Atlas of Heaven and Man

The roadblock was more symbolic than practical. Aside from the pre-existing piles of debris in the middle, the only obstacles were a few restraining ropes, a token effort by the Moss Gang to create an entrance for their own people.

However, the gang members behind, having glimpsed the earlier commotion and heard their leader's instructions, immediately dragged several makeshift tire-shredders to those spots and set them up.

The rest of the gang members lay prone behind the piles of debris, pulling out crossbows and firearms, aiming them forward. Seeing the Guard car approaching, they opened fire even before it got close.

Most of the bullets missed, with only a few hitting the Guard car's armor plating, sparking and ricocheting off.

From the driver's seat, Chen Chuan glanced at the front, stepped on the accelerator, shifted gears, and rammed straight into the obstacles.

The gang members, witnessing this, were shocked and scrambled to jump aside. With a deafening crash, the obstacles were sent flying in all directions as the Guard car roared through.

Chen Chuan only felt a violent jolt through the car. Fortunately, Ghost Walker's modifications had made the car extremely sturdy, and it seemed largely unaffected. It appeared that ramming through roadblocks had been considered during the modifications.

The car bucked a few more times, as if running over debris. Once it stabilized, he quickly spun the steering wheel, making a wide arc and turning onto a main road to the side.

A gang member immediately used his Realm Device to inform the gang about what had happened.

After driving onto the spacious main road, Chen Chuan felt an unusually active state of mind and body, as if his body was more readily controlled by his will.

After careful consideration, he quickly realized that the process of clearing the Strange Tales could also catalyze his own advancement towards the Third Limit.

On reflection, this made sense, as the Strange Tales stimulated rapid growth of the aberrant tissues.

Now, under the dual influence of medication and breathing techniques, his own aberrant tissues were being constrained to grow in a specific direction. All that was lacking was the force to propel them upwards and the mental guidance.

Strange Tales, being both powerful opponents and possessing the mysterious qualities he was interested in, offered a reward for clearing them that was perhaps no less than fighting Red Ribbon.

In the past, each time he cleared a Strange Tale, just like defeating a powerful enemy, his Second Self would increase the time of overlap, which essentially triggered resonance between himself and his Second Self, bringing the Second Self closer to him. Therefore, in the pursuit of mind-body fusion, this was clearly beneficial.

Cao Guiqi had said that any method that suited him was good, but he never said that there was only one method.

If that's the case... besides fighting Red Ribbon, perhaps he could also try clearing some Strange Tales, which would better stimulate the improvement of his aberrant tissues.

Just as he was pondering this, Wu Bei's voice came from the Realm Device: "Brother Chen, many people are attacking your Realm Device and tracking your current direction."

To better assist Chen Chuan, he had left a domain alert on Chen Chuan's Realm Device, so he would immediately receive a notification if anyone launched a domain attack.

Chen Chuan thought for a moment and said, "It should be the people from the Moss Gang. I had a bit of a conflict with them just now."

Hearing that the opponents were gang members, Wu Bei, while helping Chen Chuan resist the external information attacks and interference, perked up and said, "Brother Chen, leave it to me!"

Chen Chuan grunted in acknowledgement. He had no interest in dealing with these people. These gang members were like a mud pit; stepping into it would only get him dirty.

The gangs in Central City were divided by district, each with a fixed territory and not extending into other areas. Once he left Hongsheng District, these people would no longer be able to affect him.

After driving for a while, Wu Bei's voice rang out again: "Brother Chen, there might be gang members blocking the road ahead. I'll find a route for you to get out. This route might be a bit longer, but you won't have to stop for traffic lights."

Chen Chuan said, "Thank you for the trouble."

He followed the instructions marked by Wu Bei and proceeded forward, and indeed, the journey was smooth from then on.

The Resonators of the Moss Gang, realizing they couldn't block him, quickly reacted. As the largest gang in Hongsheng District, they had many strongholds in the city, so a gang leader immediately ordered gang members scattered throughout the city to look out for a modified Guard car. They quickly got results and immediately sent people to intercept him.

Wu Bei also noticed the situation and tried to interfere with the information transmission between the Realm Devices.

The brain implants of these few Resonators were instantly flooded with too much information and couldn't withstand it, and they immediately vomited on the spot. One of the more seriously affected even rolled his eyes back and foamed at the mouth.

After passing two more intersections, Chen Chuan glanced at the rearview mirror and saw two modified convertibles following him, clearly filled with Moss Gang members.

After thinking for a moment, he directly contacted the City Patrol and informed them that he was Chen Chuan, a reserve enforcer of the Bureau, and was currently being pursued by gang members in Hongsheng District. If the City Patrol allowed such a thing to happen, then he would resolve it in the Bureau's way.

Not long after the City Patrol received the message, apparently after communicating with the upper echelons of the Moss Gang, most of the participating gang members immediately ceased their actions. However, some didn't buy it. The leaders in the two cars chasing Chen Chuan received the message from the gang to abandon the pursuit, but they cursed loudly:

"Damn it, the brothers in the gang were injured by him, and that kid Yuan Biao might even be dead. They're telling us to let it go? Am I supposed to give face to the City Patrol? Let them die!"

He grabbed a gun and fired wildly at the front, emptying a magazine in a short while. However, this emotional venting-style shooting was basically no threat other than making some noise.

The two cars followed the Guard car for another street, when suddenly a large patch of bright red writing appeared on their Realm Devices, indicating that they were all wanted and demanding that they immediately stop and accept inspection.

The Moss Gang members in the car didn't take it seriously at all. There were many people in the gang who were wanted, and they had never cared. Inspection? Inspect your mother! Did they need to care about the Patrol's warnings?

After following for another ten minutes, as the cars passed another intersection, suddenly an armored patrol car rushed out from the side and slammed into the side of the leading convertible, and the vehicle immediately rolled out. Only the leader had nerve enhancement and modified tendons, and he jumped off in time before the car overturned.

The people in the car behind were shocked and quickly turned the steering wheel, trying to bypass it, and almost overturned as well. Only then did they realize that there wasn't a single car on this street at some point, and the sections on the left and right were blocked, with armored patrol cars surrounding them on both sides.

This time, the patrol officers in the car didn't shout at all, but directly pulled out their guns and fired at them. Even though these gang members had subcutaneous armor implants, they couldn't withstand so many guns firing at them, and they fell one by one with screams.

The leader who jumped out of the car saw that the situation was not right and immediately activated the explosive hormones in his implant, instantly raising his blood pressure and accelerating his heart rate, trying to escape from here. However, under the crossfire from both sides, he was shot down on the road after only going seven or eight meters.

The City Patrol usually wouldn't make such a big move, after all, they usually just maintain daily security and do after-the-fact work, but openly pursuing and shooting at reserve enforcers on the street was another matter.

Moreover, these days, because the Central City Arena Competition was about to be held, the higher-ups had instructed them to tighten up a bit. These short-sighted people dared to jump out even though they had been warned, and they didn't give them any face, so of course there was no need to be polite anymore.

At the same time, on the residential building not far from the hotel where the Strange Tale appeared, the little boy who had once reminded Chen Chuan came to the door of a room where the curtains were tightly drawn, holding a large box of nutrient paste.

He cautiously pushed open the door. Inside the room, a tall figure was sitting cross-legged, most of his body hidden in the shadows. Strangely, if you didn't see him in person, you couldn't feel his existence at all. However, from the outline of his face, this person looked very heroic. What was more conspicuous was that he had a hammer hanging on his waist.

The boy put down the nutrient paste. "Sir, today's share."

The man stretched out his large hand, grabbed the nutrient paste, tore it open, and started eating.

The boy stood up. Before leaving, he couldn't help but glance at the hammer on the man's waist. The man paused slightly at this moment and looked up at him. "Boy, do you want to learn this?"

The boy was stunned for a moment, then showed joy and nodded vigorously, saying, "I want to!"

However, the man didn't say anything else after that, just kept eating there.

The boy waited for a while. Seeing that he didn't respond, he felt a little disappointed and was about to turn around and leave when he heard the man say, "The anomaly in front has disappeared, I won't be staying here for long."

The boy was stunned and asked with a look of urgency, "Is Sir leaving?"

The man had already finished eating the entire box of nutrient paste at this time. He wiped his mouth with the back of his hand and said, "I will stay a few more days. How much you can learn depends on your ability."

The boy was immediately enveloped by a huge surprise.

"Don't be happy too soon," the man stretched his neck and slowly stood up from the ground, looking down and saying, "My teaching is not so easy to pass."

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