Chapter 601: Mask - Atlas of Heaven and Earth - NovelsTime

Atlas of Heaven and Earth

Chapter 601: Mask

Author: 误道者
updatedAt: 2025-08-21

Chen Chuan could hear the sincerity in Councilor Pei's words. Although he had his own ideas, he was still grateful for the other party's kindness. If he wasn't genuinely optimistic about him, there was no need to say all this to him.

He said, "Councilor Pei , thank you. I'll keep it in mind."

Councilor Pei smiled and said, "I really didn't expect Mr. Xue to come out and protect you. This is a good thing for you personally. The Municipal Council shouldn't bother you anymore during this time.

By the way, the higher-ups are adjusting your position. The procedures for your appointment are already underway. The three-month vacation given by the higher-ups has also been approved, Captain Chen . What are you planning to do during this time?"

Chen Chuan said, "I haven't decided yet, but before that, I might take a teacher's certificate at Wuyi Academy."

Now he is pondering the Heart Qi suitable for him, and needs to refer to Skills in all aspects. With a teacher's certificate, he can better utilize Hong Fu's resources, and he can also read some higher-level books of Wuyi Academy.

The Wuyi platform is still very useful, and he doesn't plan to give up here for the time being.

Councilor Pei was slightly surprised, but after thinking about it, he said, "With Captain Chen's Strength and status, it is not suitable to be a student anymore. Being a teacher at Wuyi is indeed more suitable for you.

There are quite a few talents in your Wuyi. During this Mother Split, the teachers and students of Wuyi contributed a lot. Do you remember the joint multi-department plan before? Wuyi Assistant Ling also contributed to the proposal of that plan."

Chen Chuan raised an eyebrow, "Assistant Ling ?"

Councilor Pei said, "Yes, Vice President Assistant Ling Jianxing , he participated in persuading the higher-ups of Wuyi to let Hong Fu , this Active Consciousness Entity, participate in this plan, and believed that you were the right candidate to implement it.

At the beginning, various departments believed that Active Consciousness Entities sometimes do things based on their own preferences and would not fully follow the plan.

But he believed that Captain Chen , you have the identity of a Wuyi Academy student and are a frequent user of resources, so the cooperation in tacit understanding is unmatched by others. Later, facts proved that it was indeed the case."

Chen Chuan said, "How much does Councilor Pei know about Assistant Ling ?"

Councilor Pei said, "Not much. I heard that although he was born in Jibei Province, he had been studying in the Capital before being sent here to be the president's assistant. He is a very talented person. To be able to become the president's assistant at such a young age requires not only ability but also martial power to convince the public."

Chen Chuan looked at him and nodded.

Councilor Pei looked at his watch and said, "Captain Chen , I still have official business, so I'll take my leave first. I'll notify you if there's any news." After greeting Chen Chuan , he opened the car door, got back into the car, and then drove away under Chen Chuan's gaze.

After he left, Chen Chuan pondered for a while. Councilor Pei mentioned Assistant Ling at the end. It seemed like he was following his lead, but he felt that the other party mentioned it intentionally, as if hinting at something.

He actually had some guesses about Councilor Pei's true identity, because some of his characteristics were similar to those of the people he had contacted before.

Of course, this was based on his intuition as a Martial Artist and there was no evidence.

So the matter he specifically pointed out would not be without reason.

Although he didn't know what Assistant Ling was thinking, he felt that he was now enough to deal with it.

While thinking, he returned to the dormitory, checked the messages he had received, changed his clothes, and went to the Training room.

He felt the Spiritual mark that Teacher Xue left on his shoulder and found that this method was quite complicated and didn't seem easy to practice. He thought to himself that it was no wonder Teacher Xue said he would come to check.

Although it was not easy, it seemed to have good results after it was completed.

According to the above, this Skills is not only able to defend against energy field monitoring, but also avoid certain external Spirit contact and exploration.

This is not simple, because according to his current combat experience, Spirit attacks are quite risky for both sides, so it is better to use some Skills to try to explore beforehand, but if you can prevent others from seeing through your reality, that is indeed a good Skills.

He has a Second Self , which can actually be used to transfer and avoid these, but he does not reject improving the Skills of the main body. The Second Self will be consumed, and having such ability can provide an extra method of dealing with the enemy at critical moments.

Although he was fine this time thanks to Teacher Xue's intervention in a short period of time, he still couldn't be careless and couldn't place his hope on the enemy's negligence and mercy. Improving himself is the best way to respond.

It took him two days to roughly master this Skills, and the next step is in-depth Cultivation, which can rely on Hong Fu's sparring, and he believes it will be mastered soon.

On May 29th, he received a notice from the Processing Bureau that the bureau officially approved his promotion to Investigation Director , and asked him to attend the conferment ritual on June 2nd.

After replying, he thought about it and contacted Lu Fang , "Senior Brother Lu, are you doing well these days?"

Lu Fang said, "No Influence, after you notified me, Junior Brother, the two senior brothers and I closed the Martial Combat hall for a few days and didn't go anywhere, so we didn't encounter too much trouble."

Chen Chuan asked, "Has Little Jin been here these days?"

Lu Fang said, "Yes, except for the two days of biological pollution, he has been coming every day since then."

"Is there anything different from usual?"

"Different?" Lu Fang thought for a while, "He may have some concerns, and his training has become more intense these two days."

Chen Chuan hmmmed and said, "Senior Brother, I'll come over later."

"Okay."

After ending the call, Chen Chuan changed into casual clothes and went downstairs, then drove to the Martial Combat hall where Lu Fang was located.

After driving into Voidward District, he saw that large areas of insect corpses in the dump trucks on the roadside had not been cleaned up, and many people were still spraying the trees with pungent and unpleasant potion to eliminate the insect eggs. From time to time, some insects fell from the leaves.

This is not Majestic Light District and Martial Determination District after all, and the prevention and cleaning of these Convergence Zone invading organisms is slower.

In fact, even with such repeated cleaning, there will still be many left. These insects will soon adapt to the environment here and become more suitable for survival here. Central City can't stop them at all, and they will gradually spread around, just like the fusion of two worlds is almost unstoppable.

In less than an hour, he arrived at the entrance of the Martial Combat hall, and was surprised to find that there were many more people here than he had seen before, and there were also some scattered gang members at the entrance.

After he parked the car and walked down, those gang members saw him, said a few words, and then turned and left. Although he was not wearing a uniform today, the aura of a Martial Artist on his body could not be concealed. These people obviously didn't want to cause trouble.

After looking at them a few times, he walked into the Martial Combat hall. Lu Fang knew he had arrived and was welcoming him from inside. After greeting him, Chen Chuan asked, "There seem to be a lot more gang members here?"

Lu Fang said, "This, don't worry, they are not here to cause trouble. In the biological experiment that invaded a few days ago, and the large-scale conflicts in the city, many gangs were involved and suffered a lot of losses, and some were directly removed. The remaining gangs were still fighting for territory for two days. Knowing that my place is safe, they specially sent their children to learn Martial Arts. They don't care whether they learn or not, they just want peace of mind."

Chen Chuan nodded. Lu Fang and the two senior brothers are all Second-Limit Martial Artists. With three Martial Artists here, ordinary gangs really dare not provoke them.

If Lu Fang and these two had their own pursuits and didn't want to go this way, then building their own gang would be easy.

It's just that they can't solve the identity issue, and the Martial Combat hall can't grow bigger. Even if he becomes a regional supervisor , he can't solve it, because only the Government Affairs Hall has the right to grant citizenship, unless someone can step into the Third Limit.

The two walked inside while talking.

He saw Chen Xiaojin seriously practicing with someone there at a glance, very seriously, and looked no different from usual.

He went to the side and watched. After ten minutes, the sparring ended. Chen Xiaojin walked down from above, panting, and came to Lu Fang . The latter pointed out the areas he needed to correct, then patted his shoulder and gestured towards Chen Chuan .

Chen Xiaojin walked over and said as if easily, "Captain Chen , are you looking for me?"

Chen Chuan said, "Your last kick just now, you raised it a little when kicking."

"Raised it?"

Chen Chuan raised his hand, "Try kicking again."

Chen Xiaojin looked at it, took two steps back, and then kicked out, but Chen Chuan pressed down slightly, blocking his toe, causing him to take several steps back.

Chen Chuan said, "Your feet fully exerted the accumulated Strength when it reached this height, but your feet reached the opponent's body first, which caused the Strength to be sufficient, but not actually used, which is equal to useless, but instead consumed too much of yourself. That's why you didn't win just now."

He Evaluation said, "You are too impatient."

Chen Xiaojin lowered his head and clenched his fists.

At this time, Chen Chuan groped for a while, took out half of the Mask left by Chen Bitong from his pocket, and handed it to him, "This is Master Chen's thing, I think it should be given to you."

Chen Xiaojin glanced at it, but did not take it, but raised his head to look at him and asked, "Is he not coming back?"

Chen Chuan looked at him quietly, without speaking.

Chen Xiaojin lowered his head again and rubbed his eyes hard with his arms, and said with red eyes, "Actually, I'm already used to it. He used to leave for a long time, whether he's here or not is the same."

Chen Chuan slowly said, "Master Chen has things he must do. You may think he's letting you down, but he's actually been trying to protect you and hasn't really ignored you."

He turned the Mask over, and on the back of the Mask was engraved a small whale.

Little Whale.

Chen Xiaojin.

"I don't know if he can come back, but if you want to see him again, then exercise well. When you are strong enough, go and bring him back yourself."

Chen Chuan looked at him and said, "If you want, come to Wuyi to find me when you have practiced the necessary Skills." After saying that, he placed the half-faced Mask on the table next to him, then turned and left.

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