Chapter 1147

You want Li Ang to use the Wish Wheel once?

After hearing the red-haired bureau chief's request, the Taurus director's expression froze slightly, and a hint of hesitation appeared on his face.

Noticing the Taurus director's unusual expression, Li Ang's eyebrows involuntarily rose slightly, and he couldn't help but develop a bit of curiosity about this 【Wish Wheel】.

If Aquarius is the female reporter's father, then the Taurus director is the bureau chief's mother; she doesn't just casually look after the bureau chief—given their relationship, even if it were some extremely precious anomalous item, the Taurus director would agree without hesitation.

And now the bureau chief isn't even asking for something for herself, merely suggesting she wants to borrow that 【Wish Wheel】 for a moment, yet the Taurus director still hesitates for a while—this 【Wish Wheel】 must be quite extraordinary!

……

"Olivia."

Under Li Ang's curious gaze, the Taurus director hesitated for a while, yet still didn't directly agree, but instead opened her mouth to ask:

"If I convince the Sagittarius director to lend out the Wish Wheel, how do you plan to use it?"

"Of course, just perform the most basic wish!"

Seeing the Taurus director's attitude slightly loosen, the red-haired bureau chief couldn't help but feel a bit pleased inside, then immediately patted her chest and promised:

"Li Ang isn't lacking a useful anomalous item, is he? I plan to have him spin the Material Wheel once to find him a useful anomalous item; as for the higher Life Wheel and Fate Wheel, we promise not to touch them!"

Just the most basic Material Wheel?

After hearing the red-haired bureau chief's assurance, the Taurus director's expression involuntarily relaxed a bit, but after glancing at Li Ang, she still said somewhat uneasily:

"But you…… sorry, my words might not be pleasant to hear, you all have your own regrets in your hearts—if we hand over the entire Wish Wheel, I feel your willpower might not be enough to resist using it."

"You saying that just looks down on me a little!"

The red-haired bureau chief, upon hearing this, couldn't help but feel unconvinced and argued:

"Li Ang's will might be a bit weak, but I'm the bureau chief of the Zodiac Division—I've experienced everything over these years; even a true god specializing in souls couldn't shake my will—my will is steadfast!"

"……"

"Cut it out! True gods can't shake your will, but a good bottle of wine might just not be able to!"

Looking at the red-haired bureau chief's face full of confident assurance, the Taurus director's lips involuntarily twitched, then she couldn't help but glance at the red-haired bureau chief's lips, and then couldn't help but steal a glance at Li Ang.

Noticing where the Taurus director's gaze fell, Li Ang instantly felt a pang of guilt in his heart, realizing she was recalling the bureau chief's birthday, wanting to rely on her tongue…… forehead…… wanting to bypass the Taurus director's spirit words, ending up drinking a mouthful of chili oil, so he could only give her an embarrassed, shallow smile.

"Then forget it……"

Recalling Li Ang's two traits—being a drunkard and a trouble-maker—the Taurus director, who had just been somewhat moved, immediately killed the thought of trusting them once, and without hesitation refused:

"The 【Wish Wheel】 cannot be given to you—this thing's implications are too great, and besides, the bureau is currently very busy; if you two cause trouble, there'll be no one to clean up after you.

As for Li Ang's anomalous item…… for this investigation into the Korok Kingdom mission, I haven't yet discussed it with the Sagittarius director; things will likely take some time to settle, so you can wait a bit—I'll look for a suitable anomalous item…… that's it, I still have things to do!"

Seems worried the red-haired bureau chief will keep causing trouble, after refusing her request, without waiting for her to protest, the Taurus director directly shut down the 【Celestial Sphere Mirror】, forcibly cutting off communication between both sides.

……Too bad—almost convinced her!

Seeing that causing trouble hadn't succeeded, the red-haired bureau chief couldn't help but sigh disappointedly, then immediately, before Li Ang could ask, opened her mouth to explain:

"The 【Wish Wheel】 I want to borrow for you is anomalous item No. 005, also one of the bureau's most important trump cards…… uh…… simply put, that thing is a universal wish-granting machine, nearly able to fulfill all the user's wishes."

Universal wish-granting machine? The Cleanup Bureau actually has such a thing?

Upon hearing this, Li Ang couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, somewhat curiously asking:

"Bureau chief, can the 【Wish Wheel】 really fulfill any wish?" "It's 'nearly' able to fulfill all wishes."

After correcting Li Ang's statement, the red-haired bureau chief opened her mouth to explain:

"Strictly speaking, the 【Wish Wheel】 doesn't directly fulfill all your wishes, but after you voice your wish, it will directly 'tell' you exactly how to accomplish it.

Theoretically, no matter how outrageous the wish, as long as there's even a sliver of possibility to achieve it, by turning the 【Wish Wheel】, you can learn the way to fulfill that wish, and following it will guarantee success."

Good grief, even if it doesn't directly fulfill wishes, just the fact that asking anything yields a correct answer is already incredibly buggy.

After pondering the meaning of this thing, Li Ang couldn't help but exclaim:

"If that's the case, it's equivalent to a natural 'omniscient being,' and it answers everything?"

"Not quite all-knowing."

The red-haired bureau chief shook her head and said:

"If you want to obtain a useful anomalous item, just hold that thought, turn the outermost Material Wheel, and you'll learn where that thing is; if you want to become the king of a certain nation, then you need to turn the Life Wheel and ask how to become king;

In short, your wish and question cannot be that type of vague, unfathomable strange problem—it must fall within the range of its seventeen wheels for the Wish Wheel to give you a response."

"That's still pretty impressive."

Li Ang couldn't help but exclaim:

"Besides that, just the fact that it can always give correct answers already makes it stronger than anything…… by the way, bureau chief, this thing is so powerful—why doesn't the bureau use it more often, and why is it sealed away?"

"Regarding this question, when I first learned of the existence of the 【Wish Wheel】, I once asked Director Taurus."

After furrowing her brows in recollection, the red-haired bureau chief replied:

"At that time, Director Taurus told me, this thing's 'correctness' is only relative, and even if you follow 'correctness' all the way, it doesn't necessarily lead to the best outcome—over-relying on it isn't good."

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"Or let me put it this way."

After organizing her thoughts, the red-haired bureau chief spoke with a somewhat hesitant expression:

"Suppose you return to when the Cleanup Bureau was just founded, constantly harassed by outer gods, and you ask the 【Wish Wheel】 how to protect humanity—then the 【Wish Wheel】 would tell you, you should build a 【Guardian Palace】.

And once the 【Guardian Palace】 exists, those true god-level beings would all be blocked outside the mortal realm, humanity's safety would henceforth be secured, but as a cost, the Cleanup Bureau's overall strength would begin to gradually decline.

At its peak, the Cleanup Bureau's twelve directors, even without the Star Palace's support, possessed Pillar God-level strength, capable of making all outer gods flee at the mere mention of the Cleanup Bureau's name, making them tremble.

But after the 【Guardian Palace】's protection, due to the sudden drop in anomaly occurrence probability, the intensity of battles with outer gods plummeted, the new generation faced overly comfortable conditions, and strength improvement would only become extremely slow.

And once the older generation is gone, if successors are so weak they don't even have a single Pillar God-level, or even only a few True God-level beings, then once the 【Guardian Palace】 shows any loophole, Pillar God-level beings descend into the mortal realm, and humanity's fate would only be destruction."

"……"

Seeing the person beside her fall silent, furrow her brows, and begin to think, the red-haired bureau chief couldn't help but sigh and say:

"Returning to the 【Wish Wheel】, it does give answers that satisfy your wish to protect humanity, but originally, humanity could have continued to reproduce normally—yet due to your protection, they might, on some future day, prematurely head toward extinction."

"So while the 【Wish Wheel】 is always correct, and the wish you propose will certainly be fulfilled, the final result may not be what you want — that is why it has always been sealed away."

(End of Chapter)