The Quidditch World Cup, a carnival of wizards every four years, is almost as large and influential in the wizarding world as the football World Cup in the ordinary world, or even surpasses.

After all, although the World Cup covers most of the world, there are other fierce sports competitions such as basketball, rugby, athletics, swimming, and martial arts to choose from.

But wizards only have one sport, and that's Quidditch, and there's no second option, so it's not worth the fuss about it.

In fact, with just ten days to go, around a huge stadium in England, a steady stream of avid fans arrived early to set up their tents, as well as vendors selling all sorts of bizarre knick-knacks and souvenirs, as well as gamblers looking to make a fortune.

That's right!

It's sports betting!

It's just that wizards obviously didn't have any laws restricting gambling or anything like that, so everyone from the elderly in their seventies and eighties to the children who could just talk could get involved in the action if they could take out real gold and silver money from their pockets.

Appreciating the scene full of laughter and happiness in front of him, Zhang Cheng couldn't help but slightly curl the corners of his mouth, and sighed with a smile: "It's really a bunch of carefree fools, isn't it......?

"Totally agree! This is the world Dumbledore wants to build! If it continues like this, it won't be long before the entire wizarding community becomes more and more depraved and hedonistic. We will gradually become vassals and even slaves of the Muggles. He didn't understand that the reason why the Muggle government didn't dare to point fingers at us was not because they were friendly, but because they were afraid of the power of magic, and if they found out that wizards were starting to become weak, they would immediately tear off their hypocritical masks and arrest us all and send us to the laboratory for brutal experiments. ”

Lucius Malfoy clearly understands the darkness and greed of human beings, especially the ordinary human world, in a phrase that means "peace".

Since the beginning of human civilization, human beings have never stopped fighting and killing each other, and their cruelty is far more terrible than any species that has ever existed before on Earth.

But why did all the major powers stop all-out wars after the end of World War II and turn to relatively cautious methods of warfare, such as espionage, infiltration, puppet planting, and proxy wars?

It's not that the high-ranking people of these countries have become morally noble!

It's that they can't afford a full-scale war!

A global thermonuclear war means that human civilization is likely to be destroyed, and even if some people survive, it will be difficult to re-emerge in the dangerous wasteland.

Those who know a little bit about living things know that any living thing needs to maintain a certain diversity in order to survive, and thermal weapons are powerful enough to cause lethal damage to the diversity of life on the surface.

So strictly speaking, "peace" is synonymous with "nuclear peace".

It may be strange to many people who do not know the truth that the savage and bloodthirsty Europeans were so warlike in the past, from Greece to Rome, from barbarian invasions to the Dark Middle Ages, to the Age of Discovery and the modern era full of gunpowder, there is hardly a year without war.

Why did it suddenly become peace-loving during the Cold War?

The answer is very simple, I was frightened by the two superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union, wielding nuclear sticks every day.

Although the two countries never really provoked a war in Europe, but coincidentally chose the battlefield of the proxy war in Asia, anyone who understands geopolitics knows that Europe is too important to be a big war, so neither side dares to fight.

On the contrary, Asia is not so important, and a fight will not cause the situation to get out of control, and by the way, you can touch the old bottom of the sworn enemy, so why not do it.

"That's right! Once the wizards become docile, they are not far from extinction. You're smarter than I thought. Zhang Cheng glanced at the handsome middle-aged guy beside him who was meticulously dressed.

You must know that this guy's performance in the "original book" can be described as an idiot to the extreme, and he doesn't look like a nobleman who is proficient in intrigue and intrigue.

But now he suddenly realized that Lucius was not stupid, and many seemingly stupid choices were actually just forced to helpless, once he got enough resources, he would immediately turn into a headache opponent, even Albus Dumbledore could only knock out his teeth and swallow it in his stomach.

"Hahahaha! Unfortunately, the greatest wizard in existence deliberately pretends not to see this. I sometimes wonder if he was a spy sent by the Muggles to lead us to self-destruction. Lucius laughed and sarcastically.

"Spy? No, he doesn't deserve to be called a spy, at best he's a white-blooded white left. Zhang Cheng pursed his lips disdainfully.

"White Left?" Lucius looked interested, apparently hearing the word for the first time.

"Ah, that is, the idiots who claim to be morally noble, who think that they can influence the world with love and justice. In their conception, the minority is always more important than the majority, and animals are always more important than humans, even to the point of wanting to ban the consumption of animals by all human beings. Look at Dumbledore, isn't that the theory he preached?" Zhang Chengcheng explained with deep taste.

Just when Lucius was excited to express his opinion on this kind of person, he suddenly saw his son and Harry Potter coming towards him, and immediately hid his snarky face, smiled and said hello: "How is it, have you found anything that interests you?"

"Didn't find anything interesting, but we bought some souvenirs. Malfoy showed off the doll and hat he was holding.

"Me too!" Harry held up the magic telescope in his hand.

"Where's Hermione, isn't she with you?"

Harry turned and pointed to a red tent in the distance: "Granger and Zhang Qiu are playing tarot divination with a gypsy over there, and it is estimated that they will not come out for a while." ”

"Tarot divination for gypsies? sounds interesting, maybe I should go over and check it out. Sorry for missing me for a while. A hint of strangeness flashed in Zhang Cheng's eyes, and he quickly walked towards the red tent.

Because he could feel that there was a strange magical energy in the tent, and although it was difficult for ordinary wizards to detect, it was as conspicuous to him as a light in the night.

Obviously, this was not a divination at all, but a premeditated and planned approach.

Zhang Cheng, who has always considered problems from the worst perspective of human nature, doesn't think it will be a prank or a joke between friends......

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