Chapter 179: Reforming the Classification System of Professional Heroes (8k big chapter, please subscribe)
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"I need to settle down in the logistics department." Li De said to Xiqi.

"Logistics Department?!" Xiqi couldn't help but frown after hearing that.

"Yes, it's the Logistics Department. This is my plan," Li De said immediately.

After listening to Li De's remarks, Xiqi couldn't help but open his eyes wide.

He never expected that Li De actually planned to re-formulate the classification of professional heroes and greatly improve the treatment of professional heroes after the classification.

"But Sid, didn't you say at the beginning that you only needed the right to know and the right to interfere in the hero's upgrade?" Xiqi couldn't help but ask.

"That's right!" Li De nodded with a smile.

"But" Xiqi just said one word and immediately realized it.

Yes, the man in front of me would definitely not go back on his word, so the one who made these suggestions could only be me, the white glove pushed out by him.

This is also the reason why Li De wants to become Xiqi's backer.

"I see. What's your answer?" Li De asked with a smile.

"As long as it is beneficial to the association and professional heroes, I am willing to do it!" Xiqi said without hesitation.

"That's great. After you get out, you can spread the news and let others know first so they can be prepared, lest they say I'm not following the moral code and am launching a surprise attack.

I will be present at the next meeting in person, but before that, you must communicate with all parties in advance about matters involving interests. I don't want to hold meetings repeatedly because of this matter, understand?" Li De immediately asked Xiqi.

"I understand. I will complete all preparations before the next meeting." Xiqi nodded and gave a guarantee.

A few days later at ten o'clock in the morning, a cadre came to the huge conference room of the A City Hero Association headquarters.

However, their eyes were all looking towards the C position among the three newly added seats in this meeting. It was a pity that the owner of the seat had not entered yet.

As the time approached ten o'clock, after all the cadres except that position had arrived, a steady sound of footsteps was heard outside the meeting room.

As the door opened, Li De finally came into the sight of the association's cadres.

Although Li De has joined the Hero Association for more than ten days, this is the first time that Li De has met the association's cadres.

After Li De arrived, the meeting to decide the future direction of the association was officially held.

After a brief opening speech, Xiqi stood up from Li De's side and said, "Now we are going to move on to a topic, which is to reclassify the levels of professional heroes."

In fact, before this meeting, all cadres knew that this meeting involved the distribution of half of the raised funds.

In the past few days, all the cadres have been competing with each other in various ways, and the division of half of the raised funds has almost been roughly determined, so these cadres thought that Xiqi would get straight to the point.

However, some people did not expect that Xichi would actually raise a new topic, which was unexpected.

"Xichi, this topic should have nothing to do with the redefinition of professional hero levels." One of them asked.

"How can it not matter? Do you think that the materials purchased with half of the raised funds can be distributed at will?" Xiqi replied speechlessly.

Although Xichi did not emphasize the issue of professional hero grading when he released the news before, this grading is directly linked to the subsequent professional hero benefits.

Therefore, anyone who is interested in this matter would not ask this question.

Of course, when Xichi released the news, he did not elaborate on the content of the redivision of professional hero levels, so these people were quite curious at the moment and wanted to hear what Xichi would say.

"Xici, don't waste time, just say it directly. I have an interview and a lot of announcements later." On the other side of Li De, Sweetheart Mask said impatiently.

In fact, if the meeting was not so important, Sweetheart Mask might not be willing to attend.

"Then I will announce the revised professional hero ranks. Unlike before, after this meeting, volunteers who pass the association's official recruitment and assessment channels can only be considered as professional hero reserves, rather than directly becoming C-class heroes.

There is only one way for these people to become C-class heroes, and that is to capture or kill a wolf-class monster. In other words, after the redivision, only those who have the ability to defeat wolf-class monsters independently can become C-class heroes.

Similarly, only those who can independently capture or defeat Tiger-level monsters can become B-level heroes, but they do not have to be selected from C-level heroes. The standard for A-level heroes is naturally to capture or independently defeat Demon-level monsters.

The standard for S-class heroes will be slightly relaxed. After all, Dragon-class monsters are not that easy to deal with, so a defeat standard will be added on top of capturing or independently conquering them. In other words, as long as you can beat off a Dragon-class monster, you can become an S-class hero. "Sich said with a serious expression.

"Sich, aren't the newly established standards too strict?" Makay, who was sitting next to Saikingal, asked with a frown after hearing this.

Of course, another point is that Xiqi directly used the word "announce", which made Makay very unhappy.

Although there is no distinction between high and low among cadres, in terms of actual power, he holds the greatest power.

"Makaoi, what was the original intention of establishing the Hero Association?" Xiqi asked Makaoi.

"." Upon hearing this, Makay fell silent.

After all, there is only one correct answer to this question, and that is to eliminate the monster disaster.

As for who professional heroes protect, that is a matter of opinion. But as far as eliminating monsters is concerned, no one can refute that.

But Makay didn't want to answer this question, because if he answered it, Xiqi would definitely catch him and continue to attack, so he remained silent at this moment.

“It is precisely because of the reason for the existence of professional heroes, and only to deal with the monster disaster, that we need to re-establish strict standards for the classification of heroes. This standard is actually to protect these professional heroes, whose number is originally small.

Only by knowing one's true combat power can one avoid blindly rushing forward after a monster disaster occurs. What the association needs is an absolute victory in every battle, because what the people desire is justice defeating evil.

Therefore, we do not need professional heroes who are not strong enough and do not know their own abilities to blindly fight monsters. The tragic heroism of some individuals may infect a small number of people, but it will only bring negative effects to the majority.

After all, what people need is someone who can protect them and make them feel safe. Only victory can bring a sense of security, rather than seeing heroes fall down tragically and be taken away by ambulances every time.

In addition, only when we have a clear grasp of the strength of our professional heroes, we can make the best deployment plan when we encounter a disaster caused by monsters. Instead of sending those who are not strong enough to embarrass us and lower the reputation of the association. "

Although Makay didn't answer, Xiqi took his silence as an answer and gave him a good talk.

After all, Xiqi has been suppressed recently, and it was this guy who was behind the trouble.

Therefore, when there is a chance to fight back, Xiqi will never miss this excellent opportunity.

After Xiqi finished speaking, the cadres present kept whispering to each other.

“It seems that this kind of subdivision is indeed necessary.”

"Indeed, after all, when a monster disaster happens around you, who wouldn't want a hero to show up and kill the monster in a few moves?"

"That's right. If anyone else saw the hero appear and then got knocked down in a few blows, they would probably feel even more desperate and devastated."

"I didn't notice this before. It seems that blindly mobilizing heroes to fight against monster disasters does have great hidden dangers."

"The association has only been established for a short time, so it is normal to have some omissions. Once they are discovered, we will correct them."

"Yes, I agree with Xiqi. We must make up for it. Otherwise, the influence we have expanded with great difficulty will be gradually diminished invisibly."

"It is indeed feasible to let professional heroes know their own strength. It can also avoid the waste of human resources. I agree with it."

"Well, Xiqi, I personally agree with your redefinition of the standards for professional heroes. But there is a problem that we have to face at the moment, that is, how do you plan to deal with the current active professional heroes?

If it's not handled properly, these active heroes will complain, and they may even leave the association and quit their jobs as professional heroes." Makay asked with a puzzled look in his eyes.

"It's very simple. All we need to do is to lower our level uniformly." Xiqi replied calmly.

"Xichi, are you crazy? If everyone agrees to lower one level, then there will be no S-class heroes? How can this be possible?!" another person immediately shouted.

"It's not that there isn't one!" Li De, who had been silent all this time, spoke with a faint smile.

"But didn't Xiqi say before that all of them will be downgraded to one level, which means that all S-class heroes will be downgraded to A-class heroes." The man looked at Li De with some confusion and asked.

"But didn't Xiqi say just now that a hero who can defeat a dragon-level monster can become an S-class hero. As far as I know, among the association's current S-class heroes, there are people with such a record, right?" Li De replied with a smile.

"That man!"

"The first-class S-class blaster!"

“But before he…”

"No matter what the process was, the Dragon-level monster Elder Centipede did run away with his tail between his legs when faced with the explosion. This is an indisputable fact." Saikingal shouted coldly from the side.

"Everyone, although it's not nice to say this, among the current S-class heroes, I'm afraid that less than half of them are capable of defeating Dragon-level monsters alone. For those who are truly capable, even if they are demoted, they can quickly pass through the subsequent Dragon-level monster disaster and rise again." Xichi also spoke.

"Sichi, aren't you worried that the active professional heroes will have complaints?" Makay asked again.

"Don't worry! Because the association is not targeting anyone this time. Instead, it is giving capable people a fair chance to be promoted. According to the previous promotion rules, even if you have the ability, you need to follow the steps and move up from the bottom, which is likely to bury talents.

The treatment you get depends on your ability. This is the greatest fairness and can help to better discover talents. Those who object to the demotion and are reluctant to give up their current status but cannot show any achievements are not considered by the association. If they want to leave, they can leave.

I believe that with the new benefits for professional heroes that the association will introduce, no one will be willing to leave, and those who really leave are probably the minority who have no ability but have stolen high positions. The departure of such people will only benefit the association."

After hearing Sitch's unusually tough words, Makay fell silent again.

In fact, if it weren't for Reed's support for Xiqi, Makay would have an excuse to fight with Xiqi.

But Reed's appearance at the meeting made Macoy extremely passive.

But even so, Makay did not intend to give up making things difficult for Xiqi easily.

"Xichi, after the new system is implemented, how will the hero rankings be defined? As you know, this is related to the vital interests of professional heroes. Basically, few people don't care about the rankings. If this is not handled well, it will leave hidden dangers." Makay made another move.

"Let me answer this question!" Li De spoke up and took over the topic.

"Lord Sid, do you have any good solution?" Makoyi asked Li De with a somewhat grim expression.

"Of course, the method is actually very simple, that is to fight. After all, there is no first in literature and no second in martial arts. Anyone who is not satisfied with his or her ranking can challenge those who are ranked higher.

Those who don't fight will be considered as losers and their ranking will be moved down. Those who fight and win will replace the opponent's ranking, and those who lose will be relegated to the bottom. "Li De said calmly.

"But what if that person was originally ranked last? Besides, in a battle between heroes, injuries are inevitable!" Makay said again.

"With us here, we can rescue those who are killed on the spot. What's there to be afraid of? But you did mention a point that I overlooked. That is, how to deal with the failure of the last challenger. How about this, just demote him directly. After all, the higher the level, the better the benefits.

The penalty of being demoted by one level is probably enough for the last person to rationally consider whether to challenge casually. After all, C-level and B-level are fine, but once you are demoted to A-level or above, it is not so easy to get back up again. After all, the frequency of appearance of demon-level monsters and dragon-level monsters is not high. "

After saying that, Li De looked at Makay, as if asking with his eyes: "Do you have any other questions?"

"That's good!" Makay replied with a forced smile.

"As for the rankings, my suggestion is to have two lists, one for strength and the other for contribution. Take Child Emperor for example. He is definitely not number one in terms of strength, but his contribution to the association far exceeds that of others, even Metal Knight.

So later, I'd like to trouble you to discuss the issue of contribution points. How many points should be awarded for different levels of monsters, and how many points should be awarded for expanding the influence of the association or for helping the association grow. " "Lord Sid, what are the uses of these points?" someone asked cautiously.

"Points are naturally used to exchange for internal benefits of the association. Although I don't know what kind of convenience you can provide to professional heroes within your authority, I can provide a lot.

Although the treatment I provide does not require additional payment from professional heroes, things like potions that are beneficial to the body and various equipment made using monsters are not free.

After you confirm the points issuance standards, I will also formulate a redemption catalog based on the points standards. " Li De looked at the person who asked the question and explained patiently.

"Um, Lord Sid, I wonder if the rejuvenation drug is included in the redemption list?" Makoyi suddenly asked.

As soon as Makay opened his mouth, almost everyone present turned their eyes to him. Most of them were extremely shocked. The only one or two people who knew about it in advance had eager looks in their eyes.

"Makaoi, you are well-informed." Li De raised his eyebrows and said.

"Lord Sid, you're too kind." Makay said modestly, then looked at Reed, waiting for an answer.

"Of course. I originally wanted to give you a surprise, but now that someone knows about it, I might as well just say it directly. The rejuvenation drug is indeed in the redemption catalog, and it is not that expensive." Li De nodded.

"Lord Sid, is everything you said true?!" another person asked with rapid breathing.

"Why not? I'm already researching immortality, so naturally I don't think much of the rejuvenation drug. To tell you the truth, the current rejuvenation drug is an unfinished product.

There are two unsolvable drawbacks. Please note that I am talking about drawbacks, not side effects, so don't misunderstand me, or it will bother me." Li De said immediately.

"Lord Sid, I wonder what the disadvantages are?" Makay asked immediately. After all, the rejuvenating drug is something that the people behind him are eager to get.

“The first disadvantage is that we cannot control this rejuvenation process, so once we take the drug, as long as it is successful, we will inevitably regress to the body of a 7-year-old and grow again.

Second, although we have the ability to assist, the older you are, the lower the chance of success after taking the medicine. Unless the person taking the medicine has a strong physique like Silver Fang, I suggest you wait a while."

When Li De said this, everyone who heard it immediately understood what these two disadvantages meant.

Strictly speaking, the first disadvantage is not actually a disadvantage. After all, after taking the anti-aging drug, shouldn't you return to the body of a child?

For ordinary people, it is not a disadvantage, but for those in power, the 7-year-old body will never appear in public again.

Unless some fool wants to let the public know about the existence of anti-aging drugs.

But whoever dares to do so will surely die without a burial place.

Because this kind of medicine that only exists in legends should definitely not be a common product, but a precious medicine that only a few people can enjoy.

This is what is called aristocratic mentality.

Then again, once you are reborn, it means you have to step back into the background.

Unless you have great skills, it is not easy to control power by retreating behind the scenes.

The second disadvantage is that the success rate of taking the medicine is not 100%, which is not good news for the elderly.

"Um, Lord Sid, about the success rate," someone asked Li De, but was interrupted by Li De's hand before he could finish.

"We have never stopped the research, and we will let Child Emperor join this project later. Of course, if you have any outstanding biological and pharmaceutical experts, you can recommend them. I am not a stingy person and I know how to share with others." Li De said lightly.

"Lord Sid, are you sure?" Makay couldn't help but widen his eyes when he heard that.

After all, in his opinion, this kind of thing should be kept hidden.

"If I don't let go, you will definitely keep thinking about it, and maybe even take the risk to rob me someday. Although I'm not afraid of someone coming to rob me, it will be troublesome to deal with them. After all, there is a saying that a thief can be robbed for a thousand days, but you can't be on guard against thieves for a thousand days.

In fact, this anti-aging drug is just an accidental result. At least for me, it is more important than achieving immortality through genetic modification. If I didn't want to enjoy the subsequent research results, I would give it to you directly.

Therefore, don't take this drug too seriously, you should have a bigger picture and a broader vision. How about this, I will hand this project over to Child Emperor to host it, and anyone who passes Child Emperor's test can participate, so there should be no problem with that, right? "

As soon as Sid finished speaking, people who heard it immediately offered him all kinds of flattery.

"Of course, Lord Sid is the one who understands the greater good!"

"That's right. Only people like Sir Sid can lead the association to a better future."

As for what these flatterers were thinking in their hearts, Li De didn't care at all.

In fact, Li De initially considered not taking out the rejuvenation drug. After all, once this kind of drug was taken out, it would inevitably attract the attention of the natives of the One Punch World, and even be snatched away.

This was quite annoying for Li De.

But later, Miyano Shiho gave Li De a different perspective.

"Master, we are just passers-by in this world. You should know that the technology in this world is more advanced than the world I was in before, and it must have gone further in biological research and drug research.

Therefore, I suggest that you take out the anti-aging drug. One way is to increase your voice, and the other is to use the technology of this world to further improve the drug. Either way, we are not at a disadvantage, right? "

It was because he adopted Miyano Shiho's advice that Li De mentioned the rejuvenating drug to Bangu.

"Okay, let's talk about these things later. There is no agenda about this drug in this conference, so let's get back to the topic." Li De said after knocking on the table.

"Lord Sid is right, Xiqi, where were we just now?" Makay immediately asked Xiqi.

"Just now, Lord Sid mentioned the establishment of two ranking lists, which I think is necessary. Of course, because the contribution list involves the issue of contribution points, it certainly cannot be resolved at this meeting.

As for the rankings, my suggestion is to keep it as it is now, and then rank them according to the actual combat performance of professional heroes. What do you think?" Xiqi did not use the words of announcement this time, but instead solicited opinions from everyone.

"Xichi, after the new system is implemented, there is only one person left in the S-level. Isn't it a bit too thin?" someone asked Xichi.

"I think it is an incentive. You know, once the new system is announced, the benefits for S-class heroes who are comparable to dragon-level monsters will be very good. In addition, people with strength will sooner or later receive benefits that match their strength." Saikingar said.

"In fact, it's better if there are fewer people. The fewer people there are, the more it proves that the value of the S-level is different from before. In addition, the new grading system means that the channels for promotion are completely opened. As long as you have the ability, you can get corresponding treatment based on your own strength. I personally think that for professional heroes, the new grading system is more attractive." Xiqi added.

"Xichi, what are you going to do with those people who were demoted from C-level heroes to reserves? There are more than 200 of them, and if one is not handled properly, there will be chaos. Even if there is no chaos, it may dampen the enthusiasm of these people." Another person couldn't help but ask.

"I will be there when the Hero Conference is held, so there won't be any chaos. As for dampening the enthusiasm of the heroes, I think that after these people understand the new grading system, they might be more motivated.

You have to know that the new system means that they don't have to suffer at the bottom anymore. After all, monsters are a pass to good treatment, so what they really need to worry about is that when a monster disaster occurs in the future, professional heroes will fight with each other.

Especially the vicious competition that may arise, so how to avoid this as much as possible is something you will need to consider later. In addition, I think it is necessary to cancel the original C-level heroes, that is, the reserve forces, and the regulations that require them to conduct hero activities regularly.

As I said before, the job of a professional hero is to defeat monster disasters and participate in heroic activities. If they want to do it, we won't stop them, but we definitely can't force them to do it. We need to give them more free time to practice."

After listening to Li De's words, the cadres present all nodded in agreement.

"Since everyone has no objection, let's move on to the second topic, which is the welfare of professional heroes." After Xiqi finished speaking, he transferred the computer data he had sorted out to the virtual projection screen of others.

Regarding the reserve force above, apart from free injury treatment, there are no other additional benefits.

In addition to free treatment, C-class heroes who can defeat wolf-level monsters alone also have the benefits of regular weapons and transportation.

The conventional weapons here refer to modern hot weapons and cold weapons, while the means of transportation are specially modified motorcycles that can carry light weapons.

In Li De's words, professional heroes are actually fighting for the association, and they can't let others pay for their equipment out of their own pockets.

B-class heroes who can defeat tiger-class monsters alone not only have free treatment, but also have their conventional weapons and transportation upgraded, and also have an additional housing benefit.

The focus here is on the armored off-road vehicles equipped with heavy weapons. Of course, in order to prevent certain people with bad character from using these equipment to abuse their power, each weapon must be authorized by the association before use.

The treatment of B-class heroes has reached this level, and the treatment of A-class heroes is even more amazing. They have priority in treatment, and their housing is high-end apartments. As for their means of transportation, they are armed helicopters equipped with small missiles.

S-class heroes are definitely better. In addition to the highest priority for treatment, they live in villas. As for weapons and transportation, they are equipped with energy weapons and individual combat armor that can fly.

The latter is currently being developed by Child Emperor, and he has given Li De an exact time, which is that the design can be completed and customized for one person in a week at most.

Yes, the equipment procurement department that Xiqi will set up later is actually spending money for these benefits.

In addition to housing, the targets for purchasing weapons and transportation are Child Emperor, Metal Knight and Drive Knight.

To be honest, Reed looked down on Dr. Foboy. After all, he was just an old silver coin, and Reed didn't want to fatten him up with the funds he raised.

However, the influence of this old silver coin in the association was still not small, so after a few days of negotiation, 20% of the orders from the purchasing department went to his Metal Knight.

Among the three, Child Emperor had the largest share, accounting for 30%, and the remaining Drive Knight took 10%.

The final 40%, or conventional weapons, were taken away by arsenals associated with the association.

In fact, the last 40% do not need to be distributed. After all, these institutions can only provide some conventional weapons, and who can't manufacture these conventional weapons? Distributing them is more to balance the interests of all parties.

The real personal equipment still depends on the three big guys among the S-class heroes who master the core technology.

Drive Knight got the motorcycle modification project, Metal Knight got the armored off-road vehicle modification project, and Child Emperor got the armed helicopter project.

As for the S-class individual combat armor, although the cost is high, the number of S-class people is small.

Compared with the quantity of the first three, it is actually a small head.

To be honest, when it comes to personal equipment, Reed is actually more optimistic about Child Emperor and Drive Knight.

Dr. Foboy, the Metal Knight, mainly deals with robots, which is not so suitable for his profession.

But for a technology giant of this level, making some personal equipment is just like playing.

In addition, Li De had no intention of standing against Metal Knight, so he did not deliberately target him.

But Li De personally expressed his optimism about Child Emperor, so Child Emperor naturally got the biggest order.

As for Drive Knight, it was actually an accident.

When Claire and Alexia went to visit him two days ago, they had only planned to go through one process.

But I don't know where this guy heard the news from, but he analyzed that Li De seemed to dislike Metal Knight.

So the Drive Knight, who was vaguely hostile to the Metal Knight, took the initiative to approach.

During the negotiations, Claire also asked Reed.

Although Li De didn't care about this, he still took out 10% of the share from Metal Knight and gave it to him.

The reason is very simple. Although Drive Knight's skills do not seem to be comparable to Child Emperor and Metal Knight, the skills he has mastered are not bad either.

And they are all active S-class heroes, so we can't favor one over the other.

After all, they took care of Child Emperor and Metal Knight, but excluded Drive Knight. Aren’t they afraid that others would object and quit the association?

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