Hogwarts Card System.

Chapter 382: Yanan Town, a Town with Simple Customs

In the distant American continent, a young wizard carefully returned to his house and took out a two-sided mirror from several layers of seals.

Although Utopia has spread to America through the Earth's magic network, the Magic Congress of the United States has not approved the official launch of Utopia.

Therefore, all the wizards who have landed in Utopia in the United States now have done so illegally.

Of course, the Magic Congress has limited power. If you land quietly and without fanfare, they won’t be able to find you, let alone care about you.

This little wizard, who is 16 years old this year, is called Slarda and will graduate next year.

Because of the promotion of the live broadcast of the top seven championship, almost all the students from those schools that had representative teams participating in the championship were attracted by the Utopia Two-Sided Mirror.

However, Ilvermorny in the United States is different from other schools.

They suffered heavy losses!
The principal was dead, the professor passed away, and someone else was stripped of his face and replaced to lead the team to participate in the competition, resulting in the loss of seven outstanding students in the school.

Although Voldemort was forced to retreat by Dumbledore and Grindelwald in the end, causing Ilvermorny to discover the problem, it was of no avail.

The principal is dead, and several professors have been killed. The remaining ones are also under the control of the Imperius Curse, and it is impossible for them to continue teaching in the school.

Even the school's treasure, the Serpentine, was taken away by Voldemort... It can be said that the school has never recovered!
In the past, the name Voldemort was only occasionally heard. He was a dark wizard in Europe. He was somewhat famous, but no one paid much attention to him.

Now it is so familiar and makes people gnashing their teeth over it.

And it was under such circumstances that Slada studied in school - it was like taking three years of online classes, the quality of teaching was so bad!

In fact, before this, the situation in Ilvermorny was already very unstable.

Because the atmosphere in the American wizarding world has always been serious, the relationship between wizards and No-Majs is extremely harsh.

So much so that many young wizards are very disgusted with it. Even in school, there are a group of professors and students who hate it.

There are also conservatives and radicals arguing with each other in the Magic Congress.

This gave Voldemort an opportunity - he was best at exploiting loopholes in interpersonal relationships.

In the past two years, some other magical organizations have also begun to exert their strength, such as the Witch Covenant, the Magic Federation, and the emergence of many magic carriers known as super-powered people, which has caused a lot of trouble.

Even the US government has intervened in the investigation, hoping to gain control of this power... It can be said that the influence of the Magic Congress in the mainland has shrunk significantly.

Things in Europe are not peaceful either, but compared to North America, which has always been magical, it is much more stable.

Nowadays, on the streets in the United States, there are people climbing over rooftops and robbing money transporters in broad daylight.

At night, there are heroes running around everywhere, enforcing the law on behalf of the police as they please.

The wizards all guarded their doors tightly and dared not move, because the authorities were also waiting for an opportunity to arrest people, and they had been coveting magic power for so many years.

In this situation, Utopia is simply an ideal paradise!

Stark uses Utopia to keep in touch with friends, learn about changes in other countries and regions, search for information and make friends, post messages to express his emotions, and have an online romance (although he was hurt a little, he has no regrets)...

Without the utopia, he didn't know how miserable and closed his life would be.

Today, Ted Epifani and his team have developed the world's best game - "Magic World".

Stark, who didn't get the qualification for the internal beta test at the beginning, was so greedy that he was going crazy. Now it is finally open for public beta test.

He stayed up all night, arguing with netizens on the forum, waiting for the game to be released so that he could rush in as soon as possible.

Looking at the countdown numbers on the two-way mirror in front of him, Stark put on the Utopia glasses - this thing was mailed to him from abroad by netizens.

There was a gentle white light before my eyes, and then my perspective turned, revealing blue sky and white clouds, endless plains and forests, and animals foraging and playing on the green grass.

A voice sounded:
"Welcome, Adventer. Welcome to this strange magical world. This world is beautiful, but also terrible. You need to experience it all yourself."

"Please select your race..."

Then two rows of humanoid creatures with different shapes appeared.

The top is a red background and the bottom is a blue background.

"The free camp is made up of some unrestrained forces and races. They include: sub-humans (subdivided into rabbit ears, dog ears, cat ears, mouse ears, cow horns, etc.), free elves, goblins, mountain dwarves, werewolves..."

"The Order Camp is composed of forces and races that advocate order and rules. They are: humans, demi-humans (same as above), nature elves, underground dwarves, vampires..."

Because each race has its own background story, and has various advantages and disadvantages, such as attribute additions and subtractions, innate abilities, and so on.

So Stark spent a lot of time looking at them one by one before choosing the dog-eared Asian.

In fact, he wanted to try being a centaur!

It's definitely not because of the whip-like reason.
I just wanted to experience the thrill of running on the ground with four hooves.

Unfortunately not!

Ted said: This is possible. But the hidden race needs some special opportunities to be triggered, please explore it yourself~
After race comes occupation, and there are many types of occupations.

When the game was first tested, there were more than a dozen professions to choose from, and their pros and cons and their early and late development were clearly analyzed.

However, in this public beta, there are seven or eight more professions!

However, the game guide voice also said that the maximum level of this 1.0 game version is 40.

However, reaching the maximum level is when the game really begins.

After reaching the maximum level and completing a series of tasks, free mode will be enabled.

At that time, careers will no longer be constrained, but will be influenced by one's own learning, training, research, and development, and will begin to be personalized. Or in other words, there will no longer be any careers!
Although it is called freedom and personalization, it is actually a means for Ted to let all players help him explore the magic path and conduct magic research~
You gain freedom, I gain benefits, and we all have a bright future!

It took more than half an hour to create the character, and Stark finally entered the game.

The one he chose was a dog-eared Asian from the Free Alliance, born on the edge of a valley with a forest.

He followed the instructions and soon began his adventure.

At this time, there were already five or six players with dog ears around him.

There are more than 4600 players like him at the same time!
It's 1 o'clock in the morning!

It can be seen that by tomorrow, the number of players online at the same time will increase dramatically!
Ted looked at the data and was very happy: "Play! Play! Work hard to level up and kill monsters, help me gain experience! Work hard to complete tasks and do research, help me explore the path of magic and accumulate research experience!"
If you are an old player of the internal beta, you may be able to download the first copy in two days.

That was a copy made by Ted from the real data he collected in the real world and shrouded the utopia - the Goblin's Lair!

Ted also created some debris and little goblins in the nest, as well as some women's clothing and so on.

Well, in this subtle way, wizards will develop a great hatred for goblins.

Ted's psychic powers will also play a role in collecting the overflowing psychic power.

Ted has mastered a pistol called "public opinion"!
An invisible and intangible force, yet it can penetrate anywhere.

……

Everything in "The Wizarding World" is proceeding according to the established trajectory, which is very much in line with Ted's expectations.

There are now 5.5 players logging in every day and staying online for at least two hours, and the peak number of online players is 12!

It can be said that it has become a phenomenal existence in the entire magical world.

The International Confederation of Wizards has already delivered a message through Dumbledore, which roughly means that we fully support you and we will develop it together.

But Dumbledore said privately: Ignore them.

Although the International Confederation of Wizards is strong, it is only strong as a whole.

However, it would be a mistake to view them as a whole.

Dumbledore, who really went deep into the inside and even became a member of it, deeply understood one truth - this seemingly huge and terrifying machine that runs the wizarding world is actually a bloated organization that is fragmented, riddled with holes, and has many factions.

Many times when one person proposes a plan, another person will oppose it.

When one person makes one claim, another person will make another.

When one person identifies an enemy, the other person will deliberately get close to that person.

There are also disagreements between the Federation headquarters and the local representatives... Every person, every force, every group has their own demands. Therefore, you often see a lot of strange scenes of opposition and contradiction.

While saying that it has achieved great success, the magical world has taken another big step forward.

On the other hand, a tragedy happened in a certain area, and the local magic organization did nothing or even became an accomplice, and he himself was the culprit.

So Dumbledore told Ted that he didn't need to pay any attention to it and just had to hold off and not express his opinion.

Ted understood what Dumbledore meant and also knew the rules of how the wizarding world works.

I understand more clearly the most urgent task - strength!
He was already very strong now. In the school, except for Snape, no one else could be his opponent. Snape was not sure.

But now that his business has expanded, he is facing threats from the whole world.

Not to mention the International Confederation of Wizards, that thing is just like what I said before, like a giant monster with many arms, legs and heads. Although it is big, it cannot control itself, so it is not scary.

But now the whole world is changing so drastically.

In the past half month, Ted has collected information on at least four otherworldly infiltration incidents.

One of them was quite a big deal. It was said that a strange pyramid appeared in Cairo, Egypt!
It just appeared overnight!

Now the wizards there are trying to figure out what's going on. It's said that along with the appearance of the strange pyramid, many strange monsters have also appeared...

However, if Ted had more detailed intelligence, he would have been able to find some clues - this time the Egyptian Ministry of Magic's response was too quick and accurate.

So even though the pyramid caused quite a stir in the magical world, it did not cause any stir in ordinary people's society.

This is not like the Egyptian Ministry of Magic!
According to their past practice, they would not take action until three to five days after the pyramid appeared, when the Muggles would have already driven their excavators there.

After all, meetings are time-consuming.
In fact, most of North Africa at this time has been controlled by the Saints Organization, that is, Grindelwald.

In the last Seventh Tournament, the headmaster of Uagadou was crippled. Now Grindelwald has given him a prosthetic hand and he has become a glorious saint!

Come to think of it, is this Dark Lord particularly good at making prosthetic limbs? One by one, he can bring back the dead with his magic hands~
……

"Ding~ Talent [Otherworldly Knowledge (Gold)] is triggered, and [Healing Church Blood Healing Potion Formula (Blue)] is discovered."

[Healing Church Blood Healing Potion Recipe (Blue)] records the secret formula of the blood healing potion used by the Healing Church in Yharnam to treat patients. This formula requires a high-level blood as a base. Patients who undergo blood therapy will eventually develop some strange side effects... It requires 250 experience points to redeem.

"Wow! Blue quality knowledge only costs 250 experience points, which is really cheap!" Ted sighed and shook his head.

It’s 250 after all!

Yharnam Town, blood therapy. With these two words, there is no need to say anything else.

This thing does not have high technical content. What is truly valuable is the method of diluting "high-level blood".

The so-called high-level blood in Bloodborne is naturally the "divine blood".

But this technique can also be used with other blood.

For example, if the blood of some powerful magical animals is made into a blood therapy potion and injected into ordinary people, it will also have a "magical effect". Of course, the side effects are also expected to be very magical!
Is this a treatment? This is a biochemical experiment!
"Well, find a chance to make a deal with Snape and get some good stuff in return!"

Ted himself doesn't need this thing. After all, if there really is some advanced creature, he doesn't need to draw blood. He can just start alchemical transformation!

The knowledge this month is not good, very average.

But it’s not a big problem, after all, research projects are starting to pile up.

Even if I gave some simpler and more acceptable projects to Hermione, there were still many experiments waiting for me.

Players need to upgrade quickly and do research early!
No, I'll increase the task reward, you guys should do some research for me!
I have to say, this feeling is pretty good.

By secretly manipulating some tiny, inconspicuous numbers, you can indirectly control everyone's behavior.

Therefore, the players in the game all think that they are free and that their choices are made after their own thinking. However, the influence is always unconscious and silent.

Players think that many problems in the game are not discovered by the game officials, but in fact, that is what the officials want to see!

Silly kids, you have to follow the official pace when playing games. Only in this way can you become a VIP player, at least you will not be sanctioned by the official.

As for the game's longevity, let it be.

……

As December began, Vice-Principal Professor McGonagall held a meeting for fifth-year students.

It's about the OWLs, or Ordinary Wizarding Levels, that we'll be taking at the end of this school year.

It is roughly equivalent to the college entrance examination in China. In short, grades are very important.

Very important for little wizards who want to find a good job.

So, everyone started to review very intensively.

Once the atmosphere becomes tense, it will become more and more tense, causing some young wizards with weaker psychological stress resistance to feel extremely stressed and lose their appetite.

Just look at this: the Iron Hat Queen Hannah Abbott broke down and cried in the Herbology class because of excessive pressure—the reason was simply that she weighed the herbs incorrectly.

This crying was bad, at least three students were moved to cry together. They all said they were stupid, not qualified to take the exam, and wanted to drop out now...

Ted doesn't understand, what are you so stressed about?

What's there to be stressed about!

Even if you become a stay-at-home mom after graduation and stay at home for a hundred years, you will not have to worry about food and clothing.

As for getting married and buying a house, that is not a problem at all. The dowry is not popular here. You can just fly to a fan when you go out, and you don’t need to buy a car. Where does the pressure come from? !
If you think like this, the rate of Chinese men masturbating will probably soar to the sky!
Of course, as a student, the job of a student is to take exams, no, to study.

So there is nothing wrong with working hard, just control your mentality.

You see, even Ron and Jerry are studying hard, hoping to get some good results in the OWLs.

Otherwise it would be embarrassing.

However, Ron and Jerry's remedial review was very ineffective.

The two struggled for a week, but finally had no choice but to give up.

Ron: Jerry, forget it. We can’t break the moves taught by the same master!
When reviewing this stuff, you still have to find some good ones! Playing chess with a bad chess player will only make you worse.
Once, when Ron was using the Leaking Charm, his hand slipped and his wand flew out and hit Jerry on the head.

Jerry looked at the wand on the ground, then at Ron: "Ron, you might consider practicing knife throwing... I'm not kidding."

You know what, Ted actually developed a set of flying knife magic.

Mainly, I wanted to try out the controllability of Shenfeng Wuying - to make Shenfeng Wuying draw a few circles and so on.

It turns out that this thing is better at controlling physical objects.

If there were a few flying knives that could cut through metal like mud, wouldn't that be awesome?
Ted demonstrated it to the two of them: "Look!"

Ted just pointed his finger, and a faint cold light flashed. A dummy's head fell off a dozen meters away, and then a translucent alchemical flying knife floated next to Ted.

By the way, this method of forging transparent throwing knives was developed by a rogue player in "Magic World" whose secondary job is forging. It's quite creative!
Ted even thought that he could hold a festival event in the future called the Magic Sword Forging Competition!

Held every three months, the first place winner will receive a huge amount of game coins~
By then, won’t all the forging methods, magic alloy formulas and so on belong to Ted?

Ron and Jerry had no time to review their lessons, and they all went to learn Ted's knife throwing magic - the spell was "Please turn around, baby~"

At this time, Umbridge arrogantly posted a new educational order on the notice board in the auditorium.

Education Order No. 24:

No student organizations, societies, teams or clubs may exist at Hogwarts without the approval of Umbridge, High Inquisitor/Professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts.

It is hereby defined that regular gatherings of student groups of three or more persons are illegal organizations.

This naturally also includes remedial classes and review groups.

Umbridge is also a pioneer in fighting against remedial classes~
She saw that Dumbledore was away from home for a long time, so she wanted to take the opportunity to cause trouble!

(End of this chapter)