Atlas of Heaven and Man

On April 17th, Chen Chuan left the Xuangong Building early in the morning, drove out of the central city, and traveled north along the national highway, eventually arriving at a highway checkpoint far away from the Burrowing Mother.

Once he reached this place, the bio-field effect was gone, and the Boundary Token was completely silent.

He didn't go through the checkpoint. After stopping the car, he went to a public phone booth by the roadside.

Walking inside, he picked up the receiver, inserted a dozen coins in a row, and dialed a phone number. After waiting for a while, a voice sounded, "Whom are you looking for?"

Chen Chuan said, "Is this Chang's Inn? I'm looking for Little Chang."

After a pause, he said, "I'm Chen Chuan."

"Oh, it's Little Brother Chen? I remember you."

The person on the other end seemed to be a waiter who had seen Chen Chuan before. She said, "Little Brother Chen, please wait a moment, I'll go get the boss."

After waiting for a short while, it seemed like someone on the other end of the phone was shouting, followed by a series of quick and light footsteps rapidly approaching the phone receiver.

As soon as it was picked up, Chang Ba's voice came through.

"Little Brother Chen, is that you? Haha, what made you think of calling me? I remember you wrote last year saying you were going to the central city? You should be in the central city now? How are you doing?"

Chen Chuan smiled and said, "Little Chang, I'm in the central city, and everything is fine now."

"That's good."

Chang Ba sighed with a hint of envy, "The central city, it's really great. I haven't had the chance to go there yet. I heard it's different from the outside. What do you think?"

Chen Chuan said, "How should I put it? If you want my honest opinion, then everyone in the central city has a devil sleeping next door.

Sometimes people turn into devils, and sometimes devils turn back into people."

Chang Ba couldn't help but widen his eyes and clicked his tongue, saying, "Is it that exaggerated? But I also feel like it's not an exaggeration.

Alas, if the central city is like you said, then why does everyone want to go there?"

Chen Chuan said, "Perhaps it's because there are stairs leading to the sun here."

Chang Ba thought for a moment and said seriously, "Understood."

"But not everyone wants to go. Little Chang, don't you not want to go?"

"Of course, I certainly don't want to go, hahaha..."

Chang Ba laughed for a while, then cleared his throat and asked curiously, "Little Brother Chen, what's the matter with calling me?"

Chen Chuan said, "Is Teacher He there?"

"Uncle He? He's here. Are you looking for him? I'll go get him, wait a moment."

Chen Chuan waited patiently. More than ten minutes later, the receiver was picked up, and He Xiaoxing's deep voice came out: "Student Chen?"

Listening to the voice, Chen Chuan could imagine the tall and strong figure with disheveled hair behind the receiver. He said, "Teacher He, it's me. I'm planning to take action against Zhao Qian soon."

He Xiaoxing didn't ask the reason, but asked in a deep voice, "What are you planning to do?"

Chen Chuan explained his thoughts and the general execution plan. He elaborated on some of the more complex parts.

Finally, he said, "I'm still missing a key element, Teacher He. I need a photo of Senior Brother Shen."

He Xiaoxing said in a deep voice, "I will send it to you in the next two days.

After you confirm, remember to send me a telegram with the specific date and time of the action."

Chen Chuan's heart stirred, and he said "Okay."

After ending the call and hanging up the receiver, he understood He Xiaoxing's meaning, that he seemed to want to participate in this matter.

However, among those involved in the death of Shen Zheng, only Zhao Qian, the one who directly participated at the time, was still doing well outside. It was also time to put a complete end to this matter.

Walking out of the phone booth, he returned to the Cadillac, started the car, and headed back to the central city.

A quarter of an hour later, as the central city in the sea of fog ahead became more and more conspicuous, the Boundary Token also began to recover. He contacted Gao Ming, who was waiting for news, and said, "Gao Ming, you can start."

The internal work review team was a review team stationed in Jinbei Road Central City by the head office, responsible for recording, reporting, and supervising.

When necessary, they would convey and implement some decisions of the head office, but usually they had basically no presence and would not appear in front of him, unless it was...

The urgent dissuasion of the female assistant came from outside, followed by footsteps.

The office door was pushed open directly, and three people in dark company uniforms walked in. The visitors were two men and one woman, all with obvious embedded lines on their cheeks and no expression on their faces.

One of the men came in front of him, his legs slightly apart, and stood in front of the desk.

After he stood up, he said in a businesslike tone:

"Supervisor Zhao, this morning, the company received an investigation letter from the Bureau of Investigation, accusing you of being suspected of murdering a candidate for the Bureau of Investigation.

We are issuing an inquiry to you on behalf of the head office, please give a reasonable explanation for this matter."

Zhao Qian's heart skipped a beat. He didn't show any abnormality on his face and said in a deep voice, "I'm sorry to disturb the head office, but this is completely slander."

The woman at the end immediately recorded his answer with a pen, while pressing the Boundary Token, seemingly communicating with someone, which gave an invisible pressure.

The man looked at him and continued to ask expressionlessly: "The Bureau of Investigation requires you to accept their summons within two days and accept an investigation and inquiry.

Do you have anything to say to the company?"

Zhao Qian solemnly said, "Please convey to the company's directors that I will handle this matter promptly and will not allow the company's business to be affected."

The man said, "Supervisor Zhao, we will truthfully convey your words. The company will evaluate your business capabilities and your proposed solutions. The evaluation form will be sent to you within two days."

Zhao Qian said, "I will comply with the company's arrangements."

The man said, "The inquiry is complete. Supervisor Zhao, Director Xing wants to speak with you. Please be ready to be contacted later. Goodbye." After saying that, the three people left without looking back.

After Zhao Qian waited for them to leave, his expression immediately darkened. He didn't know where the problem was or how he had been exposed. How much did the Bureau of Handling Affairs actually know?

Logically speaking, his request was made through the platform, so it should have been impossible to expose himself.

But thinking about these things now is useless. He needs to find a way to handle this matter properly.

He immediately contacted Director Xing. This director was nominally the highest manager of the Central City branch, but in reality, he was not based here for a long time and stayed at the head office instead.

After the connection was made, an impatient recorded message came from within: "Zhao Qian, regardless of whether you did this or not, settle it as soon as possible. The company's escort mission for this month is just around the corner. Before and after that, I don't want to hear similar news again."

After the message ended, the call was immediately disconnected.

Zhao Qian thought for a while with a cold face. He walked to the window, contacted someone, and asked after the connection was made, "How is the investigation going?"

"Boss, I haven't found anything unusual yet. His daily routine is very regular, and I haven't seen him meet with anyone special. If I had to say one thing, well, he goes to Mo Tie Mountain once a month.

I checked, and this should be a teacher arranged for him by the Bureau of Handling Affairs, but the internal defenses of Mo Tie Mountain are very strict, and I don't know the specific identity of that person yet."

Zhao Qian said in a deep voice, "Since there are no results yet, then stop the investigation for now and wait for my instructions."

"Looks like you've got something going on, Boss. Got it, I'll stop right away."

Zhao Qian took a deep breath. He couldn't act against Chen Chuan for the time being, because now that the Bureau of Handling Affairs had made this matter public, they would definitely be watching him next. Even the slightest movement would cause bigger trouble.

But having just settled the previous troubles, now the Bureau of Handling Affairs was targeting him again. This was enough to make those within the company who were eyeing his position start to stir again.

He had to handle these things in a timely manner.

He pondered carefully for a long time, and finally contacted someone again using his Realm Artifact. The other side answered after a while, but no sound came out, but he knew that the other side must be listening. He said, "Help me one more time."

After a short while, a soft, girlish voice came out: "What do you want to do?"

Zhao Qian said calmly, "The company's assessment season is imminent. I need to successfully complete the last escort mission of this season. After this time, I will apply to be transferred away from Ji Bei Road and give up this position."

Seeing that the other side didn't say anything, he added, "I know you hate me very much, but I am very important to you. Now you don't even have a trustworthy person outside. Even if you hate me, I can be your eyes and ears and your right-hand man outside."

After a long while, the girl's voice rang out again: "Okay."

After Zhao Qian ended the call, he looked ahead with cold eyes. Things were not over yet.

Two days later, on April 22nd, Zhao Qian left the Lianwei Heavy Drive Company and came to the Bureau of Handling Affairs in a car with his personal lawyer to accept the Bureau's investigation and inquiry.

Since the destruction of the Mo Lan Company, he had been here several times. This time, the Bureau of Handling Affairs was still very impolite to him, and even asked him to take out his Realm Artifact for inspection during the inquiry.

However, his personal lawyer refused on the grounds of suspected disclosure of company secrets and demanded that the Bureau of Handling Affairs produce real evidence of the accusation, rather than intimidating his client.

The people from the Bureau of Handling Affairs only presented some ambiguous evidence, but their words implied that as long as he cooperated to a certain extent, they would not bother him during this period and in the future.

Zhao Qian understood what the Bureau of Handling Affairs wanted him to do, but agreeing to the Bureau was a terrible choice. If he lost his identity as a company manager, he would be worthless to the Bureau, and it would be easier to manipulate him. On the contrary, if he persisted, he could protect himself, so he did not respond in the slightest.

The Bureau of Handling Affairs obviously didn't expect to make him submit at once. After making him stay in the Bureau for twelve hours, they released him and asked him to continue to accept inquiries tomorrow.

At this moment, Chen Chuan had already received the results from Ni Qianqian. He said to Gao Ming, "As expected, the Bureau of Handling Affairs doesn't intend to deal with Zhao Qian."

Gao Ming said, "As expected, a middle-level manager in charge of major affairs is very valuable. The Bureau of Handling Affairs will not give up so easily. If Zhao Qian is dealt with, a line will be cut off. But fortunately, he has now come to the surface and will not be able to attack you in the near future, Big Brother.

Even if he needs to, it will be when he goes out. If he is outside and someone attacks you again, Big Brother, he can clear his suspicion and ensure that the Central City of Ji Bei Road will not be able to pursue him for the time being."

Chen Chuan said calmly, "He won't have that chance." At this moment, Wu Bei's excited and nervous voice came from the Realm Artifact: "Brother Chen, he's out of the Bureau of Handling Affairs."

Chen Chuan said, "Okay, Brother Wu, I'll leave the next things to you."