Hogwarts: From Selling White Peppers to Becoming a God

Chapter 289 Crow Pavilion

"Politics?" Patrick asked, somewhat puzzled. "I might have thought about it in the past, but now... standing on the shoulders of the Umbrella Corporation, a little power no longer attracts me."

"Or are you planning to kick me out?" Patrick asked, half-jokingly and half-worriedly.

"What are you thinking?" Murphy chuckled. "With Umbrella's current size, can't they find you a place to retire in?"

"However, the protective umbrella is on track and we don't need to keep a close eye on it anymore. I want you to help me do something more important."

Patrick vaguely understood. "Tell me, what do you want me to do?"

"I want to usher this world into an era of magic and technology," Murphy said.

Without his intervention, this should be the beginning of the Internet, and the world would have entered the information age in the next thirty years.

However, compared to information technology, magic will undoubtedly bring about a greater leap in productivity.

To achieve the integration of science and magic, he is determined to bring magic to the Muggle world.

Patrick nodded. "Like in the magic lab? You want to bring it into the open?"

"It will have to come out into the open sooner or later. Hiding it indefinitely is not a solution. The development of magical technology requires the participation of the entire society."

"But you're worried the process might get out of control, and you want to control it." Patrick understood. "So, you need political power."

Talking to smart people is that simple. Murphy nodded. "I don't have many people I can completely trust. I want you to do this for me."

Murphy is eager to quickly advance the path of combining science and magic.

If he disregarded the consequences, he could simply reveal the existence of magic and wizards. In that case, as long as he could withstand the backlash from the wizarding world, no country in Muggle society would be able to let go of the research on magic, and the combination of science and magic would naturally emerge.

However, in that situation, he would have no control over the course of events and would completely lose the initiative. While the world would indeed move towards a combination of science and magic, he would find it difficult to achieve the desired results.

To reap consistent rewards, he must firmly grasp the progress control of the science-magic combination route.

The construction of the Soviet National Magic Laboratory must be kept as secret as possible, and the scope of knowledge must be controlled as much as possible. At the same time, it is hoped that the magic ministries of various countries can clean up the mess for us.

Patrick hesitated for a moment, then said, "You're not planning to have me run for office, are you?"

"Let's give it a try, even though it might take a long time," Murphy said. "You're a Conservative, right?"

The general election was over in April of this year, and the positions of members of parliament and the prime minister have been determined. If Patrick were to start the campaign process now, it would be at least five years before he could obtain that most important position.

However, it is really difficult to control the British government without going through the election process.

Due to the differences between the two major parties and the existence of Parliament, the power of the British Prime Minister is largely limited by his own party. If he cannot gain absolute support within his own party, it is difficult for him to maintain his position as Prime Minister.

This means that to control the country, one would need to control at least the prime minister and several hundred members of the ruling party in the lower house. In peacetime, even with magic, it would take a lot of time and effort to accomplish such a thing.

This is also why Murphy was willing to risk everything to seize control of the Soviet Union.

"These things can't be rushed. You might need to spend a year or two getting into the House of Commons, and another year or two getting into the Cabinet..."

This speed is achieved even with the support of a massive amount of money and magic.

British elections are conducted indirectly, making it impossible for an outsider to come to power. Even if Murphy could control the Prime Minister temporarily through magic, he would likely be ousted by a vote of no confidence in Parliament soon. It would be extremely difficult to establish a dictatorship in Britain.

However, the path of combining science and magic is not something that can be accomplished overnight, and Murphy is prepared for a long-term battle.

The idea of ​​getting Patrick into politics was part of a plan; perhaps there will be an opportunity later.

……

In July, Murphy drafted new rules and regulations for the Ministry of Magic, which became the basis for employment agreements. After attaching the Mind Seed, he had all Ministry employees at all levels re-sign them.

These protocols all have a backdoor in their Minds interface. If necessary, Murphy can monitor the other party's every move through the backdoor, but under normal circumstances, this backdoor is closed.

There was no way around it; the amount of information was simply too much. If all these Mind Seed communication interfaces were opened, he simply wouldn't be able to process it all.

In fact, even disregarding the Mind Seeds on these Ministry of Magic employees, he had already distributed far too many Mind Seeds.

First is the "Anti-Cancer Virus" training program. He has already sent out nearly two thousand Mind Seeds with interfaces. Although he has specially optimized the communication protocol of these Mind Seeds so that they can only transmit text information of about one hundred words at a time, the sheer number of them is overwhelming, and the daily information exchange takes up some of his energy.

Secondly, there's the "anti-aging virus" used to control Soviet officials. This part of the Seed of the Mind is basically in standby mode. If an official occasionally disobeys, Murphy only needs to send a command to destroy the other party.

Unfortunately, due to differences in political systems, it was difficult to replicate this approach in Britain; otherwise, Murphy wouldn't have gone through so much trouble to get Patrick into politics.

When the National Magic Laboratory resumes operations, he will inevitably release a large number of Mind Seeds. At that time, how to deal with this Mind Seed network will be a problem that must be solved.

The Seed of the Mind network disregards spatial distance, enabling individuals to exchange information at any time, thus compensating for the current lack of instant communication methods in the world.

At the same time, it has excellent confidentiality, making it perfect for intelligence work.

Finally, it is also the safest means of control; as long as the seed of loyalty is planted, he will not have to worry about his subordinates betraying him.

However, the Seeds of the Mind network faces two problems in its desire to expand.

First, there's the issue of computing power. To oversee the entire Mindseed network, Murphy must be at the center of the Mindseed communication network; he must be the sole convergence point. Therefore, the transmission and forwarding of information must be handled by him, requiring substantial computing power.

The training tasks for the anti-cancer virus are now close to his daily processing limit. If he wants to expand the scale further, he will have to find a way to increase his computing power.

Secondly, there's the bandwidth issue. The Seed of the Mind can transmit various kinds of information, including not only simple text but also sound, sight, and even other sensory information; directly transmitting a thought is also possible. However, text information contains the least amount of data. To monitor other sensory information in real time using the Seed of the Mind network, a much larger transmission bandwidth is required.

However, Murphy's approach has always been to use what he can while he's still looking for something better. Both of these issues need to be addressed gradually, but before they are resolved, the Mind Seed Network can be put into use.

So before the end of July, several key members of Murphy's team—Patrick, Rahim, Winston, Barty Crouch, Lucius, the Wood siblings, Barty Crouch Jr., Boris, and the werewolf mercenary Radwan—signed a special magical agreement and joined the Mind Seed network that Murphy had specially created for his core members: Ravenhouse.

In August, the Soviet National Laboratory project was officially put on the agenda.

The Soviet military took on the task and began searching for a top scientist capable of leading the project.

Meanwhile, in order to solve the problem of the number of wizards needed for the magical experiments, Murphy sent a letter to Her Majesty the Queen in Alkaim.

(End of this chapter)