Shadow Weaver

Chapter 104: Dreaming of the Broken Swords (I)

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[Chapter 1: Dreaming of the Broken Swords]

(Background sound)

(The dull sound of something heavy and soft falling on the table)

"Damn it... Why can't I do anything..."

In the empty and silent cultural relic restoration area, you hugged your head in agony, a pair of bloodshot eyes with red eye sockets vaguely revealed from under your disheveled hair.

Ever since you received the task of restoring the Han brocade from the curator, you have been working hard in the museum's cultural relic restoration workshop for almost half a month.

During the past half month, not only did you have to eat and sleep simply in the restoration room, but you also spent the past three days without even being able to close your eyes for a moment.

The high-intensity work has pushed your body and spirit to their limits, but the fragment of Han brocade carefully placed on the workbench in the restoration area is still the same as when you first saw it...

——In other words.

You've been working hard in the restoration room for half a month, racking your brains and using all your skills, but there's still no progress in the restoration... You haven't even found a possibility of a breakthrough.

[You: (Anxious and desperate, mumbling to the glass wall separating the two major restoration areas) Why… why is there still no progress at all…]
[You: (on the verge of collapse) I have already consulted all the relevant ancient books... I have even borrowed the research materials left over from when Xinsheng successfully reproduced the Han Dynasty loom... The machines, silk and dyes used for restoration are also fine.]
[You: (The more I think about it, the more headache I feel) I have tested this countless times... Why is it still unsuccessful?]
[You: (Looking crazy) What’s wrong? What’s wrong? ? ]
Could it be that you dyed the silk incorrectly, and the dye accidentally destroyed the silk's toughness and softness?

But that shouldn’t be the case… This “antique dyeing method” is something you learned from your grandfather when you were young, and you have continuously improved it dozens of times.

As early as a few years ago, you were able to dye many colors that only appeared in ancient books and were said to be "lost" and "discontinued". Last year, you helped the Provincial Museum repair a Ming Dynasty patched clothing that was eaten by insects due to improper storage... The restoration was very successful at the time and was commended by the museum.

The key is toughness and flexibility. It shouldn't be so severe that the thread can't even be woven into the fragments, right?

You scratched your head, lost in thought, your fingers digging deep into your messy, greasy hair.

In a way, the biggest problem you are facing now is not even the wrong flexibility of silk or the unsuccessful restoration of the Han Dynasty loom - the key is that you currently cannot find any material that can be woven into this Han brocade fragment!

Yes!

At present, there is no material at all that can be woven into this Han brocade!
Including natural silk, as well as various artificial chemical fibers!

[You: (in agony) This thing…it looks like some god has set up some legendary “restriction” on it.]
You think so, and at certain moments you feel that you may be possessed by some demon, but if you are not possessed by such demon, you seem to be unable to find a reasonable explanation.

You stared blankly at a tiny hole on the fragment of Han Brocade, recalling the day when you finally finished reading all the information in your hands, and were ready to try to practice on the smallest hole on the Han Brocade, which was not even as big as the nail of your little finger.

At that time, you would think that such a small hole could be repaired almost completely even without a loom, using only needle and thread, as long as you were careful.

Unexpectedly, when the needle and thread actually landed on the Han brocade, you realized how ridiculous your previous thoughts were - the cloth that had been buried by wind and sand for more than 2,000 years was unexpectedly slippery. As soon as the needle and thread landed on it, it immediately slipped off the cloth as if it had been greased. No matter how hard you tried, the thread could not stay on the brocade for even a second. - It was as if the Han brocade and the thread in your hand were not in the same dimension.

[You: (staring with stunned eyes) Could it be that... there is some monster living in this Hanjin, and I have to kowtow to it first?]
Your eyes trembled, and you actually had the urge to kowtow to Jinbo on the spot.

After all, it is said that "the end of science is metaphysics" - things that science cannot explain clearly can be attributed to metaphysics - and people in your field have more or less encountered things that current science cannot solve.

So after thinking it over again and again, you decided -

[Knock it if you want. Restorers can knock it on cultural relics and ask them not to break again. There is nothing shameful about it! (Select this option and jump down to branch line 1)]

[Will knocking one kowtow be effective? Or light one, burning incense is more reliable. (Select this option and jump down to branch 2)]

[It has come to this point. Whether I kowtow or not, my head hurts. I might as well take a nap first. (Select this option to jump down to branch line 3)]

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Branch 1:

[You: (frown) If you want to knock... then knock? Anyway, as a restorer, there seems to be nothing wrong with knocking on cultural relics and begging them not to break again - don't those who do scientific research often knock on their own instruments?]
——And some of them have special requirements on the strength and direction!

You muttered to yourself and puffed up your cheeks. Then you made up your mind and stood up and kowtowed seriously to the piece of Han brocade on the table.

However, for the sake of the health of this ancestor, you didn’t dare to kowtow too hard, but just hit your head seriously on the ground - the tiles in this room are quite cold.

[You: (mumbling) My Lord, my ancestors, please don’t make it difficult for me anymore… just let me find some thread to weave it properly!!!]
[You: (Put your hands together and raise them above your head) If you can do this, I wish to eat both meat and vegetables for the rest of my life!]
You muttered to yourself, knocking the piece of Han brocade three times in a row with "bang bang".

Fortunately, the museum is closed today, and they know you are still in the restoration room, so they didn't ask anyone to be on duty here.

Otherwise, someone would have seen that the "little expert" who was always reserved and elegant in their minds was lying on the ground without caring about his image...

If this gets out, people will definitely laugh at me for three to five days.

[You: (Thinking) Of course, it doesn’t matter now that no one sees it.]
After knocking your head, you staggered to your feet. As soon as you sat up straight, you suddenly felt an almost irresistible drowsiness on your head.

At this moment you realized that you seemed to have not slept for three days, so you quickly put down the repair tools in your hands, took off your goggles, and set out to find the simple cot you had set up in the rest area next door.

No matter what, life always comes first.

You pondered to yourself and blinked into sleep.

(Han Jin Jing Po thinks that your kowtow is very abstract, and inexplicably develops some interest and affection for you. Han Jin Jing Po's favorability value is +10, and then it continues to return to the main plot)
It’s a very long game plot, but whether the complete first chapter or the first and second chapters will be released together depends on the progress of Xiao Xu and the others!