Atlas of Heaven and Man

The fighter felt as if something had suddenly appeared inside his body, rampaging and tearing at him.

His face contorted, he used his blade to support himself, releasing accumulated essence blood from his heart, desperately trying to restore the damaged parts.

But it would have been better if he hadn't tried to recover, as the damage became even more intense.

However, he knew he couldn't stay there, so he struggled to support himself with the blade and continued to stagger forward.

But after only taking twenty steps or so, he heard footsteps slowly approaching from behind.

His figure stiffened involuntarily, and he turned his head to see Chen Chuan walking towards him.

He glanced into the distance and saw that the one who had fled to the other side was already lying on the ground, his neck unnaturally twisted to one side, looking as if it had been broken.

Knowing that he couldn't escape, he took a breath, endured the waves of pain coming from his body, and knelt down.

He raised his long blade, wiped it with a piece of cloth, then held it horizontally against his neck, and with a forceful stroke, there was a '嚓' sound, and his head rolled down.

And his blade didn't have even a fraction more power, stopping perfectly in place, his arm still maintaining the posture of holding the blade, fully displaying the control of a Third Threshold fighter.

Chen Chuan glanced at it, ignored it, and quickly turned back towards the convoy.

At the front end of the national highway, the person who accompanied Jian Chengsheng here saw the scene of his fall, his expression changed drastically, and he immediately ran back to the car.

Once seated, he said to the telegraph operator in front: "Send a telegram, tell the team leader that the target was not eliminated and the mission has failed. I will return to receive punishment."

He quickly lowered the car window, leaned out his head, looked at the person in charge of the combat personnel here, and shouted: "Team Leader Zhan!"

Team Leader Zhan heard the sound and immediately came to his side, "Mr. Hantai, what are your instructions?"

Mr. Hantai said sternly: "Team Leader Zhan, do you know what to do?"

Team Leader Zhan replied seriously: "I understand. Mr. Hantai, rest assured, I will lead everyone to hold the rear, ensuring your smooth withdrawal."

Mr. Hantai's face softened slightly. The opponent had two Third Threshold fighters, and on this open terrain, if everyone ran together, it would be hard to say whether he could escape.

But if someone could stay behind to block them, it would be slightly better, and his chances of escaping would be greater.

He said: "Team Leader Zhan, the company will remember your contribution."

The car window went up, once again cutting off Team Leader Zhan's sight.

Watching the vehicle start and quickly drive away, he returned to his position and shouted loudly to his team members who were looking at him: "Everyone, we will guard this place and not let anyone pass through the road!" He paused for a moment, "Someone will take care of our families, and someone will send the compensation to our families' hands."

The team members didn't speak, they all silently dispersed and returned to their positions, waiting in full battle readiness.

The higher-ups held the implant keys of all of them. Desertion in the face of battle was also a death sentence. On the contrary, a desperate fight might give their families and relatives a chance to be taken care of properly.

After Chen Chuan returned to the convoy, he saw that the place was a mess.

The movements of three Third Threshold fighters fighting were extremely large.

The convoy, which had been very stable before, now looked fragmented.

Many vehicles were obviously deliberately destroyed.

It seemed that the two people couldn't take down Consultant Yao for a while, and they didn't know which car Director Lei was in, so they kept destroying the surrounding vehicles during the battle, causing the vehicles to overturn or be split open one by one.

Fortunately, his Gard car wasn't parked together with the escort convoy, but far enough away to avoid being affected.

However, he had prepared to change cars when he left.

Consultant Yao greeted him at this time and said to him: "Captain Chen, I need to go ahead and deal with these people. Can I trouble Captain Chen to take care of Director Lei here?"

Chen Chuan said: "Consultant Yao, just go and do what you need to do. Leave this place to me."

After Consultant Yao confirmed, he immediately dispatched half of his men to rush up.

Chen Chuan then walked towards Director Lei's side.

Director Lei hadn't hidden in the car, but had retreated to the wilderness from the beginning and used a secret ritual to conceal himself.

This move was very bold, because there was no one to protect him around.

If he were found, he would be killed on the spot.

However, this person wasn't really completely unprepared, because before this, he had informed Chen Chuan of his method through the Boundary Token, and Chen Chuan also knew roughly where he was.

So if anyone went there, he and Consultant Yao would react in time.

Facts proved that this choice was correct.

Because Director Lei was far enough away from the convoy, coupled with the concealment of the secret ritual, no one discovered him during the period.

The two fighters completely focused their attention on the convoy, and even searched for people among the armed personnel, so they weren't affected from beginning to end.

After Director Lei saw Chen Chuan return, he didn't remove the concealment on his body, nor did he move his position, because he knew that the remote gunmen outside might still be looking for targets.

As long as he went down here, he could go directly to the seaside.

Once there, someone would arrange for him to return to the company from the sea, so…

Just as he was thinking this, the car suddenly lurched forward and stopped.

He frowned and looked at the driver, but the latter took out a gun and shot the telegraph operator in the passenger seat, blowing his brains out with a 'bang'.

Mr. Hantai was shocked and reached out to draw his gun, but before he could even pull it out halfway, the driver's gun had already turned around and pointed at his face, saying: "Mr. Hantai, someone always has to be responsible for this. I hope you can understand."

Mr. Hantai's face changed several times, and finally he barely maintained his composure and said: "There's no need to be so hasty, right? I hope to personally go to the company to explain this matter to the team leader and the directors. There is still a lot of information that can't be explained clearly in a telegram."

"Unfortunately, this matter cannot be related to the company."

Without waiting for him to say anything more, the driver pulled the trigger, and with a 'bang', Mr. Hantai's head instantly exploded, implant tissue fluid, brain matter, and blood splattering together on the car's inner wall and seats.

The driver quickly opened the door, came to the back, released the algae oil from the fuel tank, moved away, lit a lighter and threw it over, and waited for the entire vehicle to explode and burn fiercely before turning around and leaving quickly.

At the same moment, on the national highway, fierce gunfire rang out again.

The combat team blocking the road was very powerful, but as Consultant Yao charged in, the originally orderly and rigorous formation was immediately disrupted.

This was the role of a Third Threshold fighter. Just by wearing protective clothing and advancing at an extremely fast speed, any arrangement could be destroyed from the inside.

If the outside then cooperated with the attack, the outcome of the battle could basically be declared.

It was just that the resistance of this group of people was very tenacious, especially the implant combat personnel.

They were unusually agile and their protective armor was also very tough.

Under the desperate fighting of these people, the attack encountered a lot of obstacles.

But among them, two people performed very well, namely the assault team formed by Wu Han and Wei Dong as the spearhead.

They didn't have a chance to fight at the beginning, but now they rushed up.

Under the full cooperation of the two people, they could often eliminate an implant combat personnel in a short while.

Even if they encountered the same combat team, they weren't afraid at all.

After they eliminated the last implant combat personnel, they looked back and saw that the intense gunfire in the field had stopped.

Consultant Yao in the distance looked at them, and a trace of appreciation appeared in his eyes.

Although these two people were only at the Second Threshold, it could be seen that they had a lot of practical experience.

They were still young, and their potential was visible to the naked eye.

If they were well-trained, they would be very capable helpers.

But it was a pity. He could see that these were people brought by Chen Chuan, and he couldn't possibly snatch people from the latter.

He shook his head, asked people to clean up the mess, and walked back towards the convoy.

At this time, he glanced at the distance and saw Chen Chuan's coat thrown on the ground, so he ordered his subordinates to pick it up.

After returning to the convoy with his men, he signaled the team member next to him to return the clothes to Chen Chuan, and thanked him sincerely: "Captain Chen, thanks to your help this time, without you, it would have been very difficult for me to complete the escort mission."

Chen Chuan thanked the team member who came over, took the coat, and said: "Director Lei can be regarded as my mentor, I should do these things."

At this time, a telegraph operator ran over, saluted Consultant Yao, and sent the translated text, saying: "Consultant, support will arrive in ten minutes."

Consultant Yao took it and read it.

Seeing that there was nothing wrong here, Chen Chuan greeted him and Director Lei, and walked alone towards Jian Chengsheng's corpse.

Before he even got there, he saw Chao Ming circling in the sky and chirping at him, indicating that it was watching over the place for him and asking for credit.

He smiled and decided to give Chao Ming an extra meal tonight.

He walked closer, bent down and picked up the broken blade, but as soon as he got it in his hand, he had a strange feeling, as if his spirit was faintly invigorated.

This blade…

He immediately saw the position of the blade hilt, feeling that there might be something hidden there, but now was not the right time to look, he would wait until he got back.

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