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Chapter 101 Clouds of War
Want to go and see it in person?
Fang Yan was taken aback. He couldn't understand what could have happened that required him to go there in person?

But out of trust in Brown, Fang Yan decided to make this trip.

"Since you say so, okay, you can come and pick us up in the Sidewinder," said Fang Yan.

However, what Fang Yan didn't expect was that Brown actually shook his head, his expression becoming even more solemn.

"I don't think that's necessary. You and Mr. Rashid, it's best if you come here right away."

Fang Yan felt his scalp tingling. Brown's words made him realize that things might not be that simple.

After a pause, Brown said seriously, "I'm not kidding. Just drive the Brilliance over here. At this point, there's no need to hide."

……

When Fang Yan and Rashid landed on this planet that originally belonged to the Freemasons, the air was filled with a strong smell of gunpowder, and the view was full of devastation.

The smoke and dust from the ruins had not yet dissipated, the buildings were in ruins, the ground was full of charred holes and scattered weapons.

Fang Yan looked solemnly at the bodies that fell powerlessly on the battlefield. He could not imagine that this was a complete massacre. The Free Army wiped out all the Freemasons, even the elderly and children were not spared.

"What exactly is going on!?"

Rashid was confused. He could not understand why the Free Army, which always claimed to pursue freedom and justice, would fall into such cruel fanaticism.

Brown didn't say anything, but pointed to several corpses of believers not far away, signaling Fang Yan to follow.

The two men walked step by step to the bodies of the believers. Brown squatted down and turned one of the bodies over, revealing the back of its head.

"Look here," Brown whispered, pointing to the back of the corpse's head.

A small metal chip suddenly appeared at the back of the head, embedded in the neural network under the skull, like some kind of controller.

Fang Yan and Rashid couldn't help but gasp and hurriedly observed the other corpses. They were surprised to find that without exception, all these people, regardless of age, had the same chip implanted.

Fang Yan's voice trembled slightly. "Have all these believers been controlled?"

Brown nodded, his eyes deep and cold: "Yes, they are no longer their original selves. The Freemasons used chips to deprive them of their will and turned them into zombies."

"It's not that we want to massacre, but that we have to massacre."

Fang Yan was speechless for a long time. People of different ages and identities, even children, showed expressions of pain and numbness on their faces.

These chips drove them to rush towards the Free Army like wild beasts, regardless of the consequences.

……

Fang Yan, Rashid and Brown stood among the ruins of the battlefield with serious eyes.

After a moment's silence, Rashid finally broke it, whispering, "If the Freemasons are pawns of the Lord of Light, then the number of believers controlled in the Milky Way is far from limited to these people. Don't forget, the Lord of Light alone controls hundreds of billions of people."

Brown clenched his fists slightly, his brow furrowed. "One of the four giants in the galaxy, the only theocratic nation, the Spirit of Light, they have always claimed that faith is supreme. Could it be that their faith is imposed by these control chips?"

"Damn it! Those damn charlatans!"

Rashid nodded slowly. "What we are facing now is probably not just religious fanaticism, but another, more terrifying force."

"If they expand this technology to other star regions, the Milky Way may usher in an unprecedented darkness, different voices will be erased, and individual thoughts will disappear completely."

Brown and Rashid kept cursing and speculating the worst.

Fang Yan remained silent because in his opinion, humanity being controlled by theocracy was not the worst outcome. There was another situation that would be many times worse than the current one.

I hope I am worrying for nothing, otherwise no one can bear the consequences.

Suddenly, a familiar figure came from a distance. It was Brown's father, Mel.

"Father?" Brown was slightly stunned.

Mel slowly walked up to them, his eyes sweeping between the three of them. He said calmly and firmly, "We must immediately inform the entire galaxy of this situation, because this could be a war!" "I'm very worried now. The Light Spirit's control over the Freemasons is just a test. The next step will be the entire galaxy."

……

Fang Yan was not sure whether it meant war.

But now, he knew he had to do something immediately, something very important.

Have the three bodies carried onto the shuttle and headed in the direction where the Brilliance was invisible.

Although Brown felt that it was no longer important whether to continue hiding the Splendor after such a big incident, the Splendor had already recovered its peak combat power. Even if the Milky Way knew about this prehistoric giant ship, it would not dare to act rashly.

But Fang Yan still played it safe and parked the Brilliance in the nearby starry sky, became invisible, and then took a shuttle to meet Brown.

Compared with starships, the biggest difference of shuttles is that they have no jump function and can only move short distances and cannot cross galaxies.

Three bodies were carried into the medical room of the Splendor and placed on the cold metal dissection table.

The bloodstains were shocking under the light. Fang Yan's eyes were heavy. Brown also put on gloves and personally participated in the dissection. They cut open the cerebral cortex layer by layer, and finally revealed a micro control chip.

Fang Yan ordered Xiao Bei to try to crack the chip.

As the dissection progressed, Fang Yan's brows gradually furrowed.

The chip and the brain are directly connected at key neurons, which is extremely complex and sophisticated, almost integrated with the brain.

Brown gritted his teeth. "This design... is clearly intended to make it impossible to dismantle."

"Once forcibly removed, it will directly cause irreversible damage to the brain and lead to the death of the host."

A trace of annoyance crossed Fang Yan's face. "What a cruel design! From the very beginning, the developers didn't want believers, but a group of slaves and puppets."

The autopsy room fell silent, and everyone was shocked by the cruel reality.

At this moment, Xiaobei's voice suddenly came, "Master, the situation is very bad."

"The chip communication interface is connected to the relay communicator, and ultimately, everything points to the territory of the Lord of Light."

Rashid frowned, "Xiao Bei, are you 100% sure?"

"Yes, sure." Xiaobei replied
"Niang Xipi!"

"Damn you charlatan!"

Brown got a little carried away and started swearing loudly.

Rashid glanced at Brown and Fang Yan, "At this point, the truth must be revealed to the entire galaxy."

"Although it will cause great panic to everyone and even lead to war."

"But in this case, I'm afraid we have no choice."

Brown deeply agreed with this. What he hated most were charlatans and he wished the whole galaxy would besiege those guys.

Fang Yan actually had his own considerations. He had originally planned to continue his secret investigation and find out why the God of Light possessed quantum entanglement communication technology without exposing himself.

Under the current circumstances, a secret investigation is definitely impossible. The best we can do is to keep the Glory from being exposed for the time being and keep a trump card for ourselves.

Now that the idea had been made up, Fang Yan and Rashid each recorded a video, which was then sent to the inner ring of the galaxy via a communication repeater.

As for the Freedom Army, although Brown is Mel's only son, it is obviously not enough for him to come forward.

So Fang Yan explained the situation to Mel and asked him to record a video to make everything he knew public.

Once the three videos were released, they immediately caused a huge storm in the Milky Way.

(End of this chapter)