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Chapter 379 The First Step of the Journey

When Andrew left the office to prepare for his own project, Dumbledore came out from the inner room, opened Professor McGonagall's drawer with ease and took out snacks.

"Don't you have any opinions, Albus?"

Professor McGonagall sat back in her seat and looked at Dumbledore, her tone a little uncertain, "Taylor's idea is really too shocking."

"Yes, he is extremely ambitious," Dumbledore said, throwing a piece of candied fruit into his mouth. "I never thought he would be so ambitious, but there is nothing wrong with that."

Although he said he had ambition, Dumbledore didn't look sad at all. He even looked a little happy. "He actually wanted to translate everything from the Muggle world. I originally thought he was just a wizard who wasn't rigid, but he is a genius in Muggle Studies."

"There is no doubt that Caridi will like him. There is no doubt that if Taylor goes to Muggle Studies, Miss Granger will lose the first place again."

Professor McGonagall said with absolute certainty, "He even brought in Muggle theories directly, intending to use magic to interpret Muggle things. Even Charity couldn't do such a thing."

"Not everyone has such a talent for Transfiguration, Minerva," Dumbledore said with some pleasure, "Perhaps this is also a trend in the development of the wizarding world. Now give him the note. Muggle Studies - a subject I am taking tutoring for myself, I am afraid that this is the only help I can give him."

"Albus, are you still researching?"

Professor McGonagall looked at Dumbledore curiously - if there was a problem that magic couldn't solve, then Albus would get the necessary magical help in a week or so.

She was used to this, but Dumbledore said he was still studying it?
"Yes, I'm still studying. I've learned this, and that, a little here and a little there. The magic world has been closed for too long, and I haven't paid attention to the outside world for too long - using magic to make food. Even I'm used to the limitations of Gamp's basic laws of transfiguration. I've read a lot, but I still can't break through the limitations of the rules."

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"It's feasible in theory, but it's not easy to replicate it in practice."

Andrew sat in the library and began to try to write - although it was his own individual project and he had prepared in advance, how to achieve it was still a problem.

Wood is the most readily available source of cellulose at Hogwarts, even in winter.

Although theoretically the replica would not take too long, he had already prepared himself for a protracted war deep down in his heart.

The first step is to extract the cellulose from the wood, and the second is the saccharification of the cellulose. He has not yet tried to use Transfiguration to transform water into chemical reagents, and he does not know what consequences the reaction will cause - he learned Transfiguration in a disciplined manner, without any self-willed thinking or sudden inspiration, so he completed all the orthodox learning routes step by step in the shortest time.

But now he can let himself go happily, as long as he manages the safety of the experiment.

'That's true, but I still have to pay attention to writing the experimental proposal well, especially in terms of promotion. Studying cattle, horses, sheep, etc. and then thinking of ways to replenish energy is obviously not suitable - got it. '

[Analysis of wood sugar metamorphosis in relation to termites' sugar addiction and wood feeding]

'...'

What and what.

Andrew made a very conflicted comment on his title, but after failing to come up with a better answer for a long time, he finally chose to give up changing it.

"That's it. Let's kill the termites first. When the time comes, we can just catch herbivores like cattle and sheep and try it together. If we can transform chemical reagents, that would be the best. If not, we can transform enzymes. The latter is more effective, but it's a bit difficult to roll out."

After deciding on the title with difficulty, Andrew started to kill termites directly, and wrote down how many termites he planned to kill, and what kind of dissection simulation he would perform. "First, I will extract and simulate it myself, and then get the bills and other things in order to facilitate the subsequent exchange of equipment. After all, it is a special fund from the Ministry of Magic, and I am not embezzling it. I can't just copy it all the way, right?"

He didn't intend to just come up with a simple shocking idea, but also to follow up and convince people, which would bring about the entire transformation and improvement of the magic world.

If he wanted to simply write a paper, he could just use Legilimency and Oblivion to go to a mature laboratory or even a factory, get the enzyme and then use Transfiguration to replicate it - the effect would be visible in a day, and with some food magic, he would have enough time to write a Transfiguration paper in a week.

Austria developed this technology in the 80s. Although the gap is not close, it has been rolled out in recent years. Why does he need to waste time on this just to pursue results?

"As for the steel industry, neither Professor Dumbledore nor Mr. Nicol have made any moves. I don't know how their research is going and what horrible results they will produce."

He was not worried at all that the two alchemy masters would ignore modern steel technology, but he was very envious of the results, preferably ones that could be used in Hogwarts, and he had no intention of hiding it.

How can he carry all the things that have developed the entire human world by himself? Life can only be meaningful if everyone works together!
"Don't think about that. It will come later. I'm going to do my best now."

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"Well, it's approved. You can take the approval form to Professor Alice to receive your first start-up capital. You have also gone through the review rules, Taylor, remember to make them more complete."

Andrew's report was passed without any complicated review - the professor signed it without even reading it carefully.

"Albus and I have discussed this," the professor pushed the report back, his expression much more serious than before, "and we have decided to open the books in the restricted section to you."

"All the books on Transfiguration?"

Andrew was somewhat excited - was it because he had completed all the courses related to Transfiguration?

"No, all of them. All the books in the restricted section," the professor stared at Andrew. "You can control yourself, right, Taylor?"

This trust is a bit too heavy.

"Of course, Professor," Andrew nodded, "Besides, I don't think I can understand any books other than Transfiguration and Charms."

"... "

After a brief silence, Professor McGonagall added, "In any case, treat the Dark Arts with the utmost caution."

"I won't touch it, Professor."

Andrew really didn't have any emotional fluctuations towards black magic - after completing his own human transformation, the damage caused by his transformation was in some sense even more terrifying than black magic.

Unless the others surpass him in their own areas of expertise, the human body transformation he unleashes will be irreversible...

And this limitation will probably become greater and greater as he develops his own transformation technique.

"Well, go ahead," the professor pushed the approval slip over - it was simple, but signed with the names of the two principals.

(End of this chapter)