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◎The Soul Is Immortal◎
Before venturing into another universe, as Regas was making preparations, he vaguely sensed a shadow secretly observing him. He tried every means to counter-track him but couldn't find this so-called shadow.
All signs indicated that this figure was extremely familiar with the Gamondon royal family, even more so than Regas himself. Regas quickly assessed the situation and identified his target, recognizing someone with such abilities and such thorough knowledge of the Gamondon family.
This speculation seemed unbelievable to Regas, but after ruling out everything else, only one answer remained—the founding emperor, Serloë Gamondon. Because only he could achieve the so-called "immortality of the soul."
Most people only watch the movies invested in by Lan Hua for entertainment and gossip, constantly arguing about the absurd and bizarre plots, but they overlook the fact that Lan Hua has actually revealed a secret of the Gamondon royal family - "The royal family of the Sel Empire was actually a core member of the ancient Earth mystery society - the Rosicrucian Society".
The Sel Empire is a veiled reference to the Silver Empire.
As a superpower in this universe, the Silver Empire's royal family, the Gamondon family, is actually quite familiar to everyone.
Everyone knows that the Gamondon family has been a top political family since ancient Earth. From ancient Earth to the Earth Alliance and finally the Silver Empire, from the poison conspiracy to interstellar supremacy, they have always held the ultimate power that humanity can achieve.
However, what the world knows is only the glamorous side that the Gamondon family wants people to see—a noble family during the medieval period of ancient Earth, a presidential family of Country S in the industrial era, a hereditary chairman of the Earth Alliance in the interstellar era, and the royal family of the Silver Empire.
However, the true story of the Gamondon family's rise to power has always been hidden in the family's secret chamber, and even few members of the Gamondon family know the truth.
Humanity reversed the laws of nature through the power of the cosmos, and the restoration of these laws led to the annihilation of all the heretics who had come to the human universe—the "demigods" and "gods." However, this annihilation was not a sudden death, but a gradual decay, similar to a process of dying from gradual oxygen deprivation.
To commemorate their victories and serve as a warning to future generations, humans built pyramids modeled after philosopher stones. The most famous pyramid complex is located in ancient Egypt.
In ancient Egyptian mythology, Thoth was the god of wisdom and magic. In ancient Greek mythology, his name was Hermes. The ancient Egyptian city of Hermopolis was founded in his name.
Thoth and Hermes refer to the same "god" who invaded the human universe. Although the titles are different, they refer to the same "god." Thoth's followers also gave him the title Hermes Trismegistus, meaning Hermes Triple Great.
His followers claim that he invented all scientific knowledge, magic to manipulate the forces of nature, and the secrets to influencing the behavior of "gods".
In reality, at the time of his death, he recorded some of the knowledge of "God" in hieroglyphs, including mathematics, geometry, architecture, astronomy, medicine, surgery, and so on, as well as the truth about "God's" magic to control nature and invasion.
These papyrus manuscripts recording these events were stored in a pyramid modeled after the Philosopher's Stone.
The ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher Pythagoras spent ten years in ancient Egypt, studying in Egyptian temples, and somehow learned of the knowledge recorded on papyrus.
His followers were known as the Pythagorean school, and the Gamonton family were core members of this mystical group.
Even after the fall of the Pythagorean school, the Gamonton family continued to prosper. As former core members, they had access to many secrets of "God." Centuries later, they became one of the core members of the mystical society, the Rosicrucians.
The core of the Pythagorean school was to explore the origin of the universe, while the core of the Rosicrucians was to gain the power to dominate the universe by pursuing the order of the universe, just like the Gamondon family's pursuit.
Pythagoras's theory of reincarnation, based on the records of the "gods":
The soul is an eternal entity that can separate from the body, while the body is merely a temporary dwelling place for the soul. Therefore, the soul will move to the next body upon the death of the previous one.
But the soul's transfer to any body depends on what it did in each previous body, because the soul is not only immortal but also rational.
In another universe, the physical bodies of "gods" perished, but by exploiting human greed and the pursuit of power, humans actively created genetically engineered humans containing the genes of "gods"—"god-men"—thus creating a large number of usable bodies for a race whose physical bodies had all died.
Although the soul can be immortal, even with knowledge of these theories, virtually no one can truly achieve "soul immortality." Even Pythagoras, his loyal followers, and the core families of the Rosicrucians—those who had access to this knowledge—could not do it. Many have tried, but none have succeeded.
And if that person is Seloe Gallmont... it doesn't seem impossible.
Seloe Gallmont was an extremely complex and contradictory individual, whose characteristics could not be summarized by the terms "the most handsome man in the universe," "ambitious man," "politician," and "military strategist." His selfishness and madness surpassed even those of the Lan family. This was especially true after his ambitions were satisfied; with no external needs, his inner desires grew wildly, yet remained unfulfilled.
As the current head of the Gamondon family, Regas naturally had access to all the family's secret files and documents. He knew and understood far more than any other member of the family.
Although Séloë Gamondon retained firm control of power in the later years of the Republic, he was rarely seen in person. He spent most of his later years in a specially designated laboratory at Viñollen Palace until his death. Furthermore, he ordered his confidants to destroy everything in the laboratory after his passing.
No one knew what he did in his secluded laboratory, not even the family successor. But the successor knew a little more than the others: large quantities of pure white marble were being transported in and out of this laboratory.
Everything that Serloe Gamondon did inside was sealed away with his death. Interestingly, the process of Serloe Gamondon establishing his new laboratory coincided with the death of Lan Xuan, the head of the Lan family in that generation. This was something Regas noticed while reviewing the files.
But whatever Serloe Gamondon did in the lab or how far he got, Regas was certain that he had not fully achieved his goal.
"If you can't get something in this life, why would you expect to get it after death?" Regas laughed sarcastically, waved his hand, and shut down the live broadcast hall that had already ended the press conference.
Regas initially only speculated, since virtually no one could bypass all of the Gamondon family's defensive devices to spy on and detect them, and evade the tracking of anti-tracking equipment.
The anomaly in the Royal Fleet's core control AI stemmed from the self-adjustment of its embedded program. Only the original control AI—Celo's personal AI Eros—could adjust the program of the control AI, bypassing the AI of the fleet's actual controller. After all, the core control AI Eros 2.0 was derived from it.
Previously, because he had some doubts about Seloe Gamondon, before he left this universe, he sent people to build a brand new core control AI, and replaced Eros 2.0 when the security center reported the anomaly to him.
As it turned out, he was right.
Although he guessed it was Seloe Gamondon, he still didn't understand his purpose. Until he saw the letter signed SG—Lan Hua and Lan Xuan were practically identical.
It must be said that he and Seloe Gallmont share the same blood, and their behavior, personality, thoughts, and even preferences and tastes are very similar.
If their relationship had continued as it was before, his and Lan Hua's ending might have been similar to that of Séloë Gamondon and Lan Xuan. In that respect, he was still grateful to the two for setting an example, preventing him from repeating their mistakes after understanding his own feelings.
Seloe Gamondon's regret and desire to reverse the outcome had nothing to do with him, but he set his sights on Lan Hua... Regas's expression was icy, and the killing intent in his purple eyes was almost tangible.
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After the press conference, Lan Ye, escorted by his bodyguards, entered the spaceship and left the Greyview Palace Hotel, leaving behind fans, onlookers, and media waiting on both sides of the hotel.
"Young Master, even after half a year away from the entertainment industry, your popularity hasn't waned!" Lan Yang, though not physically present, was closely following the live stream, on the front lines of the gossip. Honestly, he didn't understand why his young master was so popular. While his young master was indeed talented in both literature and martial arts, shouldn't acting skills be the key in the entertainment industry?
In the entertainment industry, his young master's professional skills are outrageously poor. He has terrible acting skills, is unprofessional, loves to act like a diva, and is a master at arguing with people. Apart from his handsome face, he is utterly useless.
Lan Yang sighed, indicating that he couldn't understand the rules of the entertainment industry. The military was definitely more suitable for him. Lan Yang's main reason for coming to the capital star was to attend the wedding of the Third Prince, Ou Sai, and Gani.
Lan Hua ultimately decided to attend the wedding in person, so she also arranged for Lan Ye's comeback press conference to be held on the capital planet.
"Stop with that jealous look on your face, it's so twisted and ugly." Lan Hua said, casually stroking the eagle statue that Regas had given her. The statue was small, just the right size to hold in one hand, but it was carved with exquisite detail, and the texture of every feather was indistinguishable from the real thing.
He tossed the jewelry box containing the pigeon-blood red rose brooch to Lanyang, saying, "Throw it away."
A note from the author:
Note: Reference books
Black Magic Notebook, by Tatsuhiko Shibusawa
Egypt, Greece, and Rome: Ancient Mediterranean Civilizations by Charles Freeman
The Complete Book of Mythology, by Arturo Marcelo Pasqual and Theo Gomez
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