Then they'll probably take on missions like they're throwing their lives away!
After hearing Lyon's suggestion, the Cancer Director audibly gasped, and couldn't help but remind him:
"But if you do this, what if the mortal realm falls into chaos..."
"It won't fall into chaos."
Lyon shook his head upon hearing this, and said with certainty:
"All the Cleansers in the Bureau combined only number a few thousand. Even if each of them performs countless meritorious deeds and has great love in their hearts, wanting to revive even their great-uncle's dog, that would at most only take up tens of thousands of revival slots.
Compared to the total population of billions in the mortal realm, these few thousand people are just a drop in the bucket. Moreover, these few thousand people will be spread out among eleven kingdoms and a large number of city-states, and there's also the Bureau's Illusion Jar as a safety net, so in every sense, it won't fall into chaos.
And this kind of revival isn't eternal life. The upper limit of human lifespan is currently locked at one hundred and fifty years. After one hundred and fifty years, these people will still return, so the impact is completely within a controllable range... Oh, right!"
Speaking of which, Lyon seemed to have thought of something, and enthusiastically continued to add:
"Actually, it shouldn't be limited to Cleansers. Ordinary people in our human race, as long as they make significant contributions, can also be given a certain number of revival slots.
For example, the scholars of the former Kerok Kingdom, they are currently cultivating high-yield grain seeds. If they succeed, I think we should also allocate some slots to them, at least to ensure that these scholars can live to one hundred and fifty years. In addition, we can also..."
"No, no, no, this is already enough! It's really fast enough!"
Seeing Lyon's thoughts start to wander again, the Cancer Director, who was already having trouble keeping up, quickly waved his hand to stop him, and then said with an almost pleading tone:
"Aquarius, let's take it slower! I... I'm not against your ideas, but take it one step at a time. Don't arrange everything all at once. If you change so much right from the start, I'm afraid the mortal realm won't be able to handle it!"
"Don't worry, I know what I'm doing, and I definitely won't push these things forward forcefully."
After glancing at the Taurus Director, who also looked worried, Lyon knew that what he had proposed had probably touched their bottom line again, so he swallowed the second half of his plan and explained gently:
"These are just some ideas, and there are definitely many shortcomings. Naturally, we need to conduct small-scale experiments for a period of time to make sure there are no major loopholes before fully implementing them, to avoid causing any irreversible consequences.
And if I can live to one hundred and fifty years old, then I have at least one hundred and thirty years to do these things. I can completely try them slowly, one by one, as you said, and eventually find the most stable method."
"..."
One hundred and thirty years...
Looking at Lyon's young face full of confidence, the Cancer Director and the Taurus Director couldn't help but feel dazed for a moment, and then suddenly realized a fact that was both exciting and unsettling.
Lyon was still very young, unprecedentedly young.
The older generation of Directors were basically a hundred years old or older, and the youngest was already over seventy, old enough to be his grandparents. After the older generation all died of old age, Lyon, who was firmly in first place in terms of both strength and seniority, would probably be able to wield power alone for more than eighty years.
And after these changes were pushed forward by him, those Cleansers who had benefited while alive, and even had their post-mortem re-employment arranged, would definitely support him without reservation. The relatively loosely structured Cleansing Bureau would probably be consolidated together in an unprecedented way.
Moreover, considering Lyon's current situation and the large number of merits he had accumulated, after the current Bureau Chief died of old age or retired, there would be almost no second choice for the new Cleansing Bureau Chief. And when that time really came...
The Cleansing Bureau? Lyon's Bureau!
...
"Director Cancer? Director Cancer?"
"Ah?"
After struggling out of the terrifying vision of the entire Cleansing Bureau changing its surname to Lyon, and the mortal realm being held in Lyon's hands, to be kneaded and shaped at will, the Cancer Director, who looked somewhat dazed, blinked his eyes, and then said with some nervousness:
"I'm sorry, I was a little distracted... What were you saying just now?"
"I was just asking, can you get me a batch of demons?"
After looking strangely at the two somewhat stunned Directors, Lyon repeated his request.
"Our Underworld Branch has just been established, and many places are particularly short of manpower, and there aren't enough souls with potential, so I'd like to ask you to get a batch of demons to be responsible for maintaining order and undertaking some labor."
"That's simple."
Although getting a batch of demons wasn't as easy as it sounded, compared to Lyon's other proposals, this was already the simplest and most conservative request, and the Cancer Director immediately agreed happily, even actively asking what type of demons he wanted.
"Then let's go with horned demons and horse-headed demons!"
After looking at the Relic City below, Lyon, whose mischievousness had resurfaced, couldn't help but smile and say:
"Although these two types of demons aren't very strong, they look quite suitable, and they were born to work in our Underworld Branch... Oh, right, why don't you trouble yourself and take a trip to the Abyss if you have time, and just catch their entire clans over here."
"Okay."
Although he didn't understand why horned demons and horse-headed demons were suitable for the Underworld, and it was quite troublesome to specially catch two demon clans, as long as Lyon didn't propose any earth-shattering reforms, the Cancer Director felt that he could agree to anything.
And after promising to go to the corresponding Abyss Hell to equip Emma's Underworld Branch with a knock-off version of Ox-Head and Horse-Face, the Cancer Director, probably associating something from it, asked with some curiosity:
"By the way, how are the Eighteen Levels of Hell you mentioned earlier being arranged?"
"The progress is okay!"
After discussing the issue of the Eighteen Levels of Hell, Lyon's spirits visibly lifted, and he said with a smile:
"The punishments have been arranged pretty much, but it may be that the project is a little too cruel, so not many souls dare to do it. The manpower responsible for carrying out the punishments has not been gathered, so that's why I came to you!"
"..."
No souls... dare to do it?
Hearing Lyon's words, the expression on the Cancer Director's face suddenly stiffened.
"So the demons you asked me for just now are..."
"Responsible for carrying out the punishments."
"..."
"Don't worry, I don't want to see demons harming humans. Those demons mainly help maintain order and control the wicked people who want to resist. The specific content of the punishments isn't torturing the dead, but just throwing the dead who have committed extremely evil deeds into them, with no upper limit on the length of the punishments."
Raising his hand and pointing in the direction of the original Reflecting Gloom Plain, Lyon temporarily opened up the ground with the authority of the Death Realm, revealing the layered hollows below that kept transmitting screams, and then smiled and introduced them to the two Directors:
"Currently, there are just a few, like the Mountain of Knives and Sea of Fire, Tongue-Pulling Hell and Oil Cauldron Hell, Stone Pressing and Mortar Hell. Originally, I wanted to add a Boiling Excrement Hell, but one is that the materials are not easy to find, and the other is that the smell is too strong when boiled, which may affect the house prices of Relic City, so I only opened a few traditional projects, and the rest will be added later."
"..."
"Don't worry, you don't have to worry that there will be too many people being punished for too long, which will affect the normal operation of the Death Realm. There aren't actually that many people who have committed heinous crimes. Currently, the longest sentence is just soaking in the oil cauldron for twenty or thirty years, and then they can be sent to the Naihe Bridge to drink Meng Po Soup."
"Meng Po Soup is?"
"It's just a big pot that I stepped on, with some water from the Yellow Springs soaked in it. People in the past have to drink a mouthful."
Raising his right foot and shaking it, Lyon explained with a smile:
"Although it can't make people forget all their memories, drinking a mouthful can purify most of the regrets of the dead, and then they can be sent to the Cliff of Ending. And because I found an old woman named Montesquieu to help watch the pot under the Naihe Bridge, it's called Meng Po Soup."
