Hogwarts: From Selling White Peppers to Becoming a God

Chapter 206 Magic Vision

It took Murphy another week or so to complete the modeling of the cane core antenna array, and he also made the cane body model. He assigned this homework to the two kids just to familiarize them with the use of mathematical tools, and he didn't really expect them to make a very good model.

However, the wick antenna array model has hundreds of parameters, and if refined, it can even have tens of thousands of parameters. Optimizing the model requires a lot of tedious and repetitive calculations.

He needs a mainframe machine.

Computers simply cannot function in the magically rich environment of Hogwarts, so Murphy returned to the magic research institute.

"The institute's supercomputing project is not yet completed, but as far as I know, the Umbrella Corporation currently has more than 40,000 computers connected to the network, and more than half of their computing power is idle. We can use them to do some calculations first."

Brisser Mason, head of the supercomputing center at the Magic Research Institute.

"Distributed computing?"

"Yes."

"That works too." Murphy thought for a moment. "Find a few people who understand genetic algorithms; this model is well-suited for iterative generation using genetic algorithms. Contact me as soon as you have the results."

"Okay, but how can I get the results to you?"

Murphy was about to say that he had left two crows at the research institute, but then he thought that with such a complex task, he would inevitably have to maintain continuous communication with the institute.

He could indeed obtain signals through the two crows' senses, but the research institute could only get his feedback through the crows' relay. This method was fine for some simple commands, but if it involved formulas or terminology, it would be too much to ask a crow to express it clearly.

However, Hogwarts doesn't have a telephone...

Murphy thought for a moment and took out a fairy coin.

This thing can transmit sound, but there is a distance limit; generally, one or two hundred meters is the limit.

Communication between the crow and him has no distance limitations, but the content transmitted is relatively limited.

Could we combine these two?

If we consider Fairy Coins as walkie-talkies, then crows are ultra-long-distance satellite lines, or even quantum communication; perhaps we could relay the signals from Fairy Coins through crows?

This shouldn't be difficult.

He summoned a raven, placed the gold coin beside it, and channeled his magic through the raven to the gold coin.

Then he took out the second gold coin, tapped it, and the gold coin next to the crow immediately responded with a tapping sound.

efficient!

In this configuration, Murphy and the Raven are like two signal towers, with the two coins connecting the Raven and Murphy respectively, and linked together through the channel between them.

We can study the specific uses of gold coins later, but for now, they are already usable.

Murphy handed the gold coin to Brisser Mason, "Use this to call me."

So, you can see the screen through the crow, and then you can talk to it using gold coins. Wouldn't that be a magical version of a video phone?

Although it is only one-way visible.

……

Before returning to school, Murphy asked the fairy Locke for the recipe for fairy coins.

In terms of forging methods, Fairy Gold Coins are the same as ordinary Galon, with only slight differences in shape for easy differentiation.

The reason it can make long-distance calls is due to a ritual called "Whisper of Greed".

It can connect several or even hundreds of gold coins together, and the coins can transmit the surrounding vibrations and sounds to each other. In this way, even if the gold coins are stolen, the thief's movements can be heard. When the gold coins are stacked together, any disturbance will cause the feedback sound to multiply wildly, emitting a sharp and terrifying howl, thus forming an alarm.

This is a magical ritual developed by fairies in ancient times to prevent their treasures from being stolen.

The ritual is a bit complicated. First, the gold coins to be processed are soaked in a magic potion called "thief's blood," then stacked in a fairy magic circle consisting of several nested concentric circles and two quadrilaterals. Next, a long incantation is recited, and finally, the coins are left to stand still for half a day, after which they will turn into fairy coins.

Fortunately, the potion for "Thief's Blood" is relatively simple to make, and the materials are cheap. The biggest difficulty in making this fairy coin is that the ritual can only be performed on gold, and only the super-rich can afford it.

Fortunately, Murphy is now the wealthiest wizard in the British wizarding world.

……

On the last Friday of October, Murphy shared the method of making fairy coins with all the practical students and awarded the three groups that had performed best in the past two months with coins equal to the number of people in the group.

"You can use these Galleons to make Fairy Coins, which will make it easier for your group members to communicate with each other within the school."

Murphy's plan to "connect the common rooms of all the colleges" cannot be implemented at present, so this can be considered an alternative.

The three groups—Hero Group, Qiu Zhang Group, and Dean Group—were all very happy. This thing can make real-time calls even from a great distance. Putting aside its practicality, it's just awesome!

Imagine pulling out a goblin coin in public and asking, "Hey, dinner at the Ravenclaw table or the Gryffindor table?"

When everyone looked in surprise, they discovered it was actually a fairy gold coin!

There are only a handful of these rare magical items in the entire school!

Doesn't it instantly elevate your style?

Then, basking in the envious, jealous, and resentful glances of others, you can say, "Ugh, what a piece of junk, the signal is bad even at just a few hundred meters."

As many Versailles as there are.

"Professor, I heard you have a method to measure magic power, is that right?" During the break, Dean's group approached him. "Could we borrow it? The branches of the flying broomstick seem to have very precise requirements for magic power, and we can never seem to find the trick."

Several other groups made the same request.

Qiu Zhang's group: "Professor, we want to know how to control the distribution of magic power during transformation."

Hero Team: "If we use your magic testing equipment, perhaps we can detect whether the ghosts actually possess any magic."

Even the Malfoy group came: "The magical concentration in the blood of pure-blooded wizards should be higher than that of Muggle-born wizards. Maybe that thing can prove it..."

Murphy was very pleased; at least after two months of training, they had all developed the mindset of "verifying viewpoints through practice."

He generously provided each group with ten magic detectors to support their project.

This incident also served as a wake-up call for Murphy.

The means of observing magical power are undoubtedly very important for the study of any kind of magic. The reason why many spells are so elusive may be largely because wizards lack methods to directly observe magical power.

If wizards could directly "see" magic, they would be able to more easily guide it and cause it to undergo specific changes or effects.

This is also one way to "enhance the wizard's cognitive abilities" in the magic path.

While the magic power meter is accurate, it is not intuitive enough.

Is there any way to allow wizards to directly observe different magical properties, just like they see different colors?

The magic detector works on the magical glow effect of gemstones... So, what about gemstone glasses?

That probably won't work. External magical radiation isn't enough to significantly alter the color and luster of a gemstone; otherwise, there would be no need for a magical energy tester.

If we approach it visually... how about increasing the number of cone cells?

However, there is still too little research on magical creatures. No animals with similar abilities have been found for reference. Moreover, even if such creatures exist, he probably cannot simply and crudely graft this ability over until the controllability of multiple Animagus transformations is resolved.

Or perhaps, a magic antenna?

The flow and changes of magic will radiate magical signals, which can be received by magical antennas such as wands. If an ultra-high resolution ultra-shortwave receiving array is built, it may be possible to receive high-frequency magical signals in the same way that photoreceptor cells receive light signals.

If different gemstones are used to distinguish the nature of the magic, then it is equivalent to having six magical colors, which theoretically can produce very good images.

However... those magical antennas used as magical visual cells need to be shrunk to the micrometer level in order to achieve a resolution similar to that of the human eye. Such a small scale may require chip manufacturing technology.

However, since the wand design needs to wait for the calculation results anyway, let's study it first.

This coincides with the topic of "how to use fusion potions to guide the core of the staff to generate a specific shape".

(End of this chapter)