In the side hall of Muxi Town, Todd first picked up the report sent by Recher, looked at it and then. It recorded the lives of 12 alien refugees who concealed their identities and entered the family of ordinary residents.

Overall, the life of these alien species was still stable at the beginning. The members of these families have been repeatedly screened and compared by Todd and Reicher to ensure that they have no prejudice or disgust towards the alien species. But even so, they agreed that alien species should remain low-key and not expose their abilities too early. After all, things like "Ye Gong Haolong" are not uncommon in real life.

The second report he picked up came from Huggins, which mainly recorded the movements and behaviors of the Cumberland army. Todd was initially wary and worried about the military force that "forced" to join Muxi Town. Based on his previous life experience, the principle of "policy comes from the barrel of a gun" is an eternal truth, no matter in any time or space.

Todd was also a little confused about whether it was a blessing or a disaster to introduce such a powerful army. As the direct commander of the 200-man army, if he intends to seize the town, he will be unable to guarantee that no accidents will occur as long as he raises his arms and calls.

However, in addition to the reason why Todd accepted this team, in addition to the reason Cumberland and Queen Mary had to rely on themselves to overcome difficulties, there was another reason - the development speed of Muxi Town was not matched with the defense power.

On the one hand, in the past, Muxi Town, most of the residents were poor people, and they had no money and under the guise of the church to suppress the surrounding forces, so they naturally would not attract the attention of others. However, with the development of the town and the "escape incident", the possibility of a small town being attacked is becoming increasingly greater.

On the other hand, unlike the previous and modern times, diplomacy and war between countries. This different world, similar to the medieval period, often only because of a little border dispute, a personal attack, an unintentional word, a failure to propose, and sometimes even just a gesture, an expression, or a gesture, can detonate a war, not to mention a "miracle land" described by Muxi Town, which is blessed by people.

So, let’s not mention the last trump card of “Alien” in Todd’s hands. The town does need a permanent force to deal with the various threats that may come.

Todd returned his attention to Huggins' report, which surprised him a little, and could be said to be at ease. Cumberland took the initiative to hand over military power and included all the weapons and armor into the Holy Depot. He also suggested that the troops be scattered in various parts of the city to assist the town guards and the "Sacred Order Enforcement Corps" in the defense and security affairs of Muxi Town. The old knight himself recommended himself as an instructor and was responsible for the teaching of the daily training of the town troops.

The last report came from Monk Joe, which was also the longest of the three reports. The report started with a full page, and the monk only did one thing - to make a big spoil.

There are too many things, too few people, not enough money, I really want to sleep...

Todd raised his eyebrows and turned directly to the second page of the report. Monk Qiao made his suggestion about the heavy and harsh working environment at present: the "Bible" sent to the monastery in the early stage was unanimously praised by the old monks. They even took down the manuscripts placed in the display cabinet in the library and placed these impeccable new "Bibles" with impeccable fonts. If possible, in the original words of Monk Qiao, "Can you consider sending more exquisite books to the monastery to recruit more monks to enter Muxi Town?"

Seeing this sentence, Todd could almost see the monk who sat at the table with red eyes, struggling in pain between "death of fatigue" and "selling friends to seek honor", and finally chose the latter.

With a big stroke, Todd wrote the word "Agree" on this page.

Turning to the third page of the report, Qiao finally began to talk about the important affairs of Muxi Town.

The adjustment of the core area of ​​Muxi Town has been basically completed. According to the block distribution of the ancient Taylor city, the building communities of residential areas, commercial areas and public buildings have been re-planned. As for the planning of the external area, there is only one general plan, and demolition and design are planned next month: the industrial area is outside the mountains in the north, the animal husbandry area is outside the hills in the south, and the agricultural area is outside the plains in the east. At the same time, it has begun to convene people to build buildings such as the Knights headquarters, military camps, training grounds, stables, large markets, central squares and bathing grounds.

Monk Joe also made a rough financial calculation specifically for the above-mentioned urban facilities and functional buildings. Todd looked at the long list of figures of capital needs, counted the digits carefully, and finally took incredible breath.

In his report, the monk questioned Todd's need to build a "bathing ground". In his opinion, bathing is not only useless, but will alienate 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 view of the Father's Church, the dirty body was seen as being closer to God, and not taking a bath became a symbol of holiness. Those who had the courage to not take a bath for many years would even be canonized as saints, just like the chastity archway that praised chastity women in ancient times in the past. Many devout clergy began a harsh and filthy practice. In the Bible, there was even a character who insisted on not washing his face or feet for 50 years and was finally successfully sanctified!

Todd wanted to change this situation, but considering the current financial situation of residents, he could only suppress the idea of ​​promoting a bathing ground. In the comments at the end of the report, it was stated that priority was given to the construction of the Knights Headquarters and the Grand Bazaar, and other buildings could be temporarily suspended.

After reviewing and annotating these reports, Todd handed over the official duties of the church to the priests and disciples, and then drilled into his own experimental building.

The breeding of "keel bone" parasites has achieved a series of breakthroughs.

After repeated experiments, Todd finally obtained information on the culture carcass, temperature and humidity that are most suitable for the growth of "keel bones". But even so, the growth of this parasite is still quite slow.

As a primary male and female double insect, since the beginning of the culture, she has laid eggs seven times and obtained a total of forty-seven larvae. The six eggs produced for the first time, due to Todd's unfamiliarity with the cultivation environment, two died and only four survived.

After these four insect eggs broke out of their cocoon, after several months of breeding, the fastest-growing parasite has reached 27 cm in length. In about a month, it should be able to reach the standard body length of an adult and officially enter the maturity stage.

As early as half a month ago, Todd selected four teenage mice and selected the appropriate "keel bone" to conduct a parasite attachment experiment.

First, fix the limbs of the mouse; then put the female insect close to the back, let the insect's body pierce into the host body, absorb nutrients, and pierce into the spine of the mouse; after the female insect is fixed, the male insect is attached to the abdomen of the mouse and connect it to the female insect, and finally let the little mice wear "mini armor".

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

These tiny mice who obtained the "Dragon Bone" parasite obtained a large amount of power and agility bonus. While the experimenter was not careful, they kicked the reinforced glass and cut open the wooden cage with one claw, turning the experimental building upside down. Todd took a lot of effort to use his "speed", "weakness" and "perspective" abilities to finally catch these "super rats" one by one. Later, Todd had to customize a batch of iron cages from the blacksmith to lock up these little guys who were troublesome.

The real breakthrough in studying "Chicken Bone" came from Todd's sudden appearance, which also made him discover the real secret of this special parasite.

On the same morning as usual, Todd got up and began cleaning the laboratory as usual. After cleaning it, when he opened the bathtub loaded with "native" parasites and touched the limbs of the "keel bone" with a brush, causing the parasite's body to vibrate, he seemed to remember something, but after some hard thoughts, he finally got nothing. It was not until noon that when he was dining in the "Sisters' Hotel", he saw the fish wrapped in fried twists and waxes, and finally realized what he had missed.

Halfway through the meal, he threw down the spoon in his hand. Todd ran back to the laboratory under Karin's surprise gaze.

Even without time to change the clothes, Todd found four guinea pigs parasitized by "keel bones".

After anesthesia of these hosts in batches, Todd found a huge glass jar containing the "Honey Cover" parasite (can control the child by the sound wave emitted by vibration). From it, he carefully removed part of the parent body (similar to the jellyfish honeycomb) and its child body (black nematode).

The mother and daughter of the "Honey" parasite were then implanted into the "keel bone" parasite on four little mice by surgically embedded, creating a state where one parasite was parasite parasite parasite parasite parasite was parasitic in another parasite.

Next came the observation that lasted for a week, and Todd discovered two extremely interesting things.

The first thing is to bury the mother of the "Honey Bone" parasite, and its growth has completely stopped without any signs of budding and reproduction; the daughter of the "Honey Bone" parasite has completely stopped, and its host (the mouse) has no nerve poisoning, and all actions are no different from usual.

The second thing is that the mouse buried in the mother's body seems to be able to communicate with other mice buried in the child at a long distance in their daily activities.

To verify the second thing, Todd conducted an experiment specifically.

A large iron box was divided into four equal-sized areas with glass, and a black cloth was pasted on the surface of the glass to determine the two adjacent areas, so that each other could not see each other's movements; then place a "tower"-shaped open iron can in the middle of the large iron box. The cube iron can is closed on five sides, only the opening side faces one area, and the other five can walls face the sky, the ground and the other three areas respectively; then put a piece of cheese into the iron can, and place an iron block weighing fifteen kilograms at the opening, block the opening with the latter and leave a very small gap at the bottom; finally, the mouse buried in the "Honey Cover" mother was placed in the area facing the opening of the iron can, and the other three mice were placed in the area facing the wall of the iron can.

The experiment begins.

At first, the four little mice could not see each other in their respective areas, so they turned around here and smelled there. A minute later, the little white mice buried in the mother of the "Honey Cover" suddenly found cheese hidden in the iron can through the gap below the iron block. It first tried to push the iron block, but relying solely on its own strength, it could not move the 15-kilogram heavy guy. What happened next surprised Todd.

The little mouse buried in the mother's "Honey Cover" stood upright, and the "keel bone" parasite on its back made some dull vibrations similar to the "rattlesnake's tail swinging". Then, accompanied by the clanging sound, the glass wall in the iron box was almost broken by three other little mice at the same time. The four little mice worked together to push away the heavy iron block and enjoyed the cheese inside.

After the experiment, Todd dissected and studied the four guinea pigs and the "keel bone" parasites on them, and determined the following conclusions.

1. The "hive" parasite embedded in the "keel bone" parasite, due to the physiological environment limitations of the former, the latter can only obtain the most basic nutrients for its own survival. The mother's mother cannot sprout and reproduce, and the daughter cannot secrete toxins and grow insects, ensuring the safety of life and stability of consciousness of the four gusseted mice.

2. The basic traits and functions of the "hive" parasite embedded in the "keel" parasite have been preserved. The mother host can contact the child host through sound wave vibration and convey messages. This situation is like the mother host carrying a radio on its body, which can contact the child host anytime and anywhere. Todd suspected that this is related to the neural networks that spread throughout the insect body in the "keel" parasite.

Third, it can be confirmed that the "keel bone" parasite should be an extremely special parasite, which can allow other parasites to parasites in their bodies, reducing their activity while retaining their basic functions.

In short, the "hive" parasite can parasites in the "keel bone" parasites. Due to the latter's special physiological environment, the activity of the former is greatly reduced, and there will be no toxicity of the host and death. At the same time, the basic parasite function of the former is retained, and this function is reduced by the control puppet in order to transmit messages.
Chapter completed!