Alien Knights

Chapter 387: Heterogeneous age

   For the next month, Todd completely forgot about taking a break, and devoted himself to the role of the king.

  The cathedral, the Knights, the exchange, the port, the city hall... his footprints are almost everywhere in the West City.

   Emerson and Huggins had persuaded him more than once, hoping that the king could rest for a while and not to exhaust his body, but Todd always declined similar kindness.

   During this time, Todd's most notable move was the canonization of a large number of honorary knights.

   The original title of knight refers to the lowest-ranked nobles under the lord’s command. But in Twilight, Todd simplifies the meaning of the title of knight. Wise scholars, dexterous craftsmen, outstanding businessmen, and incorrupt public servants can obtain the title of Honorary Knight from the King as long as they confirm that someone has contributed to Twilight City and pass the loyalty test.

It’s just that this honorary title has no fief and no salaries. It just affirms the outstanding contribution and lofty status of the grantee in the Kingdom of Muxi. The only thing that is useful is that it has the right to propose a joint proposal to the cabinet and request the cabinet. Members review the proposal and give public opinions.

   Even so, the citizens of Twilight West are still eager for the title of Honorary Knight. Everyone wants to win this honor by trying their best to squeeze their heads. There are mostly two kinds of people. One kind of people hopes to obtain the title and reveal their identity; the other kind of people smell the faint meaning in it.

   As a result, after Todd put forward the King's Order of Honorary Knights, almost five thousand people applied for it. After reviewing each level, the king awarded five hundred of them the title of Honorary Knight.

Before the formal knight canonization ceremony, Emerson approached Todd, worried about whether canonizing so many knights at one time would be detrimental to the kingdom. The latter just smiled and said: "This is just an honorary knight, a false name, not at all. It will increase the burden on the kingdom."

   The knight canonization ceremony presided over by the king has become a major event in the history of Twilight City.

Tens of thousands of people went to the square to watch the ceremony. Five hundred citizens who passed the audit lined up in front of the king, knelt in front of Todd, put on the badge and ribbon representing the knight of honor, and read aloud the loyalty to the king. oath.

   After that, the upper social structure of Twilight West City has undergone considerable changes.

   In the past, most of the upper-class people in Twilight West were high-ranking military officials, cabinet members and old nobles; but after the knight canonization ceremony, this class became honorary knights.

   The most direct case is that the leader of a business union held a banquet in his manor. One of the requirements is that the participants must be honorary knights of the kingdom.

   Therefore, in a sense, the title of honorary knight has also become the latest standard for classifying citizens.

   However, after the initiator Todd completed the knight canonization ceremony, he didn't have the time to pay attention to the class division in Twilight City, because he was presented with a shocking proposal.

On the cover of    there is a line of dazzling characters-"Popularization of Abilities".

  The proponent is Honor Knight Wayne Dunlop, the crazy veterinarian.

   "I remember, isn't that guy busy building alien warships?" Todd rubbed his temples with a headache, and asked Emerson, "Why does he still have time to write such things?"

Emerson replied: "People who have worked with Wayne call him "lunatic". He only sleeps for four hours a day. Even at work, he often immediately entrusts his imagination to action. I guess this proposal is his temporary intention during the process of building alien warships."

   Todd opened the proposal, looked at the text on the first page, his eyes jumped unconsciously.

  『If the ability can help citizens better build the city of Twilight, why not promote the ability to those in need? 』

   "This is just nonsense." After reading this page, Todd shook his head irritably, "If powers are not controlled, everyone can get the powers they want by inoculating bacteria, wouldn't it be a mess?"

   Emerson said softly: "Your Majesty, don't rush to the conclusion, you can look back."

Todd turned to the second page and continued reading: "The condensing ability can be used for surveying and mapping, mine mining, night breeding, etc.; the regeneration ability can be used for dangerous operations, blasting quarrying, and griffon breeding; perspective Ability can help hospital surgery, building construction and product testing... Ability has played a huge role in the life and production of West City, but in fact, its real effect is extremely small."

"The reason is very simple. The base of heterogeneous population is too small. According to incomplete statistics, the total population (citizens) of Muxicheng has exceeded 57,000, but the number of heterogeneous registrations is only 3,400, of which there are suitable aliens. There are only 2,100 people who can, and can play a role in production and life. If other reasons such as exclusion are removed, there may be less than 1,500 people who can really play a supernatural role in Western City. This A number is really a drop in the bucket for the kingdom's huge demand for abilities."

   After reading this, Todd had already felt about the proposal, but he still had concerns about how to control the abilities, so he continued reading.

"I also know that the powers possessed by the alien species are a very dangerous existence. For example, Cosette, who has the Tesla power, nearly killed a group of traders because of loss of control; Bei, who has the violent power Little Jerry, the deputy commander of the Island Knights, almost demolished a suspension bridge in the port area because of the explosion of power... But, what kind of thing in the world is not dangerous? Fire can be used for cooking, and it can also burn the human body; Water can be used to irrigate crops, but it can also make people drown. So instead of just seeing its harm, shouldn't its role be more valued?"

   Todd read this passage several times, and finally took a deep breath and nodded: "This guy named Wayne makes sense."

   Emerson pointed to the proposal: "Your Majesty, please keep reading."

   Todd turned the pages of the book again and kept reading.

"Now that the usefulness of the ability has been determined, the most critical issue is how to control this power. I have three suggestions: 1. According to the kingdom’s existing ability grading mechanism, as well as the role and effect, different abilities are based on Threat levels are classified. For example, the perspective ability can be classified as a level 1 ability, the regeneration ability can be classified as a level 2 ability, and the Tesla ability is classified as a level 4 ability. This method of classifying abilities according to the level of damage , You can determine which abilities can be promoted to the public, and which abilities can only be locked in the storage vault."

"The second suggestion is that the strength of the same kind of ability is determined by the number of ability bacteria. For example, the ability of inflammation breath, if the density of bacteria in the human body exceeds a certain red line, whether it is the flame temperature or the duration It will be greatly strengthened. Therefore, when we popularize abilities to the public, we can strictly control the number of injections of abilities bacteria to ensure that those who inoculate abilities bacteria only have civilian-level abilities, but they will not be so powerful that they affect society. The third suggestion is to strictly control the vaccinated population to ensure the loyalty and credibility of the target given by the ability. When selecting the person to be inoculated with the supernatural bacteria, strict checks must be carried out, not only Physically, they should investigate their loyalty to the kingdom even more. Even after the vaccination, the security bureau of the kingdom should closely monitor these vaccinated people to ensure that these "man-made xenospecies" will not go wrong."

   Todd read the last sentence of the proposal, closed his eyes and pondered for a while, then suddenly laughed.

   Emerson, who is always paying attention to the king's expression, is a little puzzled: "Your Majesty, what are you laughing at?"

   "The third suggestion doesn't look like Wayne Dunlop's tone at all. It should come from your handwriting." Todd said, blinking at Emerson.

   Emerson blushed and said softly, "I just think this proposal is feasible."

   Todd turned to the last page of the proposal and smiled and said to Emerson: "It seems that you want to implement this proposal, but do you know what effect this will have?"

   Emerson was taken aback: "Ordinary people who are inoculated with supernatural bacteria will increase the production level of Twilight West by a level?"

   Todd picked up his pen, signed his name at the end of the proposal, and said softly: "Twilight West will usher in a period called the "Alien Age"."...

  

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