The two got closer and closer, and they were gradually discovered by others, although their dates were very secret, and nothing was revealed so far. But Kevin's coming to the barracks from time to time to look for a small spoon is enough to make people think about it. Although Little Spoon is marginalized, she is in the barracks after all, and everyone can see it.

But as for whether to make their feelings public, both of them felt that it was not necessary. It's good for now, but if you really want to be together, there are still a lot of issues to consider. The biggest and most central problem, of course, is the Assassin President, which is also unavoidable.

But there is no need for people to frown and ponder all the time, thinking about this and that, and make themselves sad. Occasionally take a break for a while, develop the purest relationship with the little spoon, and seriously think about how to make her happy every day, how to open a different kind of brain, so that she can deeply understand that I am fundamentally different from other men. Seeing her is sometimes pleasantly surprised and sometimes embarrassing, which in itself makes Kevin happy from the bottom of his heart.

However, the happy time is always short-lived, and in a blink of an eye, more than two months have passed, and the summer vacation is coming.

During this time, the two have visited scenic spots, punished roadside hooligans, beaten up gentlemen, watched magic shows, gave gifts to each other, learned from each other, and discussed with each other.

The relationship between the two gradually became known to everyone, including the Assassin Headmaster. However, to a slight surprise, the Assassin Guild did not say anything, neither to talk to Kevin nor to Spoon. Kevin wasn't sure what he meant, and he didn't dare ask.

At the same time, many major events in the country began to occur one after another. The contradiction between parrots and people began to become more and more prominent, and the problems of contradictions were varied. Parrots made more money, and more and more became bosses, and gradually began to form a "parrot aristocratic circle". Of course, these so-called parrot nobles do not have titles, but they have money.

It is not impossible to even hire a human to be his bodyguard, and some even hire someone as a "mount", standing on top of the person's head, not flying or walking, and using the people below as a means of transportation. Very owner's style. But this undoubtedly made other humans very unhappy, and then caused a lot of controversy.

There are naturally all kinds of opinions in the online debate, and many people think that parrots should be slaves, and all of them sign master-servant contracts, etc. Naturally, the parrots also retorted, although their intelligence may not be high enough, but they have a wide range of horizons and are very well-informed, which is more than many ordinary people.

Again, there is the issue of housing prices. To tell the truth, even a parrot wants a house, which was something that no one thought of at the beginning, but the reality is that way. In the final analysis, if the parrot has money, it naturally has some belongings, and when it has belongings, it naturally needs a house to put it, otherwise what is the money for? If the money is useless, then the parrot has no need to work. And if you don't work, parrot unemployment becomes high, that's also a problem......

But for people, with the process of magic in big cities, more and more people move into the city, and housing prices will rise. And at this juncture, there is still a group of parrots who want to grab a house with them, which feels outrageous. But in fact, there are still very few parrots that can afford a house in the city center. But under the amplification of the network environment, even a few people have a feeling as if every parrot needs a house.

At first, I thought that parrots, as birds, could eat a small amount and be at ease with their encounters, so they should not have a huge impact on society. But over time, they are clearly not content to be an ordinary bird. They also want entertainment, and they also want to grab social resources.

Of course, they don't work, in fact, a considerable number of parrots work very hard, and some parrots have great ambitions and hope to do something about it. It is said that a new proposal has been put forward recently, and that is online payment!

It's very simple, if you don't have change with you, then my parrot will fly directly to your house to pick it up for you. Of course, there will be a lot of questions, such as what to do if the family has no money? What if a parrot enters the house and steals something? But one thing that can be reassured is that parrots don't lie. At least the parrot can be forced to tell the truth through hypnosis, which is somewhat secure to a certain extent.

Of course, there are bound to be more problems in practice, and even if both parties are decent people, there are always unexpected situations. For example, when a customer goes out, he locks the doors and windows, and then turns his head and forgets about it. So the online payment, the parrot flew to his house and hit the door and window, and had no choice but to fly back, what should I do if I delay a lot of time back and forth?

In the end, the network speed is too slow, and it is not feasible to popularize online payment after all. At most, it can only be implemented first among a few acquaintances, or a small group of premium members. But if it's really a small-scale acquaintance, just pull an IOU, and online payment is not necessary.

However, while online payments are not feasible, online shopping is already common. And the speed of online shopping is so fast that it is even beyond the exception. As long as the customer selects a certain product, the parrot will go back to pick up the goods immediately, and the goods will usually arrive within half a day. Of course, if it's a huge object, it has to be transported by the courier brother after all. Space rings are still relatively rare, and they have not yet become widespread enough to use parrots as a means of transport.

Many people are also very conflicted, and they don't like parrots on the Internet, but when they need to shop online, they have to summon parrots down. In fact, it is normal to have contradictions, how can such a big country not have contradictions. But this is only the beginning, and there will be the next generation of parrots in the future, and as the number of parrots increases, the contradiction will inevitably grow.

There are many solutions online, but they are either completely unfeasible or extremely involving. At present, I can only put it first, and I called a group of people to write a bunch of touching stories about people and parrots, and pulled a few role models out to tell a big truth...... In fact, when things are going well, positive publicity has a positive effect. But when things aren't going well, it's not necessarily the case.

Nowadays, anyone with a little experience can see that it is a fool. It's just that the situation is not too bad, so everyone has a tacit understanding to pretend to be fooled, and the upper echelons actually know that they can't really fool people, but as long as the people below pretend to be fooled, then they can be fooled, even if it's temporary......

In another matter, the king abdicated and gave up the system of Zen to another successor. But there is nothing surprising about this, because everyone has known about it for a long time. The country is still moving forward steadily, and there is little feeling for the common people, but times have changed imperceptibly.

Someone asked the old king what he would do after his abdication? The old king just replied: I will be an ordinary elder, talking and laughing with others every day......

In the palace, the new king convened a group of master ministers for an internal meeting, and all kinds of problems and contradictions were put on the table, including the contradictions between parrots and people. Although it does not seem to be too serious at the moment, the intensification of contradictions in the future is predictable.

"The problem of development is to be solved by development," said the king, "what do you think?"

"The problem between parrots and people exists even between people," the Assassin leader began, "or create a common enemy on both sides, so that the conflict may be resolved." ”

"Common enemy?" asked the king, "who is more suitable?"

"Rich second generation?" the Assassin President said casually, "I'll say it casually." ”

Everyone was shocked and quickly rejected the proposal. This is to replace this contradiction with another contradiction, which is meaningless, and if it is not done well, it will expand the contradiction.

"I think we have to start from a new technology perspective," said the principal of Wang Li's Academy, "in fact, we have made considerable progress in our research on Fran spells recently. ”

"Oh, has there been progress on the ghost teleportation?"

"A little bit, but at the moment, it's expensive, the equipment is huge, and it either requires a master to operate, and it can't be popularized yet," the headmaster said honestly, "and the ghost teleportation is not as good as expected, at least in terms of the speed of teleportation, that's it." The ghost also had to float over before it could be communicated. It's not as fast as a parrot can fly. It's hidden, and no one can see it. ”

"Is it necessary to use the souls of the dead for ghost communication, is it feasible to use animals?" someone asked.

"Don't worry about this, we have extracted a special kind of ghost from the ancient corpse oil, and it also has a certain plasticity. The issue of social ethics has been bypassed. The principal replied.

"What new technology is there?" asked the king.

"In addition to extracting the spirits from the Ancient Corpse Oil, we've also managed to craft some aggregates that are unlike most of the materials we know. Not very strong, very lightweight, but very malleable. We're still working on that. The principal only replied briefly.

"Is there any use?"

The headmaster pondered for a moment and shook his head: "It's hard to use in battle, and it's finished by fire." The degree of sturdiness is not as good as wood, and the wood elves can shape all the wood with spells, and there is a mature system for shaping ability. Aside from being lighter, it doesn't stand out. ”

"Does this material have a name?"

"Because it's very malleable, but it doesn't feel like it's very useful, so we usually call it ...... White trash. ”

Everyone: "......"

"The Empire has kept necromancers in captivity for hundreds of years, and they should be more familiar with this aspect," the Assassin President replied, "but over the years, we've fought against a few necromancers, but we've never seen or even heard of white trash spells, maybe white trash is really rubbish, right?"

"However, we top masters don't look down on us, so are we useless among low-level mages?" said Bright, the leader of the Membrane Law Guild, "After all, the wood spells belong to the elf clan, if there are other shaping spells, you should try them." ”

"No, no, no, you may be mistaken. It doesn't wrap around like a tree and so on, it speaks...... It's like a metal with a lower melting point, but its strength is far inferior to that of metal," the Headmaster explained in layman's terms, "and the Assassin President just said that the Imperial people didn't study it here, so it's probably just white trash." ”

Everyone said no more for a while, and there was indeed no one more professional than the headmaster in this authority.

"Then back to the topic just now," said the king again, "how can the contradiction be resolved?"

President Bright spoke: "Actually, I personally think that the current situation is still okay. At least they're stressed, and I've been worried about what if the parrot doesn't have stress and doesn't want to work? ”

"That doesn't sound like human words. "Someone complained.

"Closed-door meetings, you can talk about it. "The king was generous.

"Then I'll give a suggestion," Bright pulled out a picture, "you all know contract communications, right? There is no doubt that contract communication is the fastest. Ghost communication can actually contract communication, but if you can sign a ghost, you must be a necromancer. This inevitably makes it difficult to popularize. ”

"So the ghost communicates, except for the needs of combat. If it is used for civilian use, it can only make ghosts float around to deliver messages, and its speed is slower than that of parrots. There is nothing good about it except that it is invisible. And the empire has been studying for so many years, if they want to destroy the ghost network one day, maybe it won't be difficult. ”

"And what do you think?" the headmaster began.

"I mean, it's still a contract correspondence. But for the greatest popularization, it is necessary to find the lowest-level, most ordinary, and worst street Warcraft, and I think slimes are the most suitable. Bright pulled out a map of the distribution of slimes in the country.

"First of all, if you use illusion to let one slime sign another slime, we can study whether it is a master-servant contract or an equal contract. Then use illusion to make the two slimes inevitably synchronize their movements. That is, if one jumps, the other jumps too. If one doesn't jump, the other doesn't jump either. ”

"With this, the most basic unit is constituted, which we can call - slime entanglement. ”

"Wait a minute, you're going to use illusion to do this, this ...... Okay, you move on. The headmaster waved his hand, but continued to listen.

"Slime entanglement is formed, then it's simple. The communicating side does not need any additional equipment, grabs the slime in hand, jumps and jumps...... Another slime in the distance will also make corresponding actions through the spirit contract, jumping and jumping and stopping...... Then people on the side can interpret the information. ”

Everyone: "......"

"There is no doubt that this kind of communication is the fastest, and it is not affected by the weather, nor by the mood of the parrot, and it will not be disconnected. A low-intelligence monster like a slime doesn't have a temper, as long as it's alive. President Bright counted the benefits.

"However, there are already civilian crystal balls. The two crystal balls looked at each other, and that was the equivalent of direct communication," replied the Assassin Headmaster, "and sign language has become so widespread that young people can almost all of them. And you still have to learn coding, what are the advantages of slime communication?"

"The crystal balls must be fixed!" Bright replied, "Of course, the military crystal ball has more functions, but the civilian crystal ball can only watch a few set stages. Chat with each other in the online library, which is also pre-set. But slimes are different, they can even be carried around, even in the middle of nowhere, you just have to catch a slime and jump and stop...... Messages will be received from afar. ”

General Oude and several military generals were all amazed: "Yes, why didn't it work before?"

"The military has parrots, which is equivalent to replacing slimes, and there is no need to jump or not to jump. Brett explained.

"However, you are only a two-person communication, how can you get multi-person communication, how can you cover the whole country?"

"It's very simple, build a base station!" Bright replied, "all the users in an area are grouped together into one base station." A slime is in the user's hands, let's say it's called A slime. A slime is at the base station, assuming that the jump is driven by the contract to drive the B jump, the base station staff finds out, interprets who the user wants to communicate with, and then binds the B of the other user to the B of this jump. ”

"The two B's are tied together and naturally jump together, so they drive the A in the other user's hand to jump. Of course, slimes may not be so easy to tie together, but we can make professional equipment, and it's not a big problem. ”

Everyone was silent for a long time: "The staff will be busy, right?"

"On the staff side, both people and parrots can be served. There are even a lot of jobs created because of this. Bright replied.

"But...... Is communication in the form of encoding too advanced for the popularization of the common people? And binary encoding, will it be too long?"

"In fact, jumping or not jumping are just two extreme cases, and slimes can also move. It can completely move out of a word, and civilians can understand it as long as they are literate. And even if it is coding, the movements that slimes can make, forward, backward, left, right, forward, backward, left, right, forward, backward, left, right, plus eight bevel directions, are enough to program hexadecimal. ”

Everyone fell silent, and couldn't help but imagine that there would be slime base stations everywhere in the future, and everyone would have slimes in their hands, and they would pinch the slimes for a while if they wanted to communicate, and then after a while, observe the movement of the slimes to interpret each other's responses......

"Oh, I thought that the white trash just now could be used to wrap slimes, and it should be good. The headmaster smiled.

Everyone: "......"

"Actually, the key question is how to achieve this slime entanglement," the headmaster smiled, "It's easy for you to use illusions. Theoretically, illusion is possible, but how many illusionists are there, and how many illusionists are going to kill if we want to create such a huge amount of slime entanglement?"

President Bright finally fell silent, caught in the biggest problem of this proposal.

The king spoke: "In any case, it is difficult to come up with a solution to any problem. I think this option is worth exploring further. ”

Everyone looked at each other, but there was no objection.

The next issue was raised by the Assassin President: "The Empire has been studying necromancy much longer than we do, and if you want more technology in this area, I think it's necessary to go out and fight it directly." ”

"I'm afraid it's not easy, right?" someone replied.

"Nothing is easy, so you don't have to do anything. The Assassin President smiled.

"Do you have any clues?" the crowd asked.

"No," replied the Assassin Headmaster, "there has been no other harvest or news since the last time a little girl with a broken leg was captured. But...... If you let someone out of the country, maybe you will get something. ”

Everyone was stunned, looked at each other, and did not speak.

"He has many enemies, most of them have fled abroad, and his head is valuable. As long as he goes abroad, I estimate that many forces will be moved, and maybe the clues will naturally be there. The Assassin President replied.

"It's too dangerous, isn't it?" said the pseudo-saintess, "do you protect it yourself?"

"I'll protect it myself, and then no one will move," the Assassin leader replied with a wry smile, "so I'm here to ask you all the masters to see if there's any way to improve his strength so that he won't die so easily." I personally worked hard to finally raise his fighting spirit to orange, and I can't do anything else. ”

Everyone couldn't help but start thinking about it, and after a long time, the headmaster spoke: "In this way, I will teach him the newly developed spell about white trash, which does not require much elemental physique, maybe you can give him a try." ”

"In that case, let's stop calling it white trash, since it's a malleable aggregate, let's call it plastic?" the king began.

Everyone nodded: "Very good, this name sounds very scientific." ”