To be honest, the old Royal Fleet under Barrian's control was actually quite powerful. It could even be said that all of the Mellowa Regular Army that we had destroyed so far combined was not as powerful as this antique fleet. The Throne of Judgement, which had a strange defensive mechanism that could reflect damage at any time, the Radiant Ring that could instantly kill anything in the material world once it took effect, and the huge number of supporting warships. These antiques from the old Empire, once they unleashed their full power, were enough to fight against our Royal Fleet and the Third Legion. Barrian's confidence and arrogance were not groundless. If there were no accidents, he indeed had the capital to be so arrogant.
However, the only accident was that in order to control these starships, Barrian had added a control system that had a fatal weakness. Although the "host" formed by the matrix of the human brain had its thoughts imprisoned, it was still an excellent target for Ulysses Imperial Power to control the mind. Barrian obviously did not know much about mind control. This could be seen from the fact that he had to rely on nerve agents and brainwashing education to maintain his rule. He knew almost nothing about mind control. Therefore, he would never have thought that there would be such a powerful unit that could control the entire Royal Fleet on the battlefield.
I even felt that he still did not understand what was going on in those slave planets. In his eyes, the rebellion of those slaves was something that could not be explained.
The Ulysses Imperial Power was unmoved by the enemy's attack. The latter's attack was actually very powerful, but the defense of the Glory starship was enough to withstand such attacks for a long time. This period of time was enough for Sandora to complete her mission. She split into countless Soul Sparks, and the number of them was almost equal to that of the enemy's fleet. These Soul Sparks rushed towards the Royal Fleet that was under Barrian's control and merged with it. The powerful Radiant Ring and Throne of Judgement did not have any chance to resist. Their weak control method meant that these starships' resistance against the Soul Snatchers was basically zero. After the Soul Sparks merged with the Soul Sparks, the starships immediately quieted down. Their weapon systems went offline, and at the same time, they merged with the Imperial Army's identification system. Sandora quickly and efficiently plundered all of Barrian's trump cards bit by bit in front of him. She looked like she was taking a leisurely stroll in the park. I felt that there was no need for the fleet that I had brought with me to do anything. It seemed that Sandora alone was enough to take care of all the enemies.
"Hey, did you guys really just stand there and watch?" A few moments later, there were no longer any units that were hostile towards the Imperial Army. Sandora finally had the time to complain to me through the mental link.
"Well, it's not like we can help with this." I replied helplessly as I looked at the external projection. The cannons in the sky above the Godly Kingdom had already calmed down, and the battlefield was as quiet as a pool of stagnant water. The Imperial Army's battleships that were shrouded in a mysterious halo were lined up neatly, as if they were waiting for an inspection by the Imperial Army. They lined up in the shape of chicken drumsticks, steamed buns, and even a line of words: I'm so hungry, I'm so hungry, I want to eat, I want to eat …
Sandora had completed her mission and was bored to death, so she began to play.
The Godly Kingdom looked calm and lifeless. I guessed that there should be some anti-air cannons on the surface, but in reality, it didn't respond to the fleet in space at all. It was as if there were no longer any enemies here except for them.
"We can't find Barry's communication frequency," the intelligence officer reported. "All communication channels on the target planet have been sealed. There are signs of heavy damage to the facilities on the surface of the planet. "
"Do you want to bomb it?" Sandora asked through the mental link. "Or I can go up and hit it. Do you want to watch billiards in space? I feel like I can knock this planet out by seventy or eighty astronomical units. Then, regardless of whether there is anyone on it, it will definitely be dead … "
As soon as Sandora finished speaking, the two 1.2m men beside me suddenly stood up …
"That would be letting that guy off too easily. It would also be letting those leaders of the radical faction off too easily." The corners of my mouth twitched as I stood up. "Those people deserve to die ten thousand times. Moreover, there are some debts that need to be settled face to face in order to be at ease … Pandora, didn't you want to shoot Barry ten thousand times? Come, let's shoot him ten thousand times! "
Barry and his loyal henchmen of the Radical Faction had to receive a more severe punishment than the other traitors. A mere death wouldn't be enough to erase their crimes. Now that all of his resistance has been defeated, we have decided to capture the remaining war criminals on the "Godly Kingdom." Originally, this kind of task should be left to the Empire's soldiers, but after thinking about it, I felt that it would be more suitable for us to do it ourselves. As I said before, there were some debts that needed to be settled face to face. Pandora had been waiting for this moment for a long time. She definitely wanted to pin Barry down with her own hands and shoot him for fifteen minutes.
"Actually, I can use my spiritual power to cleanse the entire planet …" Sandora said casually as we prepared to depart. "But it seems like little Pandora prefers a more satisfying method. You guys go ahead. However, you still have to be careful. God knows what tricks Barry has up his sleeves. I'm not afraid of how strong his resistance is, but I'm worried that he will cunningly escape. "
"Don't worry. If Barry can still escape in this situation, we might as well commit suicide." I waved my hand. "You just have to help us use your spiritual scan to determine where Barry is hiding."
Sandora's spiritual power was really convenient to use. Apart from being able to fight directly, it could also be used as a radar that was almost undetectable to intelligent beings. With her penetrative spiritual scan, the coordinates of Barry's hiding place were quickly revealed. Other than Missy, who wasn't good at direct combat, who stayed on the spaceship, Shallow Shallow, Liliana, and the sisters Pandora all boarded the planet that was already under full control. As for Sandora, who had completed her mission, she hummed a strange tune as she ran to the asteroid belt with a few leaps. Just as everyone had already guessed, Sandora, who had been starving for half a month … decided to become a pac-man. She wanted to take advantage of her current size and eat as much as she could …
… Let's forget about this scene. Her Majesty, who had fainted from hunger, was simply a machine for creating dark history.
I still remembered the scene that I had seen the last time I had come to the Godly Kingdom. Although this lifeless planet looked lifeless, it at least had a magnificent appearance. It was covered with a layer of extravagant and luxurious metal adornments. There were golden totem poles and magnificent city buildings everywhere. However, this time, the scene that we saw was completely different.
We led a group of heavily armed soldiers and used space teleportation to land in a city near the south pole of the planet. The scale of the city was huge. It should have been as luxurious as any other place, but now, all we could see were the streets and buildings that were full of holes. The city's sky bridge that was made of alloy seemed to have been hit by an explosion. It was broken in the middle. The originally wide and flat streets of the city were full of potholes, as though it had been bombed by something. The large buildings in the surroundings had basically collapsed or cracked to a certain extent. If it wasn't for the fact that they were made of interstellar alloy, these buildings would have completely collapsed into ruins. All of the city's facilities were destroyed. Black and gray remnants could be seen everywhere. The air was filled with a choking smell of burning. Not long after walking the streets of the city, we found the corpses of the Melovans.
They were more than a dozen fully armed Melovan soldiers. The circumstances of their deaths were very strange. They seemed to have died in a frenzied and close-range gunfire. All of them formed a circle with their weapons pointed at the people opposite them. The high-energy psionic rifles caused half of the bodies of the dead to be blown away. The remaining half of the body crystallized and solidified at the scene. Thus, the scene of their deaths was well preserved. There were no signs of other attackers in the surroundings. All of them had died in the hands of their own people. The energy tanks of the guns of these soldiers were almost full. This meant that they did not "waste" their firepower elsewhere. All of their firepower was used to kill their own comrades.
We also found a psionic crystal bomb that had just been taken out from one of the soldiers' hands. This soldier seemed to have intended to throw the bomb at a nearby building before he died. However, before he could complete this action, he turned into a crystal statue of death with only half of his body left.
Soon, we found more corpses nearby. These dead Melovans, the half-crystallized corpses, the solidified scene of mutual slaughter, the bombs that had been taken out but not thrown. Of course, looking at the state of the city, I had every reason to believe that more bombs had exploded. Such scenes filled the entire city, and I believed that it filled the entire planet. This place had gone through a carnival-like hell. There were signs of the rulers of the "Holy Kingdom" killing each other and destroying themselves everywhere. This city was blown up by the Melovans themselves. The other places must have suffered the same fate.
"Soul Plague …" Shallow Shallow muttered as she nimbly jumped here and there on the potholed road. "No wonder there was almost no resistance on the planet. In the end, the battle ended like a game … Sandora's Soul Plague is that powerful?"
I did not reply, but looking at the scene in front of me, I was secretly speechless. Although I had imagined what would happen after the outbreak of the Soul Plague, I did not expect it to be so powerful. This plague had obviously destroyed this Melovan capital planet that had been in operation for thousands of years. Barrian's last bizarre actions could more or less be explained. Eighty percent of his subordinates had gone crazy, and the remaining twenty percent were surrounded by so many lunatics. It was unknown how many of them would survive. In such a hopeless situation, Barrian could not possibly put up any decent resistance. Ever since the outbreak of the Soul Plague, the resistance we faced suddenly weakened several times. The closer we got to the Holy Kingdom, the more chaotic the resistance became, and the more bizarre the behavior of the fleets became. It seemed that these fatal psychic powers had spread through the external communications of the Holy Kingdom. Even if the Melovan fleets that we encountered at the periphery of the system were not as miserable as the ones directly infected by the Holy Kingdom, they were not much better off. Originally, Barrian was already paranoid to the point of paranoia and paranoia. Faced with such a situation where his subordinates were killing each other … Was his mental state still normal?
The soldiers of the Empire that were guarding around us gripped their weapons tightly, but they did not encounter any enemy that was worthy of their fire. This planet was now truly lifeless, and the Soul Plague had almost caused the residents here to go extinct. After realizing that we could not find anything of value, we increased our speed. Following the navigation provided by Sandora, we arrived at an open space.
"There is a bunker underground. Speaking of which, there are underground bases everywhere on this planet. If it wasn't for Sandora's navigation, I really would not have known where Barrian was hiding … After the atmosphere was sealed, he could only dig a hole," I said as I looked at the navigation screen floating beside me. Then, I rubbed my chin, "Hmm, I feel that we should at least have the appearance of a XX operation. Let's first come up with a plan to invade …"
Before I could finish my sentence, Pandora had already taken out her precious cannon, adjusted it to planet mode, and fired at the empty space in front of us.
"Boom!!!" The violent explosion sent the ground flying, creating a huge crater that was at least a hundred meters in diameter and a few dozen meters deep. The blue glow of the psionic power lingered in the crater like water. Visca then deftly and skillfully threw two more bombs into the crater, causing an even larger explosion. The crater became a giant crater, revealing the dark underground cavern below, as well as the faint light at the bottom of the cavern.
"Brother, what?" Pandora asked at the same time as Visca, holding her precious cannon.
"…"
Forget it, with these two short melons present, any operation plan would inevitably be simplified to "use the cannon to bombard their mother". I didn't want to waste any more time. With a wave of my hand, everyone entered the bunker that was hidden deep underground.
I had sufficient reason to believe that Pandora and Visca's two rounds of explosions had already attracted the attention of the people stationed in this bunker. If there were still people stationed here, in reality, we should have attracted their attention when we swaggered through the city. However, we weren't worried that anyone would escape. Everything here was locked on by radar, no movement of matter could escape the surveillance of those sharp-eyed imps. Furthermore, we still had a Psychic Vision hack and a Prophet hack in space (although the first hack was mostly focused on squatting in the asteroid belt to eat rocks). This should be a pleasant trip without any accidents.
The structure of the underground bunker was very complicated, but the accompanying agents of the Empire quickly decrypted the surveillance system of this place and obtained a detailed map. The bunker had a main road that was slightly west of the center. This wide corridor made of interstellar alloy extended all the way down, and there were several space expansion zones in the middle. Therefore, it didn't take long for us to cross thousands of kilometers of real space and directly enter the mantle. At this point, we had already passed through the outer protection circle of the bunker and reached its personnel area.
Along the way, we saw more than once Mellowa's soldiers who had died from killing each other or simply torturing themselves, just like on the surface. Their corpses were exposed outside, and some places even blocked the branching routes of the corridor. However, no one cleared those corpses — Barrian's last hiding place was in such an environment. Thinking about those natives who were forced to hide in the core of the planet, this tyrant and his followers really deserved what they got.
Just when we thought that there were no other living people in this underground bunker other than Barrian, we suddenly heard faint human voices coming from the front.
"Move stealthily." The accompanying agent of the Empire immediately gave the order in a low voice. His soldiers instantly went into stealth mode, while we activated our camouflage protection and slowly followed behind these professional agents. After turning a corner, we entered an open space.
There was a large group of surviving Mellowa soldiers here!
We approached these people under the protection of the camouflage equipment. They were hiding in the spacious hall at the end of the corridor. They looked nervous, and some of them even showed signs of mental abnormalities. They raised their guns and aimed at the entrance and exit of the hall, as though they had discovered the enemy even though they didn't hear any sound. Everyone had a feeling of despair, and the entire space was filled with an oppressive atmosphere.
I compared the clothes of these people with the information provided by Turazzo, and confirmed that these were the high-ranking officers of Mellowa's radical faction — they were indeed still alive and had hidden here with Barrian.
A high-ranking officer holstered his gun for the fourth time and asked the person next to him nervously, "Did you hear the explosion just now?"
Another officer touched the weapon at his waist and said, "I don't know, I don't believe what I saw. Are you Tobias?"
"I am, but were you the one who asked the question just now?"
"Take note, don't confirm each other too often," the third officer said. "Illusion, it's all an illusion, don't believe in anything. The battle in space should still be ongoing, and Emperor Barrian has' their 'ace battleship from back then. The final victory of this battle belongs to us. Don't speak carelessly now. After the battle is over, we will have time to slowly think about how to cure this disease. "
"Yes, the Emperor will win, the Emperor will definitely win … But I don't understand, the Emperor has such a powerful power, why did he wait until now to use it? 'They' have already destroyed almost all of our colonies, and this is a huge loss. We should have seized the opportunity before the main force was completely destroyed … "
"Tobias! Don't question the Emperor's decision, "the fourth officer clasped his hands together and said solemnly," The Emperor once said that he needs to purify some people, and in the end, only the most loyal followers will become the True God. Before that, the flame was only for 'them' to help burn some trash. The Emperor left this most glorious position to us, you have to be grateful … Ah, I think I heard someone approaching! "
"Illusion, Cole, illusion, we will not fail." The first officer pulled out his weapon, but quickly put it down again. "Illusion, remember, it's all an illusion. Tobias, you didn't pull out your gun, did you?"
"Yes, my weapon is in the holster."
"Very good, very good, don't be controlled by the illusion … But wait, how can I be sure that I really heard your answer? Sid, you didn't pull out your gun, did you? I need to make sure that I really heard your answer, and not the answer I imagined … Damn, my head is starting to hurt … Cole, you didn't point a gun at my head, did you? "
"Yes, my gun is in the holster … Wait, Tobias, you didn't pull out your gun, did you?"
"Yes, my gun is in the holster … Ah, sh * t, sh * t, I feel like all of you are pointing your guns at my head …"
The fourth officer smiled. "Yes, Tobias, we are pointing our guns at your head. Congratulations, you finally got rid of the illusion. Goodbye."
A gunshot rang out.
The officer named Tobias fell in a pool of blood.
"Illusion, illusion, Tobias, return to your position, we have to wait for the Emperor to summon us." The fifth officer helped Tobias' body, which had begun to crystallize, up. "Oh, wait, I almost fell into an illusion … Yes, it's like this, Cole, Tobias was controlled by an illusion just now. I shouldn't have looked at his corpse, it almost infected me too … Wait, I see a lot of people appearing in front of me, Cole, is this an illusion?"
We removed our disguises. A group of Empire leaders, as well as dozens of Empire elite soldiers and special agents armed to the teeth, stood openly in front of the last surviving high-ranking Melroy officers.
An officer with a mustache and a luxurious silver-white uniform pointed at us and exclaimed.
Another officer raised his weapon and aimed it at us for a long time, the others followed suit. After a few seconds of confirmation, the officer named Cole put down his gun with certainty.
"Yes, it's an illusion. Tobias, I hope that killing you just now wasn't an illusion, it seems like the symptoms are getting worse … "
We were speechless.
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