Atlas of Heaven and Man.

Chapter 209 Hostages
After the telegram was sent, Director Lei also ordered the car to drive there, and when it almost reached Olive Street, there was a response to the matter there.

After the car slowly stopped at the intersection, a captain from the Inspection Bureau walked up to the car, rolled down the window, and said:

“Director, following your instructions, we found three pillars wrapped in decorations in the surrounding shops and pasted paper figures with names on them. We then went to search the company and found a total of eight people who were not in the company.

We checked their work supplies and found traces of absence ranging from five or six days to at least two months.

But the people in the company thought they were still there, and they didn’t think anything was unusual as they were with them day and night.”

Director Lei said, "Give me the list."

The captain immediately handed over a written paper. Director Lei took a look at it and handed it to Chen Chuan, who was standing beside him, "Is there the person you are looking for?"

Chen Chuan took it, took a look, and saw Senior Sister Min Lan's name on it, so he nodded to Director Lei.

Director Lei said: "Those employees must have been affected by the secret cult rituals and thought that the person was still there, but in fact he was no longer with them."

Chen Chuan thought to himself, no wonder when I called just now, he said that the person was there, but then said that he couldn’t answer the call. It should be that this person existed in their consciousness, but this person obviously couldn’t come over to talk to others.

But even so, it is impossible for the families of these employees not to feel something is wrong for such a long time, so there must be other reasons for concealing it.

The captain added, "When we were searching just now, we found that a large number of employees from this company have disappeared due to commissioned tasks in the past six months, and most of them happened during a commissioned task."

Director Lei thought for a moment and said, "Any results from the Communications Bureau?"

The captain said, "We are waiting. It should be here soon." At this time, a team member came over and handed him a note. He took a look and handed it over, "Director, I found it. When we entered Qingyao Company, a telegram was sent from the building. The receiving point is here."

Director Lei took it, looked at it, and said, "According to this address, notify Lao Gao to go over and check, and take the people inside under control first."

The captain said yes, turned around and left quickly.

Director Lei said to Chen Chuan: "Those who are still feeling it should still be alive, because in order to achieve this effect, those people's lives must be maintained. Esoteric rituals are usually restricted rituals, and results must be obtained by bearing a certain price and meeting certain conditions and prices."

Chen Chuan couldn't help but think of Director Lei's son. In order to maintain the existence of the ritual, he needed to keep someone alive. Maybe because the child was too young, he was afraid of killing him, so he didn't do anything too extreme to him.

But if we just maintain the lives of these people without worrying about anything else, the outcome is hard to predict.

One can only hope that these people remain intact.

He asked, "Director Lei, why are they doing this?"

Director Lei said: "After reading the information you provided, I know that this should be a branch of the 'Life Sect'. The origin of this secret sect is unknown and its composition is complex. To put it simply, the people of this sect believe that a person's life energy can be transferred to another person through certain methods.

This theory may not be correct, but the result is possible to achieve. However, there may be some things that you cannot grasp and control.

Judging from the situation, they should have deliberately given some kind of commission, and then made the company employees disappear in the process of carrying out the commission. In fact, they captured them and used them to perform secret rituals. "

Chen Chuan thought about it and realized that this would not easily arouse suspicion. After all, the damage rate of commissioned tasks is very high. It can also be seen that in order to make the commission credible, this company also sent commissions to other companies. I am afraid that they also want to cheat people from other companies.

This is consistent with what Senior Sister Min Lan said before. No wonder the employees of this company have failed several times. It was the company’s own fault. How could they let you find out the result?

Senior Sister Min Lan must have found some clues at the time and felt that there was something wrong with the company, so she sent a message to him.

Director Lei said, "You are doing ghost story commissions, so you will probably often deal with things related to esoteric religion. Outsiders cannot distinguish between the two. I will send you a copy of the information when I get back, but remember not to leak it."

Chen Zhen expressed his sincere gratitude: "Thank you, Director Lei."

He knew that he could find some people among the public who knew how to deal with ghost stories, but esoteric rituals were too professional and it would be impossible to get any clues unless through official channels.

After the two men waited here for half an hour, the captain came back and told Director Lei that they had found the place and caught the man. The man knew that the matter was exposed, so he confessed without much questioning.

The leader involved in this incident is none other than the company's top executive. He also revealed the location of the hidden personnel, which was less than 500 meters away from here. Now a large number of personnel from the Inspection Bureau have gone there to arrest them.

Director Lei said: "We will know the results soon."

Chen Chuan sat here and watched the whole process. Director Lei only looked at the information for a while and was able to accurately determine what kind of secret religion this was and how to deal with it. In less than two or three hours, the matter was almost resolved. As expected, professional matters should be left to professionals.

In addition to Director Lei's rich experience in esoteric Buddhism, he also has a strong professional team under him, which has the endorsement of the state and can coordinate multiple departments to participate in the operation.

If he were to solve the problem alone, he would have to investigate first, slowly sort out the clues, and then make a decision. Also, because the other party is a person of status and position, it may be difficult to take him down immediately even if the target is determined, and the final result may not be satisfactory.

Before individuals become strong enough, the team is always better than the individual.

The same is true for fighting practice. If there is no systematic organization to provide him with the necessary practice resources, there is no way he can calm down and practice.

This is both a constraint and a help. Before you have enough strength, these are things you cannot get rid of. You should even actively integrate into them and make the best use of them as much as possible, allowing them to become the power and ladder to push yourself forward.

"You should have submitted your application to go to the central city, right?" Director Lei asked at this time.

Chen Chuanshuo said: "It has been handed over."

Director Lei said: "You have the talent to work in the field of esoteric Buddhism. It would be a pity to waste it. So after graduation, if you are interested, you can come to the Esoteric Buddhism Examination Bureau. I can be your recommender."

Chen Chuan's heart was moved. Director Lei was the director of Yangzhi. Could he influence the central city? Or was he going to be promoted?
It is also possible that Director Lei has an unusual background. After all, to sit in this position, ability is necessary, but the key still lies in background. Sometimes ability is not that important.

For example, even after Director Lei got into those things before, no one was able to remove him from his position, which is a clear example.

After waiting here for about a quarter of an hour, the captain came back in a hurry.

"Director, there are many security personnel from the entrusted company guarding that place, and they are carrying a lot of guns illegally. They are likely to be the backbone of the cult. When they saw us contact the police to surround the building, they still resisted stubbornly and threatened the hostages inside.

Judging from the employee data, there should be a second-level fighter here. It will be difficult for the people we bring to rush in, so I'm afraid we have to transfer people from the bureau."

After hearing this, Chen Chuan thought for a moment and said, "Director Lei, the longer we delay, the more dangerous it will be for the hostages. Why don't you let me handle this?"

Director Lei looked at him and said, "You should still be in the national conscription period, right?"

Chen Chuan said: “Yes.”

Director Lei said, "In that case, I am also a member of the action team, so this can also be counted as a national commission. Student Chen, now in the name of the action team affairs committee, I ask you to cooperate in resolving the cult members ahead and rescue the hostages as much as possible."

Chen Chuan nodded and said, "Director Lei, just leave it to the students."

While the two were talking, the car started and drove to the location, which was a five-story office building. The police officers who had rushed over had set up barrier ropes around it and evacuated all irrelevant personnel.

After the vehicle stopped, the door was pushed open and Chen Chuan walked out. Although he did not bring the Xuejun Sword when meeting Director Lei this time, it did not matter. As long as the opponent did not have a three-limit fighter, it would make no difference whether he used weapons or not.

If there was such a master, those people would not have to hide inside and rely on hostages for threat. They would have rushed out directly long ago.

The September sun was not as hot, but still dazzling, especially the reflected light on the windows. He looked up for a while and then retracted his gaze. Then, under the watchful eyes of the members of the Patrol Bureau and the Esoteric Cult Bureau, he slowly walked forward.

He put one hand in his trouser pocket and slowly approached the building. When he was about forty meters away from the building, the second I overlapped and everything around him seemed to slow down suddenly.

Then, as if in just one step, he arrived in front of the building. He did not choose to go in and walk up the stairs, but stepped onto the outer wall.

From his perspective, it seemed as if he was standing on flat ground at this moment. He leaped forward with his own momentum and arrived at the same level as the fifth-floor window in almost the blink of an eye.

He controlled his strength just right, and when he reached this height, his momentum was just exhausted, so he paused slightly in mid-air.

At this moment he could see the person in the window looking at him with shocked and angry eyes, and the muzzle of a gun ready to be raised to shoot at him. He looked at him calmly, leaned forward, stretched out his arm, grabbed the man's wrist, and pulled it gently. With the force, he leaped in, and the man was pulled directly out by him.

The two of them crossed paths in an instant, and then with a thud, his light and powerful feet landed on the floor of the room, and he stood up straight, with a distant scream coming from behind him.

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(End of this chapter)