The Shopkeeper of All Worlds in the British Wizarding World

Chapter 553 New Plan

"No, still no." On the fifth day of research at the Wanjie Grocery Store, Ryan grabbed his hair in frustration after failing to identify the door again. He originally thought that he could start researching by recording the simplest mysterious symbols and patterns on the doors, but the experience of the past few days told him that these things were far from enough. He could feel the knowledge contained in these things, but after careful study, he found that these contents were like a layer of fog between him and the door, and no matter how hard he tried, he could not get closer.

"Is it because we don't have enough control groups that we can't recognize these completely independent symbols and patterns?" Hermione, whose hair was a little messy because she was too busy with research these days to take care of herself, put forward an opinion. "Just like many ancient characters now become dead characters without control groups, and no one can decipher them."

"But the problem is that these things are the embodiment of certain rules between heaven and earth, not the text from a certain civilization." Ryan shook his head, "So theoretically there can't be a control group--"

"Control group, control group -" Ryan's eyes suddenly lit up when he said this, "Wait, I got it. Although these symbols don't have corresponding texts, we can look at the secondary applications of these symbols, and then we can reversely infer these symbols. I was so stupid before that I didn't think of this, Hermione, thank you so much, if it weren't for your hint -"

Having said that, Ryan suddenly hugged Hermione and kissed her. It was a long time before the two separated.

"Really? I haven't brushed my teeth in days." Hermione turned her head shyly and whispered after Ryan let her go. But soon her desire for knowledge overcame her inner shyness. She turned her face and looked at Ryan with a blushing face. "Okay, can you tell me what you thought of? I'm still a little confused now."

"It's like this." Ryan took Hermione's hand and sat on the chair together. "Before, I was dazzled by this new knowledge. In fact, it is difficult for me to study the door directly with my level, even the simplest part. If it weren't for the close connection between this space and me, I think I would probably encounter great danger because of studying knowledge beyond my ability."

Hermione nodded. Not long after the book club was founded, she and Luna learned how Luna's mother died while having afternoon tea. From that time on, she knew that if she pursued beyond her ability, no matter how much she paid, she would only fail in return, and sometimes even pay with her own life.

"But now I think that I can study the runes on the door from the side by studying the cross-world teleportation function of this space." Ryan said excitedly. "It's not that my previous research was fruitless. After all, this Wanjie Grocery Store is closely connected to me, so I can barely know that these mysterious symbols and patterns on the door are the secret of this place that can drive us across the world. Even if we can carefully study the simplest part of this cross-world power, then we can take a big step forward in mastering space."

"But - how do we make contact?" Hermione seemed a little confused. "Every time we pass through this door, it's only for a split second, and not a single bit of power is exposed. I don't think we can figure out anything from this process."

"No, no, no." Ryan shook his head. "Don't forget, in addition to the normal means of crossing, we also have another way that takes a long time, enough for us to study these things clearly--" At this point, Ryan imitated the headmaster and winked at Hermione.

"I remember now." Hermione clapped her hands in front of her chest and said excitedly. "It was the same method you used to help me escape from the temple in Brazil. I met Sister Belle the other day! Her son is really cute -"

"Yes, that's the solution." Ryan quickly pulled his thoughts back after noticing that Hermione had started to go off topic. "So let's clean up in a while, and then start to discover a new world together."

"That sounds great." Hermione nodded. "Anyway, we don't have anything urgent to deal with right now. As for the time, to other people we've only been gone for an hour."

After a day of rest in the palace of the world of A Song of Ice and Fire, Ryan and Hermione activated the emergency escape force. After the familiar noise similar to that of an airplane taking off and landing, Ryan and the others once again experienced the strong feeling of external force pulling.

Because there were still two people this time, the magic balance of the space channel was still broken. However, the space turbulence that could cause them fatal damage in the second grade is no longer so dangerous now. While they easily divided some of their energy to build a magic barrier to block these tearing forces, they began to diffuse their own power around and began to study the space force directly exposed in front of them. This is much simpler than the mysterious knowledge on the door. Ryan began to quickly record the knowledge related to the door of the Wanjie Grocery Store and space contained in this escape passage.

Finally, when their feet stepped on solid ground again, they also completed recording all the spatial knowledge within the escape passage.

"This journey is still too short." Hermione complained quietly, "I still have a lot of things to figure out."

"It's okay. I've written it all down. My guess was right. The knowledge in the space channel can really serve as a key, allowing us to master the method of studying those complex pictures and texts." Ryan comforted, "And there is good news. We are indeed stronger than before. At least a few years ago, we felt that this channel was too long."

"Yeah, time flies." Hermione also sighed, then asked, "Where is this?"

Ryan also looked around at their location at this time. Unlike the previous times when he often appeared in places full of nature and wildness or full of a long history, the place where they were now had a strong modern atmosphere.

To be precise, they were on a fast-moving subway. Through the window they saw a little white light rushing backwards in the dark tunnel from time to time.

Maybe because it was not rush hour, the people in the subway were scattered and many seats were empty. There were only a few people in the carriage they were in. These people were either listening to music or reading newspapers, and they didn't even notice that there were two more people in the carriage.

"Welcome to New York—" Ryan softly read out an advertisement in the subway car, "We are now in the New York subway."

"The Big Apple? It sounds great. I've always wanted to visit this city, especially the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Central Park. Unfortunately, I never had the time before. Visiting New York now will fulfill my dream." Hermione seemed happy.

However, Ryan became nervous because New York was always the first target of destruction in countless movies, and he knew more than 20 stories of New York being destroyed. Especially since this teleportation was a random one, he didn't know if he had come to a very dangerous world.

The only thing to be thankful for is that the architecture of some worlds' New York is very different from that of the normal New York. Ryan decided to get off the train at the next stop and go to the ground to see which world this world is. If it is too dangerous, he will leave New York as quickly as possible and hide in a remote place, and then leave this world as soon as the cooling time is over.

Just as Ryan was thinking, there was a sound of glass breaking next to him. A man in a suit broke the glass at the back of the last car of the subway and rolled in.

(End of this chapter)