Chapter 209 Goblin Documents
Mechanical science is not about one person creating and building the entire world's technology tree. Instead, mechanics need to stand on the wisdom of their predecessors and see higher. Then, they can use their own wisdom, inspiration and knowledge to collide with the times and create amazing sparks, making the technology tree more prosperous.
Therefore, when Grandpa Tust saw the drawings left by the ancient goblin civilization, he was so excited.
Because he looked at the shoulders of giants.
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Because of the intrusion of Ryan and his men, a certain balance was broken. This goblin ruins that had been buried underground for countless years began to decay faster and faster.
Ryan, Tust and Ymir did not dare to delay at all. After coming out of the "workshop", they went into another large building, a cylindrical "alchemy laboratory"!
After entering the door, I saw a lot of bottles and jars .
Ryan once thought that glassware was unique to this era, but he didn't expect that the ancient goblin civilization had already created it. However, the liquid stored in the glassware had evaporated completely, and in a few bottles, there were still some black solid residues.
Oh no!
It doesn't seem to be glass, but various transparent crystal vessels!
This room also has dense brass pipes, which look like ventilation and heat dissipation devices. There are also many large reaction boilers whose purpose is unknown. This is completely different from the style of modern laboratories. The equipment looks rough, but the complexity is beyond imagination, and it also has a strong magical color.
The biggest difference is that there are alchemical runes engraved everywhere in the laboratory that can be seen at a glance as high-level, as well as a large number of mystical symbols, six-pointed stars, eight-pointed stars...
But as time goes by, these items have completely lost any luster.
On the walls of this circular alchemy laboratory, there are a large number of books and ancient scrolls, estimated to be more than a thousand.
Tust was delighted at first, but then felt more and more heartbroken.
The old man felt a kind of pain in his heart: "Oh, God! Since I have seen the existence of such a great civilization, why do you cruelly let it be destroyed in front of my eyes..."
Because he knew that these goblin secret books would decay in a short time. The more books there were, the more "precious knowledge" they would have to watch destroyed before their eyes.
It would have been fine if he hadn't seen them, but when he did, they slipped through his fingers. This feeling drove old man Tust crazy.
Ymir's expression was also complicated, with shock, surprise, regret... all mixed together. This was the only ancient civilization she had ever heard of and experienced that was so well preserved. It was like opening a treasure house of prehistoric civilization. These books represented the "crystallization of wisdom" of a certain era.
But it seems that it is about to close again.
How could she not know the value of "knowledge"?
Their Omar Empire rose to prominence because of "steam knowledge". The ancient goblin civilization knowledge here may allow Black Dragon City to change the future, or perhaps change this era...
Therefore, the moment they walked in and saw the dazzling bookshelves, she and Tust felt the same pity.
But now, everything in front of me is decaying. The scrolls on the table and the books on the bookshelf, although they seem to be well preserved, as long as you take them out, the words on them will completely disappear in the few breaths of turning the pages...
Ymir's breathing became heavier unconsciously, and she placed her remaining expectations on Ryan beside her, and asked, "Ryan, how many books can you memorize at a time?"
Ryan looked calm: "I can basically remember everything I see."
Having just witnessed his amazing reading and memory ability, Ymir asked again, "Can you read more books at the same time?"
Ryan: “Okay.”
Hearing this, Ymir's frown suddenly relaxed, and she blew the whistle without any delay.
In a flash, the high-ranking guards who were clearing out the skeletons in the city appeared at the door of the alchemy laboratory.
After a few brief instructions, the guards also joined in.
The next moment, four more people were flipping through the books.
They began to take out books from the bookshelf and then flipped through them quickly in front of Ryan.
This is a race against time. They must try their best to show the book to Ryan before it completely decays.
Tust originally thought that it would be difficult for Ryan to memorize so many classics at the same time, but he did not expect that Ryan's expression was still calm, and he read at the same speed as before, and he always looked calm and unhurried.
At this moment, everyone was shocked and even felt it was a bit ridiculous.
They were also vaguely worried whether Ryan could remember it, but no one asked.
Because there is no other choice except this method.
"Quick, quick, quick... Don't worry about the sealed books for now, start fighting with the scattered scrolls first..."
"Yes, any ancient scrolls and books with text and pictures recorded on them must not be missed..."
"Be gentle, don't touch anything else when you take a book from the shelf..."
“…”
Fortunately, everyone present is a high-level transcendent, and their muscle control is extremely precise.
The book was picked up accurately and turned quickly. The ink marks on the pages faded visibly after being exposed to the air, and disappeared completely after a few breaths. Then, the pages also decayed.
However, this time is enough to turn the page.
Ryan's eyes moved quickly, following the speed of everyone flipping through the books. His pupils moved left and right in his eye sockets, almost forming a horizontal shadow.
He felt that he would definitely be treated as a monster from today onwards.
But it doesn't seem to matter.
This is a world with all kinds of strange and extraordinary abilities, and one's own "memory" is also extraordinary in a way.
[Ding! Unknown alchemical formula found, the system is recording...]
[Ding! Unknown symbol found, system recording...]
[Ding! The decipherability of the language named 'Dwarven Language' is 51... 52%...]
[Ding! Interpretation rate 100%, automatic translation completed...]
While everyone was flipping through the books quickly in front of him, system prompts came one after another.
There are enough text books here that text translation is not difficult.
The more types of languages the "intelligent brain" has , the more it can draw inferences from other languages and the more accurate the translation will be.
Therefore, even though some of the professional terms recorded in ancient goblin books are different from those now, many things can be interpreted with similar meanings.
After the "Goblin Language" was systematically deciphered, these classics in Ryan's eyes were no longer some heavenly books filled with dense and incomprehensible symbols.
It becomes something that can be understood instinctively.
[Ding! The system automatically recorded the 'Level III Demon-Breaking Gunpowder Formula'. Required materials: Carbon Crystal Bone Powder, Heather Grass, Iron Snake Blood Extract...]
[Ding! The system automatically included "Intermediate Alchemy"...]
[Ding! The system automatically included "Occult Studies: Exorcism, Mediumship, Conversion"...]
[Ding! The system automatically included the "Alchemy Enchanting Encyclopedia"...]
【bite……】
Because it was the "intelligent brain" that was cheating, Ryan only had to mechanically look at the contents of the books and didn't have to concentrate on writing anything down.
As for understanding?
Overthinking.
Whether it is "engineering" or "alchemy", it is a huge and profound subject that requires one to devote one's entire life to studying.
Although Ryan now understood the "ancient goblin language", he could not comprehend more than 99% of the meaning of the text in front of him.
For someone like him who had no foundation in either subject, those profound professional terms, once he understood the names, were actually more of a headache than before when he just treated them as "special symbols".
In Basel's words, his brain refused to accept the information that made his head hurt.
Moreover, Ryan had no intention of studying another science that would require a lot of time to study in addition to medicine.
He would treat it as his own "human USB flash drive" and write down all these things later and give them to Grandpa Tust for research.
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After browsing the "Alchemy Laboratory", I moved on to another place.
As time goes by, the rescue work of the ancient goblin books and documents becomes more and more urgent.
They searched large buildings one by one and found a large amount of written materials.
But as they found more and more documents, instead of being happy, the people in Tust looked more and more worried.
At first, Ryan said he could remember 80 to 90 percent of it, and both Ymir and Tust chose to believe that he had this ability.
But as time went on, the amount of knowledge they needed to remember increased, and even they completely lost any confidence.
Human power is limited. No matter how good a person's memory is, how much can he remember?
Moreover, when they saw Ryan reading more than ten books at a time, they just glanced at them.
Probably... if I can remember 10%, that would be great.
But there is no better way now.
Tuster also tried to read the books full of "special symbols" to help Ryan share some of the burden. But his brain would instinctively resist accepting those "special symbols" that it didn't recognize at all. Not to mention reading and memorizing them, it was difficult to even read them.
In the end, all hopes rested on Ryan alone.
However, no one expected that Ryan's amazing move was still to come!
"I've read this one before, next one!"
"This blueprint is also repeated. Let's change it..."
“…”
Amid everyone's astonishment, Ryan expressionlessly passed the system and the books that had overlapping content after it had been screened for him.
The rooms in the ruins of the goblin city do not all have different books. It is estimated that it is similar to the current laboratory. Every goblin engineer has his own collection, but after all, they are the same two subjects, and almost all basic books will overlap.
After searching through a few more rooms, Ryan also discovered this, and in order not to waste the precious time he had fought with Decay, he pointed it out directly.
But this shocked everyone.
Originally, Tust and the others had given up hope. But now it seems that this guy has memorized everything?
But at this moment, no one questioned it.
Because they are very familiar with Ryan's character, he is always reliable in doing things.
Everyone cooperated fully with Ryan and swept through almost all large laboratories in almost all goblin cities.
