Last Totem Novel - Chapter 159
Chapter 159 Convention
Tie Zha grinned, saying that if investors were willing to come to the scene to direct the battle, the morale of the team members would definitely be high, and their confidence would be greatly encouraged, thus increasing the success rate of the mission.
Mu Yuqin snorted and said that she did not believe it. Tie Zha frowned and hugged her. He asked in a deep voice, “Are you sure?”
“Alright ~ Xiaoqing believes you.” Mu Yuqin answered obediently because she saw the consequences of denial in that wolf-like gaze. She had been tormented enough the other day and didn’t want to provoke him anymore.
In order to divert her attention, she suggested that Iron Slag consult the contents of the pamphlet now and ask her immediately if she saw anything she did not understand. Iron Slag nodded his head, opened the pamphlet, and concentrated on reading it.
On the first page of the booklet, an overview and criteria for a “regional security factor” are detailed. The highest safety factor is nine and the lowest is zero.
The assessment of the factor of security is based on a combination of three factors, namely, the legal regime implemented in the region, the stability of the social fabric and the presence of defence forces.
The legal system is divided into two types, namely, the Silver City Convention, which is independently formulated by each Silver City, and the World Convention, which is formulated by the World Council.
The Universal Convention is the basic law that applies to all regions under the rule of the World Council, while the Silver City Convention is an additional legal provision that each Silver City attaches to its own needs.
Therefore, the leaders and leading organizations of regions with a security factor greater than or equal to five will swear an oath to abide by and implement the World Convention, while regions with a security factor less than five will mean that this region is not restricted by the Convention, nor will it be under the rule of the “World Assembly”, and its security factor will depend on the actual situation on the ground.
For example, the security factor of all Silver Cities was nine, representing the stability of the social structure, the sound legal system and the strong armed forces guarding the city in the region;
Secondly, all areas directly administered by the “local Silver City” with psionic forces stationed in eight areas are directly applicable to the legal system of the local Silver City, such as Furnace Town under the rule of the Golden Triangle (Vol. I, sect. 23);
Thirdly, all areas administered by the “Local Silver City Ground Guard” are seven, which uses the Universal Convention as the legal regime, such as the Dark Jungle Stronghold, Desert Stronghold 5 and the Bottomless Abyss Stronghold;
All the “local armed forces” defend themselves in six areas, their basic legal system is based on the World Convention, and has a number of major forces mutually restricting and supervising parliamentary organizations, such as Sand City, Boiler Castle;
Moreover, all “local self-governing councils” administer five regions on their own, their legal systems modelled on the world conventions, but their implementation is decided by the leaders of the region, to put it bluntly-whoever has a hard fist, whoever has a strong influence, has the final say. However, on the surface, they still had to abide by the Convention and could not go too far, such as Tieshan Town and Luoyan Town.
The above-mentioned areas are “high-security areas”, and those with safety factors less than five or more than one are generally referred to as “low-security areas”.
Low-security areas are areas “inhabited by humans”, but without a convention overseer, without a regular garrison. For example, Iceland has a safety factor of four and most of the southern cemetery is between one and three.
Lastly, the area with zero safety factor is called “high-risk area”.
There were few people there, the environment was harsh, and dangerous creatures lurked everywhere. It was not suitable for humans to survive. For example, at the end of the world, the Ficus Mountains, the Great Ice Ocean, the Snowy Night Ice Plains, the depths of the Dark Jungle, most of Desert 5, outside the strongholds of the Bottomless Abyss, and so on.
After reading this paragraph, Tie Zha raised her head and asked Mu Yuqin Xin, “What is the World Convention?” He’s never been in touch before. Mu Yuqin thought that the specific provisions of the convention were too complicated, so she could only give a simple explanation. Overall, there are three core provisions of the Convention:
First, human beings have the equal right to exist;
Second, human beings cannot harm each other;
Thirdly, human beings enjoy ownership of their property.
“Is this a joke?” Tie Zha frowned and said, “The sacred hall burns down insecticides everywhere. The nobles of Silver City torture and kill commoner women at will. Such an agreement is useless.”
“Carl Leylin’s situation is a bit special. Not all Silver City nobles are like this. It can even be said that most Silver City nobles are not like this.” Mu Yuqinxin explained that Carl Leylin was not talented and belonged to the clan. Otherwise, he would not have been sent to manage the ground garrison. Actually, some of the rules of Silver City were even more cruel than the ground. Almost every day, every hour, every moment, elite screening was conducted. The Silver City world upholds the principle of “the strong are supreme, strength is supreme”, and the weak have almost no status whatsoever.
It was sad to say that people like Karl Leylin were excluded from Silver City and the clan. If their next generation could not become Psionic Adepts, Silver City would consider them to be of the “Psionic Bloodline Too Thin” category and remove them from the ranks of Psionic Adepts. Finally, they would be given a settling-in fee to find their own place of residence.
Perhaps, only when they bullied the people on the ground would they be able to regain some sense of existence. Most of the Silver City nobles were friendly to the people on the ground. After all, factories needed workers and plantations needed farmers. They clearly knew that it was these people at the bottom who could sustain their superior lives.
As for the problem of the Temple persecuting the insecticides, Mu Yuqin said in her heart, that was the doctrine they had inherited 200 years ago. Moreover, they were the most powerful organization in the world, and the World Council had no way to deal with them. Nowadays, with the exception of a few faithful followers of the Temple, most people did not agree with what the Temple did.
The Silver City forces in the central continent, in particular, condemned the temple’s stereotypes and the atrocities committed by the Dawn Expeditionary Army every year in the world parliament. They demanded that the temple abolish the doctrine of persecution of insecticides and that humanity unite with the outside world. The reason for that was because during the planar wars, the insecticides had a strong ability to adapt to the environment, which was conducive to the expansion of the Silver City world.
However, such proposals have been repeatedly rejected. There are two main reasons for this. One is that the Temple is powerful and has far-reaching influence; Second, insecticides were indeed difficult to manage, and the crime rate was simply too high. According to the records from two hundred years ago, the crime rate in the insecticide-infested areas was a hundred times higher than that in other areas. Disputes on the streets are likely to turn into homicides, with girls dressed less likely to trigger rapes. Moreover, murders for the purpose of plundering genes are endless, and these are indisputable facts. This is almost fatal. The Temple representatives need only take out boxes of records of the insecticide’s crimes and ask the proposer, “How do you plan to manage the insecticide mutants and how do you solve the problem of the crime rate of the insecticide mutants?” At this point in time, all the arguments would turn pale, because the sponsors of the proposal had not thought of a plan to manage the insecticides.
In fact, if they really wanted to accept the insecticides back into the ranks of humans, they had to be educated by the Temple. However, the blood and sweat feud between the Temple and the Bug Transformers was no longer something that could be recorded and described in books. Therefore, such bills are introduced year by year and shelved year by year.
“This is only a small part of the behavior. It does not represent all the insecticides.” Iron Slag explained, “Actually, bug transformers also have a good side.”
“Does that include you?” Mu Yuqinxin asked as she stared at him.
“Am I evil?” Iron Slag asked.
“Mm ~” Mu Yuqin nodded her head and smiled faintly, “You’re a little demon ~ Getting something strange in my body is so disgusting ~”
Looking at her seemingly delicate, savage, angry, lazy, and idiotic appearance, the evil fire of the iron slag instantly burst forth. In an instant, he calmed down and suppressed his instinctive impulse. As an insecticide, all sorts of desires were stronger than ordinary humans. He longed for food, sex, violence, and blood, so he could not indulge himself. Otherwise, he would be controlled by desire and lose his nature.
Seemingly aware of the change in the iron slag, Mu Yuqinxin did not say anything more. She just looked at him quietly.
A moment later, Tie Zha got up and said goodbye, saying that he wanted to go back and redesign the mecha configuration. Before leaving, Mu Yuqinxin suggested that he replace the Wild Wolf Style with the Lightning Flame Style, because the Lightning Flame Style was a product of Central Heavy Industries and was designed for the terrain and environment of the Central Continent.
After leaving the student union building, Tie Zha headed straight for the War God’s Hall. Not long after, he arrived at the lounge and looked for Bai Xiaoyun and Qin Ke’er. He said that he didn’t need to recruit any more mecha pilots, only the two of them and Mu Qianhe from yesterday would be enough.
Qin Ke’er looked very happy with her good sister joining her. She walked to the Exchange Center beside the lounge and informed Mu Qian He.
Afterwards, Bai Xiaoyun reported that after half a day of recruitment, five Marine Combat Personnel had joined him. The three Martial Monks from War Bear Temple also contacted him and agreed to meet him here after lunch.
Not long after, Qin Ke’er brought Mu Qian He, who was dressed in military uniform, to the lounge. The two women, one on the left, “Hello boss ~” and the other on the right, “What does the captain eat for lunch ~”, circled around the iron slag, causing him to have regretful thoughts. It was really a headache for them to lead the female soldiers on the march.
After lunch, the three youths came to the team’s temporary conference room to report to Tie Zha. Among the three of them, the well-proportioned and sturdy one was called “wang Hu”, the tall, thin and strong one was called “match”, and the fat one was called “porcupine”. After introducing the three of them, Bai Xiaoyun explained that the Martial Monks of the War Bear Divine Temple had to swear to give up their secular identities and be personally bestowed with a new “name” by the Great Prophet of Glory. However, if a Martial Monk wanted to return to the mundane world, he would have to give up his status as a Martial Monk Zhan Xiong. Only after serving for a long time would he be able to return to the mortal world with the glory of a war bear, take a wife, and have children.
After a brief acquaintance, they were ready to set off for the suburban office. Previously, Elder Ebony had repeatedly warned him that he had something to arrange after everyone had arrived.