Chapter 109 Yongle Encyclopedia!
Sixty meters.
This was already the limit of proficient diving. If he went any further, the water pressure alone might keep Hu You there forever.
Therefore, no matter what is under the water, we cannot continue to explore!
He quickly stretched out his hand, wanting An Xian'er to pull him up.
But the next moment...
Bang!
An Xian'er was directly hit by the current!
Facing the strong suction of the water, even An Xian'er couldn't swim out, let alone take another person with her.
Hu You was hit, lost his balance, and was instantly swallowed by the water vortex.
There was only darkness in front of him.
Could it be...
Is this the end of my rebirth?
Thoughts arise.
Before Hu You could think of his last words, he fell into another body of water.
It's empty!
The hole under the Forbidden City is so huge that even if a large area of water flows into it, it cannot be filled in a short time.
"puff!"
Hu You surfaced and quickly took stock of his surroundings.
In the darkness, no light could be seen, let alone how big the hole was.
The only thing that can be felt is the roar of water pouring in.
The next moment,
Light illuminated the surroundings.
An Xian'er was also swept down. The first time she surfaced, she turned on her flashlight and looked for Hu You.
"here!"
Hu You looked at the light source and raised his hand and shouted.
An Xianer also rushed over immediately.
With the light that appeared, Hu You finally saw the surrounding environment clearly.
The entire cave is about half the size of the Forbidden City. There are no other buildings around it, only hundreds of huge mahogany boxes stacked in the water.
At this moment, the water depth in the cavity was less than one meter, and Hu You was completely able to stand and walk.
He walked slowly to the nearest mahogany box, raised his hand and opened it...
A putrid smell assaulted my nostrils!
But his eyes widened.
This is……
Ancient books!
What ancient books are buried under the Forbidden City?
Hu You frowned and vaguely thought of something. Regardless of the rancid smell, he carefully swept away the dust on the ancient books.
Looking at the words above, he was immediately delighted!
"Yongle Dadian - Volume 18,961"
Yongle Grand Ceremony!
This is an encyclopedia compiled during the Ming Dynasty. Simply put, it is... a collection of hundreds of books on classics and history since Fanshuqi. As for astronomy, geographies, yin and yang, medical divination, monks and Taoism, and craftsmanship, it has been compiled into one book!
There are 22,937 volumes in total, including 60 volumes of catalogues, totaling 370 million words!
It is the most ambitious set of encyclopedias in the history of the world!
It is said that the original copy of the Yongle Grand Ceremony was only copied in one copy, which is called the Yongle original copy. During the Jiajing period, another copy was re-recorded, which is called the Jiajing copy.
Two years ago, I heard that someone had dug out the Yongle Ceremony near the Forbidden City, and Hu You paid attention to this matter.
He checked the information at that time, and it said that after the Yongle Dadian was compiled, Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty brought part of the collection to the Forbidden City, while most of the original manuscripts were left in Jinling.
It's a pity,
Not long after, a fire broke out in Wenyuan Pavilion, and most of the manuscripts were burned.
It was not until the Jiajing period that the re-recording work began, and it was not until the early Longqing year that the re-recorded Jiajing copy of the Yongle Grand Ceremony was returned to Wenyuan Pavilion.
Later, during the Qianlong period, only more than 8,000 volumes remained.
According to another report, in the first year of Guangxu's reign, when the great canon was inspected, there were less than 5,000 volumes left.
By 1912, when the Imperial Academy's collection of canons was handed over, only 64 volumes remained, and most of the remaining collections were scattered in various countries.
After years of collection, it was not until 1959 that the Yongle Dadian was finally photocopied and published, reaching 797 volumes!
This number may seem like a lot, but it only accounts for 3% of the 22,973!
Hu You looked at the mahogany boxes in the water in front of him, his eyes wide open...
If these boxes contain the Yongle Grand Ceremony, then this is probably the complete set of originals!
If the national database can allow them to return to the information society as quickly as possible, then this Yongle Ceremony can allow them to check for leaks and fill in the gaps!
Get through the entire apocalyptic period in the smoothest, simplest, and safest way!
After all, most of the technologies in the database require high-end chemistry and top-notch physics as support to be used.
And the technology in this Yongle Grand Ceremony requires almost no threshold to be realized!
receive!
Collect it quickly!
He quickly closed the lid and began to stuff the mahogany box in front of him into his space backpack!
Hurry up!
Faster!
An Xian'er didn't know what happened yet. She only knew that the contents of the mahogany box might be useful to them.
She immediately ran in the opposite direction to Hu You, gathered the mahogany boxes in the other direction together, and pushed them towards him.
The water is getting deeper and deeper!
In less than two minutes, the water depth jumped from one meter to two meters!
Hu You and An Xian'er could only swim forward in the water now, much slower than before.
But of those hundreds of mahogany boxes, only one-tenth was collected!
The total height of the hollow is less than ten meters!
If we continue at this rate, I'm afraid the entire hole will be filled before all these mahogany boxes are collected!
At that time, they will have to work under a water pressure of at least 70 meters!
This is different from diving.
When diving, as long as you reach that location, you can just go back.
But if they were to carry out the operation... they would have to withstand nearly a hundred tons of pressure and hold on for at least three minutes!
Not to mention Hu You, even An Xian'er would have to waste here!
We have to speed up!
Hu You simply turned off the storage function of the space backpack, and absorbed water while storing the mahogany boxes.
But... it was still too late!
Ten minutes passed.
The hole would soon be filled.
Hu You had already collected all the mahogany boxes on his side, and then turned around to find An Xian'er.
There were about thirty mahogany boxes piled up on her side, all piled together, and they could be completely stored as long as they went over.
But...
It seemed that it was too late!
Click!
With the impact of the water flow, the hole was further expanded!
The area of water flowing into the hole increased, and in less than ten seconds, the entire hole was filled with water!
The strong water pressure came!
Hu You felt that his ears were about to explode, and his internal organs protested almost at the same time, as if they would go on strike at the same time in the next moment!
An Xian'er made a decision at the first moment and swam directly towards Hu You!
Give up!
No matter what is in those mahogany boxes, just give up, take Hu You away first, and save your life first!
But Hu You didn't plan to give up.
If he missed this opportunity, he would have to get a perfect dive to come here again to collect these mahogany boxes.
He still didn't float up, but swam towards the pile of mahogany boxes!
There is a saying!
As long as your thoughts don't slip, there are always more solutions than difficulties!
Isn't it just high-pressure underwater operations?
He really can't stand long-term operations, but he can take some things away in a short time...
It's not that there is no way!
