Chapter 412: Chapter 340: Heading to the Great Divine Country!
Shi Meilan’s point was in fact a reflection of the societal foundation and cognition that Human Civilization had already cultivated.
Initially, faced with trials and crises, Human Civilization urgently needed population supplements from other civilizations, so they directly absorbed those from external civilizations at the time.
Siti Civilization, Senya Civilization, and others were the beneficiaries of that particular period.
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But now, things were completely different.
Even during the last Trial, survivors from several other destroyed powerful civilizations did not have the qualifications to directly join Human Civilization.
Instead, they first had to be absorbed by Affiliated Civilizations of Human Civilization, from which select individuals of high quality would be progressively chosen after an array of strict assessments, before they could ultimately enter Human Civilization to truly become its members.
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Even so, there was still a stark differentiation in treatment.
Primordial Humans and their descendants ranked above other species and their descendants within Human Civilization, which in turn ranked above Affiliated Civilizations.
This was to ensure that Human Civilization would not lose its structural purity amidst an increasingly expanding system, and also to strengthen the cohesiveness of the entire Human Civilization.
Indeed, under Shen Hao’s influence, nowadays, all Primordial Humans took pride in being part of the species, and all Affiliated Civilizations saw joining Human Civilization as an honor!
Thus, the “qualifications” Shi Meilan spoke of were indeed real.
In the eyes of the Human Civilization System, these natives only represented a population with a slight potential and value, a population that, under permissible circumstances, could be saved and even nurtured, but they could not be directly integrated into the administrative system.
This attitude, as the initial policy makers believed, did not provoke any protest or the slightest dissatisfaction.
Quite the contrary, after a brief moment of stupor, everyone present accepted this narrative.
They were even filled with excitement and anticipation.
They had never harbored the hope that they could join such a powerful Divine Country and become subjects of Emperor Wu Shang, who was akin to the Avatar of the Great Sun, yet now it seemed they actually had a glimmer of opportunity?
“Great, Great One!” Tian Chunyan’s voice carried an excitement she could hardly conceal, and even her complexion reddened a bit, “Do we, really have a chance to join?”
“Of course,” Shi Meilan nodded slightly, “We have a mature set of screening rules. If you are truly committed, the general process is to first join our Affiliated Civilizations, and step by step meet the criteria to join our Human Civilization.”
The mere word “of course” was enough to ignite these people’s fighting spirit completely!
After surviving the battle the night before, just the thought that one day they might have the chance to become citizens of such a mighty Divine Country was enough to excite them to the point of nearly fainting.
It was an honor worth a lifetime of pursuit!
“Alright, let’s not delay any further,” Shi Meilan spoke again, “Next, we will assign you to two sectors: logistics and military. Not all of you will remain in this world, especially the military forces, because your military strength is too weak. Unless there’s an unexpected change, you’ll likely be assigned to some weaker worlds.”
This was also a plan proposed by the management strata of Human Civilization during this period.
As one small world after another was discovered nearby, some people began to realize that the number of small worlds in the universe might far exceed anyone’s imagination.
Even possibly outnumbering the Life Planets of the previous Universe by countless times!
Particularly the low-level worlds.
Merely in one day, two to three dozen small worlds could be excavated; what about after many days? What if the capacity to explore small world coordinates was further enhanced?
To occupy these worlds and form the “regional barriers” assumed by Shen Hao, an innumerable amount of low-level warriors was needed!
They couldn’t all rely on low-level Transcendents from Human Civilization.
Bear in mind, within Human Civilization the low-level Transcendents were actually not that numerous, and a vast majority of them were experienced rear-echelon staff, highly efficient in production work.
Not to mention the safety issues, even just the conversion from production to a combat sequence was a loss-making move.
In such circumstances, while Human Civilization was directing a large number of Affiliated Civilization low-level Legions, they also prepared to utilize native armies.
The warriors present, in the context of this small world, were nothing significant.
But to lose a small world with a potential maximum of only the third stage, that too was a formidable power.
Faced with Shi Meilan’s words, these people harbored no hesitation.
They directly chose the combat sequence.
“Go and gather your troops,” Shi Meilan instructed, “You will still manage yourselves and serve as auxiliary forces to the Affiliated Civilization Legions, participating in the guarding and defense of other low-level small worlds. Until your combat ability, growth potential, and loyalty are verified, both we and the Affiliated Civilization Legions will not issue direct orders to you. Instead, we’ll make use of tasks, which you may choose to accept or refuse. Accepting and completing a task will yield a reward, but refusal will lower your evaluation, and you may even be bumped down to the logistics sequence, stripped of military status, and returned to civilian life…”