In 17o6, in an underground church in London, the large church looked like a palace. Burning candles lit up the church. Many people wore black monks' uniforms and silently watched the man who walked onto the stage step by step according to the ceremony.
Aged scholar.
No one expected this scene today. The former middle-aged scholar now relied on his curiosity and hard work to finally gain the recognition of the entire monastery and become the master of the monastery.
At this moment, there are more than thirty members of the monastery who have come from all over Europe to watch the ceremony. Excluding those members of the monastery in the Middle East, Asia and the newly discovered New World of America, half of the members of the monastery are gathered here.
Everyone has an ancient mission, they may be poor or rich, young or old, and belong to different cultures and countries, but they all vow to dedicate their lives to the monastery.
And when the scholar put on the black monk's uniform embroidered with special symbols, the many members of the hermitage looked at the master, then bowed their heads humbly, and praised together in an ancient language.
Different genders and different accents, but only that low and loud voice echoed in this underground church.
The gods are happy, the gods are happy. You are the one who knows the fate of destiny. You are the one who has seen the secrets. You inherit the ancient bloodline and keep the eternal loyalty. You need to remember that you cannot say things that cannot be said, you cannot hear the voices that cannot be heard, and you cannot see them.
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1725, London, the residence of the famous scholar Newton.
Everyone knows that this unprecedented great scholar is in his laboratory, but few people have seen that great scholar with their own eyes. People have all kinds of speculations about him, but most of them are absurd and cannot withstand scrutiny.
Just an idea.
In the study, an old scholar is writing something. Next to him is a young apprentice. The apprentice is quietly waiting for the scholar's instructions, although serious scholars often have no time to pay attention to the apprentice.
After a while, the writing stopped.
Newton rubbed his forehead with his hands to relieve his fatigue. He was already eighty-three years old, and his ability to remain active was due to the various secret techniques of the monastery, but there is no immortal creature in this world.
, even those vampires need a long period of sleep to maintain their energy, not to mention he is only a human being.
After one last look at the words written in front of him, the scholar nodded with satisfaction.
Lorenzo, leave these to the Priory.
He ordered the apprentice beside him, and the young apprentice beside him respectfully took the thick text, and then walked out of the study. Outside, a series of Italian questions and answers between the apprentice and a woman rang out.
Not long after, the apprentice entered the study again, bowed and said.
Mentor, has been handed over to Peter's hands to resolve.
As a secret organization that has lasted for thousands of years, the structure of the Priory of Sion has become extremely complex. At first, the Priory of Sion was only composed of a group of hermit monks, but later it gradually refined into many forces. The real
At its peak, the members of the Priory of Sion only numbered a hundred, but the number of various affiliated forces exceeded a thousand. And without these affiliated forces, the Priory would not have been able to fight against the vampires and the like.
The Hand of Peter is one of the affiliated forces of the Priory of Sion. Peter is one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ. He is known for being as firm as stone and is the cornerstone of the great cause of Christianity. The meaning of the Hand of Peter is naturally also for
Its praise. Most of its members are determined warriors and have contributed a lot in the confrontation between the Priory and other weirdos. Although Lorenzo is only an apprentice of the scholar, he is also a formal member of the Priory of Peter.
One of the leaders of the hand can naturally use the hand of Peter.
The scholar nodded and didn't ask any more questions. Then he was silent for a while and said.
Lorenzo, do you remember Galileo's letter?
Remember.
Hearing the apprentice's voice, the scholar closed his eyes.
More than thirty years ago, he was invited by the monastery to assist in the interpretation of Galileo's letters, because Galileo once said that he had helped those who came after him. However, after scholars carefully examined the letter for a long time, they finally determined that there was nothing in it.
The help and secrets greatly disappointed the monastery at that time.
But as the scholar grows older and knows more and more things, he seems to have a different idea.
That guy Galileo clearly showed so much hesitation and uneasiness in his letter, saying that he could no longer resist the power and was full of annoyance and fear. But in fact, hey, that guy is truly Galileo and a pioneer worthy of my admiration.
Lifting his glasses, the scholar chuckled and said, then he looked at the apprentice beside him and asked again.
Lorenzo, do you think why Galileo is considered the founder of modern science?
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The apprentice hesitated for a moment. He was more often an apprentice serving the master in the monastery, rather than an apprentice in science. Instead, he paid more attention to mysterious technology than science.
The scholar shook his head and said.
Because Galileo was the first person to believe in the concept of scientific practice. Scholars before him, including Aristotle in ancient Greece, believed that speculation can explain everything in the world, but he was different. He believed that it should be based on experimental facts.
It is the door to the truth. He admired human reason and opposed the mysterious speculation of scholasticism, so he was the founder of modern science.
As he spoke, he paused and then continued.
To be honest, he used to be my spiritual mentor. When I saw that letter, I was more shocked than you can imagine, because I can't imagine that a person who values rationality would be so terrified because of fear.
Choose to obey that statue.
In other words, Master, you are standing on his shoulders to create all this?
The apprentice couldn't help but ask.
When scholars were young, there was a saying that was widely circulated: I can see farther than others because I stand on the shoulders of giants. This saying is so widespread that even apprentices who are not very interested in science know it.
But in front of the apprentice, the scholar's face looked a little strange, and he coughed a few times for no reason, and then said something deliberately.
This can be considered true, mainly due to the frivolity of youth.
Frivolous?
The apprentice was a little confused. He couldn't understand why the scholar said this, but it was obvious that the scholar was not very willing to explain this matter and continued.
I thought that there were no secrets in that letter. This conclusion cannot be said to be wrong, because it was not mentioned directly in the letter. To understand Galileo's words, one must combine them with other things, namely those of Leonardo da Vinci.
I have been searching for various information over the years, and finally I realized that Leonardo da Vinci may be far smarter than all of us thought. Maybe no one combined knows as much about the secrets of statues as Leonardo da Vinci.
At the end of the sentence, the scholar was obviously hesitant, and finally murmured.
I even suspect that it may have successfully cracked the statue and opened it.
Two years later, somewhere in London, a letter sent by the scholar before his death was opened.
Brothers and sisters of the monastery, may God bless you. I have never dared to make any assertions because I am still not completely sure of the truth, but on my deathbed, I have to share what I have perceived.
I tell you everything, although there may be some falsehoods and conjectures in it.
In my opinion, the secrets in Galileo's letters are actually related to Leonardo da Vinci. In his letters, he stated that he saw many things in his later years. We cannot understand what those things were, but there is no doubt that they were exactly what he saw.
, allowing him to learn about the vampires of the Priory of Sion and many other things.
So is it possible that he saw something about Leonardo da Vinci?
Among all the custodians of statues, Leonardo da Vinci and Galileo are the two who have been in contact with the statue for the longest time. Da Vinci was the first to see the statue, and Galileo stayed with the statue from childhood to old age. Both of them have great influence on the statue.
The statue has extraordinary knowledge. Leonardo da Vinci said, don't explore the secrets in the statue, let it sleep forever, because humans can't resist its power, but Galileo was frightened and said that he had a guide to inform the future.
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So why didn't Leonardo da Vinci say there was a secret, but Galileo said there was a secret in sculpture?
I don’t think Galileo knew anything more than Leonardo da Vinci. In fact, Leonardo da Vinci may have the deepest understanding of the statue. But da Vinci didn’t say there was any secret about the statue, he just let the Priory know it forever.
He kept it because he did not believe that human beings had the ability to defeat the power in that sculpture. But Galileo was different. While he fell into the same fear as Leonardo da Vinci, he mustered up the last courage to express it implicitly.
There is a 'secret' in this statue.
What kind of secret is this? A guide that Da Vinci thought was useless, but Galileo thought was helpful to mankind. Why do the two have so different attitudes towards this 'secret'?
When I realized this, I remembered that the difference between the two of them was that they lived in different times.
In Leonardo da Vinci's time, human beings were still extremely weak, and gunpowder technology had just begun to develop. Da Vinci understood this deeply, so he was afraid of that force because he believed that force was invincible to humans. But in this era
In Galileo's time, human technology had begun to change. He was the first person to propose "rational scientific experiments." He was keenly aware of this, so he was vaguely aware that that force did not seem to be invincible.
He was afraid of that power and could not express it, but he placed his hope on future generations.
If you think about it from this perspective, when I looked at the letter again, based on the order of the letters, I was able to find the hidden 'guidance'
The reason why the sculpture was found by the Priory was not because the Priory was looking for it, but because it was looking for the Priory. The secrets kept by the Priory's masters were exactly what it was looking for.
All of this may be the fate of the Priory. We are destined to face that sculpture
France, in a manor in Paris.
Under the dark night, the manor was brightly lit, and from time to time the hearty laughter of the men and women at the banquet could be heard. And in the banquet, sitting at the top was a pale nobleman, with meticulous solemn makeup, and wearing
The costumes of the fifteenth century are as if they came from the Hundred Years War.
He looked at the many men and women in front of him, covered his head, seemed a little uncomfortable, and whispered something in his mouth.
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In his ears, an inexplicable whisper was urging something. Although the whisper had always existed, it had never been so strong that it made the vague directions seem to become clear.
After a long time, he raised his head and exposed his sharp fangs
Ahhhhh
Opening his arms, amidst many panicked shouts, the noble's arms turned into huge bat wings, and his glowing red pupils looked indifferently at the humans in front of him. With the sudden blackness in the banquet,
Everyone was shrouded in the fog, and the screams in the black fog disappeared one by one.
It is said that that night, countless bats flew out of the manor, all flying towards the same place.