Atlas of Heaven and Man.

Chapter 318 Application
After hearing what he said, Lu Fang couldn't help but ask: "Her face has been modified? Brother Wu, can you confirm it?"

Wu Bei said: "I don't know what she looked like originally, but her bones and facial features have been adjusted to a certain extent, and implant fibers have been used to consolidate them.

I've heard from my family before that some companies will provide customers with unique or similar people based on their preferences and personal hobbies."

When Lu Fang heard this, he suddenly understood something. He looked at the girl with regret, then turned to Chen Chuan and said:
"If that's the case, then she is most likely not Senior Shen's sister. Perhaps she is just a similar doll that Zhao Qian ordered from a certain company. Maybe he wanted to humiliate Senior Shen? Or maybe he wanted to imitate someone?"

Chen Chuan also thought of this possibility. In this case, the girl who called herself "No. 13" might look like Zhao Qian imitating Shen Zheng's sister.

But what is strange is that Shen Zheng’s sister was taken away by Zhao Qian in the first place, so why would he spend the effort to customize another doll that looks similar to her?

What exactly happened here?

He changed his mind and asked, "Did Zhao Qian ever tell you who you look like?"

The girl said softly, "Mr. Zhao seemed to say that I look like someone, but I don't know who it is."

Lu Fang murmured, "Maybe that's it."

Chen Chuanshuo said: "Senior, there may be some clues in this house. Let's search here first and see if we can find anything."

Lu Fang nodded.

Chen Chuan looked at the girl again, "Do you know what's special about this place?"

The girl said, "There is a study room on the southeast corner of the third floor. Mr. Zhao usually doesn't let me get close to it."

Seeing that she answered every question, Lu Fang couldn't help but say to Wu Bei, "She doesn't seem to be very resistant?"

Wu Bei replied, "Big companies all have a consciousness editing implant, which can be used with hypnosis technology to pre-plan the behavior logic of the puppet. However, the higher the requirements, the more money is needed. Zhao Qian may not have ordered these services."

Lu Fang understood, so he pointed to the man lying on the ground and asked the girl, "Who is he?"

The girl said, "He is the man that Mr. Zhao arranged to guard the house. His name is Zhao Er."

Lu Fang asked again: "So the nutritional cream delivered every day is ordered by this person?"

The girl nodded.

Lu Fang asked in confusion: "Why not order more at once?"

"Because the amount Mr. Zhao transferred to him from his account every day was limited, just enough for daily consumption, so we couldn't buy too much at once, and we were not allowed to contact Mr. Zhao actively, so we could only wait for his instructions."

Lu Fang couldn't help but sigh. From this perspective, these two were truly tools. Since they couldn't take the initiative to contact Zhao Qian, they wouldn't even leave after Zhao Qian's death. They would only rigidly carry out the orders left by Zhao Qian.

After understanding the situation, Chen Chuan and Lu Fang discussed it and decided to search separately. Lu Fang was responsible for other places, while he went directly to the third floor, in front of the room the girl mentioned.

The lock outside naturally couldn't stop him. He pushed the door lightly, unlocked it and walked in. He saw a plant in the room that grew from the ground to the ceiling.

Wu Bei's voice came: "This is a field interference organism. This one is Wumian Company's 'Cactus'. It is a mid-range product that can have five fixed field signals, which rotate every six days."

Chen Chuan took a look and observed the room, and found a secret door on one side of the wall. He went up and pushed it open, and saw a small collection room inside. Several types of guns were placed on the wall, and each one was wrapped with a transparent film coating that could be torn off at any time.

There was a metal cabinet at the front of the room. He went up to try it and found it was not locked. After opening it, there were three rows of drawers. In the first drawer were some spare money and coins. After a rough count, there were about three or four thousand yuan.

The second drawer contained some paper records and documents. He flipped through them and found that most of them were recorded in passwords. However, judging from the documents placed together, they were most likely related to Lianwei Zhongyu Company.

He pushed it back and opened the third drawer, and found an exquisite red wooden box. He originally thought it was some important object, but when he opened it, he found that it was a genealogy of the Zhao family.

He took it out and flipped through it. It recorded that Zhao's ancestors had served as generals in the old times, and one of their branches moved to Yangzhi Town, which was later Yangzhi City.

Before the Algae Liquid Revolution, all the farmland in the old town belonged to the Zhao family. In the new era, the Zhao family did not cling to the output of the land, but started to engage in overseas trade.

During the Great Development Period, the Zhao family actively supported and cooperated with the army, and thus became one of the civilian military supply suppliers, thereby regaining their political identity and status.

But within a few years, Zhao lost to its rivals in business competition and suffered political suppression. It once again retreated to Yangzhi City until it connected with the Molan Company and became active again.

Chen Chuan flipped through it roughly. Although it was just a family tree, he always felt that it was not that simple. There was a large section describing the period before the Great Development. When he was in middle school, although the school also talked about this period of history, it was only briefly mentioned. This one is very detailed and he can take it home to read. Under the family tree box was a general tiger badge, made of pure gold, with the ancient characters "奉圣" on it.

Is it something that belonged to the General Fengsheng back then? However, the genealogy says that the Yangzhi Zhao family is just one of the branches, so how did this thing end up in Zhao Qian's hands?

Just as he was thinking about it, Lu Fang's excited voice came from the world: "Brother Chen, come and take a look at this."

Chen Chuan put down his things, walked over, and came to the bedroom on the second floor. He saw Lu Fang holding a photo, and when he saw him coming, he handed it to him.

Chen Chuan took it and looked at it. It was a little girl who was about ten years old. Number 13 below was somewhat similar to her, but when comparing it with the photo, it can be seen that they are two different people, and the facial features are closer to Shen Zheng in the photo he saw at the beginning.

Lu Fang said: "There is a date on the photo. It was four years ago."

Chen Chuanshuo said: "Four years ago, was that the year when Senior Shen got into trouble?"

"Yes." Lu Fang said in a deep voice, "The senior's sister was taken away by Zhao Qian four years ago. The age of the girl in the photo also matches. This should be a photo of the senior's sister."

Chen Chuan glanced at the background of the photo and found it very familiar. It should have been taken in the abandoned factory where the Mutual Aid Society was plotting against Shen Zheng. The location also matched, so the identity should be confirmed.

He said, "Let's look for other clues."

Lu Fang nodded vigorously.

Unfortunately, after searching the entire building and questioning the girl several times, they still couldn't find anything more useful.

Chen Chuan suggested that they stop here for today, because Zhao Qian also left some coded records, and perhaps they could find something from them. Lu Fang agreed.

It would not be appropriate to let Girl No. 13 and Zhao Er go for the time being, so Lu Fang took the initiative to express his willingness to stay and guard these two people.

Upon seeing this, Chen Chuan agreed on some secret contact codes with him just in case, then left the house with some valuables and returned to Xuan Gong Building.

The next day, he went to Gao Ming first, handed him the code book and some information suspected to be from Lianwei Zhongyu, and asked him to check the origin of this code.

After he came out, he went to Teacher Zheng's house for training.

Recently, whenever he came here, he would do practical training with Zheng Tongtong. From being unilaterally suppressed in the beginning to now being able to fight back and forth.

But this time was particularly different. Not only did his bones, muscles, and internal organs become stronger with the continuous investment of resources, but with the improvement of his senses, he had faster reaction ability and coordination even in a low state, and was able to keep pace with Zheng Tongtong.

The two men fought very calmly, neither of them revealed any flaws, and they attacked each other for a whole day without stopping.

With their physical strength and endurance, it would be fine even if they delayed it for a few more days. That would become a complete test of physical exhaustion.

Although this was useful for honing skills, the effect was not very good, so the two of them began to speed up the rhythm and power of their sword strikes at the same time, as if they had agreed. In just a dozen seconds, they attacked each other hundreds of times, and the sound of swords clashing echoed throughout the training ground.

Teacher Zheng saw that the two men were getting faster and faster, and their swords were swinging with increasing force. He knew that if they continued fighting, the two men would not be able to stop. So he picked up a training wooden sword at random, and inserted it into the gap between the two men's swords. With a light flick, he swept the two men's knives away.

Chen Chuan took the opportunity to put away his knife. He felt that the force coming from it was just right to separate him and Zheng Tongtong. The timing and strength were just right, not too much or too little. Even if he let go, he would never be able to do it. It seems that he still has a long way to go in terms of skills.

Teacher Zheng said in a satisfied tone, "Student Chen, let's stop here for today's training. You have made great progress. You don't need to learn too much for now. You just need to hone and master what you have in front of you. My suggestion is that you can apply for the skills assessment when you return."

Chen Chuan nodded. It was already the beginning of June, and there was only less than a month left until the end of the semester. His skill level could not be improved much in a short period of time, so it was time to take the assessment.

After saying goodbye to Mr. Zheng and his daughter, he drove back to Xuangong Building and contacted the Wuyi platform at the same time, "Hongfu, I'm applying for the skill assessment for this semester."

Hong Fu's voice came: "I have received your application, student Chen. According to your application date, the available dates for the assessment are: June 5th, 10th, and 25th. Please confirm the date."

Chen Chuan thought about it. The fifth was tomorrow. He felt that there was no need to wait any longer. It would be better to solve it tomorrow. So he said, "I will apply for the assessment on June 5th."

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(End of this chapter)