Atlas of Heaven and Man

"Failed?"

Zhao Qian's face darkened.

Ghost Walker's past success rate was one hundred percent, and he also knew that this person had worked for the company and completed tasks with the same high efficiency, so he trusted the other party's ability.

But how could such a person fail?

What could be the reason?

Because this cleanup was done through the platform, it ensured that Ghost Walker didn't know who the client was, but he also didn't know the specific execution of Ghost Walker.

He took a deep breath, preparing to wait and see, because due to the identity of the Zhao family, government departments had conducted several investigations on him, although he managed to get through them by taking risks, there were also many people in the company who were dissatisfied with him, including some competitors.

If his personal actions affected the interests of the department and the company, then these people would jump out to bite him impatiently, even if it was just a trivial matter, it could be infinitely amplified, and now was not the time to give them more excuses.

He knew very well in his heart that in Central City, the company was the source of his greatest interests; only by having the company's skin on his body could he maintain everything he had.

Anyway, he was in the dark, and he still had time to figure out the situation first.

After thinking about this, he said to the person on the other end: "No need for now."

"Okay, the reply has been recorded. If you still need cleaning services, the platform is always welcome. The refund of the deposit will be returned to your account within three days."

Zhao Qian ended the communication, cleared the records, stood up, walked to the window, and contacted someone using the interface device. After waiting for a while, the other side connected, and a very rigid voice came out: "Boss, what do you need me to do?"

Zhao Qian said: "I need you to help me investigate something, and also about a Wuyi Academy student. Remember not to alarm anyone. Send the information you find to me personally, without going through the platform."

"Boss, you're so cautious, it seems the target has some background. How much time can you give me?"

"I need to know the results within a month."

"Hmm, what about the matter over there?"

"Don't worry about that for now, this matter is more important."

"Understood, Boss, wait for my news."

After ending the call, he was still standing there, deep in thought.

Footsteps came from behind, and a petite girl of fourteen or fifteen years old walked in from outside.

There were obvious embedded lines on her neck, and scattered biological electric light on her cervical vertebrae, and the parts below her thighs were even more obviously implanted prosthetic limbs.

She picked up the drink in front of the desk, poured a cup, held it in both hands, came to Zhao Qian, and then slowly knelt down, handing over the drink.

Zhao Qian took it, took a sip, and looked down at that pure and delicate face, saying, "Every time I see it, it feels very similar, very good, just kneel like that."

The girl remained silent.

Zhao Qian turned and left, only that petite figure kneeling there, reflected on the glass curtain wall.

Outside the North Passage checkpoint of Central City, Chen Chuan drove the Cadre car to this place and slowly parked the car by the roadside.

He looked at the open road ahead and the city patrolmen patrolling back and forth. This was one of the main passages into Central City. Back then, because of the road blockade, he did not enter the city from here, but chose to bypass it from the side.

Such things were actually not uncommon. Central City was so big that it was impossible to watch every place. Most people without identity entered the city from those marginal areas. Smuggling activities were endless in these places, and various violent activities were also unavoidable.

Not to mention these places, even the checkpoints had also encountered strong rushes and violent attacks, so his coming to pick up Gao Ming this time was more to take care of the latter's safety.

He waited for only a while before he saw a gray-white sedan driving towards the checkpoint and starting the cumbersome inspection procedure. More than ten minutes later, the car slowly drove out from there.

At this moment, the continuous rainy days of the past few days gradually dissipated, and the sunlight shone through the clouds, sprinkling on the road. He reached out and opened the door, got out of the car.

The car also slowly stopped, the door opened, Gao Ming got out of the back seat, adjusted his gold-rimmed glasses, straightened the long dark brown gentleman's suit on his body, and walked towards him.

Chen Chuan smiled slightly, walked up, and stood in the place where the sun was shining down. The two patted their hands. He said, "Gao Ming, was the road smooth?"

Gao Ming said with a smile: "It's just that I waited a little longer at the checkpoint."

Chen Chuan asked: "Have you found a place to live?"

"The office has arranged an apartment, I'll live there first."

Chen Chuan said: "That's good. After you settle down, I have something to discuss with you."

Gao Ming pushed his glasses and said, "Cousin, you are my first client. You can tell me anything as soon as possible."

Chen Chuan nodded, "We'll talk about anything when we get back."

He was very clear about his current driving skills, and he was using a temporary pass, so he asked Gao Ming to return to the original car, and he just followed behind.

After sending Gao Ming to the apartment of the office, helping him settle down, and waiting for everything to be cleaned up, he talked about the matter and told him about Zhao Qian.

"This person was also a member of the Mutual Aid Society. He was one of the main planners of Senior Shen's incident back then. Wei Jun's subsequent actions were just imitating him. It's just that although Molan Corporation collapsed, Zhao's also perished with it, but he escaped the liquidation."

Gao Ming said: "Cousin, according to the information you provided, this person has a large company background. If we want to deal with this person, no matter what method we use, I first need to collect some necessary and detailed information, which will take a certain amount of time."

Chen Chuan nodded. He knew that this matter couldn't be rushed. After all, what they were facing this time was not a lone wolf like Ghost Walker, but a middle-level manager of a large company, whose resources were far beyond what ordinary fighters could compare.

After finishing the business, he and Gao Ming talked about Yang Zhi and the family's affairs, had a meal together, and then came out of this apartment and drove the Cadre car back to the academy.

Still on the way, the interface device showed a connection. He saw it was Lao Qi, so he connected. Lao Qi's voice sounded: "Brother Chen, the materials you wanted, I have bought them according to the quantity you requested, and they are all placed in the warehouse."

Chen Chuan said: "Lao Qi, did you encounter any trouble?"

Lao Qi said: "No, no."

"Okay, Lao Qi, thank you for your trouble."

"It's a small matter."

Chen Chuan thought for a while, turned around and drove towards the warehouse.

The matter of the raccoon cat stone carving should be resolved as soon as possible. Even though this weird tale has been fed by Ghost Walker, according to his speculation, if the ritual activity is not carried out for a long time, and the weird tale cannot be satisfied, it may come out on its own to satisfy its own needs. At that time, that restraint may not work.

This was also why he brought this thing back instead of simply leaving it there.

All the way to Wu Bei's warehouse, he found those secret religious materials, checked the quantity and quality, and there were no problems. Lao Qi was very reliable in this regard.

Next was to hold the ritual, but there were many important things in the warehouse, so the ritual could not be held here, but there was a place that was very suitable.

He parked the Cadre car here, borrowed the small truck from Wu Bei, moved the stone carving up, drove out from here, and drove directly to the wasteland where Teacher Wu originally lived.

This location would not disturb others, and the field surveillance seemed to be weakened because of the problem here, so it was very convenient to handle some things.

After arriving here, he looked around and finally found a place that looked more suitable, so he stopped here, moved the raccoon cat stone carving down, and placed it in a suitable position.

Then he turned back, put down the luggage bag containing the ritual materials, found a sheltered place and took out the things inside one by one, and finally opened the information book that Director Lei gave him, and started to carefully depict the restraint ritual around according to the pattern on it.

This time, he drew two ritual patterns in a row. The first one was just a simple circle to prevent the weird tale from escaping; the second one was the most important restraint ritual, because he had actually operated it once before, this time he was more confident, and it only took less than two hours to complete the two arrangements.

After checking it all over, seeing that there were no omissions or mistakes, he came to stand in front of the raccoon cat stone carving and looked up at it.

This raccoon cat stone carving was very old. It was speculated that at that time, the original image was only created to facilitate the placement of sacrifices and kowtowing. In fact, the weird tale had no fixed form.

However, it was precisely because of the antiquity of this statue that it was already enough to become an object carrying the weird tale, so it could be recycled a little later.

He reached out and pressed it on the head of the raccoon cat stone carving, and then his eyes condensed, and a force instantly penetrated into it. The stone carving shook, and strands of cracks immediately appeared on it.

At the same time, a violent roar came from his ears, and the second me began to show signs of blurring.

After fighting with Ghost Walker, the overlap time came to two days and ten hours, and the strength possessed by the second me was closer to his body, but even so, when this weird tale was gradually released, the overlap time was also rapidly reduced. This degree of invasion was the strongest he had encountered so far.

But similarly, while the weird tale was invading him, it was also constantly stimulating his entire body's alienated tissues.

As cracking sounds came from the stone carving, pieces of gravel fell from the stone carving, and finally shattered into a pile on the ground, and at the same time, a scream that could almost tear through the skull came from his ears.

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