Great, I'm surrounded by villains.

Chapter 379 Witch Hunt
"You mean... wizard?"

Fuling calmed herself down. She didn't expect to hear such a mystical term on an ecological ship full of scientific atmosphere.

But in fact, the occult does exist.

A wizard is one of those people who possesses some incredible power and achieves things that cannot be explained by science.

"You seem surprised?"

"I know about wizards, but aren't they supposed to be extinct?"

Fuling said.

She had seen information related to wizards in the records of the department. Wizards were once regarded as one of the most dangerous groups and became a major force that Universal Company was committed to eradicating. The official statement was that these humans sold their souls to the devil and were an evil race that carried out the devil's mission.

There are also official reports saying that their planet has long been "cocooned" and wizards are the products of the "cocooning".

All evil must be destroyed, an action initiated by the Church of the Embers.

More than a hundred years ago, a witch-hunting frenzy swept the universe.

However, Fuling has no idea what the actual situation is.

She was not yet born more than a hundred years ago, and had no way of knowing the true beginning and end of the incident. She could only learn from the company's documents that the witch hunt ended with the victory of the Order of the Embers. The company bombarded the wizard's planet and razed the entire surface of the planet to the ground. With the demise of the wizard kingdom, the occult gradually declined.

Today, it has become a very niche circle and is still strictly controlled by the company.

When Fuling first saw the news, she felt a little sorry.

She felt that the wizard's abilities were just like the life energy of Blue Star and were extremely valuable for research.

If what this woman said was true, the crime of having private contact with a wizard would be enough to get the Saintfield family into trouble.

After destroying the wizard's planet, the Order of the Embers once made a public statement, saying that anyone who took in exiled wizards or had private contact with them would be an enemy of the Universal Company, and that the Order of the Embers' fleet would razed their homes.

"You also said it was 'should'."

Heya shrugged. "I think you all know how difficult it is to completely wipe out a race. For the company, bombarding the wizard country is not difficult, but it is almost impossible to wipe out those wizards who have fled to different planets."

The company regards wizards as the devil's apostles. They have endless methods and are good at disguising themselves.

As long as they don't expose themselves voluntarily, the company will not be able to find these wizards who have integrated into various civilizations.

In fact, for decades afterwards, the Church of the Embers followed the policy of rather killing the innocent than letting the guilty go, and killed many people who were suspected of being wizards, but until the very end they did not dare to ensure that they had really wiped out the wizard community.

"Why did the Church of Embers kill all wizards?"

Duan Mingyuan asked.

"At first, it was somewhat similar to what happened on Blue Star. A huge monster suddenly appeared above the planet, and the company discovered the power of the wizards and hoped to take it for themselves..."

"Pause."

Fuling quickly gestured to pause, as these words made her break out in a cold sweat.

Can you say this casually?
Don't you want to die? In this public place, with so many people watching, if their conversation were to reach the ears of the Cult of Embers, they would be accused of being in cahoots with wizards.

You have to know that during the decades of witch hunting, it was not only wizards who were executed, but anyone who was "suspected" of harboring a wizard was sent to the guillotine.

It is hard to tell who is innocent and who is guilty.

The expert at the same table was also frightened and broke out in a cold sweat. He stared at Fuling with horror, as if asking her where she had invited this lunatic from.

"First of all, I have never participated in such discussions and have no idea what she is talking about."

Fuling said to the expert, "Witches are the most evil race. This is an indisputable fact."

Heya covered her mouth and chuckled.

This is the far-reaching impact of the witch hunt. Even other people who have nothing to do with wizards will be worried about this topic all day long.

Of course she knew the danger of this topic. Even today, if there was sufficient evidence to prove that the director of the life science department had dealings with wizards, Fuling would not only lose her job immediately, but would also be sent to the guillotine by the church like those who died in the witch hunt.

In terms of execution, the Church of Ashes still retains its past traditions.

Today, many people comment that their methods lack the spirit of the rule of law, as if they are still in a barbaric era.

Specifically, as long as they suspect you, they can convict you directly without going through the tedious process of collecting information.

Duan Mingyuan also immediately realized the seriousness of this topic, so he resolutely decided to find a small room to discuss this topic.

He was not afraid of the witch hunt happening to him, he just didn't want to implicate irrelevant people.

"Where were we?"

After arriving at the small conference room, Heya thought for a moment and continued, "Yes, the company once launched a war on the wizard's planet. However, compared with Blue Star, their resistance lasted longer and was more intense, and their power was more suitable for assassination. Although the wizards suffered heavy casualties after the company sent out the Long Branch Guards, they eventually developed a way to curse the Long Branch Guards.

"During the company's overseas expansion, it launched wars on many planets, but wizards did cause them the greatest losses and are the group they fear the most. As long as the conditions for the curse are met, even if they leave the planet and hide in places several star regions away, they cannot escape the tragic end."

Heya talked endlessly about taboo topics.

This conversation was enough to get her and Duan Mingyuan sent to the guillotine several times by the church.

"The key point is that wizards are good at hiding themselves. They blend in with ordinary people. The church has no way to distinguish them from ordinary people. So under the trend of fear, they can only make one decision - bombard the entire planet."

As long as the wizards and the civilians on the planet are eliminated together, the means used by the wizards to hide themselves will naturally lose their effectiveness.

Of course, One World is also well aware that doing so will cause their image in public opinion to plummet.

This is the case at any time when pointing guns at unarmed civilians.

“So they came up with a brilliant idea.”

Heya raised an eyebrow. "As long as they turn all the civilians who died in the bombardment and all those who supported them into wizards, they will not have killed the wrong people."

And this is the true face of the witch hunt.

(End of this chapter)