The biggest difference between civilized species and ordinary animals is that civilized races are not only purely natural.

Marx and Engels once wrote in "Dialectics of Nature": The difference between humans and animals is that human beings create and use tools, and use tools to understand and change the world, rather than simply using tools.

Because of this, the most important node in the era of human civilization is the revolution of production tools.

And if it is divided in this way, then mankind has gone through a total of six eras from its birth to the present, namely:

The Paleolithic Age, which dates back to about 3 million to 4,000 years ago, the Bronze Age, which is about 4,000 years ago, the Iron Age that dates from 1,400 to 500 B.C., the Steam Age brought about by the First Industrial Revolution, the Electric Age led to the Second Industrial Revolution, and, with the birth of the Internet three years ago......

"A new era has arrived, and we are honored to invite you to join us in the next wave of civilization. ”

Douglas bowed gracefully and looked around at the scholars in the lecture hall.

And behind it, there are now only two huge terms left - ternary computer, magical energy.

"After previous evaluations, binary computers in the non-magical world today are unable to fully represent magic, and in the wizarding world, in addition to true and false, unknown states, fuzzy operations, and self-learning are extremely important situations. Therefore, before the birth of the mathematically optimal base computer, we hope that you can focus on this side first. ”

The slender finger of the middle-aged fairy tapped behind him, and a simple map appeared on the white curtain.

"Through some channels, we have purchased four Сетунь70 units that have not been completely scrapped, as well as three production lines for related industries, and a complete set of power supply systems, which should barely support your initial research needs. ”

"However, due to the magical influence in the Hogwarts area, Muggle electronics are usually unusable here, so we offer two options for the time being - according to your description, use magic to preserve some of the functionality of the electronics and make them magical items, or find a way to make them work......"

"This is not an easy matter, Mr. Douglas. ”

Vinogradov shook his head, shrugged his shoulders and said, "I'm sorry, but the cost of communication between magic and science is too high, and it's still very difficult to cooperate with each other. At least for now, there doesn't seem to be a suitable candidate for Hogwarts, and we need a research-oriented wizard rather than a mere educator. ”

"Don't worry, we're already working on that. ”

The middle-aged elf grinned, baring its sharp teeth, "If all goes well, that Lord will arrive in Hogwarts by next week, and you can just think about the final result and leave the rest to magic." ”

As a "prophet" from decades later, Elena knew exactly what the next era of civilization would be.

Since the introduction of the International Federation of Wizards' Secrecy Act, the division between the wizarding and non-magical worlds has become more and more obvious, and the form of the magical world is still in the age of steam, but the non-magical world has reached the end of the electric age.

Whether it's the Hogwarts Express, or the flush toilet in the school, the elevator, or the magic broadcast in the magical family, whether it's the camera, or the car on the road...... Wizards never really understood the logic behind these things, and they didn't try, and they didn't have to, and they didn't have to.

It's not because of the pride of wizards, nor is it bound by any secrecy law.

The most important point is that wizards who wield magical powers often only need to know the final form of something, and can reverse-engineer, preserve, create magical items with similar effects, and even go further.

It's just that times have changed after all.

The trauma and technological innovation of the Second World War was far beyond anyone's imagination.

If even the non-magical world under the age of steam and electricity was still slightly inferior to the magical world in terms of efficiency and energy, then with the beginning of the atomic energy and information age, magic began to become less omnipotent.

From the efficiency of information transmission, to the ability of information processing, from the absolute value of energy, to the utilization rate of energy......

Since the end of the 90s of the twentieth century, the scientific progress that has erupted in the non-magical world during the information explosion will completely subvert the traditional model of human society for thousands of years, and gradually enter the information age where virtual and reality blend.

There is no doubt that under the new model of human society, there will be less and less room for the magical world to survive.

It's just that at this time, not many people in the wizarding world have realized that time is running out for the wizarding world, and once the information age is fully opened, they will be about to be two full generations different from the Muggles in terms of social form.

Any form of social innovation will take at least one generation to adapt.

Thankfully, at this juncture when the Nexus was just born, there was still one last chance left in the wizarding world to overtake in a corner.

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Ministry of Magic, London, United Kingdom.

Division of Magical Law Enforcement, Office for the Prohibition of Misuse of Muggle Objects.

It was a small room at the end of the corridor on the second floor of the Ministry of Magic headquarters, and across from the office was a broomroom room, which seemed to be slightly smaller than the broomroom room, and contained only Arthur Weasley and his assistant Perkins.

In the cramped office, two desks are crammed into it, and there is little room for people to move freely.

Around the desk were filing cabinets lined up along the walls, almost overflowing, with bags of crumbling papers piled on top, and the little usable space on the office wall was pasted with some of the things that were dear to the head of the office, Arthur Weasley: several posters of aircraft carriers and cars, one of which depicted a disassembled engine, two illustrations of letterboxes cut out of Muggle children's books, and a diagram of how to install an outlet.

In the eyes of most wizards, this is undoubtedly the most boring department in the Ministry of Magic.

"Arthur, what are the results of the surprise investigation at the Lovegood family?"

Perkins looked up and pushed the frame on the bridge of his nose, trying to fumble for something on the messy desk.

"I'm sorry, I've been bothering you to work outside these days - I'm getting old, this lumbar pain alone is almost killing me, and there is nothing Saint Mungo can do about it, and when you recruit a new person, I should also consider retiring. ”

The Office for the Prohibition of Misuse of Muggle Items restricts wizards from enchanting Muggle-used items, prohibits them from adding extra functionality to Muggle items without permission, and ensures that enchanted items do not return to Muggle hands.

As a result, the office needs to conduct frequent raids to ensure that there is no misuse of Muggle items in the market.

Unlike Arthur Weasley, who was still in his prime, Mr. Perkins was very old, and his eyes were clouded under his floppy gray hair, and he would have retired long ago if it weren't for the fact that the office had not been able to recruit new people.

"I went and checked and there were no problems, mostly some printing-related machines. ”

Arthur Weasley replied with a smile, handing the Daily Prophet from the table to the old wizard.

"If I'm right, the whistleblower should have come from here - there is no doubt that Mr. Barnabas Guffey has reason to be concerned about 'Contrarian', but if Xenophilius Lovegood had all the problems, then I guess the entire British wizarding press would have to go out of business for more or less ......"

"Oh, it's those eye-catching reporters and businessmen again. ”

Old Perkins took the newspaper and let out a faint grunt, his fingers flicking the newspaper in front of him.

"If you want me to say, Arthur, you're just being too honest, and those guys out there are just relying on our Office to Prohibit the Misuse of Muggle Objects to have no status in the Ministry of Magic, and all sorts of weird things are pushed this way. It's all it takes to deal with it a little, and there's no need to reply seriously every time, for example, the anonymous report about Hogwarts was just thrown into the garbage basket. ”

"It's not a small deal about Hogwarts......"

Arthur Weasley raised his glass and took a sip, glanced at the big ship in the poster on the wall, and said meaningfully.

"After all, more than one wizard claimed to have seen a large flying ship over there, although there were no Muggle witnesses among them, but considering that there have been a lot of new Squibs around Hogwarts in recent times, a complete investigation report can be considered a good explanation for the Ministry, the wizarding world, or Hogwarts. ”

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I sorted out the plot today, and tomorrow it will start to break out ~Goo~