I cultivate mushrooms in warhammer

Atavism can be triggered through mutagenesis.

The main triggering methods are laser mutagenesis, compound mutagenesis, environmental mutagenesis, gene editing, etc.

This is destined to be a major project, possibly requiring the system to automatically simulate for ten days to half a month to trigger atavism once.

So there's no rush. Let's build up my career in human civilization first.

Li Nuo asked Pipi Jing to help him dissect the Squigs and extract the fungal colonies from the bellies of the two types of Squigs.

Both the Poison Needle Squig and the Oil Gourd Squig carried a certain degree of toxicity, so Pipi Jing put on comical armor before daring to proceed.

After a while, two plates of viscous slime appeared on Li Nuo's table.

The slime on the left plate was green, and the one on the right was also green. The main difference between the two lay in the depth of color and the smell.

Li Nuo aimed at the plate on the left and activated the analysis of the fungi.

【Analysis successful.】

【Name: Primordial Venom Fungus.】

【Type: Ancient Saint Creation.】

【Analysis result:】

【A magical fungus passed down from ancient times, its life form is similar to Rhizopus, and can be classified as Kingdom Fungi, Phylum Zygomycota, Class Zygomycetes, Order Mucorales, Family Mucoraceae, Genus Rhizopus.】

【The mycelium of this fungus is dense and porous, capable of fully absorbing toxic substances.】

【The mycotoxins it produces will react with toxic substances.】

【The reaction products are highly toxic concentrate and high molecular carbohydrate—that is, edible starch.】

Good news: the Primordial Venom Fungus relies on its own mycotoxins to process toxic substances.

When dealing with promethium refining residue in large quantities, I don't need to take out the Primordial Venom Fungus; I only need to extract mycotoxins from it to make a catalyst.

This undoubtedly provides great convenience for confidentiality measures.

Even if others obtain the mycotoxins, it would be impossible to deduce the gene sequence of the mold.

Mycotoxins and mold are two completely different substances.

Using mycotoxins to deduce the gene sequence of mold is as absurd as using feces to deduce a person's genes.

But the bad news is that the reaction products include highly toxic concentrate.

A slight carelessness could cause a leak of toxic substances, potentially triggering a disaster.

I need to find a way to deal with the highly toxic substance first.

Li Nuo thought for a moment, terminated the current automatic simulation, and instead used the Primordial Venom Fungus to start a new simulation.

A few minutes later, the simulation results came out.

10 kilograms of promethium refining residue were transformed by the mycotoxins of the Primordial Venom Fungus into 1 kilogram of highly toxic concentrate and 2 kilograms of edible starch.

The missing 7 kilograms of substance became carbon dioxide, nitric oxide, and water.

These by-products are gaseous and have high utilization value, but the production line is relatively troublesome to build, so recycling and reuse can be temporarily put aside.

After a rough estimate, Li Nuo confirmed that the efficiency of this method was comparable to the efficiency of the Mawloks family in handling residue, and it could be used to produce starch on a large scale.

Now it's time to deal with the toxic substances in the product.

Neither the highly toxic concentrate nor the edible starch is soluble in water.

The density of the toxic substance is higher than that of starch, which is higher than that of water, so the toxic substance can be separated from the starch using a layered filtration method.

The system's fungal simulation function can only simulate things directly related to 'fungi'.

Highly toxic substances and starch are not included.

These two are not fungi or direct products of fungi.

They will be temporarily stored in the fungal warehouse after the previous round of simulation ends.

Li Nuo can only take them out, not put them in, nor can he use them as experimental subjects to start fungal simulation.

Li Nuo must operate manually and try to separate the two substances in the physical universe.

After several attempts, the results were not satisfactory.

There would always be a tiny bit of toxic substance mixed in the starch, making it difficult to separate.

How can this be allowed?

I'm producing food, not a blind box that randomly takes away 'lucky' diners.

I have to think of a way to completely separate the two substances.

Li Nuo began to think.

Once he started thinking, the Orkish 'I'z Gonna Fix It' power came into play.

【Searching the Mad Doc's gene knowledge base, looking for Mad Doc witchcraft that can solve the problem.】

【Search complete.】

【Search results: 55 items.】

【Due to the large number of results, the system prioritizes presenting you with the optimal option. You can click here to view all search results.】

【Optimal option as follows:】

【Name: Multiple Flavored Starch Paste Cooking Recipe.】

【Learning cost: 100 skill points.】

【Description:】

【In this recipe, the universal psychic material is not a necessity. Adding the universal psychic material can greatly increase the cooking speed and freely choose the taste of the food. Conversely, the cooking speed is reduced, and the flavor of the paste changes randomly.】

100 skill points is 1000 simulation points.

Li Nuo had enough points on hand and exchanged the starch paste cooking recipe without thinking.

The knowledge stored in the Mad Doc gene library filled his mind.

Li Nuo was immersed in the learning process.

After a long time, a smile bloomed on his face.

The system was honest and fair, and 100 skill points were worth more than their value.

The production process of starch paste is not complicated, and there is no need to separate toxic substances and starch.

Simply put, the idea is this:

Since toxic substances are difficult to completely separate from starch, then why not add an antidote to the mixture of the two?

After the toxic substance is neutralized with the antidote, there will only be very little toxin and antidote in the starch.

When the eater takes a bite, they eat both the toxic substance and the antidote, and the two cancel each other out, so nothing happens.

So what's the deal with the random flavor of the starch paste?

Heh, this involves the working principle of taste buds.

Specifically, when the ratio of toxic substance to antidote is 1:1, the two completely cancel each other out, and the eater will feel that the starch paste is sweet.

When the ratio is 1.01:1, the taste buds are stimulated by an extremely small amount of toxic substance, which will transmit a slightly spicy feeling to the brain.

The higher the proportion of toxic substances, the stronger the spicy feeling.

Conversely, the higher the proportion of antidote, the saltier the taste.

After the starch paste is cooked, the ratio of toxic substance to antidote in it will have slight differences.

Such a degree of difference is not enough to poison the eater, but it can make each pot of starch paste present a different flavor.

If you want the starch paste to present a specified flavor, you must add universal psychic material.

In the end, this is still a common problem—dosage.

As long as the dosage is large enough, drinking water can also be poisonous.

Conversely, as long as the dosage is small enough, highly toxic substances will also become seasonings.

Li Nuo was extremely satisfied with the cooking recipe. The next step was to find an antidote to the toxic substance.

Activating the Orkish 'I'z Gonna Fix It' power again, the antidote recipe appeared in his mind, and the learning cost was 10 skill points.

Li Nuo exchanged the antidote recipe without saying a word, and then began to cook the starch paste himself.

When Elon brought a large group of Orks back, a rich aroma wafted out of the Mad Doc's shack and permeated the camp.

"It smells so good, I'm hungry."

"What delicious food did the Mad Doc make? I want to eat a bite."

The Orks chirped and surrounded him, holding the spoils brought back from the Red Eyes Clan.

Elon, carrying a power hammer, came to the front of the shack, patted his belly a few times, and asked in a muffled voice:

"Zalgh, what delicious food is the Mad Doc making? Have you tasted it?"

"No, Boss, glug."

Zalgh swallowed. He had smelled this smell for more than ten minutes and was almost drooling to death.

"Creak."

The door was pushed open by Pipi Jing, and two Pipi Jings carried a large pot out of the house. The pot was steaming, and the aroma was overflowing.

Li Nuo came out of the house with a soup spoon, ready to randomly select a lucky guest to help him test the toxicity.

Elon didn't care so much. He directly put on metal gloves, grabbed a handful of scalding starch paste from the pot with his right hand, and sent it to his mouth.

As soon as the starch paste entered his mouth, Elon's tiger body shook, his eyes widened like copper bells, and he turned into a sculpture!

At this moment, he seemed to hear Gork and Mork drumming and singing the Orkish triumphal song in his ears, and he seemed to foresee himself piloting a spaceship into the sky, embracing the endless starry sky, surrounded by an Orkish army in full armor like himself.

His thoughts surged like giant waves, and the surging tide of his heart turned into a roaring sound and blurted out:

"Wow! It's so delicious! I think this pot of paste is the most awesome and amazing food in the world!"

"I'll try it too."

Zalgh dipped a small piece of paste with his fingertip and ate it. His body shook, his eyes widened, and a thunderbolt flashed through his head.

With Zalgh taking the lead, the surrounding leaders and guards also tried it, and they all turned into solidified sculptures.

In the next second, including Elon, the twenty or so strongest Orks on the scene frantically scrambled for the starch paste, quickly evolving into a melee of fists and flesh.

Li Nuo was afraid that a fist as big as a sandbag would flatten him, so he hurriedly climbed onto the roof and shouted:

"As long as there are enough Poison Needle Squigs, there will be as much of this starch paste as you want! I guarantee that everyone will eat until their bellies are as round as the fattest Squig! Don't fight anymore!"

Li Nuo waved to the herder boy below, signaling him to teach the other party the recipe for cooking starch paste.

There is no need to hide the recipe for food, and there is no need to keep it in your own hands.

The better the Orks eat, the stronger their bodies become, and the more ferocious they become in battle.

The increase in the number and combat power of the Steel Coins Clan is only good for me, the Mad Doc, and there is no harm.

Half an hour later, large pots were set up everywhere in the territory to cook starch paste. All the Orks were eating happily and gave the Mad Doc a thumbs up.

【You have received from…】

Many system messages refreshed, and Li Nuo harvested a large amount of points again.

【In this simulation, you have accumulated 50331 points, which have now been fully converted into simulation points.】

Watching the total score break through 50,000, Li Nuo couldn't close his mouth from smiling.

Benefiting the clan and reaping points – this method of farming points is simply wonderful.

Enough small talk, let's get back to work.

The work of preparing starch using promethium refining residue has temporarily come to an end. Next, I need to refer to the lifestyle customs and laws and regulations of human civilization to optimize the starch preparation process.

Once the details of the preparation plan are adjusted in place, I will be able to buy a factory in the lower hive and build a food factory to produce starch.

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When that time comes, I will inevitably have to deal with the Mauros family.

After all, in the Hive City, the Mauros family monopolizes the promethium field. Only they can provide a sufficient supply of promethium refining residue.

The thorny problem in front of me is how to ensure that I won't be at a disadvantage when negotiating business with the Mauros family, given my weak and isolated position.

Difficult, difficult, difficult, extremely difficult.

Even if I bring Isabel along to support the facade, I'm afraid it will be difficult to get fair treatment from the Mauros family.

While pondering countermeasures, Li Nuo studied the fungal colonies inside the Squig Oil-Guzzler's belly.

This thing is called the Archaic Fuel Fungus, a name that is easy to understand and remember.

Just like the Archaic Toxin Fungus, the Fuel Fungus converts promethium ore into fuel and residue through the mycotoxins it secretes.

Li Nuo estimated the conversion efficiency of the Archaic Fuel Mycotoxin, which is about 1.3 times that of human promethium industry.

All the refining techniques of the Mauros family would be reduced to slag by the Archaic Fuel Mycotoxin.

Once this trump card, comparable to a royal flush, is played, it could overturn the entire Mauros family fortune.

Thinking carefully about it, the current situation is quite speechless.

Both of the cards in my hand are royal flushes, and either one could cause an immeasurable sensation.

But unfortunately, innocence invites crime when possessing a treasure. My human identity is too humble to allow the two cards to exert their maximum effect, let alone protect them.

What can be done about this?

Li Nuo fell into deep thought in the shack.

As time passed, his thoughts became clearer. Li Nuo's gaze changed from scattered to focused, faintly flashing with a firm light.

He roughly knew what to do.

First of all, I have to prepare for the worst.

Once starch production begins, it will attract the attention of Mauros due to production efficiency and cost.

In the worst case, the Mauros family, driven by desperation, is very likely to use despicable means to forcibly seize the starch formula from me.

Never underestimate the depravity of the nobility. This situation is entirely possible.

Governor Pyke sending Madsen from the 8th Guard to probe me just reminded Li Nuo.

His biggest weakness now is his ability to protect himself.

He needs to ensure absolutely crushing armed personnel of the opponent, to be qualified to survive in the brutal commercial war.

"I want to strengthen my human body, so that it can withstand rocket missiles and hot melt guns, so that it can catch explosive bullets, poison darts, and anesthetic needles with bare hands. As long as the human body can possess one-fifth of the strength of the Adeptus Custodes, no, as long as it can possess one-tenth of the strength of the Adeptus Custodes, I won't have to fear the armed personnel of Epithet's homeworld."

Thinking this in his heart, Li Nuo first "went offline" to perform a simulation settlement.

More than 50,000 points were converted into simulation points.

Li Nuo logged into the account of Mad Doc Sakk again, frantically thinking about ways to become stronger.

One Mad Doc Wyrdboy blueprint after another was collected into his mind, and one batch after another of Ork fungal materials used to strengthen the flesh were stored in the fungal warehouse.

After spending more than ten Terra hours like this, Li Nuo finally stopped the Waaagh! simulation, allowing his consciousness to return to his human body.

[Waaaagh! Simulation Ended.]

[Remaining Simulation Points: 37605 points.]

[Number of Miraculous Spores: 17.]

[Mad Doc Sakk's save file has been saved.]

[Because the score you obtained in a single simulation exceeded 10,000 points, a new reward option that can be exchanged has been added:]

[Reward 5: Gain 1 chance to retrieve the genetic knowledge base of that character without possessing a specific character. Abbreviated as "Offline Retrieval Opportunity".]

[Exchange Price: A certain number of simulation points. The amount of points consumed is linked to the final retrieval result you choose, which is 10 times the learning cost of the retrieval result.]

[The next reward option will be unlocked when you earn 1 million points in a single simulation.]

Reward 5, which provides an offline retrieval opportunity, is very expensive and will not be considered in the short term.

The time on the data slate showed that it was already past midnight, more than four in the morning.

The human body had been sleeping for a long time during the simulation, and it was not sleepy at all at this time.

Li Nuo simply ordered a pharmaceutical workbench needed to make the potion overnight.

This device makes a lot of noise when it operates, so it cannot be used at home.

Li Nuo set the delivery location at the water purification plant, and Leia signed for and placed it on his behalf.

It is estimated that the production facilities will be delivered to the water purification plant around ten o'clock this morning.

Li Nuo didn't waste time waiting.

He began to select his cooperation partners.

The Mauros family is too strong, and I will suffer a big loss in negotiations.

Since this is the case, then I can first communicate and cooperate with the weaker promethium families to conduct pilot projects for starch production.

After the pilot is successful, I will find a way to form an alliance with others, gradually grow my power, and form a snowballing trend that gets bigger and bigger.

When the trend evolves into the overall situation, the Mauros family will have to negotiate with me fairly.

Li Nuo looked for clues on the communicator.

An inconspicuous Hive City news item caught his eye, making him realize that he might have another option.

…

"Phobos's Mars residue piles up like mountains, and the forge sub-supervisor is worried about this"

Phobos, the second moon of Mars, has established a forge world called Deimos on it.

For a long time, Deimos chose to pile up promethium refining residue on nearby asteroids.

Now, these asteroids are crowded, and there is no more space to bury promethium refining residue.

Deimos has to let the cargo ships transporting garbage go to more distant places to find planets to bury promethium refining residue.

Deimos's forge sub-supervisor, Slan, said in an interview with the Terra Weekly that directly launching promethium refining residue into the sun might be a good choice.

Of course, he is not referring to Terra's sun, this must be stated.

…

The forge world Deimos is not very famous, and most Cloud Hammers may not know of its existence.

But another name must have been heard by many people, and that is the famous "Grey Knights".

During the Horus Heresy, the Imperial Regent, Malcador the Hero, secretly planned the Grey Knights Chapter.

In order to steadily provide weapons and equipment to this new military force, the forge world Deimos was mysteriously transferred out.

It broke away from the gravitational constraints of Mars and became a moon of Saturn, fixed in the orbit of Titan.

Since then, Deimos has become the exclusive arms manufacturer of the Grey Knights Chapter.

It would be great if I could get the promethium refining residue from Deimos.

The forge world doesn't like this kind of thing, and it will definitely sell it to me at an extremely low price, just to earn back the transportation costs of the cargo ship.

But how do I contact the forge world?

Li Nuo folded his arms and frowned in thought.

As a governor's agent, the Mechanicus members I have the most contact with are only Tech-Priest Tutkal.

Anyone who understands the bad temper of the Tech-Priest understands.

Asking Tech-Priest Tutkal to help me contact the forge world Deimos is really a bit of a long shot.

But, there is no better way, is there?

Let the chief help me find out what Tech-Priest Tutkal thinks first.

Li Nuo picked up the agent data slate, selected Delton's communication code, and sent a text message.

On the other side, Delton was playing with his daughter Amy, enjoying father-daughter time.

Li Nuo's message made Delton smile slightly. This kid finally couldn't hold back and wanted to ask him for help and advice.

"Amy, let me deal with some work first, it will be done soon."

"Okay, Dad, I'll just go get some snacks." Amy ran to the kitchen to find something to eat, giving her father private space, both obedient and sensible.

Delton clicked on Li Nuo's text message, and a few lines of text came into view.

"Chief, I have found a way to harmlessly treat promethium refining residue. It has been confirmed to be practical, efficient, environmentally friendly, and pollution-free. I want to help the forge world Deimos treat the residue, but I don't know how to contact them. Please help me, and I will definitely repay you after it is done."

Straightforward, frank, and full of sincerity.

Li Nuo's attitude of asking for help was extremely sincere, and he also made a promise of thanks.

Delton couldn't find fault, and instead clicked on another communication code and sent a text message:

"Someone here has invented a new method of treating promethium refining residue that is efficient, harmless, and safe. Send a few people over to talk to him."

Half an hour later, a reply came.

"We are honored to receive your message. Our negotiating representatives will depart within thirty Terra days and will arrive in your Hive City on the same day. I will notify you in advance before the negotiating representatives depart. We salute you again. — Deimos, Forge Sub-Supervisor, Slan."