Chapter 1068: 0666 Secret of Humanity

After seeing the content left by the Aquarius Director on the slip of paper, the eighty-something branch chiefs present couldn't help but fall into silence.

Although the content on the slip of paper was extremely short, the information conveyed was not thin, especially the ink-stained, powerful handwriting, which clearly showed the broken psychological state of the writer.

But what is somewhat puzzling is, hasn't the Aquarius Director already achieved his wish and successfully replaced Taurus to ascend to the Watch Palace? Why did he still write a slip of paper to scold people after succeeding?

"In short, the situation is what you see."

After putting away the slip of paper full of Aquarius's anger, the Sagittarius Director frowned:

"Aquarius doesn't seem to be ready to keep his promise and continue to remind us of possible crises, so we must be mentally prepared that before the next ascender appears, we are likely to lose part of the protection from the Watch Palace."

Indeed...

After hearing the Sagittarius Director's words, the expressions of the branch chiefs became serious.

Besides blocking True Gods from descending at will, the most important function of the Watch Palace is to give early warnings before major crises appear. If Aquarius, the palace sitter, is unwilling to cooperate, then this important function is equal to being scrapped.

And the Cleaning Bureau's "stall" is really not small. Being able to survive crises one after another before was largely due to the early warning of the Watch Palace. Now, with the Slaughtering King Society eyeing us, if this early warning is really gone, the future "work" will inevitably be stretched.

"What this situation represents, I don't need to say, you should all know."

Looking up and looking around, after seeing the expressions of the branch chiefs, the Sagittarius Director sighed:

"So in order to deal with the situation that may arise next, Taurus and I discussed it and thought that we must be prepared to face the worst situation. It is best to forcibly bring the Bureau Chief back from the Old Earth... what do you think?"

The Bureau Chief of the Old Earth... the Bureau Chief of the Cleaning Bureau?

Hearing this, Li Ang, who was brought to listen by the red-haired Bureau Chief, couldn't help but raise his eyebrows curiously, but before he could ask, a warm palm was held.

【The Bureau Chief is over at the Old Earth, looking for things we humans lost when we fled the Old Earth. The importance of this mission is not even worse than the Watch Palace.】

Passing a soul fluctuation through the palm, explaining the situation of the general Bureau Chief, the red-haired Bureau Chief frowned:

【Sagittarius is one thing, but if even Taurus thinks it is necessary to interrupt the mission and bring the Bureau Chief back, the situation in the bureau now is probably not just a little bad.】

【Bureau Chief.】

Hooked by the red-haired Bureau Chief's words, Li Ang reached out and held her palm back, asking curiously:

【What exactly is the general Bureau Chief looking for in the Old Earth? Can that thing be more important than the safety of the Cleaning Bureau?】

【It's not necessarily more important than the Cleaning Bureau, but it's not much worse.】

After hesitating for a while, the red-haired Bureau Chief leaned back and instructed seriously:

【About the situation of the general Bureau Chief, it is a fifth-level intelligence, only the Zodiac Bureau Chiefs can know. You can listen to it, but you absolutely cannot tell anyone, not even Ai Ma or your sister.】

Good guy, is this news so important?

In Li Ang's shocked expression, the red-haired Bureau Chief explained through soul fluctuations:

【This matter has to start from a long time ago. When our human ancestors fled from the broken Old Earth, they were almost stripped of everything by the Supreme Four Pillar Gods. Later, although they successfully killed the four pillar gods, the things taken away by them were not taken back. And the general Bureau Chief suspected that those things were left in the Old Earth by the four pillar gods, so he took the three directors of Aries, Virgo, and Scorpio, and ran back while the space-time of the Old Earth was stable, wanting to find the things taken away by our ancestors.】

【What are those things taken away? Anomalous objects more powerful than the Watch Palace?】

【It might be more important than the Watch Palace. If those things can really be found back, our human race will definitely be able to move toward a better future.】

When she said this, the red-haired Bureau Chief bit her lip, her expression full of yearning:

【According to the description I heard from Taurus, the Supreme Four Pillar Gods took four things from our ancestors, namely 【Lifespan】, 【Inheritance】, 【Creation】, and the most important 【Connection】.】

"..."

Lifespan? Inheritance? Creation? Connection?

【Simply put, the maximum lifespan of our ancestors' bodies is close to the limit lifespan of our human souls, about 500 years. But after 【Lifespan】 was plundered by the 【King of the Old Days】, our human bodies, no matter how healthy, are difficult to survive for more than 150 years.】

?!!!

In Li Ang's shocked expression, the red-haired Bureau Chief continued to tell:

【As for 【Inheritance】, it is the continuation of memory and knowledge. Before being plundered by the 【Crimson Master】, our ancestors could pass down the knowledge they mastered directly through bloodlines, and master it by themselves as they grew older.】

【And 【Creation】 and 【Connection】, which were taken away by 【Ten Thousand Things Heavenly Cicada】 and 【Sleep of Asur】 respectively, refer to the almost endless inspiration that is always bursting out, and the ability to communicate through spiritual connection, perfectly express one's thoughts, and perfectly understand the other party's thoughts.】

"..."

A limit lifespan of 500 years, bloodlines that can inherit knowledge, infinite inspiration that never dries up, efficient and thorough spiritual communication... is this still human?

【Hard to believe, right?】

Glancing at Li Ang who was stunned behind her, the red-haired Bureau Chief blinked:

【I was also shocked when I first heard Taurus talk about it. It's just that these are very ancient pasts, and our human ancestors are long gone. Only in the archives of the general bureau are there some scattered records left. I'm afraid only by going to the Old Earth can we find out the reason.】

【The meaning of finding back a part... is that our human ancestors could really live for 500 years? And have memory inheritance, infinite inspiration, and spiritual communication?】

【Seems like some kind of catastrophe happened, but what exactly happened, even Taurus is not very clear.】

Through the held palms, vaguely noticing Li Ang's confusion, the red-haired Bureau Chief thought for a while and explained:

【The first-generation directors who escorted our ancestors to this world might know what happened, but they basically sacrificed very early. At that time, it was difficult for humans to survive, and almost no one thought about passing down history. Coupled with generation after generation of reproduction, these pasts that could not be verified were slowly covered up by the 【Illusion Can】, and finally even in the general bureau, only some scattered records were left. I'm afraid we have to go to the Old Earth to find out the reason.】 ===== CHAPTER 1069 =====

"When we first settled in this world, human lifespans rarely exceeded seventy years. It was our predecessors who retrieved some 【Lifespan】 that raised this limit to around one hundred and fifty years, and the way we communicate with souls now is part of 【Connection】."

"As for the remaining 【Creation】 and 【Inheritance】, the former was retrieved in very, very small amounts, with only a few individuals able to awaken this inspiration, while the latter yielded almost nothing at all; it seems to have vanished completely along with the 【Crimson Sovereign】."