Atlas of Heaven and Man

As Chen Chuan walked across the train station plaza, he took the opportunity to find a phone booth and call Cheng Zitong, letting it ring three times before hanging up.

The call didn't need to connect; Cheng Zitong would understand the meaning.

However, this time, including the round trip for the Defense Permit assessment, it only took about six days from start to finish. The time should be… about right, shouldn't it?

The teacher should be able to accept it.

Just like before, he casually bought a few newspapers and story collections on the station plaza. Because he had calculated the time on the way here, the announcement for the train's arrival came shortly after. He smoothly passed through the ticket gate and boarded the train directly.

The return ticket was, as usual, a seat ticket. He placed his belongings on the luggage rack, but while arranging them, he heard a faint rustling sound coming from inside the suitcase.

This was because the combat spider was also placed inside.

To use this thing, the owner needed to feed it their own blood, passing a blood test in the process.

In the three days at the hostel, he had already fed it according to Old Feng's instructions. In the future, if he wanted to use it smoothly, he only needed to awaken it with a special technique.

Furthermore, to prevent this combat weapon from indiscriminately killing friend and foe alike, there was actually a set of hand gestures combined with vocal commands. After demonstration, the spider would remember them, thereby acting according to your instructions. But the Iron Fist gang clearly didn't have the patience for this kind of guidance.

However, he believed that an uncontrolled weapon wasn't a weapon at all. Therefore, after confirming that he was the spider's master, he spent those three days making the combat spider understand the gestures and commands it needed to remember, and he even threw in a can of high-energy nutrients afterward.

However, there were no enemies around, so it was difficult to have the spider demonstrate its combat capabilities. This led to the ingested energy not being fully exhausted, so even when it was dormant, it would inevitably be somewhat active.

He reached out and gently tapped it, and the movement there stopped again.

Then he sat down, pondering his next plans.

This time, he obtained the Unlimited Defense Permit extremely quickly, not even taking a full ten days. After returning, no one would discover it in the short term.

Because according to common sense, he simply didn't have the time to take the exam. After all, a Class C permit takes at least a month, and a Class B permit takes several months. Just like this time, if he had arrived a little later and the Iron Fist gang had gone deep into the chaotic zone, then he would have had to enter the chaotic zone, which would have been a big problem.

Just finding people there would take a lot of effort, and he might have to deal with the forces inside. Even if he eliminated the targets, he would still have to figure out how to get out. It couldn't be done in a few months.

The current situation undoubtedly provided him with excellent cover.

Although the department's evaluation would only conceal it for a year at most, even if someone saw his department's evaluation, as long as he didn't actively publicize it, no one would know about it for the time being. After all, the local power of the Yangzhi City elites was limited and not large enough to check the archives of the national review team.

Even if they discovered the department's evaluation later and became wary of him, the way they chose to suppress him would be based on someone without a Defense Permit, which would give him more room to maneuver.

He thought about it. He had only entered the Second Limit not long ago, and his strength was still in a period of rapid growth. At this stage, he was improving every day. If he could get more time to grow, he would undoubtedly be even more prepared.

It was almost June now, and in another month, it would be the holidays. After the summer vacation, new students would also be entering the school. By the time he was a sophomore, his strength should be even higher. With the strength he had to obtain a Class B Defense Permit as a freshman, he would be able to compete for a spot to go to Central City.

He always remembered what Cheng Zitong, He Xiaoxing, and Director Lei had said to him: only in Central City could he understand the entirety of this world.

He looked out the window, watching the scenery constantly flying backward.

He was determined to go there.

Taking a breath, he took out two nutrient bars from his pocket and ate them, then began to slowly guide his breathing.

As the train moved and time passed, the sky outside gradually darkened. In the rhythmic friction of the wheels and the tracks, he closed his eyes and rested.

It seemed like a long time later, he opened his eyes and saw the sun rising from the end of the horizon in the direction the train was traveling, with golden light falling on his body, warm and harmonious.

Maybe he took the exam too quickly this time.

After considering it, if he went back to school now, it would be easy to find loopholes because he hadn't coordinated his story with Cheng Zitong. It wouldn't be appropriate to go home at this time either, so he decided to find a place to stay first.

This was the south of the city, relatively close to Ren Shu's company, so he decided to go to the company first.

Moreover, he had heard Ren Shu say last time that because the company's evaluation had improved, some old files and archives from the Political Affairs Hall were also open to the company. A considerable portion had already been filed with the company, and he hadn't had time to look at them yet, so he might as well take this opportunity to browse through them.

Since completing the Flying Head Cult's commission, the company had moved out of its original venue and found another building.

This was a five-story building, newly built not long ago. It was said that a member of the company's family had provided it for him to start a company, so he simply contributed it.

When Chen Chuan arrived, there were still scattered lights on in the building.

However, at this time, it was when gangs began to be active. Gang members riding two-wheeled motorcycles roared past on the streets from time to time, sometimes dragging burning cans and fireworks behind them, shouting and yelling wildly, making a lot of noise. Some people were drunk, or had taken too many drugs, and looked very excited.

The southern part of the city was the territory of the Blood Scar Gang, so these were all members of the Blood Scar Gang. Some people saw Chen Chuan walking alone on the roadside and seemed to want to cause trouble, and as they called out, more and more people gathered around. They were not in a hurry to attack, wanting to tease him a little.

Chen Chuan just walked along calmly, seemingly not noticing the commotion around him.

But at this moment, a team of security guards in uniform rushed out of the company building, taking out crossbows and light shields and facing the gang members.

These security guards all paid tribute to the Patrol Bureau and were granted certain temporary firearms qualifications. Leaving aside who would win or lose in a fight, once a conflict occurred, the Patrol Bureau would immediately be dispatched, and the matter would escalate.

Even if the little lackeys below were not clear-headed, the bosses above knew the importance of things, so someone immediately came forward to stop them, spitting a few times at the company's security guards, and then roaring away.

The security captain led his men to Chen Chuan and asked with concern: "Expert Chen, are you okay?"

The duty officer next to him said: "What kind of person is Expert Chen? He can even deal with paranormal events. He is also a senior student of Wu Yi. Expert Chen just doesn't want to bother with these gang lackeys, otherwise they would all be lying here."

The security captain repeatedly echoed his words.

Chen Chuan glanced at the departing gang members and said, "Is it like this every day?"

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The security captain said: "Not really, it's only been like this for the past seven or eight days. I heard that a boss of the Blood Scar Gang was killed, and not just one, but they can't find the murderer. How can they not be crazy? They want to provoke anyone they see."

Chen Chuan nodded and said, "Thank you for your hard work." He then said to the person in charge: "Buy some late-night snacks for everyone, and put it on my tab."

"Okay, Expert Chen."

"Thank you, Expert Chen!"

After Chen Chuan entered the company building under the guidance of the person in charge, two security guards whispered behind him:

"Every time Expert Chen goes in and out, he is with the boss. I thought he was a very arrogant person, but I didn't expect him to be quite easy to talk to."

"Hey, you don't understand, do you? Only those who are capable are like this. Those who are incapable have to show that they are capable."

"People like this are living their lives to the fullest."

"I can't envy him. He is a student of Wu Yi, and he is already an expert in the company at a young age. How can you compare? What were you doing twenty years ago?"

"I can't do it, but my son can. When I save enough money, I will send my son to take the Wu Yi exam, let him marry your daughter, and have a big fat son, then it will be perfect."

"What did you just say?"

"… I'm going to see if the late-night snacks have arrived…"

After Chen Chuan entered the company, he went to the archive room first. Ren Shu and others were not here at this time, but he had the key, so he went straight in.

After flipping through it for a while, the person in charge came in and put a cup of hot drink on the table, "Expert Chen, hot water and a room have been prepared for you."

"Thank you," Chen Chuan thanked him.

The person in charge hurriedly said that it was no trouble, and seeing that Chen Chuan was focused on the archives again, he retreated out, trying not to make a sound when he left, and then carefully closed the door.

While Chen Chuan was looking through the old archives, he also casually looked at the commissions recently sent to the company. At this time, he noticed a commission letter that had been sent but had not yet been confirmed, requesting him to go to a certain cult to retrieve a specified item.

He thought about it, wasn't this the matter that Senior Sister Min Lan had mentioned before?

This commission was also sent to the company? It seems that the client has issued commissions to more than one company.

However, their company mainly focuses on paranormal events, which is not the same as cults, but clients generally can't tell the difference. In fact, from Min Lan's side, those companies also can't tell the difference.

He glanced at it roughly and moved it to the side, but the next commission caught his attention, because this time it really involved a paranormal event, and it was a very famous paranormal event in Yangzhi City—the Skull-Cracking Demon.

The Skull-Cracking Demon is very widely spread in Yangzhi City, because the victims are not distinguished by status, even if you are a powerful person, you can't guard against it, so the lower-level people are very keen to discuss this.

As for the targets who died because of the Skull-Cracking Demon this time, he actually already knew about them, they were several bosses of the Blood Scar Gang, but not two, but three.

Within ten days, three high-ranking bosses had died, it seemed that they were being deliberately targeted, no wonder the Blood Scar Gang members were so manic.

After reading it, he thought for a while, put the commission letter aside, and continued to flip through other commissions.

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