Hogwarts: From Selling White Peppers to Becoming a God

Chapter 291 The Dawn of Magic

"Your Majesty the Empress:"

"It has been three months since we last met, and I have missed you dearly. I am writing to you without permission, and I hope you will not take offense."

Sofia pursed her lips, her choice of words quite refined. But if she really missed him, why only write a letter every three months? Where were they before?

Sure enough, after a few polite words, Murphy immediately got to the point.

"You may have already heard, but according to the agreement, I still need to inform you that I plan to establish a magic research laboratory within the territory of the Su Kingdom. Since it involves magical matters, I hope you are aware of this."

Sophia's eyes lit up. She was just about to ask him about the lab when he brought it up himself. He's quite sensible.

"The so-called magic research laboratory is a large-scale national research institution whose purpose is to comprehensively advance the process of studying magic using scientific methods."

"This will be the most systematic magical research institution. In my vision, the magical research laboratory will include at least several branches such as basic magical theory, transfiguration, spells, potions, wands and magical tools, magical creatures, and magical plants. Each branch will have a large number of projects and research groups."

"Including but not limited to, topics such as transformation, spells, death and the soul, and the mind."

"In addition to these basic research projects, we have also set up some research projects with great practical value. For example, we have set up a special laboratory to study the plant growth-promoting effect of Moon-obsessed beast excrement. This project is expected to improve the food problem in the Soviet Union."

"Furthermore, we have also established a special celestial magic research group. This group will study how to improve the current situation of frozen ports around the Arctic Ocean through celestial magic. If this research is successful, we may be able to enable the Soviet Union to open up international shipping routes in the Arctic Ocean, thereby completely changing the Soviet Union's embarrassing geopolitical situation."

The Arctic Ocean, the ocean that directly connects Asia, Europe and the Americas, if a year-round ice-free Arctic shipping route could be opened up, it would be a route far shorter than the Strait of Malacca for many long-distance trades, and it is by no means an empty promise that it would change the geopolitical situation of the Soviet Union.

Even though Sophia wasn't very clear about the international situation of Muggles, she was still able to understand its great significance to the Soviet Union.

Both examples Murphy cited were matters of life and death for the Soviet Union. Although Sophia thought they would be difficult to achieve, she was still amazed by Murphy's vision and perspective.

He had said that what he was going to do would benefit the people of Su, and Sophia thought it was just empty talk, but now it seems that he had actually considered the people of Su.

"To help Sudan complete this project, the Umbrella Corporation will establish a presence in Sudan and provide financial and technical support. It is estimated that the project will generate nearly two billion rubles in GDP during its construction and will provide 100,000 to 200,000 jobs after completion."

"This is a massive project comparable to the atomic energy program, but unlike that weapons manufacturing program, the research institute will gradually produce technologies that can be used to improve social productivity and raise people's living standards."

"For example, we will develop cheaper and more effective treatments to improve the health of the people of Sumatra."

"We will extend the lifespan of the people of Sugolan, develop medicines that can be used for food production, and solve Sugolan's current need to import food. We will develop a maglev train to speed up freight transport and improve Sugolan transportation. You can foresee how much convenience it will bring to people's travel when we bring the fireplace network into Muggle homes in the future."

"Yes, the magic research laboratory is just the beginning; a much greater transformation will take place on this land."

"This will be the first magical nation in human history to apply magical technology to Muggle society. Our planet will usher in the dawn of magic from here."

Sophia's eyes widened. So that's what he was thinking.

It is truly terrifyingly crazy, yet it is also incredibly alluring.

As wizards, hiding outside Muggle society and enjoying the secrets of magic in solitude is interesting, but this kind of self-entertainment seems too selfish and too insignificant in the context of such a grand picture.

Sophia was once again amazed by Murphy's grand vision.

Indeed, Mr. Darkholm is a madman who fantasizes about changing the world.

However, deep down, she couldn't help but feel a sense of admiration.

Although it's a crazy fantasy, Mr. Murphy seems to be genuinely working towards that goal.

Everything he said was so incredible, so incredibly difficult, yet he didn't back down or show any fear. Instead, he meticulously planned and carried out the plans step by step.

What kind of mind and thoughts does this person have?

How did he develop such a strong will, as powerful as steel and diamond?

At this moment, Sophia was filled with curiosity about Murphy.

It took her a while to snap out of her reverie, which was Murphy’s vision of the future, and to continue reading the letter in her hand.

"The Magic Research Institute studies magic, so it needs a large number of wizards to help Muggle researchers access and understand magic."

"Alkaim has many excellent wizards, so I would like to borrow a thousand wizards from you to participate in the research project."

"I will pay them wages above market rate."

"Arkaim will naturally also have a stake in the future results of magical research..."

Sofia: "..."

What's going on? This feeling seems to have suddenly changed.

Why does it have a scam vibe?

Sofia put down the letter with mixed feelings.

A thousand wizards isn't that many.

Alkaim has a wizard population of nearly 50,000, with a considerable number of young wizards. It would not be difficult to select 1,000 wizards from among them to work outside the region.

But she always had a feeling that she was about to be tricked out of something.

Let's ask Mrs. Jaga's opinion first.

……

A few days later, Murphy was discussing her studies with Lucas.

Murphy discovered that Lucas's learning pace was ridiculously fast; she could even use that diary to absorb the contents of a book directly and then make it part of her memory.

Although she still needs to spend some time reading the book to understand its contents, for certain reference books, this method allows her to directly save the book to an external hard drive and access it at any time.

"Is there a capacity limit to the diary?" Murphy asked.

"Yes, it can probably absorb tens of thousands of books, and it will share capacity with my memories. If I store too many scene memories, this capacity will be squeezed."

"What about the search speed?"

"It takes about half a minute to search through a book on average, which isn't particularly fast," Lucas said.

If a book has 300,000 words, and it takes 30 seconds to retrieve 300,000 words, that's an average of 10,000 words per second. Converted to a computer, that's about 2-3kb per second. It's not fast, but it's still far more efficient than the average person.

Uh... this guy is becoming more and more useful as a tool.

Just as he was considering using her to conduct some experiments to see if she could help him solve his computing power problem, a wizard came in from outside and handed him a letter.

The emblem on the envelope, consisting of a double-headed eagle, a bear, a deer, a wolf, and a wild boar, indicates the writer's origin.

Murphy immediately opened the letter.

Only two sentences were written on it.

"Promise me one thing, and I'll lend you a thousand wizards."

(End of this chapter)