Hogwarts: From Selling White Peppers to Becoming a God

Chapter 309 The Insider Effect of Magic

Murphy smiled. "If a person can't believe in themselves, how can they expect others to believe in them?"

After saying that, he looked at the Queen, "Speaking of which, is this the 'condition' you had in mind? Just to accompany you for a walk here?"

"Actually, I'd rather go to England. I've never been there. I've never left the Soviet Union since I was born, and I spend most of my time in Al-Kaim. You said the scenery there is beautiful, and I'd really like to go see it, but... unfortunately, it seems that neither you nor I have much free time."

Sofia looked somewhat worried.

She had grown a bit older than when Murphy first met her; her face had lost some of its childishness and gained a softer, more gentle look, making her even more beautiful.

However, along with that touch of naivety, some of the lightness and vitality of a young girl also left. The Sofia before us seemed to be carrying a heavy burden on her shoulders, and even her smile looked somewhat tired.

Perhaps this is the price of growing up.

Murphy thought for a moment, then took out a black feather from behind his back and handed it to the Queen. "Come to think of it, I've never given you a gift before. Please accept this feather."

The Queen looked at him in surprise. "This is truly a gift lighter than a feather. When you proposed before, you at least gave me a piece of gold that you claimed had an extraordinary origin. Now you can't even bear to give me a single piece of gold?"

Murphy was slightly embarrassed.

The so-called "extraordinary background" was just something he made up on the spot, but he didn't expect her to remember it, and she seemed to still hold a grudge.

"Ahem, this isn't an ordinary feather; it allows you to come to my side at any time," Murphy explained.

He can now easily teleport using his raven, and others can also teleport using his raven; the feather is actually a lightning raven.

Sofia tilted her head back, blinking her eyes as she looked at him. "Can I be by your side anytime?"

"Uh..." Murphy suddenly realized that his words were a bit ambiguous. "What I mean is, if you want to visit England, you can go there anytime via this route, and I can welcome you anytime."

Sophia looked at him for a while longer, until he began to doubt whether the gift she had given him was too casual, before the Queen nodded gently. "Thank you for your gift, Mr. Darkholm. I will cherish it."

"Okay." Murphy breathed a sigh of relief. "Alright, if there's nothing else, I'll be going now. I still have some things to take care of at the national laboratory."

"Please go ahead."

Murphy vanished with a flash of lightning.

Sophia stood there for a while before taking out the feather. She stroked the short black feather and realized for the first time how beautiful a crow's feathers were.

Let the artisans make it into a brooch.

she thinks.

That way you can carry it with you all the time.

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Murphy's choice of the Soviet Union is now fully evident.

After six months of cleanup and rectification, most of the obstacles have been eliminated. Compared to Britain, which is still struggling to cope with the encirclement by the Western world, Murphy's operations in the Soviet Union are now much more comfortable.

Not only are all of Umbrella Corporation's projects progressing smoothly, but Murphy's long-awaited national laboratory project is also getting on track, even exceeding his original vision in scale.

Under a powerful propaganda offensive, the Soviet Union unified its understanding of the necessity of the national laboratory. With government support and major companies providing funding and technology, the "Soviet National High-tech City" project was officially launched.

The Soviet Union established a special project engineering department and designated 30,000 hectares of land in the suburbs of Moscow, intending to build a science and technology city from scratch.

This is an upgraded version of Murphy's "National Laboratory Plan". In addition to national laboratories, the science city will include both teaching and industry, which are the two ends of technology research and development.

In terms of research talent, several top universities in the country are taking the lead, and almost all of the country's key universities will set up campuses in the science and technology city, combining with enterprise industrial parks supported by technology companies such as Umbrella Corporation, in order to form an innovation consortium led by the state, jointly established by universities, and integrating production and research.

Although the science and technology city also has various basic scientific research and cutting-edge technology projects, the most important part revolves around the concept of "void particles".

The project's engineering department selected hundreds of top scientists from various fields and demonstrated the existence of magic to them.

Almost all scientists eagerly threw themselves into the study of this unprecedented phenomenon.

Soon, before the laboratory had even begun construction, they produced their first research results.

One of the most important findings is known as the "know-it-all effect of magic".

The insider effect, in essence, refers to the fact that magic has a self-concealing effect, making it as difficult as possible to be discovered by those who are unaware of its existence.

Researchers designed an experiment in which several researchers who had not yet come into contact with the secrets of magic conducted precise measurements of the conductivity of a certain material in an environment with magical fluctuations.

They were then informed of the existence of magic and asked to conduct the conductivity test on the material again under the same conditions.

After comparing the two sets of experiments, the researchers found that, without knowing the secrets of magic, the measured data of material conductivity were almost identical to those under non-magical conditions, meaning that the interference of magic on electricity was extremely weak.

Once they became aware of the existence of magic, the measurement data became extremely unstable, with measurement errors significantly exceeding reasonable limits; that is, the magical interference effect became significant.

The insider effect of magic explains why, in the eyes of most wizards, Muggles are foolishly blind to the magic around them.

This also explains why, despite the obvious and widespread effects of magical interference, it has never been discovered in basic scientific research in Muggles.

It's important to know that human scientists have conducted numerous studies and experiments to verify the consistency of physical laws. If magic could cause certain phenomena simply by appearing, then it should have been discovered at the microscopic level long ago.

Haldane's initial explanation for this phenomenon was that magic actually works through physical laws; that is, magic is built upon physical reality.

From the perspective of fundamental physics, whether or not there is magic, it makes no difference.

But now, the insider effect suggests that, in addition to this, magic is also selective in who it is applied to.

It exhibits the bizarre characteristic of "if you know it, it exists; if you don't know it, it doesn't exist."

In other words, even without magic like the "Muggle Expulsion Charm," Muggles are naturally less able to perceive magic.

There is no authoritative theory to explain this phenomenon yet, but it has been confirmed by various experiments.

The existence of the insider effect has also led Murphy to view the "International Wizarding Secrets Act" from a completely new perspective.

He now has doubts about the purpose of the secrecy law.

Is the Law of Secrecy meant to hide the wizarding world and avoid conflict with Muggles, or is it simply meant to hide magic itself and reduce its scope of effect?

If it's the latter, then what is the purpose of this?

This is a problem that cannot be understood simply by thinking about it.

Murphy planned to ask the International Confederation of Wizards, the drafters of the secrecy law, who might know more about this.

They happened to be requesting an inquiry into the British Ministry of Magic's enforcement of secrecy laws and were preparing to send an investigation team over soon.

This was the sixth time. Crouch and his group had refused for various reasons the previous five times. This time, the Federation's wording was extremely harsh, as if refusing again would result in a direct conviction.

Murphy, adhering to the principle of delaying as much as possible, informed Crouch.

"Let them come."

(End of this chapter)