The missionaries, dressed in pure white uniforms, moved with a slight sway in their hems. Their expressionless faces remained as they stood silently at the four corners of the laboratory, each holding recording equipment to document the experiment.
The laboratory was bustling with people; a large group of top scholars and high-ranking politicians from the Human Federation had already gathered there, and they were currently adjusting the equipment and making final preparations.
Although most of these scholars have lived for many years, and some have even lived from three thousand years ago to the present day, their overall mental state is still relatively young.
It may also be related to their daily lives.
Compared to them, the high-ranking politicians who follow Norton's will and take charge of the Human Federation are completely different in spirit.
They were almost indistinguishable from missionaries, looking listless and dispirited, even though this experiment would determine the future of humanity; they seemed to be putting on a brave face.
Immortality is truly a numbing curse.
Even though they had already reached high positions in the Human Federation, three thousand years of eating, drinking, and having fun, and three thousand years of tedious daily life had long since exhausted their energy and spirit.
Just like how people in this era worry about what to eat every day because they're tired of everything. They've lived like this for three thousand years, and they've truly grown tired of everything, tired of everything, and find nothing meaningful. Everything has lost its appeal to them.
Over time, this state can lead to a negative feedback loop.
The more bored they are, the less interested they become; the less interested they are, the more bored they become. The longer this goes on, the shallower their desires become. To this day, whether it's beauty or food, scenery or progress, just thinking about it makes them so agitated that they immediately give up. This has made this group of people increasingly indifferent and heartless.
The higher-ups of the human federation are already high above, oblivious to and utterly indifferent to the suffering of humankind!
If Norton hadn't suppressed them for three thousand years, there would probably be psychopaths today who would be starting wars in pursuit of thrills.
However, this experiment did manage to generate some interest for them.
"Ms. Maya, if this experiment succeeds, can it truly achieve Subspace Jump? You know, even His Majesty is concerned about this matter. Moreover, the mental state of the people of the Human Federation has become increasingly abnormal in recent years. If we don't break through the limitations of population and development speed, I'm afraid humanity will spontaneously unleash an unprecedented riot!"
The pure white suit gleamed slightly under the light. The handsome Elf man with pointed ears stared blankly at a group of scientists talking in the huge experimental field before him, questioning the leader of the group.
The Pale God favors white, so all formal occasions in the Human Federation are conducted in white uniforms to cater to Pale God preferences; this is an unspoken rule.
As the president of the Human Federation, Mr. Marshall should strictly adhere to the principles of the Pale God Norton, and would not make even the slightest mistake.
Even if Norton didn't care about it at all.
What he said was indeed true, not only because humanity's inherent bestial nature was difficult to suppress, but also because the long period of peace had brought about excessive repression. Furthermore, it was because there were too many immortals; almost all the people born over the past three thousand years had survived to this day.
This involves trillions of people, all possessing such long lifespans.
For those at the top of the Human Federation, a thousand years of life was already so numbing, let alone the vast number of people at the bottom whose lives remained almost unchanged for three thousand years.
Their mental state could even be described as despair.
This mental state is the result of a combination of factors.
The prolonged suppression of animalistic instincts, the societal collapse of morality and ethics due to excessively long lifespans, and even individual family situations, coupled with the emotional neglect resulting from an excessive number of offspring born within such long lifespans...
Marriage laws had completely collapsed more than two thousand years ago. In order to seek stimulation and arouse personal emotions and desires, the ethics between families had completely collapsed, and most ordinary families had reached the level of "the ends of the earth". The "Luan Lun", "Huan Qi", "Ren Shou", "Si Ai" and other aspects involved were simply unbearable to look at.
With such a low level of morality, kinship naturally becomes something that is almost disappearing.
They don't even care about family ties anymore, let alone their so-called faith in the Church or Norton.
It can be said that the speed of human reproduction has destroyed the current living environment, and human longevity has destroyed all the moral, emotional, and spiritual shackles built by society in the past.
If human society were not under the intense pressure of the Pale God Norton, it would probably have long since descended into chaos and self-destruction.
"Mr. Marshall, according to current theories, achieving Subspace Jump is certain!"
However, our experiment has more than just the goal of locating the ' Heaven ' Subspace.
The Maya female director, who was standing among the researchers watching the equipment being assembled, turned around. Although there was excitement on her face, it wasn't very intense.
She is a person who has lived for 1,500 years and has participated in and witnessed the breakthroughs in the scientific theories and research of the Human Federation over the past 1,500 years. Although this latest breakthrough is quite significant, it is really no longer enough for her to raise the bar too high.
"Our research on the soul began three thousand years ago. To this day, although there have been no major breakthroughs, we have finally deduced the nature of the soul or the Subspace of ' Heaven '."
Based on research into ancient Garden of Eden historical documents and His Majesty's oral accounts, souls return to Heaven. Following these theories, we conducted extensive research and verification through various races capable of observing souls, ultimately arriving at a conclusion.
The process of the soul returning to Heaven is not the same as the soul ascending and gradually entering the Subspace of Heaven after death.
In reality, the soul and the body are the only intertwining of Heaven and reality.
The soul always exists in the Subspace of Heaven, while the body always exists in the realm of physical reality.
While a living being exists, the soul is intertwined with the body, and Heaven and reality are interwoven.
When a living being dies, the soul separates from the body, and Heaven and reality become one.
Therefore, according to this theory, it is impossible for us to see the substance of the soul in our real space!
Because the soul never exists in reality!
Only His Majesty of today, the Jonah of the past, could freely invade the Subspace and reality with his boundless divine power.
However, with the development of humankind and the pursuit of immortality, we have observed some problems in recent years.
In the real world, it seems that the soul, a substance that can only exist in the Subspace of Heaven, has begun to appear!
For example, the experiment we are conducting now requires vibrating the Soul Matter in reality... We have extracted the soul from reality.