The passage was narrow and long, about a hundred meters over, and at the end was a basement that resembled the command cabin of an old submarine. It is surrounded by iron plates, with a periscope and a console in the center, and two chairs next to it. When entering the basement, Chu Tianjiang noticed that the door was made of steel, which was very thick and strong, and the latch was specially reinforced, and it could be locked with an iron rod from the outside.

"Traveler, you really haven't seen the Daredevil?"

Chu Tianjiang shook his head, he didn't lie.

Jack smiled reluctantly, walked over to the periscope, observed it with the periscope for a while, and then stepped aside and gestured towards Chu Tianjiang.

Chu Tianjiang pointed to the periscope, and Jack nodded.

"There are no Daredevils on the island you live on?" When Chu Tianjiang held the handle of the periscope and observed the situation outside through the periscope, Jack asked.

"Nope."

The light was very dim, and it took a while for Chu Tianjiang's eyes to adapt. In the sky, the moon became a huge fragment, but the lunar ring was so bright that it even obscured the starlight. What's more, the light reflected by the lunar rings is not silver, but close to purple.

Obviously, even at night, the lunar rings are able to reflect solar radiation back to Earth.

In addition, due to the size of the dust, the lunar rings must reflect radiation that can cause genetic mutations, or even enhance it.

It's just that there's nothing on the ground.

Chu Tianjiang looked back at Jack, looking a little puzzled.

"Don't stare at a point, let the gaze diverge. Those guys move very fast and are so smart that you can't see them at all if you don't pay attention. ”

Chu Tianjiang put his eye socket on the eyepiece of the periscope again.

"Without the Daredevil, your life there is peaceful, right?"

"It's not peaceful."

"Have you ever been to the New World?"

"Nope."

"Your destination isn't the New World?"

Chu Tianjiang didn't say anything, he knew that the more he talked, the easier it was to show his stuff.

"Everybody wants to go to the New World." Jack smiled and said, "Someday, I can take Lucia to the New World and put an end to this precarious life." And Jackson and Sophia, we're all going to the New World. Tommy dreamed of going to the New World. ”

"Is the New World good?"

"There's heaven there, here's hell."

At this time, Chu Tianjiang saw several moving shadows, to be precise, some moving objects, which looked a bit like some kind of beast.

"Does this thing have a magnification function?"

"Didn't see clearly?" Jack walked over.

"They're moving too fast."

Jack smiled and pressed a red button on the console.

On the ground, a platform rises with an animal tied around its neck, and it looks like a herbivore.

Apparently, it was a captive domestic animal.

It was at this moment that the beasts appeared, and pounced on the domestic animal at great speed.

Chu Tianjiang also saw clearly, it was indeed a monster, with a head, body and limbs, and the appearance of a human, but it ran with its limbs, only using its forelimbs when attacking, and was able to tear objects with its forelimbs. Very fast, very agile and very strong.

"Why do you call them 'Night Demons'?"

"They only appear at night, attack all animals that are alive, and feed on flesh and blood."

"They don't have eyes!?"

Jackson smiled and said, "At night, even if you have eyes, you can't use them, and hearing, smell, and touch are more important than sight." They have ears and noses, and their senses are so sensitive that they can smell living things from miles away, and they can smell blood from farther away. Some people call them 'vampires', but I think 'Daredevils' are more appropriate, as they swallow all the flesh and blood of their prey. ”

"Can you kill them?"

"As with all living creatures, cutting off their heads, or piercing their hearts, kills them, but no one does."

"For what?"

"They're coming in droves, they're very numerous, and you're only seeing a small fraction of them. Their speed and strength are above those of ordinary people, and they have steely skins that no one can deal with except the 'Holy Warriors' of the Empire and the 'Saints' of the Church. ”

"So you have to hide underground at night?"

"In the Old World, except for those who live in cities protected by saints and holy warriors, pioneers like us can only move on the ground during the day, and no one will go to the ground at night." Jack patted Chu Tianjiang on the shoulder, "Do you know what the night demon is now?" ”

Chu Tianjiang didn't say anything, the night demon was not a demon or a monster, but a person who mutated after being infected by the virus.

A ball of fire rose from the ground, and the fire spread in all directions, and the night demons who had gathered around the livestock were ignited in an instant.

"Jack!?"

"Fire is the best weapon against the Daredevil." Jack smiled, "This fire can make them remember for a long time, and also let us live a few quiet days." ”

"Can you burn them?"

Jack nodded and said, "The most radical way to destroy the night demons is to burn them to ashes, and their corpses are the main fertilizer for growing crops." ”

"What!?"

"I don't know how you got here, but this is definitely not where you should be." After Chu Tianjiang let go of the handle of the periscope, Jack put away the periscope and sat down. "Very few strangers come to us, you are the first traveler."

Chu Tianjiang also sat down, he had a lot of questions in his heart, but he didn't know where to start, and he didn't know if Jack would answer.

Jack was silent as well, looking a little heavy.

"When did the Daredevil appear, and how long has this lasted?"

Jack looked at Chu Tianjiang with a little surprise, as if he felt that Chu Tianjiang had asked a very low-level question.

"Why, don't you know the way?"

"The Daredevil has always existed, and has existed since the day humans were born."

"Really?" Chu Tianjiang was very surprised, but then it occurred to him that the invaders had brainwashed the survivors through religion, so the history of the survivors' knowledge of the Tao was nothing more than a history made up by the invaders. Obviously, the vast majority of people in this world, especially civilians like Jack, don't know anything about the past of the Dao, and they don't know how glorious the civilization of the human race once was, and they know that the history of the Dao is just a lie.

"There are no churches on your island, no churches?"

"It's a very small island, and no one pays attention to us and no one cares about us." Chu Tianjiang shrugged his shoulders, he still had to learn the way of speaking in this world. "The Holy Warriors and Saints you started talking about, who are they, they are more powerful than those night demons?"

"They are the saviors of humanity, and without them, humanity would have been extinct long ago."

"Oh!?"

"It is they who have opened up a living space for us, driven the night demons out of the cities and plains, and allowed the vast majority of people to live in a world where there is no danger. They also cleaned up all the night demons in the New World, and built the New World into a paradise, a paradise that everyone longed for. ”

"But before them?"

"An angel sent by God."

"Angel!?"

"That was a long time ago, maybe hundreds of years. I don't know exactly what's going on. If you want to know the way, it's best to go to the town, and the priest will tell you. Jack smiled, "Of course, you first have to convert to the church and become a citizen of God. ”

Chu Tianjiang also smiled reluctantly, he had already noticed that Jack had a cross pendant on his chest, and the others were the same.

"Why did you come here?" Chu Tianjiang changed the subject.

"Debt."

Chu Tianjiang frowned, looking a little surprised.

"We are bankrupt and we have to give up our identity as city dwellers and become pioneers. If I live to be 60 years old, and pay the required food every year, the church will help me pay all my debts, and I will be able to get out of here. If you are able to donate an extra amount to the church, you may also have the opportunity to travel to the New World. Of course, in the Old World, it is almost impossible for a person like me to go to the New World. ”

"For what?"

"We are poor, and it is difficult to even make a living, where do we get the extra money?"

"What about Jackson, and Sophia and Susan?"

"They are my children who have inherited my identity. If they want to change, they can only struggle on their own, or find a good home. ”

"What do you mean?"

"Traveler, you have too many questions."

Chu Tianjiang smiled reluctantly, he did ask a lot of questions.

"Go and rest." Jack sighed and said, "If you still decide to leave, Lucia will prepare some food for you to eat on the way. If you want to stay, you have to integrate into this big family, assume your own responsibilities and obligations, and get your share of the fruits of your labor. This is not the New World, we are not the powerful, so everyone has to work and contribute to survival. ”

Chu Tianjiang stood up. "The last question, where is the church?"

"City."

"How far?"

"If you go east, you will not arrive until you reach it in about three months, and even if you ride a horse, it will take you a month to arrive."

Chu Tianjiang nodded and didn't say anything more.

Obviously, he had to stay here. If the harsh winter had come within a month, he would not have been able to reach the town at all, nor would he have been able to reach the next farm.

What's more, it's certainly not possible to go out and about in winter.

Chu Tianjiang didn't feel sorry, he didn't know much about this world, and staying in this farm gave him enough time to familiarize himself with and integrate into this world.

Of course, he also needs to fight for survival.

Lucia had vacated the pantry, built a bed in it, spread some dead grass, and put a sheet on it. Because the temperature in the room is not low, there is no need to cover the quilt. The room was very narrow and dark, and Chu Tianjiang groped his way to the bed.

As soon as he lay down, Chu Tianjiang sat up.

There was already a person on the bed, and it was a woman, a naked woman!