Chapter 2349: Early Arrangements for Aftermath

Based on this judgment, Xia Duo had another hypothesis: that regarding the Order Force, there must exist a way to use it in a manifested form, similar to Holy Power, possessing the power to intervene in reality in a true and tangible way.

Perhaps this is the key hallmark of a truly mature magical civilization; civilization shapes order, and order in turn provides feedback to civilization, influencing and achieving one another.

But unfortunately, from the time he completed the Territory Order Cycle in the Main Plane until now, Xia Duo has not been able to find a method for the Order Force to intervene in reality, and now that he is in the Projection Plane, it is even more impossible; here, he cannot even conduct relevant experiments.

However, although he cannot conduct experiments related to the Order Force here, perfecting order is still feasible; after all, even if he could conduct experiments, Xia Duo would not know where to start.

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Although there is no cyclic state of Order Force to use as a reference, as an Order Creator who has already practiced in a territory in the Main Plane, Xia Duo is still very clear about where the problems in the current New Homeland of the Demon Descendants lie.

Order is not rigid and inflexible commandments, but a state of healthy operation for an entire system; what the Demon Descendants lack most right now is the shaping of new viewpoints and the execution of new rules.

Research Institute.

Xia Duo called a halt to all research work here, brought an Elder in charge of the Research Institute, and personally set to work clearing away the scattered Demon Aura here, while also reinforcing the various Protection measures of the Research Institute.

The leader and the Elder had both come, and had even personally taken action, so the researchers at the Research Institute certainly could not just watch; one by one, they followed behind to assist.

Two days later, after all the Demon Aura in the Research Institute had been purged, Xia Duo divided management posts within the Research Institute; from now on, they would be responsible for the order of the Research Institute.

As for the future research direction of the Research Institute, it could not be decided by the researchers in technical positions themselves, but should be discussed and decided by the Executive Advisory Group, and then handed over to the management posts of the Research Institute for more specific internal planning.

Zhengwuyuan.

In reality, this is the Executive Council; Xia Duo is already considering personnel arrangements for after he leaves. Several Elders must be promoted to the positions of Executive Consultant, otherwise, how can the Permission Level of the Elders, the leader (Crown King), and the Executive Consultant be arranged?

From now on, there will be no more Elders, but rather former Executive Consultants who, after retiring, will directly join the Research Institute to contribute, instead of managing specific government affairs.

Executive Consultants serve one-hundred-year terms. The first term might be a bit troublesome, but it might also be the easiest to resolve, because those Elders are all wholeheartedly thinking of the Demon Descendants; as long as they can understand that doing this is good for the Demon Descendants, they will do it without hesitation.

Those who come later might be more troublesome. Executive Consultant, as the name implies, refers to the centralized system of Iylarth in the Main Plane; with great power in hand, how many people would not be tempted?

The Crown King of Iylarth in the Main Plane has almost only the power of supervision left, with all other affairs mastered by the Executive Advisory Group; placed here, this is exactly what Xia Duo needs to do.

It is better for power to be mastered by the Executive Advisory Group than by a single Crown King. Multi-person governance will be more inclined toward conservative decisions, or rather, more inclined toward rationality. At the same time, in order to maintain legitimacy (traditionally, the Crown King governs), they will also more strongly maintain this system, and consequently, more strongly maintain the person who created this system—Xia Duo.

In this way, many of Xia Duo's plans can be passed down continuously. One thousand years is not too long a time for the Demon Descendants; perhaps none of the current Demon Descendants will die, and even if there are new Demon Descendants, it is highly probable that no accidents will occur.

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Autumn and Winter.

Xia Duo almost hand-in-hand instructed the Elders on how to master the new system. What made them feel most uncomfortable was not the complex rules of the new system, but the issue of the boundaries of power.

In the past, an Elder could manage everything; for any single matter, every Elder had almost identical decision-making power. But under the new system, power had boundaries.

For example, the Elder in charge of the Research Institute only had a higher weight of voice in the field of research, while the Elder in charge of war (including guard training and exploration teams) only had a higher weight of voice in the field of war.

Others, such as industry, education, and people's livelihood, were each managed by specialized Executive Consultants.

Unless all other consultants in the Executive Advisory Group objected, the decision-making power within a certain field was basically determined by the Executive Consultant in charge of that field alone.

Of course, major events are excluded, such as deciding to go to war with a certain country, or changing certain major decisions made previously, and so on.

In the process of helping the several Elders—no, they should be called Executive Consultants—get started, the Inheritance Ritual played a very critical role. This thing can not only be used to inherit Magic Knowledge, but it is also equally adept at laws and regulations.

Because they are composed of natural language themselves, they are even easier for the inheritors to understand.

Under Xia Duo's requirement, all managers under the new system accepted the Inheritance Ritual related to the new system. Limited by the shortage of resources, the general public learned about it through daily legal education.

Of course, even if there were sufficient resources, Xia Duo would not force everyone to accept the Inheritance Ritual. It can be mandatory for managers, but it is unnecessary for the general public; it needs to be based on Guidance, otherwise, it is hard to avoid the opposite of the intended result.

This is probably the so-called "If you wish to wear the crown, you must bear its weight."

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Winter passes and spring comes.

With the continuous rectification within the system, the Chixin Tribe territory changed almost day by day; almost all departments were infused with Xia Duo's thoughts and concepts.

Here, there will be no class discrimination of traditional Elf society, and even less of the loose and dissolute nature of traditional Elf society; there is only an endless, positive, and upward vitality.

But Xia Duo is still not very satisfied with this. This day he came to the Zhengwuyuan; there are two Elders here today, and at this moment, they are patiently approving documents accompanied by a Clerk.

Xia Duo did not disturb them, but walked straight to the bookshelf against the wall on the side of the office hall to check the latest population statistics of the territory.

Because the total population is only a little over one hundred thousand now, coupled with the participation of Spellcasters, relevant statistics can be made very detailed and frequent; what he is seeing now is the population statistics result from ten days ago.

When he saw one of the data points, he could not help but frown deeply: "Since the New Homeland was built until now, there are actually still fewer than one hundred women pregnant?"

Taking the route of gathering the masses, of course, the more people the better, but now that the territory's development has basically entered the right track, the people are still unwilling to get pregnant; it is hard for Xia Duo not to suspect that traditional Elf ideology is playing tricks.

Since he wants to create modern (Demon Descendant) Elves, he certainly cannot follow the old path. In traditional Elf society, Elf children do not reach adulthood until they are one hundred years old, but in fact, that is more of a psychological maturity age.

Because before the age of one hundred, most are left to grow freely, receiving the influence of various arts, and only after the coming-of-age ceremony at one hundred do they choose their future life path.

But in reality, the physiological maturity age of Elves is not much different from that of humans. As for psychological maturity, Elves are not stupider than humans; as long as they experience more things, they can naturally mature quickly.

One hundred years is really unacceptable to Xia Duo, a leader who is still human at heart.

Regarding the current fertility policy of the territory, he did not make mandatory regulations, but only encouraged Elf couples of appropriate age to give birth once every 25 years, and starting from the second child, there would be more rewards for more births.