Before dawn, all the hunters left.

As Iskar said, the hunter only stripped the white bear of its fur and did not touch the flesh and bones of the white bear.

Because the prepared food had already been eaten, and Chu Tianjiang didn't know what to eat and what not to eat, Iska volunteered to go out to find food.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Chu Tianjiang asked the figure to test the genes of the white bear.

"Not a natural product."

"What do you mean?"

"This creature did not evolve naturally." The figure showed the results of the analysis in front of Chu Tianjiang. "Within its genes, there are fragments of the genes of dozens of organisms, including humans. In other words, it is a product of technology, and someone cobbled together this creature from the genes of other species. ”

"Church-related?"

"It's not certain yet, maybe it's a relic of the Shadow Empire."

"What do you mean?"

"Based on the information we have now, the Shadow Empire has done a lot of similar research in the hope of finding out how humans evolved themselves. One thing is for sure, though, the research that went into creating this monster must have something to do with humanity, as well as with the saint you killed. In a sense, this is a product of failure, that is, a scientific sample, so there must be a successful product. ”

Chu Tianjiang nodded, indicating that he understood the meaning of the figure.

After a while, Iska rushed back, carrying a few small hunted animals in his hands.

Of course, Chu Tianjiang did not tell Iska about these discoveries.

After breakfast, the two continued on their way. Because the hunters would go all the way deep into the ice field to find the snow fox and the white bear, Chu Tianjiang and the others never met anyone else.

Three days later, the two came to a small town, a castle to be precise.

According to Iska, this castle is called "Snow Wind Castle", and it is the northernmost castle on the east side of the Ice Ridge, and further north is the ice field. Because it was on the frontier of the empire, an imperial army of one hundred people was stationed in the castle, ten of whom were holy warriors. There is also a small church in the castle with a priest and a saint. Because very few people come, there is only one inn in the castle.

After settling down at the hotel, Iska left alone.

Chu Tianjiang didn't stay in the hotel, he went out and went around, and made a new discovery.

That is, there is no lack of technology in this world. To the south of the castle is a large road paved with gravel and two distinct ruts. The problem was that there were no horses and no other livestock in the castle. Obviously, it is not livestock that is used to pull the vehicle. Although they did not encounter holy warriors, the castle guards were armed not with swords, but with guns, at least a projectile weapon.

All in all, there are technological products in this world, but they are all in the hands of the Empire.

This discovery made Chu Tianjiang feel very surprised.

The point is that the Holy Empire is a bit out of place in the real world, and it seems that in some way, most people are blocked from the threshold of the empire. This made Chu Tianjiang feel that those ordinary people were not subjects of the empire at all, but livestock raised by the empire.

Doubts are doubts, until more information is obtained, Chu Tianjiang will not easily draw conclusions.

It's just that according to the information obtained, especially the information obtained from the avatar, Chu Tianjiang has sorted out a relatively clear idea.

The key is the value of people.

Although the statement of the intelligent individual of the great civilization made Chu Tianjiang believe that human beings are the carriers of the wisdom of the great civilization, Chu Tianjiang is more willing to believe that the intelligent individuals of the great civilization did not tell the truth in this matter, that is, human beings are not only the carriers of wisdom, but also the tools created by the great civilization.

The biggest suspicion is the genes of human beings.

If the information provided by the avatar is correct, then human beings have such complex genes not to evolve themselves to a higher stage, but to prepare for the coming great civilization. The reason is that the crystallization of the wisdom of the great civilization is, to put it bluntly, a huge amount of information.

An analogy can be used to understand this problem more obviously.

Although it is possible to depict the geometric pattern of an object on a flat drawing, it is not possible to depict the full information of the object. That is to say, as long as the refinement is continuous, then it is impossible to fully display all the characteristics of the three-dimensional object, that is, all the information of the three-dimensional object, on the two-dimensional plane. In the same way, it is impossible to fully display all the information of a four-dimensional object in three-dimensional space.

It can be seen that when the dimensionality reduction is completed, it is impossible for the great civilization to transfer all the information to the three-dimensional space.

Even if only part of it is transferred, it will need enough carriers to accommodate this information.

Obviously, it is not enough to have human thinking, or human wisdom, and to carry the message of the great civilization in other ways.

Human genes are undoubtedly the best containers.

A complete pair of genes is equivalent to a four-digit information store with more than three billion bytes, and humans themselves use only one percent of it, leaving the rest idle. Every cell has a complete pair of genes, and every human being is composed of hundreds of millions of cells, and the entire human civilization has hundreds of millions, or even tens of billions of people, which is equivalent to having hundreds of millions of information stores. If all these reservoirs were to be used, it would be enough to record all the information from the birth of the solar system to its destruction.

Now, the problem arises.

Although the invaders are not a great civilization, they are a micro-civilization from another micro-universe, but this micro-civilization has mastered extremely high science and technology, and has the foundation to become a great civilization in the three-dimensional universe, and will try its best to achieve the same status as the great civilization.

In other words, this micro-civilization is also using human beings, or preventing human beings from being used by large civilizations.

Obviously, this micro-civilization has not yet fully mastered the technology of the great civilization, so it cannot make full use of human beings like the great civilization.

For this reason, the invaders did not exterminate the human race, but only suppressed the human race in a lower state.

It's just that sooner or later, when the great civilization completes the dimensionality reduction and all come to the three-dimensional space, when the invaders master the technology of the great civilization, they will completely use human beings.

There is a problem, Chu Tianjiang still hasn't figured it out.

That is, in what way do invaders control and suppress humans?

Relying solely on the Church and the Empire?

This is obviously unrealistic, because the church and the empire are also made of people, and there is a great deal of risk, so the invaders must have done it in other ways.

In order to defeat the invaders, it is necessary to find ways for the invaders to control and suppress humanity.

By the time he returned to the hotel, Iska had already returned.

"Found them?" Chu Tianjiang knew that Iska left alone to find the people of the Shadow Alliance.

Iskar shook her head, looking a little downcast. On the way, she had said that this belonged to another branch controlled by the Great Elder, and that there were Alliance's connectors in the castle. Just find the connector to find the Alliance, and get help from others.

"What's wrong?"

"Something must have happened, the contact is gone."

"Perhaps, they're out."

"No, if they have something to do, they will definitely leave their contact information, but ......" Iska glanced at Chu Tianjiang and said, "Something bad must have happened, we have to get out of here as soon as possible." Either way, it's not safe for us to stay here. ”

"Where are you going?"

"I know the location of the branch of the Dao Alliance, so I'll rush over tonight."

Chu Tianjiang didn't object, he also felt that he should leave Snow Wind Castle.

In the afternoon, the two left the castle.

Although the castle was heavily guarded, the guards did not prevent civilians from entering and exiting freely. It's just that after dark, the castle closes its gates.

Presumably there are holy warriors and saints in the castle, so there is no night demon activity near the castle.

While on the farm, Jack mentions that the Daredevils will never attack Saints and Holy Warriors, so the town is relatively safe. In the southern part of the empire, there were many villages and farms near towns. It's just that Snowwind Castle is in the northern region, and the climate is relatively cold, which is not suitable for farming, so there are no villages and farms near the castle. Winter has just passed, and not many people go to Snowwind Castle.

The night was still relatively cold, Iska led the way in front, and Chu Tianjiang followed behind.

Because there is no Daredevil, Iskar's speed is not very fast.

It was almost the middle of the night when Iska left the main road and picked up his pace. She asked Chu Tianjiang to follow and cleaned up the traces left behind.

After walking for a few more hours, it was almost dawn before Iska stopped.

Although they did not calculate accurately, Chu Tianjiang estimated that they had walked nearly two hundred kilometers at night, which was already very far away from Xuefeng Castle.

"The branch is in front, wait until what happens, don't come forward, I'll solve it."

"What will happen?"

Iskar glanced at Chu Tianjiang and said, "Whether you are a savior or not, you are not a member of the alliance, and others don't know you at all. Besides, according to the rules, you can't go to the branch headquarters until you join the Shadow Alliance and pass the assessment. ”

"So you're going to kill me?" Chu Tianjiang felt a little ironic.

"Of course not, it's just that you know that the church has been trying to deal with us, so ......"

"Okay, I see what you mean, I won't cause trouble, and you don't have to worry." Chu Tianjiang didn't embarrass Iska, after all, Iska was just an ordinary member of the Shadow Alliance.

Iskar glanced at Chu Tianjiang again, and then nodded.

Half an hour later, the two entered a valley. After walking for more than ten minutes, Iskar stopped at a bottomless pool.

After taking off his fur coat, Iskar jumped into the waterhole. Fortunately, at Snowwind Castle, Iska went to buy some clothes to wear, and he was not naked.

Chu Tianjiang did not hesitate, and also jumped down.

Apparently, the entrance to the Shadow Alliance branch is beneath a waterhole, which is very secretive and difficult to detect.

The water is clear and the sky is already bright. Chu Tianjiang followed behind Iskar and swam towards the bottom of the pool.