I cultivate mushrooms in warhammer

"May I ask what this fungus is called?"

Inside the monitoring room, Robnos was reclining in his chair, his leather boots propped up on the desk, his posture relaxed and at ease.

He was Li Nuo's superior, the head of the collection department.

Hearing the question from the audio device, Robnos couldn't help but chuckle:

"You're really not afraid of death, kid. You actually ask me what that fungus is called first, instead of worrying about your own life. Aren't you afraid of being eaten by the fungus?"

In the monitor screen, Li Nuo shrugged, the mechanical arm on his shoulder armor trembling slightly, "I can't die in ignorance, can I?"

"Heh, you're really optimistic." Robnos used his arms as a pillow, resting them behind his head, and said:

"Walk forward, turn the right angle, and you'll see a toolbox placed in the corner. The toolbox contains a complete set of tools for excavating the fungus. The most important of which are the handheld scanner and the retractor."

In the screen, Li Nuo found the box and examined the tools.

He picked up the handheld scanner, paused for a second, and quickly returned to normal.

Robnos joked, "Looking at you, this should be your first time seeing this kind of scanner, right?"

"Yes, sir. This scanner seems to be very powerful."

"Put away your curiosity for now. The next steps are very important, listen carefully."

Robnos wiggled his ankles, his leather boots swaying on the desk:

"First, install the retractor on the wall and use the retractor's hook to hook onto your belt. When your heart rate suddenly rises above 150 beats per minute, the retractor will automatically activate. It will use ropes and hooks to drag you away from the ghost mushroom. This way, you can get rid of the ghost mushroom's illusions."

"Ghost mushroom," Li Nuo muttered, "Is that the name of the fungus?"

"Yes. Keep listening to me, don't interrupt."

Robnos paused and said:

"The ghost mushroom has a large and complex root system. Of course, the root system I'm talking about here is actually its main body, not something like 'tree roots'. But I prefer to call it the root system."

"The handheld scanner can accurately scan the root system buried underground. You must follow the instructions on the scanner's display and dig out the ghost mushroom's root system bit by bit."

"Don't damage the root system. Otherwise, you will suffer a hundred times the intensity of the illusion. Do you understand? Repeat my words."

Li Nuo picked up the toolbox and looked up at the blue-purple mushroom not far away:

"Yes, sir, I understand. Excavate the root system according to the scanner's instructions, and do not damage the root system. Before officially excavating, I have to fix the retractor first and use it to prevent me from being swallowed by the mushroom."

The supervisor's voice came from the headset, "Good, start working."

Li Nuo thought and asked:

"Sir, I'd like to know how much salary this dangerous job can get? Does it include accommodation and three meals a day?"

There was a few seconds of silence in the headset, "Did I forget to tell you that before?"

Li Nuo was speechless. This supervisor was really forgetful.

"Yes, sir, you didn't tell us about the salary."

"Oh, it was my negligence. After being officially hired, you will become retainers of the Kram family, and your status will change from Lower Nest people to Middle Nest people. The daily salary is 50 credit points, and you can get 500 credit points as a commission for each ghost mushroom root system you collect. Credit points are the currency of the Middle and Upper Nests. During training and work, we will provide free lunch and dinner, but no accommodation."

Free double meals were not the point, and credit points were not either.

The real point was that after being officially hired, one could become a retainer of the Kram family, from a Lower Nest person to a Middle Nest person!

This was a qualitative change, no less than a transformation.

Li Nuo raised his eyebrows and asked, "Then can we move to the Middle Nest to live in the future?"

"Of course. After serving for five years, you can apply for retirement and become a small foreman in the Middle Nest, hugging your wife and waiting to die."

The voice in the headset chuckled:

"However, the prerequisite for enjoying life is to withstand the test of the ghost mushroom. Work hard, kid. Chat time is over, go to work, I have to keep an eye on the others."

The communication was temporarily interrupted, and there was no more sound in the headset.

The cave became quiet, with only the sound of heavy breathing as company.

Li Nuo calmed his mind and took out the retractor from the toolbox.

The retractor came with rock nails.

When close to the wall, the retractor would automatically fix itself on the wall.

After hooking his belt with the hook, Li Nuo picked up the handheld scanner again.

At this time, the system interface popped up.

[You have equipped the handheld scanner.]

[System function - Analyzing Fungi has been temporarily enhanced, and the analysis ability has been greatly improved.]

[You have met the upgrade conditions for Analyzing Fungi.]

[Do you want to absorb the handheld scanner and permanently upgrade the Analyzing Fungi function?]

The first time he picked up the scanner, Li Nuo was stunned because of this message interface.

Equipping the scanner temporarily enhanced the system's Analyzing Fungi function.

Putting down the scanner removed the temporary enhancement.

Absorbing the scanner permanently upgraded the Analyzing Fungi function.

The scanner and Analyzing Fungi had a linkage, which was beyond Li Nuo's expectations.

It was just that he didn't know what special features the enhanced Analyzing Fungi function would have.

Li Nuo narrowed his eyes slightly and stared at the ghost mushroom not far away.

The appearance of the mushroom was breathtaking.

It was like a Christmas tree decorated with LED light strips, with layers of umbrella caps stacked on top of each other from large to small, forming a shining blue-purple pagoda.

Visually, the mushroom was about two meters tall, and it was hard to imagine how developed its "root system" would be.

What Li Nuo cared about most were the mushroom's "tendrils."

Just like fluorescent spores, ghost mushrooms also had "tendrils." They moved automatically without wind, swaying diagonally like willows.

He didn't know if it was an illusion, but Li Nuo felt that those "tendrils" were pointing at him, as if they wanted to entangle him and then strangle him to death.

Li Nuo shivered, feeling a bone-chilling cold, and couldn't help but feel a sense of retreat.

Crap.

This job was really not for humans.

No wonder the treatment was so generous, no wonder he could become a Middle Nest person in one fell swoop, no wonder he could wait to die after retirement.

It was simply trading life for money.

"Um, sir, why not send more people to excavate the ghost mushroom's root system?"

Li Nuo asked in the communication channel.

He quickly received a response.

"The more people around the ghost mushroom, the stronger the illusion. Excavating the root system alone is the safest, and the illusion intensity is the lowest, but even so, most people don't meet the conditions. Only those with strong willpower can take on this job."

"I see."

The communication ended.

Li Nuo silently recited in his mind:

"Analyze Fungi."

A far more detailed interface than before appeared.

At the same time, from Li Nuo's perspective, the ghost mushroom he saw underwent a huge change.

Bubble boxes popped up from various parts of the mushroom, revealing all the secrets of the ghost mushroom to him.