Resistance was an innate ability of all intelligent creatures. There was no need for guidance, only enough oppression.
The brainwashing and mental enslavement policy of the Melovans for thousands of years could not fundamentally change the nature of life. The group of fanatical believers that they built with nerve agents and brainwave suppression devices did not have any foundation at all. This was a ruling structure that was like a castle in the air. Loyalty and trust were completely based on fear and illusion. Once these illusions were forcibly dispelled by a stronger force, the humans who had gained the ability to think freely would definitely not tolerate the tyranny without a reason. When the Melovans sent out their "Admonitions" to massacre the innocent slave races, the slave fleets that had just gained free will were immediately motivated by anger.
The Melovans only twisted their thoughts of loyalty, but they could not twist their normal human feelings. Even the slaves could not tolerate the scene of their homeland being trampled on like that.
In fact, the Melovans had always been doing this. It was just that their atrocities were originally covered up by nerve agents, brainwashing methods, and pompous words of "love". But now, Barrian tore off the last piece of fig leaf and put all the atrocities on the table. He seemed to have completely lost trust in his own slave soldiers. In the face of the huge pressure brought by the Imperial Army, he actually thought that wiping out the "potential traitors" was the first priority to maintain his rule. It had to be said that Turazzo's view was right: from the moment he committed treason, Barrian had already gone mad.
The Melovans would sooner or later attack their own slave races. This was what we had expected from the beginning. It could even be said that this was pushed by the Imperial Army. Because no matter what, as long as the Imperial Army launched an attack, Barrian would definitely send the slave fleets to the battlefield. And as long as the slave fleets appeared, we would definitely not start a massacre of these originally victims. So it was inevitable that the slave fleets would receive "special attention" from the Imperial Army on the battlefield. As long as such a situation appeared, Barrian would definitely punish the slave fleets' homeworlds and their compatriots … This was a process that could not be avoided. And even if the confrontation between the Imperial Army and the Melovans was delayed for a while, Turazzo would still start a slave rebellion in many worlds. By then, the Melovans would still suppress the slaves on a large scale. No matter what, these slave races had to go through a tragic sacrifice in exchange for freedom. Occasionally, I would feel oppressed because of this, but it could not be helped. All freedom came with a price, and there was no such thing as a kingdom of heaven that descended from the sky. That would only be another cage, and these slave races would need some pain before they could stand up again. We had brought this process forward to actually prevent more slave races from dying ignorantly under the tyranny of the Mellowans. Based on Barrian's mental state, I even suspect that there will come a day when he will enjoy genocide. By that time, it will be too late for the slaves to resist.
When the three slave fleet commanders returned to their spaceships to reorganize their troops, I went to the deepest part of General City's command center alone. There was an enormous underground structure here. A sturdy protective layer enveloped this metal facility, sinking it into the depths of Planet General's magma. The interior of this building was spacious, and there was only one set of equipment. That was an incomparably huge crystal located in the middle of the core hall, as well as a ring of amplifiers around the crystal … This crystal was so huge that it could almost be seen as a small mountain. Around this crystal mountain, there was a faint buzzing sound. In the past few days, Turazzo had used his own channels to scatter those resonating crystals all over the places where the slave races lived, forming a spirit amplification network that spanned across thirteen worlds and had hundreds of millions of nodes. The gigantic crystal in front of us was the control center of all the resonating crystals. Sandora's power was concentrated on this center, and when the energy of the amplification device in this hall reached its peak, the network would be activated, and the foreign thoughts that were forcefully implanted in the depths of the slave's mind would be washed away. The "holy rule" that Barrian had created for thousands of years would collapse in an instant.
After that, we would launch an all-out attack on the Nation of God.
"System — Activate — Synchronizing network —"
The AI in the hall recognized my authority to operate it, and according to the preset procedure, it began to awaken the twenty-six level two amplification nodes at the edge of the local star system. These amplification nodes were grouped in pairs, and they were connected to the crystal network of every world through a void channel. The buzzing sound of the equipment charging turned from low to high-pitched, and the crystal mountain in front of me also began to tremble slightly. I looked at the readings of the equipment floating beside me. There was a bunch of data that I couldn't understand, but beside the data, there was a large arrow pointing to a button. Below the arrow was a line of words: When the data turns red, press this — Left by Sandora.
I was speechless. At this time, I silently sighed at Sandora's thoughtfulness.
I didn't really understand the operation process of such a high-end equipment, but there was no helping it. Only I could enter this place, and many of the subsequent operations could only be completed by me alone. Sandora's power was too strong, even more so when she was in her Glory form. With such a strong power being concentrated in such a small hall by a resonating crystal array, one could only imagine how abundant the spirit energy in this place was. There was a saying: God's power was so strong that mortals would be blinded if they looked at the light in their eyes. The situation here was similar. Even if Sandora didn't take any action, the aura that she emitted would be fatal. Ordinary creatures that entered within a hundred meters of the crystal would instantly be burned into idiots. Even leaders like Shallow Shallow and Lin Xue would feel dizzy here. Only I, with my special constitution, was completely immune to the environment here. In the end, the technology of this resonating network wasn't mature enough. After all, it was something that we had built on the spot. If it wasn't to deal with Barrian, the Empire definitely wouldn't be interested in building such a large-scale mind-controlling network. Although Sandora was a Soul Snatcher, she deeply hated the use of mind-enslavement to rule over people. A normal Shiring Apostles wouldn't lay their hands on people who were loyal to the Empire.
When the system was activated, I checked the temporarily built network. There were a few familiar names in the list of activities. Other than Turazzo, the first name on the list was actually Anulili. This native girl was one of the first to come into contact with us. Now, she was actually the most active person in the Resistance Front?
"I didn't expect you to be in charge of the external communications of the Resistance Front." I greeted Anulili. When I saw her name listed in the contact officer column, I was surprised. "Turazzo should have already told you the plan. The network is now activated."
"Yes, the situation here is normal. The few compatriots that are being observed are 'waking up'." Anulili was wearing a professional uniform. She looked like a completely different person from the country girl who was wearing a coarse linen dress. Now, she looked like a starship commander who had been trained in the army. "Master has already contacted a few other Resistance Front organizations in the same galaxy. We will launch an operation at the same time. We will destroy the Mellowans' heavy factories and raw material bases and cut off their logistics lines. This is the limit of what the slave race can do. We are powerless to fight against their army directly. We can't even fight against their police. "
I nodded. These were all plans that we had agreed on before. When Turazzo's operation started, the Mellowans would definitely shift part of their attention to these rebellious planets. When they started their operation, the Imperial Army would send some "wolf packs" to interfere with these slave planets and stop the Mellowans from "reprimanding" them. This way, Barrian's attention would once again be diverted. Then, it would be the time for the main army to attack the Holy Kingdom.
"There will probably be a lot of casualties …" Anulili looked at me operating the complicated equipment. Suddenly, she said sadly, "I heard that some planets in the distant territories have already been attacked by the Mellowans' reprimanding police. They are bombarding them randomly, claiming that it is divine punishment. This kind of thing will probably happen here soon … If they are sacrificed in the battle of the Resistance Front, it will still be meaningful. But before that, many people will probably be killed in a confused state … What is this? Falling in the darkness at the last moment before dawn? And they won't even know the truth until the moment they fall … "
"This is unavoidable." I stopped what I was doing and sighed. "Perhaps the appearance of the Empire's army will cause many civilians to die prematurely in this war of liberation. However, if we don't do this, as time passes, more and more civilians will die in the future. A madman will never stop on his own, and Barry is an extreme madman."
Actually, there was another sentence that I didn't say. The death of their own kind would stimulate the rebellious spirit of the slave fleet. This was a very cruel equation. However, in war, many things were just that cruel. Life was precious, but for the entire war, it could still be weighed.
"Ah, don't mind me. I'm not complaining to you or anything." Anulili felt a little apologetic for her current state of mind. She quickly waved her hand and said, "I was trained by my teacher, so I still have this bit of knowledge. It's just that … they are our own people after all. Seeing them die in such a numb state, and maintaining that numb state, is really a very uncomfortable thing. If it was me, I would rather die fighting after knowing the truth than to fall numbly like this. It's too regrettable. "
"Then, let's work hard together and end everything as soon as possible." I took a deep breath and confirmed that the last set of amplification matrices had been connected online. In the hall, the AI system's progress announcement sounded: System activation process complete. "Now, go and inform Turazzo that his work … has begun!"
I thought that Barrian must be going through the darkest period of his life right now.
According to the information I had, in the battle with the Silver Heart, the Mellowans had invested more than half of their main fleet. In other words, half of Barrian's regular army had been lost in the battle. The Mellowans had spent tens of thousands of years researching the technology of the Empire and improving their own weapons. But when they went against the real Empire's fleet, their counterfeit technology was still defeated. Such a huge loss enraged the tyrant. He soon learned that the slave fleet had been sheltered by the Imperial Army during the battle. So, he believed that the slave race under his rule had betrayed him, so he sent out the 'Admonishers'. However, it was these Admonishers who helped Turazzo from the side. Turazzo collected the atrocities of the Admonishers and sent them to every rebel organization. These became irrefutable evidence that was enough to incite the people's anger. Just then, the power of the soul that shrouded the thirteen universes swept across all the slave races.
Overnight, trillions of slaves woke up from the illusion and hypnosis that had imprisoned their entire race for thousands of years. When they opened their eyes, they saw that their homes were being burned down by a group of thugs. The thugs were brimming with false divine light, and the dazzling warships carried thousands of twisted evil souls. The slaves experienced a brief moment of confusion, but then they became angry at the continuous violence of the Mellowans. Conflicts began to break out sporadically without any organization, but the Mellowan Admonishers did not care at all. This chaos lasted for about two days under the delicate balance and tolerance of all parties. Turazzo thought that the time had come. The anger had accumulated, and the Mellowans were temporarily blinded by the thrill of venting violence. So, under his instigation, countless local indigenous, organized, and even armed rebel groups sprang up like mushrooms after a spring rain!
Barrian and his lackeys never knew the existence of these rebel groups. They had always thought that the rebellious behavior on the slave planet was "the conditioned reflex of animals when they feel pain". They did not even realize in time that the effect of their brainwashing had ended, and this led to the slaves' rebellion being more effective than we expected.
On a slave planet far away from the Holy Kingdom, an armed transport ship carrying the "Admonishing Police" was attacked by powerful firepower when it reached orbit. All the Mellowans on the transport ship and the ship were turned into fireworks in space. The ones who launched the attack were a group of slave fleets that had disappeared along with the Imperial Army during the battle of the Silver Heart four days ago, and had suddenly returned.
This was the first Mellowan warship to be attacked and destroyed by the slaves. Following that, the first group of fully armed rebel forces appeared on that planet. These rebel forces angrily and resolutely attacked the "Great Temple" that the Mellowans had set up on the planet. After leaving thousands of corpses behind, they detonated a bomb that destroyed the entire temple. This was the first Mellowan ruling organization destroyed by the slaves. When this news was secretly promoted by the conservative Mellowan military organization and spread to all the worlds, the rebel movement reached its climax. Barrian was furious.
He began to gather more Admonishing Police and even a small part of the regular army to launch a "Heresy Purge" on the slave planet. He had no choice but to do so because the slaves had begun to attack all the raw material production areas and heavy factories. The slaves refused to work, destroyed the machines, and even used crude tools to resist the overseers. They even succeeded in killing a small number of the overseers. The situation became more and more chaotic. Barrian found that he would soon lose all the basic industries and raw material supplies. He had no choice but to focus his attention on these rebellious planets. However, there were so many rebellious planets. Almost every place where there were slaves was rebellious. Finally, the Mellowans' originally efficient ruling organization began to fall into a sluggish quagmire.
Every planet was in turmoil. All the basic industries supported by the slave race stopped almost overnight. Barrian began a nationwide violent and bloody suppression. However, the suppression methods that had always worked well in the past were ineffective this time. The slaves who had gained the ability to think freely were not stupid. They knew that the arrival of freedom also meant that there was no turning back. They knew their tyrant very well: whether they resisted or not, they would not escape death in the end. So the slaves rose up and fought bravely against the overseers and the slave masters. Just as Anu Lili had said, there were many casualties in the process, and the slaves who rose up to resist were almost massacred at first. But in just a few days, the situation changed slightly. The Mellovan slave masters were horrified to find that the number of armed 'thugs' they had to face was increasing rapidly. The slaves had gotten their hands on a large amount of firearms from somewhere and were arming themselves in large numbers. They also cooperated with the actions of the 'radical militants' that had sprung up like mushrooms after the rain a few days ago. Although they were disorganized and acted blindly, their overwhelming numbers still left the Mellovan people flustered. The latter had lived in comfort for too long, to the point that some places were reduced to a situation where only two or three Mellovan overseers were attacked by tens of thousands of armed slaves. Under such circumstances, Barrian quickly lost his mines and primary metalworks — he no longer had the strength to repair his main fleet.
It is necessary to mention the highly active "radical armed forces". These resistance groups organized by the local natives had deeper roots than we had imagined. They had spread to a wider area than expected. It was hard to imagine how they could hide under the Mellowans' noses for so many years and even plant such a large number of undercover agents in the slave society. Just like how Anu Lili's resistance group found a way to eliminate the brainwashing effect by gradually reducing the dosage of drugs and using weak vaccines, it seemed that every resistance group had their own way of dealing with the Mellowans' mind control. The Mellowans used different methods of brainwashing on every race, and the drugs were also different. But all the resistance groups had found a targeted "antidote". Other than that, what was even more intriguing was the appearance of the armed slaves. The slaves' weapons did not come out of thin air. After their respective resistance groups emerged, in addition to carrying out high-intensity propaganda, they also secretly distributed weapons to everyone. Most of these weapons were brand new, and there were even some light firearms that used Mellowan technology as their core. It was obviously impossible for a group of underground resistance groups to produce such a large number of new firearms. So … to be honest, it was hard for me to believe that Turazzo and the conservative faction led by him did not tamper with the process. This also explained why all the resistance groups would actively respond to the call of a Mellowan. What Turazzo had done in the past thousand years was definitely not as simple as building a sanctuary in Anu Lili's race. He had secretly tricked his fellow radicals for a thousand years, and now, this thousand-year pit had finally begun to choose its prey.
And the rebellion of the slave race was just the beginning of the end of Barrian's rule. Soon, another disaster struck his Empire, and this time, the disaster broke out in the upper levels of the pyramid of the Mellowan Empire.
An indescribable "plague" began to spread in the Nation of God.
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