Chapter 382 Because I am the evil Salazar Slytherin

Chapter 382 Because I am the evil Salazar Slytherin

After trying to suppress the strange thoughts, Rice patiently explained to Helga what the Internet is.

After listening to Rice's explanation, Helga had the most intuitive impression of the Internet: "So the school's owls are going to be unemployed?"

Rice:?

"Not really, this is limited to the school. Students send letters to their families, and their families still have to rely on owls to send things back to them, at least for now." Rice will not take too big a step at a time. He plans to try to promote it in Hogwarts first-if he can replicate the Internet.

After his network runs properly in Hogwarts, he will gradually lay the network to wizard families.

As for the name of this network, Rice decided to call his network "magic network"-magic network. But all this is his idea, and he hasn't even drawn a sketch yet.

"What's the use of your [net]?" Helga was a little confused, not knowing what Salazar wanted to do with so much effort to build a "net".

"It's convenient for transmitting information. For example, today I want to ask you to find Dumbledore to verify a piece of news. If there is an Internet connection, I don't have to go to your office, and you don't have to go to Dumbledore to find out the truth. There are countless other conveniences."

"Oh? So I want you to help me make a puppet, and I can just send you a message?" Helga got the point right away.

Les shut his mouth.

For a moment, his desire to make a magic network was extinguished by Helga.

Of course, the naive Les didn't know that there is something called "read only but not reply" in the world.

After making a half-truthful joke with Les, Helga left her room and went to Dumbledore's office.

"Honey toffee."

With a command, Helga walked into Dumbledore's "territory".

"Please sit down, Professor White, would you like some tea or candy?" Dumbledore was a little surprised to see that the visitor was Smith White. He quickly pulled out a chair for Helga and summoned a pot of hot tea and a plate of candy.

"Although I don't know much about health preservation, my intuition tells me that an old man shouldn't eat so much sugar." Helga couldn't help but complain about Dumbledore's taste.

Whether it was the office password or the candy he served to guests, it revealed the principal's obsession with sweets.

Helga couldn't help but think of an old friend, but that guy's physical condition was much better than Dumbledore's. She and Dumbledore together couldn't outlast that old guy.

"I'm over a hundred and ten years old, eat whatever you want!" Dumbledore said with a smile, "What's more, sweets can make people happy."

"Familiar words." Helga couldn't help laughing.

It's really interesting that these two guys would have a wonderful resonance in this regard.

"So what's the matter?" Dumbledore changed the subject and got to the point.

"There is indeed one thing I want to ask." Helga told Dumbledore that electronic devices would be disturbed around Hogwarts.

"Is this a defensive magic cast by a headmaster later? The Muggles at that time did not invent such a novelty."

Dumbledore shook his head, indicating that he did not know.

"You saw it in "A History of the School", right? This is not a special arrangement of the school, but a kind of experience. In long-term observation, people found that electronic devices will malfunction after entering the range of Hogwarts."

"That's interesting." Helga responded thoughtfully.

"Is it magic?"

"That's unknown, but it's likely to be the case. Other magic schools also have this phenomenon, and they don't have founders who can compete with Hogwarts."

Dumbledore was as confused as Rice and Helga, but over the long years, he came to a conclusion through observation: magic will affect the electricity in electronic devices.

"Why do you think of such a question?" After giving his answer, it was Dumbledore's turn to ask questions.

Helga tried to introduce the Internet that Salazar had introduced to her to Dumbledore. However, the information became a lot more blurred after she passed it on. Dumbledore didn't quite understand what she was talking about, but he knew that it seemed to be a new thing that Muggles used to transmit information at high speed.

"What a novel concept." Dumbledore said with emotion: "It seems that I should really suggest that the Ministry of Magic update the teaching materials of Muggle Studies."

He also felt that the Muggle world seemed to have undergone earth-shaking changes, but Dumbledore didn't take this "little thing" to heart, because Voldemort had always been stuck in his throat like a sharp fishbone.

Compared with Voldemort, what are the little inventions of Muggles?

Voldemort was like a leaf stuck in Dumbledore's eyes, leaving him no time to care about anything else.

"In fact, in addition to the Internet, I have another consideration, about the school's concealment." After describing the Internet to Dumbledore, Helga added a little of her own thoughts.

The Muggle-Repelling Charm and a series of concealment magic around Hogwarts are mostly based on a series of spells set up by the four of them when they founded the school. Later principals and professors may add some of their own designs to this system, but the overall structure is still the same as what they arranged back then.

Helga has verified that the magic circles of the nursing school are not much different from those a thousand years ago.

Take building a house as an example. Salazar and the other four are the ones who lay the foundation, build the load-bearing walls, erect the beams, and set up the main beams. The subsequent successors are nothing more than opening a skylight on the roof and pasting wallpaper on the walls.

At the beginning of the school, the four founders never considered the problem of electronic equipment.

Although the magic world is lucky and magic can make electronic equipment malfunction, this is not a solution after all. No one can guarantee that Muggles will not invent more powerful detection equipment, and no one can guarantee that they will not discover the existence of Hogwarts through detection equipment.

This time Dumbledore was completely silent.

"Perhaps we should further upgrade the school's protective magic." Helga came to her own conclusion.

"Well." Dumbledore's eyes flashed with a thoughtful light.

Professor White made sense. After so many years, Hogwarts' defensive magic should also be updated.

"Take your time to think about it. I'll go back first. We'll discuss it again when we have a chance in the future." Helga felt that her mission had been accomplished and her goal had been achieved, so she went back to her office.

Back in the office, Helga found Salazar holding a book and reading it intently.

Looking at her old friend who frowned and sighed from time to time, Helga couldn't help but ignite her endless curiosity: it was the first time she saw such a complex expression change on the face of this old friend.

"What are you reading? So focused." Helga sat down opposite her old friend.

"Encyclopedia, given to me by Rowena's students." Les handed the book in his hand.

"I suggest you take a good look at it. It will help you understand the world of Muggles - it's much better than our Muggle Studies textbooks."

Helga took the book and found that Salazar was studying something called "artificial satellite".

"Artificial... satellite? Muggles can even make such things and have the ability to send them to the stars? It's incredible." Helga had a new understanding of the development of Muggles.

It is difficult for people to suppress the desire to explore the stars, which has never changed from thousands of years ago to now. Helga had also looked up at the stars, thinking about what the deep universe that brought magic to the world looked like, and the Muggles actually took the first step to explore the starry sky and universe before her. How could she not be shocked?

"More than that..." Les looked like he was about to say something, and he was quite worried at the moment, because he knew more about satellites than Helga.

This thing is not just as simple as exploring the universe. Helga thought the Muggles were too selfless.

The book said that satellites can see buildings on the surface, and it was also accompanied by a photo of buildings from the perspective of satellites.

This gave Les a little Muggle shock.

After learning this new knowledge point, Les suddenly felt like a thorn in his back, as if there was really an eye in the space hundreds of miles away, indifferently scanning the earth, sky, and ocean.

Modern Muggles made him a little uneasy. They may not have discovered the magic world yet, but with the help of satellites, it is a matter of time.

No one knows the fate that wizards will face after being exposed.

Rice suppressed the complicated emotions in his heart and asked Helga if she had gained any news from Dumbledore.

After sharing Dumbledore's retelling and speculation with his old friend, Helga looked at Rice and wanted to hear his opinion.

"Dumbledore is knowledgeable, and I tend to think that magic interfered with the Muggles' electronic devices." Rice expressed his support for Dumbledore.

"But he doesn't have much knowledge either. He completely ignored the development of Muggles and watched the magic world stagnate." After expressing his agreement, he expressed his dissatisfaction with Dumbledore.

"He is old after all, and he has not experienced a life like you before." Helga rarely excused Dumbledore: "For Dumbledore, the most important thing is the dark wizard, Voldemort."

Hearing that name, Rice snorted heavily.

This guy is like a cockroach, disgusting to see but inexhaustible.

"And since magic can interfere with electronic devices, it's good news after all. We don't have to worry about Hogwarts being discovered by Muggles for the time being." To this day, Helga also feels that the magic world cannot be exposed to Muggles - their attitude towards wizards is unknown, and their strength is overwhelming, so they must be treated with caution.

Just like a lone wolf that breaks into the lion's territory, they must be cautious in every action.

Helga thought that her words could make Salazar feel better, but unexpectedly he shook his head.

"It can only interfere with electronic devices, right?" He casually took a feather pen on Helga's desk and turned it and its shell into a spear thrower.

Then he swung it vigorously, and a spear flew out of the window, brushing against the body of a raven in the sky.

Ignoring the cries of the raven outside the window, Rice stared at Helga and said word by word: "Pure machinery will not be affected."

Don't underestimate pure machinery. Bows and crossbows are machinery, and muskets and cannons are also machinery.

"Isn't there a Muggle Repelling Charm—"

"What is the range of this spell?" Rice interrupted Helga directly, "Stand outside the range of the spell and observe with mechanical equipment? Muggles' technological means should be able to do it, right?"

Helga frowned.

These problems wouldn't have been a problem a thousand years ago - someone who could detect the existence of Hogwarts dozens of miles away couldn't be a Muggle - but they are problems in modern times.

"And those satellites, they can take pictures from the sky - if you don't believe me, turn the back of that book."

Helga did as she was told, and after turning to the next page, her expression suddenly changed: the book came with a satellite photo of Constantinople.

"Satellites are also electronic devices..." Helga said dryly, feeling a dryness in her mouth.

Muggle technology was somewhat beyond her expectations.

Who is the wizard when it comes to taking photos of the ground from hundreds of miles above the surface? Can a wizard do this?

Helga felt that after she expanded her domain, she could indeed perceive the terrain within a large area, but besides herself, Old Viper, and Old Raven, which wizard could do this?

"It uses optical equipment. The book says it uses cameras, spectrometers and other messy things to measure visible and infrared radiation on the earth's surface, providing high-resolution surface images and spectral information."

Helga felt like she understood each word, but together it was very confusing.

The more Les talked, the more excited he became. He patted the table and told his old friend that she really needed to catch up on her classes.

"This is light, not electricity. I don't think our magic interference is effective. Maybe the photos of Hogwarts are already lying in the storage of some institution, but they haven't found any abnormalities yet. "

Helga:! ! !

Her old friend's words made her mind go blank.

Fragments of knowledge flew in Les's mind, and finally connected together. He felt that he had found a solution to the problem.

"There happens to be a meteor shower in January. The structure of meteorites is rock and ice crystals. This is really wonderful." The corner of Les's mouth curled up slightly. "Helga, our field is enough to interfere with meteorites above the earth and guide their trajectories. In this way, all the Muggle satellites can be destroyed in one go - and Hogwarts will not be exposed. It is a race against time to preemptively remove the means by which Muggles may observe Hogwarts. "

Helga's eyes widened in shock at her old friend's train of thought.

"What do you think? If we could, let's do it together—" Les decided he needed help from his old friend.

"Salazar, wait a moment!" Helga called, making Salazar quiet down.

"You're so Gryffindor in your ways."

Such a simple sentence immediately diverted Rice's attention from the satellite.

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Here’s an update~

I wish everyone good luck in the college entrance examination!

Comparison

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Attached is a satellite photo from the 1990s - the resolution at that time had reached 30 meters