Three days later, the second plenary meeting of the Kingdom was held on time.

It has been rainy for three days, and people are in a very depressed mood. Fortunately, it started to clear up today. The sun penetrated the gaps in the clouds and cast diffuse beams of light in the royal city. The warm sunshine fell from the skylight at the top of the auditorium, illuminating the venue brightly and darkly.

Well-organized and full of vigor.

At the second meeting, Bolton was absent.

No, rather than being absent, it is more accurate to say that he was grounded by Perseus and was reflecting behind closed doors in the mansion.

After all, the impact of his previous roaring in the auditorium and insulting the members was too bad. If he was still allowed to attend the meeting, it would undoubtedly be a violation of order. Perseus would not allow such a thing to happen.

At this time, members of parliament at all levels had taken their seats and the meeting officially began.

It can be seen that Perseus was in a bad mood today, probably because he was angry when he thought of Bolton. He glanced around the hall and said expressionlessly: "Members of all parties, regarding the situation of the first meeting, do you have anything to say?

Whatever you want to say, you can add it now."

The members of each party are nominally independent in personality, but in fact they follow their own families. The family leaders do not express their opinions, and they will not spontaneously speak out unless they are entrusted by the leaders in advance. They need the people below to take the lead in saying something inappropriate.

What the leader said.

Now the leaders are silent, and the MPs are silent as well.

Seeing that everyone remained silent, Perseus was about to say something when an unexpected voice sounded: "Your Majesty the King."

Perseus frowned and looked towards the judgment seat where the voice came from.

Kino looked at the stage, his amber eyes as deep as the sea, full of mysterious smile: "Can you allow me to say a few words?"

Perseus' frown slowly relaxed and he asked calmly: "In the first meeting, you kept your head down and didn't say anything. Now, do you have something to say again today?"

"People change." Kino didn't know whether he was talking about himself or some people who changed their attitude during a secret meeting.

Edward picked up the tea and took a sip, then slowly put it down, not knowing what he was thinking.

Perseus raised his chin at Kino, signaling to continue.

"Thank you, Your Majesty. First of all, I am shocked not by my own situation, but by everyone's attitude towards this matter." Kino turned around and looked at the parliamentarians representing the royal family and the royal family, with a fake expression.

Puzzled, "Everyone should be well aware that the invasion of extraterrestrials not only brings disaster, but also brings an endless stream of weapons, and they are all weapons made with extraterrestrial technology. Don't you have any interest in this?

?”

Perseus's expression slowly turned cold, and he said in a sarcastic tone: "So, you now admit that you are an alien? Do you want to trade your weapons with us in exchange for a chance to survive?"

Kino raised his hand, motioning for Perseus to stop, and said with a smile: "Sorry to interrupt, you seem to have misunderstood. Your Majesty the King, I really want to use the weapons of the aliens to make deals with you so that I can survive, but those weapons are not

It comes from me.”

Some people in the synagogue began to whisper, not understanding what Kino meant.

Perseus: "Get to the point."

Kino: "The point is, given the current situation, a chain of suspicion has been formed. I can't prove my innocence, and you have no evidence to convict me. The two sides are in a stalemate. In this case, why don't we broaden our thinking?

How about temporarily putting aside the pursuit of proof and considering the gains and losses?"

"In the eyes of many people, aliens are abominable blasphemers, and I think so from the bottom of my heart. But in my eyes, in addition to being blasphemers, they also have another trophy that can be moved with a label."

"As long as I live, extraterrestrial visitors will continue to invade this world, and I will continue to kill them. I can continue to hunt weapons and props with magical effects from them, and then contribute them to the kingdom, greatly increasing the national power. And if

If I die, this opportunity will disappear."

"Are you really willing to let go of such an opportunity to make the kingdom stronger?"

"Hahaha, that's extremely exaggerated." The first person to stand up was none other than the Horned Heron, with a deep contempt on his wrinkled face, "The trophies you previously captured from the aliens,

It’s not like we haven’t studied it. Except for the ring that can store items out of thin air, which is very magical in my opinion, other things are just ordinary products under another technical system."

Kino: "Really? Then I would like to ask Mr. Horned Heron, with the kingdom's current rune and alchemy technology, is it possible to create a weapon that spreads scorching sky fire and burns thousands of miles away?"

This sentence stopped the Horned Heron from asking, because the answer was obviously no.

You know, according to historical records, in the "War of Eclipse" 2,700 years ago, weapons from aliens changed the terrain of the entire continent.

Among the Dogruland army, no legion is equipped with such weapons. With the power of the ballista, it is not bad that the strike surface can reach more than ten meters.

Kino did not look at the Horned Heron anymore, but looked at the councilors who had the same view as the Horned Heron, and continued: "You look down on those extraterrestrial items on hand. The reason is very simple. The extraterrestrial visitors who invaded before were very weak.

The items you carry are naturally of ordinary quality."

"Just like the elite regular army in the royal city and the militia in the village, can the equipment of the two be the same? What you see now, the extraterrestrial items you have are just the tip of the iceberg. As for how powerful the weapons of the extraterrestrial visitors are,

History books have already told us the answer."

"Imagine if one day you get more sophisticated firearms from aliens, you can kill enemies thousands of meters away. If you capture the giant steel bird, you can soar in the sky like an ancient dragon. You can even get

Those weapons that can shed scorching sky fire and have the power to burn thousands of miles, do you still think the weapons of aliens are ordinary?"

"This is sophistry!" Horned Heron's face darkened obviously, and he directly tried to occupy the moral high ground, "So what if the blasphemous objects from the aliens are extremely powerful? Using them is disrespectful to the gods! It is also disrespectful to faith.

Blasphemy!"

Kino looked at the Horned Heron, the smile on his face was like a mask that would never be taken off: "I would like to say something offensive, Lord Horned Heron, your views may not represent everyone."

Hearing the sound, the horned heron subconsciously looked at the crowd, his expression quickly becoming gloomy.

Although the expressions of the leaders and congressmen of all parties did not change much, judging from the uncertain looks in their eyes, it was obvious that some thoughts were aroused by Kino.

What is faith?

Faith has two sides: a pious and firm will to something, and a tool to conquer and dominate thoughts.

In a god-fearing kingdom, the most devout people are often the ignorant at the bottom, who are ignorant but fanatical. Their will to face faith is extremely firm, but they cannot see the essence behind their faith. They are like a wave in the tide.

Driven by the ups and downs.

As for those knowledgeable and high-ranking people, you cannot say that they are ungrateful. They may be more firm in their faith than others, and they are extremely reverent to the gods.

However, the knowledge of those in high positions destined them to accurately see the nature of faith and its relationship with power and rule. Worshiping God itself is not only their own will, but also a necessary political means.

Once faith and power merge, it means that it is not static and can change its original appearance at any time for the sake of rule, because the right to interpret faith is always in the hands of those in high positions. They say which practices are worshiping gods, that is, they are worshiping gods.

Whatever practices are blasphemous are blasphemous.

Therefore, Horned Heron's point of view must be untenable. Using the weapons of blasphemers is disrespecting God? Is it blasphemy to faith? Will the alchemists of the Star Castle who participated in Barrett's research commit suicide on the spot?

?

Even if according to the current common understanding, using weapons of blasphemers is equivalent to blasphemy, the worst thing is to legislate a law to allow this behavior at the official level, reinterpret the definition of blasphemy and worshiping God, and include "using weapons of blasphemers".

"Move out of the scope of "blasphemous".

Whether you want to do this or not depends on whether those in high positions want to do it.

But now, most people think so.

After all, they were the weapons of the aliens! The aliens killed the Sun King back then. Anyone who knows the history of the "War of Eclipse" will know how powerful their weapons are.

If we can obtain those top-notch weapons from extraterrestrial visitors, even just one, it will be enough to subvert the entire power structure, and the Game of Thrones will likely be reshuffled.

In this situation, you want to talk about faith? Sorry, no one wants to talk about it.

For a moment, there was silence in the auditorium, as if a turbulent undercurrent was rolling, swallowing up all the light.

Now, like the serpent throwing out the apple in the Garden of Eden, the smiling devil has laid out the bait, just waiting for someone to swallow it.

This bait can be said to have perfectly captured everyone's psychology.

Yes, the weapons of these aliens are not enough to attract much attention. Those guns, cannons and the like have alternatives under the extraordinary system.

As for potions such as Phoenix Serum, there are also various kinds of natural treasures, or alchemical potions that can be substituted, and the effects are even worse.

But what about the future?

Waves of alien visitors are getting stronger and stronger, and so are the weapons they carry. They can be said to be walking treasure chests. If you kill them, you can get the rewards in the treasure chests.

The weapons in the "treasure box" are not tempting yet, so if you don't want to grab them, you can.

But when those weapons are powerful enough to overturn the world structure, will you grab them?

If you don't rob it, others will.

If you don't grab it, when someone else grabs it, you will be the one who gets stepped on.

Unless you are willing to lose the power and status you currently have and retreat into the mountains and forests alone, you can only join the ranks of those who rob.

Others are facing the same situation as you and can only rob.

Everyone can only grab it.

This is the classic "group prisoner's dilemma". Individual rationality sometimes leads to collective irrationality, and everyone is forced to make irrational choices, eventually reaching a "Nash equilibrium" but not a "Pareto optimal".

Although there is no explicitly written "Game Theory" in this world, the high-ranking people here actually understand the different imperial power tactics, and most people can also see that this is a bait thrown by Kino in order to disintegrate various parties from the inside.

Family ties prevent them from forming a united front.

However, here is the beauty of the game. You understand all the reasons and know that there is a pit there. But in a group game, the Nash equilibrium will force you to step on it, and others will step on it, everyone.

You can only step on it.

There is only one possibility to get rid of this game dilemma. All the people involved in the game, regardless of family, political opinion, or each other, unconditionally believe in each other, unite closely, and transform the game from a "non-cooperative game"

It is a "cooperative game".
To be continued...