Atlas of Heaven and Man

Having reached the surface, Chen Chuan followed Jie Ping's directions to find the safe house where Meng Shu and the others were hiding. He used Jie Ping to notify them from the outside, informing them that everything was over.

After waiting for a while, Meng Shu and Yan Yi came out from inside, escorted by several bodyguards.

Chen Chuan said to Meng Shu, "The matter has been resolved. If Old Mr. Meng keeps his word, then you are now the sole heir to the company."

Meng Shu was silent for a moment before softly saying, "Although my grandfather and I are not close, he is generally true to his word. At least on the surface, he is someone who tries his best to uphold the rules."

Yan Yi, as if having just received a message, looked up and said, "Miss, Meng Huang indeed placed people around most of the important members of the Meng family. However, with Meng Huang's death, these people are useless. Miss can immediately send people in the name of the heir to arrest them and protect the family members."

Meng Shu understood her meaning. This was to declare her existence, win people's hearts, and quickly seize the vacancies and positions left by Meng Huang. She said, "Sister Yan, please handle it for me."

Yan Yi nodded and immediately began hiring and arranging manpower.

A notification sound also came from Meng Shu's Jie Ping. She looked at Chen Chuan and said, "Grandfather wants me to go over."

Chen Chuan nodded and said, "I'll go with you."

Although Meng Huang had been dealt with, the task the Bureau gave him was not over yet. The next period of time was crucial. It was possible that Meng Huang still had some backup plans, so they needed to be careful during this time.

He and Meng Shu returned to the manor together. Since the southeast corner of the building was almost demolished, they moved to another reception hall on the north side. Meng Lai was standing there waiting for them.

Seeing the two of them enter, Meng Lai first looked at Chen Chuan and said very politely, "Mr. Chen, Aunt Yu has already told me. We are very grateful for your help this time, or else I wouldn't know how to deal with the situation."

Chen Chuan said, "Old Mr. Meng is too kind."

Meng Lai smiled and said, "Our Fusion Boundary Company has always had clear rewards and punishments. Mr. Chen has been serving as our company's security consultant, but you still don't have a suitable independent residence. As the company's chief, I cannot ignore this."

He paused and said sincerely, "The company's board of directors has decided to reward Mr. Chen with a detached house in the Wuding District. I hope Mr. Chen will accept it."

Chen Chuan thought for a moment. Although he had a dormitory in Wuyi, it was not his own after all. And the apartment his parents left him was not suitable for living in at the moment. If he had a house with reliable security, it would be convenient, and he could also move some of the things stored in Wu Bei's place over there.

So he did not refuse and said, "Then thank you, Old Mr. Meng."

Seeing that he was willing to accept, Meng Lai's expression relaxed a little. He then looked at Meng Shu and said, "Xiao Shu, it's been a long time since we grandparents have chatted. Stay here tonight."

Meng Shu said, "Okay, Grandpa."

Chen Chuan could tell that Meng Lai had something to say to Meng Shu, so he didn't stay any longer. After saying a few simple words, he withdrew.

After Chen Chuan left, Meng Lai's expression became slightly solemn. He said to Meng Shu, "Xiao Shu, come with me. As the company's heir, there are some things you must understand."

Chen Chuan went outside and saw a message from the Bureau. After checking, it was a message from Director Wu, so he came to an empty space and took the initiative to contact him.

The call was connected after a while. Director Wu said, "Executive Chen, I have received the reports from you, Lao Wan, and Xiao Lu. You did a very good job. Thanks to you, we successfully drove away the existence from the other side this time without leaving any future troubles."

Chen Chuan said, "Director Wu, Meng Huang seemed very persistent about the company's heir position. He came with a clear purpose. When I fought him, he kept drilling into the underground of the manor. I don't know what was attracting his attention so much."

Director Wu said in a deep voice, "This may be the reason why he wanted to take over the Fusion Boundary Company. We can roughly deduce it. Although you haven't participated in the Ring Screen Defense, since you came into contact with the existence from the other side today, there are some things you should know. I will send you some information later. Remember to delete it after reading it.

Also, I will request merit for you for this operation. However, to prevent things from going back and forth, you still need to stay by Meng Shu's side for the time being and come back after the situation stabilizes."

Chen Chuan said, "I understand."

On the other side, Meng Lai led Meng Shu out of the reception hall, took an elevator along a corridor to the first basement floor, and took a small electric car to the place where Chen Chuan and Meng Huang had fought not long ago. Aunt Yu was waiting here, bowing and saying, "Master, Miss."

Meng Lai said, "Aunt Yu, please watch over this place."

Aunt Yu said, "Yes, Master."

Meng Lai led Meng Shu to open the door and enter the underground tunnel. The two of them did not encounter any obstacles when passing through the secret ritual arrangement. This was because they shared the same blood and were also the company's leader and heir, recognized by the ritual.

If Meng Huang had the identity of an heir, he would not have been restricted from entering here either.

When Chen Chuan came in before, it was empty and deserted, with no one in sight. However, when the two of them walked in, there stood a long-haired woman with an outstanding figure and perfect proportions.

She had delicate features and a gentle and quiet temperament, looking unrealistically beautiful. At this moment, she clasped her hands in front of her abdomen, bowed slightly to the two with a smile, and said, "Master, Miss."

Meng Lai said, "She is Li Ying, the company's active consciousness."

Meng Shu couldn't help but glance at the woman. She had heard of this consciousness before, but had never seen it.

"Xiao Shu, are you wondering why the company's active consciousness is not in the company?" Meng Lai said with a smile, "I brought her over. Her body is under the biological well in front, and she is responsible for protecting my body.

And she is also what Meng Huang wanted to obtain. As long as the existence from the other side swallowed her, it could stay in this world for a long time and possess more powerful power and knowledge.

But this goal is destined to fail. The government and major companies may tolerate the existence from the other side controlling a company, but they will never allow an existence that has obtained the active consciousness to appear again."

Meng Shu couldn't help but hear a lot from this sentence. Tolerating the existence from the other side controlling the company... Not allowing it to happen again... Just because it happened before? Or are there such existences now?

She felt that she had learned a lot at once. Although it was quite shocking, compared to the collision of worlds, it didn't seem like such an important thing anymore.

She glanced at the woman in front of her. Although it was just an active consciousness, it really looked no different from a real person on the surface. She said, "Grandpa, so in this matter, Li Ying is just bait?"

"Yes, and no." Meng Lai said with a smile, "Have you ever thought that since that existence can swallow Li Ying, can Li Ying swallow that existence?"

Meng Shu's heart couldn't help but beat faster a few times, but she still maintained her long-standing composure in her eyes.

Meng Lai was very satisfied with her performance. He said leisurely, "In fact, I provided Meng Huang with convenience and clues for contacting the existence from the other side, but he didn't know it himself."

Meng Shu finally couldn't help but look at him, looking at her grandfather.

Meng Lai said nonchalantly, "This is not a rare thing. Many people are doing this now. Just as I warned Meng Huang, cooperating with those existences is not impossible, the key is whether he can control them, not be controlled."

Speaking of this, he seemed really regretful, "But he didn't pass that test. He is not a good company leader."

He paused, his expression slightly serious, "The company's real plan is to lure and capture an existence from the other side. The purpose of doing this..."

He looked at Li Ying, who was standing there with a smile, and said, "Is to strengthen the active consciousness. Whether a company is strong or not depends first and foremost on the active consciousness it possesses.

The She Ni Peninsula and the Chi Luojia Confederation are already implementing this set of rules. There, small and medium-sized companies will never have the opportunity to grow or threaten those above.

There is still constant debate within Dashun, because setting rules, although it helps to consolidate rule, is equivalent to clearly acknowledging the status of the conglomerates and actively transferring power out.

And Dashun's main strategy is to suppress the world's conglomerates, support small and medium-sized enterprises, and eliminate disobedient companies. This is currently beneficial to us, but if this continues, we will always be pawns.

So the company must move forward. There is no way to do this under normal rules, so we can only use more radical methods."

He said extremely seriously, "Xiao Shu, as the heir, after you take over the company, you must find ways to continue and implement this strategy."

As they spoke, the two gradually came to the front of the biological well.

Meng Lai said, "It's right here."

Meng Shu looked at the seemingly bottomless entrance, and she couldn't help but ask, "Grandpa, what exactly can a powerful active consciousness do?"

Meng Lai looked at Li Ying, who was walking over, and said slowly, "A lot. The most important thing is undoubtedly force, and... it can help us open the door to two worlds at any time."

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