Shen Le sorted through all the artifacts he needed to restore.
The lacquered chest was soaked in water. He could not begin restoration until everything inside, including the ceramic urn and the bamboo slips, had been taken out.
The ceramic urn was soaked in water. He could not begin restoration until all the items inside had been removed.
As for the iron fragments, silk fragments, and wooden fragments inside the urn, he still could not even touch them. He had absolutely no idea how he should handle them.
After his examination and the professors' emergency visual assessment, the mud-gold panels appeared to have already gone through one round of firing. In other words, even if they were not restored immediately, they would not deteriorate anytime soon, making them a low priority.
The silk painting had already been salvaged. It could only undergo further treatment after microbial cultures had been completed and a sterilization plan determined.
The bamboo slips had not yet been salvaged. Only after they were recovered could restoration work such as drying, reshaping, and recoloring begin...
All in all, after sorting it out, aside from what was already being done, what was not yet urgent, and what could not currently be done, Shen Le's most pressing task was:
Salvaging the bamboo slips.
Salvaging the waterlogged bamboo slips.
Salvaging these waterlogged bamboo slips, already soaked soft, their edges beginning to fray into threads, liable to break apart in the water if disturbed even the slightest bit...
Shen Le had no confidence at all. Speaking of waterlogging, when he restored the Compass back then, its moisture content had also been astonishing. But it was solid hardwood and had only been submerged for a little over a century, so it could be picked up by hand without issue.
When he restored