Chapter 634: Smuggling
The storm finally passed, and for the first time in more than ten days, Chu Tianjiang came to the deck.
It is a small fishing boat powered by an electric motor, which is an ideal tool for smuggling. Thinking of the storm that had just passed and lasted for more than ten days, Chu Tianjiang was extremely curious about this small fishing boat that was floating on the surface of the sea and was still sailing south at a speed of ten knots.
Smuggling to the United Continent was exactly the decision made by Chu Tianjiang.
As with the Northern Continent, four years ago, before the arrival of the Church's personnel, the people of the New World had no idea that there were other continents in the Continent, and thought that their realm was just a piece of land and some nearby islands. There were fishermen and some sea-freighters, but no one had ever sailed to the open sea. According to legends in the New World, none of the people who sailed to the open sea made it back alive.
The arrival of the church changed everything.
While most of the people in the New World have lived a simple, agrarian life like their forefathers for the past four years, some have chosen to change, especially the fishermen who live by the sea, who first mustered the courage to sail away in rudimentary fishing boats.
In four years, the explorers discovered three more continents, and the one that intrigued them the most was the United Continent.
In a sense, the difference between the Old World and the Northern Continent and the New World is not very large, that is, science and technology have been strictly suppressed and restricted, human civilization is in the agricultural stage, and most people can only rely on hard work on the land to obtain the materials needed for survival.
In contrast, the United Continent is a different story.
After discovering the United Continent and learning enough about the United Continent, these explorers who originally sailed far away became smugglers, sending others to the United Continent in various ways and profiting from it, and they became a bridge between the New World and the United Continent.
By organizing smuggling brokers, Chu Tianjiang has a lot of understanding of the United Continent.
It can be said that the United Continent is a world of thorough scientific and technological civilization.
According to the brokers, everything that is unimaginable has become a reality on the United Continent, where the people have extremely advanced science and technology. Flying vehicles, boats that don't need sails, machines that work on their own, tall buildings like mountain peaks, giant street lamps that turn night into day, and so on. All of this is not only absent in the New World, but also in the Old World and the United World. What's more, the people who live there don't need to work to get enough and good enough living materials. In the eyes of the brokers, the United Continent is a true paradise, a place that everyone wants to go to.
The equipment on the smuggling boat proved the broker's claim.
On this small, rudimentary-looking smuggling ship, there is a lot of technological equipment that does not exist in the New World, as well as on other continents. For example, high-capacity fuel batteries with self-charging capabilities, solar panels and wind power generation provide enough power to the batteries, which in turn provide power to the electric motors to drive the propellers attached to the propulsion shafts, allowing the stowaway boat to move through the stormy waves. Even in the event of a storm, the stowaway boat has enough power to get out of the storm zone.
The smuggling boat also has a set of radio navigation equipment that allows it to navigate in the right direction at all times.
The key is this set of navigation equipment.
Apparently, on the United Continent there are radio stations dedicated to the navigation of ships. These stations are constantly transmitting radio signals for navigation. According to the triangulation method, only two radio stations need to receive signals from the two stations, and the two stations are not in the same direction, the smuggler can determine its own position, so as to know which direction to sail in order to reach the United Continent.
It's just that this set of equipment is not perfect.
Navigation signals have to be interpreted manually and calculated using a set of specialized equipment. According to Chu Tianjiang's guess, there should be a special navigation equipment that can automatically calculate the received navigation signals, display the direction information, and even directly control the navigation of the ship.
Of course, there is no smuggling boat, and it is not surprising.
These technological devices made Chu Tianjiang believe the broker's words. Of course, through Iska, Chu Tianjiang knew that those guys who made a lot of money on them did not lie. It was precisely because of this that Chu Tianjiang decided to use the smuggling boat to go to the United Continent in the most ordinary way. Although it was not difficult for them to go to the United Continent at all, their intuition told Chu Tianjiang that it was not beneficial to show their superpowers too early.
The United Continent is different, and it certainly has secrets that no one knows.
More importantly, it is very likely that the focus of the church will not be on the New World and the Northern World, but on the United World, which is not conducive to scaring the snake.
The point is, the technological society on the United Continent is definitely not the work of the Church.
All indications are that it was only four years ago that the Church broke through the powerful barriers set up by the invaders and gained the ability to travel to other continents. Obviously, the technological civilization on the United Continent cannot be built in four years, and it is not directly related to the church that arrived four years ago.
The question is, on the other three continents, the invaders have all managed to limit the scientific and technological skills of human civilization, so why should they go against the grain on the United Continent?
It is important to know that the invaders not only regard humans as ants, but also fear them very much.
The key point is that if human beings master advanced science and technology, especially space technology, they will definitely be able to pose a threat to invaders.
In the past 10,000 years, the invaders have not only destroyed the Shadow Empire established by Clara and Natasha, but also set up powerful barriers to completely isolate the four continents, leaving humanity in the Old, New and Northern continents in a state of obscure.
Interestingly, on the United Continent, human science and technology have made great progress.
According to the broker, the situation on the United Continent is very similar to the technological society that humanity built up before the arrival of the invaders, when humanity was preparing to resist. In terms of energy, scientists on the United Continent must have mastered the technology of controlled fusion and obtained an almost inexhaustible source of energy. In addition, half of the land of the United Continent is in the tropics, and part of it is in the extreme cold zone in the south, and the natural environment is relatively harsh, so there must be a great breakthrough in food production technology, and it is possible to produce food without relying on the land. Many people who smuggle to the United Continent do not want to get a better life, but hope to use the techniques there to treat some terminal diseases, so there must be extremely advanced medical techniques on the United Continent. There are many more, all of which show that the United Continent is a highly developed world of science and technology.
These questions made Chu Tianjiang decide to be careful.
In fact, after meeting Nader and other quality people, Chu Tianjiang had already realized that a lot of the information he had obtained before was not reliable at all. For example, even Feist mentioned that only one intruder remained, but the problem was that Chu Tianjiang had reason to believe that at least one more intruder remained. So, did the third invader also stay on Earth, or did there be more than three invaders?
Perhaps, this secret is hidden on the United Continent.
Obviously, if Chu Tianjiang went to the United Continent in a high-profile manner, it would only startle the snake and cause trouble, and it would not help solve the mystery in his heart.
"It's almost there."
Hearing the words, Chu Tianjiang turned around and saw Iskar walking out of the cabin.
Although they were all energy people and were not afraid of wind and waves at all, according to Chu Tianjiang's meaning, the three of them behaved no different from ordinary people.
The land can already be faintly visible, and in a few hours, the stowaway boat will be docked.
In order to hide his identity, Chu Tianjiang made a special arrangement.
Before finding the smuggling broker, Chu Tianjiang had changed his appearance, and he used his energy body to personify matter, making him look no different from ordinary people. In order to deal with the patriarchs of the church, that is, those who have spiritual strength, Chu Tianjiang even used the energy body to personify a "fake brain", so that the other party could obtain the thinking in the fake brain, so that he was an ordinary person. Iska and Soya also made similar preparations, Iska was still a girl who looked to be only a teenager, but Soya was not very satisfied with Chu Tianjiang's arrangement, because Chu Tianjiang asked her to disguise herself as a middle-aged woman around thirty-five years old, and act as Iska's nanny. Chu Tianjiang also disguised himself as a middle-aged man, and he was a middle-aged man around forty years old, pretending to be Iska's uncle. Because Iska has a serious illness that is impossible to cure in the New World, they are smuggled to the United World.
When it was about to get closer to land, the fishing boat stopped.
According to the arrangement, the fishing boat would not continue its voyage until after dark, heading to a small nearby harbor. After settling the remaining amounts, Chu Tianjiang and the others will be able to go ashore. As for what happened next, it had nothing to do with the smuggling brokers, Chu Tianjiang and they could only find a way out by themselves.
In the evening, the sailors brought dinner.
It's very simple, but it's not bad, and Chu Tianjiang doesn't pay any attention to food, because they don't need to rely on food to sustain their lives like ordinary people.
It was only when it was completely dark that the smuggling boat started again and sailed towards the bay not far away.
It was probably about to reach the destination, and the sailors were a little nervous, and even the captain came to the deck very rarely, and took the helm himself. Because it was already dark, the captain could not see the land in the distance, and could only sail by feeling. Chu Tianjiang and the others saw it very clearly.
It was a small bay with a small fishing village and very faint lights.
Obviously, it is the foothold of the smuggling syndicate, and it is also a very hidden place.