Chapter 63: The Road to Immortality in Another World
Hearing the sound outside, Natalia Dragon's face suddenly turned as white as paper.
In fact, she was in a good mood today, and the assassination of the Senator has almost passed. Until it is determined what the murderer did it for, no one is willing to accept the job of the dead Deputy Director of the Anti-Suppression Bureau, Viscount Freiswater - those who can become members of the Senator are all big people with noble blood and noble status, and it is not necessary to increase this power in the first place.
If they risk their lives for this power, people like Wakefield will fight hard, but the Lords will just shrink back and let others fight hard.
Their lives are precious!
Since there is no one to take over as the deputy director of the Anti-Suppression Bureau, it is very unjustifiable to want to put pressure on the Anti-Suppression Bureau. Although the Bureau of Prevention and Suppression is just a lackey of the upper class to put it bluntly, they have a living saint as a signboard above their heads, unless you are willing to take over the position of deputy director, you want to skip St. Isaac and dictate to the Bureau...... Wakefield's assistant superintendent said, huh.
In the past few days, he has unceremoniously scolded several big people who want to get their hands on the power of the Anti-Suppression Bureau.
"The Bureau of Prevention and Suppression welcomes the deputy director to visit and guide. He always said this, and the meaning of his words was naturally clear.
Of course, the big guys understood what he meant, but what could they say?
"Who's in charge isn't it the same"?
Hehe, Wakefield's meaning is very clear, you want to manage the anti-suppression bureau, he can't stop it. But as soon as you stretch out your hand, he will put you in the position of deputy director of the Anti-Suppression Bureau!
This is the rule left by St. Isaac, and you want to be in charge, but you don't want to take responsibility, then you ask St. Isaac to change the rules!
Of course, the Senators did not dare to go to St. Isaac to discuss such a matter, and the saint was not at all easy to talk to! He once said very nakedly, "For England, the only indispensable thing is me, even if the rest of the people are dead, I will go to Africa and catch a group of blacks and come back, and I can rebuild England."
Pick on him?
Do you know why the Bureau of Suppression was built next to the Capitol building?
This is the address of St. Isaac's election that year, when the queen asked him why, his answer was: "The distance is close, when the Congress makes trouble for me, I can directly kill all the people inside, let the Anti-Suppression Bureau take over, the whole process only takes ten minutes, can avoid chaos." ”
Yes, he speaks and does things, and that's what he says.
But no one dared to resist him.
One of the most important reasons why England was able to win the war of the right of way was his existence.
Many people suspect that he has already stepped into the level of a nominal person, and even ...... It may already be Si Chen.
Scheming with Si Chen?
Well...... It's not impossible, but please become a named person first.
But for these old men, not to mention the named, even the immortals, they can't become them!
If they had this talent, where would they have dragged on until now? Do they still lack resources?
So as soon as Wakefield brought out the St. Isaac's regulations, the Lords were all instigated.
As a result, the Bureau of Prevention and Suppression temporarily entered the era of no deputy director.
There is no layman to point fingers, and it all depends on the operation of the Anti-Suppression Bureau itself, maybe after a long time, it will suffer in the high-level political struggle, but at least in the short term, it is really incomparably comfortable!
In the past few days, the various action teams of the Anti-Suppression Bureau have been in a very happy mood.
Without pressure from the top, Wakefield even brought back all the people who were going to track down the death of the Senator — in his words, "the killing of a person by name is a natural disaster, and there is nothing to investigate — is there anyone who plans to make enemies of the named person for the sake of a murder?"
This can be said to the bottom of everyone's hearts in the Anti-Suppression Bureau!
What's so strange about engaging in invisible art and dying?
Dead civilians are not a big deal, but dead legislators will fall apart?
You think too much!
In the world of the invisible arts, the empress is no more remarkable than the commoners. Not to mention a few old men who can barely be regarded as an entry into the invisible arts, even if a few recognized masters of the Anti-Suppression Bureau die, they can only be regarded as bad luck, and that's it.
It is better to say that after getting over the initial shock, most of the members of the Anti-Suppression Bureau were secretly amused by the death of the four Lords.
Let's say, Natalia Dragon.
She was born as a civilian scholar, and her family could only be regarded as a meager savings, barely worth about 1,000 pounds. Of course, this wealth is already high in society, but in the pyramid of high society, it is still the lowest existence.
...... As for the commoners, whose total wealth adds up to one or two hundred pounds, and even worse, the upper class does not deserve them as individuals at all.
This kind of discrimination is reflected in various aspects, and she suffered a lot for it back then.
Not to mention, the reason why she couldn't get along in the academic world and had to take refuge in the Bureau of Prevention and Suppression was mainly because she provoked some noble figures when she was studying history.
If she hadn't joined the Anti-Suppression Bureau in time, I'm afraid it would have been cold a long time ago.
So when it was determined that the Anti-Suppression Bureau would not need to look at the eyes of high society for a period of time in the future, she was one of those people who were the happiest.
For this reason, at the end of the long overtime, she specially pulled a few friends to have some drinks to celebrate.
After three or four minutes of drunkenness, I came back and soaked in the hot water in the bathtub for twenty minutes, and the cold of London winter disappeared, and it was a good night, and I could sleep peacefully.
But just as she was reading for a while and was about to go to bed, she heard a knock at the door.
And that sentence.
The named one from another history is here!
Natalia's face was pale, and she felt that her heart was beating so fast that it was almost exploding, but her hands and feet were so cold that she couldn't even lift up the slightest strength.
(I...... Am I going to die?)
She wanted to say something, but her trembling lips couldn't say half a word.
In her dreams, she dared to go into the heights of the Wandering Lodge and talk and laugh with named people such as Gribby, the giant deer. That's because she knows that dreams are just dreams after all, as long as she knows how to protect herself in dreams, as long as she can understand the difference between dreams and reality, even weak mortals can survive in front of the named.
But now it's not a dream, it's a reality!
When the named ones step into reality, they are an unrivaled horror!
If they were so willing, perhaps a named person could raze all of London to the ground, leaving a million people dead to a fraction of what they wanted.
So, what is the point of dying a Natalia Dragon?
Under her panicked gaze, Pan Long pushed open the door and walked in.
"I knocked on the door. He said to Natalia as he closed the door, blocking out the eyes of others in the fancy apartment.
Natalia didn't dare to say anything.
"Alright, let's talk. Pan Long said, "To be honest, I'm also quite interested in your Anti-Suppression Bureau - in my world, there is no such organization as the Anti-Suppression Bureau. ”
Natalia realized in an instant that she might probably be ...... Don't die!
Her face immediately regained its bloody color, her hands and feet regained their warmth, and her whole body was full of life.
"Please...... You may be seated!" she stammered, "you want...... Want to know something?"
"It's nothing special, it's just ...... I'm curious, why are you able to set up such an organization?" Pan Long said, "I've only been in this world for a short time, but I've already met a lot of people with some skills. Those characters...... I don't think they'll be willing to obey management. ”
"The Bureau of Suppression is just a product of compromise. "Initially, St. Isaac had some apprentices who helped him with chores that he wasn't interested in. He was later holy, and the apprentices carried on his legacy and formed the 'Isaac' - the Isaacs were not even a particularly powerful sect at the time. ”
She recalled, and said slowly: "Later, St. Isaac returned to the world. He reached a compromise with the royal family of England at the time, with the Isaac Sect as the core, and absorbed several other organizations of invisible cultivators who had good relations with the government, and formed a defense bureau. ”
"In the beginning, people didn't buy the accounts of the Anti-Suppression Bureau. St. Isaac killed many opponents of him before he gained the prestige of the Anti-Suppression Bureau. Then he stepped into Mansu again, and he has not returned. The Bureau of Prevention and Suppression has been fighting against all kinds of ghosts and ghosts, guarding the world - until today. ”
Pan Long nodded slightly, and then he understood the whole cause and effect.
In the reading room of the Anti-Suppression Bureau, there are no books on the origin of this organization. Probably deliberately concealed.
When he first played the game, he had always wondered - it was clear that no matter what sect the player formed, it would have a very obvious intention of being an enemy of the government, so how could other invisible cultivators form an anti-suppression bureau?
But it turns out that this is the reason!
"Well, my doubts have been answered. In exchange, you can also ask me a question. "But I can't guarantee that I can answer in such detail, because I don't necessarily know the answer to that question." ”
As if she hadn't heard the second half of the sentence, Natalia's breathing suddenly became rapid.
It was a great temptation for her to ask a question and get an answer to a named person!
Although she may also encounter a named person when she is in a dream and wanders and wanders, at the time of dreaming, the person's mental state is unstable and he does not have complete sanity.
In that case, when people meet named people, they tend to just make small talk to them.
Of course, chatting with named people can also be rewarding – often not bad. However, in any case, you can communicate with the named person in a rational state and get the promise of the other person to answer your doubts......
This kind of thing could probably only be encountered in the years when the Anti-Suppression Bureau was just established, when St. Isaac was still stationed in the mortal world!
Natalia took several deep breaths repeatedly, forcing herself to composure, and then asked the question she had been longing for for a long time.
"Excuse me, how can we observe other histories?"
She asked.
Pan Long was silent for a moment and said, "I can't answer this question. For me, it is a natural ability to observe history. For example, although I sit in front of you and look at you, I often have other history in my eyes. In each history, you will have different life trajectories, this London ...... It's the same. ”
"You're not a scholar of history?"
"On the contrary, I don't really have much interest in history. At least until I stepped into the field I am today, I had barely studied history. Pan Long said, "Instead of spending too much effort on studying history, why don't you think about making yourself stronger, or living longer, or whatever?"
Natalia was silent for a moment and said, "The Anti-Suppression Bureau also has a ritual about immortality. As far as I know, if you want to become an immortal, you must first pursue your deepest desires, and then through rituals and pursuits, you can sublimate your desires, and at the same time, your body and mind will be changed as a result. Eventually, a grand ceremony is held to break free from the mortal body and become an immortal. ”
"I've studied this path a lot. But I ...... Don't dare to go. ”
"Why don't you dare to leave?" asked Pan Long.
"Changed my body and mind, and finally gave up even the shell of a mortal, so 'me' or 'me'?" Natalia asked the question she had always wanted to know the answer to, and it was the one that had plagued many formless practitioners for a long time.
Pan Long looked at her and was silent.
He's actually thinking about it, too.
He asked the teacher, what is the so-called "obsession into a god"?
The teacher's answer was, "When you understand that there is only one thing in this world that you can never let go, that you must do no matter what sacrifices you make, and that you have to achieve with the strength of your life...... You will understand what obsession is. ”
She sighed as she spoke: "Obsession...... It can't be said that it is a good thing, let alone what is the right path. Although many people can control their obsession and not be completely swallowed by it. But time is the cruelest, and it will constantly wear down your will. Gradually, you will find that everything other than obsession is slowly becoming weaker, so that in the end, you will no longer be interested in everything except obsession. ”
"For the sake of immortality, of course, this is not impossible. But if you can, after all, you can engrave your will into the torrent of the world through academics, and make yourself a part of the whole world, so as to be immortal. ”
At that time, she smiled as she spoke: "By the way, you have a third way to go." Heaven and earth are evil, and after repeated tempering, in the end, the body is not broken, the soul is clear, and it can also be immortal. It's just that in this way, whether it is the power brought by obsession or the supernatural power brought by the way, you can't have it, you can only rely on a pair of fists to break through the world. ”
Thinking of this, Pan Long smiled.
"As far as I know, the surest path to immortality is to engrave one's will in the world. "Or to put it more bluntly, to learn from Isaac Newton and become a great scholar who will shake the whole of human history, so that future generations can learn your teachings." ”
"Then you can live forever?" asked Natalia, surprised, "but why don't the other scholars?"
"How do you know they don't?" Pan Long asked rhetorically, smiling widely.
Natalia's mouth was wide open, unable to speak.
"Although it is not necessary to engrave the will to live forever, the person who can engrave the will must be very close to immortality. Pan Long said, "If it were you, if you could do this, the next road to immortality should be very smooth." ”
This is the path to immortality in another world, and Pan Long believes that even in this world, it should be able to help!