In just three months, the public opinion and social unrest under the rule of the Pale Church were forcibly quelled by a large number of Church knights.
Large numbers of ordinary people resigned themselves to returning to their posts, resuming work and production, and preparing resources for the war.
Only a large number of former wealthy and powerful individuals remained, who still had the resources to plan their escape, hoping to use spaceships to get away from the Human Federation and thus from human settlements, attempting to escape the so-called distortion of the soul and the mutation of flesh and blood in this way.
It's quite normal to have this idea. After all, since the beginning of soul invasion into reality, although the number of invasions is extremely small, amounting to only one planet and one galaxy so far, those invaded have virtually no chance of survival. Rather than waiting to be chosen by probability in human society, it's better to escape to outer space and choose an uninhabited planet to eke out a living.
The idea is that a large number of wealthy and powerful people escape in spaceships, using their vast cash and manpower resources to build a unique refuge in outer space.
This kind of illegal and criminal activity is still something that can only be hidden in the shadows and carried out cautiously in the areas ruled by the Pale Church, but it has become the mainstream in the areas ruled by the Human Federation Government.
Large amounts of capital, along with a large amount of human and material resources, fled overseas to purchase and store large quantities of supplies and machinery. They then took a small number of subordinates and servants and boarded spaceships to travel via Subspace Jump to other uninhabited planets or to build refuge bases on distant outer space planets.
These idiots never understood one crucial point: what's the difference between taking large amounts of capital and personnel to establish refuge on a new planet and so-called interstellar colonization?
It's simply a matter of the size of the cities.
Such hasty, irrational, and thoughtless behavior will ultimately lead to utter annihilation!
Since the Soul Infestation began, both the Pale Holy See and the Human Federation Government have gathered all the top scholars in their respective regions to conduct research on Soul Infestation.
With the arrival of this great war, the energy fluctuations of the entire Soul Infestation reality were completely recorded by sophisticated instruments, thus finally opening the door for humankind to study Soul Infestation.
In just one year, through observation, analysis, simulation, and various methods, scholars from different factions have made a qualitative breakthrough in their research on the Soul Infestation.
Norton 3276.
Newspapers, led by " Pale God Says, " the primary news agency in the Pale Church's territory, and "Human Federation News Human Federation Government's territory, competed to publish a popular science program.
Why does the soul infiltrate reality? What role does the Pale God play in offering himself as a sacrifice? What will become of humanity in the future? Has the true end of the world already arrived? This episode will explain all these questions from the perspective of the theory of the Soul Infestation reality, so that everyone can understand the perilous situation we have now reached.
The beautiful female reporter, invited into the research lab, spoke eloquently as she wandered around the test site. Unmanned cameras hovered autonomously in the air, filming the entire test site from her perspective.
In order to locate the soul, all the instruments related to soul research in this experimental base are basically constructed with special tissues separated from the human body. This makes the entire experimental base have an indescribable smell, which is not unpleasant but not pleasant either.
The instruments placed close to the wall emitted a buzzing sound, and the various curves on them were fancy. A receptionist was already waiting nearby and greeted the reporter when he turned around.
"Let's now listen to a science popularization explanation from professional researchers."
The receptionist took over the conversation, her expression far more somber than the reporter's.
He glanced at the camera with deep concern, then looked at the female reporter who was still smiling obliviously, and sighed deeply.
Seeing how happy you are now, I even feel reluctant to talk about this heavy topic. The less you know, the happier you are. But there's no way around it. Today, humanity is facing a real catastrophe. If we don't explain the facts to the public, they will never know how desperate our current situation is.
To ensure our compatriots are united and fight together for the future of humanity, we are compelled to hold this lecture. We aim to uncover the truth and let everyone know what we are fighting for and what we are struggling for!
"Your Majesty is majestic and selfless. Perhaps you don't understand why, so let me explain it to you today."
As the saying goes, the best doctor treats illness before it manifests, and this is the fundamental reason why Your Majesty sacrificed yourself in the past. Heaven and reality are interdependent yet mutually exclusive; you can think of them as two parallel lines that can never intersect, nor can there be an event where the soul invades reality or reality invades Heaven.
The only point of intersection between the two is life.
Life exists in the physical world, and in the spiritual Heaven. But the soul is intertwined with the flesh and blood, forming the only boundary between Heaven and reality. Therefore, any living being can be seen as a special entity that exists in both reality and Heaven.
This is the fundamental difference between life and ordinary matter. It is also the reason why life is life.
However, since His Majesty's resurrection, bestowing the blessing of eternal life and everlasting peace, although this marks the beginning of humanity's growth and the start of individual greatness, it has also brought a huge drawback.
With the birth of a large population, a large number of souls gathered in Heaven and remained stagnant. Under the guise of peace and immortality, we lost the normal death rate, which led to a significant problem of entropy increase in the souls.
Real energy is gradually increasing in entropy, while Heaven energy remains condensed and does not dissipate. This is like two liquids separated by a water-permeable membrane, one of which is constantly being diluted while the other remains at a constant concentration. Naturally, this causes an issue with osmotic pressure, which will undoubtedly lead to the overly concentrated liquid seeping into the diluted liquid.
This is the theory of the soul permeating reality.
But this is not the reason for the current situation. His Majesty Norton is all-knowing and all-powerful, with keen insight. He naturally discovered this devastating flaw long ago, and so, more than a hundred years ago, before we had any awareness or research on it, he used his lofty Existence Level to seal the gates between reality and Heaven.
In this way, no matter how many humans multiply, or how many souls reside in Heaven, they cannot invade reality to achieve human immortality.
This is an extremely noble act, sacred and magnificent!
If human society remains as peaceful and tranquil as it was during Your Majesty's reign, even if humanity were to reproduce again, it would not cause any major problems.
But alas, those damned, inhuman, greedy devils in the upper echelons of the Human Federation Government, those so-called stupid nobles who deserve to die the most and be skinned alive!
In a mere week, Betrayal by the desire for their own status and wealth, they betrayed the Pale God and the Pale Church who had granted them eternal life, launching a violent rebellion. They even engaged in a theatrical war with the Cardinals, a false College of Cardinals they supported, in an attempt to split the Church, resulting in numerous deaths.
At this point, Heaven and reality are separated. The souls of the dead cannot ascend to Heaven, so a large amount of Soul Matter can only remain in reality and cause contamination.
The group of anti-human terrorists at the top of the Human Federation Government not only launched a war, but also used modern technology to jump over the barrier between Heaven and reality, and over the gates of martial law under the Crown. They used space jump, a technology that seemed to be of great benefit to human development, to bring back a large number of Soul Particle by frequently jumping when souls could not return to Heaven. With this two-way superposition, the concentration of souls in reality soared.
During this time, the Pale Church tried to stop it through various appeals and even negotiations, but the result was obvious: those inhuman idiots didn't take it seriously at all.
Under such circumstances, in order to stop the group of anti-human leaders and various powerful and noble classes of the Human Federation Government who had lost their minds for the sake of desire, the Pale Church had no choice but to resort to its last means of force.
But the casualties from war only increase the concentration of Soul Particle in reality, so Soul Infestation reality, and bizarre life forms are born!
But that's not all that's terrifying.
These bizarre life forms, like us, are composed of soul and matter. However, reality is now separated from Heaven, so even if we kill them, their Soul Particle cannot return to Heaven. This means that they are impossible to eradicate, and this crisis is impossible to end.
What's even more despairing is that the deaths of our soldiers in battle also generate Soul Particle, and these souls are also unable to enter Heaven. This means that this crisis will not end because of human resistance, but will instead grow stronger with each struggle, until humanity is extinct!
What's even more frightening is the conclusion drawn from the experimental and observational results of our various instruments.
Because of resonance and mutual attraction, Soul Particle are naturally and unconsciously drawn to places that emit the same frequency of vibration—this is the resonance theory. In reality, the only things that can resonate with them are living beings, which is why souls always infiltrate human cities!
This also means that even if humans use technology to disperse themselves as much as possible, the free-floating Soul Particle in reality will still spontaneously gather around the nearest humans. Therefore, all means of escape have become a dead end!
Humanity can only use force to eliminate these ever-growing, bizarre life forms, at an endless cost to prolong its own slow death!
All of this was the result of a tiny, insignificant group of so-called high-ranking officials within the Human Federation Government, who, in order to satisfy their own desires!
And now, they themselves are abandoning their compatriots and fleeing alone!
As the receptionist finished her story, she began to sob, her voice filled with resentment.
This resentment was not directed at reality or the Pale God Norton, but at the powerful and influential figures in the upper echelons of the Human Federation. In fact, whenever he mentioned the powerful and influential Human Federation, he would grit his teeth and tremble with hatred.
There's no way around it; those people really have to take the blame. This whole mess was entirely their doing.
The female reporter standing nearby also turned somber. She tilted her head and looked at the receptionist who was trying to calm down. She glanced at the online feedback from the public and waited for the receptionist to calm down before approaching her to ask questions.
"I see. So, in reality, we should have enjoyed eternal life, but now all of that has been ruined by that group of so-called powerful and wealthy people!"
"Sir, I would like to ask on behalf of the people: is the current situation an indirect result of His Majesty the Pale God? After all, it is he who has blocked the connection between reality and Heaven..."
"What nonsense are you spouting? I've already said it before: the concentration of spiritual energy in Heaven is far too high. If it weren't for Your Majesty's self-sacrifice, large-scale Soul Infestation would probably have begun a hundred years ago. Have you forgotten the case of the city's destruction due to contamination a hundred years ago?"
Your Majesty sacrificed yourself for others and for righteousness, yet today, instead of being grateful for your contributions, you are here to suspect your actions? Who started the war? Who granted peace? Who exploited others? Who provided for them? Who offered themselves in the face of humanity's crisis? And who was among the first to flee when their Soul Infestation?
How could you ask such a stupid question?
"Uh..." The female reporter looked embarrassed. This wasn't the question she was asking; it was the question posed by a large number of viewers in the live chat.
This shows that even today, many people are still trying to shift the blame onto Norton, which is either incredibly foolish or simply the work of paid trolls.
Fortunately, the female reporter asked her second question.
"Does this mean that humanity has no future at all? Or is life itself destined for extinction?"
"That depends on how you define life. We are made up of a fusion of soul and matter, and those strange life forms are also made up of a fusion of soul and matter. They can also be called life."
Our death, ironically, dictates their rebirth; it's more like a cycle of life.
Like a whale fall, from which all things come to life.
The extinction of humanity, or rather, all living beings at this stage, has brought about the birth of entirely new life...
The somber words, accompanying the live news broadcast, circulated throughout the city, setting the tone for the future of humanity.
One whale falls, and all things come to life.
This short sentence reveals the most magnificent yet sorrowful end of humankind.
The only thing that's a bit hard to say is that, according to current research, Heaven and reality don't seem to be truly separated, because according to large-scale sampling and calculations by instruments, the concentration of souls in reality shows both uniformity and fluctuation across different regions.
In reality, the fluctuations of the soul in various locations and even galaxies rise and fall like waves.
This is extremely abnormal.
If reality and Heaven are truly separated, then the concentration of souls would only increase in war zones, remaining stagnant or rising slowly in other areas; it's impossible for it to fluctuate wildly!
However, this result has not yet been reasonably explained, so the staff did not mention it during the live broadcast.