Chapter 148 The Librarian

On October 7th, it has been three days since I returned to school from Göttinghagen.

Apart from going to the classrooms on a daily basis and having regular exchanges with a few people from the School of Humanities, his relationship with his classmates in this major is average.

It is also due to the subject specialization of the University of Michigan. As long as the content of the professional courses chosen is different, it is not a teacher teaching.

At least half of the students in all courses during the semester are different.

Some special courses may also be mixed with the upper grades, not to mention that most of the dormitories are single rooms.

As a result, Tu Fu has few friends and is alone most of the time.

In addition to club activities, the communication channel for students in the school is probably only to participate in the dance organized by individual "characters" in the school.

Or activities like a party where you make friends under the guise.

There are quite a lot of such activities at Columbia University, so the personal style is really chaotic. The most exaggerated is the story of the child in the belly of a pregnant girl who cannot find a father every year.

Tu Fu himself didn't like the lively temperament too much. Apart from professional courses, he also interacted with Professor Kelan, David, and Fran in private.

Fortunately, recently he has become more in the habit of going to the library.

Apart from attending classes and regularly trying to digest the potion, most of the rest of the time is spent in the building.

In the 13-story library building, the first 3 floors are the self-study room for readers and the library of literature, history and law.

Various disciplines above the third floor are also singled out, engineering, pharmacology, folklore (mystery), geology, and multi-ethnic linguistics.

The first 8 floors are also accessible areas for students and outsiders.

The upper floors require even higher permissions, all of which are important document storage places.

Most of them are original solitary copies handed down before the Quaternary Epoch. Generally, they are only authorized to visit or read by professor-level figures, and they are not even allowed to borrow.

To say that the most outrageous thing is the 13th floor of the library, the required authority is even only for people at the school and dean level to enter.

Tu Fu glanced through the monitoring of the ghost ship. The thirteenth floor is a self-study reading room. There are only a few sealed ancient books on the bookshelf. I don’t know what is recorded. Anyway, very few people come.

Even Tu Fu usually lives on the 3rd and 6th floors, and besides the content of his major, he majors in the three subjects of history, folklore and occultism.

They are also selected well-known books and periodicals and academic newspapers recommended by Professor McGovern to read, so as to keep abreast of the latest developments in the academic world.

After all, according to the 5 million book collections claimed by the University of Michigan, the average collection of books on each floor is at least 400,000.

If Tu Fu can read at an inhuman speed of an average of ten books a day, then he will just finish reading all the books on a whole floor on his 130th birthday.

"It turns out that the concept of a transcendent existed as early as the second era."

Tu Fu is currently sitting on the third floor, flipping through ancient books that record the history of the Third Epoch.

In fact, apart from the most famous people like the Lionheart King of the Assyrian Empire in the third era, the second era is a great period known as the golden age of mankind.

Although there are only a few records and speculations in the book, it can be seen from the exaggerated description that there was a shadow of extraordinary power at that time.

Due to the advent of various strange demons and monsters in Genesis, the world has been in darkness for a long time.

In order to survive, human beings know how to use their wisdom and use fire and tools.

And in the millennium-long confrontation, many heroes and demigods were born among human beings due to the behavior of the stallion of the Seven Gods, and they began to use extraordinary power to save people from fire and water.

"Even the descendants of the gods are the same as the descendants of the extraordinary. Doesn't that mean that the end of the extraordinary may not be a god."

Tu Fu secretly speculated that some parts of the gods are really similar to the reproductive rules of superhumans.

As far as he knew, the offspring of a superhuman could inherit half of the power of their father or mother, and then be diluted layer by layer through the blood.

And the descendants of ordinary gods started out as demigods, and the descendants of the original seven gods even started out as divinely favored ones.

"Since the second era is full of traces of the existence of elves and giant dragons, even many books in the third era also record that the Assyrian Empire once captured many extraordinary creatures for pulling carts and transporting them.

But why are even dwarves rare after the Quaternary Epoch? "

Holding the book, Tu Fu wondered, not only did Liz rarely see non-human races, he had been in Göttinghagen for a while, and he rarely saw these non-human creatures displayed in public.

At this time, a crisp female voice sounded behind him to explain his confusion.

"Because since the Industrial Revolution, the supernatural power has been relatively reduced, and the Northern Continent National Alliance, which has the absolute right to speak, has indiscriminately killed non-human races, so they have to retreat and hide in more remote places.

In fact, except for very few auction houses that display 'goods', probably only the Church of the Seven Gods and the nobles still keep some of them in captivity.

Most extraordinary creatures and non-human races can only be forced to hide in the dark. "

It was Miss Bella Wayne, the learned girl from a family of historians.

At this moment, she was holding a thick ancient book and answered Tu Fu's question casually.

"Thank you very much for your answer, Bella."

Tu Fu smiled and indicated that this is not an amazing but reasonable answer.

Industry brought civilization,

But it doesn't teach people how to use civilization.

However, Bella still missed one point. The superhumans who took the superhuman path could hardly avoid slaughtering other non-human creatures and using their body parts as medicinal materials.

"I thought you would go to the fourth floor." The latter lightly brushed the hair next to the earlobe. There were books related to science and engineering, which were more in line with Tu Fu's temperament.

"That's why I chose archeology in the first place."

Noticing the badge on the opponent's chest, Tu Fu recognized it brightly, "The librarian of the University of Michigan?"

"The task assigned to me by Director Armitage, he thought that I was born in a family of high-level intellectuals, and I would be well qualified to manage the library.

As an administrator here, I have a lot of allowances and benefits every month, and the most important thing is that there is no limit on the number of borrowings, which is really suitable for me. "

When Bella spoke, she shook her head helplessly and sighed inexplicably.

"cool."

Tu Fu whistled lightly, "This is a good thing, but why do you look unhappy?"

"Because when Mr. Armitage Pavilion came to check recently, he always looked reluctant.

It may be that I can't do this job very well, but it can't be my fault. There is nothing to do in the library most of the time. I guess if this continues, he will fire me sooner or later. "

When Miss Wayne talked about this topic, she looked even more depressed.

The students at the University of Michigan are all of high quality, and every time they borrow books, they will be put back in their original places. After such a long time, she seems to be in a daze, as if she can't do anything.

As for the work of catching thieves, such exciting things have nothing to do with her, almost all of them are contracted by the old gentleman on the first floor and Mungo at the door.

If anyone steals books in violation of the regulations, it is almost impossible to hide them.

"Bella, do you really want to keep doing this?"

"I'm even dreaming, because I'm in the library most of the time when I'm not in class, and there's nothing more suitable for me than this job."

"Let me tell you how, every time that gentleman comes, you prepare in advance to move a pile of books from one place to another.

It's better to pretend to work hard, and more importantly, it's better to complain a few words about the hard work here when appropriate. "

Tu Fu put his arm under his chin, smiled and said, "Then wait for him to leave, and then move those books back."

"So...does this make any sense?"

"This will make it appear that you are very busy at work, and he will naturally be more generous when giving money."

Tu Fu replied seriously, "The important thing is not what you do at work, but not to let your boss see you doing nothing, otherwise he will always see you doing nothing, and he will think the money is wasted."

He has been in the society for a long time, and he is familiar with how to use the wisdom of the workers.

Never pretend to work hard in school, it will kill you.

But after going to work, you must learn to fish reasonably, which will save your life.

"Okay...then I'll try.

Bella hesitated when she heard this unreliable idea, and considered adopting Tu Fu's idea. After all, the situation couldn't be worse than it is now.

After a brief conversation, Bella didn't leave but stayed where she was, her bright eyes swirling around him, "Tufu, have you chosen your mentor yet?"

"tutor?"

Tu Fu subconsciously shook his head, "It's not too late yet."

"Tomorrow, the tutor interview of the Academy of Humanities and Social Sciences will start, and all the teachers and professors in the academy will be there.

Because it is a two-way selection system, the University of Michigan has always allowed students to stay in the school for about a month before allowing them to choose a tutor, and it is also the tutor who chooses the student.

Those students who performed well during this period are usually favored by excellent teachers and even professors at the department head level. Speaking of which, I have to thank you for leading us to a championship. "

Miss Bella Wayne spoke of it with gratitude.

It was because of this achievement that she directly contacted Professor Charles Kane as her supervisor.

The exposure of the Challenge Cup won by defeating Columbia University is too strong, and who else in the two universities does not know about it.

As participants, their names have also entered the eyes of many professors. It is hard to say whether they are students or not, at least they can be exposed and have a wider choice.

Tu Fu gradually nodded in understanding.

The advantage of two-way choice between tutors and students is that during the one month of admission to the school, those talented students must also work hard to achieve some results during this period.

Whether it is publishing papers or participating in competitions, you can show your talents to your tutors through certain platforms.

They also have the right to choose those mentors who have more resources and broader paths.

"Actually, the scale of this tutor exchange meeting is also larger.

Not only the matter of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, but also professors from the School of Mechanical Technology and the School of Natural Sciences came to observe, so I think it is by no means a trivial matter. "

Bella seemed to be in a much better mood, with a smile on her lips, "Guess why?"

Tu Fu didn't quite understand, "Why?"

"It's all... because of you."