"Aren't you outsiders?"

"We are, but there are too few of us." Sofia gritted her teeth and said, "After giving birth to Tommy, Mom can never get pregnant again. Dad has been working hard, but we can't change the situation. If you refuse to stay, I will marry someone else. ”

Chu Tianjiang let out a long sigh and said, "There is no one else around here?" ”

Sofia shook his head and said, "I don't know either, I have never left the farm, and I have gone farthest away, that is, on the other side of the valley. ”

"What about the others?"

"Jackson and Dad have been to towns and farms, but far away."

Chu Tianjiang sighed secretly, not knowing what to say.

"Mom said that if you don't want to stay and leave the farm after the harsh winter has passed, then you ......"

"If you are pregnant with my child, how can you get married?"

"Nobody cares, really, nobody cares. Mom will help me raise it. I'm eighteen years old, and I came here four years ago. If I hadn't been unwilling, I would have been with the men of the caravan a long time ago. By the beginning of spring next year, Susan will also become a woman. We have to reproduce, we have to survive. Sofia gritted her teeth, "If there were no outsiders, we would have died out in a few decades." ”

Chu Tianjiang didn't say much, because through Sofia's words, he thought of a lot of questions.

Obviously, this is a barren and rather closed continent. There may be cities, villages and towns on this continent, but there are certainly not many of them, and the vast majority of people live on farms in the suburbs, living a relatively closed life. Because the population is so sparse and there is little interaction, the problems here exist on other farms as well. Human beings are animals, so they have animal instincts, and in addition to survival, the second instinct is to reproduce. The farm, in a sense, is more like a colonial settlement. What's more, it is a newly established settlement, and it is very far from the big city, in its infancy.

Thinking about this, Chu Tianjiang thought of a more important question.

That is, a lot must have happened in the last 10,000 years, and the place where the farms are located, including those hydraulics that drive the farmhouses, must be remnants of a previous civilization. There are also those who live on the farms, and it is very likely that they are remnants of the previous civilization.

So, what has happened before?

It is important to know that before the disaster, the recorded history of human civilization was only 5,000 years, and 10,000 years have passed since the disaster.

10,000 years is long enough for any kind of intelligent life.

"Sophia, can you write?"

"What?"

"Can you read and write?"

Sophia was stunned for a moment, and immediately said, "Of course not, none of us here will." ”

"For what?"

"Only people in the church can read and write the written word, and no one else can learn the written word."

"For what!?"

"I don't know about it, but my father said that the church has a rule that only church personnel can learn words, and civilians must not learn words."

"What happens if civilians learn the written word?"

"You'll be burned."

Chu Tianjiang frowned, controlling the spread of words is indeed a good policy for fooling the people. By this means, knowledge can be kept in the hands of a few, and it is obviously much easier to control the church than to control everyone. In addition, it allows people to gradually forget history, forget what happened, and thus believe in the doctrine preached by the church, regard the church as the savior, and maintain absolute loyalty to the church.

Obviously, history can only be explored through the church, but there is no church here, and there are no church personnel.

What to do? Chu Tianjiang thought quickly. Sophia's knowledge of the Tao must be very limited, but she must know some important things.

The point is, what's the point?

Thinking of this, Chu Tianjiang had the idea of leaving the farm again, because he knew that only by going to the city, at least to a certain township with a church, could he get more information.

"Tommy always wanted to be a priest."

"Priest!?"

"Anyone who believes in God can apply to join the church and serve God. Of course, common people like us can only start with the lowest clergy. Jackson's ideal is to become a saint and use his abilities to protect us and make us safer. ”

"Saints?"

"Warriors of the Church."

Although Jack had mentioned "saints" the previous night, he didn't make it very clear.

"They are God-favored warriors, possessed by God's divine powers, capable of defeating the Night Demons and the demons and monsters that endanger humanity. They are very powerful, they have great abilities, even god-like abilities. Becoming a saint is the dream of many boys. ”

"What about the Holy Warrior?"

"They belong to the Empire and are warriors of the Empire."

"Empire!?"

"You don't know what to do?"

Chu Tianjiang shook his head, of course he didn't know the history of the Dao Dao world.

"I heard the old man say that a long time ago, there were many countries in the Old World, including kingdoms and principalities, and these countries were always at war with each other, fighting for resources and land. At that time, people had to hide not only at night, but also during the day. The war lasted for hundreds of years, destroying homes, trampling farmland, and displacing people, until the Holy Empire came to the Old Continent and defeated and conquered all the kingdoms, and the war ended, and people lived a peaceful life without fear of being slaughtered by war. Holy warriors are warriors of the Holy Empire, who are responsible for maintaining order and dealing with enemies who seek to disrupt the peace. ”

"How long ago was that?"

"I don't know what to do, it was a long time ago anyway."

"The Holy Empire is still there?"

"Of course, it is the Holy Empire that rules the Old Continent now."

"Where is the capital of the Empire?"

"Go east, all the way to the end of the continent. Dad said it was a big city, there were a lot of people, and it was a very safe city. ”

"Other continents are also under the rule of the Holy Empire?"

Sophia shook her head and said, "I don't know the way, and no one here knows the way. It's just that Dad said that the New World is a paradise for mankind, where there are no night demons, no cold and hunger, everyone is carefree, there is no need to be afraid, and there is no need to worry about anything. Also, if we can be accepted into the church, we can leave here at the age of sixty and go to the New World to live out our old age. ”

Chu Tianjiang smiled reluctantly, although he had never seen the New World, and he didn't know what the New World was like, but his intuition told him that the New World was definitely not as beautiful as it was rumored, and it was definitely not a paradise for human beings, and there must be a secret hidden there.

"Will you stay?"

"I don't know what to do." Chu Tianjiang smiled reluctantly and said, "Go to sleep, there are still many things to do tomorrow." ”

After lulling Sophia to sleep, Chu Tianjiang summoned the figure out.

"Your guess is right, the New World does have a lot of problems."

"How do you know my guess?"

"I'm one with you, and I can know what you're thinking." The figure smiled faintly and said, "It's just that my perception system is a little malfunctioning, so I can't tell you directly about what I know for the time being." When you fix the perception system, you'll be able to get the information you want directly from me, without having to summon me every time. Of course, if you are used to communicating like this, you can also talk to me face-to-face. ”

"What's wrong with the New World?"

"Not just in the New World, but in the whole church there is a problem."

"What's the problem?"

"Don't you think those night demons are monsters created by the church to suppress humans?"

"I've thought of it."

The figure nodded and said, "This is just our speculation, the only way to find out the truth is to enter the church, or even go to the New World." Unfortunately, we can't do it now. You'll have to stay here for at least the next few months. ”

"There's no other way?"

"I don't advise you to go on an adventure, staying is the best option. It's been delayed for 10,000 years, so there's no need to care about these months. ”

Chu Tianjiang sighed secretly, this is the truth.

"In addition, I have an even more significant discovery."

"What?"

The figure paused slightly, and said, "The farm is indeed built on a ruin, the ruins are under the ground, and the scale is very large, I still haven't explored it clearly. The ruins have an entrance, it's just that for decades, Jack they haven't found this entrance. ”

"What ruins?"

"The ruins of the last civilization may be thousands of years old, but I have detected a heat source, indicating that there is life in the ruins, or some kind of intelligent device."

"What!?"

"That entrance is inside the farm."

Chu Tianjiang was taken aback and said, "You mean, let me build my home on the entrance?" ”

The figure nodded and said, "I have to move out of the city as soon as possible, and then explore the ruins at night." Perhaps, we can find what you are looking for in the ruins. ”

Chu Tianjiang nodded thoughtfully.

"You should rest early, there is still a lot of work to be done tomorrow." The figure smiled faintly and told Chu Tianjiang the specific location of the entrance to the ruins.

"Wait."

"Still have questions?"

"How do you detect your surroundings?"

"The device I gave you is my carrier and a detector capable of releasing an atomic-level detection device."

"So, you can send these probes far away?"

"It's not very far, and the effective control range is no more than a kilometer."

Chu Tianjiang didn't ask any more questions, lay down, and the figure disappeared.

Because he didn't sleep well last night, Chu Tianjiang quickly fell asleep.