Chapter 231

I really did uncover some pretty amazing stuff…

After calming herself slightly, Leon looked at the Taurus Director in front of him and asked incredulously:

“I just found out that humans… escaped from the Old Soil?”

You just touched it and you managed to uncover such a secret? Upon hearing Leon’s words, the Taurus Director couldn’t help but be greatly surprised, then nodded and said: “That’s right, our human ancestors didn’t live in this world; they were descendants who fled from the Old Soil. The predecessor of the Star Palace was the tool chosen by our ancestors for migration when they moved. They had originally planned to continue their journey, but unfortunately, the Star Palace was shattered, so they had no choice but to stay in this world.”

Whoa, it’s really true! After muttering with some confusion, Leon continued to ask: “Speaking of breaking… the information I uncovered mentioned that the person who broke the Star Palace was one of the Supreme Four Pillar Gods. What about them now…?”

“They’ve all been eliminated.”

“Huh?”

“The Supreme Four Pillar Gods who chased us from the Old Soil were the King of Old Days, the Ten Thousand Things Celestial Cicada, the Crimson Sovereign, and the Sleep of Asura.”

“All four of them are mortal enemies of humanity. Since we humans haven’t been destroyed yet, they must have been wiped out. Although most of their divinity and power has been inherited by other True Gods, they’re not the same as the original Four Pillars.”

After briefly recalling, the Taurus Director shrugged and said:

“That was many years ago. In the end, those original Supreme Four Pillar Gods were merely four deities who mastered powerful laws. If calculated using your Leon Value, they’d probably be around seventy points or so. They might be a bit stronger than Olivia, but not by much.”

“After several generations of comfort under the protection of the Watchtower Palace, the overall strength of the Clearing Bureau has declined somewhat, but there are still seven or eight people on par with Olivia. There are also over thirty people who can consistently surpass the sixty-point threshold of True Gods. There are others who haven’t quite reached sixty points, but with the help of Anomalous Items, they can still deal with True Gods. Adding up all these Section Directors and elite Level One Cleaners, there are probably over a hundred people capable of harming True Gods. And this is the result after so many generations of peace.”

“After the creation of the Watchtower Palace, the few generations that grew rapidly under its protection were much stronger than the current ones. The Four Pillars lasted less than a few hundred years before being eliminated. The evil god brain currently soaked in the ‘Illusion Jar’ is actually the brain of Asura’s Sleep, one of the Four Pillars.”

“…”

Damn, my ancestors were impressive…

Leon originally thought that the Clearing Bureau, which was constantly surrounded by external enemies, was still being watched by four powerful hidden adversaries, ready to destroy the world at any moment, and he had accidentally discovered it, setting the stage for a new epic hero saga.

But it turns out that the so-called hidden adversaries were already wiped out by the Clearing Bureau centuries ago, and even their ashes were repurposed, mixed into dog food. What he saw was merely the glorious history of human ancestors, and the script he received was from a post-heroic era where life could be relatively peaceful. The toughest enemies had long been slain by the big shots.

Hmm… come to think of it, in such a fertile world, countless True Gods, Nightmare Kings, Outer Gods, and Evil Gods would do anything to get in and have some fun. If the predecessors of the Clearing Bureau weren’t badass enough, how could they have maintained control for so long? Even if the Clearing Bureau’s strength wasn’t enough to withstand all the gods eyeing this world, they must undoubtedly be the strongest among all factions, capable of taking on multiple opponents alone. Otherwise, they would have been expelled long ago and forced to wander again.

…

“Our predecessors were truly remarkable (super tough)…”

After sincerely praising the toughness of the Clearing Bureau’s predecessors, Leon asked curiously:

“Taurus Director, since you know all this, why didn’t you object when I previously mentioned that the bureau seemed unfamiliar with the Star Palace?”

“Because what you said was history, not the current status of the Star Palace. The bureau indeed doesn’t know much about the specific conditions of the Star Palaces.”

So ever since the first Virgin Director sent the eighty-eight Star Palaces away, the bureau never brought them back for inspection. No one knows whether these things have been fully nurtured.

Anyway, even if they remain near the sun without being retrieved, it doesn’t affect everyone’s ability to continue using the Star Palace’s powers. There hasn’t been any imminent need to escape a world-ending crisis, and the Star Palaces always respond when summoned. Thus, no one bothers to bring them back for inspection…

By the way, what’s the condition of the Star Palaces? Have they been fully nurtured?”

“…”

Indeed… according to human nature, something like an end-of-the-world ark wouldn’t be rushed until the very last moment. Moreover, the upper echelons of the Clearing Bureau are extremely laid-back. If they were diligent enough to conduct inspections every three or five years, that would be strange.

As for the condition of the Star Palaces…

After pondering phrases like “one of the most important trump cards of the Clearing Bureau” and “the final hope of the human race,” Leon confidently stated: “Although they haven’t fully recovered and still bear numerous scars on the back, the Star Palaces are no longer ‘fragments.’ They should be considered as having completed their nurturing.”

“That’s excellent news.”

The Taurus Director rejoiced:

“Even if we may not need them, it’s better to have them than not… By the way, Leon, did you find a way to bypass learning the secret arts through the Star Palaces?”

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“This… I’m not sure if I’ve found it… Oh! Besides those historical facts, I discovered another crucial matter!”

At this point, Leon suddenly remembered something and frowned while warning:

“Taurus Director, my abilities tell me that those who possess the Star Palaces will continuously lose their divinity!”

“It’s fine, it’s intentional.”

“Huh?”

“My point is, the first generation Taurus Director deliberately designed this usage condition when forging the Star Palaces.”

The Taurus Director explained cheerfully: “The Star Palaces are so precious and far away near the sun. We can’t reach them in time. What if other True Gods took them? So we made it so anyone who touches them will continuously lose their divinity, ensuring no True God would want to take them.”

“But won’t the cleaning officers who have surpassed sixty points in Leon Value and reached the threshold of True Gods also lose their divinity?”

“So what if they do?”

The Taurus Director shrugged: “To drain even the lowest level of divinity would take three to four hundred years, or even longer. Humans don’t have eternal lifespans anyway; we can live for about a hundred fifty years at most. Why worry about something so far ahead?”