Chapter 4400 Chapter 4402 [Studying the Stars]
The Qing Dynasty believed that Xiang Nan had objections to foreign rule because Xiang Nan did not send them the national jade seal, and his immortal residence had also disappeared.
After all, he did not give the Imperial Seal to Emperor Wanyan Dan of the Jin Kingdom, nor did he give the Imperial Seal to the Emperor of the Yuan Dynasty, Kublai Khan.
Therefore, during the subsequent reign, people were not only prohibited from offering sacrifices to Xiang Nan, but Xiang Nan was also deleted through the revision of history books.
Especially when Qianlong was revising "Sikuquanshu", he completely deleted Xiang Nan. Even his title "Tai Chi Emperor" was changed to "Emperor Gouchen" to conceal his existence.
But Xiang Nan didn't care about this. He was not a real god. No matter how pious the worshipers were, whether it was the court or the believers, he would not receive any incense or blessings.
This is different from the settings of many movies, TV series, and novels.
For example, in "Wrath of the Gods" and "Clash of the Gods" adapted from ancient Greek mythology, the Greek gods Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, Ares, etc. all rely on believers Faith maintains divine power. Once the number of believers decreases or abandons them, they will lose their divine power, become weaker and weaker, and even die.
The gods in "Dungeons and Dragons", the originator of fantasy games, also require worship from believers to gain divine power. Once believers lose their faith, they will also become weak, and the Kingdom of God will be shaken, and eventually they will be killed and replaced by other gods.
The gods believed in by Chinese folk, such as the Mountain God, the Earth God, the City God, etc., also need to be worshiped by folk incense in order to have enough magic power. Once the sacrifices are terminated, these gods will become weak and may even be taken advantage of by other evil spirits.
However, Xiang Nan's strength comes from himself, not from the beliefs of believers, so even if the Qing government erases his existence from the history books and bans folk sacrifices, it will have no impact on him.
He even thanked the Qing court for doing so, which prevented him from affecting history by erasing his existence.
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Xiang Nan, Gao Yao and others stayed in southern Yunnan until the 20th century, and then moved to the United States in 1955.
The main reason why Xiang Nan wanted to go to the United States was to use scientific instruments to test the stars. And in terms of talent, only the United States ranked first at that time.
In fact, in these years, besides practicing martial arts, Xiang Nan has been studying this star.
After all, this star is so magical, and the energy it contains is so special. It is really rare that it can affect time and keep a person's body in the best condition. It is even more powerful than the legendary Fountain of Youth and the Holy Grail.
The Fountain of Youth in "Pirates of the Caribbean 4" can only take away the life span of another person and transfer it to another person. Therefore, when the person's life span is exhausted, the person will still grow old and die. If you want to live forever, you must continue to sacrifice.
Although the Holy Grail in "Raiders of the Lost Ark" can grant people eternal life, it cannot guarantee immortality. And after drinking the water from the Holy Grail, you must stay in the Holy Land forever, otherwise you will also age and die.
Therefore, Xiang Nan has always wanted to thoroughly study the stars, so that he can completely master the power of the stars.
But he has been studying it for thousands of years and has made no progress. He used the "Analysis Curse", "Appearance Curse", "Separation Curse", etc. to analyze and study the stars, but basically gained nothing.
In his opinion, the sky star should not be a magic item, but a technological product.
Since it is a product of science and technology, it should naturally be studied using scientific and technological means.
It's just that Xiang Nan didn't bring high-tech equipment, so he had to come to the United States to try his luck.
After coming to the United States, Xiang Nan secretly formed a scientific research team to analyze and study the stars. What kind of material is it made of, what unknown elements it contains, how to avoid its explosion, how to maximize its effectiveness, etc.
Xiang Nan has money. To him, money is just a piece of waste paper. He can get as much as he wants. And money can make people go around, not to mention that Xiang Nan is not only rich, but also a top wizard and martial arts master.
Therefore, he easily formed his best scientific research team, which is composed of top talents in chemistry, physics, biology, and engineering.
Xiang Nan is not afraid that they will leak the secret, because they all signed contracts before joining the company.
As soon as they tell anyone about their research projects, everything they thought about the stars will be forgotten, and terrible acne will break out on their faces.
Therefore, even if they want to leak the secret, they can't, and once the secret is leaked, Xiang Nan will know it in time, so that the secret will never be leaked.
The scientific research team was established in 1955. In the following decades, they have been analyzing and studying the stars, and their research has indeed made some progress.
They discovered that there are indeed many elements in the stars that do not exist on the earth. These elements were originally very unstable, but when combined together, they formed a substance in an unstable balance.
Just like a spinning top or a moving bicycle, they are all in an unstable equilibrium state. They will fall over if they stop moving, but if they don't stop, they will remain balanced.
So is the sky star.
However, after research, it was found that the energy contained in it is also declining.
Because as time goes by, some of these elements begin to enter a period of decline, just like uranium, radium, plutonium, etc. After these elements enter into decline, the unstable balance of the stars will be broken.
At that time, the sky star will explode, releasing extremely powerful energy. The old Yi Xiaochuan used this to achieve his second time travel.
Although Xiang Nan wanted to prevent the Tianxing from exploding, it was actually impossible. Because the elements contained in the stars cannot be synthesized at all with the current level of human science and technology.
Therefore, the explosion of Tianxing is inevitable, and there is only about ten years left.
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Xiang Nan then told Gao Yao, Xiaoyue, Lu Su, Yushu, Xiaozhen and Xiaoqing the news.
"It doesn't matter. After living for so long, I have learned enough." Gao Yao said with a smile, "I have done all the things that I couldn't even think about before. I have no regrets in my life. In the next time, I just want to Stay with my sister."
After the reform and opening up, he has been traveling between China and the United States as a businessman over the years. It has been confirmed that he and his sister have been born successfully.
He also tried to prevent his parents from being killed in a car accident, but unfortunately he was able to escape the first grade of junior high school, but not the fifteenth grade. Their parents eventually died in a car accident, leaving the two siblings to depend on each other since childhood.
Now that he has more than ten years of good life left, he decided to stay with his sister.
Xiang Nan nodded, "You can go see Gao Lan, but not with your current appearance. Because your current appearance will definitely scare her."
After Gao Yao took the elixir of life, he remained in his twenties, and Gao Yao was already in his twenties at this time. Gao Lan would be surprised if he didn't get scared once he found out about the two brothers.
"That makes sense, then help me change my appearance." Gao Yao nodded.