Chapter 579
Salem Embraces Technology
Chapter 579 Salem Embraces Technology
Vader was slightly stunned, then nodded and said, "Of course. Are you an alchemist too?"
"It's too early to be called an alchemist now. I'm just learning from my teacher. I don't have any original achievements."
Natalia smiled and said, "I bought every one of your alchemy products, especially the puppets. In our alchemy class, the professor asked us to start by observing the alchemy on the puppets..."
"But it's a pity," Ryan, another blond student from Ilvermorny, came over and said, "Gray, it seems you have never published any paper in a magazine?"
He smiled and said, "I have an uncle who works in the editorial department of Alchemy Frontiers. If you need to publish a paper, I can help you."
His tone was friendly, but there was a hint of doubt in his eyes.
The more one knows about alchemy, the more difficult it is to believe that the inventions that have emerged in the past two years were the work of a teenager.
They would rather believe certain rumors, such as that Wade Grey is actually Morray's illegitimate son, and that the alchemist Morray attributed all his inventions to Grey, helping the boy steal the reputation that did not belong to him.
Naturally, Ryan was not stupid enough to voice these doubts to his face. He just reminded his companions implicitly - if Wade Grey was really that capable, why didn't he even have a single paper so far?
But Natalia immediately curled her lips and said, "Gray just needs to write a paper based on his own work and publish it in any magazine he wants. Do you still need your help?"
Ryan: “…”
He reluctantly tried to smooth things over: "I just think it would be more convenient to have someone I know, right?"
"Thank you for your kindness." Wade said, "I don't have the need to publish a paper for the time being."
"Understandably, preparing for the competition is busy enough."
Natalia nodded in agreement and said, "I've always been curious. The way you inject thoughts into puppets seems to be somewhat different from the way you make wizard chess."
"Indeed, when making the puppet, I also incorporated some theories of transfiguration, allowing inorganic matter to have a tendency to transform into living things, and strengthening logic and the ability to learn and grow..."
Wade didn't mind discussing alchemy with her. A mature alchemist could also deduce what he said. But mastering these theories didn't mean they could make the same puppets.
More importantly, talking about these profound and obscure things would make him more in line with the image of a "Ravenclaw nerd" in the eyes of others.
Natalia's eyes lit up immediately when she heard this. She felt as if the door of the palace of knowledge had been opened a crack, allowing her to see the dazzling light behind it. The doubts that had puzzled her for so long were finally answered.
"Yes, I have long felt that these puppets are so smart that they seem to have souls. What you are doing is almost equivalent to creating alchemical life forms..."
"It's not at that point yet. The puppet is just a smarter piece of wizard chess." Wade said modestly.
The puppets sold on the market do have limited intelligence, roughly equivalent to a smarter AI assistant, and are completely different from the puppets that Wade kept with him.
He explained: "Their consciousness matrix is too basic, and it mainly relies on the manufacturing technology of the composite layer and the superposition of spells. In terms of magic transmission, I borrowed a formula once proposed by Mr. Nick Flamel..."
"Ah, I've read that paper, too." Natalia said happily, "Mr. Flamel once mentioned that he discussed the issues of matter transformation and energy conservation with his Muggle scientist friend, and thus came up with the concept of magical efficacy..."
The two of them got along better and better as they talked, but for those who didn't understand alchemy, this theoretical knowledge was like hypnosis. They talked for less than three minutes before Ryan's eyes began to wander.
Although he didn't understand, from Natalia's expression, he could confirm that Vader was the real deal, so he made up an excuse and escaped from the two of them.
Most of the other contestants turned their eyes away without interest, but three students from Salem College came over, listened for a while, and then joined in the conversation.
"Gray, it seems that some Muggle technological concepts are incorporated into your work?" Abby asked in a low voice.
"Yes." Wade admitted frankly: "I learned a lot from them."
"I can see that. I think you can also see that our school attaches great importance to the integration of magic and technology."
Abby said: "In Salem, in addition to Muggle Studies, we also offer several Muggle-related courses, including Muggle Mechanical Engineering, Weapons Development, War History, etc."
"Salem's helicopter is indeed impressive." Wade asked, "Did you modify it yourself?"
"Yes, it was recently modified." Abby said proudly, "We removed part of the structure of the traditional aircraft and modified the engine, propeller and fuel tank. Of course, the cabin also used the traceless extension spell."
The founder of their school had suffered a lot of persecution from Muggles, but Salem Academy did not completely isolate itself from Muggle society. On the contrary, they may be the magic school that knows Muggles best.
Because of hostility and fear, Salem's research on Muggles is the most in-depth. They are able to lower their heads to learn from each other, and they can also put aside the barriers in their hearts and actively absorb the beneficial parts of Muggle technology.
While Wade was talking to a few people about alchemy, Harry stormed out of the broom closet next to him, and Rita Skeeter behind him hurriedly buckled her crocodile leather handbag, tidied her hair with her fingers, and then walked out in high heels.
"what happened?"
Cedric, who was originally talking to Fleur, noticed that Harry looked strange, so he walked over and asked with concern.
"I finally understand why they all hate this woman Skeeter." Harry gritted his teeth and whispered, "She's not interviewing at all, she's just trying to make up stories."
Cedric's father worked at the Ministry of Magic, so he had naturally heard of Rita Skeeter's style. Hearing this, he patted Harry's shoulder sympathetically and said:
"As all wizards in Britain know, Skeeter just loves to talk nonsense. The more you care, the more excited she becomes. The best way is to not let her steal any of your attention."
"I understand. I will stay away from her from now on."
Harry nodded and said, trying to ignore the uncomfortable feeling inside him, and forget about the words written by Skeeter's quill -
[Those amazingly green eyes were filled with tears] It was chilling just to think about it, not to mention that she mentioned his parents in a tone that showed no respect at all...
Suddenly, the classroom door was pushed open, and Barty Crouch, Ollivander and the headmasters walked in.
(End of this chapter)