Chapter 437: Department of Mysterious Affairs (Ask for Subscriptions, Ask for Collections, Ask for Tickets)
Ryan and six others stand at the entrance to the Ministry of Magic's Department of Mysteries, but the 12 doors of the first level make it difficult for them. In this case, Harry's proposal was the only feasible solution.
"Harry, what's in that door you're looking for?" asked Ginny.
"It's just a, um—like a glowing room. Harry said as he walked over to the door directly across from him, holding his wand in his right hand and pushing hard with his left.
The door was easily opened, and there was no imaginary attack. After experiencing the darkness of the first room, everyone thought that the square room, with its many chandeliers hanging from golden chains, was very bright. The house was empty, except for a table that could be used for recording, except for a large glass tank of dark green liquid in the middle of the room.
This tank is more like a transparent glass pool than a tank. A lot of white stuff swam around in the liquid of jasmine.
"Brains, and human brains. Hermione, whose parents were dentists, quickly recognized what was in the tank, "Why are these things here?"
"Just as scientists on the outside study brains, wizards should want to uncover our own secrets by studying brains. The only difference is that magic keeps these brains alive and easier to study. As for the fact that it's easy to explain that it's here, isn't the brain research department outside also concentrated in those top scientific institutions?" Ryan explained to Hermione in a small voice, but everyone in the room heard him.
"Everybody get out of here. Harry said after looking at his brain like a slimy cauliflower. "No, let's try another door. ”
They quickly returned to the black foyer, and before it was shut, Ryan tapped the door with his ring, leaving a silver flame on the door.
The door clicked shut, followed by a loud rumble, and the walls began to spin rapidly. But this time, a small blurred silvery white appeared in the middle of a patch of blue. When everything was fixed, the silver-white flame marker was still jumping there, indicating that they had tried the door.
"That's a good idea. Harry said, holding his wand and pushing open the door across from him again, the others still following.
This one is probably a little bigger than the one just now, and it's rectangular. In the dim light, they noticed that the middle of the house had sunk in, creating a huge stone pit about twenty feet deep. The room is surrounded by stone steps that sink step by step around the pit, like a stone bench. They stood in the top row, and the steps went down at a steep angle, much like a gymnasium.
In the middle of the pit is a raised stone platform with an arch on top of it, which looks old and dilapidated, but there are no walls around it to support it. A tattered black curtain or curtain hung above the arch, and although there was not a hint of breeze in the cold air, the curtain fluttered gently, as if someone had just touched it.
"Is this the intersection of the Overworld and the World of Death?" As soon as Ryan walked into the house, he could feel a little cold aura with the rules of death slowly seeping out of the door. As someone who has been studying various rules lately, this breath is very noticeable. "On the other side of the door is probably the world of death corresponding to the Emerald Dream. He suddenly remembered the information he had seen earlier.
Legend has it that this gate was the first building of the Ministry of Magic, and to be precise, the Ministry of Magic was actually built with this arch as the core and slowly expanded to the periphery. This place was originally just a group of wizards studying the most secret knowledge of the wizarding world in this special environment, and then slowly became the Department of Mystery Affairs today. They are only nominally subordinate to the Ministry of Magic, when in reality everything runs independently.
Ryan deeply suspected that there was no one here today, because those people from the Department of Mysteries may have seen everything that was going to happen through the prophecy in advance, so they avoided today's chaos in advance.
If it weren't for Ryan's concern for today's business, he would have even felt the urge to just sit here and study it. Ryan felt that if he could study the rules in the two worlds where the rules conflicted, the progress would be several times higher than in other places.
"Who's there?" said Harry suddenly, jumping onto the stone bench on the next level. But no one answered, but the curtain was still fluttering.
Ryan immediately lunged forward and pulled him back. "Sirius couldn't have been there, behind that door was Death, the house had been used by the Ministry of Magic as a death chamber until a pact was made with the Dementors. Before the agreement is signed, the death row inmates will be pushed through this door. Through the curtains, people will disappear from our world completely, and no one will ever come back alive from behind that door. ”
"But I heard voices inside that attracted me. Harry looked back at the others, but the others signaled that they hadn't heard anything.
"You can only hear the voice inside after the death of someone close to you, and you are the only one here who meets that. Ryan screwed Harry's upper body over and turned it at himself. He said, staring into Harry's confused eyes. "I know this door is very attractive to you because you have lost your own loved ones. But can you think about what we're here for?"
"Damn. Harry woke himself up with a slap in the face, thinking that Sirius had been captured by Voldemort and might be being tortured and in danger of his life, while he was watching the door.
"Let's go. Harry led them back to the black circular room. Ryan also has a silver flame logo on it.
The wall spun again, then stopped. Harry picked a random door, walked over and pushed it, but it didn't move. Ryan touched the door and let dozens of bright red runes flow onto the door, but the runes were pushed back by the force on the door. At this time, he realized that the door was locked with an extremely complex magical power.
"I can't open it, but I don't think it's this door. Harry could walk through all the doors in his dreams. "After the marking, the wall spun again and stopped.
Harry was already a little desperate at this point, and he repeated the process again. But this time, when he pushed the door open, Harry's expression suddenly became excited.
"This is it!" Harry said excitedly, and rushed in with the first one to speak. Others had to hurry to keep up.
"I just don't know what awaits me this time. Ryan sighed quietly and walked into the room one last.
The house was the brightest one anyone had ever seen since entering the Ministry of Magic, and there was a constant and busy ticking sound all around, as if thousands of tiny feet were walking. As far as the eye could see, all kinds of clocks, hung in the gaps between the bookshelves, or on tables as long as a room, glittered on their faces, and the most eye-catching, dancing diamond-like sparkle, was a tall bell-shaped crystal hood at the end of the room.
Led by Harry, everyone walked briskly through the narrow gap between the tables, past the bell-shaped crystal cover, and to the only door in the back.
"I think we've arrived. With that, he turned his head to look at everyone, and saw that everyone was nervously pulling out their wands. Ryan and Hermione each held a strange glowing glass bottle in their left hand.
"Alright, let's go inside. Harry wanted to say something, but his mind was so jumbled that he waved his hand to move forward.