Atlas of Heaven and Man

Gu Mingde walked up to Chen Chuan, his eyes questioning. The group from the commissioned company stood behind him, their expressions a mix of tension and anticipation.

Chen Chuan looked at him, then at everyone behind him, and said, "Everyone, the source has been eliminated. It's safe here now."

As soon as he said this, joy spread across their faces.

They had suffered quite a bit for this commission. Just staying outside for a few days would have been fine; they could endure that. But the flying heads were too much of a strain on their nerves and could drive those around them into madness at any moment, forcing them to be constantly vigilant.

For days, their nerves had been stretched taut, and now they could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

However, along with the relief came excitement. They had eradicated the source of the flying head cult, and it seemed that the other flying heads in the area had been eliminated as well. The remaining believers were no longer a threat. The flying head cult was bound to be uprooted completely. With such a great achievement, their evaluation this time would definitely be high, and everyone would receive considerable benefits.

At this moment, Gu Mingde gave an order, and those waiting behind him immediately rushed into the old temple. Seeing that they were indeed unharmed, confirming that Chen Chuan's words were true, he stepped forward and patted Chen Chuan's arm heavily, unable to suppress the excitement in his voice. "Expert Chen, thank you for your hard work!"

Chen Chuan smiled. "You all as well."

Gu Mingde said, "We were very anxious when Expert Chen didn't come out last night. We wanted to go in, but we were afraid of disrupting Expert Chen's arrangements, so we could only wait outside."

Chen Chuan said, "Then I must thank you all. Your willingness to wait outside is a testament to your trust in my abilities."

Gu Mingde patted him again, smiling, "We have plenty of patience for capable people like Expert Chen." His assistant, Pan Zhong, chimed in, "For future commissions, we'll only trust Expert Chen."

The other company representatives nodded secretly. They had seen clearly these past few days that Chen Chuan, as an expert in dealing with paranormal events, had been at the forefront. Although they had done a lot, strictly speaking, they were mainly providing assistance. Yet, he hadn't treated them as insignificant. Everyone was willing to cooperate with someone like that. They wouldn't have to worry about being taken advantage of in a crucial moment.

Chen Chuan went into the tent, drank some water, ate a few energy bars, rested for a while, and then came out again.

Since there was nothing more he needed to do here, and he had been out for three days, it was almost time to go back. After saying goodbye to Gu Mingde and the others, and collecting a large stack of business cards, he came down the mountain. At the camp, he unexpectedly saw Ren Shu and the driver, Xiao Wei, waiting together.

He said, "Mr. Ren, what brings you here?"

Ren Shu hurried forward, saying, "I waited at the company for a day without any news, and I became anxious. So, I simply drove over. When I arrived, I learned that Mr. Chen was still handling the commission, so I decided to wait here." He then said with high spirits, "We heard from the people coming down the mountain that the matter has been resolved by Mr. Chen?"

Chen Chuan nodded, saying, "It wasn't just me. It was resolved together with everyone above. Now, only some finishing touches remain. We don't need to worry about it. We can go back."

"Great, great!"

Ren Shu was extremely excited. He felt that the best thing he had done was to bring Chen Chuan to the company. It was a pity that they had only signed a temporary agreement.

But it was understandable. How could someone with such abilities be easily bound to one place? They could only treat him with greater sincerity and better conditions.

After Chen Chuan got into the car, Xiao Wei brought over a blanket. "Expert Chen has worked hard for the past few days. Why don't you rest for a while? I'll try my best to drive steadily."

Chen Chuan didn't refuse his kindness and accepted it.

"Thank you, Wei."

Xiao Wei quickly said, "Mr. Chen, just call me Xiao Wei." He helped Chen Chuan close the car door, went to the front, sat in the driver's seat, fastened his seat belt, started the car, and turned back towards Yangzhi City.

On the way back to the city, he indeed drove very steadily. Although he was just a driver and didn't have much to say, it didn't stop him from admiring Chen Chuan. Because these past few days, he had been waiting below and occasionally heard news from above, much of which was about Chen Chuan.

It could be said that Chen Chuan was the main force in clearing this paranormal event. Even the surrounding drivers and logistics personnel were very polite to him after learning that he was Chen Chuan's driver.

Chen Chuan leaned back in the rear seat, relaxing. Although he had successfully resolved the paranormal event, it had actually been very dangerous. Even his Second Self had almost been unable to maintain itself.

During that last moment, if he hadn't been able to eliminate the interference of those flying heads in time, he might have allowed the source flying head monster to return to the pile of flesh. If that had happened, the efforts of the previous two days might have been in vain.

Although he had paid a great price, he had also gained a lot.

This stage is described as "building tendon bridges and erecting bone beams." After the mutated fascia grows, it naturally affects the bones and muscles that serve as attachments and coverings, and simultaneously infiltrates and mutates these parts.

For ordinary martial artists, because the emphasis of their force techniques is different, they can only choose to strengthen a certain part of the mutated tissue first, and then slowly allow the body to adapt. Being slower at most means slower progress, but once it speeds up, the mutated tissue may grow disorderly, encroaching on the normal functions of the human body.

In fact, many of the drugs used by students, in addition to stimulating the growth of mutated tissue, also serve to maintain bodily functions. When necessary, they even need to inhibit the excessively rapid growth of mutated tissue to avoid the collapse of bodily functions.

This requires grasping each stage well, and guiding and adjusting reasonably step by step.

Initially, Cheng Zitong was also worried that his alienized tissue would grow too fast, but now it is different. The path he takes is different from others. Zhou Yuan's power technique has to take everything into consideration. The alienized tissue also goes to all parts of the body, and the growth is relatively balanced. This step was corrected and completed under the guidance of He Xiaoxing, and all loopholes were also filled.

Even if the growth rate of the alienized tissue is faster later, there is no problem.

This is like opening up all the rivers in advance. When the flood comes, it will not be blocked and spread, but will be guided to where it is needed more, and further reach the subtle places.

Only on this sufficiently solid foundation can a larger increase be feasible. If it is just a single growth, and the alienized tissue suddenly increases a section, it will only bring very serious consequences.

If it were someone else, even if they got such a powerful stimulus, it would only make the alienized tissue more deformed, and perhaps there would be a life-threatening danger immediately.

This time, he couldn't be sure how much the progress was, but it should be far beyond his expectations. At least, the alienized tissue on his muscles and bones should have completed most of it.

At this stage, it seems that the upper limit is already in sight, but with his own progress, he has also gained some feelings that were difficult to reach in the past, and from this, some ideas have emerged, but he doesn't know if they are right or wrong.

He pondered for a while, and felt that it was necessary to discuss it with He Xiaoxing again. He decided to go back and ask his teacher Cheng Zitong to write a letter to the latter to see if the other party could answer his questions.

About an hour later, the car returned to the school. Chen Chuan said goodbye to Ren Shu and Xiao Wei at the school gate, and then walked into the school gate and returned to the dormitory building.

After arriving at the dormitory hall, he habitually went to the public telephone here first and dialed a number to Cheng Zitong. The latter said, "I have received the telegram about your matter from the entrusted company. It's good if it's handled properly."

Chen Chuan said, "It's just that the jade belt that the teacher gave me can't be brought back."

Cheng Zitong didn't care at all, "Things are meant to be used. It's better to be used than to be left here to mold. I just want to tell you that I have read all the information you brought."

Cheng Zitong said again, "By the way, the Foreign Affairs Bureau has activity arrangements the day after tomorrow, which is the thing I told you about before. You should go there once. Take a good rest today."

Chen Chuan thought for a while and said, "Teacher, regarding the training, I have some questions I would like to ask Teacher He again."

"Well, write down what you want to ask. If it's not urgent, give it to me tomorrow, and I will pass it on to Lao He."

After Chen Chuan talked with him, he hung up the phone. At this time, the dormitory administrator came over and gave him a form, "Fill this out. You haven't been here for the past few days, so I couldn't notify you. As an outstanding student who received a scholarship, you need to go to the Foreign Affairs Bureau with those exchange students the day after tomorrow to participate in activities."

Chen Chuan already knew about this, took it and filled it out, and asked when he handed it back, "Teacher, I've thought about it, I'm going to get a telephone installed in my dormitory."

The dormitory administrator smiled, "Okay, wait for me." He turned back, took an application form over, "Write down the reason for the application, and write the name of the guiding teacher and the applicant."

Chen Chuan took it over, finished it here, and handed it back. The dormitory administrator took a look, saw that there were no mistakes or omissions, and said to him, "If it's fast, someone will come to install it in a day or two. You can also entrust it to others if you are not there, but you must write a note in advance to avoid future disputes."

Chen Chuan nodded, "Okay, thank you, teacher."

At this time, in a room on the ninth floor, those exchange students from Maca were gathering together.

Nali said, "Shani, we may be going to the Foreign Affairs Bureau the day after tomorrow. Has Meli been notified?"

"She's been notified. She said that the teacher over there also told her."

Nali looked at the others again and said, "I asked you to test the Wuyi students around you two days ago. Did you all go?"

Shani said, "Don't worry, I'm keeping an eye on this matter. In the past two days, we have almost found students from the lower floors to compete with. Don't say, the level of Wuyi Academy is really high."

Seeming to think that this was not specific enough, he thought for a while, "Let's put it this way, if it's one-on-one, probably only me and Nali can handle it, but most of them shouldn't be able to beat the combined efforts of two students... At most three students, probably at this level."

Nali's expression was relatively serious. This level was already very high, even higher than he expected. He thought for a while and asked, "Have you tested everyone?"

Shani shook his head and said, "No, there are still omissions. Either they are not at school during this period, or even their classmates have never seen them. Do you still want to find a chance to test them?"

Nali thought for a while and said in a deep voice, "No need, we are going to the Foreign Affairs Bureau the day after tomorrow, don't make trouble. Even if there are individual outstanding ones, the gap will not be too far. Let's leave it at that."

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