Atlas of Heaven and Man

Chen Chuan turned around. Inside the office, another person had appeared at some point.

This person seemed to have walked out of the shadows, standing there silently. He didn't seem very tall, wearing a military overcoat, with a short sword with a silver-white scabbard at his waist, a rectangular face, slightly dark skin, messy, thick hair, and a somewhat sinister look in his eyes.

Judging from his appearance, it matched the information photo at the garrison. It was Fei Tong, the garrison officer of Fortress No. 285.

He looked at this person and said, "Because I knew from the beginning that all of this was Fei, the garrison officer, playing tricks behind the scenes, and not some kind of anomaly."

Fei Tong narrowed his eyes at him: "Is that so? Then how did you know?"

"Yesterday, when I came to the office, I found this piece of torn paper." Chen Chuan took out the pieced-together paper and showed it to the other party.

"This was torn from your personal diary. Looking at the messy lines and those characters, you seem to be trying to make us think you've gone crazy?"

Fei Tong looked at it. "What, is my imitation not convincing enough?"

Chen Chuan said: "It's not that it's not convincing, but it's only similar. Although your lines try to appear 'crazy', they lack the true madness. And the biggest flaw of Garrison Officer Fei is that after writing so much, you didn't even puncture the paper in a single place. It's hard to say you're really crazy.

Also, you tore it up and threw it in the wastebasket, and the wastebasket only had this in it. It's obvious you wanted people to see it. This kind of behavior is too logical, the deliberate traces are too heavy."

Fei Tong paused for a moment before saying, "Are you sure it's me based on this alone?"

Chen Chuan said: "I can't be certain based on this alone, but at least it let me know that someone is deliberately disrupting the line of sight. Because if it were an anomaly, given the integrity of the defenses here, it wouldn't be able to get in without an inside accomplice.

And you are both the owner of the diary and the person who happens to have the ability to do it. Who else would I suspect if not you?"

A sneer suddenly appeared on Fei Tong's face, and he said: "So you don't have any clear evidence, just relying on your own feelings to speculate?"

Chen Chuan said sincerely: "That's not the case. Actually, I knew it was Garrison Officer Fei yesterday."

Fei Tong's expression froze slightly, "Yesterday?"

"Yes, yesterday."

Chen Chuan looked at him and said: "Garrison Officer Fei shouldn't have specifically trained in the field of domains or learned domain techniques, right? Last night, when you were standing outside the hall, I felt your domain.

That's the domain only a Third Threshold combatant would have. Combined with the previous evidence, that's enough to prove it's you.

By the way, when I came in just now, you secretly followed in behind me, but your domain was very obvious, almost plainly saying that you were there. It was hard for me not to notice."

He smiled, "This fully demonstrates that without understanding some skills and knowledge, even trying to do some disguise is impossible."

Fei Tong's expression darkened, "Your words are unpleasant, and I don't like them."

A strong killing intent emanated from his body, but Chen Chuan remained unmoved and continued to speak: "When I pointed the finger of suspicion at you yesterday, I kept thinking, why would you do this?

Judging from the events at the rest stop, I guessed that it was probably because the minds of you people had been activated, which is why you did these things. If a Third Threshold combatant in a garrison has a problem, they definitely have the ability to do this.

But I think…"

He raised his eyes and said slowly: "You definitely didn't suddenly have a problem. It wasn't a passive acceptance, but a long-planned, active choice."

Fei Tong sneered: "Is that something you saw as well?"

"Yes."

Chen Chuan said frankly: "The domain I felt yesterday was icy cold, but it also concealed something within it. This was very similar to the Iron Fiend I once encountered. I think this shouldn't be an accident, but a similar situation.

And I happen to have heard that this is an old imperial activation technique, and this technique is currently being given to some people who have been granted titles by the old imperial family."

He looked at Fei Tong: "In that case, you should have received benefits from the old imperial family and are preparing to serve them?"

Fei Tong stared at him intently.

Chen Chuan continued: "I thought about it. Although the incident here and the Iron Fiend's incident were separated by a period of time, I checked. If their plan doesn't go smoothly and both escape routes are blocked, they can still go through some remote areas, pass through here, and then circle back. That's also possible.

Although doing so would still result in losses, it would be much better than going elsewhere. In that case, you are likely to be a backup plan they had arranged long ago, or you may even be the inside accomplice.

But after the Iron Fiend was dealt with, the original plan couldn't be completed, and your side may have already gone all-in and couldn't turn back, which is why those things happened later.

I just don't know, since you've already done these things, why are you still staying here and not leaving?

I guess that the Iron Fiend might be your introducer. Now that the Iron Fiend is dead, you're afraid that going over to the old imperial family's side would be difficult for you, so you caused so much trouble later, wanting to bring back more spoils of war, hoping to use these to give them an explanation. I don't know if I'm right?"

Fei Tong's expression became even more gloomy.

Chen Chuan looked at his face and nodded, "It seems I guessed this right. Well, at least I guessed one thing right."

Chen Chuan said: "Your Excellency seems very confident."

Fei Tong snorted and drew the short sword from his waist with a clang. This weapon is perfect for use in this not-so-spacious place. At the same time, tendrils emerged from his exposed neck, rapidly wrapping around it, looking somewhat similar to the Iron Fiend's situation at the time.

"Activation has given me great power, allowing me to understand many things. My spirit and my body have been sublimated once again. Now, I am at least twice as strong as before."

He looked at Chen Chuan with a grin. "Besides, why do you think I showed up? Just because of your words? I had already planned it. You sent your two teammates away, and they won't be back for a while. And you don't have a knife on you. How could you possibly be my opponent?!"

Chen Chuan's deep, quiet eyes stared at him. They were originally far apart, but the next moment, he suddenly appeared in front of Fei Tong and punched him in the abdomen.

Fei Tong noticed something was wrong and tried to retreat, using the mutated tissue in his body to dissipate the force, but that force was too strong and rampaged through his body. He couldn't completely neutralize it. After retreating several meters, he suddenly knelt on the ground and retched.

"Why do you think I didn't bring a knife?"

A calm voice suddenly appeared in his ear. He was shocked. Chen Chuan appeared in front of him again, looking down at him.

"That's because to deal with you, I don't need these."

As he spoke, he kicked upwards, and Fei Tong felt that as soon as he blocked, an irresistible force came upon him. His entire body left the ground and was kicked out of the opening in the office.

Chen Chuan slowly walked forward. He didn't bring a weapon because he had previously understood the person's true strength through the domain, and he could subdue him even with his bare hands.

And if he didn't do this, how could the other party jump out so easily?

Fei Tong coughed a few times while lying in the pile of broken bricks. After taking these two blows, he would have broken bones and lost his fighting ability before, but now he can still struggle to get up from the ground.

But before he could stand up straight again, another punch came crashing down. He hurriedly raised his hand to block, but the fist pushed his hand and hit him in the face. With a bang, he staggered backwards.

This force not only made his arms sore and numb, but also a strong force penetrated into his skull, repeatedly impacting, and his eyes turned black for a while.

Fortunately, he is no longer a normal person, and his brain tissue is firmly attached to the skull, preventing severe shocks, and he can still maintain a clear consciousness.

At this time, he was both shocked and angry, realizing that he had greatly underestimated his opponent, so he roared wildly, and his aura suddenly rose. The dense tendrils outside his body suddenly turned bright red, and his body gradually turned white, as if it had been saturated with fresh blood.

Chen Chuan could feel that as the tendrils grew stronger, the domain representing the limbs rapidly increased, while the domain representing the body rapidly decreased.

This is extremely overdrawing one's own life potential to increase the strength of the mutated tissue. Perhaps one's own essence and blood have also been invested in it. This approach can indeed temporarily increase combat power.

However, it is only for a period of time. If it is supported for a slightly longer time, even if he does not actively attack, the person will kill himself.

So, if he had no worries, he could keep his distance at this moment and wait for him to defeat himself.

But he still has other teammates outside and can't do such a thing, so he can only work a little harder himself.

At this moment, taking advantage of Fei Tong's body changing, he took another step to the person's front, reached out and pushed, and the latter felt that as soon as he blocked, he felt an irresistible force coming upon him. His entire body was lifted off the ground and pushed out of the opening in the office.