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Chapter 4400 [Research on the Stars]

The Qing Dynasty believed that Xiang Nan had objections to foreign rule because Xiang Nan did not give them the imperial seal and his immortal residence had disappeared.

After all, he did not hand over the imperial seal to the Jin Dynasty Emperor Wanyan Tan, nor did he hand over the imperial seal to the Yuan Dynasty Emperor Kublai Khan.

Therefore, during the subsequent reign, not only was the people prohibited from worshipping Xiang Nan, but Xiang Nan was also deleted through the revision of history books.

Especially when Emperor Qianlong was compiling the Siku Quanshu, he completely deleted Xiang Nan, and even changed his title "Tai Chi Great Emperor" to "Gou Chen Great Emperor" to conceal his existence.

However, Xiang Nan did not care about this. He was not a real god. No matter how devoutly the court or believers worshipped him, he would not receive any incense or blessings.

This is different from the settings of many movies, TV dramas and novels.

For example, in "Wrath of the Titans" and "Clash of the Titans" adapted from ancient Greek mythology, the Greek gods Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, and Ares all rely on the faith of their believers to maintain their power. Once the number of believers decreases or they are abandoned, they will lose their power, become weaker and weaker, and even die.

The gods in the original fantasy game Dungeons & Dragons also need the worship of believers to gain their power. Once they lose the faith of their believers, they will become weak, their kingdom will be shaken, and eventually they will be killed and replaced by other gods.

The gods worshipped by the Chinese people, such as the God of Mountains, God of Land, and God of City, also need incense and offerings from the people to have enough power. Once the sacrifices are stopped, these gods will become weak and even be taken advantage of by other evil spirits.

However, Xiang Nan's strength comes from himself, not from the faith of his believers, so even if the Qing court erases his existence from history books and prohibits folk sacrifices, it will have no effect on him.

He even thanked the Qing court for doing so, as it erased his existence and prevented him from influencing history.

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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 for going to the United States was that Xiang Nan wanted to use scientific instruments to properly detect the stars. And in terms of the abundance of talents, the United States was the best at that time.

In fact, over the years, in addition to 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 can actually affect time and keep a person's body in the best condition. It is really rare, 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 another person's lifespan and transfer it to another person. Therefore, when that person's lifespan runs out, that person will still grow old and die. To achieve immortality, one must continue to make sacrifices.

The Holy Grail in Indiana Jones and the Last Airbender can grant immortality, but it cannot guarantee immortality. And after drinking the water from the Holy Grail, one must stay in the holy land forever, otherwise one will age and die.

Therefore, Xiang Nan has always wanted to study Tianxing thoroughly, so that he can completely master the power of Tianxing.

But he had studied for thousands of years, but still made no progress. He used the "Analysis Spell", "Revelation Spell", "Separation Spell" and other methods to analyze and study the stars, but gained nothing.

In his opinion, the Star should not be considered a magical item, but a product of technology.

Since it is a product of science and technology, it should naturally be studied using scientific and technological means.

However, Xiang Nan did not bring any high-tech equipment with him, so he could only try his luck in the United States.

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After arriving in the United States, Xiang Nan secretly formed a scientific research team to analyze and study the star. What material is it made of, what unknown elements are there, how to avoid its explosion, how to maximize its effectiveness, and so on.

Xiang Nan has a lot of money. Money is just a piece of waste paper to him. He can have as much as he wants. Money makes the world go round. Moreover, Xiang Nan is not only rich, but also a top wizard and martial arts master.

Therefore, he easily assembled his best scientific research team, which consisted of top talents in chemistry, physics, biology, and engineering.

Xiang Nan was not afraid that they would leak the information because they had signed a contract before joining the company.

As soon as they tell anyone about their research project, everything they know about the stars in their minds will be forgotten, and terrible acne will grow on their faces.

Therefore, even if they wanted to leak the secret, they couldn't do it, and once it was leaked, Xiang Nan would know it in time, so the secret would 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 Earth. These elements are originally very unstable, but when combined together, they form a substance in an unstable equilibrium.

Just like a spinning top or a moving bicycle, they are both in an unstable state of balance. If they stop moving, they will fall over, but if they keep moving, they will maintain balance.

The same is true for the stars.

But after research, it was found that the energy it contains is also decaying.

Because as time goes by, some of these elements begin to enter a period of decay, just like uranium, radium, plutonium, etc. When these elements enter decay, the unstable balance of the stars will be broken.

At that time, the star will explode, releasing extremely powerful energy. The old Yi Xiaochuan used this to achieve a second time travel.

Although Xiang Nan wanted to stop the explosion of the star, it was actually impossible because the elements contained in the star could not be synthesized at all with the current level of human technology.

Therefore, the explosion of Tianxing is inevitable, and there are only ten years left.

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Xiang Nan then told Gao Yao, Xiao Yue, Lu Su, Yu Shu, Xiao Zhen and Xiao Qing the news.

"It doesn't matter. I've lived this long, and it's enough." Gao Yao smiled, "I've done things that I wouldn't have dared to think about before. I have no regrets in my life. In the next period of time, I just want to spend more time with my sister."

After the reform and opening up, he has been traveling between China and the United States as a businessman in recent years, and has confirmed that he and his sister have been born safely.

He also tried to prevent his parents from dying in a car accident, but unfortunately he managed to avoid it. Their parents eventually died in a car accident, leaving them and their brother and sister to depend on each other since childhood.

Now that he still has more than ten years to live, he decided to stay with his sister.

Xiang Nan nodded, "You can go see Gao Lan, but not in your current appearance. Because your current appearance will definitely scare her."

After Gao Yao took the elixir of immortality, he remained in his twenties, and at this time, Gao Yao was already in his twenties. It would be strange if Gao Lan was not scared once he found the two old brothers.

"That makes sense. Then help me change my appearance." Gao Yao nodded.