Atlas of Heaven and Man

Three days later, thanks to the efforts of the Blood Scar Gang's lawyer and the payment of a large temporary bond, Zhuo Bao was released from the police station.

Due to the police station's deliberate delay, the best time to reattach his arm had passed. Moreover, during his detention, despite his injury, he had been thoroughly dealt with by various overt and covert means, leaving him looking unusually listless.

When he got into the car that had come to pick him up, an old man sitting in the back seat saw him silent and glanced at his bandaged severed arm. He advised him, "Forget about reattaching the arm. We'll get you a prosthetic implant. It'll be better than your old one and won't affect your fighting ability."

He signaled the driver in front to start the car and added, "But what were you doing getting taken care of by a Martial Arts Academy student? You're one of the Five Claws of the Blood Scar Gang, our company's signboard. This is embarrassing, you know? I've already had people suppress the news. Don't mention it again in the future."

Zhuo Bao grinned, revealing a hint of a manic smile. "I'm going to kill that kid."

The old man shook his head. "Don't even think about it. I've investigated. That kid's uncle is a team leader at the police station, and he's got connections with the upper echelons of the police. If you touch him, the police will definitely make things difficult for us."

Zhuo Bao turned his head, his bloodshot eyes staring intently at the old man. He looked as if he might explode at any moment. "Uncle Han, are you saying we're just going to let this go?"

Uncle Han looked back at him and said in a deep voice, "The gang is dealing with issues everywhere recently. Besides the Iron Chain Gang, another force has their eyes on us, and there are people secretly trying to take a bite out of us. Don't cause me any trouble right now. Once the gang has settled the external issues, you can find an opportunity then. I won't stop you at that time."

Meanwhile, as soon as Zhuo Bao was released, Chen Chuan received a notification from the police station, informing him that if this person appeared before him again during the period of his release, and engaged in any provocation or attack, he could directly kill him without any responsibility.

Chen Chuan thanked the notifying officer, but he didn't care about this. If it hadn't been to avoid revealing his Infinite Defense Permit, he would have killed Zhuo Bao then and there.

As for the Blood Scar Gang's revenge, not to mention that the Blood Scar Gang was currently preoccupied, even if they did come, without guns, it would just be an opportunity for him to practice his moves.

There was simply no comparison between ordinary people and fighters. With the gradual strengthening of the Heteromorphosis Organization, the gap between him and ordinary people had become increasingly large, and they could no longer be compared.

Compared to the Blood Scar Gang, what he needed to be wary of now was the Mutual Aid Society.

Around noon that day, Cheng Zitong came to find him. After sitting down, he said to him, "Xiao Chuan, I've had people inquire. Director Lei's information is very accurate. Last time, due to the water pollution incident, many officials in the government departments were dismissed, so there have been many officials being transferred recently. Liu Zhan has also been actively working towards this."

"Although his transfer won't be so quick, that's just the official assumption of duty. The transfer letter may be issued in advance. Once he gets his hands on this, perhaps he will renege on his promise."

Chen Chuan nodded. He could understand. A bureaucrat like Liu Zhan's previous promise was entirely based on Director Lei's reputation. Moreover, previously, the Foreign Affairs Bureau was manipulated by the Secret Church Review Bureau and had to look to Director Lei's face. Once he transferred out, he would no longer care about this.

Cheng Zitong immediately knew which one he was talking about. Because there was no precedent for this Strange Tale and it was relatively difficult, his students and he had discussed it many times before.

He said, "Your approach is correct. If the Mutual Aid Society takes action against you this time, and you can't cope, you will have to go out and avoid them. The company does need an explanation, and if you complete this Strange Tale, it will be worth it to them."

Although this Strange Tale seemed very difficult, he had confidence in his students, so he didn't stop him, but just gave him a few instructions and reminded him of some things to pay attention to. After explaining, he stood up. "Alright, the teacher has something to do, so I'll leave first. Wait for my call about Lao He."

Chen Chuan said okay. After seeing Cheng Zitong off, he began to prepare for dealing with this Strange Tale.

He wanted to find that Strange Tale not only to give the company an explanation, but also because he needed to increase his fighting power as much as possible.

In particular, he needed to increase the time for the Second Self overlap as much as possible.

He still didn't know what kind of enemies he would encounter, but the Mutual Aid Society would definitely collect all kinds of information about him and make thorough and targeted arrangements. Increasing the overlap time could effectively increase his chances of winning.

The last time he performed the Infinite Defense Permit assessment, it increased his overlap time by more than an hour, and the total overlap time had increased to more than four hours.

And defeating Zhuo Bao a few days ago only increased it by a quarter of an hour. The improvement was relatively limited, because this person didn't bring him much pressure, unless he gave up his weapon and competed with him hand-to-hand.

But even if it happened again, he wouldn't do that. If he could defeat the enemy in a simple way, then he would try to use the simple method as much as possible, and not choose others.

However, only by encountering a stronger target and defeating it can the overlap time be effectively increased. Currently, the company's urban legend commission seems like a suitable target.

But I need to prepare a bit and bring some suitable tools.

He spent the next day preparing, and at the same time, he made a phone call to the company to indicate that he would accept the commission.

The next day, he took the things he needed and had the driver, Xiao Wei, take him to Xie Mountain, located in the southeast of Yangzhi. When they arrived at the foot of the mountain, they encountered a small village. Xiao Wei said, "Expert Chen, I didn't expect there to be a village here. It's not on the map."

Chen Chuan knew that many villages were not on the map, especially those slightly further away from the city and not very large, because most of these people were not recognized by Yangzhi.

Looking at it from a distance, the houses here were very old, and like the villages in other places, they had a clear style of the Great Reclamation Era. The original outposts had been transformed into warehouses.

After entering the village, they tried to inquire about it. The people in the village were very surprised to hear that they were here to solve the urban legend in the mountains, and they all came out to watch, because since the last team that tried to eliminate this urban legend failed, no one had come for many years, and even they themselves had become accustomed to this urban legend.

An old man who looked like the village chief asked skeptically, "Young man, can you really solve it?"

Xiao Wei said, "Don't you believe it, this Expert Chen solved the Flying Head monster. That was a commission from the Political Affairs Bureau."

"The Flying Head monster." At the mention of this, the villagers' eyes on Chen Chuan suddenly changed. After all, the Flying Head Sect had a long history in this land, and its scope and influence were much greater than the notoriety of their urban legend here.

Since he could solve the Flying Head monster, he should also be able to solve the thing on the opposite mountain. After all, this urban legend had been a problem for many years. In the beginning, the villagers pooled money to issue a commission, but after several failures, no one was willing to take it. If they could live a normal life, who would be willing to live with an urban legend day and night?

So the villagers enthusiastically found a hunter to lead the way for them.

There was only one road into the mountain. Only the first part of the road could be driven on. After that, the car couldn't go up. The rest of the road could only be walked.

Chen Chuan asked Xiao Wei to go back to the village and wait, and he followed the hunter into the mountains. After more than two hours, they came to a high slope. The hunter pointed to the mountain on the opposite side, "Expert Chen, it's there, it's that temple. My uncle's generation and my grandfather's generation took people in there."

Chen Chuan said, "Thank you, you go back. I can walk here myself."

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The hunter saw that he was alone and was really worried, and said, "Expert Chen, do you really not need help? If I go back to the village and call out, the neighbors can find a dozen good hands."

Chen Chuan patted his sturdy shoulder, "Go back, I'll take care of the rest."

The hunter said, "Then be careful yourself."

After the hunter left, Chen Chuan looked at the mountain and recalled the information about this urban legend.

This urban legend is called "Mountain Ghost", and it has a long history. There is a record of this in the Three Mountains Legends, saying that there is a temple in Xie Mountain, which originally enshrined a statue of a god, but I don't know when it was replaced by a statue of a ghost.

Two children went to the temple to play and came back saying that the eyeballs of the statue would move. When the villagers found out, they thought that the mountain god had manifested, so they offered sacrifices, and the mountain ghost 'ate with its belly, chewing it like candy'.

Originally, the villagers were overjoyed, thinking that the mountain god had manifested, but who would have thought that this mountain ghost not only ate the offerings, but also ate the people who sent the offerings, and would come to the village to eat people on one or two nights every month.

So every night, the villagers closed their windows and doors tightly, hoping that it would not be their turn. But even so, no one left the village.

Because this place is remote, people hiding in the mountains do not have to pay taxes or perform corvée for the government. They would rather endure the danger of being eaten than go down the mountain.

The end of the legend is that the villagers dispersed, and finally a group of people from the Secret Sect came and imprisoned the mountain ghost. This is also a protagonist that often appears in the Three Mountains Legends.

When the Republic of China was established, a new village was rebuilt in the originally deserted place. The first few decades were fine, until someone discovered a Mountain Ghost Temple in the mountains, and the old story was repeated.

But the current villagers are different from the past. After all, they all came here during the Great Reclamation. The villagers are very sturdy. After finding something wrong, they immediately mobilized manpower and weapons to encircle and suppress it, and even requested a commission, but in the end, it all ended in failure, and very few of the people who went there were able to return.

Until now, when night falls, the nearby villagers will leave some livestock in the village and hide in the fortress in the distance to avoid being disturbed by the urban legend.

But even so, in the past twenty years, more than a dozen villages originally surrounding Xie Mountain have gradually disappeared, and most of the people have died of strange diseases.

After learning about this, Chen Chuan had been thinking about solving this urban legend. In the past, he felt that his self-preservation ability was not enough, but now that he has reached the second limit, he has a certain grasp of it.

After watching for a while, he was about to step towards that place when he suddenly noticed something. He raised his hand and looked at his wrist, where a strand of Flying Head monster's hair was tied. At this time, it had a slight reaction.

He thought about it. This should be because he patted the hunter just now. He silently put down his hand, looked at the mountain again, tightened his Snow Monarch Saber, and walked in that direction.

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