There is also archeology in the world of science and technology. There is an industry called archeology. First, we examine our own antiquity, and later in the interstellar era, we examine the antiquity of other civilizations. In archeology, studying the documents and materials of various civilizations is naturally a top priority, and this involves the issue of preservation.
Situations like Ye Zan's current situation are not uncommon in archaeological activities. If you discover an ancient tomb or ruins and open it rashly, it may not have a devastating impact on some gold, silver and other artifacts. But those documents, including paper, wood, bamboo, and even animal bones and tortoise shells, may have turned to dust in the first place, but they just maintained their original appearance without being exposed to external force, let alone being touched, and there was a slight air movement. It was all ruined.
As a result, there is a technology that uses a smart nanomaterial to penetrate into the material and replace the decayed fibers to keep the material in its original form.
The things in this study may not have turned to dust, otherwise with such leaky doors and windows, those books would have long since disappeared. However, judging from the condition of the main hall outside, it must have been severely decayed. The pages of the book may not even be able to be turned. This is the time to use this method.
Ye Zan first used film to cover large air leaks in the house, such as windows without window paper, making the house a basically airtight space, leaving only a small hole the size of a bottle mouth. Then, he took out a suitcase-sized machine from another dimension, and connected an aluminum can as big as a fist to the machine. There was a pipe at the other end of the machine. Ye Zan connected the hose to the reserved hole and turned on the machine.
As the machine was turned on, a cloud of mist could be seen through the film sealing the window slowly beginning to spread in the room. Before long, nothing could be seen in the whole room, and it was completely filled with mist. Ye Zan glanced at the data displayed by the machine and determined the density of the fog in the room. Then he turned off the machine and waited quietly outside the door.
However, Ye Zan didn't have to wait long. After the machine was turned off, the fog in the room began to gradually fade. After waiting for less than a quarter of an hour, the fog in the room completely disappeared, and it seemed that there was no change from before. But this time, Ye Zan was not so cautious and directly reached out to push open the door, but there was no change in the room.
Ye Zan came to a desk and casually picked up a book on the table. The book that was supposed to break when touched, now seemed quite strong. After all, this technology is not a step back in time. While the smart nanomaterial solidifies the paper, it also gives the paper a plastic-like feel.
Of course, this change will not affect reading.
Ye Zan flipped through two pages. The handwriting on the book was in a relatively ancient font. According to the comparison with the intelligent brain database, it was at least 5,000 years old. From this point of view, unless the owner of the secret realm deliberately used ancient characters, it can be basically inferred that the history of this secret realm should be more than 5,000 years.
Ye Zan did not intend to use technological dating methods to determine this result. After all, this world is still very different from the technological world. This world is a world with special energy like aura. Under the influence of aura, many things are different from the technological world. For example, the carbon 14 dating method that has been used in the technological world for a long time is completely inapplicable in this world.
Anyway, Ye Zan didn't really come here for archeology, so whether it was five thousand years or six thousand years, finding something useful to him was the main topic. For this purpose, Ye Zan may be more like a tomb robber, although this is not a tomb.
The book Ye Zan took was placed directly on the desk. It should probably be said that it was a notebook, with nearly half of it blank at the back. The cover of the note is made of animal skin, and there is nothing written on the cover. This is not surprising. Who would name their note and sign it with their own name
The content of the notes is indeed related to the mechanism technique, but it is more about recording some test results. Even some of the terminology used in it seemed a bit confusing to Ye Zan, a person who had never been exposed to the art of mechanism.
Obviously, if the Lord of the Secret Realm recorded all his research on the mechanism technique in his notes, then the notes in Ye Zan's hand should be from the later stages of the research. Since there is a later stage, there should be an early stage. Ye Zan quickly found several identical notes on the bookshelf on one side of the room.
In the first notebook, Ye Zan finally found the identity of the Lord of the Secret Realm. This master of the secret realm calls himself Taoist Baiji, but this name makes Ye Zan very unfamiliar. Although he has read a lot of information about various sects, he only knows that there is one sect called Qianji Sect. As for the relationship between the two, at least it is impossible to know now.
The notes of Taoist Baiji refer to the mechanism technique almost from scratch, just like a beginner gradually becoming a master. This is very beneficial to Ye Zan. Just by reading these notes, he can learn the mechanism technique from the shallower to the deeper without the need for a teacher to teach him.
However, this also makes Ye Zan a little strange. It doesn't look like he is just studying intelligent mechanism puppets, but more like he is studying mechanism techniques, or perhaps even creating mechanism techniques.
Thinking of his previous speculation that this secret realm might have a history of five to six thousand years, Ye Zan suddenly thought of a question. In this world, the mechanism technique is not an ancient inheritance. In fact, in the era of Xuan Yuan Lao Tao thousands of years ago, there was basically no complete inheritance of mechanism technique.
In other words, this Taoist Baiji, even if he is not the creator of the current Mechanism inheritance, should at least be one of the participants in its creation back then.
However, again, Ye Zan is not here for archeology. Regardless of the identity of Taoist Baiji, getting these notes is a big gain. From the notes, Ye Zan also found content related to intelligence. After seeing it, he was really shocked. The intelligence of those machine puppets was actually related to the soul.
No wonder the various forms of mechanical puppets all have corresponding performances that match their forms, for example, the tiger form behaves like a tiger, and the wolf form behaves like a wolf, because they contain the souls of tigers or wolves. And the human-shaped mechanical puppets, including the four bronze terracotta warriors, undoubtedly use human souls.
Of course, judging from the notes, in order to ensure the autonomy of the agency puppet and to have sufficient control, both animal souls and human souls have been processed. There is a saying in this world that there are three souls and seven souls. After a person dies, the heavenly soul returns to heaven, the earthly soul returns to earth, and the human soul wanders around the place of burial. And this Taoist Baiji captured human souls and refined them into machine puppets.
This kind of approach feels a bit evil even for Ye Zan, who comes from the world of science and technology. In this world, playing with people's souls can be said to be close to the practice of the devil. At least on the surface, the righteous path does not allow such things.