Atlas of Heaven and Man

The convoy from the Fusion Boundary followed the gentle upward slope, passing through the complex tunnel of intertwined vines, and returned to the Upper District.

Once outside, Chen Chuan looked up at the bright sunlight.

Although the Lower District wasn't without light, that unique warmth could only be brought by the sun, and only a clear, pure sky could allow one's vision to be unobstructed.

After arriving in the Upper District, he had Tang Zhang drop him off at the Flask Bar to retrieve his Gard car parked there. However, just as he was about to open the car door, he suddenly paused and turned his head to look in a certain direction, because at that moment, he felt as if someone was spying on him.

On a tall building in the distance, a person suddenly pulled the curtains shut, put down the telescope in their hand, and said in surprise, "Did he just see us?"

His companion said with dissatisfaction, "I told you before, these kinds of people have very sensitive senses. Don't stare at him the whole time. I don't know if it will make the target vigilant. Forget it, let's report this situation as well."

Chen Chuan looked for a moment, but in that direction there were only tall buildings, and he couldn't see anything specific. He retracted his gaze, thought for a moment, contacted Wu Bei, and said, "Brother Wu, yes, I'm back. Help me check out a certain area and see if there are any suspicious people coming in and out."

He used the Realm Token to mark a certain place, waited for Wu Bei to indicate that it was okay, then opened the car door and sat inside. Soon, he started the vehicle and drove away from there.

After returning to Wu Yi's dormitory, he drafted a report, listing the Fusion Boundary Company's decision, some situations in the Lower District, including some suspicious points he had discovered, and sent it to the Bureau of Investigation.

These things might not really attract the attention of the Bureau of Investigation, because there were too many places they needed to pay attention to. Unless they encountered extremely difficult events or special situations, they generally focused on monitoring, rather than taking immediate action to prevent problems before they occurred, because it was impossible to prevent everything.

Because he was still on vacation, he rested in the dormitory for a while. During this time, he used a special drug every three days to improve himself.

If the invasion brought about by the special drug was ignored, using it for cultivation undoubtedly greatly helped in increasing strength.

It was just that the gains needed to be integrated in subsequent actual combat, so he chose to spar with Hong Fu every day.

At the same time, he would also watch the combat recordings left by some teachers and predecessors in the academy. This, of course, also required payment, but it was worth it.

For most Third Threshold fighters, there didn't seem to be an accurate standard for dividing strength levels.

Because the comparison of strong and weak was not absolute, but would change at any time depending on the combat environment, combat conditions, and the fighter's mental state.

Even examples of fighters with weaker overall qualities on paper defeating stronger opponents were numerous. In the end, it all depended on performance in battle.

In these recordings, a teacher named Han Zheng was a typical example. This person had worked at Wu Yi more than twenty years ago and had now been transferred to a government department.

When this person was studying at the academy, his initial evaluation for entering the Third Threshold was only fifty percent, almost stepping over the threshold to achieve the Third Threshold.

He practiced ordinary freehand strength, and the weapons he used were ordinary long and short spears. However, once he encountered an opponent with qualities far above his, he could always win.

Watching this person's recordings, every time it seemed dangerous and precarious, and it always felt like he was about to lose in the next moment, but in the end, he could always win.

This person never gave people a particularly strong feeling, but from a statistical point of view, his win rate was frighteningly high.

Through observation, he discovered that many times, this person took counterattacks when others were almost certain of victory, and he happened to seize the opportunity in most cases.

He admired this person's ability to seize opportunities. It looked simple, but it was actually maximizing one's own advantages and characteristics.

This was very instructive, but he didn't intend to become like that.

Combat ultimately depended on the contest of hard power between the two sides. This kind of behavior was only a choice made out of helplessness, using improved skills to make up for the original shortcomings.

If I could knock someone down with one punch, why would I need to engage in a protracted battle with them?

He always remembered the goal he had set for himself, which was to achieve the limit that a theoretically near-perfect individual could achieve, or even surpass it.

In the Third Threshold, he had the opportunity to make up for all the areas that he had been unable to reach in the past.

Now it seemed that the distance to this goal was not too far away.

The sufficient amount of drugs provided by the Fusion Boundary was enough for the current stage. What should have been enough for several or even a dozen fighters was now concentrated on him alone, which would all be transformed into resources for building his physical foundation.

However, besides this, there was also a very important place, which was to find a teacher who could guide him to a higher level.

Currently, he had only entered the Third Threshold not long ago and was still in the stage of consolidating his foundation, so he could practice on his own for the time being. But how to reach a higher threshold required someone to lead the way.

He had inquired about the academy in this regard. The academy had teaching channels, but according to the relevant government regulations, only those who had participated in the World Ring Defense were eligible to apply.

This was also in his plan, so during this time, he looked at some of the precautions for the defense plan that the Bureau had sent him.

And after resting until the end of the month, he contacted the signal that the Defense Department had left for him using the Realm Token. After a while, a pleasant female voice rang out:

"Hello, Executor Chen, how can I help you?"

Chen Chuan recognized that this was the woman who had received him before and said, "Hello, I have considered the World Ring Defense mission, and I have now made a decision."

The female voice said, "Executor Chen, please wait a moment."

After a while, a serious and deep voice came from the Realm Token: "Executor Chen, I am Liang Guanghai. Since you have contacted us, I assume you have considered it carefully?"

Chen Chuan said, "Yes, I have considered it carefully. I agree to join the World Ring Defense Plan."

Liang Guanghai said, "Executor Chen, welcome to join us. If it is convenient for you, you can come to the Bureau of Investigation. We have some matters to explain."

Chen Chuan said, "Okay, I'll come over now."

After ending the call, he left Wu Yi and drove the Gard car to the Bureau of Investigation. Under the greeting of the woman who had received him last time, he entered the reception room from last time.

The woman handed him a document and said, "Executor Chen, this is the defense participation agreement, which is different from the confidentiality agreement. Executor Chen can take a look at it first."

Chen Chuan took it over and looked at it carefully. Most of it was about rights and obligations.

The rank that the Bureau of Investigation granted him was not useless. It was universal within the entire Da Shun government. Many powerful officials in violent institutions were fighters from the orthodox system.

And he also saw that all Third Threshold fighters participating in the World Ring Defense, except for some special circumstances, as long as they had been on duty for more than three years, if their family members were not in the Central City, they could solve the citizen status of the Central City for their family members;

If the person himself did not have family members, he would also receive one to several corresponding recommendation quotas depending on his merits.

This was a citizen quota for the Central City, which was very difficult for people in the marginal cities to obtain.

He couldn't help thinking that if his younger cousins could come to the Central City to study, the growth conditions and educational resources they would obtain would definitely not be comparable to Wu Yi. And if they intended to become fighters, they would not need to go through the local Wu Yi assessment.

But this was also to be expected. They were fighting desperately on the battlefield, how could they keep people without giving these?

And it should be noted that although the Central City was located on the front line facing the world's collision, its defense capabilities were also the strongest.

It could be said that, at least before the Great Collision came, the resources that the marginal cities could obtain were absolutely incomparable to the Central City. He even had a feeling that even if the Great Collision came, it might be safer here than in the marginal cities.

But even without this agreement, he would still sign it.

Before the Great Collision came, as the two worlds approached, the existences on the other side would definitely continue to infiltrate, and he would have to face them sooner or later.

Instead of waiting passively, it was better to prepare early and accumulate more experience in dealing with these things, not to mention that it was also related to his search for a mentor for the next stage.

So after reading it, he picked up the pen and signed his name on the agreement.

The woman waited for him to sign, took it over, checked it again, and then looked up and said, "Executor Chen, please wait a moment. Commissioner Liang said that he would come over to meet you." She smiled slightly, "It seems that the commissioner values Executor Chen very much."

After waiting for seven or eight minutes, Liang Guanghai came to the conference hall and said to Chen Chuan, "Executor Chen, thank you for waiting." He waved his hand, signaling the woman to go out first.

Then he turned and came to the back of the table, first looked at the agreement placed on the table, and then looked up at Chen Chuan, and said seriously:

"Executor Chen, because you are joining as an executor of the Bureau of Investigation, and you have participated in national conscription missions before, with a very high internal evaluation, and you are a trustworthy person, we have a task to entrust to you. This is not a mandatory order, but you need to pay attention to it when performing defense missions."

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