Chapter 879: 476 The Wish Wheel

You want Li Ang to use the Wish Wheel once?

After hearing the Red-haired Director's request, the Bull Director's expression faltered slightly, a hint of hesitation appearing on her face.

Noticing the Bull Director's change in expression, Li Ang's eyebrows naturally rose slightly, and he couldn't help but feel a bit curious about this 【Wish Wheel】.

If Aquarius is the female reporter's father, then the Bull Director is the Director's mother; she cares for the Director in an extraordinary way. Given their relationship, even if it were a very precious Anomaly, the Bull Director would agree without a second thought.

Yet, even though the Director isn't asking for something for herself but merely proposing to borrow that 【Wish Wheel】, the Bull Director still hesitates for a moment. That 【Wish Wheel】 must be quite extraordinary!

"Olivia."

Under Li Ang's curious gaze, after hesitating for a while, the Bull Director still did not agree directly, but instead asked:

"If I persuade the Archer Director and manage to borrow the Wish Wheel, how do you plan to use that thing?"

"Of course, we will only perform one most basic wish!"

Seeing the Bull Director's attitude soften slightly, the Red-haired Director's heart couldn't help but feel a little joy, and she immediately patted her chest to guarantee:

"Isn't Li Ang lacking a usable Anomaly? I plan to let him spin the Material Wheel once to find a usable Anomaly for him. As for the higher ones, the Floating Life Wheel and the Fate Wheel, we guarantee we won't touch them!"

Just the most basic Material Wheel?

After hearing the Red-haired Director's guarantee, the Bull Director's expression naturally relaxed slightly, but after glancing at Li Ang, she still said uneasily:

"But you... sorry, what I say might not sound very nice. You both have your own regrets in your hearts. If I hand over the entire Wish Wheel to you, I feel that with your willpower, you might not be able to resist using it."

"You are underestimating me!"

Hearing this, the Red-haired Director argued somewhat indignantly:

"Li Ang's willpower might be a bit weak, but I am the Director of the Zodiac Branch! What haven't I experienced over so many years? Even a True God specializing in the soul cannot shake my will; my will is firm!"

"..."

Give it up! A True God might not be able to shake your will, but a bottle of good wine might not be so sure!

Looking at the Red-haired Director who looked so determined, the Bull Director's lips moved involuntarily, then she couldn't help but glance at the Red-haired Director's lips, and then couldn't help but glance at Li Ang.

Noticing where the Bull Director's gaze landed, Li Ang immediately felt a pang of unease in his heart, realizing she had remembered the incident on the Director's birthday when she tried to use her tongue... uh... tried to bypass the Bull Director's Word of Power, only to end up with a mouthful of chili oil. He could only give her an awkward, shallow smile.

"Forget it..."

Remembering the traits of Li Ang and the other two as alcoholics and troublemakers, the Bull Director, who had just been somewhat inclined, immediately killed the thought of trusting them once, and refused without hesitation:

"The 【Wish Wheel】 cannot be given to you. The stakes of this thing are simply too high, and the Bureau is very busy right now. If you two go wild, no one will be there to clean up your mess.

As for Li Ang's Anomaly... regarding this mission to investigate the Kingdom of Croc, I haven't discussed it with the Archer Director yet. The matter will probably take some time to settle. You can wait a bit; I'll look for a suitable Anomaly... that's it, I have other matters!"

Seemingly worried that the Red-haired Director would continue to argue stubbornly, after refusing her request, the Bull Director directly turned off the 【Celestial Mirror】 before she could protest, forcibly cutting off the communication between both sides.

Pity... I almost convinced her!

Seeing that her stubborn arguing had failed, the Red-haired Director couldn't help but sigh in disappointment, then, before Li Ang could ask, she immediately began to explain:

"The 【Wish Wheel】 I wanted to borrow for you is Anomaly number 005, one of the Bureau's most important trump cards... um... simply put, that thing counts as an all-powerful wish-granting machine, capable of satisfying almost all of the user's wishes."

An all-powerful wish-granting machine? The Cleanup Bureau actually has something like this?

Hearing this, Li Ang couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and asked curiously:

"Director, can the 【Wish Wheel】 really satisfy any wish?"

"It is 'almost' capable of satisfying all wishes."

After correcting Li Ang's phrasing, the Red-haired Director began to explain:

"Strictly speaking, the 【Wish Wheel】 does not directly satisfy all your wishes. Instead, after you state your wish, it will directly 'tell' you exactly what to do to fulfill that wish.

Theoretically, no matter how absurd the wish, as long as there is even a sliver of possibility for its realization, one can spin the 【Wish Wheel】 to learn the method to complete that wish, and following it will guarantee success."

Good heavens, even if it doesn't directly grant wishes, the fact that it always has the correct answer for everything is already extremely buggy.

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

"In that case, it is equivalent to a natural 'Omniscient One', and it answers everything?"

"It does not answer everything."

The Red-haired Director shook her head and said:

"If you want to obtain a usable Anomaly, just holding that thought and spinning the outermost Material Wheel will reveal the location of that thing; if you want to become the king of a certain country, then you must spin the Floating Life Wheel to ask how to become a king;

In short, the wishes you make and the questions you ask cannot be vague, groundless, or strange types of questions. They must fall within the scope of its seventeen wheels, or the Wish Wheel will not respond to you."

"That is still quite extraordinary."

Li Ang couldn't help but exclaim in amazement:

"Putting everything else aside, the fact that it can always give the correct answer is already stronger than anything else... By the way, Director, since 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 also asked Lord Bull."

After frowning and recalling for a moment, the Red-haired Director answered:

"At that time, Lord Bull told me that the 'correctness' of this thing is only relative, and even if one follows a path of 'correctness', it does not necessarily lead to the best result. Relying on it too much is not a good thing."

"?"

"Let me put it this way."

oo￠o

After organizing her thoughts, the Red-haired Director said with some hesitation:

"Suppose you returned to the time when the Cleanup Bureau was first established and constantly harassed by Outer Gods, and asked the 【Wish Wheel】 for a way to protect humanity. Then the 【Wish Wheel】 would tell you that you should build a 【Watchtower Palace】.

And after the 【Watchtower Palace】 was built, those True God-level existences were all blocked outside the mortal world, and human safety was guaranteed from then on. But as a price, the overall strength of the Cleanup Bureau would begin to slowly decline.

At its peak, the Cleanup Bureau's twelve Directors, even without the blessing of the Star Palace, possessed power at the Pillar God level, able to make a group of Outer Gods flee at the mere sight of them; hearing the name of the Cleanup Bureau would make them tremble.

But after the protection of the 【Watchtower Palace】, since the probability of Anomalies appearing dropped drastically, and the intensity of battles with Outer Gods plummeted even further, the new generation faced an overly comfortable situation, and their strength improvement would only become extremely slow.

And after the older generation is gone, if the successors are so weak that there isn't even a single Pillar God, or only a few True Gods, then once any flaw appears in the 【Watchtower Palace】, and Pillar God-level experts descend into the mortal world, the fate of humanity will be nothing but destruction."

"..."

Looking at Li Ang, who had fallen silent and was frowning as he began to think, the Red-haired Woman couldn't help but sigh.

"Return to the Wishing Wheel: the answer it gave did fulfill your wish to protect humanity, but the very protection you offered might cause humanity, which could have reproduced normally, to face extinction sooner than expected.

Thus, although the Wishing Wheel is always correct and your wish will always be granted, the final outcome may not be what you desire — and that is why it has always been sealed away."