Leaving Storm City, the two made their way east.

Located east of Storm City, at the mouth of a river, Burning Sun City is a port city that is five times the size of Storm City and the largest city in the northern region of the United Continent. Before the outbreak of war, two legions were stationed in Yanyang City, with a strength of 100,000. It's just that in the past six months, the military scale of Yanyang City has expanded dozens of times, and now it has more than five million officers and soldiers.

In terms of military prowess, Burning Sun City is the most powerful in the northern region.

It is precisely because of this that after the end of the initial ****, Yanyang City is likely to expand outward first and realize the great cause of unifying the northern region.

Obviously, this was an outcome that Rockwell did not want.

Just before dawn, the two stopped in an abandoned town. In order to avoid encountering fleeing refugees, as well as the troops who searched for them during the day, Laika adopted a very opposite approach to the fugitives, that is, they marched along the roads at night and rested in the villages and towns after dawn. During the day, refugees rarely come to villages and towns, and the army searching for refugees does not pay too much attention to abandoned towns and villages. At night, refugees rarely move around the main roads. Although there are some troubles, such as the low temperature at night, the two of them are fully equipped to withstand the cold of the night, and they are also strong enough to deal with the beasts that infest the night.

Along the way, Chu Tianjiang followed behind Laika and let Laika lead the way.

Apparently, Laika is familiar with the situation in the vicinity, and knows how to hide her whereabouts and how to deal with unexpected situations.

As Iscar learned, Laika had undergone extremely rigorous military training.

Although her superpowers are not powerful and are concentrated in the spiritual realm, she still has a lot of strength compared to ordinary people. For example, on the first night, the two of them traveled more than 100 kilometers, advancing several times faster than ordinary people, and they did not feel tired.

After finding a place to stay, Laika took out the military rations.

In fact, it is a liquid food formulated according to strict standards for glucose, amino acids and fats, as well as small amounts of vitamins and trace elements. Under normal circumstances, a bag of rations is equivalent to the normal consumption of a soldier for a day, but it has no taste.

Of course, real military men don't care about the taste of food.

After dinner, Laika sat down on the floor against the corner. Although she was in front of her along the way, she had been paying attention to Chu Tianjiang who was following behind.

"Rest well, I'll be on guard." Chu Tianjiang stood by the window, hiding his body in the shadow of the wall, paying attention to the road leading to the outside of the village.

"The man we're going to kill is called Victor."

Chu Tianjiang turned his head and looked at Laika.

"He, like Rockwell, is a fifth-level modulation enhancer, and his strength is above Rockwell. In addition, he was the commander of the Northern Military District. ”

"Why do you want to kill him?"

"Only by killing him can the northern regions be united."

"That's all?"

Laika hesitated for a moment and said, "He's from the Ocasso family. ”

Chu Tianjiang's brows jumped a few times, and he immediately thought of the information he had obtained in the legion library.

In the Doomsday Empire, the Ocasso family is very famous, one of the five major families that control the empire. For the past thousand years, these five families have taken turns in the power of the empire, and it was the Ocasso family who were in power four years ago, when the empire announced the relaxation of birth controls.

In fact, the Doomsday Empire was founded by these five families.

According to the history books of the Doomsday Empire, after the end of the Fourth Total War a thousand years ago, there were only more than half a million survivors on the entire United Continent, and the vast majority of them were modulators. In the face of a great catastrophe, the five strongest modulators stepped forward to establish a new social order, harnessing the power of superpowers to provide protection for others, and on this basis, they formed the Doomsday Empire.

Of these five modulators, there is one called Ocasso.

In a sense, the emergence of the Doomsday Empire was the progress of civilization. Although the Doomsday Empire is ruled by modulators with powerful superpowers, they do not discriminate against the common people, but instead provide the common people with everything they need to survive in the most difficult times, so that human civilization can be revived. Without these modulators, especially the five modulators who came out first, humanity on the United Continent would have been extinct long ago.

The problem is, that was a thousand years ago, not now.

In the first five hundred years, the situation in the Doomsday Empire was relatively turbulent, and the contradictions between the rulers and the common people were not prominent in the face of common interests.

It is a pity that the peace that followed for 500 years changed almost everything.

In a sense, over the past five hundred years, it was the ruling circles of the Doomsday Empire that had prevented it from growing, especially in the field of science and technology. Driven by their own interests, the ruling circles of the Doomsday Empire focused on the field of biochemical science and technology, and did not pay any attention to the more important basic physics. Among them, the five major families in the sky have played an extremely important role.

Of course, if it hadn't been for the events of four years ago, this situation would have continued.

At least according to the information Chu Tianjiang obtained from the Legion Library, before the outbreak of war, the ruling foundation of the Doomsday Empire was still extremely strong. The key is that the military power of the entire empire is in the hands of the five major families, and through biochemical technology, the five major families firmly control the most important scientific and technological power. For careerists, there is neither an army to resist the rule nor the technique to overthrow it. In fact, under the rule of the five major families, it is difficult for careerists to get the opportunity to ascend to the throne. A person like Rockwell, at most, can only become a corps commander, and there is no chance to continue to climb up. As for the common people, it is impossible to work for careerists in a privileged life, and the common people who have not accepted the modulation are definitely not opponents of the military.

It can be said that 500 years of peace is like a huge greenhouse.

Although the Empire of Doom was built out of war, it grew up in a greenhouse of peace and eventually became a waste without antibodies. No matter how huge the Doomsday Empire is, it is naturally vulnerable to a powerful foreign invasion.

Obviously, this is also the portrayal of human civilization before it was invaded.

More than 10,000 years ago, human civilization was like this.

Although the Doomsday Empire has collapsed and the five major families have been hit hard, they have not completely disappeared, and many orphans are still trying to rebuild the Doomsday Empire. This is also understandable, the social order established by the Doomsday Empire has brought unimaginable benefits to the five major families. Because they still control most of the military power, the five major families have not given up and still hope to rebuild the Doomsday Empire.

One of the most powerful families, the Ocasso rule the northern regions.

In fact, the Storm Legion was still nominally subordinate to the Military District Command, and Rockwell was a subordinate of Victor and had to follow Victor's orders. Although Chu Tianjiang can't predict the future, one thing is clear, that is, after the Ocasso family re-establishes the ruling order, they will definitely try to eradicate all dissidents, including those who have established themselves as kings in ****, that is, people like Rockwell.

Obviously, this was an outcome that Rockwell did not want.

Only by getting rid of Victor and taking control of Sunny City, especially the two legions stationed in Sunny City, can the most urgent threat be eliminated. Even if this is still not enough to solve all the threats, it can at least take a step forward and give Rockwell the entire northern region.

Thinking about this, Chu Tianjiang felt a little funny.

Rockwell is the bottom of a well, he only sees what is in front of him, and he doesn't know at all that the entire world has undergone earth-shaking changes.

Of course, maybe Rockwell didn't know about the Daoist Church, let alone what the United Continent would become.

As for Laika, it was really just a tool in Rockwell's hands.

Chu Tianjiang glanced at the beautiful woman cowering in the corner, and had an indescribable feeling in his heart. If he hadn't come from 10,000 years ago, and hadn't had a deeper understanding of this world, he would have been deceived into becoming someone like Laika and working for some careerist.

It was already dark, and the villages and towns were desolate.

When Laika woke up, Chu Tianjiang was still standing by the window, like a statue, as if he had been standing there and had not moved at all.

"Actually, I used to be just like you."

Hearing Laika's words, Chu Tianjiang turned around.

"Work for others and earn a living by your own ability." Laika climbed up and began to pack. "I was born with superpowers, but I didn't show them when I was a child, or I wasn't discovered by the Empire's spies. At the time, I didn't even know that I had superpowers, but I thought that being able to hear other people's voices was something that everyone could do. It wasn't until I became an adult that I realized that it was a unique ability that allowed me to do things that no one else could do, and to be able to live a better life with that ability. ”

"And then?" Chu Tianjiang asked.

"As you can see, I'm what I am." Laika smiled faintly and said, "Maybe you won't believe it, I've lived for nearly forty years. ”

"Why don't you think I won't believe it?"

"Because I don't look like I'm twenty yet."

"So, do you think I'm like someone who has lived for more than 10,000 years?"

Laika was stunned for a moment, and then laughed, she took Chu Tianjiang's words as a joke.

"People like you and me don't believe what they see." Chu Tianjiang also smiled and said, "No matter how old we are, we can only look forward, not backward, because we live in the present and work hard for the future, not in the memories of the past." ”