Chapter 397: Second meeting with the above (10)

The people holding books passed them back and forth, but without exception they couldn't understand any of them. One of them was a romance novel, and the opening scene description was so confusing that everyone read two pages haltingly, and didn't recognize most of the words. They could only guess, as if it was introducing what the decorations on the four walls were.

Others got political books, but when they opened the cover, they were overwhelmed by the long words and sentences inside.

"Knowledge barrier, this is really a knowledge barrier."

"I can't understand a few words. Does this mean we don't eat enough?"

"Yes, I just didn't eat enough, that's all." Ye Nai finished the work at hand, stopped and nodded.

"So what level are you at now?"

"It's probably the level of daily letters and children's storybooks. The vocabulary accumulated from these is enough for daily conversations with people. Beyond that, there are popular novels. I won't read them. I absolutely won't read them. They all like to pile up words. I don't have the patience to finish reading a single page."

"Okay, then we can just talk about daily things. Those experts and scholars will be interested in more difficult books."

"Remind them to take it easy and not eat too much all at once to get hurt. Just treat it as a home-cooked meal and eat it every now and then."

"it is good."

Everyone agreed readily, and then asked the secretaries to take pictures of the first few pages of the books in their hands and take them back to test on people who had eaten the translation mushroom. Words are not enough, and you will know the truth after experiencing it yourself.

After finishing, they put the book back into the bookcase, and Yenne put away her things. Everyone looked at the time and found that it was still early.

"Huh? It's only about three o'clock now?"

"Do you want to go to another world and have a look? It would take several hours there, but only a few minutes to come back." Yenna tempted them.

"Yes, of course we will go." Everyone laughed.

"Where do you want to go? The capital of Selsa, or the general logistics camp that we visited last time?"

"Is there a safe place in Wangdu?"

"The palace is safe unless the people burn it down."

"Is it so chaotic? There isn't even a single official in charge in the capital?"

"No, anyway, what I heard the last time I went there was that all the families with a little ability ran away, either by spending money, or the men joining the army and the women getting married. But the palace was built beautifully and magnificently, but except for the servants who cleaned the house and a small number of soldiers, the palace was empty and could not support people. Some of the halls even had their roofs collapsed and had to be rebuilt."

"Ah? A palace that no one lives in is built so beautifully? The royal nobles want to occupy our Blue Planet while wasting resources?"

"That makes me want to see how beautiful the palace is. Can we go directly to the palace?"

"Yes. Do you want to come over? If you do, I'll pack my things."

"Go, go, go to that palace."

The table had already been cleaned, the used disposable tableware had been thrown into the big trash can, the leftover food had been put back into the trash can, and the translation mushrooms and a large box of braised pork with soybeans that they had taken away were placed on the table since they couldn't be thrown away anyway.

Those who had their hands free took out their cell phones and turned on their flashlights.

Ye Na put the things into the space, opened the portal, and leaned over to take a look.

"The palace seems to be fine, so is it okay to stay in the council hall? It's the place where the king and his ministers hold meetings. It's been unused the longest and has the thickest dust. It's usually locked up, and the maids don't even go in to clean it."

"Okay, okay, let's go there first."

"Is it day or night over there?" Captain Lin reminded in time.

"The sky is dark, and the horizon is a little white. I don't know if it's almost dawn or just getting dark."

"If the desk lamp is not bright enough, the outdoor power supply has its own lighting. Turn that on instead of turning on the awning light." Captain Lin quickly added, this was the point he wanted to make.

"Understood. Wait for me a moment. I'll call you when I'm done." After saying that, Ye Na walked completely into the portal and stood in the dusty meeting hall.

My first reaction was to put on a mask to protect against dust, then put out the long table. As expected, the brightness of the desk lamp was a little short, so I turned on the small light on the outdoor power supply.

The brightness is barely adequate.

The main reason is that the council hall is an important building in the palace. It has a large area and windows close to the ceiling. The wide, large and tall windows provide convenient lighting and also prevent assassinations. The enemy cannot spy on the situation inside the room while standing on the ground.

Therefore, the brightness provided by her outdoor power supply and several desk lamps could not even reach the windowsill. It could only illuminate the area around the table, and there were shadows everywhere.

She finished her work in a few minutes, then went through the portal to call them over. To Deputy Minister Fan and the others, Ye Na just disappeared and came back again, and they didn't know whether there was even a second between them.

"So fast?"

“The time difference is really interesting.”

Ye Nai took out a whole box of masks and gave one to each person.

"Put them all on. It's been several years in that timeline, and the hall is covered in dust."

"How about we move outside? By the way, what season is it there now?"

"The season is okay, it's quite cool, maybe it's autumn." Yenne finished handing out the masks and put away the rest, "Do you want to go outside instead?"

"No, no, no, let's not change it yet. The sudden appearance of lights in the palace where no one has been for several years may attract the surrounding people. Let's stay in the meeting hall first and observe."

"Want to turn off the flashlight?"

"No, the hall is incredibly tall, and there are high windows. The flashlight on my phone is not bright enough to illuminate the windows."

"it is good."

Everyone put on their masks and passed through the portal one by one, standing in the dusty meeting hall of the old royal palace of Selsa.

"Wow, this palace is amazing."

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone felt a strong sense of emptiness.

"There was an echo. Was that our footsteps?"

"Yes, and the sound of our voices."

"The echo is so strong."

"Tsk, the echo enhances the feeling of emptiness. It's a bit creepy."

"Haha, this means this place is really big."

“It’s true that the flashlights on our phones can’t illuminate the windows.”

"Ms. Ye Nai, have you ever been here during the day? How high is the ceiling?"

"It's very high. I estimated it was more than 20 meters. I could only vaguely see the murals on the ceiling when I was standing on the ground, but I couldn't tell what they were."

"The gate is still locked. Why don't we be careful and go out to check the sky. If it's dark, forget it. We can't see clearly at night. We have to come back during the day."

"Okay." Ye Nai opened the portal directly and went to take a look first. "With luck, it should be daybreak outside."

Now everyone got excited and went through the portal one after another. Yennefer lagged behind, collecting the table and other things before going out.

When they came outside, the sky was just beginning to turn white. Although it was not bright yet, with the eyesight of the people present, there was no need to use a flashlight when walking outdoors.

I was indoors just now but didn't notice it was daybreak because of the stained glass on the high windows. Besides, I didn't come here specifically to visit the council hall.