks somewhat similar to the system interface.

Another layer of the system partition is the blank partition, where you can use the Soul Technique to enter the Soul Key and create new thought settings for yourself, such as generating a personality out of thin air.

Destroying the soul will prevent the true god from transferring.

But if we don't stop the true God from transferring, how can we destroy His soul?

This is a paradox.

Li Nuo was somewhat troubled, unable to find any clues from his own soul.

While he was pondering, he casually opened the soul templates stored in the soul code reader and began to look at them one by one.

The soul of Paru, the soul of Shrimp, the soul of Pointy-Beaked Boy, the soul of Rotten Things…

Soul templates flashed before my eyes like a marquee.

As a unique soul template came into view, Li Nuo couldn't help but pause in surprise.

The holographic screen was completely blank.

(End of this chapter)