The size of the fishing village is not very large, at most only a thousand inhabitants. In the ruins, Chu Tianjiang found something related to the smuggling organization. In other words, this was originally the base of the smuggling organization, which specialized in receiving smuggling boats and providing some necessary services for stowaways.

The streets were littered with corpses, though mostly elderly people, some of whom had apparently been shot at close range.

Apparently, it was an army that attacked the fishing village, and this army was very cruel.

What made Chu Tianjiang feel a little surprised was that there were not many young adults among the dead, and there were not many children, and it seemed that the attackers did not be ruthless to these people.

"Brother Chu, what now?" Iskabi Chu Tianjiang imagined to be strong.

Of course, she was originally a member of the Shadow Alliance and had seen a lot of bloody and cruel scenes, so this environment did not affect her much.

"Go inland." Chu Tianjiang handed a map to Iska.

The map was found in a bookstore and the only one in the fishing village. It's clear that stowaways coming to the United Continent need a map, so there are plenty of maps in the bookstore. They are all printed maps, marked in great detail, and a few major roads are deliberately marked. In other words, when smugglers come here, unless they are very rich, they can only rely on their own feet to travel to inland cities.

"What the hell is going on here?"

"War."

"War!?" Suo Ya looked at Chu Tianjiang with a little surprise.

Chu Tianjiang nodded and said, "Is there a more reasonable explanation?" Most of the dead were elderly, and apparently the attackers did not kill young people, or even children. If my guess is correct, the target of the attackers is precisely the young and middle-aged labor force here. ”

"This ......"

"Except for war, it won't be like this."

Suo Ya didn't ask any more questions, Chu Tianjiang had already made it clear enough.

"Let's go, we need to get out of here before dawn."

Although he persuaded Suoya, Chu Tianjiang himself couldn't believe this judgment.

There is a war on the United Continent!?

According to what we have learned before, the United Continent is the most developed place on earth in terms of science and technology, and it is also the most civilized place. Because of the inexhaustible access to energy and other advanced technologies, the people of the United Continent can obtain the materials they need to live without even labor, and they also have medical treatments that can cure almost all diseases, and even extend the normal life expectancy of human beings.

In such a world, how could war break out?

Besides, the United Continent is still under the rule of the Church. Under the suppression and control of the church, it is even more unlikely that war will break out.

Something must have happened!

Following the route marked on the map, Chu Tianjiang and the other three walked all the way to the east.

By daybreak, the trio had crossed the Coast Mountains and entered the inland, the tropical desert north of the United Continent, which accounted for nearly half of the continent's total area.

In terms of area, the United Continent is not much different from the Old World, far exceeding the Northern Continent and the New World.

Naturally, the Union Continent is almost diametrically opposed to the Old World. Nearly half of the Old World is within the arctic cold zone in the north, and only in the tropics is in the south. Half of the United Continent is in the tropics, with only the southernmost part in the extreme cold zone of the south.

To the north of the United Continent, with the exception of the humid coastal areas, the interior is a desert with an extremely harsh environment.

During the day, the temperature in the desert can rise to more than 50 degrees Celsius, and in some places it can even reach 60 degrees Celsius at noon, and the surface temperature can even reach 80 degrees Celsius. If you don't wear shoes, you can get badly burned if you step on the ground barefoot. At night, the temperature drops dramatically, dropping inland to minus 20 degrees Celsius, even near the coast.

In such a harsh environment, humans simply cannot survive, at least for humans who are not armed with technology.

Of course, even for humans who have mastered technological civilization, it is difficult to survive here.

Along the way, Chu Tianjiang and the three of them stopped and stopped.

When you first cross the coastal mountains, you can see some villages and towns on the way.

Of course, these villages and towns have been looted by the war, and some have been completely abandoned a long time ago, probably a few months ago.

When it was almost noon, Chu Tianjiang and the others came to the vicinity of the highway marked on the map.

This is a high-grade highway, very similar to the highway that Chu Tianjiang is familiar with, but there are some more unique places.

The main thing is that there are several metal tracks on the road.

The tracks are made of special alloys and are embedded in the pavement about 10 centimeters above the pavement, and the distance between the two adjacent tracks is about five meters. There are no traces of friction on the tracks, indicating that it is not a railroad track like a railway, but a different kind of equipment.

Of course, this is not the main finding.

The villages and towns he passed along the way made Chu Tianjiang believe in his previous judgment, that is, there was a war on the United Continent, and it was a very serious war.

What's more, the war lasted about half a year.

Half!?

Chu Tianjiang immediately thought of what had happened in half a year.

About half a year ago, he woke up from his slumber and followed Iskar to the Resistance and launched a counterattack on the northern continent.

Could it be that as early as half a year ago, the Church gave up on the United Continent?

You must know that according to Chu Tianjiang's previous judgment, if the church rules the United Continent, with the strength of the church, there will definitely be no war. Of course, in order to achieve an ulterior secret, the Church will never let the United Continent go to war, and will suppress all resistance.

Obviously, war could break out only after the Church had abandoned the United Continent.

To put it bluntly, if the Church disappears overnight, as in the Northern Continent and the New World, there will be a huge power vacuum, and those organizations with armies or powerful forces will stand up and fill the vacuum, and war will break out.

A serious war is enough to destroy a civilization that has been built over hundreds of years, if not thousands of years.

In addition, Chu Tianjiang also thought of some things.

For example, the church is leaving the United Continent abruptly.

There is only one reasonable explanation, the church has got everything it wants on the United Continent, and there is no reason to stay here anymore.

If that were the case, the church would be one step closer to what it was trying to achieve.

Although it is not known for the time being what the ultimate goal of the Dao Church is, one thing is certain, that is, the time left for Chu Tianjiang is very limited.

After a short rest, the three of them continued on their way.

When passing through a village and town, Chu Tianjiang got a few sets of clothes in a store, all of which were more suitable for long-distance travel.

Either way, they at least looked like refugees on the run.

The road was built in the desert, and after an afternoon of walking, the three of them came across only one village and town. Like other towns and villages, it was abandoned. Judging by the corpses that lay on the side of the road, which have been completely air-dried, there were still many residents here about a few months ago.

In the evening, the trio stopped near a small village.

Due to the environment, the villages and towns in the desert are close to the roads, and they mainly cater to passing tourists, with many shops and restaurants, as well as some hotels. It's just that for a deserted village and town, these have become decorations. Presumably, the inhabitants of the area received the news in advance and fled before the attackers arrived, there were no bodies in the village and town, and the buildings were not seriously damaged.

Chu Tianjiang chose a hotel that looked relatively tidy.

Although the three of them didn't need to rest, Chu Tianjiang didn't want to rush at night. Besides, they don't know enough about the United Continent. According to Chu Tianjiang's judgment, the real fugitives would definitely not rush at night, and only those outlaws would venture out at night. Chu Tianjiang and they disguised themselves as fugitives, and if they were on the road at night and happened to meet outlaws, it would not be great.

Chu Tianjiang was not afraid of danger, but he didn't want to expose his true strength.

After settling in, Iska and Soya took turns bathing.

The reservoir on the roof of the hotel has not been damaged, there is some standing water in it, and the solar-powered water purification unit is still working.

For women, loving cleanliness is a natural thing, and it has little to do with their biological structure.

In fact, Iskar and Soya are both energy people, and their bodies are made up of energy bodies, so they don't need to take a bath at all, and they can keep them clean at all times.

Chu Tianjiang didn't go to take a bath, and after a day's journey, his doubts became more and more serious.

It has been determined that a war has broken out on the United Continent, and it is very likely that the Church has abandoned the United Continent, but how big is the scale of this war, how wide is the spread, and how big is the impact, and why should the Church abandon the United Continent?

These are all questions that must be clarified.

More importantly, if the Church has abandoned the United Continent, does it make sense to continue exploring the United Continent?

If it doesn't make sense, shouldn't you go straight to the Old Continent?

Thinking of these questions, Chu Tianjiang had a little headache.

Although the perception told Chu Tianjiang that it was not the time to leave the United Continent, at least not until he reached the first real city, that is, before he had a deeper understanding of the reality of the United Continent, he could not go to the Old Continent, but the sense of urgency made Chu Tianjiang feel that wasting time on the United Continent was very likely to make him miss the best opportunity to prevent the church from realizing its conspiracy.

What made Chu Tianjiang even more headache was that he didn't even know what the church was doing.

Only one thing is certain, what the Church is doing is very important and poses a serious threat to human civilization and can even lead to the extinction of humanity.