Atlas of Heaven and Man.

Chapter 216 Secret Map
Next to the off-road vehicle, Master Wei was waiting there leisurely. He was very experienced. If Mr. Chen went out to do a commission and was not asked to go back first, he would definitely be back in no time.

He turned on the radio in the car, and immediately heard the news. The most heard news in recent days was about the ownership of Molan Building.

This matter has been very popular recently, and many companies are now interested in it. The most frequently appearing ones are state-owned enterprises such as Yuan'an and Canghong Tianqu, as well as domestic giants such as Longde Food and Tiancong Baicao, but there are also some foreign companies that seem to be very interested in it.

But he was not interested in this, so he turned it around and tuned to a mystery program. He preferred listening to urban stories and the like.

The reason he was assigned to be Chen Chuan's driver was not only because he had good driving skills and was a reliable person, but also because he was interested in these things. He felt that by following Chen Chuan he could see many things that he could not see in normal times.

Not long after he listened, he saw Chen Chuan walking towards him from a distance. He immediately sat up, got out of the car and opened the door for Chen Chuan.

Chen Chuan thanked him and sat down in the back seat. When Xiao Wei returned to his seat, he said, "Master Xiao Wei, go back."

"Okay, Mr. Chen, take a seat."

The car started slowly and returned very smoothly.

Chen Chuan put the small suitcase he got from Han Chang aside. There might be a lot of clues in it, but he had no intention of opening it. He would just hand it over to Director Lei to deal with it later.

After the car returned to the city, he called Director Lei. When he returned to the gate of Wuyi College, Director Lei's special car was already parked there.

Chen Chuan asked driver Xiao Wei to go back first, then he got out with a small suitcase and got into Director Lei's car. Director Lei listened to his description of the mission, asked the staff next to him to record it, and then opened the suitcase on the spot. The first thing he saw was a stack of gold bills and a full banknote of Jianyuan currency, as well as some account books, deeds and notebooks.

Director Lei ignored the gold notes, flipped through them, took out a booklet, opened it and looked at it for a while, then looked up and said, "Student Chen, have you read the information I sent you these two days?"

Chen Chuan replied: “I saw it.”

Director Lei handed him the booklet and said, "Take a look at it first and tell me what you think."

Chen Chuan took it and flipped through it. He saw some simple drawings on it and a price list of materials for esoteric rituals.

After reading it, he thought for a moment and said, "The information Director Lei gave me contains the ritual patterns of the Life Sect and the various esoteric materials needed, but this booklet is missing a lot. I think it's not that they don't want to reproduce the original ritual, but that the conditions are limited and the materials can't be gathered together, so they can only make a crude version."

"You are right, but it is not that simple. The rituals are summarized by the secret cult members from generation to generation. It is not so easy to modify. People who can simplify it are usually extremely rare elite talents in the secret cult."

Director Lei said slowly: "The simplification of the ceremony, although the effect is not as good as before, is more conducive to dissemination. This is actually not a good thing."

He took out a booklet from the briefcase beside him, turned to a certain page, and handed it to Chen Chuan, "Based on the clues, we have found some of the arrangements of this sect in the past. Can you compare it with the esoteric ritual patterns used in the past few days? Can you see what it is?"

Chen Chuan flipped it open and saw two photos of patterns that looked roughly the same, but with slight changes. After looking at them for a while, he looked up and said, "Is he trying to improve it?"

Director Lei showed an appreciative look and nodded, saying, "Yes, that's right. I have reason to suspect that the person behind this wants to use the Bloodstain Gang to take over the village and then arrange more rituals to improve his own ritual structure."

He took the booklet back from Chen Chuan's hand and turned to a certain page. "Take a look at this."

Chen Chuan took it and looked at it. He felt that it looked very familiar and said, "This is a bit like the ritual pattern used by the mutual aid association in the old factory..."

Director Lei said: "Yes, but this is from three years ago. Turn the page again, the one behind is the one you encountered before."

Chen Chuan turned to the back and compared the two. He found that they were not completely the same, but there were some subtle changes. At this time, he suddenly thought of a possibility and looked up at Director Lei, "Director Lei, the students feel that it seems..."

Director Lei nodded and said, "It's just as you thought. After we compared them, we can confirm that the person who drew the secret map for the ceremony in the old factory is the same person who drew the map for the Life Sect before."

At this point, his expression became a little serious. "We have reason to suspect that many of Yangzhi City's esoteric rituals are closely related to this person. If we can find this person, the entire underground esoteric ritual in Yangzhi City will not collapse, but will definitely disappear for a long time."

Chen Chuan thought again. It seemed that this person had been hiding behind the scenes all along. Even when Molan Company collapsed, he had not left the scene.

He asked: "Director Lei, since those powerful families need this person to draw the secret diagram of the ritual, don't any of them know who this person is?"

Director Lei said: "They really don't know, because they found this person through the Double-Faced Secret Cult. Since there are rules for the exchanges between secret cults, the followers of the Double-Faced Secret Cult also don't know the true identity of this person. We can only wait and wait for him to show up again. We believe that this person should still be in Yangzhi City at this moment."

Chen Chuan thought about it and agreed, "I think so too." "Really? Tell me your reasons." Director Lei looked at him, and seemed to care about the reason why he came to this conclusion.

Chen Chuan pondered and said, "I feel that this person is seeking a breakthrough in his skills, just like those of us who practice martial arts, always chasing higher and stronger boundaries, trying to challenge one peak after another."

He pointed to the two pictures above and said, "He gives me the feeling that he is also chasing something. This spirit is expressed very strongly and it is difficult to ignore. I think this kind of person will not easily retreat until he achieves his goal. Even if he encounters setbacks for a while, he will not give up."

Director Lei looked at him for a few seconds and said slowly, "You looked very carefully." He took out a hard folder from his briefcase, opened it, and motioned for Chen Chuan to take it and have a look.

Chen Chuan put down the booklet, took the thing and looked at it, and found that the content written on it was an analysis of the painter of this esoteric Buddhist pattern.

Judging from the handwriting above, it should be written by Director Lei.

The above also believes that this person has a very paranoid temperament and an absolute pursuit of perfection.

And there was a comment behind it. Such a person would never succumb to temporary setbacks, and would definitely continue to perfect his own works in Yangzhi City to prove the perfection of his own skills.

Director Lei said in a deep voice: "The principle is the same. You fighters need to challenge and defeat your opponents, and so does he. Looking at his ritual works, the scale is always getting bigger and bigger, as if he wants to use the scale to compensate for the original simplification effect. But the current situation in the city has made it difficult for him to play any role.

If he wants to complete this kind of ceremony, he may have to find a way outside the city, or introduce external forces to disrupt the city and attract other people's attention, so as to buy him space and time to arrange the ceremony. However, Yangzhi City happens to have such a force, and even if Molan Company falls, it will not disappear. "

Chen Chuan immediately reacted, "Director Lei, are you talking about the resistance organization?"

Director Lei nodded: "The so-called resistance organization in Yangzhi City has been carrying out various vicious attacks under the banner of resisting the government, without caring about the lives of the people at all."

Chen Chuan nodded. There were signs of cooperation with the resistance organization in the actions of Fang Dawei's group, and he had even witnessed the unscrupulousness of this group of people in the incident at the Foreign Affairs Bureau. They directly shot at the crowd, which was completely different from what they claimed.

Just listening to what Director Lei said, it seems that there are differences in this resistance organization? However, this topic is very sensitive, so he did not ask.

Director Lei said, "Due to the lack of clues, we can't do anything now. We can only wait. You should read as much of the information I gave you as possible to learn how to defend against key areas. Fighters are good at frontal combat, but some esoteric rituals are difficult to guard against. It will be good for you to understand a little bit."

Chen Chuan deeply agreed with this. Although Shen Zheng had no rivals in the academy at that time, he still fell under the conspiracy of the secret cult ritual.

In addition to his interest in mysterious things such as esoteric rituals, he was also interested in the fact that esoteric rituals seemed to be able to restrain strange stories.

If this can be achieved, then can ghost stories be used as another source of medicine?
After finishing the conversation with Director Lei, he got out of the car and walked into the college. While walking on the road, he was also thinking about this matter.

It’s not necessarily true that there are no clues.

When he was checking the bodies of the remaining members of the Blood Mark Gang today, he found several people who were suspected to be not members of the Blood Mark Gang. Because members of the Blood Mark Gang all have five blood marks on their chests and clothes, it is easy to distinguish between the two, and these people did not have anything special to indicate their identity.

Could these people be members of the resistance organization?
While thinking, he walked into the dormitory building, and the dormitory teacher suddenly called him, "Student Chen, Supervisor Cheng wants to see you, call him back when you get back."

Chen Chuan came back to his senses and said thank you. He returned to the dormitory and called Cheng Zitong. After the call was connected, Cheng Zitong's excited voice came out:

"Xiao Chuan, get ready. The Armored Certificate Review Committee will be at school tomorrow. They will conduct an on-site review of you. If you pass, you can receive your Armored Certificate."

Chen Chuan asked: "On-site review?"

Cheng Zitong said: "Most of the time they just ask you a few questions. The process must be followed, otherwise the review committee has no meaning to exist."

Chen Chuan understood, and after asking about the time, he said, "Okay, teacher, I'll be there on time tomorrow."

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(End of this chapter)