Atlas of Heaven and Man.

Chapter 161 Mountain Ghost
Three days later, with the help of the lawyers of the Bloodstain Gang, Zhuo Bao was released from the Police Station after paying a large sum of temporary bail.

Because of the deliberate delay by the Police Bureau, his arm had missed the best time to be reattached, and while being dragged to the custody of the Police Bureau, even though he was injured, he was beaten up using all kinds of overt and covert means, so he now looks extremely lethargic.

When he got to the car that came to pick him up, an old man sitting in the back seat saw that he was silent, then looked at his bandaged severed hand and advised him: "Forget it if your hand can't be reattached. I'll give you an implant. It's guaranteed to be better than the previous one, and it won't affect your combat effectiveness."

He motioned the driver in front to drive, and then said, "But how did you get beaten by a Wu Yi student? You are the Five Claws of our Blood Scar Gang, the face of our company. This is very embarrassing, don't you know? I have asked someone to suppress it now, so don't mention it again."

Zhuo Bao grinned, revealing a neurotic smile, "I'm going to kill that guy."

The old man shook his head. "Don't even think about it. I've checked. That kid's uncle is the captain of the police department. He has a connection with the higher-ups in the police department. If we mess with him, the police department will definitely make things difficult for us."

Zhuo Bao turned his head and stared at the old man with bloodshot eyes, looking as if he would explode in the next moment. "Uncle Han, do you mean to just let this matter go?"

Uncle Han looked back at him and said in a deep voice, "Recently, the gang has been in trouble everywhere. In addition to the Iron Chain Gang, there is another force that has set its sights on us. There are even people secretly trying to rush up and take a bite of us. Don't cause trouble for me now. Wait until the gang has settled the things outside, then you can find a chance. I won't stop you then."

On the other hand, as soon as Zhuo Bao was released, Chen Chuan received a notice from the Police Bureau, telling him that if this man appeared in front of him again during the period of parole and showed any provocative or aggressive behavior, he could be shot dead directly without any responsibility.

Chen Chuan thanked the person who notified him, but he didn't care about it. If it weren't for the fact that he didn't want to expose his unlimited self-defense certificate, he would have killed Zhuo Bao at that time.

As for the revenge of the Blood Scar Gang, not to mention that the Blood Scar Gang is unable to take care of itself right now, even if they really come, they will just be giving him practice moves without using guns.

There is no comparison between ordinary people and fighters. As the alienated organization becomes stronger, the gap between him and ordinary people has become larger and larger, and they cannot be compared at all.

What he needs to be more wary of now than the Bloodstain Gang is the Mutual Aid Society.

At noon that day, Cheng Zitong came over and sat down and said to him, "Xiaochuan, I asked someone and found out that Director Lei's information is very accurate. Last time, due to the water pollution incident, many government officials were dismissed, so many officials have been transferred recently, and Liu Zhan has been active before.

Although his transfer will not be so quick, it is just a formal appointment, and the transfer letter may come in advance. As long as he gets this thing, he may regard his promise as unreliable. "

Chen Chuan nodded. He could understand that a bureaucrat like Liu Zhan had made his previous promise entirely for the sake of Director Lei's face. In addition, the Foreign Affairs Bureau was previously controlled by the Secret Cult Inspection Bureau, so they had to look at Director Lei's face. Once he was transferred out, he would no longer care about this.

In the words of Director Lei, this person will most likely use this matter to benefit himself, and then the matter of the evaluation will probably be known to the Mutual Aid Association immediately.

Cheng Zitong said in a deep voice, "Teacher will follow up on the matter over there. There shouldn't be any changes before the end of the month, so you can move around without worry. The day before yesterday, teacher sent a telegram to Lao He, but he hasn't replied yet. Maybe he's still practicing. I sent him another letter, and he should see it in the next two days."

Chen Chuan thought for a moment and said, "Teacher, I want to try to do that ghost story commission, and the company can also give me an explanation."

"That weird story..."

Cheng Zitong immediately knew who he was talking about. This strange story had no precedent and was quite difficult, so they, the teacher and the student, had discussed it many times before.

He said, "You are doing the right thing. If the mutual aid association takes action against you this time and you are unable to deal with it, you will have to go out and hide. The company will also have to give an explanation. If you can do this strange story, you will be doing them justice."

Although this strange story seemed very complicated, he had confidence in his students, so he did not stop them. He just gave them a few instructions and reminded them of some things they needed to pay attention to. After giving them instructions, he stood up and said, "Okay, I have something to do, so I'll leave first. Please wait for my call from Lao He."

Chen Chuan said hello, and after sending Cheng Zitong away, he began to prepare to deal with this strange story.

He wanted to find that ghost story not just to give an explanation to the company, but because he also needed to improve his combat effectiveness as much as possible.

In particular, he needs to increase the overlap time of the second me as much as possible.

He doesn't know what kind of enemy he will encounter now, but the Mutual Aid Association will definitely collect all kinds of information about him and make careful and targeted arrangements. Increasing the overlapping time can effectively improve his chances of winning.

The last time he performed the unlimited defense certificate test, he had to add more than an hour of overlap time, and the total overlap time had increased to more than four hours.

Defeating Zhuo Bao a few days ago only added a quarter of an hour, and the improvement was limited. That was because this man did not bring him much sense of oppression, unless he gave up his weapons and fought him bare-handed.

But even if it happens again, he will not do it this way. If he can defeat the enemy in a simple way, he will try to use the simple method and will not choose any other way.

However, only by encountering a stronger target and defeating it can the overlap time be effectively increased. At present, the company's ghost story commission is a suitable target.

But you have to be prepared and bring some appropriate tools.

He spent a day preparing and called the company to say he would take on the commission. The next day, he packed his belongings and asked driver Xiao Wei to drive him to Xieshan, southeast of Yangzhi. When they arrived at the foot of the mountain, they encountered a small village. Driver Xiao Wei said, "Expert Chen, I didn't expect there is a village here. I didn't see it on the map."

Chen Chuan knew that there were many villages that were not on the map, especially those that were a little far from the city and were small in scale. They would not be marked because most of these people were not recognized by Yang Zhi.

Looking from a distance, I can see that the houses here are very old. Like villages in other places, they have a distinct style of the pioneering era, and the original outposts have been converted into warehouses.

After entering the village, they tried to ask around. When the villagers heard that they were here to solve the strange story in the mountains, they all felt it was very curious and came out to watch. Since the last team that tried to eliminate this strange story failed, no one had come for many years, and even they themselves had almost become accustomed to this strange story.

An old man who seemed to be the village chief asked doubtfully, "Young man, can you really solve it?"

Driver Xiao Wei said, "Don't disbelieve me, this expert Chen solved the flying head monster. It was commissioned by the Government Affairs Bureau."

"The flying head monster." When this was mentioned, the villagers looked at Chen Chuan differently. After all, the Flying Head Cult had a long history in this land, and its scope and influence were much greater than that of this strange story here.

Since they can solve the flying head monster, they can probably also solve the thing on the opposite mountain. After all, this ghost story has been bothering people for many years. At the beginning, the villagers collected a sum of money and asked someone to commission it, but after several failures, no one was willing to take it. If they can live a normal life, who would be willing to live with a ghost story day and night?
So the villagers enthusiastically found a hunter to lead the way for them.

There is only one road leading into the mountain, and only the beginning section is drivable. Cars can no longer go up the rest of the way, so you have to walk.

Chen Chuan asked driver Xiao Wei to go back to the village and wait, while he followed the hunter into the mountains. After more than two hours, they arrived at a high slope. The hunter pointed to the opposite hilltop and said, "Expert Chen, it's right there. It's the temple that my uncle and grandfather brought people into before."

Chen Chuanshuo said: "Thank you, you can go back, I can walk here by myself."

Seeing that he was alone, the hunter was worried and said, "Expert Chen, do you really not need help? If I go back to the village and ask the neighbors, I can find more than ten good fighters."

Chen Chuan patted his sturdy shoulders and said, "Go back. I'll take care of the rest."

The hunter said, "Then be careful."

After Chen Chuan and other hunters left, he looked towards the hill and recalled the information about this strange story.

This strange story is called "Mountain Ghost" and has a long history. There is a record about this in the Sanshan Legend, which says that there is a temple in Xieshan, which originally enshrined a statue of a god, but at some point it was replaced with a statue of a ghost.

Two children went to the temple to play, and came back saying that the eyeballs of the statue could move. When the villagers found out, they thought it was the mountain god appearing, so they offered sacrifices one after another, and the mountain ghost "ate them up and chewed them like candy."

At first the villagers were overjoyed, thinking that the mountain god had appeared. However, who would have thought that this mountain ghost not only ate the offerings, but also ate the people who brought the offerings, and that he would come to the village one or two nights every month to eat people.

So every night, every household closed their windows and doors, hoping that it would not be their turn. But even so, no one left the village.

Because this place is remote, people hiding in the mountains do not have to pay taxes or perform labor to the government. They would rather endure the danger of being eaten than go down the mountain.

At the end of the legend, the villagers were dispersed, and finally a group of people from the Esoteric Sect came and detained the mountain ghost, which is also a protagonist that often appears in the Three Mountains Legend.

When the Republic of China was founded, a new village was rebuilt in the originally abandoned place. Everything was fine for the first few decades, until someone discovered a mountain ghost temple in the mountains, and the past happened again.

But the villagers today are different from those in the past. After all, they all came here during the great development, and they were all very tough. When they found something wrong, they immediately mobilized manpower and weapons to encircle and suppress the rebels, and even asked for commissions. But in the end all ended in failure, and few of those who went there came back.

To this day, villagers nearby would leave some livestock in the village at night and hide in a distant fortress to avoid being disturbed by ghost stories.

But even so, over the past twenty years, more than a dozen villages originally surrounding Xieshan have disappeared one after another, and most people have died of strange diseases.

After learning about this, Chen Chuan has been thinking about how to solve this strange story. He used to feel that his ability to protect himself was not enough, but now that he has reached the second limit, he has a certain degree of confidence.

After watching for a while, he was about to step forward, when he suddenly realized something. He raised his hand to look at his wrist, where a strand of the flying-head monster's hair was tied, and it reacted slightly at this time.

He thought about it and thought that this was probably because he had just slapped the hunter. He silently put down his hand, looked at the hilltop again, held the Xuejun Knife tightly, and walked in that direction.

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(End of this chapter)