Chapter 690: Pure White
Chapter 690: Pure White
I... I'm going to become a Crab Director?
Looking at the Crab Director's ecstatic expression, the petite female cleaner couldn't help but freeze, her delicate little face also lit up with a hint of joy.
"Thank you, Crab Noble!"
After happily bowing to the Crab Director, the female cleaner withdrew her hand from the crystal ball and watched as the brilliant red slowly faded. She couldn't help but curiously ask, "Crab Noble, if I'm good with red and yellow, then what about those with yellow and white?"
"Those are just theoretical colors, it's impossible for humans to achieve."
Hearing the female cleaner's question, the Crab Director waved his hand and explained with a kind expression, "To achieve pure white, one needs an extremely accurate understanding of time and space, celestial movements, world order, societal history, human morality, religious beliefs, geography, and culture... These aspects require a lifetime of dedication to master each one."
"Moreover, to achieve pure white, one must completely remove any traces of anomalies from these incredibly complex subjects, leaving not a single thread behind. The difficulty is almost equivalent to creating a new world without anomalies."
After explaining the conditions for achieving pure white, the Crab Director chuckled, "Pure white is just an ideal limit. As far as I know, even the designer of the Mind Projection Sphere, the so-called strongest sixth-generation Crab Director, only managed a hint of white within the yellow."
"Even in that case, it was when he was over 120 years old, after almost traveling across the Star Ocean. When he was first learning the Crab Secret Art, if he had used the Mind Projection Sphere, he might have achieved even more."
So... Am I possibly the most talented Crab Director in history?!
After listening to the Crab Director's words, the female cleaner felt her feet go slightly numb. She raised her flushed face and looked at Lyon with a million thoughts of happiness.
So, I didn't lose everything to him. At least when it comes to the Crab Secret Art, I still have the advantage! I'm still the most talented one in Director Barto's eyes!
"Alright, it's your turn."
Following the female cleaner's gaze, the Crab Director saw Lyon still gathering his strength. His high spirits slightly subsided, and he beckoned to Lyon, "Come and take the test. You're the last one."
"..."
Upon hearing the Crab Director's words, Lyon's cheeks twitched.
During the others' tests, he had been trying to muddle his own understanding, hoping to bluff his way through. But when the Crab Director answered the questions earlier, he mentioned time and space, celestial movements, world order... It was like a checklist."
As Lyon sorted through his thoughts, the once-confused ideas immediately categorized themselves, clear and distinct. This time, there was no way he could bluff his way through.
"Maybe... I shouldn't take the test?"
Lyon took a deep breath and proposed sincerely, "Meli is far more talented than me. My talent is just passable, and there's only one position for the Crab Director. Taking the test would just be a waste of time, so..."
"Come here!"
Seeing Lyon still trying to refuse at this point, the Crab Director frowned in annoyance and waved his hand, using the authority of the Star Palaces to bring Lyon's body over. He picked up the Mind Projection Sphere.
The sphere was affixed to his forehead...
Oh no!!!
Feeling a slight chill on his forehead, Lyon's body tensed up involuntarily, and he hurriedly shouted, "Close your eyes quickly!"
"..."
"..."
???
After waiting for two seconds without any movement, Lyon opened his eyes in surprise and immediately noticed that the Insight Sphere had already left his forehead, and...
Nothing happened.
"Pfft."
Looking at the Insight Sphere, which was as dim as before and lacked even the brightness of a match, and then at Lyon's bewildered expression, the cleaners couldn't hold back their laughter.
"Ahahaha!"
"Close your eyes quickly! Hahaha!"
"Ouch, I can't take it anymore, I'm done for!"
"..."
This... did I guess wrong? Does memory of other worlds not count?
"It's... nothing... pfft..."
Biting his lips several times, he finally managed to suppress his laughter and looked at Lyon, who seemed a bit embarrassed. The female cleaner couldn't help but tightly press her lips, her face stiff as she comforted him, "You don't need to... ahaha... pay them any mind. You... you were just being considerate."
"..."
No... how was I supposed to know it would be like this?!
This kid is really something...
After glancing at Lyon's embarrassed face, the Crab Director shook his head again. He then reached out and picked up the Insight Sphere, bringing it close to his eyes and focusing on the extremely tiny white dot in the middle of the crystal ball. He was about to give a casual evaluation and send him off...
Wait! White?!?!?!
In the instant the Crab Director's eyes widened, the dim Insight Sphere flickered slightly, and then, incredibly, it vaporized on the spot. A scorching white light, with an unimaginable intensity, burst open with an incredibly high temperature!
If the female cleaner's light was like gazing at the sun from the ground, then this blazing white light was like pulling the sun down from above and violently forcing it into the Crab Director's eye sockets!
"What the..."
Accompanying a startled exclamation, the Crab Director's plump body was instantly engulfed by the white light. Lyon, sensing something amiss, immediately drew out the Severing Silver Dagger and gritted his teeth as he slashed at the white light before him.
Amid the bewildered expressions of the cleaners, a small portion of the vast space within the Crab Palace was directly 'cut' out, protecting those around the dining table within it. The world outside the dining table was completely filled with the purest white, and as far as the eye could see, there was not a trace of any other color.
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White, so pure white...
Except for Lyon, who was breathing heavily, all the cleaners participating in the selection within the Crab Palace could only stand stiffly in place, like a dozen stone statues, gazing blankly at the white world around them.
It wasn't until about a minute later that the pristine and terrifying pure white receded from the Crab Palace, revealing the Crab Director standing in place, his body pitch-black and holding the sphere in a frozen posture.
"Crack."
His fingers, slightly carbonized, unconsciously clenched and relaxed a few times. After confirming that the Insight Sphere, which had been passed down for thousands of years, had truly disappeared, the Crab Director turned his head stiffly towards Lyon, and two lines of bloody tears flowed down from the sides of his pitch-black eye sockets.
"You're amazing..."
(End of Chapter)
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