In the side hall of Twilight, Todd first picked up the report sent by Richel, and read and read, which recorded the lives of 12 xenomorph refugees after entering the homes of ordinary residents without concealing their identities.

Overall, the lives of these xenos at the beginning were quite stable. The members of these families have been repeatedly screened and compared by Todd and Rachel to ensure that they do not have any prejudice or malice towards the alien race. But even so, the two of them agreed that the xenos should keep a low profile and not expose their abilities too soon. After all, such a thing as "Ye Gong is a good dragon" is not uncommon in real life.

The second report he picked up was from Huggins, and it focused on the movements and behavior of the Cumberland army. Todd was initially wary and worried about this "forcibly" joining the military forces of Twilight. Judging from the experience of his previous life, the principle of "power comes out of the barrel of a gun" is an eternal and unchanging truth in any time and space.

For the weak armed forces of Twilight Town, the introduction of such a strong army is a blessing or a curse, Todd is also a little uncertain in his heart. As the direct commander of the 200-man army, if he intends to seize the town, as long as he raises his arms, it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no accidents.

However, Todd's acceptance of this team was due to another reason, in addition to the fact that Cumberland and Queen Mary needed to survive on their own—the mismatch between the speed of Twilighttown's development and its defenses.

On the one hand, in the past, most of the residents of Duxi Town were poor people, who had little oil and water, and there was a guise of the church to suppress the surrounding forces, so naturally they would not attract the attention of others. However, as the town grows and the "escape", the possibility of the town being attacked becomes more and more likely.

On the other hand, it is different from the previous modern period, diplomacy and wars between countries. This medieval-like world can often ignite a war with just a border dispute, a personal attack, an unintentional word, a failed marriage proposal, and sometimes even a gesture, an expression, or a gesture, not to mention a "miracle place" like Twilight, which is described as a blessing from Heavenly Father.

So, leaving aside the last trump card of 'xenomorph' in Todd's hand, the town does need a permanent army to deal with the various threats that may come.

Todd turned his attention back to Huggins's report, which surprised him a little, and could also be said to be reassuring, Cumberland voluntarily surrendered his military power, and collected all weapons and armor into the Holy Treasury, and suggested that the troops be scattered throughout the city to assist the town guard and the "Holy Order Law Enforcement Regiment" in the defense and law and order of Twilight. The old knight himself recommended himself as an instructor and was responsible for the daily training of the town's troops.

The last report came from Friar Joe, and it was the longest of the three. At the beginning of the report, the monk did only one thing—to pour out bitter water.

Too many things, too few people, not enough money, I want to sleep......

Todd raised an eyebrow and turned directly to the second page of the report, where Monk Joe made his suggestion about the current heavy and harsh working conditions: the Bibles that had been sent to the monastery had won the unanimous admiration of the old monks, who had even taken the manuscripts from the library that were in their display cases and put them on the new Bibles with impeccable packaging and font. If possible, in Monk Joe's words, "Would you consider sending more beautiful books to the Abbey in order to recruit more monks into Twilight?"

Seeing this, Todd could almost see the monk sitting at the table, with red eyes, struggling painfully between "death by exertion" and "betraying friends for glory", and finally chose the latter.

With a flick of the pen, Todd wrote the word 'agree' on the page.

Turning to the third page of the report, Joe finally got down to business in Twilight.

The adjustment of the core area of Duxi Town has been basically completed, and the building communities in the residential area, commercial area and public construction area have been re-planned according to the distribution of the blocks of Gutairo City. As for the planning of the external areas, there is only a rough plan, and it is planned to start demolition and design next month: the industrial area will be located outside the mountains to the north, the pastoral area will be located outside the hills to the south, and the agricultural area will be located outside the eastern plains, and at the same time the construction of the headquarters of the Order, barracks, training grounds, stables, large bazaars, central squares and bathing grounds will begin.

Monk Joe also made a rough financial calculation of the aforementioned town facilities and functional buildings. Todd looked at the long list of numbers needed for funds, carefully counted the digits, and finally gasped incredulously.

In his report, the monk questioned in particular Todd's suggestion of the need for a "bathing ground". In his view, such a thing as bathing is not only useless, but also alienates the Holy Spirit from the mortal world.

Seeing this, Todd suddenly remembered that he seemed to have not taken a shower for a week, and unconsciously scratched his back.

In the Middle Ages, according to the Church of the Father, a filthy body was seen as closer to God, and not bathing became a symbol of holiness. Those who have the courage to go unbathed for many years will even be canonized as saints, just like the ancient archway of chastity that praised virgins and martyrs in the past life. Many devout clergy and Christians began a painstaking practice covered in filth – in the Bible, there is even a figure who insisted on not washing his face or feet for 50 years, and was finally successfully canonized!

Todd wanted to change the situation, but considering the current financial situation of the residents, he could only force the idea of a bathing place, and the annotation at the end of the report indicated that the construction of the Knights' headquarters and the Grand Bazaar should be given priority, and other buildings could be postponed.

After reviewing and annotating the reports, Todd handed over the duties of the church to the priests and catechumens, and went headlong into his own experimental building.

A series of breakthroughs have been made in the cultivation of "keel" parasites.

After repeated experiments, Todd finally obtained information such as the most suitable culture carcass and temperature and humidity for the growth of the keel. But even then, the parasite grows quite slowly.

As a protist, male and female biworms have laid eggs seven times since the beginning of culture, and a total of 47 larvae have been obtained. Of the six eggs produced for the first time, two died due to Todd's unfamiliarity with the breeding environment, and only four survived.

After the eggs broke out of the cocoon, after several months of breeding, the fastest growing parasite has reached a body length of 27 centimeters. In another month or so, it should be able to reach the standard body length of adults and officially enter the maturity stage.

As early as half a month ago, Todd selected four mice and selected a suitable "keel" to carry out parasite attachment experiments.

First, the limbs of the mouse are fixed, then the female is close to the back, and the sharp hooks in the worm's body that penetrate into the host's body and absorb nutrients are pierced into the mouse's spine.

After a period of observation, Todd obtained a large amount of experimental data, but also paid a very heavy price.

These guinea pigs who got the "dragon bone" parasite gained a lot of strength and agility bonuses, and while the experimenter was not paying attention, they kicked and shattered the tempered glass with one foot, and cut open the wooden cage with one claw, turning the experimental building upside down. It took Todd a lot of work, using his Speed, Weakness, and Perspective abilities to finally get the Super Rats back one by one. Later, Todd had to order a batch of iron cages from the blacksmith to keep these little ones in trouble.

The real breakthrough in the study of "dragon bones" came from a sudden inspiration from Todd, which also led him to discover the true secret of this special parasite.

One morning, as usual, Todd woke up and began to clean the lab as usual. After cleaning, when he opened the tub containing the "proterozoic" parasite, and touched the limbs of the "keel" with a brush, causing the parasite's body to vibrate, he seemed to remember something, but after some hard thinking, he finally found nothing. It wasn't until noon, when he was dining at the Sister Hotel, that he finally realized what he had missed when he saw the fish wrapped in the fried twist flowers.

Halfway through the meal, he dropped the spoon in his hand, and Todd sped back to the lab under Karin's surprised gaze.

Before he could even change his clothes, Todd found four guinea pigs parasitized by the "dragon bones".

After numbing the hosts in batches, Todd found a large glass jar containing the "hive" parasite, which can control the offspring through sound waves emitted by vibrations. Carefully removed part of the parent (resembling a jellyfish's hive) and its offspring (the black nematode).

The mother and daughter of the "hive" parasite were surgically implanted into the "keel" parasite on the four mice. A state is created that allows one parasite to be parasitic in another.

What followed was a week-long observation, and Todd discovered two extremely interesting things.

The first thing is that the growth of the parent beehive of the "hive" embedded in the "keel" parasite has completely stopped, and there is no sign of budding and reproduction, and the growth of the "hive" progeny of the "hive" parasite embedded in the "dragon bone" has also completely stopped, and its host (guinea pig) has not been poisoned by the nerves, and everything is no different from usual.

The second thing is that the mice buried in the mother of the "hive" seem to be able to communicate with other mice buried in the offspring from a long distance in their daily actions.

To verify the second thing, Todd did an experiment.

A large iron box is divided into four areas of the same size with glass, and a black cloth is pasted on the surface of the glass to determine the two adjacent areas, so that each other's movements cannot be seen; Ground and three other areas, then a piece of cheese is placed in the tin and a piece of iron weighing 15 kilograms is placed in the opening, which is used to block the opening and leave a small gap at the bottom, and finally, the mice buried in the mother hive are placed in the area facing the opening of the tin can, and the other three mice are placed in the area facing the wall of the tin can.

The experiment begins.

The four guinea pigs were at first in their respective areas, not seeing each other, turning here and smelling there. A minute later, the mouse buried in the mother body of the "hive" suddenly found the cheese hidden in the tin through the gap under the iron block, and it first tried to push the iron block, but it was unable to move the fifteen-kilogram creature by its own strength. What happened next surprised Todd.

I saw that the mouse buried in the mother of the "hive" stood upright, and the "keel" parasite on its back emitted some dull vibrations similar to "rattlesnake tail swinging". Then, with a clattering crack, the glass wall in the iron box was smashed by three other mice almost simultaneously. The four mice worked together to push away the heavy iron and feast on the cheese inside.

After the experiment, Todd dissected and studied the four mice and their "keel" parasites, and determined the following conclusions.

1. Due to the limitations of the physiological environment of the former, the "hive" parasite implanted with the "keel" parasite can only obtain the most basic nutrients for its own survival. The mother has no way to bud and reproduce, and the offspring has no way to secrete toxins and grow insects, ensuring the life safety and stable consciousness of the four mice.

2. The basic characteristics and functions of the "hive" parasite implanted with the "keel" parasite have been preserved, and the mother host can communicate with the daughter host and convey messages through sound wave vibration. This situation is as if the mother host has a radio on its back and can contact the child host anytime and anywhere. Todd suspects it has something to do with the neural network that runs throughout the Dragonbone parasite.

3. What is certain is that the "keel" parasite should be a very special parasite, which can allow other parasites to parasitize in its own body, reducing its activity while retaining its basic functions.

In a word, the "hive" parasite can parasitize the "keel" parasite, due to the special physiological environment of the latter, the activity of the former is greatly reduced, and it will not poison the host and cause death, while also retaining the basic parasite function of the former, but this function is reduced by the control puppet to transmit information.

In the microbiology terminology of the previous life, if the host parasitized by the parasite is another parasite, this parasitic phenomenon is called super parasitism, and the "keel" is the parasitic carrier of this special phenomenon - super parasite.