These days, people no longer ask what is death. That question has become trivial.

  Now, the true mystery haunting humanity is far more personal:

  What comes after—for the dead themselves?

  In 2026 AD, everything changed.

  A bystander accidentally recorded a fatal car crash using the newly developed Spectral Refractive Lens (SRL-7)—a military-grade camera prototype designed to capture radiation and energy fluctuations beyond the visible spectrum.

  Upon analysis, the footage revealed something inexplicable:

  At the precise moment of impact, a translucent, humanoid figure was seen rising from the wreckage, floating above the crushed vehicle.

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  The victim had been declared dead on scene.

  The figure—dubbed a S.O.U.L. (Sub-Orbital Unbound Lifeform)—became the world’s first recorded proof of a post-physical entity.

  And with it, irrefutable evidence of something after.

  The discovery sent shockwaves through science, religion, and government. Over the decades that followed, researchers focused on soul extraction, soul mapping, and even soul replication.

  Now, thirty years later, humanity has crossed another line:

  They have created an artificial soul.

  An object now exists with a man-made soul that operates on the same energetic plane as natural souls.

  But the breakthrough didn't end there.

  Using advancements in spectral capture, the team unveiled the SOULCAM—a quantum-synced camera designed to attach itself to a soul at the moment of death.

  For 158 trials, it failed.

  Until now.

  Trial #159.

  The SOULCAM attached.

  And disappeared.

  For exactly 38 seconds, it transmitted live footage from beyond.

  The data feed ended abruptly.

  But in those thirty-eight seconds, scientists—and by extension humanity —saw something.

  Something astonishing.

  Something terrifying.

  The footage is under classified review.

  All that’s been leaked is a final whisper captured in the last two seconds of audio:

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