"The survivors of Youhiss." Xing Ze whispered, "Only those who have mastered extraordinary skills and nobles can enter hibernation to avoid the snake man's curse."
Ellie thought of something and asked: "Will these creatures live that long? In addition to these hibernating snake people, there are also many snake people here who have lost their intelligence."
"No, that's not the case." Xing Ze shook his head and paused, probably sorting out the information he had obtained.
Soon he spoke again: "Although they live long lives, they have not yet reached the point of immortality. Most of those snake people who have lost their intelligence are the failed products of previous assimilation experiments."
"You mean most of it?"
"Yes, do you remember the snake people we met in St. Mungo's? In addition to assimilation, Scia Reese also wants to rely on animals and humans as incubation nests for the reproduction and incubation of snake people. However, this
The plan should still be perfected.”
Ellie's face changed. As a wizard who specializes in black magic defense, she has seen many cruel black magic methods, including many human sacrifices. However, after hearing Xing Ze's description,
She still broke out in a cold sweat.
"So, what are we here for? You shouldn't be here to educate me."
Xing Ze raised the corner of his mouth slightly, even if he was in danger, he would not be too nervous as long as he was around Ellie.
"Dear young lady, what is your best magic?" he asked, pointing to the hibernating cabins of egg-shaped creatures above his head.
The eldest lady immediately understood what Xing Ze meant, and she couldn't help laughing, "It seems that you think the noise we made is not strong enough."
"We need to bring the most important people here."
boom--
The flames of the explosion soon swept through the entire hibernation room, and the heat wave raged around with the rising pillar of fire. Xing Ze did not expect that this wizard lady who was proficient in the defense of black magic was also quite accomplished in destructive spells.
Before the pillar of fire rose, they turned into a narrow passage to avoid the explosion.
"Okay, this movement is enough to attract the guards of the nest. Let's go to the laboratory." Xing Ze continued to walk deeper into the passage.
This road can lead to Reese's laboratory, but it requires a detour, and Reese and other snake guards will go to the hibernation chamber from the main passage, so that they can go to the laboratory more safely.
After walking for a while in the narrow passage, the two arrived at the core of the lair, Reese's laboratory.
The air here is hotter and more humid than outside, like a tropical rainforest, and a strange fragrance surges in the air, making it impossible for people to imagine that this is the snake man's lair.
There is an area in the cave made of leather cushions and furs, as well as a hot spring that serves as a bath, which is probably where the snake man Reese used to rest.
Next to it is an alcove surrounded by iron bars, and the iron door is closed. Inside are three skinny degenerate babies, rolling in the filth and wailing.
The experimental area is on the other side of the cave. On a stone table are a bubbling alembic, a retort and other unnamed chemical instruments.
There are three leather scrolls hanging on the rock wall next to the table. The words on them are the same as those seen on the murals before. They should be the words of the snake man.
In addition, the surrounding walls were covered with engraved characters that could be seen everywhere. As Ellie looked around carefully, Xing Ze walked to the experimental table to search. He wanted to find the time-travel magic that Reese mentioned before.
Although he also understood that such a random search was in vain, the obsession in his heart still prompted him to come here.
Just when he found nothing and was about to give up, the eldest lady next to him seemed to be attracted by something. She walked slowly towards one of the walls and reached out to touch a symbol on the wall.
"Door?" she whispered to herself uncertainly.
Xing Ze was also attracted, and his blue beak turned into a black cat and scared away the three vestigial babies so that they would not get in the way.
"What door?"
"This symbol." Ellie pointed at the wall with her finger. The carvings in the area she pointed to were indeed different from the others. These carvings were squeezed into a narrow space. There were no other patterns except a large number of spirals, and there were no
Intertwined with carvings on other walls.
"This is a symbol in alchemy, representing a door, which can also be understood as a teleportation array." The eldest lady explained.
"Like Floo?"
"The principle is similar, but it is more primitive than the Floo Network. The advantage is that it does not require Floo powder, it only requires pouring in magic power."
Hearing this, Xing Ze was a little disappointed. He thought that this was the time travel magic that Reese mentioned, but he never thought that it was just a portal.
However, he was not too disappointed. This portal would not be carved here for no reason. He stretched out his hand and pressed it on the carving array, wanting to pour magic power into it for teleportation. He wanted to see where this portal led to.
of.
"What are you doing?" Ai Li took Xing Ze's hand and asked in a low voice, "We don't know where this teleportation array will take us yet. What if it's a one-way door?"
"That only shows that I have very bad luck." As soon as Xing Ze finished speaking, his whole body was sucked into the wall.
Ellie was both angry and puzzled by this reckless approach. She also poured some magic power into the formation. After a moment of trance, she found herself in a forest.
Behind her, there was also a carved array for teleportation on a huge rock covered with moss and vines. She saw Xing Ze standing not far away, seeming to be looking at something.
"I really don't understand why you, who are always cautious, would do such a stupid thing." Ai Li came to Xingze and complained, with a hint of anger in her tone.
Xing Ze raised his hand and pointed in one direction and said: "Look at that, we seem to have come to a familiar place."
The eldest lady looked far into the distance, and the expression on her face gradually became serious, "This is..."
“Forbidden Forest.”
It was engraved that year.
"Obviously, there are traces of human damage on it. After the cooperation between Voldemort and the snake people collapsed, he probably destroyed the teleportation array because he was afraid of the snake people's revenge. However, now, the teleportation array has been repaired again. Reese should
I found another partner."
The eldest lady can accept this explanation. The Ministry of Magic is extremely strict on guarding against dream objects. On this point, the attitudes of both mixed-blood and pure-blood wizards are surprisingly consistent.
This is probably one of the few things in the magical world that allows both parties to stand on the same front, so it is quite difficult for dream objects to enter the magical world.
Unless someone directly summons those weird existences in the magical world, doing so will inevitably cause irreversible pollution. The former Ravenska Village is the best example.
Therefore, it is impossible for snake people to enter Hogwarts, unless someone secretly assists them, but even then, they cannot enter.
Looking at the familiar towering spiers, Ellie thought in her heart that Hogwarts has magical monitoring barriers that Dumbledore personally arranged. These monitoring barriers are used to prevent dream objects.