Atlas of Heaven and Man

The New Year holidays passed quickly, as if in the blink of an eye, more than half of them were over. However, walking down the street, the Spring Festival couplets on the doors and the banners and lanterns that had not yet been taken down still retained a lot of the New Year's atmosphere.

Chen Chuan drove to the old house alone this day, tidied it up inside and out, put a few cans of new tea in it, and then made a cup and came to the corridor under the eaves, watching the stream and woods in front, slowly drinking in the warm sunshine.

In the past few days, some memories have emerged again. This time, the scene of the New Year appeared again, with his mother, aunt, and great aunt together.

This great aunt was more than ten years older than the two sisters, and later married to another place. He had seen her a few times when he was a child, but she hadn't come back for a long time. It seemed that his great aunt's husband had a military background. Later, when Nian Qian was able to go to military school, the great aunt's family contributed to it.

And all these memories are during festivals and New Years, which are closely related to what he knows and feels at the moment, and unsurprisingly, most of them are in the early stages, only those related to the brown-haired woman are slightly later on the timeline.

This person should be a more critical figure, and the whereabouts of his parents, and even the cause of his predecessor's death, may be involved.

But now he doesn't think too much, he will always know what he should know.

After all, these are things that have already happened and do not affect him now.

On the contrary, there are some things in front of him that need attention.

Ni Qianqian told him before he returned to Yangzhi that he attached great importance to it, after all, without knowing the real purpose of the Ferris Wheel Company, he could not take it for granted that the other party would give up after one failure.

He had thought before that if the other party was still unwilling to give up, then he would have an excellent opportunity to attack on his way back, so this time he had to make some preparations when he returned to the central city.

Staying at the old house until noon, he packed up his things and drove back home. In the afternoon, his younger cousins were chasing and playing there, while he was sitting on the sofa in the living room reading a book. The phone suddenly rang. He stepped forward, picked it up, and said, "I'm Chen Chuan."

Ren Xiaotian's voice rang from the conversation: "Junior brother, I have found the person you want."

Chen Chuan asked for the location and said, "Okay, I'll come over now." He told his aunt, who was making shoe soles in the yard, and went out, driving towards the outside of the city.

Because he was not sure whether he would encounter danger, he needed to prepare some sacrifices for his raccoon cat stone tablet. Nowadays, it is almost impossible to find such wanted criminals in the city, so he can only find them from outside the city. He simply entrusted it to Ren Xiaotian, after all, this person is very familiar with the situation outside the city and in the wilderness.

And this person is stable and reliable in his work, and he is not afraid of any problems.

After leaving the city, even though he drove out a distance, he could still see some passing patrol cars from time to time in the outer city area, which was almost left unattended in the past. It seemed that the Guan Bureau had indeed increased its efforts in public security inspection.

Guan Bureau is very righteous. It seems that he is doing better after taking office, but in fact, whether he can do well or not sometimes does not completely depend on this, but also on the external environment.

If Molan Company, the biggest tumor, had not been dug out, it would have been useless no matter how hard Guan Bureau worked.

There is also the construction of the Great Railway in the north, which has hired a large number of people, a considerable part of whom were found from Jiaoshan. According to Lu Ke, many people in the village have gone there.

Moreover, Yuan'an Company has also sent armed convoys to patrol there in order to prevent problems with the construction of the railway, which has eliminated the bandits who come from that direction.

He drove all the way in the direction of Jiaoshan. The further out, the greater the wind and sand. The sky was gray, and the car windows made a crackling sound. The entire car body was covered with a layer of yellow sand.

More than an hour later, he saw Ren Xiaotian's car parked there. He slowed down, slowly leaned over, parked steadily on the side, and walked down from it.

Seeing him arrive, Ren Xiaotian also got out of the car, came to the trunk, and pulled a person out of it.

"Wanted by the patrol bureau, kidnapping, robbery, trafficking in human beings, smuggling arms and contraband drugs, he has committed all the crimes committed by armed gangs."

The man was originally listless, but at this time he seemed to realize something was wrong, and immediately began to save himself, shouting:

"Two brothers, can you let me go? I have money, I will give it all to you, I also know where the boss hides the drugs, I can take you there, what's the use of me alone? The bounty on the boss and my brothers is a lot."

Chen Chuan didn't talk nonsense with him. He took the man from Ren Xiaotian and carried him to his car. Using the car body as a cover, he threw the raccoon cat talisman on the man.

As a raccoon cat phantom emerged and drilled into the bandit's body, the man immediately let out a shrill scream.

However, the sound only lasted for a while, and then weakened. After another minute or two, there was no sound at all, and the whole person had turned into a mummy.

Chen Chuan raised his head at this time, and there was a pit not far in front of him. It turned out that Ren Xiaotian had even dug the pit. He walked over and threw the bandit's body into it. The wind and sand here were so strong that it would be filled in a while, saving the effort of burying it.

After walking back, he said to Ren Xiaotian, who was waiting on the side, "Thank you, senior brother."

Ren Xiaotian said, "It's nothing."

Chen Chuan used the wind and sand blocked by the car body and said, "Senior brother, are you still planning to take on commissions here?" Ren Xiaotian didn't say much at the dinner, and he didn't know if he had the same plan as the others.

Ren Xiaotian said, "I will go to the central city." He thought for a while and said, "There are indeed fewer acquaintances this year. The smuggling business in the wilderness has decreased, and there will be fewer and fewer people. I think I should leave sooner rather than later."

Chen Chuan smiled, stretched out his hand, and said, "Senior brother, be sure to find me when you arrive in the central city."

Ren Xiaotian looked at it, stretched out his hand a little unaccustomed, and shook it with him.

"I will."

Time passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye, it entered the second half of January.

Chen Chuan was already preparing to return to the central city. This time, he would take Wei Dong and Wu Han with him, while the others all had some things to deal with and needed to arrive a little later, which might have to wait until February or March.

Director Lei was more cautious about this appointment. Before that, he specifically called Chen Chuan over.

"Some people may not want to see me go to the central city, so I need to make some preparations. Student Chen, I plan to make some arrangements here with you, do you agree?"

Chen Chuan did not hesitate and said, "Director Lei, what should I do?"

Director Lei took out a stack of things similar to dermis, "This is a special bionic skin made by the bureau. The ritual patterns you saw tattooed on us before are based on these things."

He rolled up his sleeves and took out a piece and stuck it on his arm, which looked almost the same as the original skin.

"This dermis can be drawn with patterns in advance. After use, you can tear it off and change it to another one, which is very convenient. I have prepared some for you this time. After sticking it on your body, you only need to connect the reserved rituals, like this..."

He clenched his fist, and the ritual pattern suddenly flashed with fluorescence, "You can launch the ritual."

He added: "Of course, how to choose the node to launch this ritual is up to you, so you choose a method that you think is easy to use, and you don't have to copy it.

In addition to these, there are clothes..."

He asked He Nan to bring over a robe and handed it to Chen Chuan, "This is a special garment from the bureau. It is very strong. The inside is connected with special silk threads. The garment itself is arranged in the shape of a ritual pattern. Even if the surface is damaged, it will not affect the ritual effect too much."

Chen Chuan took it and nodded. Last time when dealing with the Viper Group, he borrowed the secret sect ritual, which was very useful for cooperation and attack, and it also played a certain role in the final beheading of Xu Xianwen.

However, he had a question. The utilization of secret sect rituals seems to be very mature, but it is rarely seen that fighters use it. Is this because of the ban from above, or for other reasons?

After he raised this question, Director Lei said in a deep voice: "This is mainly due to the ban. Although the combination of the two can play a greater role, it may also produce more terrible consequences. There were lessons in the history of the old era.

In fact, if you didn't have the ability to resist strange substances, I wouldn't let you continue to be exposed to these things.

Moreover, according to what I have learned, some rituals can be affected and suppressed by some powerful biological fields, which even include some powerful people themselves.

However, these are all small-scale rituals. Stronger rituals are different. They usually take several or even ten years to prepare, and cannot be easily broken.

These rituals are now sealed up and not allowed to be learned, because everything involving these will involve thousands of lives."

Chen Chuan understood that in the old era, none of the imperial families of various countries in the world did not establish a state religion.

What exactly is the use of these secret sects? Although various countries in the world have not publicly stated it in order to cover up the existence of secret sects, he knows from the situations he has contacted and seen before that it will definitely not be a good thing.

In particular, some rituals have the benefits of increasing lifespan and vitality, as well as consolidating their own rule. How could those rulers bear not to use them?

He shook his head, temporarily put these aside, thought for a moment, and then took the dermis and began to inscribe the ritual patterns he needed on it.

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