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Chapter 631: Blocked, Completely Blocked!
Chapter 631: Blocked, Completely Blocked!
"Rest assured, the Bureau hasn't gone that far yet, and they won't directly abandon the six kingdoms."
After glancing at Lyon, who had his brows furrowed, Red-Haired Director waved his hand and said, "Aside from the twelve... um... eleven Zodiac District Bureau Directors, aren't there also non-Zodiac District Bureau Directors?"
According to Archer Director's arrangement, before we Zodiac Directors were gathered at the headquarters, eighteen Bureau Directors from the seventy-plus smaller bureaus would be transferred to temporarily replace us in guarding the six major kingdoms."
So that's how it is...
After hearing Red-Haired Director's explanation, Lyon finally understood Archer Director's plan.
In simple terms, this is a mutated version of "Tian Ji's horse racing strategy." The Cleanup Bureau plans to assemble the major bureau directors at the headquarters to guard against Waterbearer Director, while the minor bureau directors will be sent to the major bureaus to defend against the Slaughter King Sect. Finally, they will directly abandon the "defense" of some of the smaller bureaus.
Facing a semi-pillar god-like opponent like Waterbearer Director, the non-Zodiac Bureau Directors' abilities are not sufficient to provide much assistance. Therefore, only the Zodiac Bureau Directors are summoned to help at the headquarters.
Although the minor bureau directors mostly have a level around sixty, the Slaughter King Sect is hindered by the Watchtower Palace, making it difficult for them to send down a True God. Their overall combat strength is not too high, and three True God-level Bureau Directors are enough to handle the situation.
Finally, although the smaller bureaus are directly abandoned, the Slaughter King Sect's goal is to cut off the six major kingdoms, not to cause as much harm to humans as possible. The cities and human settlements protected by the smaller bureaus are not within their target range, so this adjustment is just right.
But... if this plan is so suitable, why did the Director say the situation is not optimistic?
...
"Because this plan isn't as stable as it seems. The main issue is that those minor bureau directors may not be able to hold off the six major kingdoms..."
Seeing Lyon's question, Red-Haired Director helplessly explained, "Let me put it this way. My strength hasn't truly reached the Pillar God level; I can only temporarily surpass the threshold with the assistance of the Star Palace. Many minor bureau directors are in the same situation; their abilities heavily rely on the empowerment of the Star Palace, and the Star Palace's empowerment has a specific range.
For instance, the empowerment of the Virgo Star Palace for me is only effective within most of the kingdom's territory. I can only be a Pillar God within my 'jurisdiction,' and if I leave the Star Palace's range, the empowerment effect will significantly decrease."
Will the empowerment effect of the Star Palace decrease once you leave the 'jurisdiction' range?
Hearing this, Lyon couldn't help but frown, recalling the two occasions when he encountered the Scorpio Director.
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But if this were truly the case, given Lyon's Director's vengeful nature, he would have been beaten up long ago, and there wouldn't have been a chance for this argument. So, his poor performance was likely due to the lack of empowerment from the Star Palace.
"Can't the range of the Star Palace be adjusted at all?"
After some thought, Lyon couldn't help but ask, "Since the empowerment range of the Virgo Star Palace can be limited to the kingdom's territory, shouldn't it be possible to make slight adjustments? For example, slightly reducing the intensity and increasing the empowerment range..."
"Basically impossible."
Red-Haired Director took a sip of tea and sighed, "Little Lyon, you've misunderstood. It's not that the empowerment range of the Virgo Star Palace is limited to the kingdom; instead, the entire kingdom is established within the empowerment range of the Virgo Star Palace.
Even beyond the Twelve Kingdoms, all major human settlements in this world are built based on the coverage of the Star Palaces, so the blessing range of the Star Palaces is basically unchangeable. To modify it, one would have to go to the Sun, which is too far away to make it in time."
But the Sun is too far away, so it's impossible to make it in time, right?
After gaining a slight understanding of how the Star Palaces worked, Lyon couldn't help but furrow his brows.
Even with the suppression of the Watchtower Palace, it would be difficult for the Slaughter King Sect to directly summon a True God. However, those who have reached 59.9 points of immersion value, like the peak Black Goat, the "Strong Saints" and "Great Demons," are not that hard to bring in.
Without the blessing of the Star Palaces, many of these "substitute" small bureau directors are unable to reach the level of a True God. When facing the Slaughter King Sect, they lose their positional advantage and, being at a disadvantage, can only passively defend.
So, if enough "Strong Saints" descend, the situation will indeed be as the Director predicted, and those "substitute" division directors will have a hard time defending the six great kingdoms.
"Can we continue to..."
"We can't keep transferring people."
The red-haired director, who was very familiar with Lyon, guessed what he wanted to say just from his tone and shook his head in advance.
"In theory, we could transfer all the small bureau directors to the six great kingdoms, with twelve division directors guarding each great kingdom. But doing so would cause more harm, leading to even less control over the situation. The current arrangement is already at its limit."
If we can't add more people... can we reduce the number of targets to protect?
Lyon's eyes flickered slightly, and he said,
"I remember in the Twelve Kingdoms..."
"We can't deliberately let go of a few royal families with more evil deeds because if just one or two more royal families are exterminated, the True Gods will be able to freely descend upon the mortal world. And it's useless to select a descendant from each of the six royal families and take them away for protection, as there are countless ways to bypass the protection and forcibly curse the targets.
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"Then let's just..."
"We can't fake the deaths of the royal family members, put them into eternal sleep, seal them away, or send them to the Netherworld... None of these methods will work."
Wow, you guys have blocked every single path, leaving me with nothing?
As Lyon's expression showed his utter disbelief, the red-haired director listed over a dozen "solutions," only to dismiss them one by one, finally concluding helplessly,
"In summary, the bureau has basically considered all possible effective methods, and even the idea of directly hypnotizing all humans to make them forget who the royal families are has been suggested by more than one person.
But these methods either don't work or come at a greater cost. After discussing it, we found that the only relatively safe option is to transfer me and the other five Zodiac Directors to the Central Bureau."
"But even this option is no longer safe..."
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Amidst the red-haired director's confusion, Lyon shared Miss Reveal's discovery, then spoke with a pained expression.
"According to Lara's eavesdropping, on the day of the Bull Lord's ascent to the Star Palace, the Water Bearer won't go to the Central Bureau but will launch a surprise attack on our Virgo Division."
(End of Chapter)
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