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In this era, knowledge is very expensive. Because it is expensive, there are secret transmissions and private libraries. I heard that before the great catastrophe, many cities and places in the human race had large public libraries. The books in those libraries easily numbered tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, or millions of volumes. People at that time , as long as you spend little or no money at all, you can learn the knowledge you need from the ocean of knowledge. Such a thing, from now on, seems like a dream and is simply unimaginable.
As far as Zhang Tie knows, there is no such thing as a public library in the entire Andaman Alliance or even the entire Blackson Human Corridor. All libraries in this era are private, and all books are very important assets. A private library, like a factory or a store, is a profitable business.
There are two private libraries in Black Flame City, both run by the family that once dominated the Coal and Steel Federation. Zhang Tie has stayed in Black Flame City for more than ten years and has never entered once. When he had time, he had no money, etc. After having money, I have no time.
The position of chief of the Ninth Equipment Section was dispensable to Zhang Tie now. Zhang Tie, who saw the hope of physical recovery in the fruits of redemption, left his rented place early the next morning. , Zhang Tie has many questions in his mind, as well as some flashes of inspiration but still unclear ideas, these questions and inspirations. All need to be answered with knowledge and presented clearly.
If it was in Black Flame City, when that guy Tang De was still there. Zhang Tie will definitely ask Tang De his questions, but in Bulape, Zhang Tie has almost no acquaintances, and there is no one who can solve Zhang Tie's doubts and enlighten Zhang Tie's inner aura.
The only thing that can solve doubts and enlighten people is knowledge. If you want to obtain knowledge, the simplest way is to go to the library. Anyway, there is plenty of time now. You can let yourself go to the library to spend some time. To use the saying before the catastrophe, it is to "recharge" yourself.
Although his body still has not recovered, the two Fruits of Glory and the Fruit of Judgment that Xiaoshu gave him last night cheered up Zhang Tie this morning, and he looked somewhat energetic. Zhang Tie finally no longer felt that his hands were powerless. The "binding" effect of the divine rune gave Zhang Tie a way to protect himself without relying on his own hands.
When you get dressed, wash up, close the door and leave the room. Zhang Tie's heart moved, and the skill attribute list of God's Rune Binding Technique appeared in Zhang Tie's mind.
God's Rune Skill - Binding!
Level—Junior.
Chains of Binding current generation quantity/maximum reserve quantity—2/18.
Attack radius—17 cubits.
Attack effect - mental attack, which can temporarily cut off and terminate the opponent's brain nerve control reflex chain, shield the connection between the opponent's brain and body, and make the person hit stiff and unable to make any movements.
Applicable attack targets - humans at level seven and below who have the same brain structure as the Lord of the Castle.
The attack duration of a first-level chain of restraints is equal to the base of the Lord's mental attack strength minus the opponent's mental attack defensive immunity effect divided by the opponent's mental strength. Multiply the base duration of Primary Chains by 10 seconds.
The maximum number of attack stacks the attacked individual can withstand: 3.
This is the skill attribute of the binding technique that appears after the divine rune generates the first chain of binding. This skill seems to be able to be upgraded. After Zhang Tie almost exhausted his mental power last night, the rune gave birth to two chains of binding. Now in Zhang Tie's sea of consciousness, the two chains of binding are like It was swimming around the divine rune like a little snake.
Zhang Tie plans to work hard in the next few days. After filling up all 18 chains of bondage, the rune of God is now like a processing factory. As long as Zhang Tie continuously pours his mental power into it, it can process Zhang Tie's mental power into a chain of restraint. As for the distance of 17 cubits, Zhang Tie guessed that it was about seven or eight meters. Needless to say the target of the attack, other than people, it seems that other things that are different from the structure of the brain will not work.
As for the duration of the attack, Zhang Tie finally figured it out after looking at it for a long time. As long as the opponent has not been blessed with some secret method to defend against mental attacks or has similar equipment, then the " "The defensive immunity effect of the opponent's mental attacks" is basically zero. This formula can be simplified to the ratio of the strength of your own and the opponent's mental power multiplied by the 10-second duration.
If your mental power is twice that of the opponent, then the opponent will be unable to move for 20 seconds, if it is three times, it will be unable to move for 30 seconds, if it is four times that of forty seconds, and so on. For elementary binding techniques, as long as the opponent's level has not reached level eight, even if you meet a guy with the same mental strength as yourself, when he is attacked by your three binding chains, that guy will be about the same. For half a minute, the body was unable to move. During this half minute, even if his body was no longer strong, he could stab that guy to death with a dagger.
And if you meet an ordinary person whose mental power is similar to that of your previous school, the duration of the attack of one of your restraint techniques can basically make that guy unable to move for nine to ten minutes. Even if characters like Huck and Sneed were knocked down by one of his restraint spells, their bodies would probably be unable to move for at least three minutes.
As for spiritual spells to enhance defense, this kind of secret knowledge may be due to Zhang Tie's ignorance, but Zhang Tie has never heard of it until now. It is probably a very rare thing, and it is impossible for ordinary people to do it. See.
This binding technique, when launched. As long as Zhang Tie stares at someone, he can pass between his eyebrows. Complete long-distance attacks in a way that Zhang Tie cannot understand. For Zhang Tie's current physical condition, this skill is simply a big killer weapon that Zhang Tie hides.
Although this elementary restraint technique is only effective for talents below level seven, and the range of action is very short, which is far inferior to Zhang Tie's majesty and combat power that can kill everyone anytime and anywhere when he is healthy, but no matter what, , this binding technique gave Zhang Tie, who was now physically unable to fight, a glimmer of self-protection.
Zhang Tie, who felt that he was "useful" again, was in a particularly good mood today.
Early in the morning. The tenant on the third floor was still missing, and the door was closed. When Zhang Tie went down to the second floor, the man in his 20s from the young couple on the second floor was about to go out. He seemed to want to go to work. The multi-year-old woman took a child and sent the man outside the house, saying goodbye. The couple suddenly saw Zhang Tie walking down the stairs, and they were both slightly surprised. It was not until this moment that they knew that the resident who moved above them yesterday was actually a young officer from the Norman Empire. He looked young and was still a lieutenant.
When I saw Zhang Tie coming down. The young woman quietly pulled her child close to her.
Zhang Tie smiled, nodded slightly to the two of them with neither enthusiasm nor indifference, and then walked downstairs.
Early in the morning, the landlords here, Mr. and Mrs. Green, were watering the small garden outside their house. Taking care of the flowers and plants in the small garden and a small vegetable patch of onions and bracken that the two of them planted for their own entertainment.
"Good morning..." Zhang Tie greeted the landlord and his wife politely. Mr. Green, who was wearing a straw hat, raised his straw hat and greeted Zhang Tie.
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Leave the Greens' house. There was a quiet alley in front of him. After walking for dozens of meters along this one-meter-wide alley, which was also paved with cobblestones, Zhang Tie came to the street.
Like Black Flame City, when public transportation is not available, horse-drawn carriages are the first choice for many ordinary people in Brape to travel in the city. This kind of transportation provides people with convenience in the city. In the Blackson Human Corridor, there is a Common name - Hostess.
Seeing a green Homestead approaching, Zhang Tie quickly waved and then jumped on.
“What is the best private library in Brape?”
"Sir, there is only one private library in the whole of Bleipei, so no matter what, it is the best!"
Zhang Tie was stunned, "Then, let's go to that one!"
"It's not cheap to spend money there!" The carriage driver shook his head as he drove the carriage. "I really don't understand why some people like to read books. Aren't beer and women more interesting than paper that can't speak or be eaten?"
Zhang Tie was speechless. This must be because everyone has different pursuits.
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After walking slowly for half an hour, the carriage finally pulled Zhang Tie to the place. After knowing the usefulness of his mental power, Zhang Tie used the half hour sitting on the carriage to visualize at the same time The two thirteenth-level abacus were practiced with different algorithms. I don’t know if it was because of the sudden increase in mental power. When Zhang Tie used the two visualized abacus to perform different calculation problems again today, Zhang Tie was obviously I feel that the abacus is obviously much smoother when calculating, the sense of independence of the two abacus is enhanced, and the "error linkage" that occurs during the calculation process is obviously much less.
"Sir, here we are, this is the only and best private library in Brape that has been run by the Grant family for five generations!" Housestairs, carrying Zhang Tie, walked in a building that looked even bigger than the city's parliament building. Luxurious place to stop.
Zhang Tie, who paid fifty coppers for the carriage, jumped off the carriage and took a deep breath as he looked at the seven-story building. This private library is very large and contains a lot of books. It should not be too big. Disappoint yourself.
Just like those high-end hotels, the door of this private library is very grand. There are actually two rows of doormen and armored guards standing at the door. At the entrance of the door, the name of the library - Grant Library is written. .
This library is named after the family that owns the library.
The first floor of the library is an elegant hall and several rest areas. In the rest area, there are dozens of rows of locker-like cabinets. I don't know what they are for.
As soon as Zhang Tie entered the door, he saw several signs placed in the most conspicuous places. They were the library's terms of service. Next to the terms of service, there were reading instructions and instructions on how to use the library's bibliographic search. After carefully reading the instructions for bibliographic retrieval, Zhang Tie realized what the dozens of rows of cabinets in the rest area next to the hall were for. They were the library's book retrieval area.
After secretly scolding himself for being a country bumpkin, Zhang Tie came to the book search area and began to look for the books he wanted to read. Reading here is charged per book, but retrieval is free.
The library's book retrieval has very complicated classifications. Zhang Tie spent a whole hour in the library busy with the complicated retrieval catalog cards in the retrieval area.
After working for a long time, Zhang Tiecai came to the library's service desk with a few book index numbers copied from the search area. Standing at the service desk was an old man in his sixties wearing glasses.
After receiving several book index numbers handed over by Zhang Tie, the old man lowered his head and looked through the pages behind the counter before raising his head.
"Sir, the books you selected are all available for reading now. However, except for this one, "A Preliminary Study on the Special Occupations of the Human Race in the Dark Iron Age," the other books include "Code of the Gods," "Oriental "Occult Phenomenon" and "Water Knows the Answer" are rare books brought from the ruins of human cities that our library purchased at a high price. These books are all human publications before the cataclysm and are placed on the fourth floor of our library. In the reading area where human relics were organized before the cataclysm, the charging price on the fourth floor is two gold coins per day. In addition to the books on the fourth floor, you can also see the books on the third and second floors. The charging price on the third floor is two gold coins per day. For 60 silver coins, the books you chose to store on the fourth floor will no longer be visible. I wonder which floor’s book area do you want to choose to read?”
The old man said in an old-fashioned way, and Zhang Tie almost cursed after hearing this. Although he is richer now than before, he never expected that reading a book on the fourth floor here would cost two gold coins for a day. Damn, This is almost my father's salary for the past two months. I rented a house with Mr. and Mrs. Green for a year, which is two gold coins. Zhang Tie knew that private libraries were expensive, but he didn't expect them to be so expensive.
The price of knowledge in this era is definitely beyond most people’s imagination. For two gold coins, you can read books in this library for a day. The library's business hours are from 9 am to 9 pm. The so-called day is only 12 hours. You cannot copy or take pictures while reading. Wear gloves, if they are damaged you will have to pay the price.
Oh shit! Zhang Tie cursed in his heart, but then took out two gold coins. After signing a service contract, he was taken to the so-called human relics collection and reading area on the fourth floor of the library.
Zhang Tie has never seen the so-called human relics before the cataclysm. He only heard that most of these relics are human cities and human living areas that were hit by fragments of the Star of God. These human cities and human living areas are in After being hit by the Star of God, you are in a special force field and state of existence brought by the fragments of the Star of God. All inanimate things in the city, even after thousands of years, have returned to their original existence. , as if it were yesterday.
The dream of discovering the relics of the human race before the cataclysm and becoming rich overnight is the biggest motivation that supports thousands of pioneers to explore and colonize inaccessible areas on the continent.
Looking at the book on the shelf in this study room of less than 500 square meters, Zhang Tie gritted his teeth and vowed to get back the original value of the two gold coins today...