Chapter 203: The Future: Fifteen Floors
The fifteenth floor is not so much a library as a storehouse of books.
This floor is routinely guided by a smart orb, and there is a cabinet in front of it, and when Triss comes to it, she is motioned to put on a pair of white gloves before she is allowed to touch the contents of it.
Triss came to the first row of bookshelves, and saw that there were many old books on the shelves, and her eyes were fixed on a poorly bound book, and the black cover only said "Frozen", and there was no other information.
She carefully took off the book and opened it, and whispered in disbelief, "This is a sample of Frozen!?" โ
"Harvey Adrian's "Frozen" was never officially published at that time, and the "Frozen" that circulated was pirated at that time, and the sample was a reference sample provided by Harvey Adrian to the comic artists who drew "Frozen" at that time, and there were only eight copies in total."
"Frozen, the first animated film of its time, promoted the creation of a new musical form of song, and is also regarded as a representative work of emancipating women."
"I remember that six years ago, a sample of "Frozen" was auctioned for a sky-high price of 150 million baluns!"
"There's even a copy here, no wonder the security level is so high." Holding a work of art worth 150 million barents, Triss, who is a core member of the Cromwell family, feels a little weak, for fear that she will accidentally tear the book paper with force. If she damages the book, the Cromwell family will indeed compensate for the damage for the sake of reputation, but the assessment of Triss will drop to the freezing point, and even be stripped of her surname.
Triss carefully closed the book and continued to stroll, seeing that there was still a crystal fixed on the shelf, and a nameplate in front of her introduced the information crystal: "The seventy-sixth issue of the journal Crystals of Nature and Magic, this issue records the principles of making photographic crystals published by Harvey Adrian at that time. โ
She walked around again, and finally found a familiar thing, a classical artwork that was placed in the corridor for decoration, she clasped her hands and muttered to herself: "This is the first hand-cranked gramophone sold by the Cromwell Chamber of Commerce at that time, and I also have one at home, but my father usually can't baby, I really don't understand, obviously the operation is troublesome, the maintenance is troublesome, and the sound quality of the playback is also poor." โ
As Triss wandered around, a woman in a white coat appeared behind her, smiling and asking, "It's spectacular, this floor is entirely for the purpose of preserving proof of a person's existence, and there are a total of forty-three thousand six hundred and twenty-six books, each of which involves the name of Harvey Adrian, and there are countless information crystals and other items related to this name." โ
Triss stopped to look at the woman with short hair and a white coat, recognized her as Esther Gaskel, one of the college's senior teachers, stepped back and lifted her skirt and saluted, "Teacher Esther Gaskel, why are you here?" โ
Esther chuckled, "I'm the manager here, but you, this level is not a place where anyone can come." โ
"I've gotten permission from the councilors."
Esther smiled predictably: "It can't be possible here without permission, after all, it's from the Cromwell family." โ
Triss is not averse to being praised by her family.
"It seems that you don't know, the reason why you are let in is not because of the Cromwells, the meaning is in the surname itself."
Triss was stunned for a moment, and frowned in confusion: "What do you mean?" โ
"Follow me."
The two of them came to a bookcase, and Esther picked up a book and handed it to Tris.
"Memoirs of Puran, by Puran ยท I remember as if it were one of the biggest publishers in the kingdom at the time. โ
"Page 131, you flip through it."
Triss flipped to the page and read it out as instructed: "I attended Mr. Harvey Adrian's wedding that day, it was a small wedding, and Mr. Harvey Adrian invited only a few friends, and it was a great honor to include me. The wedding took place in an old house, which is said to have been the home of the Adrian family. Oh! Perhaps it was fate that Haydai married the Earl, and it was a happy ending, and I sincerely wish Mr. Harvey Adrian and Ms. Diana Cromwell..."
"Diana Cromwell!" Seeing this name, although it was the first time that Triss learned this information, she was not the slightest surprised, she had already guessed what her family had to do with Harvey Adrian.
"Haydai is married to the Count, does this sentence refer to The Count of Monte Cristo?" Triss pondered the message in the sentence.
Esther chuckled when she heard her muttering: "Ah, this sentence, of course you don't understand, remember the world's first phantom in the history books?" โ
Triss nodded: "I remember that it was adapted from "The Count of Monte Cristo", which caused a sensation in Norton's social circles at that time, but because it was too old, at that time, the spell network could only provide basic spell casting functions, and the illusion crystals that stored this movie were basically damaged. โ
"Actually, there's an illusion crystal left, right here, do you want to see it?"
"Something to do with that?"
"Of course, because the Count of Monte Cristo is played by Harvey Adrian himself, and Haydie is played by Diana Cromwell."
Triss was stunned, the book in her hand fell to the ground without holding it steadily, but fortunately it was lifted by an invisible force when it was about to fall to the ground.
"I'm sorry!" Triss hurriedly apologized and carefully put the book away.
The world's first film, and starring the legendary Harvey Adrian and the Cromwell Chamber of Commerce, this information does not shock Triss!
Esther shook her head and smiled when she saw her panicked: "Don't worry, there is a protective magic array with a time regression function here, although it takes a lot of energy to activate it every time, it is quite worthwhile to protect this place." โ
The two of them went to another counter where the items were displayed, and Esther removed a photographic crystal.
"The method of making this photographic crystal is quite old, and it originally required supporting tools to play it." As Esther introduced, he came to a blank wall and sent the photographic crystal forward, and the photographic crystal automatically floated into the air, shining brightly, and a vertical light converged and projected onto the wall from the inside of the crystal.
Esther smiled expectantly: "I really like this phantom, it doesn't have the messy visual effects of the current phantom, it's the purest phantom." โ