Chapter 4533 Chapter 4535 [The soul leaves the body]
The First World War lasted for seven years. In the end, the WTF, led by Britain, the United States, and Prussia, won the war and used it to monopolize the markets in Africa, India, and the Middle East. Although there was no military colonization, economic colonization was achieved.
This kind of colonization is more dangerous and more difficult to get rid of than military colonization.
Prussia also used this to dismember Austria and annex Holstein, Nassau, Hesse, Frankfurt and other regions to establish the German Confederation.
Although Italy was defeated, it also annexed Sicily and Sardinia during the war and became a unified republic.
After Russia's defeat in the war, some areas were divided up by Poland, and many domestic monopoly companies were divided up by victorious countries such as Britain and the United States due to war reparations.
It is worth mentioning that because the main battlefield was in Europe, North and South America and Asia were not affected. Instead, they took advantage of the nearly stagnant European industrial economy during the war to develop their own economy, so they can be regarded as indirect benefits.
It’s just that the victorious countries such as Britain and Germany received a large amount of war reparations due to their victory in the war and carved up a large number of markets.
Especially the United States Federation, its homeland was not affected by the war, and it received a large amount of war reparations, making it a top power and its national strength greatly increased.
As a result, Central and South America and Asia will face stronger opponents, and the prospects are not too optimistic.
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Xiang Nan himself also benefited greatly.
More than 40 million people died in the seven years of war. Adding in the believers who died of old age, disease, and natural causes, the number exceeded 300 million. One-tenth is thirty million.
Adding in the souls of the entire nineteenth century and one hundred years, Xiang Nan has absorbed more than 100 million souls.
This brought the strength of his soul to an extremely high level. Once it was covered, he could clearly sense it within a radius of three thousand miles.
Moreover, Xiang Nan has even been able to achieve the purpose of leaving the body.
The soul leaving the body may sound very simple, but in fact it is an extremely high state.
Because the human spirit is originally formless and colorless, and extremely fragile, it can only be placed in the physical body. Once the soul leaves the body, it will definitely die.
But after more than a hundred years of practice, Xiang Nan was able to turn reality into reality, making his soul tangible, and able to leave his body and stay alone outside for a period of time.
This is already a very remarkable state. It can even be said that once you step out of it, you will never see the world again.
Taoism pays attention to "refining essence to transform qi", "refining qi to transform spirit", "refining spirit to return emptiness", and "refining emptiness to combine with Tao".
When the soul leaves the body, it is the highest state of refining energy and becoming a god. In ancient times, it was at least the level of ghosts and immortals. Therefore, since ancient times, Taoism has called the soul leaving the body "ascension to immortality".
After Xiang Nan practiced until his soul left the body, he found that the real world was very different from what he saw with the naked eye.
Mountains seen with the naked eye are mountains, water is water, and people are people. But when you "see" the world with your soul, the feeling is completely different.
It's like a blind man touching an elephant who suddenly gains sight. The elephant he sees is completely different from what he felt just now.
Xiang Nan is now the blind man who touched the elephant. In his eyes, the mountains are no longer mountains, the water is no longer water, and the people are no longer human beings. Everything seemed chaotic, disordered and unfamiliar.
Xiang Nan felt similar to him, so he quickly returned to his body without daring to look further.
After many attempts, although he still saw mountains as mountains, water as water, and people as humans, at least he no longer panicked. Moreover, there are many benefits to being out of body.
For example, the Yuan Shen seems to be both real and virtual, and is not bound by the physical body, so no matter where he goes, he is not hindered; the Yuan Shen is not tied to the physical body, so he moves faster; the Yuan Shen can be ever-changing, not to mention men, women, old and young, even flies and mice It also changes at will...
However, it is also dangerous for the soul to leave the body, because his soul is still very fragile.
It would be fine if it was just windy and rainy, but the key thing he was afraid of was thunder and lightning.
Because thunder and lightning contain huge destructive power, which is stronger than fire and stronger than water. Ordinary people can still have a chance to breathe when being burned or flooded, but if struck by lightning, they will most likely die directly.
The soul is much more fragile than the body. Even though Xiang Nan's soul has been tempered, it is still difficult to resist thunder and lightning.
Especially in the 20th century, many places have been electrified, and this electricity is also very dangerous for Xiang Nan.
He didn't even have to test it himself, he just tried to get closer, and alarm bells were already ringing in his mind. It can be seen that for him, household electricity is very scary.
If it were thunder and lightning in the sky, it would be completely wiped out before even the alarm bell could be sounded. So Xiang Nan didn't dare to go out during thunderstorms.
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Time flies, and another thirty years have passed.
In the past thirty years, technology has made great progress.
Films, televisions, radios, refrigerators, air conditioners, jet aircraft, automobile manufacturing, steel smelting, oil extraction... and many other fields have made progress in all aspects, and even nuclear energy has been discovered.
With the advancement of technology, productivity has also been further improved.
The countries that won World War I, such as Britain and Germany, grew stronger and stronger. Although the defeated countries Russia, Austria, Spain, Italy, etc. have greatly recovered their strength, they are still suppressed by Britain, the United States, and others.
In other regions, such as Africa, Asia, South America, etc., due to long-term economic colonization, their own factories cannot develop. The domestic unemployment rate has always been high, and as a result, people have been living in poverty for a long time, with almost no way out.
It is precisely because of this that the conflicts between countries are getting bigger and bigger.
Finally, World War II broke out.
This time the priests from various countries did not even ask Xiang Nan for his opinion.
Of course, this is also related to Xiang Nan speaking less and less.
He originally formed the Goddess Church to help the ocean goddess Cory Busso recruit followers. After the First World War, the proportion of goddess believers accounted for nearly 80% of the total population of the earth, which was an absolute advantage.
It can be seen that the Goddess Church is already on the right track. In this case, even if he no longer manages it, the Goddess Church will follow its inertia and develop more and more powerfully.
Naturally, Xiang Nan was too lazy to waste time on things. After all, it was better to do less than to do more. He was still busy with his own cultivation.
What's more, before the believers were just poor, just hungry, just cold, just sick, he could help them solve their difficulties by giving some money, some food, some clothes, and some holy water.
But now he has to resolve conflicts between nearly a hundred countries. This is not something he can resolve alone, so he participates in management less and less.
This also caused churches in various countries to gradually lose control and become more and more laissez-faire. They did not even say hello to Xiang Nan about such a big thing as starting a war.