When An Wen heard the sound, he turned his head and looked at the entrance of the conference hall.

I saw President Montera, Vice President Cabo, who was in charge of the association's chores, Vice President Field who was in charge of foreign battles, and Independent Inspector Ashton Asensio, the four giants of the association, led two Asian maids holding documents, entered the doors one after another, and walked along the steps towards the rostrum at the end of the conference hall.

President Montera, who was heading first, and Vice President Kapo, who was following closely, still had a warm expression on his face. He nodded and greeted his colleagues while going down the steps. Vice President Field and the inspector who followed behind him, even in the New Year, the debt collection face was still a face without any expression on his face.

However, except for An Wen, the lantern count here, the time the other earls spent with them was at least ten years. They had long been used to the style of these two people, so they naturally would not care about it.

Under the gaze of the lantern counts, the four giants walked up to the rostrum and sat on the four sofas.

President Montera put away the smile on his face and coughed a few times. The Counts of the Lanterns stopped talking to each other, and the meeting hall became quiet.

"I invite you to come today because I received a notice from Qianta City Association before the New Year. So there will be several things for this year's New Year, which need to be conveyed to all colleagues. At the same time, I would like to use this to solicit your opinions. Since there are many things and are complicated, please read the briefing first."

After saying that, President Montera waved his hand, and the two Asian maids holding the documents under the rostrum began to distribute documents one by one on the left and one on the right.

An Wen sat on the third floor. When he got the briefing document, it was already late. He did not waste time and immediately opened the document and started reading it.

"Statistics on the population growth of the Blue Star and the number of Lantern Earls from 1777 to 1787"

Huh? Isn’t demographics a secret to the association? Why did it suddenly be distributed to the branch?

An Wen raised his eyebrows, his eyes flashed through the statistics of various cities, and turned directly to the summary page at the end of the table. He was still a little curious about how many people there were in Blue Star.

"In 1777, the total number of central cities was 304, with a total population of 3.17445 million 1477, and the total number of lantern earls was 34,258"

"In 1778, the total number of central cities was 304, with a total population of 3.181.596745, and the total number of lantern earls was 34,247"

"In 1779, the total number of central cities was 304, with a total population of 3.199.479.472, and the total number of lantern earls was 34.135"

"1780,...

"In the ten years, the central city has no growth, the total population has increased by 85.241487, and the total number of lantern earls has decreased by 127"

The total number of Count Lanterns has been negative for decades!? Is this not right? Is it always wrong?

Seeing this statistics, An Wen's face became a little ugly.

Although the number of lantern Counts has been growing very slowly for thousands of years, overall, it is still increasing slowly. Taking Jinghu City as an example, since its establishment, the total number of ordinary people, including those who died, is about 100 million. Among these 100 million people, 337 lantern Counts have been born.

Based on this proportion, the population increased by 80 million from 1777 to 1787, and the number of Lantern Earls should increase by 200 to 270, so how could it reduce by more than 100 people?

As long as this kind of abnormality is not a fool, you can see that the situation is not good, and An Wen is naturally no exception. However, he is just a newcomer after all, and he can't do anything except shock.

It should be fine, Qianta City will always find out the reasons and respond.

An Wen breathed a long breath, comforted himself, and continued to flip through the briefing documents in his hand.

Guiding Opinions on Establishing a Puppet Legion

"Requirements on Establishing a Follower System"

"Several Opinions and Requirements on Improving the Self-Defense and Risk Avoidance Capacity of Ordinary People"

"Trial Methods for Change of Application Rules for Third-Level Blessing"

"Trial Methods for Change of Sixth-level Prokaryotic Application Rules"

"Rewards and Punishment Changes in Descendants' Training"

The General Assembly's requirements were listed one by one in the briefing document, and each item was briefly scanned and roughly saw the meaning contained in these requirements.

Qianta City always seems to be brewing some major moves that may cause more drastic changes, so it was only then that the central cities were given a notice to prepare for combat.

For example, the "Guiding Opinions on Establishing a Puppet Legion".

The association always clearly requires that every central city must establish a third-level puppet legion with a number of no less than 5,000 in 1787, and also reserve energy crystals that can cope with half a year of high-intensity combat.

You should know that puppets are not life, they are essentially just creations, and because the secret patterns of wisdom will be affected by the inner world, they cannot sink into the inner world and can only be used as defense legions in the real world.

But more than a thousand years ago, after the appearance of the Lantern Earl, Blue Star had no concept of a country, and a large-scale civil war between humans had long become a legend.

In addition to the demons in the inner world, the greatest threat to mankind is the fog corps, the moonlight council, and the wild alliance, who advocate chaos and cause trouble.

The demons in the inner world are not useful for puppets. Cult madmen like the Mist Cult have long become mice in the gutter. Under the gaze of the lanterns, they are too late to hide in Tibet, so they have no courage to stand up and face the lanterns.

So, who is the enemy that is ready to deal with when building a puppet legion? That's a bit interesting.

For example, the second article "Requirements on Establishing a Follower System", this article seems to be nothing worth mentioning.

The follower system was also implemented at the beginning of the establishment of the Lantern Association. At that time, the Lantern Earl was not enough to guard the huge city because the number of Lanterns was relatively small, so the association implemented the follower system.

In simple terms, this system is to select some assistants and subordinates from the members of the association to help the Count of Lantern patrol the inner world and clear out monsters born from the first to third floors. The Count of Lantern is responsible for teaching followers to combat skills, provide social status, etc.

However, after the number of Lantern Earls increased, this system was gradually abandoned, and now it has been taken out by Qianta City Association again. The profound meaning contained in it is worth intriguing.

As for the third article, "Several Opinions and Requirements on Improving the Self-Defense and Risk Avoidance Capacity of Ordinary People", it is even more interesting.

Generally speaking, it is difficult for humans living in urban areas to encounter life-threatening attacks under the dual protection of lighthouses and pure spirit lamps. The effect of the fog weakens the world barrier and is suppressed to the limit in urban areas. Unless they are in trouble, they are otherwise involved in the inner world or encounter monsters.

Monsters that appear in the real world through the fog will only appear outside the city, and they rarely break through the night watchman's guards and break into the city.

Before An Wen became the Count of Lanterns, he lived in District 42 for 10 years and only encountered monsters who broke into the city through the cracks twice, so under normal circumstances, it is still very safe in the city.

Of course, large-scale casualties such as the Ice Blood Banshee and the Puppet Holy Son are just examples that cannot be viewed as normal.

But now there is always a requirement to improve the ability of urban residents to defend themselves and avoid danger. Does this mean that in the next time, even urban areas will not be guaranteed to be safe?
Chapter completed!