After walking through the deep corridor, Li De and the others finally arrived at the high-level priest's hall at the core of Zanshu'er.
In the High Priest's Hall, there are not only the council hall where government affairs are handled, but also the intelligence department, statistics department, war hall and history museum.
Several other places are highly confidential. After everyone knew the responsibilities of those halls, they immediately didn't even look at them to avoid suspicion.
After passing through the ancient stone gate, everyone was immediately shocked by the sight in front of them. This was a pavilion with a ceiling of ten meters, but the walls could not be seen at all because they were blocked by bookshelves that were as high as the ceiling.
sight.
Here you can see classics from various historical periods: slate books from the barbaric period; gold books and copper plate books from the ancient times; parchment scrolls from the medieval period and paper books from modern times. It is conservatively estimated that there are nearly a hundred people working on sorting it out in this history museum.
Transcribe.
"Compiling history is an extremely huge project. All history from before the Zandalari Empire to the present is recorded here.
When King Rastakhan ascended the throne, he issued an order to sort out and compile all the history recorded here into a great general history to highlight the glory of the empire.
The King has ruled Zandalari for two hundred years, and this huge project has been underway for two hundred years. During this period, there have been several revisions, until today it has finally reached the final stage.
Of course, now that you are here, the history of Zul'Farrak must also be rewritten."
Yazma said it in a normal tone, but Li De was already dumbfounded. It took two hundred years to compile a history book. What kind of courage is this?!
As we all know, the so-called general history is actually a comprehensive outline compiled from the vast sea of historical documents. It is more like a catalog. If future generations want to study the history of dynasties in depth, they can use the general history to
Sexually search for more first-hand information.
But it was such an outline, and it took Zandalari two hundred years to complete it.
I am afraid that only a country with a long history like Zandalar is capable of undertaking such a huge project.
Yazma will take Niebuhr to the Zandalar historian to confirm the history of ancient Zul'Farrak with him, and at the same time continue the history of new Zul'Farrak.
Li De is not a sand troll, so he really can't help in this matter.
Seeing himself become an irrelevant person, Li De suddenly had some other ideas.
"Ms. Yazma, can I take a look at the information here?"
This made Yazma a little worried. It was against the rules for her to bring Li De in. If Li De was allowed to look at it again, it would be a huge sin if these historical materials were damaged.
But Li De soon made a guarantee.
"I just looked at the names of the various history books on the bookshelf and made sure not to touch them."
This made Yazma relieved, because she didn't know what Rastakhan's attitude was towards Li De, and she couldn't refuse directly.
"Wait a minute, even I have to get the elder's permission first."
The person in charge here is the most knowledgeable historian of Zandalari, the Great Elder. He has absolute power in the compilation of history books. In the history library, even the god king Rastakhan and the prophet Zul must respect his opinions.
It was different from Li De's imagination. He thought that the Elder would be an old troll with a stooped figure. Unexpectedly, although the Elder's face and voice were old, his back was straight and energetic, although his figure was slightly thin.
, but the muscles in the arms are still very strong.
Facing this elder, Yazma rarely said a lot. After listening to Yazma's detailed introduction about Li De, the elder nodded.
"The human race who rescued the sand trolls from their embarrassment and brought them here... You are qualified to visit here. You can read the names of the history books on the bookshelf, but you must not reach out and touch them."
Li De quickly agreed, saying that he indeed respected knowledgeable people.
After receiving permission, Li De began to shuttle among the bookshelves. In addition to the bookshelves covering the four walls, there were also hundreds of huge bookshelves in the middle of the history museum. In order to make it easier for people to access materials, there were even many ladders and springboards arranged in the middle of the bookshelves.
Li De had not climbed up the steps yet, but the position on the ground within his sight was enough to give him a lot of shock.
In this history museum, although the history recorded is dominated by trolls, there is also a large amount of history of other races. Moreover, the writing styles that record history are also in full bloom.
Most of them are country-specific history books such as "History of Zandalari", "History of Amani", "History of Gurubashi", "History of Night Elves", and "History of High Elves", but there are also some books like "Ancient Kalim".
There are chronicles like "Duo Shi" and even personal biographies like "Thunder God History".
Li De walked back and forth between the bookshelves many times, looking at him with eager eyes. The prosperity of Zandalari's literary affairs made him envious, and he really had the urge to take these history books off the bookshelves and read them.
But he finally suppressed his impulse and returned to the table where everyone was compiling general history.
At this time, several sand trolls were following a doctor who edited the history of Zul'Farrak and were talking in the lounge of the history museum. Currently, this doctor was telling Niebuhr and the others. After the doctor finished speaking, he would continue to talk.
Nibuhr told him what happened to Zul'Farrak.
The sound insulation effect of the lounge is very good, mainly to prevent interference with the work here.
Li De and Yazma stood at the long table where the elders worked, waiting for Niebuhr and the doctor.
Li De, who had nothing to do, couldn't help but glance at the general directory that the great elder was writing. The troll's writing was hieroglyphic, and Li De could roughly understand it.
He saw the end of this general history: Zandalari went to Zul'Gurub to seal the blood god Hakkar, the seven human kingdoms were formed, and the Dwarf Three Hammers War. This made Li De sigh unexpectedly.
In the quiet history museum, there was no other sound except for the sound of rummaging through information and the swishing of writing.
Li De sighed suddenly, and everyone immediately turned their attention to him.
Seeing everyone staring at him unkindly, Li De felt guilty and apologized repeatedly.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to do it, I just suddenly thought of something and got distracted."
However, what he didn't expect was that the elder didn't listen to his excuse. He knew that Li De sighed while looking at the general directory he wrote. A mere human race with a short life span sighed at him, the Zandalari elder.
, clearly questioning his results!
"Why are you sighing? Is there something wrong with my editing?"
During the previous conversation, this elder was relatively friendly. But when it came to general history issues, the old troll's words clearly contained murderous intent!
Li De felt the hostility from all the troll scholars, and he was instantly under great pressure. Good guy, they have been carrying out a major project for two hundred years, does he dare to question it?
But at this time, a pale apology could not get through, so Li De had no choice but to tell his true thoughts.
"You are very knowledgeable. Of course I don't think there is anything wrong with your work. I just saw the end of your work and felt that the vastness of history never ends."
Li De's words made the elder's eyes light up, and he savored the taste of his words.
"There is no end to the vastness... This sentence is very profound, but you haven't finished speaking yet, right?"
Li De carefully chose his words and sentences, and spoke thoughtfully.
"It is great for you to compile this masterpiece. It records almost the most detailed history of mortals in Azeroth. But what is your purpose in compiling the general history? I think in addition to highlighting the greatness of Zandalari, there are also
I just hope to find out the historical laws and sum up the lessons of our predecessors so as not to make the same mistakes again."
The Zandalar elder smiled and nodded with satisfaction.
"Yes, you are indeed extraordinary for a human race to have such a profound understanding of history. But you still didn't tell me the reason for your sigh."
Li De gritted his teeth and simply gave up.
"I sigh because this masterpiece was born at the wrong time. If it could have been released ten years earlier, it might have become the greatest work in Azeroth. Unfortunately, in today's Azeroth, it has never been published in ten thousand years.
Under the great changes of the times, it is somewhat out of place.”
Now the Great Elder was basically sure that Li De was not an ignorant fanatic, so he didn't show any anger, but asked calmly.
"It's empty talk, what's your basis?"
Seeing that the other party's attitude was not very bad, Li De felt relieved.
"Just five years ago, a huge dark door was opened in the swamps in the southern part of the Eastern Kingdom continent, and orcs from another world invaded the continent of Azeroth.
More than a year ago, those orcs captured the Kingdom of Stormwind. Today, they continue to invade the Eastern Kingdom. Regardless of the final outcome of this war, the world of Azeroth will undergo great changes.
At this time, continuing to study the history of Azeroth in isolation will ultimately be one-sided."
Li De's words made all the scholars look extremely confused.
"Dark Portal?"
"another world?"
"Orcs?"
"what is that?"
…
This reaction from the scholars caught Li De off guard. News about the mighty Zandalari Empire was so blocked that it didn't even know about such a big thing as the Orc War?!
In the end, Yazma couldn't stand it anymore. She had never participated in the conversation before, and just watched Li De's death attempt with a cold eye. But she didn't expect that this guy had a way to stop the elder's anger and still have a conversation.
There is a return.
"Ahem, Marshal Li De doesn't know something. In order to revise history, the doctors and elders have not left this room for ten years. In the past ten years, you have solved all kinds of things in your daily life here. Every day except
Faced with this information, I have no contact with external information.
We must have carefully collected important information such as the orc invasion. But I don’t think it is necessary to report this kind of thing to the scholars.
From ancient times to the present, there have been too many wars in Azeroth. There are many wars with more serious consequences than the orc invasion, and this war is still ongoing. For an event that has no results and has not yet been concluded, rashly
It is irresponsible to just record it in history books."
Of course Yazma explained so much because he didn't want Li De to underestimate Zandalar. Even the goblins knew about the orc invasion, so why wouldn't they know about it?
The great elder was still thinking after hearing Yazma's words, while the other doctors who compiled history books began to speak.
"What High Priest Yazma said makes sense. A war that has not yet been finalized cannot be recorded in history books hastily. And even if you don't take this into account, as you said...the invasion of the orcs only destroyed an entire country.
The human kingdom.
How many powerful empires in history have finally perished in the long river of time? Is it the short history and lifespan of the human race that makes you make such a fuss?
Let’s leave this kind of contemporary history to future generations to sort out.”
Li De obviously noticed that when the scholar said this, the elder frowned obviously. He knew that he was right in his bet, so he immediately spoke up.
"It's different. This war is different from the past. It cannot be viewed from the perspective of an internal war in Azeroth. This is an invasion from another world.
A completely strange race, a completely different world system, and they have a long independent history.
If you ignore all of this, you will not be able to understand the internal logic of this invasion. If you pretend not to see it, Azeroth will still not learn its lesson even after the war is over.
And I believe that in the years to come, these orcs who invaded Azeroth will continue to shape our world. If we cannot understand the history of the orc world, our future will be out of control.
To be honest, as a victim of the war, it is always difficult for the human race, including me, to study the history of the orcs fairly. For the sake of Azeroth, a race must stand up and do something."