Chapter 38 Standing on the shoulders of giants and proposing new hypotheses after a thousand years
Hurriedly packing up the contents of the entire suitcase, Zhang Xiao once again turned the Room of Requests back into his usual reading room.
I couldn't eat hot tofu in a hurry, so I made a cup of hot tea and washed my hands, so I sat down at the table and took out the rolled parchment paper and put it in front of me.
Magic is always so handy, the scroll opens on its own and floats in front of you, and the soft glow illuminates the parchment, providing a reading experience like natural light.
After just one glance, Zhang Xiao's eyebrows were twisted, and most of the parchment he got was the dissection and study of magical beasts and humanoids.
Centaurs, dragons, trolls, giants, elves, goblins, babies, leprechauns
The experiment was quite bloody, but the Slytherin recorded it with a very calm brushstroke, as if it had abandoned emotion.
Zhang Xiao couldn't read the experimental data very clearly, but occasionally Slytherin would interject some summarizing words:
Dragon's blood is searing and poisonous, and when mixed into the human body, it can have serious consequences, and Muggles cannot withstand it.
The dark wizards I captured were infused with dragon blood, and they had adverse effects such as crazy bloodlust.
One person began to grow scales, but within a few days they dissipated again.
Maybe I should try suppressing the dragon heart directly? β
"The dragon's heart is too big and has a very strong resistance to spells, and it took me a long time to make it smaller with alchemy items combined with spells.
It didn't take long for the person who replaced the heart to die, blood spilling out of every inch of skin on his body, damn it, the power of the dragon's heart to pump blood was too strong! β
"Unicorns are very resistant to darkness and negativity, maybe I should spend more time on unicorns"
"The unicorn's blood injected into the human body actually had a wonderful effect, that muggle had a stroke, he was still very old, but after injecting the unicorn's blood, he actually recovered his health.
Not only thatβhis hair had turned black again, wrinkles had gone, and his lost teeth had grown back. β
"The Muggle died, and he said that every night there would be nightmares surrounding him, he couldn't sleep, and he felt like he was being scorched by flames"
"The Dark Wizard's acceptance of unicorn blood was surprisingly good, with similar effects to Muggles, and wizards and Muggles were indeed different.
He didn't die. Although, as a result, he died, ending his own life.
The reason is that all the happiness in the world has left him, and he cannot feel the slightest pleasure.
The dark wizards in the experiment had this symptom for a different period of time, what affected the effect? β
Here Zhang Xiao finally saw a sentence that had nothing to do with the experiment.
Like a Slytherin whin:
There aren't many dark wizards left, we need to catch some more, Gryffindor is really. Let him keep a little more dark wizard, and he will kill them all. β
ZHANG Xiao:.
After this daily complaint, it is a cold experimental record:
"Giants are interesting, they have a very rare situation during the breeding season, and that is looking for non-giants to mate.
During this time, they automatically gain a magical spell that changes their body size depending on the size of their mating partner. β
Hagrid! When Zhang Xiao saw this line of text, he almost immediately thought of Hagrid, and the second thought was Madame Maxim.
It's as if Hagrid's mom is a giantess and Hagrid's dad is an ordinary human wizard.
A five-fold height difference, I really hadn't thought about it before.
Zhang Xiao stared at him and saw an even more bizarre record:
"Interesting, I caught two werewolves and fed them potions on the night of the full moon, and the two werewolves combined, and what was born was actually a pure wolf.
But this wolf has a high level of intelligence, almost equal to the intelligence of a human. (Note 1)"
Yes?
No, what does that mean? Two werewolves in a transformed state were born of wolves?
Why?
In other words, if there is no reproductive isolation, why are the things born so casual?
I can't look at it, and if I look at it any longer, my experience will be damaged.
What a strange thing this is! No, why are wizards so fond of hybridization?
No wonder the warship is raised baa, not the son of man!
After quickly skimming through the vivid and vivid drawings, I finally found a few pieces of parchment with no drawings but conclusions.
In a serious tone, Slytherin wrote:
"Regarding the origin of wizards, some scholars hold the view that humans have interacted with certain 'magical beasts' to give birth to a second generation of humans with certain magical movement characteristics.
And then step by step evolved into today's wizards.
But this can't get around a few doubts that are difficult to explain, such as how can a weak Muggle get into a magical beast?
According to my research, mating is a privilege of the strong over the weak, and it seems that male magical animals cannot mate with humans to produce offspring.
Only female humanoids produce offspring.
Combined with the frescoes and other things I saw in the ruins.
Here I propose a new hypothesis, why couldn't Fantastic Beasts be born a long, long time ago, when powerful wizards and ordinary creatures merged? β
Yes?
Zhang Xiao gradually opened her mouth wide, only to feel extremely ridiculous, Fantastic Beasts is a combination of wizards and ordinary animals?
Impossible! When pigs fly.
Although there is no reproductive isolation, not everything can be hybridized.
There are also fantastic beasts in the East, don't say
Fortunately, the next line was pulled back:
"Of course, this assumption is very narrow, and it should only apply to a few types of human creatures, not all magical beasts."
Just say, how is it possible.
Zhang Xiao relaxed, picked up the teacup beside him, and poured a large cup directly.
Looking at the research notes, the sweat came down.
Speaking of which, I have seen a lot of two sets in my previous life, saying that the origin of wizards is the combination of magical beasts and Muggles.
This is the opinion of the Bloodline Wizard faction.
It has almost become a consensus that power comes from blood.
But according to Zhang Xiao's own observations, and the most important evidence, Harry, Animagus, and the ghost, it shows that the soul is the foundation of everything.
Harry, who became a Horcrux, was not a descendant of Slytherin, but he was a parseltongue and possessed a high talent for dark magic.
The Animagus is a true physical shapeshifter, but still retains human intelligence.
Muggles do not produce ghosts no matter how much they die, and only wizards can become ghosts when they die.
All of this shows that power comes from the soul, not the blood.
However, there is a high probability that the descendants of wizards will be wizards, but wizards generally have few children, like Weasley, who have seven children.
It's even rarer than giant pandas.
It's no wonder that rumors spread that the Weasleys had made a pact with the devil in exchange for the prosperity of their offspring.
"Tuk Tuk Tuk" Zhang Xiao's fingers tapped rhythmically on the table, and his eyebrows were tightly wrinkled, which was one of his habitual movements when thinking.
Slytherin's research knowledge, his own knowledge of the East, and the posts of his previous life, these scattered things are like a storm, sweeping and colliding wantonly in the brain, and countless sparks of inspiration are generated in this collision.
The tapping sound died down, and the finger movements stopped.
Zhang Xiao took a breath, snapped his fingers, and the brand-new parchment and quill immediately floated over, parked in front of him, and waited for the master's order.
"Combining East and West, as well as the research of Slytherin's predecessors.
I stand on the shoulders of giants and come up with entirely new hypotheses a thousand years later.
The bloodline is only the key, and the soul is the locked treasure house! - Slytherin House Zhang Xiao"
The gilded tip of the quill slid lightly across the parchment, leaving a trail of slightly bulging handwriting that had not yet dried, and when the handwriting was dry, the parchment floated up and attached to the underside of the parchment on which the hypothesis was written.
The longer parchment slowly rolled up on its own and set it aside.
Zhang Xiao glanced at the parchment rolls on the table, there were no more.
The water in the kettle was already cold unconsciously, and when I gently tapped the kettle with the knuckle of my index finger, the spring water in the transparent glass kettle immediately boiled.
This kind of little magic Zhang Xiao no longer uses a magic wand, it can only be said that as time goes by, wizards are getting closer and closer to the direction of doing what they want.
The main thing is a convenience.
After making another pot of tea, Zhang Xiao took the teacup and began to look at the remaining scrolls.
The Ministry of Magic finally came up with something new, and they began training owls to deliver letters.
This owl has been transformed by alchemy, and it has a constant human tracking charm and a tracking charm, so it is easy to find the recipient, and as long as the name is the right address, these little things will not get lost.
Really useful creation. But the price of the owl surprised me a little, can the average wizard family afford it? β
Well? That's how the owl came to be?
Zhang Xiaole linked the owl and the mobile phone together, and it seems that the price of this contact tool is outrageous.
took a sip of tea, just like the automatic reading of the app, and the scroll slowly continued to unfold.
"The Ministry of Magic has written to me to ask what I think of the newly established Office of Charms.
What can I think?
It's a must, and it's only been since Hogwarts opened that I've realized how chaotic the wizarding world is.
Before many young wizards came to school, they had been taught a lot of messy things by their parents.
I learned that the simplest levitation spell actually had four different spells.
The longest sentence is 150 words long to say like a prayer!
Listen to 'O all-pervasive wind, I beg for your answer, please rain down with infinite power and blow the pebbles in front of me'
What bullshit! The child was still proud, saying that this hand was an untold secret in the tribe that everyone would kneel and kowtow.
I.
Unification! The spell must be unified! β
Zhang Xiao couldn't help but squirt out a sip of tea, and laughed hahahaha, mainly because the spells written in the parchment were too funny.
The point is that in such a long sentence, you can only move a small pebble in the end.
Another scroll floated over, taking the place of the original scroll, and slowly unfolded:
"It's weird, it's very strange, I saw a strange picture in the ruins.
A wizard, it should be a wizard, right?
He stood above the clouds, his hands outstretched, and on the ground were prostrate people, not knowing whether it was a wizard or a Muggle.
But looking at them, it was as if they were adoring this man who stood above the clouds.
The wizard who pretended to be a ghost had the sun in his left hand and the moon in his right hand.
Phew, shameless, did you create the sun and the moon!
Well, the strange thing is that in the next scene, this wizard seems to be angry, he just points to the sky, and a lot of crooked lines fall from the sky, and the Muggles on the ground are killed and wounded.
I looked at it for a long time before I realized, those lines could be thunder and lightning?
Oh - powerful wizard, I have searched many books and I have not found such a magic that can release so many thunder and lightning, and of course the mural will definitely not be painted by this wizard.
Muggles' habitual exaggeration is also very likely. β
Kind of interesting, thunder and lightning magic? Daoshu can really release thunder and lightning, because I've seen it, but I don't seem to have seen thunder and lightning released by magic.
Zhang Xiao thought for a while, but the scroll continued to unfold.
Don't worry about it for now, let's talk about it after reading it!
"It's a pity that the mural below is damaged, if only there was magic that could repair it!
Why don't you let Ravenclaw study the magic of restoration?
Although I will also have a little means of tinkering, it is clear that I am helpless against this mural. β
What Professor Flitwick had said in Charms class immediately came to mind:
Repair as Ever is a spell that can be used to repair most broken objects seamlessly.
This useful spell was invented by Olabella Natley before 1754.
The Repair Charm works on most materials, but some rare, powerful curses can't repair damage with this spell, such as Blazing.
At the same time, the Repair Charm can only be used on inanimate objects, and it is completely forbidden to use it on living objects. If you try to use a healing charm to treat a human or animal's wounds, it can cause severe scarring.
Year 1754.
Zhang Xiao smacked her lips, no wonder Slytherin complained that there was no good repair magic, and it must be admitted that the repair spell was an extremely easy to use and perfect spell.
I even used this spell to fix the plane myself!
"It's great, Ravenclaw is really good, and in just a few days she's been able to come up with a fix that looks like a solid one.
I went back and tried it, and it worked.
Then it's time to go back to that ruin.
I asked Gryffindor, and the nasty guy didn't want to come with me.
Okay, okay, then I'll go alone.
I have a hunch that there will be a big secret here! β
This is the end of the scroll, Zhang Xiao looked at the empty desktop in amazement, no?
How can you not do without?
Such a discontext?
Zhang Xiao hurriedly stood up and pinched the scroll floating in the air.
Wait a minute, there seems to be text on the back of the scroll.
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1. Two werewolves meet on the night of the full moon, and the one who is born is a wolf, which is an official setting.
1. Commuter pass 2. Recommended ticket
(End of chapter)