Chapter 209: Hostages

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Chapter 208 of "Atlas of Heaven and Earth" starts with unexpected events: After the Telegram was sent, Bureau Chief Lei also had the car driven there. As... Find out more!

After the Telegram was sent, Bureau Chief Lei also had the car driven there. As they were nearing Olive Street, there was a response from the other side. After the vehicle slowly stopped at the street corner, a Captain from the Review Bureau walked to the car. Once the window was lowered, he said: "Bureau Chief, according to your instructions, we found three pillars wrapped in decorations in the surrounding shops, with paper figures with names written on them attached. We then searched the Company and found that a total of eight people were not in the Company. We checked their work items and found traces indicating that some hadn't been touched for as little as five or six days, while others hadn't been touched for at least two months. However, the people in the Company believe they are still around, living with them day and night, and don't find anything abnormal." Bureau Chief Lei said, "Give me the list." The Captain immediately handed over a piece of paper with names written on it. Bureau Chief Lei took it, glanced at it, and handed it to Chen Chuan next to him. "Are the people you're looking for on it?" Chen Chuan took it and looked. Min Lan's name was clearly on it, and he nodded to Bureau Chief Lei. Bureau Chief Lei said, "Those employees should all be under the Influence of Secret Rituals, believing people are around, but in reality, they are no longer by their side." Chen Chuan thought to himself, no wonder they said the person was there when he called just now, but then said they couldn't answer the phone. It should be that this person exists in their consciousness, but this person obviously can't come over to talk to others. But even so, the families of these employees couldn't possibly not feel the Anomaly over such a long period of time, so there must be other reasons why it could be concealed. The Captain added, "When we searched just now, we found that the number of employees missing from this Company due to missions in the past six months is relatively high. Most of them had problems on one mission." Bureau Chief Lei pondered for a moment and said, "Are there any results from the Communications Bureau?" The Captain said, "We are waiting; it should be soon." At this moment, a team member walked over and handed over a note. He glanced at it and handed it over. "Bureau Chief, we found it. When we entered Qing Yao Company, a Telegram was sent from the building, and the receiving location is here." Bureau Chief Lei took it and looked at it, saying, "According to this." The Captain said yes and quickly left. Bureau Chief Lei said to Chen Chuan, "Those who are felt to still be around should still be alive, because to achieve this effect, the lives of those people must be maintained. Secret Rituals are usually restricted rituals that require bearing some kind of price and achieving certain conditions and costs to obtain results." Chen Chuan couldn't help but think of Bureau Chief Lei's son. To maintain the existence of the ritual, they needed to keep people alive. Maybe it was because the child was too young and they were afraid of killing him immediately, so they didn't do anything too excessive to him. S~eaʀᴄh the Novёlƒire.n(e)t website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. But as long as they maintain the lives of these people without having to worry about anything else, then the results are hard to say. He can only hope that these people can remain intact. He asked, "Bureau Chief Lei, why are they doing this?" Bureau Chief Lei said, "After looking at the Data you provided, I know that this should be a branch of the "Life Cult." The source of this Secret Cult is unknown, and its composition is complex. To put it simply, people in this cult believe that a person's life vital energy can be transferred to another person through certain methods. This theory may not be correct, but the results may be achievable, but there may be some things that they cannot grasp and Control. Looking at the situation, they should be deliberately issuing some kind of Commission and then making Company employees disappear during the Commission, but in reality, they are capturing them and using them to perform Secret Rituals." Chen Chuan thought for a moment, doing so would indeed not easily arouse suspicion. After all, the loss rate of missions is inherently high. It can also be seen that in order to make this Commission credible, this Company also issued Commissions to other Companies, probably thinking of taking advantage of the other Companies' people. This matched what Min Lan said before. No wonder the employees of this Company failed several times; it was the Company itself that was playing tricks. How could they let you find out the results? Min Lan probably found some clues at the time and felt that there was a problem with the Company, so she sent a message to him here. Bureau Chief Lei said, "Since you do Supernatural Entity Commissions, you will likely often deal with things related to Secret Cults. Outsiders can't distinguish between the two. I'll send you a copy of the Data when I get back, but remember not to leak it." Chen Chuan sincerely thanked him: "Thank you, Bureau Chief Lei." He knew that some people could still be found among the people who knew how to deal with Supernatural Entities, but Secret Rituals were too specialized. Without official channels, he probably wouldn't be able to get a glimpse of the clues at all. After the two waited here for half an hour, the Captain returned and told Bureau Chief Lei that the place had been found and the people had been caught. The person knew that things had been exposed and confessed without much questioning. The mastermind behind this matter was the main executive of the Company. The location of the hidden personnel was also confessed, hidden less than five hundred meters away from here. A large number of Review Bureau personnel have already gone to arrest them. Bureau Chief Lei said, "We'll know the results soon." Chen Chuan sat here and watched the whole process. Bureau Chief Lei only looked at the Data for a while and could accurately determine what Secret Cult it was and how it should be handled. In just two or three hours, things were almost resolved. Sure enough, professional things should be left to professionals. In addition to Bureau Chief Lei's rich Secret Cult experience, there is also a strong professional team under him, backed by the state, which can coordinate multiple departments to participate in the action. If he were to solve this matter alone, he would have to investigate in advance, slowly sort out the clues, and then make a decision. It is also possible that the other party is someone with status and status, and even if the target is determined, it will be difficult to take it down immediately, and the final result may not be satisfactory. Before an individual is strong enough, the team is better than the individual after all. The same is true for Martial Combat Cultivation. Without a systematic organization to provide him with the necessary Cultivation resources, don't even think about settling down to Cultivation. This is both restraint and help. Before there is enough Strength, these are things that he cannot get rid of, and even he must actively integrate into and make good use of these, so that these become the driving force and stepping stones for him to move forward. "Your application to go to Central City should have been submitted, right?" Bureau Chief Lei asked at this time. Chen Chuan said, "It has already been submitted." Bureau Chief Lei said, "You have the talent to engage in Secret Cult work, and it is a pity to waste it. So after graduation, if you are interested, you can come to the Secret Cult Investigation Bureau. I can be your recommender." Chen Chuan's heart moved. Bureau Chief Lei is the director of Yang Zhi, can he Influence Central City? Or is he going to be promoted? It is also possible that Bureau Chief Lei's background is unusual. After all, to sit in this position, ability is necessary, but the key is to look at the background. Sometimes ability is not so important. For example, when Bureau Chief Lei had those things happen before, others couldn't take him down from his position, which shows this. Here

Chapter 209: Hostages

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