Hogwarts: From Selling White Peppers to Becoming a God

Chapter 110 Five Processes

"Yes, that's the third point we need to explain."

"Wizards cannot decide what kind of creature they want to become through their Animagus."

"What determines what animal a wizard transforms into is fate, probability, or, to put it another way, the 'magic net.' The 'magic net' will transform the wizard into an animal that is symbolically similar to the wizard's 'qi' (energy), personality, and needs."

"This is why we say that Animagus metamorphosis is a ritual. Because whether it is the pupa of the hawk moth or the animal that it eventually transforms into, the way it works is on the level of 'symbolic meaning'."

"Our research revealed that the Animagus form of wizards often resembles the form of their guardian deity. This confirms our hypothesis."

"Because the guardian spirit is actually more like a wizard's soul clone."

"The fourth point we need to explain is the properties of potions."

"The Animagus potion must not be disturbed during its placement."

"Any disturbance will cause the potion to mutate, which is why the solution is extremely unstable, as I mentioned earlier."

"We believe this is determined by the characteristics of the Animagus potion."

"At the beginning, we discovered a strange phenomenon: no matter how precisely we controlled the conditions, such as having the same wizard use half of the same leaf to make two potions, the resulting potions had significant systematic differences."

"We calculated the cause of this difference and found that it cannot be eliminated by any feasible operation. It is an inherent, systematic, probabilistic fluctuation in the Animagus deformation phenomenon."

"Even if we divide the same potion into two portions with identical content and ingredients and store them in the same environment, no matter what method we use, the two potions will eventually appear in different states when we observe them."

"After ruling out all possibilities, we realized that the Animagus potion might have certain quantum characteristics."

"It collapses into a specific state the moment it is observed. Therefore, the observation itself changes its form of existence. And due to the complexity of the Animagus potion's ingredients, the probability of any two potions collapsing into the same state is almost zero."

"However, some features suggest that this collapse process is not entirely random and appears to be somewhat manipulable."

"In fact, in the process of studying the characteristics of vampires, we realized that the initial birth of vampires may very well have been an Animagus transformation accident."

"Even werewolves may have originated from Animagus transformations."

"We have actually already provided some evidence of the correlation. For example, the vampire's photophobia is similar to the Animagus's requirement for a dark environment and the characteristics of its mutation in sunlight. The mechanisms involved also seem to be somewhat similar. The werewolf's transformation under the full moon is also somewhat related to the Animagus's requirement for production under the full moon."

"However, the evidence is not yet sufficient, and we are still unsure whether these two transformations were unintentional mistakes by ancient wizards or deliberate explorations by wizards for more powerful transformation techniques."

"We will conduct research in this area in the future. We believe that studying the birth mechanism of werewolves and vampires will also help us to have a deeper understanding of metamorphosis."

"The above is our current analysis of the Animagus deformation process, and an explanation of four important issues within it."

"Animagus transformation is an extremely complex form of magic, and our current understanding of it is still very rudimentary, but we can already see some of its potential for application in transformation techniques."

"Based on our initial conception of the deformation pathway, the first stage of the deformation pathway mainly relies on Animagus deformation. Currently, with the deepening of research, we can further subdivide Animagus deformation into several smaller processes."

"The first one is naturally the ordinary Animagus transformation. In this process, our primary task is to solve the complex production problem of the transformation potion, understand the basic principles, and find a faster, more standardized, more efficient, and more successful transformation method."

"The second process is directional Animagus. The main goal of this process is to address the limitation of ordinary Animagus not being able to undergo specific transformations, paving the way for more complex operations later on."

"The third stage is the advanced Animagus. Ordinary Animagus transforms between human and animal forms. In animal form, they still retain some simple thoughts but cannot use magic, while in human form, they lack the various special abilities of animals. The two forms are separate."

"But, if werewolves and vampires are also a type of Animagus, then they are actually a type of Animagus capable of possessing both animal and human abilities simultaneously. For example, vampires in human form possess echolocation, increased heart rate to enhance agility, bloodsucking, claws, and various bat-like abilities."

"And werewolves, after transforming, also gain strong magic resistance, sharp claws and fangs, and their physique and build are greatly enhanced."

"This form, which coexists with both human and animal forms and possesses the advantages of both, is called the higher Animagus form."

"Only when they reach this stage do Animagus truly possess the power to help wizards become stronger, and only then can they be considered to have truly entered the path of transformation."

"However, our theoretical framework for this process is still very weak, and there are many problems to be solved. Perhaps the most important one is how to make the two forms complement each other while avoiding the flaws of werewolves and vampires."

"The fourth process is the magical Animagus. In this process, the wizard can transform into a magical creature. In fact, the animals that ordinary Animagus transforms into are not necessarily truly ordinary animals. After all, it's hard to imagine an ordinary animal acting according to human thought. Moreover, they must still retain the wizard's immense magical power within them; otherwise, how could they transform back?"

"We suspect that the transformation of ordinary Animagus may simply prevent animals from casting magic, but the magic still exists."

"Finally, there is the Animagus polymorphism. This process requires solving the problem of wizards transforming into multiple animals and multiple magical animals."

"Currently, we have completed a small part of the first process. We also have some conjectures about the directional Animagus. For the third process, we have werewolves and vampires as references. However, the fourth and fifth processes are almost a blank in the wizarding world. We still do not know the difficulties of magical Animagus. As for polymorphic Animagus, we can only rely on some creatures and magic that can transform into multiple forms for reference."

"In the future, the path of transformation will delve deeper into the unknown, and the challenges we face will inevitably increase. I sincerely hope that more people will join us to advance this research together. Thank you all."

(End of this chapter)