Chapter 1731: What to Change First?

Raise the average lifespan to half first… only half?!

"Can't it be a little more?"

After finishing the booklet in his hand, the Cancer Director, who had been silent, couldn't help but ask:

"Even if the average lifespan cannot be pushed to the upper limit, half is too little… Why not try to raise it to two-thirds?"

"Theoretically, there is no problem, but given the current situation of the Bureau, the probability of achieving it can be said to be infinitely close to zero."

After searching in the Mirror World and finding the second set of booklets, distributing them to the Directors, Leon, who had been prepared, explained patiently:

"According to the conclusion of the Fourth Research Institute of the Traveling Thrush, there are about 27 significant reasons for the low average lifespan of humans in the present world. The top four are poverty, hunger, war, and large-scale plague."

"Further down are various diseases, natural disasters, anomalous events, water and air pollution, high infant mortality, etc. And many problems do not exist alone. Solving only one or two of them will not help much in improving the overall average lifespan… Oh, right."

When he said this, Leon paused slightly, then added:

"I have to say that the Bureau's suppression of anomalous events is quite in place. Because the severity of problems caused by anomalous events can only be ranked eighth here, just between large-scale natural disasters and environmental pollution."

"However, this booklet only calculates conventional situations. Extreme special cases like the one where the Ophiuchus Director destroyed a country were all completely erased by the 【Illusion Can】. The scholars of the Fourth Research Institute of the Traveling Thrush could not calculate them. If these were also counted, then I'm afraid they would have to squeeze into the top three."

"…"

So… are we that incompetent?

After hearing Leon's words and looking at the special annotation behind 【Anomalous Events】 in the booklet, several Directors couldn't help but smile bitterly one after another, and couldn't help but start to doubt what they had done in their lives.

Their lives were not necessarily full of meritorious deeds, but they could definitely be considered to have been born and died for the Cleanup Bureau, and even for humanity. As a result, even the most basic and most important "job" was only mediocre, and even became one of the main reasons for the decline in average lifespan.

"Alright, no need to say more…"

Leaning back on the chair somewhat powerlessly, the Scorpio Director closed his eyes, looked up, and said decadently:

"I understand what you mean. We old guys in the past always thought we were doing quite well, at least we were worthy of our positions, but in fact…"

"But in fact, everyone has done quite well, and can even be called outstanding."

Looking at the Directors whose spirits were somewhat depressed, knowing that his "medicine" might have been a bit too strong, Leon thought for a while and comforted:

"The purpose of our Cleanup Bureau at the time of its founding was only to ensure the survival of humanity. Therefore, the Bureau's focus has always been on anomalous events and resisting Outer Gods, rarely making interference in other aspects, and it is not in a superior-subordinate relationship with the Twelve Kingdoms, so its influence is naturally limited."

"As for the problem of anomalous events, the total population of the Twelve Kingdoms and dozens of large and small city-states is more than 1.6 billion, but there are only a few thousand cleaners. Basically, each cleaner is responsible for the anomalous events generated by 270,000 people, which is impossible to control perfectly."

"Take the medical problem, which is more serious than anomalous events, for comparison. Even in the Kingdom of Thousand Sails, which has the worst medical conditions among the Twelve Kingdoms, there are three doctors for every 10,000 people, which is more than 81 times the number of cleaners per 10,000 people."

"If you compare it this way, the Bureau can use the manpower that can be called stretched to control the anomalous events of the entire present world to the current level, which is already quite good."

"So… what are you prepared to do?"

Hearing this, the Taurus Director, who knew Leon best, had already vaguely figured out his plan, and couldn't help but frown and ask:

"Still the same as before, prepared to break the barrier between the present world and the 'abnormal', let the Cleanup Bureau float to the 'water surface', and at the risk of a large number of ordinary people being immersed, let each branch begin large-scale expansion?"

"In addition to that, necessary interference with the situation of the Twelve Kingdoms."

After adding a sentence, Leon looked around at the other silent Directors and said sincerely:

"I know this proposal has already violated the purpose of the Cleanup Bureau's secret actions, and interfering with the Twelve Kingdoms also violates the agreement between the Twelve Kingdoms. But you have already seen the current situation of the present world. We clearly have the ability to change all this, so why not do it?"

"This is not a question of whether to do it or not, but a question of whether it will make the situation worse…"

The Virgo Director sighed:

"It's not that no one in the Bureau has mentioned ideas similar to yours, and some have tried to influence the governance of the Twelve Royal Families, but the final results were not very good…"

"Although the governance problems of the Twelve Kingdoms are not small, compared with the ruling system they formed semi-spontaneously, we are more laymen in governing the kingdoms. The changes forcibly made after the Bureau took over often only make things worse, and even cause national-level anomalous events."

"The most tragic one had consequences even more serious than the Ophiuchus destroying the country that year. The Lion Branch and other nine non-Zodiac small branches had their manpower almost emptied. It was only after several similar lessons that the current mode of non-interference was formed."

"So my idea is to only carry out 'interference', not complete 'takeover'."

Leon, who had also thought about this problem, naturally would not speak rashly without a response plan. He responded peacefully:

"What we want to do is not to completely take over the governance of the Twelve Kingdoms without any preparation, but to rely on our advantages to specifically solve those problems that the Bureau can remedy even if mistakes are made."

"Problems that can be remedied? You mean?"

"Hunger, poverty, war, natural disasters, and large-scale plague."

As Leon spoke, amidst the speechless expressions of several Directors, he took out the third set of booklets and distributed them one by one, his eyes burning:

"First is the hunger problem. According to the statistics of the Fourth Research Institute of the Traveling Thrush, the total grain production in the present world is actually very sufficient. Not only is it enough to cover the consumption of all the population, but there is also a surplus of more than 40%."

"Several grain-producing countries headed by the Kingdom of Greenery have more grain than they can eat every year, while several relatively barren countries like the Kingdom of Ice and Snow, the Kingdom of Thousand Sails, etc., or countries not suitable for grain and animal husbandry, have to rely on large-scale purchases or even looting to meet their own needs. Therefore, the core of the hunger problem lies in resource allocation."

"Then if we start from this aspect, because the grain production itself is sufficient, even if it is changed to have problems, it can be remedied. At worst, it is to mobilize some anomalous items that can store or transport, and send a large number of cleaners to 'carry' the grain to the past. It will not cause any major problems."

"…" x4

This solution is really… simple and honest, but if there is a guarantee, it seems that it is not impossible to try?

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