So, facing the collector's inquiry, Shen Shi slowly said, "Ancient texts."
Just two words, and the atmosphere instantly fell silent.
Not only the collector, but even another guest who had hidden their presence, also looked over.
"What a coincidence," the collector laughed.
Though her lips were like gold, they appeared soft when she smiled.
"What do you have?" The guest asked first.
"I have The Art of War." Shen Shi looked at him.
Silence struck again in an instant.
Even though faces couldn't be seen and tones couldn't be heard, Shen Shi seed to sense his urgency.
Originally planning to throw it out, having made the decision, there was no need to hesitate further.
"How many words of annotation?" The guest asked again.
Annotation?
Shen Shi froze slightly.
His gaze swept across the battered copy of The Art of War on the table, seeming to understand.
What was truly valuable wasn't the original text of The Art of War.
After all, it was a famous work, and even in modern tis, there were countless versions, so no matter how incomplete the ancient texts were, the original text shouldn't be lacking. But the annotations could possibly be one of a kind.
"Wait a mont." Shen Shi was decisive and began to beco illusory.
Semi-online mode.
At this ti, the main consciousness had returned to reality.
He directly went to the study and picked up the copy of The Art of War.
Hai City Literature and Art Federation Publishing House, Hardcover Edition, with a tough shell, a full three hundred and twelve pages, as thick as a novel with over one hundred thousand words.
Compared to the battered book observed earlier, it was countless tis stronger.
When he returned to the collector's shop again, the book had already appeared in his hands.
However, at this mont, the book had beco yellowed, dry, fragile, with the pages sticking together, seeming like they would fall apart instantly upon flipping.
Three thousand years of ti had been added to this book.
But even so, the guest was excited, and the collector's gaze was also firmly fixed on the book!
"It's preserved so perfectly!"
Even though unable to understand the language, the translated voice still carried the disbelief in the collector's tone.
She gently raised her white jade finger, and the book in Shen Shi's hands imdiately flew up, scattering page by page in the air. The originally fragile pages seed to be delicately protected, separated clearly, and even the tiniest cracks were visible, with no impact between them.
However, the text above was like it had a mosaic over it, making it impossible to see clearly.
After all, what appeared here wasn't the actual book.
It was the virtual edition of the book.
The mosaic over the text was purely for protecting ownership.
Shen Shi didn't speak, being equally amazed at this scene, but still rembered to maintain his silent and taciturn persona.
After a long while.
The collector still had not withdrawn his shocked and enchanted gaze.
"I haven't seen such a perfect ancient text in a long ti!" His finger slowly swept over the hovering pages, seemingly feeling the texture, "Preserved in a vacuum environnt without any deficiency! It should have only gone through one owner, a pity its owner didn't flip it much—Sir, please sell this human treasure to at any cost, I will certainly give you a satisfactory deal!"
The azure glow in the collector's eyes beca intense.
The excitent in his tone was unmistakable.
This was, in fact, an irrational gesture in a transaction.
Shen Shi didn't believe soone three thousand years later would lose control over their emotions, yet he still displayed this behavior.
This sufficiently demonstrated the value of this book!
Guessed correctly!
Shen Shi's heart was equally elated!
This ant that he, living in the past, held an actual treasure!
Thanks to anonymity, Shen Shi's mood wasn't leaked at all.
After a mont of silence, he managed to reign in his emotions, then looked at the guest from before.
"Show your trade item."
"...Please!"
Due to anonymity, Shen Shi didn't know the other guest's expression.
But the swirling liquid had already flown over.
Introduction sounds ca at the sa ti:
"Transformation material produced by Adelaide civilization, specially manufactured to integrate into other civilizations. It can simulate any carbon-based life form, with minimum precision to the ancestral cell, having strong mitic decomposition of matter, and equipped with the strongest anti-detection systems, with high military value..."
Shen Shi looked at the glob of liquid in his hand, listening to the continuous translation in his ear.
Even without detecting the original tone due to anonymity, he could feel the urgency in the other person's hearts from these long introductions.
Anonymity is indeed not omnipotent.
It was right to speak less.
But compared to these, Shen Shi at the mont was more amazed by the item in his hands.
He had already temporarily acquired the rights to the item from the trading platform and understood its actual use.
Transformation.
The so-called transformation material was composed of incredibly minute individuals capable of transforming into most elents.
Note, it's elents! Hydrogen, Helium, Lithium, Beryllium, Boron kinds of elents!
From a modern scientific perspective, this was almost impossible. These so-called elents were the basic particles that make up matter, resulting from the change in atomic proton numbers leading to qualitative changes. In other words, if this kind of matter truly existed as witnessed, its control level was at least at the proton level!
But does proton change not involve energy change?
Forget it.
Shen Shi gave up trying to use his limited scientific knowledge to comprehend the technology three thousand years in the future.
Suppressing his excited emotions, he manipulated according to the operation manual. With just a thought, the dark liquid in his hand rapidly compressed, into a cube of gold.
Both in weight and texture, it was indistinguishable from real gold!
Then, with another thought.
It transford into a bird of unknown species, with ever-changing feathers, stunningly beautiful, spreading its wings, and starting to fly enthusiastically around Shen Shi in the small room.
This was a record of extraterrestrial species in the transformation material's database.
Transformation material could simulate and transform into most elents, but the combination still needed a control terminal to manage, similar to the relationship between a remote control and a drone.
"Not bad." Shen Yi pretended to be calm.
"Let's trade then!" The guest's urgency couldn't be suppressed by anonymity.
This was a complete version of The Art of War! Even if it's not a solitary copy, just its completeness could make its value ten tis more than one with missing parts!
If this treasure was presented to the lord...
Must complete the trade!
The guest even looked at the collector warily.
At that mont, they were trade partners; the next instant, they beca foes!
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