Chapter 1359: Perception Ball

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Watching the bone-spur demon, which had stood frozen for a few seconds before trembling as it hoisted the vacant-eyed cleaner and disappeared from beside the dining table, the cleaners fell into a silent hush.

This unlucky demon was afraid of being killed by its enemies upon returning, but its enemies' entire clan had also been eaten clean, so there was indeed no need to worry.

Besides, although Director Giant Crab looked kind and was always chuckling, his style of doing things seemed to be much tougher than the hard-line Director Archer...

"Alright, the small interlude ends here."

Satisfied with the expressions of the crowd, Director Giant Crab, who was shirtless like a Maitreya, clapped his hands with a chuckle to signal everyone to look at him, then informed them gently:

"Congratulations, you have passed the initial selection and can be considered ready to try contacting the Giant Crab Secret Arts."

We passed just like that?!

Hearing Director Giant Crab's words, the cleaners felt their spirits lift, and a look of anticipation faintly appeared in their eyes.

Although the aura of those demons just now wasn't strong, the ability to shuttle through space at will was not an ordinary nuisance. Even a mediocre Level 2 cleaner might not be able to handle it, yet Director Giant Crab had locked up tens of thousands of such demons in his belly all at once!

Furthermore, the one who tried to ask about the "prison term" at the end carried an indescribable sense of danger, likely having already touched the threshold of a Holy Spirit. Yet such a powerful demon didn't even dare to raise its head in front of Director Giant Crab, and could only swallow its anger and be driven.

If they learned the Giant Crab Secret Arts, even if they definitely couldn't be as powerful as Director Giant Crab, even if they could only do a small part, they would surely be completely different from before!

Good grief, he was definitely doing this on purpose!

After looking around the dining table and seeing the cleaners whose eyes were filled with a burning heat, Li Ang felt his teeth ache slightly.

According to the situation in the previous palaces, the Star Palace originally had the ability to send people back. Director Giant Crab's move of deliberately releasing dozens of demons was completely unnecessary, or rather, he had ulterior motives.

Also, since it was something that ordinary demons could do, why "waste" a Holy Spirit-level great demon? The only explanation was that Director Giant Crab was premeditatedly showing off!

Or to put it more elegantly, this was a "small performance" specifically arranged to arouse the cleaners' interest in the Giant Crab Secret Arts and to increase everyone's motivation to learn them. It was the same principle as a game starting with a plot that gives you a full set of divine gear to try out for 3 minutes.

As for the effect of Director Giant Crab's act...

"So amazing..."

Staring at Director Giant Crab's round belly... which had at least a D+ cup size, the female cleaner couldn't help but mutter with envy:

"Can men also be this big?"

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Well, it couldn't be said that the effect wasn't good, but what was effective for her didn't seem to be the small performance, but something else...

"Alright, settle your minds. I'm going to talk about the Secret Arts next."

Not knowing that his "small performance" had gone off-track, Director Giant Crab, who thought his plan had succeeded, saw the female cleaner's envious gaze, curled his lips with a chuckle, and began to explain:

"The 【Anomalous Devouring】 Secret Art of the Giant Crab Palace is the most special one among the twelve palaces. It has the lowest floor but the highest ceiling.

If this Secret Art isn't learned deeply, it can only be used to bully some trash that can be crushed at will. But if learned well enough, it will be like me just now: as long as you reach out and pat your belly, you can release a large pile of prisoners with astonishing strength and drive them to fight for you.

Inside my belly, there are still one hundred and seventeen living True Gods locked up, and the origins of thirty-two of them have already been 'digested' by me. So, me sitting in the Abyss alone is equivalent to thirty-two True Gods sitting in the Abyss at the same time." After patting his belly twice with a bang, Director Giant Crab continued with a chuckle under the shocked gazes of the cleaners:

"And the requirement to control so many existences that are on the same level as oneself, or even stronger, is naturally not ordinary. The prerequisite for wanting to master this Secret Art is being able to maintain oneself at all times and not be influenced by the 'food'.

Therefore, in the test just now, those who couldn't wake up in time were eliminated, and you who successfully remained have, after eating the food I gave you, planted the seeds belonging to the Giant Crab Secret Arts in your bodies."

When saying this, Director Giant Crab couldn't help but glance at Li Ang and the girl.

In the "banquet" session just now, the most outstanding one was undoubtedly the little girl. She saw through the situation of the 【Feast of the Body】 from the beginning and was not tempted at all.

As for Li Ang, on whom he had placed high hopes before, he performed slightly worse, failing to maintain himself in front of the 【Feast of the Body】. However, he wasn't completely intoxicated, and after the little girl's reminder, he reacted immediately, which was still passable.

Besides them two, no third person could wake up before finishing eating. So if there are no further accidents later, the others are likely just accompanying the run, and only they two have the opportunity to take over his position.

Specifically who has a better chance... maybe 20-80? Li Ang has about a 20% chance, and that little girl is 80% likely to be the next Director Giant Crab.

After weighing their talents in his heart, although he already had a judgment, Director Giant Crab's expression remained unchanged, and he continued to explain to everyone:

"However, being able to maintain oneself during 'eating' and obtaining the Secret Art seed is just the beginning. Next, what you need to learn is to let go of your inherent cognition of anomalies.

Whether tangible or intangible, beautiful and pure or painful and crazy, existing in the flesh or on the mental level, possessing self-will or not...

These differences and distinctions have no meaning to you. You only need to know that they are 'non-human' and 'non-ordinary', and you must treat them equally and firmly include them in the scope of 【Anomalous Devouring】... Sounds simple, right?"

Indeed...

Hearing Director Giant Crab's words, the cleaners couldn't help but nod one after another.

Before joining the Bureau, everyone basically had an ordinary person's life experience. If it was just distinguishing "normal" from "anomalous," they just needed to compare it with their previous lives. This item didn't seem to have any difficulty.

"Since you all have confidence, let's try it out."

After looking at the confident expressions of the crowd, Director Giant Crab took out a basketball-sized crystal from somewhere, placed it on the table in front of him, and introduced it with a smile:

"This thing is called the 【Perception Ball】, an anomalous object used for testing passed down from the Giant Crab Palace. It can read a person's consciousness and cognition and is specifically used to test your cognition of anomalies.

Next, you need to review your life in your own minds, recall this world, and strip away everything related to 'anomalies' from the world you imagine, imagining a world completely without anomalies.

And the more 'anomalies' you strip from your memory, the more ordinary, common, normal, and reasonable the world you imagine is, the more dazzling the light of the 【Perception Ball】 will be. As long as you can make the 【Perception Ball】 as bright as an oil lamp, you can be considered to have passed."

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