Before dawn, Chu Tianjiang took Iska and Soya and left the camp under the leadership of Memphis.

The nearest cities are in the south, and due to the natural environment, the cities on the United Continent are in the central region, which is the warmer temperate zone.

As for what happened half a year ago, Memphis knew very little, and Chu Tianjiang didn't ask much.

According to Memphis's account, Chu Tianjiang learned more about the United Continent. Chu Tianjiang's first impression was that the United Continent was an experimental ground specially made by invaders, and the experimental project was to reproduce the history of human civilization and evolution, so as to have a deeper understanding of human beings.

The invaders may have advanced technology, but they may not be able to reproduce the evolutionary history of human civilization. Because many characteristics of human beings are related to history, it is necessary for invaders to understand the history of human civilization and evolution if they want to understand human beings, especially human culture.

What happened on the United Continent is, in fact, a microcosm of human civilization.

Now, here's the problem.

After thousands of years of war, when the United Continent was finally unified under a single government, did the invaders intervene in the process of civilization?

To put it bluntly, is the Doomsday Empire related to invaders?

Although Chu Tianjiang felt that the ruler of the Doomsday Empire was very likely to know about the existence of the Dao invaders, this judgment may not be accurate. Even though the Doomsday Empire has imposed extremely strict birth restrictions over the past few hundred years to keep the population of the United Continent within a tolerable range, this does not mean that the authorities of the Doomsday Empire are aware of the existence of the invaders. Perhaps it was the scientists of the Doomsday Empire who discovered the powerful confinement field that enveloped the United Continent, and it was temporarily impossible to break through, and the imperial authorities had to restrict births. It is also possible that the scientific and technological development of the Doomsday Empire has gone in a different direction, and has not achieved much in the field of fundamental physics.

All in all, the authorities of the Doomsday Empire may not be aware of the existence of the Dao invaders.

However, four years ago, the authorities of the Doomsday Empire suddenly announced the relaxation of birth restrictions, and set the time five years later, indicating that the authorities of the Doomsday Empire affirmed the existence of the Daoist Church.

That is, four years ago, the Church came to the United Continent.

In some way, the church controlled the upper echelons of the Doomsday Empire, but did not come into contact with the common people, so the people were unaware of the existence of the Church of the Church. The arrival of the church has given the authorities of the Doomsday Empire a better understanding of the outside world, and it also means that the powerful confinement field on the United Continent has been broken.

The question is, why do the authorities of the Doomsday Empire want to relax birth restrictions?

This is an extremely critical issue.

Before the arrival of the Church, the population of the United Continent was close to 20 billion, while the population of the other three continents combined was less than 2 billion. Whatever the church is going to do, there are enough people on the United Continent to increase the population by relaxing birth restrictions. What's more, there is a lag period for fertility-related policies, and it will take 20 to 30 years to see results.

Clearly, the church does not intend to reap the fruits twenty or thirty years from now.

According to Chu Tianjiang's speculation, the relaxation of birth restrictions should be a policy issued by the authorities of the Doomsday Empire, and it has nothing to do with the church.

It can be seen that even if the Church came to the United Continent, it did not immediately conquer the Doomsday Empire.

Perhaps, after the arrival of the Church, some kind of agreement was reached with the Doomsday Empire, so that the Doomsday Empire would continue to exist, but the Church was hidden in the background.

So, what happened half a year ago, is it related to the church?

Definitely related!

The Church did not conquer the Doomsday Empire, let alone destroy the Doomsday Empire, but compromised with the Doomsday Empire, indicating that the Church was not capable of conquering the Doomsday Empire at that time, at least not being able to eradicate the original ruling group with a thunderous force as it did in the Northern Continent and the New World.

In the final analysis, it must be directly related to the great scientific and technological prowess that the Doomsday Empire possesses.

According to information provided by Memphis, as early as a thousand years ago, a modulator appeared on the United Continent, and as a result, the strategic balance between the great powers was upset, and the fourth full-scale war on the United Continent was triggered, resulting in the destruction of all countries, and even almost led to the extinction of humanity on the United Continent. The Apocalyptic Empire, founded by the Modulators, not only helped the common people survive the difficult post-war period, but also focused on gene-based biochemical technology.

After nearly a thousand years of development, the achievements of the Doomsday Empire in biochemical science must be very amazing, not necessarily worse than the church.

Perhaps, this is the fundamental reason why the Church failed to conquer the United Continent and destroy the Doomsday Empire.

In addition, there is an advantage on the United Continent that other continents do not have.

That is, after the fourth total war, only the strongest survived, and all the survivors were mutated. In Memphis's words, on average, one out of every four children born of commoners is born with some kind of superpower. If you participate in the Empire's eugenics project, this proportion can be increased to one-third, and in some areas even to one-half.

Obviously, even a quarter of them is surprisingly high.

You must know that in the Old World, the proportion of people born with superpowers is less than 1 in 10,000, and in the New World and the Northern Continent, it will definitely not exceed 1 in 1,000.

In other words, there are enough superpowers on the United Continent.

These people are born with superpowers, and the modulation provided by the Doomsday Empire is only used to enhance or change their superpowers.

In fact, even ordinary people can have superpowers through modulation.

If necessary, the Doomsday Empire could arm the two billion people on the United Continent, while the Church had far fewer modulators.

It is precisely because of this that the Church cannot conquer the United Continent, let alone destroy the Doomsday Empire.

It is important to know that even in peacetime, the Doomsday Empire does not need to maintain a large military force, and it still has enough military resources. It only takes those who are born with superpowers to be armed, even if it is only a tenth of them, and the Doomsday Empire can form a superpower army with a size of more than 500 million. In the other three continents outside of the United Continent, there are less than three million people born with superpowers.

Such a huge disparity leaves the church with no choice but to cooperate with the Doomsday Empire.

The problem is that churches clearly don't waste these resources. More importantly, since the church has come to the United Continent, it will try its best to make use of the resources of the United Continent.

Obviously, the contradictions between the Church and the Empire of the End are irreconcilable.

After four years of survival, peace has finally come to an end.

The sudden collapse of the Doomsday Empire must have something to do with the Church. It was the sudden collapse of the Doomsday Empire that triggered a war that spread across the continent.

After sorting out the clues, Chu Tianjiang felt that it was even more necessary to go to the city to find the answer.

Memphis was zealous, but he provided very limited information to answer all questions, especially those related to the church.

It's just that, with Memphis as the guide, the team will not move forward very quickly.

On the first day, the four men traveled less than fifty kilometers and set up camp in an oasis in the evening.

The oasis is not large, with a spring and a pool fenced with stones. Before entering the Industrial Age, it was a foothold for passing caravans. Although there is water, only a few low shrubs grow in the oasis due to bad weather, especially the temperature difference between day and night.

The nearest city is more than 200 kilometers away, and the nearest villages and towns are more than 100 kilometers away, and even fugitives rarely come here. It's just that Chu Tianjiang and they are not alone. As night falls, the animals that live in the desert flock to the vicinity of the oasis. Large animals like desert horses and desert wolves can't live without water, so they go to the oasis every day to drink, mostly at night.

Because only Chu Tianjiang showed superpowers, and Iska and Soya were both "civilians", Chu Tianjiang did not let them take turns to keep vigil. After dinner, Chu Tianjiang asked Soya to accompany Iska to rest, while Memphis talked to him about some things.

At this rate, it will take another five days to reach the city.

Food wasn't an issue, and Memphis had a route planned. Chu Tianjiang knew that Memphis hoped that he could stay, at least after healing Iskar's illness, and live with everyone. Chu Tianjiang did not agree, nor did he refuse. He couldn't say yes because he couldn't tell Memphis the truth. Through this period of getting along, Chu Tianjiang knew that Memphis was a good person, so he couldn't let him know too much.

For the next few days, the four of them traveled in the desert.

Memphis deliberately avoided some of the towns and villages, which, according to him, were very dangerous, as warlords who controlled the northern desert region would often send troops to the villages and towns in search of survivors. In addition, most of the fugitives are in the vicinity of villages and towns, and they often go to villages and towns in search of food. Not all fugitives will be kind to strangers, because without enough food, cannibalism is nothing new.

On the evening of the sixth day of departure, the four of them came to the vicinity of the city.

Although it is more than 10 kilometers away, you can see the night sky illuminated by lights.

Before the outbreak of war, every city on the United Continent was a city that never sleeps. Abundant energy supply and advanced science and technology make the night no longer an obstacle. For those living in the city, there is only a distinction between "work" and "non-work", not day and night. Because most of the production is carried out by machines, people's main job is to serve, to provide a variety of services to other people. For example, medical care, education, hygiene, entertainment, and so on. Strictly speaking, Memphis's previous industry was also to provide services.

Chu Tianjiang didn't say goodbye to Memphis, he didn't feel the need.