The bookstore in the base has most of the books in the sea, and the four walls are filled with books of various sizes.
But compared with other lively entertainment venues, this place seems very deserted, and most explorers do not like knowledge.
Except for some crew members with special hobbies who were picking out pornographic books, the newly delivered books with white covers attracted no attention at all.
"Ugh! It stinks. It smells so bad." Lily covered her nose and moved away from the pile of new books.
"The most expensive purple-ringed octopus ink has this smell. This is the smell that only new books have. As time goes by, the smell will gradually fade and eventually turn from a bad smell into a good smell." Grace picked up a book and started flipping through it.
"I don't believe it. You must be lying to me. How can a bad smell turn into a good smell?" Lily stuck out her tongue at her.
But Grace seemed not to have heard it. Her attention was completely attracted by the book in her hand. After reading it for a few minutes, she excitedly threw the book in her hand away and rushed into the pile of books to look for something.
"Found it! I knew there was an original version!" Grace excitedly flipped through the book and read it carefully.
Lily walked up to her in confusion and looked at the book in her hand. "Elementary Physics? What's in this book?"
Seeing that the other party had buried her head completely between the pages of the book, Lily sighed helplessly. Grace was so fascinated that it seemed that there would be no hope for the rest of the movie.
Thinking of this, she turned around and ran to the bookstore owner and asked, "Mr. Old Man, where are the romance novels?"
For the next day, the two stayed in the bookstore until the other party reminded them to close the store. Only then did the fascinated Grace come back from the ocean of knowledge.
"These books! I want them all! This is amazing. It turns out that the legend is true. The Eye of Truth created the entire world in this way!!"
Grace, holding a pile of books, enthusiastically told Lily about the new knowledge she had discovered in these strange books. She looked very excited, as if a new world had happened.
Since reading these books, Grace found that the way she looked around had changed.
"Lily, let me tell you, this is just the beginning! I heard that the knowledge from the Foundation weighs several tons! I don't think I could understand all this knowledge even if I read it for my entire life."
Just as Grace was talking without stopping for a moment, she suddenly bumped into someone, and the pile of books immediately fell to the ground.
"I'm sorry, it's my fault! I should have watched the road." Grace apologized while crawling on the ground to pick up various books on the ground.
At this moment, a mechanical arm reached down from above and picked up a book in front of it.
Grace looked up and was surprised to find that the person she bumped into was a two-meter-tall giant. Although the surface was not cold, his entire body was wrapped tightly in black cloth. His whole body looked a little uncoordinated, with a sturdy body and a small head.
He used his iron palm to turn the pages of the book titled "Introduction to Mechanical Drawing" one by one, checking the contents. After Grace and Lily stacked the scattered books again, he found that the other party was still looking at it.
"Sir, do you also like to learn a lot of knowledge from it?" Grace didn't care about the other party's strange appearance at all. Seeing that the other party was watching so seriously, she thought she had found a like-minded person.
The man raised his head, glanced at Lily on the ground with his eyes under the black cloth, and then looked at Grace. His voice sounded low and hoarse, and he seemed to be a middle-aged man.
"Yes! I am very interested, but not just in mechanics. I like to read any kind of book! The knowledge in it is very interesting."
The little giant lowered his eyes, looked him up and down, then reached out and returned the book in his hand.
"Are you from the West Sea? I've dealt with them before, and they are very old-fashioned. You're actually interested in machinery. That's really rare."
Grace seemed to hear the praise in the voice, and her face flushed. She took the book shyly. "No, if there is a way to contact the outside world, everyone is also very curious, and these things have never been available before!"
Upon hearing this, the little giant's tone became a little excited. "No! This knowledge is not brought by the Foundation or Charles at all!! Earthsea already has it, otherwise where do you think the electricity and such advanced turbine ships come from?!"
Seeing that the other party was a little frightened, his voice gradually slowed down. "Child, have you heard of the former mechanical island of England?"
The little giant's words made Grace stunned. She thought for a while and said timidly: "This doesn't seem to be an island in the West Sea. Sorry, I don't know much about it. This is my first time leaving the Lighthouse Island."
"Come on, I'll buy you a drink. I'll tell you the story of the British Isles in detail. It's an island built entirely by machines, and many wonderful stories have happened on it." After the masked little giant finished speaking, he turned around and walked towards the lively bar next to him.
Grace was a little hesitant. She turned her head to ask Lily for advice, but saw that she was looking around.
"Lily, what's wrong?"
"I don't know either. I always feel like someone is watching me." Lily's little head was full of confusion.
"Well, it shouldn't be dangerous for us to go to the bar, right? The book says that many of the bars in the dock area are populated by bad people."
Hearing this, Lily's attention was immediately drawn. She nodded excitedly with her ears perked up. "Okay, okay, let's go to the bar! We haven't been to that kind of place before, and I've never drunk alcohol!"
Under Lily's persuasion, the man and the mouse walked into the crowded bar. As soon as they came in, they immediately attracted the attention of everyone in the bar.
This also included Planck, the chef of the Narwhal, who was sitting in the corner. He quickly pulled his hand out from under the waitress's clothes. "What is Lily doing here?"
But before he could figure it out, he saw the man and the mouse sitting down at the bar under the invitation of a little giant. Prak thought for a moment, picked up a glass of bubbling beer from the waitress's tray, and slowly moved over.
"The British Isle is a city of industry and machinery. A large part of the materials and ships in the entire sea area come from it, not to mention the core of today's navigation. The turbine is an invention of the British Isles." The little giant said with a hint of emotion.
(End of this chapter)