Atlas of Heaven and Man

Although Zhan Yi denied everything he had just said, seemingly slapping himself in the face, he didn't feel embarrassed in the slightest.

What did personal honor and disgrace matter when it came to the company's interests?

Just then, someone below grumbled and clamored, "Mr. Zhan, how can you go back on your word? What about the reputation of Molan Corporation?"

"Yes, we are also partners of Molan Corporation, and we hope the company will seriously consider the demands of its partners," another person requested earnestly and sincerely.

Zhan Yi glanced coldly at these people. 'I've already thrown away my face for the sake of the company's interests. Can't you understand the company's difficulties?'

Chen Chuan glanced at the apprehensive members of the powerful families, then withdrew his gaze and looked at the black card again, picking it up and putting it into his upper pocket.

Previously, he had specifically entrusted Gao Ming to investigate this card and had finally learned its origin and function.

Originally, he was worried that there might be something wrong with this card, but after confirming it, the name on the card was indeed his, meaning that he was the true owner of this card, and it was what his parents had left him in this life.

However, this card did have a problem, but that was not important. He had already done what he needed to do, and the fourth step was already completed.

Seeing that he hadn't spoken for a long time, Zhan Yi tentatively asked, "Mr. Chen?"

Chen Chuan looked at him and said slowly, "Believe that the matter in the Judgment Hall is now unrelated to your company."

"Yes, the matter here has nothing to do with our Molan Corporation."

Zhan Yi nodded immediately. He believed he understood Chen Chuan's meaning. Now that the decision had been made, they couldn't care about the life or death of these people.

"Then, Mr. Chen, farewell." He gave Chen Chuan another friendly gesture, then waved his hand and led all the Molan Corporation security personnel directly out of there.

"It's still being confirmed. They said that's what's on the record file, but they can't rule out errors due to the length of time, so they dare not make a definitive statement and said they need to go to the head office for further verification and confirmation. This will take at least three to five days at the fastest."

Supervisor Luo began to think deeply. If the cardholder was determined to be dead, then this card would be of no practical use. But Chen Chuan was obviously still alive, which made the situation a bit complicated. Was he impersonating someone? Or was there some other reason?

But regardless, if the cardholder was determined to be dead, then he could completely deny it, and Yuanren Corporation would not bother them for this matter.

Then, should he notify those people afterward that Molan Corporation had decided to change its previous statement and was willing to continue to protect them? However, with such back-and-forth reversals, those people would probably not truly trust them anymore, let alone cooperate with them. Perhaps they would even…

Just as he was thinking about this, he suddenly realized a more serious problem, and his heart skipped a beat. Sweat suddenly seeped out of his forehead.

"Not good!"

He immediately urged the driver, "Go back! Back to the company!"

"Aren't we waiting for Assistant Zhan?" the driver asked subconsciously.

"I told you to drive!"

Supervisor Luo's extremely suppressed voice was almost squeezed out of his throat.

"Yes!" The driver was startled and quickly started the car.

On the national highway, near Yangzhi City, a long convoy was moving forward.

Commissioner Cao took back a telegram that had just been handed to him. Someone was constantly relaying all the situation at the Judgment Hall. When he saw Chen Chuan take out that black card, he didn't seem surprised at all.

What he was concerned about was another point. When Chen Chuan took out this card, the people from Molan Corporation retreated almost immediately, and they retreated very humbly, even at the expense of abandoning those partners.

His eyes immediately became sharp, like a predator seeing its prey.

Although Yuanren Corporation was very large, its influence in the country might not be comparable to Molan's. Yangzhi could be considered Molan's home ground, especially at a time when Molan Corporation was making key deployments. At this time, they chose to retreat. Could it be determined that…

No, that might not be enough.

Out of instinctive caution, he took out a pen, wrote a few names on it, and handed it to an assistant beside him, "Send a telegram, immediately detain these people…"

That's not right!

Before the assistant could take it, he quickly pulled the paper back, thought for a while, and said unhappily, "This kid is handing us a knife. It seems that this net has to be closed in advance…"

At this time, at another radio station, the dispatcher took off his headset, handed over the translated telegram, and turned to say, "Commissioner Cao, Canghong Tianqu and Yuan'an Corporation have both sent telegrams."

Commissioner Cao immediately took it over. After reading the two similar contents, he said solemnly, "As expected, they also noticed it." He looked ahead, his eyes becoming sharper than before, "Contact the Patrol Bureau, no need to wait, start arresting people immediately!"

On the Judgment Hall side, after the people from Molan Corporation left, the members of the School Board became extremely embarrassed.

They had just clearly stated their position, but the people had come up, and Molan Corporation had pulled away the ladder below, and now they couldn't get down.

Were they going to insist on expelling Chen Chuan? But looking at Molan Corporation's appearance, it seemed that they were afraid that Chen Chuan had some amazing background. Even the people from Molan Corporation had withdrawn, were they still going to continue? They would definitely not do something that obviously had no benefits and might even hit a brick wall.

But at this moment, the people from the Handling Bureau in the seats stood up, walked in front of them in front of everyone, and said solemnly, "Gentlemen, we suspect that you have colluded with Molan Corporation and certain families in private to plot against Wuyi students, and are also involved in an old case three years ago. We need to ask you to go back and cooperate with the investigation." As they spoke, they stretched out their hands to the side, "Please."

"Investigation?" The school board member who had cooperated with the company first looked at him in surprise, and was angered into laughter. "What right do you have to take me away?"

Another director also spoke, "We are school board members recognized by the Political Affairs Office. Without an arrest warrant from the main hospital, you are not qualified to arrest us!"

The school board members standing there also looked coldly at the people from the Handling Bureau, not cooperating in the slightest. They were not afraid of the Handling Bureau forcibly taking action. Not to mention that almost everyone present was one of their own, and as school board members, they were also qualified fighters.

"They don't, then what about me?"

As a deep and old voice spoke, everyone turned their heads and saw an unremarkable old man standing up in the seats. He had been there just now, sitting with all of them, but before he spoke, no one had noticed him, as if they had automatically ignored him.

When the people from Wuyi Academy saw him, they were all stunned, "Old Principal!?"

This unremarkable old man was none other than Cheng Shang, the second principal of Wuyi Academy, who was now holding an important position in the Central City Handling Bureau and was also a consultant to the Central City Main Hospital.

When he stood up, all the school board members who knew him felt a jump in their hearts. The sudden appearance of officials from the Central City Handling Bureau here, and in such a way, made them faintly feel that things were not good.

Cheng Shang said leisurely, "You should go with them. Staying inside for a while might not be a bad thing for you."

The board members looked at each other and all gave up their resistance. This was not only because of the identity that Cheng Shang represented at this moment, but also because of the force he himself represented. They clearly knew that even if everyone present added up, they would not be a match for this seemingly short old man.

The people from the Handling Bureau directly stepped forward, bound them with fighter-specific shackles, and then took them out.

Cheng Shang then turned to Chen Chuan, "Young man, did you see it before?"

Chen Chuan knew what he was asking and nodded.

Cheng Shang's frosty eyebrows moved, "How did you see it? Did someone tell you?"

Chen Chuan said frankly, "No, and it wasn't just me who saw it. I believe many people saw it, but their choices were different."

"Well, there are many smart people in the world, but some people are too smart." Cheng Shang nodded in agreement, and then slowly asked, "Young man, do you want to come?"

Chen Chuan was very certain: "Of course!"

Cheng Shang nodded and said, "Then I'll be waiting for you at the academy." With that, he put his hands behind his back and walked out of the Judgment Hall. Several people who hadn't paid attention before stood up from their seats and followed him out.

Their conversation left most people puzzled, but some realized something and their expressions changed slightly as they stood up and walked out.

Chen Chuan watched these people hurrying away with a calm gaze. When he and Gao Ming were making preparations, they discovered an unavoidable target.

That was Molan Corporation.

If the Mutual Aid Society people attacked him, and he confronted them, then it would likely involve Molan Corporation, because the forces behind these people had countless connections with that company.

But as they investigated and explored, along with the information Gao Ming gathered from various sources, and even the recent changes, they gradually discovered clues they hadn't noticed before. When they pieced these clues together, they came to a somewhat unexpected conclusion.

Perhaps, maybe… they didn't need to worry about Molan Corporation at all.

Because Molan Corporation was currently suffering a combined siege from other companies and unknown forces, its situation was precarious and it was already struggling to protect itself.

In fact, many clues had already appeared. The most obvious was the Bloodscar Gang. As Molan Corporation's vicious dogs, they were frequently attacked, their branches were bombed, and more than a dozen of their leaders had died at the hands of what seemed to be biological combat weapons, the Skullsplitter Demons, leaving the upper echelons almost completely empty.

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This was clearly an effort to clip their wings and gradually test Molan Corporation's bottom line.

Previously, Molan Corporation had been constantly competing with the state-owned enterprise Canghong Tianqu for water resources, using various illegal means to eliminate surrounding water plants, and had already effectively occupied many positions in the water affairs department. It seemed they were about to achieve their goal, but Canghong Tianqu had shown no reaction, which was the most abnormal thing of all.

When he took the Infinite Defense Certificate exam, Commissioner Cao paid special attention to him and Yangzhi City, which vaguely revealed that the upper echelons' attention was constantly focusing here.

All the clues indicated that an unprecedented storm was about to arrive.

So they didn't actually need to worry about Molan, and could even follow this trend and use this opportunity to accomplish what they wanted to do.

Interestingly, Guan Yuming had repeatedly told him at the Patrol Bureau that he would strongly support him, with an unusually confident tone, implying that as long as he didn't give in, nothing would happen.

Keep in mind that he hadn't revealed that he had the Infinite Defense Certificate at that time, but the Patrol Bureau's upper echelons seemed unusually confident.

Director Lei had been encouraging him to go to Central City, and when he might face threats from many powerful families, he had repeatedly promised to guarantee his safety.

And at the Wuyi Academy, there was an easily overlooked detail. At the beginning of the year, the third Headmaster Yan was transferred away and replaced by Fan Shoulou, who was now more experienced and older. Even earlier, the former's son, Yan Xiaojing, had been sent abroad in the name of international exchange and had not yet returned.

Also, the Mutual Aid Society's affair had caused such a great disturbance, but the higher-ups' handling bureau had not made any decent response or intervention, and had even remained silent throughout the entire process, only encouraging some students to come forward, which revealed something unusual.

All the signs indicated that all the violent institutions in Yangzhi City already knew something and had been prepared for a long time. So he had a bold guess that these institutions were probably also involved in this siege against Molan Corporation, and even if it hadn't reached the final stage yet, they should already have established an advantage.

Zhan Yi's words just now had not affected him in the slightest.

Molan Corporation was about to collapse, and you're telling me this?

Is it useful?

Choosing to stand on Molan Corporation's side at this time would lead to a quicker death. On the contrary, opposing it was the right thing to do.

In fact, he could have done nothing today and simply waited for the result, but he didn't want to simply follow the trend, but to be a catalyst.

He wanted to accelerate this process, instead of waiting another half a year or a year.

After discussing with Gao Ming, he discovered a node in the clash of many powerful forces where an individual could intervene and interfere in the overall situation!

That was to take out the Recommendation Card from the Original Human Company in the Judgment Hall.

He took out this card not to defend himself, but to test Molan Corporation's true strength for all the forces staring at it.

It was like taking a sharp knife and waving the tip in front of it.

If Molan Corporation had remained tough after the name of the Original Human Company was mentioned, it would have meant that it still had confidence. But today's retreat completely exposed its weakness!

More importantly, it blatantly exposed this weakness, turning its soft belly upwards. Those giant beasts around it, who had been eyeing it covetously and hesitating, would immediately rush up to tear it apart and devour it.

Cheng Shang had just asked him if he wanted to join, which was asking if he wanted to join the operation to encircle and suppress Molan Corporation. How could he miss such a big event? Of course, he had to participate!

If it were a commission, it might take many years to get such an opportunity. He could probably get the Armored Certificate in advance, and he could also use this to increase the overlap time of his second self.

At this time, as the people in the seats gradually left, the Judgment Hall had become empty. Chen Chuan pulled down his clothes, straightened his collar, turned around, and politely said to the judge who was still sitting there: "Your Honor, you haven't announced the judgment result yet."

The judge was stunned for a moment, and then his expression became solemn. He straightened his judgment robe, picked up the already prepared judgment, and slowly stood up, beginning to read:

"This court pronounces that the actions of Chen Chuan, a student of Wuyi Academy, in the Old Factory Incident are considered legitimate defense. The charges are not valid. If there are any objections, you can appeal to the Upper Court. The judgment is concluded. Yangzhi City Judgment Court, Da Shun Republic, Ninety-third year, August Twenty-first."

After speaking, he picked up the bronze hammer and knocked it on the base of the Xie Zhi statue, then looked at Chen Chuan and said in a gentle tone: "Student Chen, the judgment is over, you can leave."

Chen Chuan nodded to him, then turned around and walked out under the judge's gaze and the lingering sound of the bronze seat.

When he arrived at the front hall, he found that most of the people who had come out were being taken away by patrol officers from the Patrol Bureau. Gao Ming came over from the side, smiled, and said: "It's coming."

Chen Chuan said: "Yes."

Gao Ming said: "Cousin, I said that this game will be started by you, and it will also be ended by you."

Chen Chuan smiled, looked up at the outside, at the clear sky and the sunlight shining on everyone's heads, and said: "It's not the end, but another beginning."

In the Patrol Bureau's station near the Judgment Court, Guan Yuming was on the phone at this time, "Director, all the people have been arrested."

"Keep a close watch on them. The storm is about to rise, we must stabilize ourselves."

"Yes." Guan Yuming thought for a moment, then asked: "Director, why did you act ahead of time?"

"To flush out the snakes, we had to act."

Guan Yuming thought for a moment, reacted, and whispered: "Is it because of Xiaochuan's card…" He couldn't help but ask: "Director, what kind of card is that?"

"I've already asked, it's a Recommendation Card from the Original Human Company, but it's just an old, revoked card."

"A revoked card?"

Guan Yuming laughed and said: "Then he took it out to…" He paused, his eyes flickering a few times, realizing Chen Chuan's true intention, and said, amused and annoyed: "I knew it, this kid…"

They were originally slowly closing the net, repeatedly probing, and might have to probe several times, perhaps this time would be very long, because when facing a behemoth like Molan Corporation, no one wanted to be the first to rush up.

But Chen Chuan killed so many people from the Mutual Aid Society, so they could use this as an excuse to selectively arrest some people, without causing too much alarm to Molan Corporation.

But Chen Chuan's move was equivalent to pressing the acceleration button with one hand. All the forces were pushed hard from behind by him, and they all had to move, and had no choice but to move!

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