In addition to most of the things that Ryan brought back after going to the world of the Men in Black this time, he also brought back a batch of products that were mainly for his own use. For example, the amnestic stick with the matching magic mirror, a small spaceship, and a large box of various weapons.

One of the weapons was the focus of Ryan's test this time, after dealing with something in the world. The next day, Ryan and Hermione began testing the effectiveness of these sci-fi energy weapons on wizards' magical defenses.

These tests began in a clearing with several robot dolls in the center of the clearing. Ryan and the others first cast a variety of defensive spells on the puppets, and then began to shoot with weapons like these targets that had been released with defensive magic.

During their experiments, they found that all weapons that used physical ammo were very ineffective against the Iron Armor Charms commonly used by wizards. Even the magic unleashed at the level of an average Hogwarts graduate can block almost any live weapon shot, even with the most powerful Gauss rifle.

"That's to be expected. Ryan turned to Hermione. "Wizards have been improving their defenses against kinetic damage ever since they discovered this magic, from medieval swords to today's firearms. ”

That means it's hard for people who don't master magic to do any harm to wizards who wantonly harm them, like the Death Eaters. Hermione's face turned serious. "That's why all wizards see Muggles as weaker than wizards. ”

"Individually, it is true that wizards who master magic are much more powerful than ordinary people. Ryan nodded slightly. "But human beings, as intelligent creatures, have never become creatures at the top of the biological chain because they are strong individually. ”

With that, he picked up the Atom Four pistol and began to shoot at those targets, and then Ryan clearly felt that the defense magic was quickly consumed after the energy ammunition hit the target.

"Sure enough, the effect of the energy attack magic defense is not good. Ryan said after using his hand-held three-barreled plasma cannon to blast the target in front of him directly. "Maybe it's because magic is just a use of energy, so when faced with energy attacks, it can only be resisted by simple energy consumption. ”

"And not just because of it. Hermione also used her Atom Four pistol to shoot out her magical defense on one of the targets several times, saying, "To be precise, magic can use energy more efficiently." For example, the Iron Armor Charm is a spell that I saw in the library that describes the earliest appearance of this spell. At that time, the spell was very long, and other than that, it was very rough. It can only block some projectile attacks such as sword slashes or bows and javelins. ”

"You mean that this kind of spell was originally only used to defend against attacks from ordinary people?" Ryan asked in surprise, he hadn't read a book of this kind before, so he really didn't notice it.

"Yes. Hermione raised an eyebrow and said excitedly, there weren't many opportunities for her to give Ryan a lecture. So this time, after discovering that Ryan had knowledge that he didn't know, he naturally started to explain it happily. "You need to know that in the early history of the wizarding world, wizards lived together with ordinary people, and the battles and conflicts at that time were mainly between wizards and Muggles. In this case, the Iron Charm, a magic that can attack ordinary people, was naturally invented as one of the common magic spells used by wizards. ”

"But then the conflict between Muggles and wizards grew, and eventually it turned into war. Due to the problem of population. Wizards, at least in the West, have chosen to close themselves off and hide themselves. At the same time, the signing of the International Secrecy Law confirmed the matter. With that, Hermione took the water that Ryan handed her and drank it.

"Then there's the conflict between wizards and between wizards and other magical creatures, right?" asked Ryan as Hermione finished her drink.

"yes, that's what we're going to focus on in the history of magic. In those wars, wizards established themselves as supremacy in the wizarding world. It has to be said that these wars were indeed brutal, but they also contributed to the development of magic. The same goes for the Iron Armor Charm, where spells that simply resist physical attacks don't work very well against other creatures, so wizards have invented more defensive magic. ”

"However, too much defensive magic has caused serious chaos. It is difficult for ordinary wizards to accurately identify attack magic and choose the corresponding defensive magic when faced with an attack. As a result, under the research of a large number of magicians, today this iron armor spell that can directly defend against various magical and physical attacks has been invented. ”

"So that's why the Iron Charm doesn't work well against these energy weapons. Ryan continued, "Because wizards' magic is not static. Rather, it changes over time and under circumstances. They had never seen this kind of energy weapon before, so naturally there was no way to improve these magic in a targeted manner. ”

This was the result of experimentation, and Ryan discovered that the Iron Charm cleverly arranged the magic to focus on defending against both magical and physical attacks. In this case, the user only needs to spend a lot of mana to achieve a near-perfect defense. However, the delicate mana structure that has been studied so much also makes it difficult for Ryan to improve this spell at his current level.

Despite this, in preparation for the future improvement of this spell, Ryan and Hermione spent three days blowing up nearly a hundred targets and collecting enough data.

In addition, Ryan also fed Xiaoqing the blood-colored amber that was made with alchemy and sealed Selena's prototype.

Qing swallowed the amber after transforming into a serpent, and soon it told Ryan through its soul connection that it needed a place with a lot of space, and that what it had just eaten was prompting it to evolve.

Evolution?Xiaoqing's words made Ryan a little shocked. As a pet he had bred before, Ryan himself had no idea how a creature like Xiaoqing, who was unique in the world, would grow.

Because of this, Ryan was very happy after learning that Xiaoqing would evolve. After all, now a brutal war has broken out. Getting a new powerful helper in this situation is very good news for Ryan.

So he immediately took Xiaoqing to the edge of the glowing sea that had been cleaned up, because it had said that the radiation did not harm it in any way. And this kind of inaccessible place can prevent it from getting out of control and hurting others in the process of evolution.

After arriving at the predetermined location, Ryan put Xiaoqing on the ground. After Xiaoqing touched the ground, it lifted the shape of the snake before and turned into a large entangled vine, and then spread quickly with this as the core, and after 15 minutes, when the vine was no longer expanding, Ryan was surprised to find that he was standing on a green field composed of vines the size of four football fields.

"My host, let's see you in six months. After Xiaoqing said the last sentence, he fell into a dormant, and Ryan laid a few defensive spells around him and told his subordinates to keep an eye on this place and not let people in, and left this place silently praying in his heart.

After everything was done, Ryan and Hermione said goodbye to the scientists who had been busy with the amount of stuff they had delivered, and then returned to the Universal Grocery Store.

"This time, we've figured out some of the runes about space, and I think we should start working on them right away, and we'll get results soon. Ryan had planned to hurry back to Hogwarts Castle to rest, but Hermione offered her opinion. She didn't want to put off the most important thing.

"Okay. Ryan nodded helplessly, facing a serious and hard-working person like Hermione, Ryan felt that he did need to work harder sometimes.