Seeing Wayne's ambitious figure disappear at the end of the hall, Terrence looked at Todd with worry in his eyes: "Your Majesty, is this good?"

Todd looked away from the report, "What do you mean?"

"If, I mean, Wayne does unlock the secrets of the soul, then Twilight will be in a situation where the church will never die. Terrence looked at Todd and asked softly, "Your Majesty, are you ready?"

Todd folded the report neatly in his hand, handed it to Huggins, and said to Terrence, "Have you heard about the genius mathematician Hypatia?"

The latter nodded: "I have heard a little." ”

"Hypatia is one of the most famous female mathematicians in history, she was able to complete triangulation independently at the age of ten, and she wrote a book at the age of nineteen that no one else could have achieved in her lifetime. Todd leaned back in his chair, his face calm, but there was a little fire shining in his eyes: "Such a genius woman was dragged into the church by the church fanatics of Gutello in the daytime. Before God, they tore off her clothes, plucked her hair one by one, cut off her muscles one by one with sharp mussel shells, and threw Hypatia's still trembling flesh into the fire. ”

When Todd said that, the hall was eerily quiet.

Huggins clenched his fists unconsciously, and Terrence closed his eyes in pain.

Todd stood up from the throne and walked to the side door behind him: "There will be a battle between truth and superstition after all, and deliberate evasion will only make more and more comrades-in-arms gradually leave in disappointment." Rather than sit back and wait in silence, it is better to seek a way out in the struggle. ”

Huggins took Wayne's report and followed Todd's footsteps, leaving Terrence alone in the hall to ponder.

Walking in the corridor of the palace, Huggins secretly peeked at Todd's face and said carefully: "Your Majesty, as long as you give an order, the entire Twilight City will fight for you to the last drop of blood." ”

Todd's footsteps did not stop: "The last drop of blood, if the war really comes to this point, then I, the king, might as well find a rope and hang myself." ”

"What I want to see is a hearty victory, not a disastrous victory. Speaking of this, Todd's voice became quieter and quieter: "For this purpose, I must have a trump card on hand that can be used. ”

Huggins said confusedly, "Your Majesty, I'm sorry I didn't hear what you just said. ”

"It's okay, how is the laboratory under the palace repaired?"

"The cracks and collapses in the room have been repaired and reinforced, all the experimental materials have been re-replenished, and the equipment and equipment have been reconfigured," Huggins said. ”

"Well, how's the kingdom's arsenal now?"

"Ability library?" Huggins wondered why the king suddenly asked this, but replied truthfully, "According to the statistics of all the registered xenos in Twilight City, there are currently 65 valid abilities, and the scholars at Twilight University have discarded the ability taxonomy created by the Church and reclassified and organized these abilities. ”

Todd paused and looked at Huggins with interest, "Tell me about it." ”

"The classification of abilities used by the Church is the Tarot classification that was used during the ancient Taylor period. Specifically, the ability is divided into twenty-two categories based on the meaning of the tarot cards. For example, the tarot card of "Sun" means an ability related to fire, and the tarot card of "Chariot" represents an ability related to mental strengthening. Then, based on the strength of the ability, the ability of each type is numbered. ”

Todd frowned and said, "Sounds complicated. ”

Huggins nodded in agreement: "It's quite complicated, it's too abstract, too many categories, it's difficult to generalize, and even the senior deacons in the Inquisition are sometimes prone to misclassify abilities. ”

Todd asked curiously, "So what kind of methods do those scholars at Twilight University use to classify abilities?"

"The purpose of the new taxonomy is to be simple and easy to remember. Huggins recalls the scholars' explanations as he says to Todd, "The University of Twilight has grouped all abilities into five categories: Protection, Creation, Plasticity, Change, and General. And on top of these five systems, use 0 to 4 to distinguish the strength of the ability. ”

Huggins spread his hands and said to Todd, "For example, my past ability was 'weak', so I was classified as a plastic power, and according to the strength of my ability, I was probably at level 1. ”

Todd smiled and said, "This method sounds a lot simpler. ”

"That's right, scholars also say that as abilities continue to increase, the categories of abilities will likely continue to increase, and the level of ability strength will continue to expand. But one thing will not change, try to let the public's understanding of the supernatural ability, get rid of the original narrow concept, and promote ordinary people to live more harmoniously with the alien. ”

When Todd heard this, he suddenly remembered what he had to do before: "Hudgens, make a copy of the library in Twilight City and transport it to my lab." ”

"The entire library of abilities can include a large number of bacterial petri dishes and parasite biological tanks, and the current underground laboratory of the palace can't hold so many things, and it needs to be expanded and transformed. ”

"Then let's transform, this thing must be done as soon as possible. ”

"Yes, I see. ”

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By the time Todd walked into the renovated basement lab again, it was a week later afternoon.

The original underground space has been expanded to more than five times, and three new rooms have been added from the architectural point of view: the first room is a thermostatic warehouse, which is mainly used to store bacteria and parasite utensils, the second room is Todd's living room, which is placed with single beds, bookcases, tables and chairs and other furniture, and the last room is a tool room, which is neatly stacked with many appliances with different functions.

Huggins pointed to a bell-like object on the laboratory bench and said to Todd, "Your Majesty, this device is specially made by the University of Twilight, using the principle of echoes and sand buckets. As soon as you knock on the device, the guards on the ground will hear your call and be the first to get there. ”

Todd, who was dressed in a lab coat, said to Huggins, "Very well, did you bring what I told you to keep?"

Huggins took a heavy lead box from the hands of the guards, placed it on the table, and then took the key from his waist to open the lid and present the contents to the king: "Your Majesty, please look. ”

Looking at the intact Amber Stone in the box, Todd took a deep breath.

How to apply the Tyrant virus, which can upgrade and fuse genes, to the kingdom's military and society, has become Todd's most important task at the moment.