Hogwarts: From Selling White Peppers to Becoming a God

Chapter 371 Things to Do

"The students and professors of Hogwarts will all be relocated here."

Rahim, the Auror's Chief of Staff, pointed to a building not far from the mansion and said, "The Umbrella Special Skills Academy. They will gradually appear before the Muggles in the future."

Murphy nodded. "We still need to maintain good secrecy. Although we've loosened our grip, as long as the secrecy law exists, it will benefit us."

With such a huge incident at Hogwarts—the basilisk, the mist, and the resurrection ritual—its safety is hard to believe. After all, Hogwarts has existed for over a thousand years; who knows what secrets it might still be hiding?

Moreover, Hogwarts seems to be one of the closest points of intersection to the "spirit world," which is why Hogwarts' magical level has always been quite high, and it was for this reason that the four great masters built the school here.

That's why the Virgin Mary chose to summon the Black Ship here.

However, the students only want to learn magic; what they need is knowledge. Although learning magic in a castle would be more interesting, it's not impossible to do it in a concrete jungle.

For Murphy, practicality is paramount; the secrets of Hogwarts are better suited for research.

If concrete school buildings don't have that "smell," then so be it. Cambridge and Oxford weren't famous universities because their buildings are old.

"How's it going with the French?"

After visiting the school, Murphy asked about the wizarding world.

Dumbledore and Grindelwald had been lobbying various European countries, and naturally, they would not accept Murphy's mind network. Therefore, Murphy sent several Aurors to follow them and report back on the situation.

"Progress isn't going very well," Rassim said. "Their deputy minister died in a bombing last year, and the French have been holding a grudge ever since. Dumbledore can at best keep them from starting a war against us in the new Union, but it's not going to be easy to win them over."

Yes, the Wizarding Union has been reincarnated.

They even invited Dumbledore to continue serving as president, but after news of Dumbledore joining the Wizarding Union spread, no one mentioned it again.

Nearly a year ago, the major blow suffered by the Wizarding Federation wiped out the hardliners among international wizards, leaving only moderates and conservatives.

Acting in a lukewarm and hesitant manner, the Wizarding Union has been rebuilt for several months now, yet it has still not been able to make any decisions on how to deal with the British wizarding community, Murphy, and the Wizarding Union.

This loosely organized group isn't much of a threat, it's just a bit annoying.

"However, the Germans' reaction was quite good." Rahim quickly added, noticing Murphy's expression. "Mr. Grindelwald still enjoys a very high reputation in Germany. Many elderly people still remember him, and many of them are still in high positions today."

"Some people have already expressed their willingness to side with us, but it will take some time to win over the German Ministry of Magic. After all, Mr. Grindelwald has been gone for fifty years."

Murphy nodded, and his expression did indeed improve considerably.

Previously, the British Ministry of Magic and Alkaid of the Soviet Union jointly issued a statement to establish the "Wizards' Union." Apart from the fact that the ministries of magic of some small vassal states around the Soviet Union followed suit, it did not cause much of a stir in the wizarding world.

After all, compared to the long-established International Wizarding Federation, this so-called Wizarding Alliance only has two main forces, making it seem like a makeshift organization.

Although Murphy really wanted to use force to carve up a bloodbath and unify the country, firstly, he wasn't ready to be at odds with the world, and secondly, even if he succeeded, there would be many future troubles. Therefore, if other methods were available, Murphy would try to keep a low profile.

Europe has only a few important countries. Once either France or Germany sides with the Wizarding Alliance, it will be much easier to persuade the others.

This was certainly not easy, but fortunately, Dumbledore's joining at least eased the relationship between the Wizarding League and the Ministries of Magic of various countries, giving the Wizarding League time to develop.

That's a pretty good result.

……

Back at the cabin on Weasel Mountain, Murphy took out a piece of paper.

Write a sentence on it: "Known facts".

He needed to sort out his thoughts. Recently, he had been dealing with an increasing number of things: the magical world, Muggle society, the laboratory, Umbrella, and so on. There were countless things waiting for him to decide in each of them, and he felt that he had to prioritize them.

The pencil made a dot on that sentence.

Known facts: The informant effect of magic means that the more people who know about magic, the stronger the magical concentration in the world will be, ultimately leading to the return of the gods. And the gods are most likely malevolent.

He didn't write that sentence down, after all, it was just to clarify his thoughts, and there was no need to write everything down.

No one has ever explicitly stated that the gods are malicious, but judging from the fact that the Virgin Mary and Dumbledore tried their best to stop Murphy from breaking the Law of Secrecy, they at least believed that the return of the gods would be extremely detrimental to wizards.

Next, he wrote again: "Unknown situation."

There are still many unknowns, such as what exactly are gods? They are clearly different from the "omniscient and omnipotent" beings that I want to become, otherwise they could not be restricted.

Just how strong are they? Do they have any weaknesses?

Moreover, if they were collectively more powerful than the wizards, how exactly did the wizards manage to restrain the gods back then?

The Virgin Mary mentioned "oath" many times, as did Dumbledore.

However, Dumbledore only knew that it was an ancient magic passed down through the bloodline of wizards, similar to the Faithful Charm, which limited the magic to those who knew it, making it invisible to those who did not, thus reducing the scope of the magic.

But Dumbledore didn't know how the oath was fulfilled.

If the gods knew this oath was harmful to them, would they be foolish enough to let the wizard pull off such a big deal?

Perhaps by understanding the process of establishing this oath, we can find a way to deal with the gods.

With that thought in mind, Murphy wrote down a third line: "Things to do."

He has many things to do. For example, to deal with the divine invasion, he needs to improve the overall strength of human society. He also needs to understand the state of the gods to ensure that his decision won't unwittingly lead to the extinction of all humanity.

Secondly, he needs to increase his own strength.

As the number of people who know about magic expands, the upper limit of magic power will also increase. His strength, which has been stagnant for a long time, needs an upgrade. Otherwise, even if the overall strength of humanity is able to deal with the invasion of gods, it would be too ridiculous if he were to be slapped to death by any random god.

So he wrote down three phrases on the paper: "Information from the gods", "Humanity as a whole", and "Individual strength".

Finding out information about the gods should be possible at the same time as understanding the oath, so he drew a line after "information about the gods" and added "oath." Perhaps he should check some books later to see if there are any similar records.

As for the second point, enhancing humanity's ability to deal with the gods, Murphy probably had some ideas as well. It was nothing more than unifying forces, developing technology, and preparing for war.

The "unification of power" alone requires him to unify the Muggle world and the wizarding world, which is bound to be an extremely large and lengthy task that cannot be completed overnight.

He set that aside for now and turned his attention to the last phrase: personal ability.

Speaking of which, he actually has a ready-made idea.

When Haldane proposed his theory of magical pathways, he mentioned several aspects that wizards use to enhance their power: 1. An increase in the level of their understanding. 2. An increase in the precision of their control over magic. 3. An increase in the amount of knowledge they possess. 4. An increase in their computational power.

Now, Murphy has a ready-made method that has been verified by Lucas to enhance his computing power.

Mechanical ascension!

The central computer room of the National Science and Technology City in Su should have been completed by now, right?

Sorry for the long wait, I've been racking my brains these past two days. This chapter was also posted first and revised later. Tomorrow's... will be a little later, but thankfully I've almost finished sorting it out. If there aren't any major surprises, this volume should have some pretty explosive plot points. I've come up with a few good ideas. Tomorrow I'll continue to work it out and smooth out the plot lines, so please don't wait until 8 PM tomorrow, it'll probably be quite late.

By the way, the book title has been changed to "Hogwarts: Becoming a God Starting from Selling White Peppers". It's already in its later stages, so I'm just doing an experiment.

(End of this chapter)