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

Chapter 356 The Foul Bait
A blank soul template?
The bright white holographic screen illuminated the astonishment on Li Nuo's face.

This was the first time he had ever seen such a pure soul template.

Is it a template import error, or is this template inherently blank?

Li Nuo clicked on the template's basic information to view the details.

"Oh, so it's the soul template of the Silent Sister."

The basic information of the template is written like this:

"In the three years of the Paru Empire, I extracted a soul template from the Silent Sisters of the rebellious era's sub-universe. Brother Li, no one could have imagined that this template was blank. I suspect the Silent Sisters were truly exceptional; their thought patterns, personality traits, and physical habits weren't determined by their souls, but rather by the nerve signals and hormones of their bodies. This is astonishing. It's hard to imagine that such beings could exist in this world, possessing personality, emotions, and habits solely through physical chemical reactions."

"—Palu Academy, Soul Technology Researcher, Silver Coin."

"—Praise Brother Li!"

After Li Nuo replaced the emperor of the rebellious era's sub-universe, the royal guards and the Silent Sisters in the Terra Palace were all given fragments of Paru's genes.

Incidentally, Palu Academy conducted some research on their soul templates.

It is likely that the genetic template of the Silent Sister was obtained by importing a soul code reader during the research process.

After being implanted with Palu's gene fragments, Sister Silent's special abilities were preserved and were not lost due to the gene-editing surgery.

The reason is quite simple.

During the gene-editing surgery, the farting scholars deliberately preserved the original genetic template of Sister Silent, only adding the Palu gene in an expanded manner.

When the number of Palu genes reaches more than 30% of the total number of Palu genes plus the number of Silent Sister genes, the purity of Silent Sister's Palu genes will also reach 30%, and Li Nuo will be able to possess Silent Sister.

Li Nuo originally thought that the Silent Sisters' special abilities were related to their souls, but now he realizes he was completely wrong.

The Silent Sisters' abilities are entirely based on their genes.

Then the problem is coming.

Suppose a Silent Nun merges with the essence of the subspace and becomes a first-class soul, could she create clones in different eras and transfer between them?

Li Nuo stared at the bright white holographic screen, took a deep breath, and vaguely felt as if he had touched upon some key factor.

He stood up, walked out of the lab, and called Pad over:
"Bring me the research report on the Silent Sisters."

"Yes, sir."

Pad walked away and returned carrying a stack of crystals and data panels.

Soul codes are special and cannot be stored using conventional media; only the Soul Stones of the Eldar can be stored for a long time.

Li Nuo brought the crystal and data board into the laboratory and examined their contents on his own.

A few hours later, his eyes lit up with joy, as if he had made a major discovery.

"Pad!"

"Sir, did you call me?"

Pad pushed the door open and came in.

Li Nuo, engrossed in his reading, said without looking up:

“I’ll tell you, and you’ll remember this. One clone sample of Sister Silent Number 19, one clone sample of Sister Silent Number 22, one clone sample of Sister Silent Number 35, three fully developed All-Powerful Boys, fifteen rotten creatures as leaders—all alive, any species, and finally nine filthy rotten creatures, also alive. Got it?”

"Yes, sir."

"Go and bring them over. First, bring clone number 19 and the three All-Round Kids."

"Yes, sir."

Pad left.

Li Nuo waited a while in the laboratory.

A cryogenic tank was brought into the venue and placed in front of Li Nuo, with three All-Round Kids in a coma beside it.

The object sealed inside the cryogenic tank is the clone of Sister Silent Number 19.

The clones are numbered from 1 to 35, with higher numbers indicating greater combat power and status of the original clone.

Li Nuo stood facing the clone and the Omnipotent Boy, bringing all four into his field of vision at the same time.

Gene simulation is initiated.

Previously, when the scholars of the Farts class transformed Sister Silent Palu, they only used the method of expanding the gene sample.

This time, Li Nuo plans to embed the gene fragments corresponding to the Silent Nun's special abilities into the Omnipotent Boy's gene sample using an embedding method.

After standing still for about half an hour, the gene simulation was successful.

The four experimental subjects transformed into streams of light that converged in Li Nuo's hand. A burst of intense light erupted amidst a surge of spiritual energy, and then the light slowly dissipated, revealing a sesame-seed-sized gene gland lying quietly in his palm.

Li Nuo took the gland injection gun, inserted the gene gland into the chamber, pointed the muzzle at his left chest, and pulled the trigger.

"Pfft! Glug glug—"

Sterile gas propelled the needle into Li Nuo's chest, while nutrient solution propelled the gene gland through the needle, stopping a few centimeters from the heart.

Li Nuo looked down at his body, activated gene simulation, and accelerated the growth and development of his gene glands.

Three minutes later, the gene simulation ended, and the settlement process began.

Alpha-level psionic energy spread outwards, and the body rippled like cream amidst a series of light and shadow changes, before quickly gathering together to form a new humanoid creature.

Her skin was still green, and her bone structure and limb size were about the same as before. Only a few feminine features appeared in a few places, which were not a big deal.

Li Nuo attached the electrodes of the psionic pipeline to his head and read the soul code.

A holographic image pops up, but the soul template is completely blank.

"Very good, genetic modification complete. My soul template has been erased, and my current thought processes are entirely due to neural signals."

Li Nuo tried to open the system interface.

A horrifying scene unfolded!
The system is not responding!

No reaction at all!

No matter how Li Nuo called out, no virtual interface appeared!
Don't panic!

This is normal!

The soul template is blank; there is no soul code related to the system, so the system will not appear.

Correspondingly, special abilities such as gene simulation, Waagh simulation, and portable storage have all fallen silent at this moment.

Li Nuo lost the ability to shift her consciousness, and felt both joy and fear.

He suppressed his restless heart, picked up the gene gland syringe, aimed it at his chest, and pulled the trigger again.

"Pfft! Glug glug—"

"Cough cough..."

The gene gland was forcibly removed, and intense pain assaulted his mind. Li Nuo couldn't help but cough up a mouthful of blood.

He tossed aside the bloody gland and syringe, grabbed the gene repair fluid, and injected it into his body.

"Puff————"

The cool liquid spread from his neck to his limbs, and Li Nuo let out a sigh of relief.

After waiting for half an hour, Li Nuo tried to silently repeat in his mind:
"System." *Whoosh!*

The system interface popped up, and Li Nuo had never felt the system's notification sound was so pleasant!
He regained the ability to transfer his consciousness into different orcs, and the only thing that brought about this change was the repair of his own genes and the removal of Sister Silent's genetic fragments!

It has been proven that the soul is the bridge connecting the individual being with the essence of the subspace.

A blank soul signifies that an individual is isolated from the essence of the subspace and is unable to utilize the various unique abilities bestowed upon them by the essence of the subspace.

If the soul is intact, then everything is safe and sound.

Whether a soul is blank or not can be adjusted using soul editing techniques, or it can be altered using fragments of the Silent Sister's genes.

Is it difficult to edit Nurgle's soul?

Without even thinking about it, the difficulty is absolutely outrageous.

What about gene editing on Him?

Is gene editing necessarily easier than editing the soul?

Thinking of this, Li Nuo fell silent.

"呲-"

The laboratory door opened, and Pad entered with several other experimental samples.

Li Nuo gestured for him to come over and check the research results from earlier.

Pad read very quickly, but his facial expressions changed even faster, revealing his utter shock.

"Boss, this...this research result is truly amazing. You have made huge sacrifices and taken unimaginable risks for it."

Pad suppressed his inner turmoil and sincerely admired his boss's actions.

"I do this purely to eliminate chaos and strive for a brighter future for the Paru Empire."

Li Nuo succinctly characterized his actions, adding:
"It takes at least five days for the gene gland injection to take effect, and Nurgle won't wait patiently. I'm afraid my abilities can't speed up the process on Him either. From your perspective, do you have any way to improve the speed of gene editing?"

Pad stared at the lab report in his hand, pondering as he said:
"Boss, I think we can start from three aspects."

"The expression efficiency and speed of gene expression are closely related to the expression vector. If we can find a more stable vector than the existing ones, the expression speed can be improved using gene hyperpulse counting."

"Second, restricting the ability of the filth to move buys time for the gene glands to express their genes."

"Third, find a way to get Nurgle to accept the gene glands willingly. By the time He discovers that the glands are not working properly, it will be too late."

Pard's first idea reminded Li Nuo of the poison-resistant sealing yeast he had extracted from the Death Guard.

The bad news is that the toxic-resistant sealed yeast has been permanently lost because Elena forcibly deleted the related functions of [Mushroom Farm] from the system.

The good news is that beneath the Terra Palace in the Rebellion subverse, in the genetic experiments the Emperor used to create the Primarch, there should still be samples of the toxic-resistant Seal Yeast.

If all else fails, we can bring a few Death Guards over to collect yeast samples on-site.

Pad's second approach was very difficult.

If we can limit Nurgle's mobility, then gene editing and soul editing can be used simultaneously, and perhaps both editing methods can be successful, without having to rely solely on gene editing.

Pad's third approach does have many merits.

Use a lure to attract the filth to take the bait, so that He will willingly eat it.

The bait contains a gene gland.

As Necromancer digested the bait, his gene glands modified his gene fragments, implanting Sister Silent's genes.

By the time Nurgle realizes something is wrong, there are only two possibilities.

Alternatively, one could reluctantly abandon the bait and cut losses decisively.

Either Nurgle wants both—to take the bait and to prevent the modification of the gene glands—whether he can ultimately avoid having his connection with the essence of the warp severed by the Sister of Silence's genes depends entirely on luck.

“Pad, the gene expression vector can be the toxic-resistant seal yeast from the Death Guard. This stuff might be found in the Yellow Skin’s gene lab.”

Li Nuo paused:
"As for the bait to lure Nurgle, that's a bit of a problem. As a Chaos God, there are very few things that Nurgle can't bear to part with, and we've come into contact with even fewer. After careful consideration, I think the warp nature of Sanguires might be the only bait we can access at this stage."

"Sanguis? Boss, are you talking about the Primarch of the Shrimp Empire?"

“That’s right. I’m not entirely sure what the nature of Saint Gilles’s warp is yet, but I’m certain that even the Chaos Gods want to obtain it. We need to find an opportunity to make contact with Saint Gilles…”

Li Nuo suddenly stopped and clapped his hands:
"Damn it. Saint Gilles of the Rebellion Era is dead. He broke into our second Ascension Site and was blown to smithereens by the supernova explosion. Saint Gilles is not here in the Apostolic Era or the End Era. This is troublesome."

After being reminded by his boss, Pad also remembered this matter.

That supernova explosion was a stroke of genius, killing four Primarchs of the Imperium of Man and burying more than half a million Space Marines.

If I had known that Saint Gilles might be the bait to lure Nagle, I should have made contact with him no matter what.

“Boss, I’m thinking that the yellow weasel’s gene lab might contain Saint Gilles’s gene sample. Let’s create a clone and see if he can communicate with his subspace essence.”

Pad made this suggestion.

Li Nuo thought about it for a moment and felt that there was nothing wrong with it:

"Then go do it. Remember to find the Death Guard's sealing yeast first."

"Yes, boss."

Pad turned and walked away.

Li Nuo used a clone of the Silent Nun and a sample of Rotten Things to perform genetic simulation.

Half an hour later.

The experimental results are in.

The Silent Sisters' genetic fragments are also effective against junk.

It can turn the soul of a worthless thing into nothingness, severing its connection with its original body and the Chaos God.

After the experiment, Pad sent word that the sample of the toxic sealed yeast had been found, but the sample of Saint Gillespie had not been found.

While conducting new gene simulations, Li Nuo pondered where else he could find Saint Gillespie.

Activate the "Reverse Meter" function in the Cosmic Hall to reset the timeline of the Rebellion Era and return to the third day after the destruction of Perfect City.

This is one approach.

But the cost could be high.

This act of resetting the timeline will definitely affect Palu's home in the Web Path. Li Nuo himself may even return to the Nest City World - Apimette and start his career as a lowly henchman in the Lower Nest.

Therefore, Li Nuo does not intend to use the "meter reversal" unless absolutely necessary.

Are there any other ideas?

Li Nuo pondered for a long time, then suddenly remembered someone.

When he helped the Primarch of the World Eaters, Angron, seal the essence of the warp, the other party transformed from a burly man into a simple and honest young man.

His name was changed from Angron to Angela.

Angela claims he owes Li Nuo a favor, and that he will return to repay Li Nuo if Li Nuo calls him using the soul transmitter.

Perhaps Angela might know the nature of the subspace of Saint Gilles.

"Let me find where the soul communication code that Angela gave me was..."

(End of this chapter)