Atlas of Heaven and Man

The moment the ritual was completed, Chen Chuan immediately noticed that the illusory signs on my body had been weakened significantly, indicating that the ritual arrangement was very successful.

However, this only temporarily restrained the influence of this thing and couldn't last too long.

Because from this moment on, the materials that had been drawn were constantly being consumed.

Chen Chuan didn't dislike it, thanked him, and took it.

Old Qi was sitting in the car, constantly dozing off. He couldn't resist the urge to smoke to stay awake several times, but since having his daughter, he had quit smoking. Seeing Chen Chuan come out, he glanced at Chong Dage's corpse and said in surprise, "Chong Dage? Little Brother Chen, this, who did this?"

Chen Chuan put the corpse down and said, "After we left, someone else must have come. They killed Xiaoman, and the subsequent events were triggered by them."

"Damn it!" Old Qi couldn't help but curse.

Chen Chuan said, "The ritual I set up can only last for a day or two at most. It's difficult to completely solve it, but weakening this strange tale and confining it to a small area is still possible, provided that the murderer is found and dealt with.

However, when I arrived, the people around were either unconscious or dead. I need to find someone who was nearby at the time to ask about the situation."

Old Qi looked at Chong Dage's corpse and said, "Little Brother Chen, I know someone who might be able to find the answer from Chong Dage's implanted world interface."

Hearing him say this, Chen Chuan couldn't help but ask, "The person you know, is he a Resonator?"

Old Qi nodded.

Resonators, also known as Mystics, are people who, through special brain and nerve implants, can interfere with and disrupt the information exchange between other people's world interfaces and the surrounding biological fields.

Some skilled ones can even steal information from within the world interface, and even cause a person's internal implant to misjudge external stimuli, thereby making incorrect reactions.

This was originally a group of people cultivated by government departments and companies, with the purpose of stealing information from competitors. As technology trickled down and the number of such people gradually increased, it spread to society. Nowadays, many organizations hire such people to guard against information theft and infringement by others.

When browsing the news, Chen Chuan was reminded not to communicate with strangers at will to avoid being stolen information or having his world interface damaged by Resonators.

He said, "Are you confident?"

Old Qi said, "I think there shouldn't be a problem."

Chen Chuan said, "Then let's give it a try."

Old Qi nodded and said, "I'll contact him." He pressed his hand against his neck, and an orange light flickered in one of his eyes. After a while, he said, "He's here. Shall we go over now?"

Chen Chuan said, "Let's go now."

The two immediately got into the car, left the place, turned onto the street, and drove quickly for more than an hour before arriving at a high-end apartment building.

After contacting him, they went through strict security to enter the apartment, took the stairs to the seventh floor, and reached the door of the room, which was opened from the inside.

The one who opened the door was a large fat man, with slightly curly hair, fleshy all over, and a fair double chin. He held a cup of hot drink in his hand, emitting a fragrant aroma, and waved friendly to the two of them.

Old Qi said, "Little Brother Chen, this is Wu Bei, Little Brother Wu, not much older than you. He is a Resonator hired by our Tongxing Entrusted Company. He's a good person, very enthusiastic, and willing to help anyone in need."

Wu Bei was a little embarrassed by his words, moved his bloated body, and greeted, "Come in, come in quickly."

After the two came in, Old Qi knew that time was tight, so he didn't exchange pleasantries and directly explained the situation.

Wu Bei asked in a low voice, "Did you bring the corpse?"

Old Qi said, "It's in my car."

"Okay, I'll take a look..."

Wu Bei closed his eyes. Chen Chuan noticed that his neck, back of his head, and under his skin all began to glow slightly, which should be the implanted skin covering the implants below.

"Ugh..."

After watching for a while, he suddenly covered his neck, seeming to be unable to breathe, his face flushed red, and he was a little unsteady on his feet.

Chen Chuan stretched out a hand and supported his arm, easily holding up his three-hundred-plus-pound body.

Wu Bei gasped for breath, and after a while, he recovered, looked at Chen Chuan gratefully, and said at the same time, "I'll transmit it to you now..."

Old Qi immediately said, "I don't need to..." But before he could finish speaking, an extremely impactful scene had already rushed into his mind through the implanted world interface.

He saw "himself" sitting in the shack, talking to Xiaoman, vaguely hearing words like "your brother...", "sewer hunter", "human organ trafficking", and so on.

Then the door was kicked open with a bang, and a man with a gloomy face broke in. "Himself" pushed Xiaoman away, and then fought with the person who came. In the beginning, they exchanged several moves. Even though the other party was holding a knife, he relied on his implanted arm to block. In the middle of it, Xiaoman even took the opportunity to fire a shot at the person, but failed to hit.

But after a while, "himself's" arm suddenly stiffened, and the muscle contraction failed to pull it, which instead caused himself to stumble forward.

The other party stabbed into his abdomen with a knife, twisted it fiercely, pulled the knife out, and then smeared it across "himself's" neck, instantly feeling a chill in his throat.

As "himself" fell, he grabbed the blade, and in the blur, he heard the sound of a gunshot.

The scene then plunged into darkness.

Old Qi's face was a little pale for a while. These transmitted memories were not simply pictures, but also the remaining memories of Chong Dage at the time, emotions, and even pain, all brought together, as if he had personally experienced being killed.

He was also gasping for breath, propping his hands on his knees. After recovering, he couldn't help but raise his head and glare at Wu Bei.

Wu Bei also knew that he seemed to have done something wrong, and was a little embarrassed, scratching his head and saying, "I'm sorry, Uncle Qi, I didn't mean to." He looked at Chen Chuan again.

In comparison, Chen Chuan's expression was always very calm, and he didn't seem to be affected at all. Wu Bei widened his eyes, "Little Brother Chen, didn't you see it?"

Chen Chuan said, "I saw it, Little Brother Wu. Can you find out the identity of this person?"

Wu Bei replied, "I can, wait a moment."

Even if the other party was a citizen, as long as he knew what that person looked like, he could find out that person's information through the official non-active consciousness.

Before long, he said, "Found it, Bo Chen... client... ... ..." He then followed the field exchange information at the time and traced it to that car, "Citizen Lang Teng... client... and another one... eh..."

He suddenly tilted his head, the light under his skin flickered, and he said with some lingering fear, "Fortunately, fortunately..."

He said to the two of them, "The biological field of the last person was erased. I wanted to investigate, but I almost touched the field feedback left by that person. I almost got discovered. That should also be a Resonator."

Chen Chuan asked, "They are clients? Which company do they belong to?"

Wu Bei shook his head and said, "They don't belong to any entrusted company. They belong to an entrusted team called Golden Shrimp."

Hearing this name, Old Qi's face changed, and he murmured, "I should have thought of it."

Chen Chuan looked over, "Old Qi, do you know them?"

"Little Brother Chen, remember I told you about the group that kept taking the abnormal entrustment? It's them!" Old Qi thought again, "But this is too coincidental, there must be some reason."

He checked with his world interface and found that the abnormal entrustment now showed a completed status. He checked further forward, but found that there was a cancellation status before, and the reason for the cancellation was: "The entrustment has been completed, request a refund of the entrustment deposit."

"No wonder..."

Old Qi shook his head. He raised his head and said, "I told them not to ask for the entrustment deposit back, that would cause trouble, because once a cancellation is requested, the entrustment money will be frozen after one day to wait for confirmation, and after confirming again the next day, most of the fees except the platform handling fee can be withdrawn."

He said with a disgusted tone, "But the Golden Shrimp gang doesn't do things honestly. Once they're on the entrustment platform, they probably treat this money as their own. It's okay if they don't cancel, but if they withdraw it, it will definitely attract their attention."

Chen Chuan thought for a moment. Looking at it this way, this incident was likely caused by this action arousing the attention of this team, so they sent someone to kill Xiaoman.

Probably in the eyes of these people, this is just a matter of taking a walk and killing a person along the way, and Chong Dage happened to be with Xiaoman at the time, so he was killed together.

Then, the next step is to find this Golden Shrimp entrusted team.

He said to Wu Bei, "Thank you, Little Brother Wu."

"Hey, you're welcome, you're welcome."

Chen Chuan said, "Sorry to bother you, we'll leave first. Old Qi, let's go."

Wu Bei hesitated to speak, but finally scratched his head and didn't say anything, sending the two of them out.

After arriving outside, Old Qi asked, "Little Brother Chen, what do we do next?"

Chen Chuan straightened his collar, his pace slightly faster, and said, "Old Qi, you go back first, I'll go deal with the person who did it."

"But Little Brother Chen, that's an entrusted team. They will definitely join forces to deal with you. The Golden Shrimp gang is not weak. Not only are there fighters, but there may also be guns..." Old Qi hurriedly followed, anxiously reminding him.

Chen Chuan paused, turned his head, "If that's the case..." He said in a calm voice, "Then it's better to just deal with them together." After speaking, he walked out.