Atlas of Heaven and Man.

Chapter 153 Skull-Splitting Monster

When Chen Chuan was walking through the train station square, he found a telephone booth and called Cheng Zitong. He hung up after dialing three times.

There is no need to answer this call, Cheng Zitong will know what I mean.

However, this time the defense certificate assessment, including the journey there and back, only took about six days from start to finish, so the time should be... about right?
The teacher should be able to accept it.

Just like when he came here, he bought a few newspapers and story collections in the station square. Because he had calculated the time when he came, he didn't have to wait long for the broadcast to announce the arrival of the train. He passed the ticket gate smoothly and got on the train directly.

The return ticket was a seat ticket as usual. He put his things on the luggage rack, but while putting them there he heard a slight rustling sound coming from the suitcase.

This is because the battle spider was also placed in there.

To use this thing, the owner needs to feed his own blood and pass a blood test.

During the three days in the hotel, he had been fed according to Lao Feng's instructions. If he wanted to use it smoothly in the future, he just had to use special techniques to wake it up.

In order to prevent this combat weapon from indiscriminately killing everyone except its owner, there is actually a set of gestures combined with sound control. After the demonstration, the spider will remember it and act according to your instructions. However, Boxing Lion and his gang obviously do not have the patience and have never provided any guidance in this regard.

However, he believed that uncontrolled weapons were not weapons, so he confirmed that he would become the spider's master. During these three days, he made the fighting spider understand the gestures and commands it needed to remember, and afterward he also gave it a can of high-energy nutrients.

However, there were no enemies around, so it was difficult for the spider to demonstrate its combat capabilities. As a result, the energy it had taken in was not depleted, so even though it fell into deep sleep, it was inevitably somewhat active.

He reached out and tapped it gently, and the noise stopped again.

Then he sat down and thought about his next move.

This time we got the unlimited defense certificate, and the whole process was extremely fast, less than ten days. When we get back, no one will notice us for a short time.

Because according to common sense, he had no time to take the exam. After all, it takes at least a month to get a C certificate, and several months for a B certificate. Just like this time, if he came a little late and the Boxing Lion gang went deep into the Land of Chaos, then he would have to enter the Land of Chaos as well, and that would be big trouble.

It would take a lot of effort just to find someone there, and you might have to deal with the forces inside. Even if you eliminate the target, you still have to figure out how to get out, which can't be done in a few months.

This undoubtedly provides him with good cover now.

Although the department evaluation can be concealed for a maximum of one year, even if someone sees his department evaluation, as long as he does not take the initiative to publicize it, no one will know about it for the time being. After all, the power of the local dignitaries in Yangzhi City is limited, and it is not powerful enough to go to the national review team to check the files.

Even if the department's evaluation is discovered later and they become wary of him, the method they choose to suppress him will be the same as for someone without a self-defense certificate, so he will have more room to maneuver.

He thought about it and realized that he had only entered the second limit not long ago and his strength was still growing rapidly. At this stage, he was improving every day, and if he could get more time to grow, he would undoubtedly be more fully prepared.

It was almost June, and the holiday would start in another month. After the summer vacation, new students would also be enrolled. By the time he reached the second year, his strength should have improved. With the strength of getting a Class B defense certificate in his first year, he would be able to compete for a place in the central city.

He always remembered what Cheng Zitong, He Xiaoxing and Director Lei had said to him: only in the Central City could he understand the whole world.

He looked out the window, watching the scenery flying by.

He had to go there.

After taking a deep breath, he took out two tubes of nutritional paste from his pocket and ate them, then began to slowly guide his breathing.

As the train moved forward and time passed, the sky outside gradually darkened. Amid the rhythmic friction between the wheels and the tracks, he closed his eyes and rested.

It seemed like a long time later, he opened his eyes and saw the sun rising from the end of the horizon in the direction the train was heading. The golden light was falling on his body, making him feel warm.

He looked at that place. When he went there this time, the sunshine was accompanying him all the way, but when he came back, it was the sunshine chasing him forward.

At about 12 o'clock at noon, the train arrived at Shangbu Station. He walked out of the station. He had no time to stay here for the assessment before, so now he had time to look around the city.

This is the place where land and water meet. He heard that the food here is good, so he simply went to the city, tasted the food here, and bought some local specialties to bring back to Cheng Zitong. After a tour, he boarded a long-distance passenger bus and returned to Yangzhi.

More than five hours later, at about 8:30 in the evening, he finally returned to Yangzhi City.

When he got out of the car and stepped on the ground, even though he was only away for a few days, he felt a sense of security as if he was back home.

However, when I arrived at the agreed meeting place, I didn't see Cheng Zitong, so I guessed that he was still on his way back.

Maybe he took the test too quickly this time.

After some consideration, if I go back to school now, there will inevitably be loopholes as I haven't yet reached a consensus with Cheng Zitong. It's not appropriate to go home at this time either, so I might as well find a place to stay first.

This is the south of the city, closer to Ren Shu's company, so he decided to go to the company first.

Moreover, he heard from Ren Shu last time that because the company's evaluation had been improved, some old data files of the Government Affairs Department were also opened to the company. A considerable part of them had already been filed with the company, but he had not had time to look at them, so he might as well take this opportunity to look through them.

Since completing the commission for Fei Tou Cult, the company moved out of the original venue and found another building.

This is a five-story building, which was newly built not long ago. It is said that it was given to a company member by his family for him to start his company, so he simply donated it.

When Chen Chuan arrived, there were still some lights on inside the building. However, this was the time when gangs were becoming active. Gang members on two-wheeled vehicles would occasionally pass by on the street, sometimes dragging burning cans and fireworks behind them, shouting and making a lot of noise. Some of them were drunk or had taken too many drugs, and looked very excited.

This area in the south of the city is the stronghold of the Blood Scar Gang, so these are all members of the Blood Scar Gang. Some of them saw Chen Chuan walking alone on the side of the road, and seemed to want to come up and cause trouble. As they greeted him, more and more people gathered around. They were not in a hurry to take action, but wanted to tease him a little.

Chen Chuan just walked with a calm expression, as if he didn't notice what was happening around him.

But at this time, a team of security guards in uniform rushed out of the company building, taking out crossbows and light shields and pointing them at the gang members.

These security guards all report to the Police Bureau and are granted certain temporary qualifications to carry weapons. Regardless of who will win or lose in a fight, once a conflict occurs, the Police Bureau will be dispatched immediately, and things will get out of hand.

Even though the minions below were not in their right minds, the leaders above knew the seriousness of the situation, so someone came to stop them immediately, spat at the company security guards a few times, and then stormed away.

The security captain led his men to Chen Chuan and asked with concern, "Expert Chen, are you okay?"

The person on duty who was following him said, "Who is Expert Chen? He can handle all the weird things. He is also Wu Yi's superior. Expert Chen doesn't bother with these gangsters, otherwise they would all be lying here."

The security captain agreed again and again.

Chen Chuan glanced at the gang members who were leaving and said, "Is it like this every day?"

The security captain said, "Not really. It's only been like this for the past seven or eight days. I heard that one of the leaders of the Bloodstain Gang was killed, and more than one, but the murderer hasn't been found yet. How can they not go crazy? They want to provoke anyone they see."

Chen Chuan nodded and said, "Thank you for your hard work." He then said to the person in charge, "Buy some midnight snacks for everyone and put it on my account."

"Okay, Expert Chen."

"Thank you, Expert Chen!"

When Chen Chuan entered the company building under the guidance of the person in charge, two security guards whispered behind him:

"Every time Expert Chen goes in and out, he is always with the boss. I thought he was a very arrogant person, but I didn't expect him to be so easy to talk to."

"Hey, you don't understand, only capable people would act this way, and only incompetent people would insist on showing off their abilities."

"People like this are considered to be living like human beings."

"I can't envy you. You are a student of Wu Yi and you are already an expert of the company at a young age. How can you compare? What were you doing twenty years ago?"

"I can't do it, but my son can. When I save enough money, I will send my son to take the Wuyi exam, let him marry your daughter, and then give birth to a big fat boy, and then everything will be perfect."

"What did you just say?"

"...I'll go see if you've bought any midnight snacks..."

After Chen Chuan entered the company, he went to the archive room first. At this time, Ren Shu and others were not there, but he had the key, so he came in directly.

After looking through the documents for a while, the person in charge came in and placed a cup of hot drink on the table. "Expert Chen, hot water and a room are ready for you."

"Thank you for the trouble." Chen Chuan thanked him.

The person in charge hurriedly said it was not a problem, and seeing that Chen Chuan was concentrating on the files again, he stepped out, trying not to make any noise as he left, and then carefully closed the door.

When Chen Chuan was looking through the past files, he also looked through the recent commissions sent to the company. At this time, he noticed an unconfirmed commission letter, which required him to go to a certain cult to retrieve a specified item.

He thought about it, isn’t this what Senior Sister Min Lan had mentioned before?

Has this commission also been sent to the company? It seems that the client has commissioned more than one company.

However, their company mainly deals with ghost stories, which are not the same as cults, but the clients generally cannot distinguish them. In fact, from Min Lan's point of view, those companies are also unable to distinguish them.

He took a quick look and moved aside, but the next commission made him pay attention, because this time it really involved a strange story, and it was a very famous strange story in Yangzhi City - the Skull-Splitting Demon.

The news of the Skull-Splitting Demon is very widespread in Yangzhi City. Since its victims are of all identities, even if you are powerful, you cannot be on guard against it, so the lower-class civilians are very keen to discuss this.

As for the people who died because of the Skull-Splitting Demon this time, he actually already knew them before. They were several leaders of the Blood Scar Gang, but not two, but three.

In just ten days, three high-ranking leaders died. It seemed as if they were being targeted intentionally. No wonder the members of the Bloodstain Gang behaved so wildly.

After reading it, he thought about it, put the letter of commission aside, and continued to look at other commissions.

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(End of this chapter)