Chapter 231

So... there's no hope for the Aquarius secret art, but maybe the Taurus secret art can work?

After hearing Taurus Director's promise, Leon couldn't help but feel happy in his heart. The Taurus secret art seems much more precious than the Aquarius secret art.

I remember the Director said that the twelve secret arts of the Bureau of Cleanup are ranked. The Aries secret art, known as "Strange Annihilation," is ranked first, while Taurus Director's "Anomalous Forging" is ranked second. As for Aquarius Director's "Anomalous Creation," it is only ranked eleventh.

However, this ranking doesn't seem to be based on combat power, but on its significance to the entire Bureau of Cleanup. The Aquarius secret art is ranked so low mainly because the methods are extreme, the material requirements are too high, it relies too much on luck, and the controllability is low. It is possible to invest a massive amount of materials and get nothing.

And the Taurus secret art is not only stable and controllable, but after more than ten generations of simplification and weakening, it can also be used to train craftsmen who forge anomalous objects, manufacturing a large number of stable anomalous objects that can be used by low- and mid-level cleaners. It is of great significance to the entire Bureau of Cleanup, which is why it is ranked second.

However, even if the ranking is a bit inflated, it is still the genuine second secret art!

Not to mention the ability to forge anomalous objects, if he really learns this secret art and becomes a so-called "reserve Taurus Director," his status in the entire Bureau of Cleanup will rise with the tide. Even if he still holds the position of Level 3 accident handler, he should be able to have a say in many things!

Sure enough, wealth must be sought in danger! He risked being killed directly and had a face-to-face mouth-cannon solo with the Aquarius Director. Is this the time to harvest the rewards?

Amidst Leon's excited expression, Taurus Director on the director's seat closed her eyes slightly. Immediately after, just like when the Eye of the Sun appeared before, the Bureau of Cleanup's headquarters darkened again, and the outer wall became transparent once more.

However, the top of the headquarters did not crack again. The place where the change appeared this time was the Taurus seat located in the "waistline" part. The phantom of the bull, based on more than a hundred star points and connected by a large number of meteor-like arc lights, was rapidly taking shape from nothing.

"This is the full picture of the Taurus Star Palace."

Looking back at the Star Palace phantom behind her, looking at the huge bull that was pressing its spine and bowing its head, set in a corner-to-corner posture ready to exert force, Taurus Director recounted with some nostalgia:

"The Taurus constellation is between Aries and Gemini. It is the one with the largest number of stars among the Zodiac constellations, consisting of a total of 125 stars. However, the number of bright stars is not many, only one first-magnitude bright star and two fourth-magnitude bright stars. The remaining stars are relatively dim, and the position is not very easy to identify."

"So when the previous generation Taurus Director taught me how to sense the Star Palace, he specifically told me that if I couldn't find the orientation of the Taurus constellation, I should look for the constellation that is crossed by the ecliptic line, celestial equator, and galactic equator... I give this sentence to you today, hoping that you can also use this trick in the future."

After briefly explaining the method of identifying the position of the Taurus constellation and implicitly expressing her expectation for Leon, Taurus Director waved slightly behind her, and the huge bull phantom "leaped" out from the wall of the headquarters, turning into an ancient compass that was more than a person tall.

"You just need to touch this area."

After pointing to the part of the compass from the center to the outside, roughly at the angle between one o'clock and two o'clock, Taurus Director said with expectation:

"I can only summon a part of the Star Palace here. The other positions are phantoms of other Star Palaces, and you can't touch them... Come on, Leon, I hope you can give me a surprise, and give everyone a surprise."

"However, you don't have to have too much burden. It doesn't matter if there is no result. I can still change you to another reward... Come on, try touching it!"

"..."

Taurus Pavilion is truly kind. She is like a kind-hearted elder. No wonder our own Director, who is so reckless, is always very honest in front of her and obediently listens when scolded without causing trouble...

Looking at Taurus Director, who had no arrogance of a superior, first explained patiently and then encouraged him kindly, Leon felt a warmth in his heart, put down some small calculations, nodded, and reached out to touch the Taurus Star Palace.

【Name: Celestial Luo Pan Fragment - Zodiac - Taurus】

【Appearance: An ancient compass made of translucent obsidian, with star maps of the eighty-eight constellations drawn on the front with fingers, and the back covered with fine damage such as knife-cut axe-chopped, wind-eroded buried dirt, ice-frozen sintered, and even strange traces bitten by sharp teeth】

【Ability: Star Palace Shift, Zodiac Radiance, Law Endowment】

【Cost: The holder's divinity will constantly flow away】

【File: A secret treasure relied upon by the first-generation Bureau of Cleanup members to protect human descendants when they escaped from the Old Earth, shattered by one of the Supreme Four Pillar Gods.】

【The fragments of the Celestial Luo Pan were later collected by the first-generation Taurus Director, re-forged into eighty-eight Star Palaces, and placed on the sun orbit, nourished and smelted by the power of the sun wheel, hoping to restore them to their original state, until today】

【Evaluation: One of the most important trump cards of the Bureau of Cleanup, a doomsday ark that can only be used by humans from the Old Earth. If one day a doomsday-level crisis really occurs and even the protection of the Watchtower Palace is destroyed, then it is the last hope of the human race】

【Infection Value: Cannot be determined, increases with the user's own level】

"..."

Holy! Shit!

Even though he knew before reaching out to touch it that this thing must be extraordinary, after all, both the eighty-eight branches and the twelve directors were named after the Star Palaces, so the Star Palace must be extremely important to the Bureau of Cleanup.

But after witnessing... witnessing the "true face" of the Star Palace with his own hands, Leon's brain still buzzed, fiercely shocked by the information he obtained.

Protecting human descendants... escaping from the Old Earth... the Bureau of Cleanup's trump card... a doomsday ark that can only be used by humans...

After connecting these messages, rather than saying the Star Palace is an anomalous object, it's better to say it's a spaceship, and it seems to be solar-powered!

And humans are the outsiders of this world. After running away from some place called the Old Earth, they were probably beaten by some "Supreme Four Pillar God" and broke the Star Palace that served as a spaceship, so they had to make an emergency landing on the current world... It's really...

Outrageous!

I just wanted to touch the Star Palace to see if I could find a loophole to learn the anomalous forging secret art. How did the plot suddenly turn into science fiction?

"Hmm?"

Seeing Leon's expression of shock beyond measure, Taurus Director looked over in surprise and asked with some doubt:

"Leon? What did you touch? Why is your expression so strange?"