Mastering Lightning from Hogwarts

“It's not a major issue, I've just been working on some alchemical gadgets recently and need the Ministry's help. Of course, it's also very beneficial to the Ministry.” After saying that, Anduin took a few identical documents from the coffee table next to him and handed them to the group, including Dumbledore, who was listening in.

“Full Coverage Magic Real-Time Communication System?” Fudge looked at the title on the document with a puzzled expression. He knew next to nothing about alchemy. He recognized every word in the name, but when they were put together, he couldn't understand it at all.

“That's right, this is an alchemy system I've recently put together. It has been preliminarily tested and the results are very good.” Anduin nodded with a smile.

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“Uh… Mr. Wilson, could you explain it to us a little bit? The content of this document is really… a bit difficult to understand.” Fudge flipped through a few more pages before complaining helplessly.

“Indeed.” Bardot chimed in from the side, “Don't make things difficult for us alchemy dummies. Can you say something we can understand?”

“Sorry, I was being presumptuous.” Anduin nodded apologetically, then explained, “The so-called 'Full Coverage Magic Real-Time Communication System' is a real-time communication network that can cover a large area. It contains three important components: 'Alchemy Relay Base Station', 'Quick Response Alarm Module', and 'Communication Terminal'.”

After saying this, Anduin looked at the two people in front of him, but Fudge and Bardot had expressions on their faces as if they had heard something, but also as if they hadn't understood anything.

Seeing this, Anduin knew that he had to explain it in simpler terms, “Let me give you a simple example. You should all know about the communication amulets sold in the Silver Gilt Exchange, right?”

The two people in front of him nodded immediately. Of course, they knew about the communication amulets. This convenient equipment had saved the Ministry a lot of trouble. Fudge was carrying several communication amulets on him to contact various departments.

“Although the current communication amulets have decent functionality, their limitations and shortcomings are still very obvious.” After saying that, Anduin took out an amulet from his body and explained, “Even a set of many-to-many communication amulets can only communicate with a maximum of a dozen other amulets, and someone has to always carry the main amulet. If that main amulet has a problem, it can even cause the entire communication network to collapse.”

“And my 'Real-Time Communication System' is actually building a large main amulet, linking all the other amulets together, and then providing a number for the other sub-amulets. As long as the person holding the communication amulet knows the other party's number, they can communicate in real-time, so you don't have to carry several amulets on your body.”

Speaking of this, Anduin looked at Dumbledore next to him again, “Headmaster, you should know what this means, right?”

Dumbledore, also an alchemy master, naturally understood Anduin's document and understood what he meant, “If it's really as you say, it means that within the radiation range of the large main amulet, people with communication amulets can communicate conveniently, but achieving this is probably not a small project. The 'Alchemy Relay Base Station' you mentioned refers to…”

“That's right.” Anduin nodded with a smile, “The so-called 'Alchemy Relay Base Station' is actually similar to the alchemy room in the Department of Magical Accidents and Catastrophes, which can monitor magical fluctuations in real-time, but its function is to establish a communication network and connect all 'Communication Terminals'.”

“And the so-called 'Communication Terminal' is a new type of 'Communication Amulet', but its function is more powerful than before.” After saying that, Anduin took out a few props and handed them to the group. The styles of these alchemy props were different, some were in the shape of bracelets, some were rings, pendants, and even one that resembled a modern tablet phone.

“You can inject some magic into these terminals to see the effect.” Anduin raised his hand and made a gesture of invitation.

Fudge and the others couldn't help but look at each other curiously, and then they all started to operate.

After injecting magic, the surface of these alchemy props quickly lit up with a magic pattern, and then a translucent light curtain suddenly popped up, with several buttons such as 'Contacts', 'Call History', 'Messages', and 'Settings'. Clicking on it would display a new interface.

Bardot curiously clicked on the 'Contacts' interface, and then saw about a dozen numbers stored inside, 1, 2, 3, 4… She tentatively clicked on the top number 1, and then the terminal in Fudge's hand next to her suddenly vibrated and emitted a cheerful music.

Seeing this, Fudge also clicked the receive button on the interface, and then saw Bardot's surprised face in the translucent light curtain, and then the two of them happily communicated through the interface.

“Phew… what a magical prop. If you can contact other people holding terminals through this prop, wouldn't it be more convenient than a two-way mirror.” After experiencing it for a while, Fudge couldn't help but praise.

“That's right, this 'Communication Terminal' does incorporate some of the magic principles of the two-way mirror.” Anduin nodded with a smile, “These terminals are currently just samples, and their functions are still relatively simple. The performance will be more powerful after continuous updates.”

“Moreover…” Anduin paused again, “After this system is built, in addition to being able to perform real-time communication, it can also relay other signals, such as broadcasts, and even images!”

“Images? Are you referring to images like magical photos?” Fudge thought that this powerful communication function was already strong enough, but he didn't expect even more surprises.

“It's not that simple.” Anduin shook his head with a smile, “It's a magical image that can be played continuously for a long time, similar to the way you just saw each other's appearance in the interface, but it also needs to be used with another alchemical device called 'Magic Projector'. This is still in the testing phase, please allow me to keep it a secret for now.”

Speaking of this, Anduin added, “I have already communicated with the 'Wizard Wireless Company'. After this equipment is mass-produced, they will record image programs and open image channels, just like the Wizard Radio, entering thousands of households.”

“This magical image you mentioned… sounds so much like the television in the Muggle world?” After listening to Anduin's explanation, Bardot didn't show a happy expression, but frowned, “Anduin, you should know about the 'Wizard Broadcasting Company' that briefly appeared, right? They wanted to create a television channel for wizards, but ended up dying halfway.”

“I know.” Anduin nodded, “At the same time, I also know that the reason they died halfway is because they violated the 'Statute of Secrecy'. When Muggles accidentally hear the wizard radio, they can easily think they misheard, but when they accidentally see wizard television programs, it's not so easy to believe, is it?”

“That's right, this invention of yours that imitates Muggle appliances, not to mention whether it involves the 'crime of illegally using Muggle items', just violating the Statute of Secrecy may cause serious damage to your career.” Bardot, as someone who has always been very optimistic about Anduin, doesn't want him to go down the path of illegal crime.

“You're overthinking it.” Anduin smiled kindly, “I know what you're worried about, but this is the original intention of me establishing the 'Magic Communication System'. The reason why the wizard television channel violated the Statute of Secrecy is because their signals had to be set up on the Muggle world's network.”

“And the magical system I'm building is a special signal network independent of the Muggle world, more similar to the Floo Network than Muggle radio, so they can't see all this on television, and after subsequent upgrades, it can even present stereoscopic images. Do you expect those Muggles to see stereoscopic images on television?”

“This…” Bardot was stunned when she heard this. She didn't understand anything about systems, networks, etc., and had no choice but to turn to Dumbledore next to her for help, “Albus, you are the president of the International Confederation of Wizards, do you think this will violate the Statute of Secrecy?”

“If everything is as he said, this will indeed not violate the Statute of Secrecy.” Dumbledore flipped through the document in his hand with interest. The details in it were much more complicated than Anduin said.

Dumbledore had already seen that Anduin's inventions not only did not violate the Statute of Secrecy, but were instead preparing to use the Statute of Secrecy as a cover to build his own action network!

After all, once the International Wizarding Community allows access to Muggle appliances such as telephones and televisions in the wizarding world, Anduin's current inventions will lose their competitiveness. Those things are so cheap, and you don't even have to buy them with wizarding currency.

And what Anduin is doing now is actually exploiting the Statute of Secrecy to monopolize the communication market in advance, so as to avoid changes in international laws in the future!

If he really succeeds, Anduin is probably the most supportive person of the Statute of Secrecy in the entire wizarding world, just like the Prohibition in the early 19th century, the people who maintained the Prohibition the most were the Mafia who made a fortune by selling private wine.

However, Dumbledore didn't reveal this after discovering it. After all, in the current environment, he really didn't violate the law, did he?

After receiving the authoritative affirmative answer, Bardot and Fudge finally breathed a sigh of relief.

And Anduin, in order to strengthen the confidence of the two, immediately added, “In order to establish such a communication network, I hope to open up an independent alchemy room in the Ministry, so that I can build the 'Alchemy Relay Base Station' there. Of course, since the base station uses the magic power in the Ministry as energy, all this is naturally not free.”

“Oh?!” As soon as he heard about money, Fudge's eyes lit up.