In fact, I really wanted to turn on the MDT and broadcast my sister the whole time. That would probably put a lot of pressure on Turazzo, and then our negotiation would be much smoother. But in the end, I decided against it. My sister said that she was busy cooking. In her mind, preparing food for that stupid fox and making snacks for Little Bubble were obviously much more important. The fate of the entire Mellois race was not as important as a plate of shredded pork in Beijing sauce in her hands …
"Let's not talk about the extermination order for now, and let's not discuss when the Imperial Army will attack." I sat opposite Turazzo and looked at the pale old man in front of me. My intuition told me that this mess with the Mellois people was more complicated than I had expected. There might be more to it than meets the eye. It might not be enough to make Sandora revoke the extermination order, but it might be able to turn the situation around to a certain extent. I was struggling to find a way to start. "What's going on with this rebel group? You led these natives to rebel against yourself? Don't worry, take your time. I'm feeling very confused right now … "
Turazzo's lips trembled a little. He seemed to be a little hesitant, but he was obviously a little different from the two Mellois prisoners we had captured earlier. He was probably not a staunch anti- Empire member, and the sudden image of my sister had a great impact on him. So, it did not take much effort for Turazzo to speak. "This rebel group was established thousands of years ago. I founded it single-handedly because … I have completely broken off relations with Barrian."
I suddenly realized that my top priority was to quickly match these new names with the numbers. So, I turned to look at Pandora and asked, "Who is that Barrian? What did this Turazzo do back then? "
"The two leaders of the Mellois people," Pandora said calmly. "We reorganized the Mellois' social structure back then and made their two supreme marshals the military and political leaders. Turazzo and Barrian were personally chosen by me. The latter was in charge of the military."
"Err … Were they on good terms back then? Or was there a rift between them? What are the characteristics of both of them? " I couldn't help but ask. Pandora's personality was like this. She almost never took the initiative to talk. If she wanted to talk, it would be when I asked her a question and she would answer me. She wouldn't say anything extra — — I often felt like I was on pins and needles when I talked to her. You should at least explain a little after throwing out a secret!
"It is said that they are like brothers, but I don't know the details," Pandora said woodenly. "Their personal lives don't affect the war. Anyway, they are all arranged by the Imperial Army for the servant army."
I was rendered speechless. This was truly Pandora's way of thinking. Who cares what they usually do, as long as it doesn't affect the war? Back then, the old Empire's concern for the servant army was basically the same. It was only limited to whether or not they would run away after entering the battlefield. Apart from that, they would let go of everything else. Therefore, Pandora probably didn't know much about Barry and Pandora.
Now it seemed that the identity of this old man in front of me was really not ordinary. During the era of the old Empire, he had close contact with the upper echelons of the Empire as the leader of Mellowa. Then, as one of the two leaders, what role did he play in the Mellowa rebellion?
"Treason …" Turazzo's voice was very low. He seemed to have temporarily calmed down from the huge impact just now. Although his face was still pale, his expression was calm. I wasn't sure if this calmness was faked, but I was sure that this old man had many things to tell us. "I never thought that I would actually walk down this path back then … General, that's right, Mellowa's entire family has rebelled. Since you are here, you must have seen the current situation of the mother planet. Yes, that is what we did. I will not explain. "
The other party admitted it very frankly. However, these were things that we already knew about, so Sandora just nodded and didn't say much. Pandora stood beside me with a blank expression. She didn't express any opinion in this kind of situation — — In fact, she didn't seem to express any opinion in any situation …
"What did you do after the treason? Why did you come to this place? " I looked at Turazzo. "Tell me everything you know. I see that you seem to be different from the other Mellowans. Perhaps there is still value in communicating with you."
Hearing my words, Turazzo smiled nonchalantly, but it was very weak. He leaned back in his chair, looking like he didn't want to hide anything. "After … the treason, we took the things we obtained from the capital of the fifteenth sky and fled the territory of the Empire. At that time, we only wanted to escape as far as possible, because we knew that eighty percent of the Empire's territory had become a purgatory, more dangerous than any battlefield. This purgatory was still spreading at an unimaginable speed, and it might even break through the border barrier … We went to hundreds of worlds, and every time we jumped in a direction far away from the borders of the Empire. We tried to survive in each world, but … it was extremely difficult. Not only because of the fear and unease that shrouded the hearts of the entire race, but also because of all kinds of challenges in survival. "
"After breaking away from the control of the Empire, you did not obtain freedom, but instead put a new layer of shackles on you. At the same time …" Sandora glanced at Turazzo. "Your technological tree collapsed, right?"
"That's right," Turazzo nodded slightly. "The great sense of urgency and paranoia that almost spread throughout the entire race tormented us. In the first few hundred years, even one-fifth of our population suffered from hallucinatory mental illness. As the first spawn race, we personally carried out the orders of annihilation and other similar orders of destruction on behalf of our masters. The thought of the same thing happening to us at any time made us shudder. This kind of fear made it almost impossible for us to stay in any world for a long time. But that was only the secondary reason. More importantly, our own technology had long since disappeared. When we escaped from the Empire, almost everything we had was' brought 'from the Empire or made with the help of the Empire's technology. We knew how to use them, but most of us didn't know how to duplicate them. We also had our own scholars, but these scholars were only trained by the Empire so that we could maintain our own equipment and save them time. In the first ten thousand years, they tried their best to relearn the superficial knowledge, hoping to learn how to open the door of the colonization equipment of the faith-class starship without permission. In the process, Barrian and I went to two extremes.
"I began to feel confused and doubtful about the decision I made in the past, and Barrian became paranoid. I knew this old friend of mine very well. He felt fear more easily than I did, and the stronger the fear, the more hatred he felt for the Empire. He believed that the Empire had destroyed everything, and he gradually regarded it as the only truth in the world. Other than that, he no longer believed in anyone who disagreed with him. He even believed that the conservatives among us had been 'brainwashed into loyal dogs of the Empire because of the long-term influence of the Empire's psychic assassins.' He began to systematically eradicate the conservatives and nurture the radicals. In the end, he realized that the differences between him and his brother could no longer be resolved, so he drove me out."
"Then you formed a resistance organization out of anger?" I asked curiously.
Turazzo shook his head. "No, that was something that happened later. After Barrian completely killed the conservatives, we still did not settle down and were still drifting. At that time, even though I was exiled, I did not completely oppose Barrian. What changed everything was a series of so-called 'major breakthroughs,' or what Barrian called the 'Golden Hundred Years.'
Without the restraints of the conservatives, Barrian became unprecedentedly powerful. Ironically, he insisted that the Empire was a tyrant and a butcher, but after he obtained his' freedom, 'he, the staunch' liberator of the people, 'began to be even more brutal than the Empire. His unease reached a peak, and he ordered all Melovans to be' treated '(at that moment, I remembered the two Melovan prisoners of war who had obviously been modified), and he single-handedly enacted and passed the' New Colonization Act. ' In the same year, as the power of the entire race was gathered for tens of thousands of years, we finally learned some of the more crucial basic technology. At the same time, we opened a small database that we brought back from the Fifteenth Sky. Just like that, Barrian believed that the Melovans had finally broken the shackles that bound them. He ordered all the spaceships to be erased from the Empire's insignia and replaced it with a 'holy insignia' that he designed himself. He announced that the Melovans had defeated and destroyed their 'enemy' since ancient times. After discovering a world that was suitable for survival, he immediately ordered the implementation of his' New Colonization Act '— destroying the indigenous civilization, brainwashing them into a race of slaves, violently transforming the environment, docking the fleet, and establishing the Holy Empire of today … "
"They were afraid of being bullied by the Empire, so they turned around and bullied a civilization that was weaker than them, and they became even more aggressive." Lin Xue did not say anything from the start. She only threw out a comment at that moment.
"Sometimes, slaves who have just been freed are a hundred times crazier than those who have just lost their freedom, especially when they have not forgotten the feeling of being whipped." Sandora shook her head. "They are uneasy, fearful, nervous, and filled with hatred. They have nowhere to vent it, and they are eager to prove their identity as free people. So, in the end, they choose to become new and more distinct slave owners."
Turazo's expression was very subtle …
"Then, what is the situation on this planet? Let's not talk about the mess of the past for now. Focus on the rebel organization and your plan in this place — Yes, I mean Barrian's plan. " I thought of Anurili and the others. The appearance of this race that had been brainwashed by the Melovans was a little strange. The Melovans seemed to think of themselves as gods, but what they managed on this planet was at most a big theater that allowed them to entertain themselves. The power of a real god had nothing to do with the worship of these indigenous people. Sandora and I agreed that this planet must have a deeper purpose, but we have not found any clues so far.
"Many years before the rebel organization was established, I had been completely pushed out of the core by Barrian." Turazo's face was gloomy. "So, I am not clear about his real plan, but I am sure that he had cultivated three slave donor planets similar to this one. These places were not just to satisfy his already twisted delusions of a god. He formed a special secret organization and took a group of people from these slave donor planets with very precise numbers and intervals. These people were all sent to the capital planet. I am sure that these people were taken away for him to complete a big project … But the power I had at hand was too meager, and I was unable to figure out what Barrian was doing. The capital planet known as the 'Holy Kingdom' was an extremely tightly guarded forbidden zone. Barrian handed all the sensitive work to his completely brainwashed puppet subordinates to complete, and he personally supervised the whole process. All the infiltration plans failed, and I could not even find a way to plant a cleaner in his palace. As for the story of the natives on this planet … "
Turazo paused, as if this part of history was quite unpleasant. He pondered for a while before saying, "They were once the masters of this universe, a highly advanced and extremely united civilization. They were spread throughout the entire universe, and they once had a glorious kingdom in every corner of the world … After we found out that this universe was very suitable for our survival, Barrian's minions pretended to be friendly with the natives, and announced that they were traveling from an ancient civilization. After using some little tricks of cross-world technology to trick the natives into trusting him, he began a massacre. Whether or not they could jump out of the universe and challenge the void was like a natural chasm. In front of this chasm, the natives resisted with all their might, but in the end, they were all slaughtered. I tried my best to stop this crazy 'new colonization movement', but Barrian had all the troops in his hands. In the end, I only kept a little bit of the fire seed and the native civilization's information, as well as their last battleship fortress.
"This geocentric shelter is actually that battleship fortress."
Turazo exhaled and announced that his story ended here. The experience of the Mellowans after they betrayed their country, what happened in this world, and the unknown secrets of the rebel army were all presented before us.
Pandora glanced at Turazo and said coldly, "In terms of military talent, you were completely defeated by Barrian, just like back then."
Turazo's expression became more and more awkward. I thought about it and agreed with her. In the face of the crazy massacre that engulfed the entire universe, the old man fought bravely, and after years of arduous struggle, he finally successfully saved a ship … This was basically like an international cruise ship sinking, and the rescue team finally rescued the captain's parrot after forty-eight hours of search and rescue. It was an "outstanding achievement." Even though Barrian had control over the entire army, Turazzo, as one of the two leaders, was still able to be suppressed to such an extent.
With one sentence from Pandora, the old man in front of us was scolded like a grandson … Of course, in terms of age, I reckon that Turazo might not be as old as Pandora. Of course, we will not delve into this topic, as it would easily provoke the short man next to us about his height.
"In other words, you don't know what Barrian planned to do with these three planets, but you can be sure that this place is definitely not used to get high." Sandora looked into Barrian's eyes. "I don't understand. Since you have already embarked on this path, why did you suddenly come to a realization? As a traitor, it is not wise to directly break away from the powerful leader of the rebel army. And this rebel organization, how did you come up with such a motive? "
"Suddenly come to a realization?" Turazo calmly repeated these four words. "No, this has nothing to do with suddenly coming to a realization. It is just that Barrian himself fell into the abyss. In the beginning, we chose to betray our country because we hoped to gain freedom and greater power, and because of the long-accumulated resentment against the Empire. However, Barrian magnified all of this. After the collapse of the Empire, he began to expand until today, until he thinks that since he has defeated the gods, he should become the new god … "
"Haha, defeated the gods, you guys are so funny!" Missy suddenly burst out laughing. This laughter made Turazo confused. He looked at her and asked, "General Reggie, is this really funny? The Shiring Apostles were once considered a type of true god, and now Barrian thinks that the Merovans have the ability to replace them. I admit that this is based on arrogance and self-inflation, but I don't think it is funny. "
Missy shook her head in disdain. "Defeat the gods? Primitive people think that with a big enough stick and strength, they can defeat the gods. The people of the Iron Age think that with a sharp enough spear, they can pierce the bodies of the gods. When you have religion, you think that by smearing blood on the blade, you can hurt the gods. When you have nuclear weapons, you think that nuclear bombs can destroy all spiritual idols … You are always self-inflated, and you can't see the obvious boundaries because of your self-inflation. You have added too many unnecessary imaginations to the word 'god', but none of them are related to it. You don't even understand the meaning of the word 'god'. You think that you have defeated the gods just because you are good at fighting. Just like that, you will never understand the meaning of the word 'god'. "
Turazo was once again scolded by Lin Xue, who was also known as' Reggie 'in his eyes. I realized one thing. When the Merovans were still working for the Empire, this Turazo was definitely much more obedient than Barrian …
"You haven't said it yet. Why did you think of building such a resistance organization?" Sandora asked again.
"This is normal, isn't it?" Turazo shrugged. "Barrian is walking the old path of the Empire, and he is getting worse. I can't let him continue like this. Other than this civilization that has been suppressed back to the feudal era, Barrian is also conquering every nearby world and forming a huge slave army — his own 'servant army' system. These races are basically controlled by his brainwashing or coercive policies, but almost every civilization has a resistance organization. No matter where, resistance will not die. As long as tyranny exists, there will be resistance. Even if Barrian uses his nerve agent to spray on the entire planet, the result will be the same. The only special thing is that the leader of this civilization's resistance organization is me. "
"Where there is oppression, there will be resistance," Sandora said with emotion. "That's true. The old Empire was so strong, but in the end, it still had Merovans."
Turazo's expression was very subtle again …
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