Hogwarts: From Selling White Peppers to Becoming a God

Chapter 426 Super Virus

In Avon County, a biological research institute that was originally part of Umbrella Corporation has recently undergone massive layoffs.

Within three days, everyone had left the virology institute, which covered more than forty acres.

Half a day later, a group of house-elves arrived at the research institute, sealed all the doors and windows, and set up a powerful Muggle expulsion spell around the perimeter.

That night, several flying portals were set up, and thousands of magical robots, under Murphy's control, moved dozens of large pieces of machinery into dozens of ultra-clean laboratories on the third basement level.

Three hours later, the Magic Robot assembled 380 test benches and completed a tracked automated experimental production line.

Thousands of screened viruses were categorized and placed in petri dishes on various experimental benches.

In the early hours of the next day, a time acceleration device was activated, and the research institute entered a time flow a hundred times faster.

The experiment begins.

Having gained experience in training anti-cancer viruses, Murphy is already adept at experimenting with training viruses using the Seed of the Mind.

He would implant these thousands of viruses into the Seed of the Mind, and then use various mutation methods such as radiation and chemicals to induce the viruses to mutate. He would then use Dictamnus dasycarpus to accelerate the replication of the viruses, and finally use the Seed of the Mind to set rules to screen these viruses.

After years, decades, and nearly a trillion eliminations and selections, he will create a super virus.

The virus will have the following characteristics: 1. Extremely high infectivity. It will be able to spread through almost any means, including air, water, skin contact, and so on.

2. It has excellent adaptability and can survive for at least 72 hours in air, soil and water at normal temperature, or enter a dormant state in harsh environments and wait to be activated.

3. Low toxicity: This virus usually has extremely low toxicity and pathogenicity, causing only mild symptoms such as cough and runny nose, and at most causing lung or digestive tract infections, which often heal on their own quickly.

In addition to the above characteristics, more importantly, Murphy has extremely enhanced its adaptability and responsiveness to the Seed of the Mind.

The communicative mind-seeds that Murphy implanted in these viruses can directly control various states of the viruses, such as dormancy, activation, replication, and death.

He could even create cellular-level viral machines by combining viruses, which could perform various functions according to his instructions, including but not limited to "killing cancer cells," "activating neural pathways," "killing the host," and "strengthening muscles."

With the help of a time accelerator, experiments that would have taken at least several years can now be completed in just one month.

……

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Murphy and Dumbledore stood atop a mountain, gazing at the city in the distance, now reduced to ruins.

"Principal, what did they say?" Murphy asked.

"The German Ministry of Magic has agreed to join the Wizarding Union. They hope we can train their Aurors, and they are also willing to provide a magic node. The ritual you requested has already been built near the magic node."

"The French Ministry of Magic is still observing, but there's little hope that they'll join us. They're completely subservient to the United States, and the United States Congress is now the chair country of the International Wizarding Association. Today they passed a resolution to wage war against the Wizarding Alliance, and by this time tomorrow, they should be declaring war on us."

"Heh." Murphy chuckled. "You're courting death."

"By the way, have you figured out the spell's workings?" Murphy asked again.

Dumbledore took out a pen and a large book from behind him, namely the Pen of Acceptance and the Book of Admission. "The magic in this book is very ancient, but I have studied many texts and figured out some of it. I have converted it into two runic incantations, retaining its original ability to detect and track wizarding bloodlines."

"That's enough," Murphy said.

"What do you intend to do with it?" Dumbledore couldn't help but ask.

"You probably won't like to hear this," Murphy chuckled.

Dumbledore frowned. "Murphy, you still intend to lead the wizarding world to its best future, don't you?"

Murphy looked at the old man for a long while, then sighed, "You've seen the ruins here. Before the gods, if we cannot unite, we will be slaughtered like ants."

"I will do my best to lead everyone toward that best future."

"However, this process may not be as gentle as you imagine."

……

Panama Canal.

A cargo ship from East Asia was stopped by several warships.

This is an ocean-going freighter loaded with a large amount of magical metal.

The magical flow of a single magical node is limited, and both the Soviet Union and the United Kingdom have many magical experiments to conduct. With the massive consumption caused by the acceleration of time, the magical nodes of both countries are already at full capacity.

In order to solve some problems, such as the production of magic metal, Murphy rallied and united with many other countries.

One of Murphy's partners is a certain major Eastern power.

Murphy provided them with the technology to produce magical metals using magical nodes, and even the manufacturing processes for some magical communication devices. He also invested in helping them build magical factories, and eventually bought the products back.

This is a win-win strategy. On the one hand, it can support the other party's development, and on the other hand, it can greatly reduce the pressure on Murphy's magic energy.

However, this is a very bad thing for some countries.

The United States had long noticed the existence of so-called "void particles," that is, magic, and they also realized early on that the Soviet Union and Britain were far ahead of the world in this research.

Originally, they did not realize the enormous role of magic, but both the magic satellite of the Soviet Union and the previous war of the gods fully demonstrated the enormous energy that magic could display.

It can be said that the war of the gods completely awakened the United States, leading them to decide to catch up with the magical technology of Britain and the Soviet Union at all costs.

At the same time, in order to curb the development momentum of both countries, the United States also decided to use all available means to create obstacles for both countries.

One of the measures was threatening the Soviet Union with nuclear war to prevent it from continuing to launch the Magic Satellite. Another important part of the American plan was to use its international trade status to impose trade restrictions on Britain and the Soviet Union.

The cargo ship, whose destination was London, was accused of "suspected possession of chemical weapons" and was ordered to stop for inspection.

Originally, the people on the cargo ship simply accepted their fate and did not resist much, obediently allowing the American soldiers to board and inspect the ship.

However, due to the Brazilian monster riots, there were rumors that many dangerous monsters roamed the Atlantic Ocean. In addition, the Caribbean Sea was not safe to begin with, so the cargo ship carried some firearms and other weapons for self-defense.

After American soldiers found the firearms, one soldier insisted that the cargo ship crew members were actually spies and terrorists, and opened fire without further explanation.

The crew had to take up arms to defend themselves, but when one American soldier was hit, his comrades called for support from a warship, which then opened fire on the ocean liner, ultimately causing it to sink and dozens of crew members to perish at sea.

(End of this chapter)