Chapter 4433 Chapter 4435 [Library]
Xiang Nan didn't stay in the Temple of Poseidon for too long. He then went to visit other places in the city and quickly found a huge building isolated by an air shield.
"The things in this building must be extraordinary." Xiang Nan immediately realized that there was only one building in the entire city of Atlantis separated by an air shield.
To have such a unique treatment, it is obvious that the items included are not simple.
"Is it the treasures that mermaids have robbed for generations, or is it the granary where they store food?" Xiang Nan couldn't help but speculate, and then walked in quietly.
Although there is a magic barrier around him and the door is also protected by magic, Xiang Nan is not an ordinary person. It is not too difficult for him to break these two magics.
When Xiang Nan entered the house, he was suddenly shocked.
I saw that this building was actually a library, with a dense collection of books placed on rows of bookshelves. They were countless, at least tens of thousands of books.
"Oh my god~" Xiang Nan was pleasantly surprised. His favorite treasure was books.
Because knowledge is priceless, especially the legendary Atlantis, which has a highly developed civilization. The books it leaves behind are naturally more valuable.
Xiang Nan quickly opened a book, and his eyes suddenly lit up. He saw that what was recorded in this book was exactly how to make magnetic stone.
The text used in the record is the ancient Greek text. If it were ordinary people, they might not be able to recognize it. Fortunately, Xiang Nan has specialized in studying ancient Greek characters in the world of "Harry Potter".
Because magic was already very prosperous in ancient Greece. Many powerful wizards were ancient Greeks. The magical works they handed down were naturally recorded in ancient Greek texts, so Xiang Nan also studied ancient Greek texts.
He opened another book at random, but it was a medical book. He saw that it recorded many incredible medical skills that could regenerate the human body and even lead to immortality.
"It's really great." Xiang Nan was amazed after seeing it.
He has always longed for the legendary Atlantis, knowing that it was a highly developed civilization with incredible abilities.
It is rumored that the Triton sword in the hands of Edward Teach the Blackbeard in "Pirates of the Caribbean 4" came from Atlantis.
It can control ships on the sea at will (but not like Salazar's Silent Mary, because that ship is a cursed ghost ship.) So the power of Atlantis is evident.
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In the following time, Xiang Nan often traveled secretly between Port Royal and the ancient city of Atlantis.
While handling official duties in Port Royal and taking care of the temple of the monkey **** Chak Baba, he secretly learned the knowledge of Atlantis.
As his study deepened, he discovered that the Atlantis civilization was a highly developed civilization that integrated magic and technology. It had considerable expertise in many fields such as medicine, construction, transportation, machinery, energy, mining, and metallurgy. High achievement.
For example, they use large machinery to mine seabed ores, and then use magic to forge them to create indestructible Orichalcum, also known as orichalcum, which is a high-strength copper alloy. For example, they developed large ships driven by magnetite, each of which can carry tens of thousands of tons. The Atlanteans sailed this kind of ship across the four oceans and did business with people from all over the world.
For example, their medical technology is so advanced that any disease can be cured, and even immortality is not a problem. The Fountain of Youth, which humans dream of, is not worth mentioning to the Atlanteans.
For example, they have discovered genes and used genetic engineering and magic to create many half-human and half-animal monsters, such as unicorns, manticores, centaurs, chimeras (the upper body is a lion-goat fusion, and the lower body is a dragon), Griffons, harpies, etc.
But this behavior also incurred the wrath of the Olympian gods. In their view, only God has the power to create. The people of Atlantis abused genetic technology and created things indiscriminately, which is naturally a sacrilegious act...
In addition, the Atlanteans relied on advanced technology and powerful magic to fight everywhere and attack the city-states guarded by other gods, which further aroused the dissatisfaction of the gods.
In the end, Atlantis was punished by the gods. Severe floods and earthquakes occurred, and the entire Atlantis sank to the bottom of the sea.
The Atlanteans suffered heavy casualties in this catastrophe, and not a single one was left alive. In the end, under the protection of the sea **** Poseidon, the remaining Atlanteans turned into mermaids and could barely survive on the bottom of the sea.
But their losses were too heavy. Atlantis originally had a population of tens of millions, but in the end there were less than 20,000 remaining Atlanteans.
Moreover, almost all their factories, machinery, and ships were lost, and most of their top talents also died in that catastrophe. The surviving Atlanteans could no longer even read the books in the library, leading to a serious rift in civilization.
Almost overnight, the Atlantis civilization fell from a highly developed magic and technological civilization to an ignorant and backward primitive social civilization.
In order to survive, the mermaids have become mermaids, drink blood, and live in caves. They ate raw fish, ate seaweed, and even began to eat humans. They lived in lairs and became like wild beasts.
They no longer master high technology and magic, and can only rely on fangs, claws, and a kind of sticky seaweed to hunt. Facing human muskets, artillery, and explosives, there is almost no power to fight back.
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Seeing what happened to the people of Atlantis, Xiang Nan couldn't help but sigh with emotion.
A grain of sand from the times falls on everyone’s head, and it becomes a big mountain.
The same is true for Atlantis. It was such a high-level civilization, but in the end, almost the entire army was wiped out in a catastrophe. The remaining people have no way to inherit civilization and can only degenerate into beasts step by step. It is really sad.
Fortunately, they were not stupid enough to destroy the library, and still retained the last trace of civilization.
Xiang Nan also gained a lot of knowledge by studying these books, including technology and magic.
For example, the production of magnetite, genetic engineering technology, orichalcum smelting technology, advanced medical technology and the art of immortality, etc.
What surprised him the most was magic. Atlantis is the territory of Poseidon, the **** of the sea. He generously passed down a lot of magical knowledge to his people.
Because this magical knowledge comes from the gods, it is not only profound, but also primitive and powerful.
For example, some spells can instantly stir up huge waves on a calm sea; some spells can create thick fog that stretches for tens of kilometers, causing ships to lose their sailing direction. Some spells can confuse people's minds and make people fall madly in love with themselves... Xiang Nan has benefited a lot from these.