Chapter 1607: The Secret of Ophiuchus

Not a bloodline conversion?

Seeing that this biggest possibility was actually denied by Director Taurus, Leon couldn't help but frown:

"Then what do you mean..."

"I mean, this might really be a bloodline exchange ritual."

"???"

In Leon's somewhat stunned expression, Director Taurus closed her eyes slightly, and then said with annoyance:

"Under normal circumstances, this kind of thing is impossible to do, but the anomalous transformation secret art of the Ophiuchus Palace is an exception... Now I strongly suspect that the Ophiuchus Director did not die under the Thirteen Ant Nests back then, but successfully saved his life."

"If this was really done by him, then he is likely using something to temporarily replace the vacant '120 million materials,' forcibly driving this bloodline exchange ritual, preparing to slowly exchange the bloodlines of the two countries. But I haven't figured out what he wants to do..."

Ophiuchus Director?

After hearing this name that had been heard many times in the past from Director Taurus's mouth, Leon couldn't help but ask thoughtfully:

"What exactly did he want to do during the Ophiuchus Erosion incident back then? If this low fever symptom is really him behind it, is it possible that he wants to do it again?"

"Back then..."

After hesitating for a while, Director Taurus's expression was a bit complicated:

"The internal statement of the Bureau is that he launched a rebellion, preparing to sacrifice all the citizens of the East Calewin Kingdom to ascend to godhood, and wanted to turn half the world into his god kingdom."

"However, this is not the truth, just a statement to avoid causing chaos. That incident actually has quite a few hidden details, and only the directors who participated in the initial decision and Olivia, who was responsible for the action, know the whole situation."

Sure enough, what the Bureau Chief told him in the past was not the truth, just the surface statement disclosed internally.

After a look of realization appeared in his eyes, Leon stared at Director Taurus's eyes and listened to her continue to reveal:

"The Ophiuchus Director is actually Olivia's cousin. Because of the intimate relationship between the Twin Kingdom, although he was born in the East Calewin Kingdom, he grew up in the palace of the West Calewin Kingdom and was very familiar with Olivia since childhood... By the way."

Speaking of this, Director Taurus hesitated again, and then looked at Leon and said softly:

"He is a bit like you."

"???"

Ophiuchus Director and me... a bit like?

Leon couldn't help but touch his face subconsciously upon hearing this, and a look of heavy astonishment appeared in his eyes.

"What I mean by like is not like in appearance, but somewhat similar in the feeling given to people."

After looking at Leon, who had a strange expression, Director Taurus shook her head and explained:

"You are both the kind of people who have special 'drive,' very dissatisfied with the status quo and various problems. Once there is an opportunity, you always try to change something."

"And you are both very confident in yourselves, believing that your judgment must be correct, and believing that you can definitely change all of this... that's probably the feeling."

"Besides that, he was also a director at a young age like you, and his attitude toward the outside was also quite tough, but his personality was much more extreme than yours, and his methods were more..."

Speaking of this, Director Taurus paused slightly, couldn't help but look at Leon, and then said with little confidence:

"In terms of methods, you are more excessive. In this regard, he still has no way to compare with you, but compared to you who still knows how to clean up for yourself, he is more inconsiderate of the consequences when doing things."

"..."

In Leon's speechless expression, Director Taurus sighed with emotion:

"Although he is a collateral branch of the East Calewin royal family, his parents died very early, so his life was quite hard, and he witnessed many bad things since childhood."

"Even after joining the Cleanup Bureau, he didn't meet a Bureau Chief like Olivia like you, but met... some cleaners whose style was not very good, so he also hated many situations in the Bureau."

"So after becoming a director, he tried quite a few big and small reforms like you are now. For example, the several reviews you suffered because you accidentally injured a large number of nobles were the rules he set back then."

Ryan's Blood Night? That wasn't actually an accidental injury... but it doesn't matter. After blinking slightly, Leon asked with confusion:

"Listening to this, he doesn't seem like a bad person?"

"He is not a bad person, but he is really too impatient."

Looking at Leon, who was younger than the original Ophiuchus Director, had more drive and talent than him, but seemed to be more ruthless when taking action, Director Taurus couldn't help but feel guilty:

"His starting point was good, but many measures were a bit inconsiderate. And as long as our Cleanup Bureau moves a little, it will have an impact on hundreds or thousands of times more ordinary people, thus causing a lot of chaos and even casualties."

"So after discovering this, we few relatively conservative old men and old ladies started to intermittently reject his proposals, hoping that his movements could be slower, avoiding those overly radical changes, at least trying locally, and confirming that there were no major loopholes before pushing them out."

"But after being rejected many times, he might have felt that he was being restrained and was disappointed with the Bureau, so he started trying to find other ways."

Other ways?

Leon couldn't help but move his heart upon hearing this, and asked in disbelief:

"He chose to sacrifice all the citizens of the East Calewin Kingdom to ascend to godhood, and then relied on absolute power to forcibly push his ideas? Is he that crazy?"

"More or less..."

Director Taurus sighed:

"He did want to rely on absolute power to carry out his will, but the means used were actually slightly better than sacrifice. He chose a method closer to transformation."

(Content omitted for brevity)

"Transformation?"

"It is to use the anomalous transformation secret art of the Ophiuchus Branch, connect the entire East Calewin Kingdom through bloodlines, and combine himself with the stolen 【Crimson Blood】, using the combination of himself and 【Crimson Blood】 to replace the blood of all citizens of the East Calewin Kingdom."

"By that time, all the citizens, wealth, society, territory... and even the existence of this country itself of the East Calewin Kingdom will become a living anomalous object. And he, whose level is about the same as Olivia's now, will likely be able to obtain power beyond the Pillar God in one fell swoop."

"..."

Combining himself with a pile of blood and becoming the blood of a country with a population of over 100 million, to achieve his goal... cleaners are really quite crazy.

Couldn't help but hiss, Leon hesitated slightly, and then asked tentatively:

"Although his methods were too much, he seems to be on the side of the Cleanup Bureau? If it's just like this, the Bureau shouldn't have to use the Thirteen Ant Nests to wipe him and all the citizens of the East Calewin Kingdom together, right?"

"Yes, if it's just like this, it wouldn't be to that extent."

After closing her eyes slightly, Director Taurus answered with pain:

"The key is the bottle of blood he used... That was the blood extracted from the corpse of one of the Supreme Four Pillar Gods, the Crimson Master. After all, only the truth of this 'Red King' has the supreme power to penetrate 120 million red bloods with just will."

"But Pillar Gods will not truly die, but human lifespan is limited, and will and soul can also be worn out. Even the souls of those who ascend to the Watchtower will be worn out bit by bit in the long time."

"Even if Ophiuchus's self is strong enough to suppress the will remaining in a bottle of blood, but with the long time and the impact of countless different wills, he will have a day of complete loss sooner or later."

"And by that time, the Crimson Master who has lost the restraint will be able to revive from these 120 million humans and more human bodies flowing with their blood!"

"Even if he firmly believes that he can maintain himself forever and repeatedly guarantees to us that there will be no problems, no matter what, we cannot use the future of all mankind to gamble with him on this!"

(End of Chapter) ===== CHAPTER 1608 =====