Chapter 2097: ruins

Recalling a little bit of the experience in the "Silver Sky Free Trade Port" three years ago, Qiao An continued: "Jessica once told me that she and her companions in the spiritual class grew up in Akron. At that time, there was a big sister taking care of them. Now I want to come, it is Ms. Maria, right?"
Maria nodded, perhaps because she recalled the difficult years, her eyes showed a little sadness.
"I have to say that the fate of human beings is elusive. The world is huge. Some people have passed by without knowing each other countless times. The world is very small. Two people who seem to have no intersection have common friends."
"When Holden and I met Qiao Ann, and when Qiao An first met Jessica, who could have expected that our destiny will be intertwined in such a wonderful way." Audrey said with emotion.
After hearing her words, Qiao An felt the same.
Ms. Maria was even more stern, holding the holy emblem, and praising the idol she worshipped at the table, one of the twin goddesses in charge of the lives of people, the "Queen of Cause and Effect" Di Moss, as if all these coincidences It is an arrangement of fate.
There are three main things for the travels of Colofa and others to the New World.
One of them is Ms. Maria’s private affairs, which is closely related to the "Timous Church" to which she belongs, and it is not convenient to discuss it publicly at the dinner table.
There are two other things that don’t need to be kept secret. The first is to investigate the operating conditions of the Royal Mojing Mining Company located in the "Swire Abyss", and the other is to have an in-depth understanding of the recent uproar on the "cloud network"-colonization. The conflict between the activists and the indigenous people in the Vimur Valley.
Qiao An is quite familiar with the Mojing mining area, so he told the visitors in detail what he knew about the business situation.
For some reason, when he talked about the good operation of the mining area and the steadily increasing output of magic crystals, Antron and Ou Luomei both looked very heavy and seemed disappointed by the news.
After talking about the situation in the mining area for a while, the topic shifted to ethnic conflicts triggered by the "Westward Movement".
Holden proudly claimed that the article revealing the "Vemur Valley tragedy" that was first published by Yunwang and later reprinted by mainstream media from various countries was written by him.
"Mr. Holden, the details you wrote in that article, such as the Midgard colony's military hired experts to develop a new type of smallpox virus, which used blankets as a medium to flow into the aboriginal communities and deliberately caused the epidemic. This is all true. Is it?"
Ou Luomei seemed to be unable to believe that there was such a vicious act in the world.
"Ms. Oulomey, I dare to use my reputation as a guarantee, every word is completely true!"
Mr. Poet, who usually always has a hippie smile, looks very solemn now.
Oulomey nodded thoughtfully, and negotiated with Antron, Colofa and Maria in a low voice. Finally, Colofa made a request on behalf of the three.
"Could you take us to the Vimur Valley for a field trip, especially the valley town."
"The town of Hegu has been burned to ruins, and there is nothing left to see. The neighborhood is not only the area with the worst smallpox epidemic, but also the area where immigrants and aborigines kill each other most intensely. There are countless bloodsheds every day. Do you have to take a risk personally?" Audrey asked her brother worriedly.
"Of course it is necessary." Colofa smiled calmly, "As for the risks, you don't have to worry, at least we still have the ability to protect ourselves."
Audrey said helplessly: "Since you insist on going, set a time."
"The sooner the better, how about tomorrow?" Colofa asked his sister.
Audrey turned her head and looked at Qiao An: "Are you free tomorrow?"
Qiao An heard her intention and nodded: "I have time, I can cast a spell to take everyone directly to River Valley Town."
The 5-level "Transportation" can bring one more person for every 3 cast levels. Qiao'an has a caster level of 22, and he can take up to 7 people to teleport with him. Sister Zion, brother and sister-in-law, plus Antron, Oulome and Hailar, are exactly 7 people.
Audrey smiled relieved and thanked him on behalf of her brother-in-law, and the schedule was set.
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July 11, nine o'clock in the morning.
Near the town of River Valley, which was burned to ruins by the fire, a teleporting beam rose up, and eight figures emerged.
"Look, everyone, the scorched earth on the riverbank is the site of the valley town. The town originally had two thousand Asa residents. Two months ago, it was attacked by a cavalry battalion led by Lieutenant Colonel Henry James. The whole town was burned. "
"The residents of the town, men, women, and children, were either burned alive or slaughtered by the army. Not a single survivor, including the wife of the town leader Logan Walsung, was found."
Speaking of the incident that happened here two months ago, Qiao An couldn't help but feel angry, and the strange eyes behind his neck opened uncontrollably, jumping suddenly.
He took a deep breath, restrained his indignation, and pulled his collar high back to block the deformed eyeball.
Colofa, Maria, Antron and Oromy, four visitors from the old world, stood in front of the ruins, looking at the scorched earth and broken walls. It is not difficult to imagine the miserable scene when the bleeding happened. Could not help being deeply shocked, speechless for a long time.
"His Royal Highness, has there been a similar massacre in the old world in recent years?" Qiao An asked.
The prince of Canaan was silent for a few seconds and replied slowly: "Of course there were similar massacres, but the situation in the old world is different from that in the new world. Don't dare to blatantly commit this kind of'genocide' massacre on your own territory, otherwise the nobles and the church will rise up against him and deprive him of authority."
"It may not be polite for me to say that, Dr. Vader, the actions of certain colonists in the New World, including the mass killing of indigenous people, and the widespread slavery system, have broken the lower limit of'civilized people'. "
"The old world is not without similar situations, but it is not so common. Secondly, the social consensus is critical of such practices and regarded them as barbaric acts. But in the new world, people seem to be accustomed to such things, at least for now. There is no sign of eliminating abuse."
Qiao Ann nodded heavily, completely agreeing with Colofa's criticism of the colonial barbarism.
At this time, Maria came over and asked Qiao An whether the hospital originally used to isolate and house smallpox patients in Hegu Town was still there, and whether the patients were still alive.
"The hospital was originally located on the opposite forest glade. On the night of the tragedy, the smallpox patient noticed a fire in the town and heard the call for killing. Some of them had milder symptoms and rushed back to fight the fire despite the illness..." The words stopped.