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"Oh? Demos's negotiating representatives will arrive at Epitome in thirty days at the latest?"

Li Nuo was shocked when he saw Delton's reply.

Shouldn't I have sent some samples to Demos to test the effect first?

Why is it that I've prepared the samples, but before I can send them out, the negotiating representatives from the other side are about to arrive.

Something's not right.

Fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, or eighteen parts of it are not right.

Is Delton's influence that great, or is it Father Tutkali?

Does this even need to be considered? Neither of them has much influence; it must be Voges helping me.

Delton is just the head of the governor's secret service, nothing more.

Father Tutkali isn't even a Sage or an expert; at best, he's just a poor wretch who's barely escaped being a low-level priest. How could he directly speak to Demos?

Li Nuo believed that Voges was most likely the one who made the connection for him, with the purpose of finding out exactly what he was capable of.

With things developing this way, it would be a bit unreasonable not to show some real stuff.

Li Nuo opened the fungal warehouse and found the mycin produced by the Archean Venom Fungus.

He gave this mycin a simple and precise name, called "Venom-Trans-Amyl Mycin", and the catalyst made from it was "Venom-Trans-Amyl Catalyst".

Li Nuo had the system produce three types of Venom-Trans-Amyl Catalyst, with effective ingredient concentrations of 50%, 80%, and 100% from left to right.

Correspondingly, the conversion efficiencies of the three agents were also 50%, 80%, and 100%.

The so-called conversion efficiency was based on the Mauros family's starch preparation efficiency as a reference.

100% conversion efficiency meant that the efficiency of the Venom-Trans-Amyl Catalyst in preparing starch was comparable to the Mauros family's existing technology.

Li Nuo originally planned to use an agent with a concentration of 50% to prepare starch.

Since Voges had helped him make the connection, he would give him some face and choose an agent with a concentration of 80% as a sample, to give the governor a good show.

Outside the study window, the artificial moonlight began to dissipate, and the artificial sunlight slowly rose, announcing the arrival of a new day.

Li Nuo guessed that Isabel was awake, so he sent her a message asking if she was free to meet.

The difficulty of purchasing and operating a starch factory was very high, far exceeding that of a water purification plant.

The equipment for pre-treating promethium refining residue, as well as the reaction kettles and other things for the residue to react with the catalyst, also needed to be customized according to the characteristics of the chemical reaction, which was very expensive.

When Whitefruit Manor expanded its production, Li Nuo paid a sum of money to purchase additional shares in order to maintain his shareholding ratio.

This money greatly reduced his funds, and he had to find someone to help him pay for the starch factory's funds.

Isabel was undoubtedly the most suitable.

After some brief communication, the two agreed to meet at Li Nuo's residence, so as to avoid the eyes and ears of the Kram family and ensure that the existence of the Venom-Trans-Amyl Catalyst would not be leaked.

At nine o'clock in the morning, Isabel arrived.

Li Nuo took her into the basement to witness the miracle created by the Venom-Trans-Amyl Catalyst.

Just as Li Nuo expected, Isabel was stunned. Even with her best efforts to restrain herself, her body trembled slightly due to excessive excitement.

She knew very well that the value of this agent was immeasurable, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that it could subvert the entire empire's promethium refining residue processing industry.

"I'm investing in this project. I'll take care of all the work in the production process, and I'll guarantee to prepare a starch factory in the lower hive for you in the shortest possible time. Not only that, I'll also take on the work of purchasing promethium refining residue and selling starch..."

Isabel spoke quickly, rattling off all the promises she could make in one breath, afraid that if she spoke a second slower, Li Nuo would become impatient.

Li Nuo raised his hand to stop her:

"Isabel, there's one thing I forgot to tell you: I don't buy raw materials from local promethium refineries. Within thirty days, some visitors from outside the world will arrive at the hive. They're here to visit the production facilities. If all goes well, they'll become our suppliers."

Isabel was taken aback. "Visitors from outside the world? You know people from other Imperial worlds?"

"Success comes from secrecy; failure comes from leaks," Li Nuo waved his hand. "Please allow me to keep the identity of the guests confidential for the time being."

"Okay, I won't ask any more questions," Isabel said, stroking her chin thoughtfully:

"Besides providing the agent to the starch factory, you don't have to pay any fees or take on any work. All fees and expenses will be advanced by me first, and I'll also be responsible for recruiting workers and arranging production. I'll invest with funds and labor in my own name. How many shares are you willing to give me?"

Li Nuo smiled and shook his head slightly:

"Isabel, thank you for your support and dedication. I don't accept equity investment. I plan to issue bonds, and you're currently the only bond purchaser."

"Bonds?... Okay. That's not bad either," Isabel was a little disappointed, but she controlled her emotions well:

"Your ambitions are quite big. Your learning ability is also very strong. You haven't been in the upper hive for long, but you've learned so much financial knowledge."

"It's all for earning throne coins; it's no big deal to work a little harder," Li Nuo smiled without saying anything.

He wouldn't tell her that his financial knowledge mainly came from before his transmigration.

As someone born in the age of the information wave, it was perfectly normal for him to watch some short videos in the financial field.

Who doesn't have the dream of getting rich overnight by using the financial market?

Isabel snapped her fingers a few times, and her temperament became capable:

"Let's go. Let's go to the lower hive to look for suitable factories now. You say which one to buy, and I'll buy it. When the production arrangements are in place, you give me bonds equal to the amount of my expenses."

Isabel seemed more anxious than he was, as if there was a fire burning behind her.

Seeing her like this, Li Nuo couldn't help but chuckle:

"Should we sign an agreement first..."

"We can't, really. Trust me, any agreement signed now is useless. You don't have to say it; I can guess who those visitors from outside the world might be. In the Human Empire, there are only a handful of forces with so many freighters to transport promethium refining residue. They'll be responsible for drafting foolproof contracts that are far more detailed than the ones I could draft."

Isabel came to the door, opened it, bowed slightly, extended her arm outside the door, making an inviting gesture, with an exceptionally serious expression:

"Our cooperation can only be based on mutual trust for the time being. Can I trust you, Li Nuo?"

When she said these words, Isabel's other hand clenched the corner of her clothes nervously, her slender fingers turning white from excessive force.

Can I trust you?

A few short words, but as heavy as a thousand pounds, a slight carelessness would crush the seemingly solid but fragile cooperative relationship.

Li Nuo pondered for a second, then nodded slowly, his eyes as firm as a rock:

"Of course. In a sense, if it weren't for the expansion of the lower hive cigarette factory you control, I wouldn't be where I am today."

Li Nuo's words were like a warm current, dispelling the oppressive and silent atmosphere in the room, and injecting a trace of warmth between the collaborators.

The corners of Isabel's mouth turned up slightly, and her brows relaxed:

"I won't let you down. Let's go, take my car."

The two went out and got into the car. Isabel drove the driver away and drove herself, with Li Nuo sitting in the passenger seat.

On the way, Isabel kept answering the phone with her communication beads, looking for sellers who were selling starch production equipment and starch factories.

When they arrived at the elevator platform, three sellers came into view.

Synthetic starch is mainly supplied to the middle and lower hives. Starch factories are generally located in the middle hive, and the starch enters the lower hive through powder pipelines, where the starch ponds in the lower hive add water and heat to make starch porridge.

The starch production formula provided by Li Nuo is relatively special, and the final product is somewhat different in form from conventional starch.

In the process of making starch paste, an antidote to the poisonous substance and a small amount of purified water must be added, and continuous heating and stirring are required to ensure that the starch paste is not toxic.

But starch paste is very inconvenient to transport.

It would clog liquid pipelines, and it would also clog powder pipelines.

If transported by vehicle, it would clump, deteriorate, or even be contaminated during transportation, seriously affecting consumption.

After thinking about it, Li Nuo found a solution.

That is to make the starch paste into steamed buns.

Before his transmigration, there was this way of eating, mixing leftover porridge with flour, fermenting it with yeast, and then steaming it on a steamer. In just an hour, you could harvest a basket of steamed buns.

The treatment method for starch paste is similar.

After half an hour of automatic simulation, the system found a new type of yeast that could directly ferment the starch paste into soft dough, which could then be made into steamed buns in a steamer.

The flavor of the starch paste was perfectly preserved, while still preventing people from being poisoned and getting sick.

Of course, in order to fit the cultural background of the Warhammer world, Li Nuo's final solution was to make the starch paste into stick-shaped bread, named Starch Sticks.

After Isabel fully understood Li Nuo's plan, she bought two factories in one go.

These two factories happened to be next to each other.

One was a starch factory that had been losing money for years, operated by a small family that refined promethium.

After Isabel took over, this factory could start operating immediately.

The other factory was right next to the starch factory, a brewery whose equipment could be used to produce Starch Sticks after being modified and added to.

While Isabel was preparing the factories, Li Nuo was also very busy.

He came to the water purification plant to receive the pharmaceutical equipment he had purchased.

He spent a day using the Mad Doctor's alchemical potions to comprehensively strengthen various parts of his body.

An alchemical potion called [Latent Adjuvant] helped a lot.

This potion cannot be used alone and needs to be added to other alchemical potions to take effect.

Its function is to make the external manifestations of other alchemical potions more inconspicuous.

The more universal psychic material used when making latent adjuvants, the better the effect of hiding the external manifestations of alchemical potions.

For example, there is an alchemical potion whose scientific name is Steel Bone Potion, and the orc slang is "Hard Bone Spirit".

It can greatly increase the impact resistance of bones.

If consumed directly, the volume and weight of the bones will increase several times.

Li Nuo consumed 10 servings of universal psychic material at once to make latent adjuvants and drank them together with the steel bone potion.

After the medicinal effect was fully exerted, his size and weight did not change at all, and even his bone density and structure did not change.

However, his skeleton had amazing impact resistance, enough to withstand one ton of pressure without deformation.

This contrast between form and actual ability is common among Ork creations.

The most typical example is the weaponry cobbled together by Mek Boyz.

Those guns look like they're about to explode, jam, or fall apart, yet they work perfectly fine, and their power even far exceeds human Imperial weapons of the same caliber.

The changes that occurred in Li Nuo after taking the alchemical potion mixed with latent adjuvants are similar to the Ork weaponry, with a huge discrepancy between appearance and inner combat power.

Similarly, Li Nuo chose to hide the external manifestations of alchemical potions that enhance vision, smell, hearing, touch, muscle strength, body flexibility, lung capacity, and resistance to electric shock, blunt trauma, penetrating damage, burning, and strong acids and alkalis with latent adjuvants.

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Among the many enhancement potions, Li Nuo's favorite was the [Predatory Instinct Potion], which in Ork slang is "Mork's Manifestation Water."

This potion can grant the drinker super predatory abilities, instantly locking onto the source of danger and killing intent when they appear, and increasing the perception of prey.

Li Nuo drank ten bottles of Predatory Instinct Potion in one go, stopping only when the system prompted "Predatory Instinct cannot be further enhanced due to excessive consumption."

This round of enhancement lasted more than twenty hours, with more than thirty kinds of alchemical potions being drunk.

The points data on the panel plummeted, while the storage limit of Universal Psionic Material soared.

[Remaining Simulation Points: 7605 points.]

[Universal Psionic Material: 0 / 312 portions.]

To test how strong he was now, Li Nuo found a copy of the "Solar Auxilia Lertaris Stormtrooper Physical Screening Form."

The Solar Auxilia are the elite among the human Imperial mortal auxiliary forces.

The Lertaris Stormtroopers are the elite of the elite, proficient in space combat skills, battlefield engineering, and planetary exploration.

Rumor has it that the individual combat power of the Lertaris Stormtroopers is second only to the Space Marines.

There's no need to investigate whether the rumor is true or false.

Anyway, after Li Nuo checked himself against the screening form, he came to a conclusion that made him feel bewildered.

"Is this screening form real?"

"How can the requirements on this be so low?"

"Bench press 200 kilograms? I can bench press 200 kilograms with one hand. Squat 300 kilograms? I can easily squat 300 kilograms on one foot. 100-meter sprint in 6.61 seconds? I can break 6 seconds with only 70% of my strength…"

"Am I really that strong now?"

Li Nuo scratched his head, casually closed the screening form, and prepared to properly test his combat power when the next assassin came to his door.

Practice is the source of true knowledge.

Only real combat can reveal one's strengths and weaknesses.

Physical stats are meaningless, just flashy; if you can't correctly respond to a surprise attack in real combat, you'll still kick the bucket.

Li Nuo gave up exploring the idea of his own strength and instead began to mass-produce Toxin Dextroamylase.

Since this substance came from an unmentionable ancient fungus, Li Nuo decided to imitate the production method of amoxicillin and convert the Toxin Dextroamylase into an artificial compound.

In this way, he could openly display his invention to the representatives of the Forge World without having to hide it.

For this reason, he specifically bought a small factory near the water purification plant and transformed it into a pharmaceutical workshop and medical laboratory.

Put in pharmaceutical equipment, and pile up some bottles, cans, potions, powders, etc., and it will look decent.

But doing so is not enough.

The person who comes is likely to be a Mechanicus Magos, with scanners far more advanced than those in the hive.

If the details are not handled properly, it will still be revealed.

Li Nuo did not take it lightly.

Time was spent preparing the factory, building the medical laboratory, and test-producing starch.

Because he was too busy, Li Nuo postponed the purchase of holographic equipment, planning to buy it for Leia after the starch business was on track.

Leia fully agreed with this and had no complaints, wholeheartedly helping Li Nuo produce irrigation water.

…

…

Time flies, and years pass quickly.

In the blink of an eye, 27 days passed.

Phobos, Forge World - Deimos.

Firelight erupts from the volcanic crater.

The scorching magma, carrying immeasurable heat, slides down along the channels, entering the forge city covered in steel.

Promethium is not used here for burning, lighting, or heating, but is made into fuel and high-energy materials necessary for plasma weapons and furnaces.

The promethium refining residue formed in this way can be described in astronomical quantities.

At the highest point of the forge city's landing pad, magma bakes the gate, and light and shadow are distorted in the high temperature. A group of Adeptus Ministorum clad in dark red robes is advancing in the wide black rock corridor.

In the center of this team, two different figures stand out.

One is wearing knight-style armor and a cloak, and the other is holding a long-handled power axe with a phosphor serpent carbine mounted on the mechanical backpack behind him.

The phosphor serpent carbine is a Mechanicus phosphor weapon, powerful, and a symbol of status. Only Tech-Priests of the rank of Sage can take it on trips.

"Baron Damme, this is an informal visit. I authorize you to handle all matters related to hospitality. I only want to verify whether the promethium refining residue treatment method mentioned by that lord is feasible, and then return to my forge as soon as possible."

The electronic synthesized voice of the Mechanicus Sage sounded in the communication channel, sounding indifferent and somewhat irritable.

"According to your instructions, Sage Rilaru, I will block all ineffective social interactions unrelated to technology and praise of the Omnissiah for you."

Baron Damme has a large beard, the image of a middle-aged man.

He knows Sage Rilaru's temperament very well. The other party is a typical technology fanatic, biology fanatic, gene fanatic, wholeheartedly devoted to his own research, and completely unwilling to pay attention to anything unrelated to research.

If the promethium refining residue conversion method to be tested this time did not partially overlap with his own research topic, Sage Rilaru would not even want to leave the house, let alone board a ship and travel through the warp to a hive city.

A Sage, visiting a hive city, but not an official visit.

If this situation is not handled well, it is likely to be misunderstood by the hive city nobles and local Mechanicus members.

The group boarded the ship and officially set off.

Their destination is Hive Aepimeth.

This hive city, located in the northwest corner of the Sol System, is not far from Phobos.

After several Terra hours of warp travel, the ship entered the material universe and sailed smoothly towards the hive city's largest spaceport.

The ship entered the maximum strike range of the orbital weapons. The ship slowed down to show that it was not hostile.

The scanning results of the all-round augury array matched the physical address presented by the star map, confirming that the ship had accurately arrived above the destination and had not been lost in the warp.

The orbital tower of the spaceport is responsible for directing ships into the spaceport, arranging berths, and guiding ships out of the port.

The communication signal from the orbital tower intervened in the bridge.

"I am the chief commander of the main orbital tower of the Aepimeth spaceport. On behalf of the hive city's Lord Voges and all the nobles, I welcome everyone's arrival. Please forgive us for any negligence. We have not previously received an advance notice of a visit from Mars. We should have arranged a grand welcome ceremony to congratulate everyone's arrival."

"Hello, I am Damme Iron-Hill, a baron from the Iron-Hill Knight family, and now serve as the accompanying Adeptus Ministorum knight of Sage Rilaru. This is not an official visit. We will be replenishing supplies in the hive city. Sage Rilaru has some personal matters entrusted to me to handle. I and a force of no more than 13 Adeptus Ministorum troops will enter the hive city."

"Okay, Baron Damme, we have recorded and approved your port entry request. You and the Adeptus Ministorum troops can visit our world at any time. Once again, we apologize to everyone, because of the short notice, we were unable to prepare a welcome ceremony…"

The ship sailed into the spaceport dock, and groups of people appeared on the loading platform of the dock.

As the ship approached, the number of people on the platform quickly increased, all of whom were noble representatives who had rushed to welcome the Mechanicus Sage after hearing the news.

"Boring social tricks." Rilaru shook his metal fingers, and a servo-skull next to him flew towards Damme:

"Damme, take my assistant with you. It will tell me everything you see. The local monastery has already contacted me. They will not interfere with your affairs."

"Yes, sir." Damme bowed slightly, tidied up his attire, and nodded to the leader of the Adeptus Ministorum troops.

The group walked through the corridor, out of the hatch, and officially set foot on the territory of the hive city.

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