Atlas of Heaven and Man

Chen Chuan looked at the river outside and said, "If I'm not mistaken, his initial intention was to use Mo Lan to obtain materials from the Esoteric Sect and utilize the waterways of Yangzhi City to complete an Esoteric Sect ritual arrangement. This might encompass a portion or the entirety of Yangzhi City."

The other end of the phone was silent for a moment, then Director Lei's voice came through clearly, with a hint of seriousness, "Student Chen, please tell me everything you've seen and the clues you have, slowly. I'm listening."

Chen Chuan said okay, and then described what he had seen while doing the commission before, combined with today's discoveries. Finally, he added, "Director Lei, I suspect that the things leaked by Mo Lan Company may themselves be one of the Esoteric Sect materials being used.

If this can be confirmed, then the so-called news that this soil can beautify and nourish the body, I suspect is very likely intentionally released by the person behind it, and there may be people arranged by this person among the buyers."

Director Lei said, "Our Review Bureau has inspected that thing. There is no conclusion as to what it is, but it is not enough to be used as Esoteric Sect material, but..."

He continued, "The water quality of Yangzhi City has its own special characteristics. If the two are combined, it is hard to say whether it will produce any special effects. This is an easily overlooked point. I will arrange for someone to check it later."

Chen Chuan said, "Director Lei, this person can do this kind of thing in the river near Mo Lan Company. The company itself must be aware of this. Maybe Mo Lan Company is promoting it behind the scenes.

It's just that Mo Lan Company didn't experience any changes even until its collapse, so it should not have been completed in the end, but judging from the current situation, it seems that this person has not completely given up his original idea."

Director Lei said, "If we look at the situation you discovered, the ritual is arranged according to the waterways, then it should include the entire city, but that's not enough. This can only be regarded as the outermost edge. The central part must have a large amount of filling, which cannot be completed by the river alone..."

Speaking of this, he paused, "Wait a moment..."

On the other end of the phone, Director Lei seemed to be flipping through something. After a while, his voice came again, this time becoming very serious:

"If the ritual is arranged according to the river line, then the ritual on Olive Street before was probably not just to transfer Yuan Qi, but to use this as a cover to make it a part of the entire great ritual.

If we look at it this way, including the old factory in the west of the city where you stayed, it should also be one of the nodes.

Before this, we discovered and destroyed various rituals in the south and north of the city. Although the distances are not equal, large and small waterways or underground rivers can be found on the outer edges of each place, which can correspond to it."

Looking at it this way, this person should have had this big plan for a long time, and is very patient, taking several years to slowly promote it, improve his own skills, and then slowly piece together the entire puzzle."

Speaking of this, Director Lei said faintly, "But his stall is too big, and he thinks too well. To achieve that kind of effect, unless the people of the Yangzhi City Esoteric Sect Review Bureau do not exist."

Chen Chuan nodded silently. Now it seems that even if the Esoteric Sect Review Bureau did not know about this plan in advance, it still destroyed most of the plan with its excellent professional skills.

However, that was also because the Review Bureau had Director Lei, an experienced director. What if Director Lei was not in office? He couldn't help but think of the incident with Director Lei's son three years ago. This doesn't seem to be a coincidence.

He thought for a while and asked, "Director Lei, if this Esoteric Sect ritual is completed, what kind of effect will it achieve?"

Director Lei pondered for a moment and said, "It's not clear yet, because this ritual does not exist in any records. It should be his own modification based on the actual situation.

There has never been an Esoteric Sect ritual of this scale before, and it is not even certain whether it will succeed, so perhaps even he himself does not know. This time, he should only be pursuing technical success. Perhaps only after trying it will his next step pursue the effect."

Chen Chuan said, "In that case, Mo Lan Company may also have been used by him. Well, or rather, Mo Lan Company doesn't care about these investments. Although Mo Lan Company is no longer there, it seems that he is still trying to restore the ritual now."

Director Lei said in a deep voice, "We have already destroyed many nodes. It is impossible for him to achieve the original ritual scale. If only a part is completed, it will not be of much significance, but there is another possibility..."

If he takes the waterway as the boundary, not inward, but outward, and instead targets the areas and people outside the river, that is possible.

"Outside the river... that's outside the city?"

Chen Chuan suddenly thought of the attack on Caijia Village by the Blood Scar Gang before, which also involved Esoteric Sect personnel. Could it be for this purpose?

That's not right!

That place is too far away from the main river. I don't know where it is biased. If you want to arrange it outward, you can only achieve the effect by distributing it near the river.

And the more important places outside the river that can be used...

A place name suddenly popped into his mind.

Xie Mountain!

This mountain located in the southeast is extremely close to the Bai River, and there is a railway passing under Xie Mountain, which was repeatedly blown up before.

Although it has been repaired now, there is no guarantee that it will not be targeted again.

Moreover, Xie Mountain is one of the three mountains in the legend of the Three Mountains, and it is also a place where strange tales frequently appear. He eliminated the mountain ghost in Xie Mountain!

But this does not mean that there is only one strange tale in Xie Mountain. Assuming that the Esoteric Sect ritual can drive the strange tales that originally existed in Xie Mountain, then even if the Xie Mountain section is reopened, it will become extremely dangerous.

Especially since the Resistance Organization has repeatedly caused trouble here, and now the Resistance Organization seems to be involved with the Blood Scar Gang and the person behind it, then could the key be here?

We cannot ignore this inference even if there is only a slight possibility. I will try to communicate with people from relevant departments and secretly investigate this matter first."

Speaking of this, he added, "If this matter is determined, we must find a way to stop it. Student Chen, we may have a commission to give you at that time. Wait for my call."

After Chen Chuan put down the telephone, he came out of the phone booth and looked at the flowing river outside.

He was not interested in escorting those corporate giants, but most of the people on the train were ordinary passengers, and these people were innocent.

Moreover, speaking of which, whether it was Shen Zheng's incident before, or the old factory incident directly related to him, there was a shadow of the person behind it involved, then he should also have some return.

At about the same time, in Shangbu City, inside a secret stronghold, Bao Yuan, the captain of the Resistance Organization, was talking to someone on the phone.

"Manager Han, I will do what I promised you, but shouldn't the guns and funds you promised us also be delivered?

...You yourself have hidden in the Land of Chaos, but leaving the brothers behind still have to deal with those greyhounds. Brothers have to fight with people and have to eat their fill, so they have to have guys...

The last batch? Don't mention it, it was found by those greyhounds on the way, and it didn't fall into our hands at all...

Heh... I will take action. I promised you Mo Lan Company things before, which one haven't I done?

...Speaking of this, I'll also tell you the truth. Manager Han, you know what we do. If I don't stand up, the brothers below won't obey me, don't you think so?

So you don't have to be afraid that I won't work. As long as I get the things, I will definitely move, no matter how much I do, you won't lose out anyway, right?

Um, um, okay, then I'll wait. As soon as the funds and guns are in place, we'll take action immediately...

...Just watch, this time I'll give you a return gift."

With a click, Bao Yuan hung up the phone, looked up at the team member next to him and said, "It's settled, the things will arrive in a few days. When the money and guys are together, we will kill back to Yangzhi City. This time, we will give them a big show."

The team member's spirits lifted, thought for a while, and then reminded him: "Captain, the Caijia Village fellows seem to be looking for us everywhere recently. Should we..."

Bao Yuan frowned, "The Blood Scar Gang people didn't solve them, they are lucky. Now we don't have time to care about them, ignore them."

The team member complained: "Captain, with them holding us back, many things can't be done. They also always slander us to the higher-ups. Why don't we..."

Bao Yuan said solemnly, "No, we can't do it ourselves. Anyway, we won't meet them this time, but if they really dare to come and provoke us, then we'll fight together. You go down and tell the brothers to be quiet recently and don't cause trouble for me."

"Okay." The team member left dejectedly.

Bao Yuan thought for a while, then went to the telegraph room next door and said to the telegraph operator waiting there: "Send a telegram to ask Mr. Painter, can the painting be delivered on time?"

The telegraph operator immediately sent the telegram according to his instructions.

Bao Yuan did not leave, but waited there. However, there was no reply even after more than an hour, but he seemed very patient. It wasn't until nearly two hours later that the telegraph operator finally received a reply. He couldn't help but stand up and leaned over, asking: "What does it say?"

After the telegraph operator translated it, he looked up and said: "Captain, the painter said that there is no shortage of painting tools and canvas, and the painting will be delivered on time."

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