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"So, this really was the Dukang Map?"
Shen Le nodded lightly, without the slightest hint of surprise on his face. Professor Hu studied his expression carefully, then let out a breath after a moment.
"It seems you have some other way to verify this—right, you can see the memories of these artifacts, and there are parts that can be corroborated by the records on the bamboo slips..."
Shen Le could only smile and smile, until his face was practically stiff. He could indeed see the memories of artifacts, but so far, he had only seen that one segment from the bamboo slips...
And that segment had not directly mentioned Jing Ke's attempt to assassinate the King of Qin, or anything about the Dukang Map.
The only thing that could be considered a match was that the bamboo slips recorded a Ghost Valley Hidden Lineage disciple named Qin Wuyang, as well as his involvement in Jing Ke's attempt to assassinate the King of Qin...
So afterward, it was not exactly unreasonable for people from the Ghost Valley Hidden Lineage to collect his body, recover the broken dagger, and retrieve the now-useless Dukang Map, right?
He tried hard to shove those thoughts out of his mind and raised his questions and request to Professor Hu.
"Here's the thing. I can see it now... but I don't know how to restore it. More precisely, I don't know which parts should be restored and which parts shouldn't..."
Professor Hu listened to his explanation as if he were hearing a heavenly tome, especially the part about "the dagger's afterimage bleeding into the silk." After a long while, he sighed.
"I can explain the general principles to you. But every field has its specialists. In a situation like this, it would be best to bring