Hogwarts: I graduated before the system came

Thinking of this, he glanced at Douglas. It was obvious that this was the team leader, but the teacher there was even more arrogant than him.

Perhaps the problems within this school are more complicated than they appear on the surface.

After all, the only way such a teacher who is obviously unpopular with both teachers and students can still hold his position is because he has a deep background and a strong network of connections that can withstand the pressure of public opinion;

Or maybe he was unique in his admission rate, and his impressive teaching results silenced the public, forcing the school to make the decision to retain him.

But no matter what the reason was, he had deep doubts about Hogwarts School and didn't understand why the government would issue a notice specifically for such a school.

Just as all kinds of emotions were intertwined, Professor Snape walked out of the locker room.

This pale, thin, hooked-nosed man's temperament changed drastically after he put on the protective suit.

His black hair was still greasy and long, hanging directly on his shoulders. Although it was covered by the work protective clothing, it could still be seen that his hair was very straight and greasy.

His face, contrasted with the white protective suit, looked even more tired and weathered.

However, his hooked nose appears even sharper and more resolute in such an environment, as if telling people that he will never back down even in the face of difficulties.

In general, he gives people a feeling of mystery and toughness when wearing protective clothing.

Douglas couldn't help but sigh in his heart, professional!

In the following time, under the guidance of the person in charge, everyone gained an in-depth understanding of the Muggle pharmaceutical process.

When they walked into the door of the pharmaceutical factory workshop, they were immediately surrounded by a strange and novel atmosphere.

"I can't believe it's so bright here and we're in this dark castle basement… I mean, I love Potions classroom."

Snape

There was a faint smell of disinfectant in the air.

"It's nothing like the smell of the Potions classroom!"

Snape ￣△￣

As they entered the workshop, the first thing they saw was rows of tall stainless steel equipment. These equipment stood there like steel giants, shining with dazzling light.

The staff, dressed in white work clothes, masks and gloves, operated the equipment attentively, as if they were playing a beautiful symphony.

The students were deeply attracted by these devices. They watched curiously and exclaimed (quietly) from time to time.

The staff patiently answered their questions and explained how these devices transformed raw materials into medicines. They listened with great interest, and of course, they were more interested in wondering if these raw materials could be replaced with magical materials and whether the machines could also be used to make them.

Of course, in the magical world, there are also various magical auxiliary props, which play an indispensable role in the field of potion making.

Despite this, students were never allowed to use such handy tools in Hogwarts' Potions classes.

Because in the eyes of Snape, the master of potions, the key to mastering the true meaning of potions is to personally perform each step and carefully perceive the uniqueness of each herb and the process of blending with magic.

However, compared to the modern technological equipment in the Muggle world, although these props in the wizarding world mainly serve auxiliary functions, the magical power they contain gives them unique advantages.

For example, the one that can automatically stir the crucible can perform continuous stirring without human intervention, making the potion brewing process more efficient. However, it is insufficient in terms of accuracy and stirring speed required for different potions, as well as adjusting the stirring direction according to changes in the potion at any time.

In contrast, although the pharmaceutical equipment in the Muggle world is advanced and can set the corresponding stirring speed according to the characteristics of the drug and the reaction process, it cannot replicate the magical world's ability to control mysterious energy.

Snape naturally scoffed at such Muggle equipment. He firmly believed that traditional potion skills were the fundamental qualities of a qualified wizard.

Douglas, who was also well versed in the art of magic-medicinal cuisine, did not show much attention to the large pharmaceutical machine in front of him.

After all, in the special environment of the wizarding world, the biggest bottleneck in potion making is not efficiency - on the one hand, it is because many precious magical materials are scarce and difficult to obtain; on the other hand, due to the relatively small population base of the wizarding world, large-scale production scenes are rare.

Therefore, heavy equipment designed for large-scale production is useless here, and small-scale precision equipment can often only be used by wizards who are not well-trained and can only make ordinary potions.

When it comes to making some precious potions, wizards still prefer to do it themselves. After all, the more precious the potion, the more precious the materials used. They will not pin their hopes on a single tool.

Chapter 309 The Movement of Magic Radar

Pharmaceutical research laboratory.

This is the real reason why Douglas called Snape.

Due to the special nature and high confidentiality of the laboratory itself, the factory did not open its doors completely to them, but carefully arranged them in the corridor near the door.

It was a spacious, brightly lit corridor, flanked on both sides by thick, transparent reinforced glass walls, like a giant display window. Through this glass barrier, one could clearly glimpse the busy and orderly work scene inside the laboratory.

The person in charge introduced enthusiastically:

Welcome to our pharmaceutical research laboratory, the heart of our research and development of new drugs. Although this is your first visit, we are honored to show you our work.

Douglas smiled and nodded, while Snape remained expressionless, his eyes scanning the interior of the laboratory.

The walls were covered with diagrams and formulas, and the lab tables were filled with test tubes, beakers, and other exotic instruments.

Professor Snape wrinkled his nose slightly. He was disdainful of this Muggle magic - or technology - but he had to admit that the design of these devices was indeed ingenious.

Following the explanation of the person in charge, he found that Muggles did not use medicinal materials directly to make medicines, but instead obtained the relevant ingredients of a certain medicine from different objects through extraction and other means, and then synthesized the different ingredients again to make new medicines.

What Snape cares about is not extracting drug ingredients to synthesize new drugs. This is a traditional process for making medicines, but it targets a different direction.

What he cared about was that Muggles could use these advanced instruments and equipment to separate the effective ingredients in medicinal materials very accurately, and their results in pre-processing medicinal materials were much better than those of wizards who did it manually.

Even now, potions require a lot of practice before processing herbs, but they are still not this precise.

For example, in terms of grinding, wizards still use traditional mortars for grinding, but the degree of grinding is always uneven for each person, which leads to unstable medicine production results.

As the person in charge explained in a simple and easy-to-understand way, Professor Snape gradually realized that the pharmaceutical technology in the Muggle world was not to directly boil and mix the original medicinal materials as he had imagined, but to use a more complex and sophisticated method.

They first extract the relevant ingredients needed for a certain medicine from a variety of seemingly unrelated items through a series of precise and complex chemical methods such as distillation, extraction, and crystallization.

These ingredients may be hidden in fruits, minerals or even waste. After being extracted, the different ingredients are carefully synthesized according to specific proportions and procedures to create a new type of medicine.

However, for Snape, this technology of extracting drug ingredients and synthesizing them is not unfamiliar. It is precisely one of the core skills of traditional pharmacy, but the focus and application areas are different from those in the magical world.

What really piqued his interest was the modern instruments and equipment used by the Muggles in this process, as well as their precision in separating and extracting the active ingredients of medicinal herbs.

The operating procedures are rigorous and efficient, and their machines can ensure that the active ingredients in each dose of medicinal materials can be extracted to the maximum extent.

This level of utilization of medicinal materials is something that even the most experienced potion masters in the current magical world can barely achieve after countless practice and practical exploration of ingredients.

For example, in the grinding process, wizards still use the ancient mortar and pestle to grind by hand. This method is indeed full of ritual, but its effect cannot meet uniform standards.

Each wizard grinds the herbs to a different degree, which makes it difficult to maintain a stable and consistent effect in the final potion. In the Muggle world, this problem has been perfectly solved by advanced grinders and homogenizing equipment.

The corners of Snape's mouth rose slightly. He realized that he might have found a new research direction. Strictly speaking, it was not a new direction. He had been exploring this method of efficiently utilizing medicinal materials during his school years.

Looking at Snape's expression, Douglas's mouth corners curled up slightly.

He understood that innovation and progress in the industry often required authoritative figures in the industry like Snape, who could quietly but firmly and forcefully push it forward with their profound professional knowledge and influence.

Therefore, when he saw Snape's expression, a smile of relief emerged in his heart, as if he saw the dawn of future changes in the magical pharmaceutical industry.

Although this has nothing to do with his teaching tasks, he still hopes that his quality of life in the magical world where he will live for a long time will get better and better.

When the potion industry uses modified modern equipment, other related industries related to life will also develop further.

After visiting the pharmaceutical factory, Professor Snape left immediately.

Only then did Harry come over and ask:

"Uncle, do you think Snape will wait for us to return to school and punish us?"

Douglas patted him on the head and said dissatisfiedly:

"Call me professor, Harry! Remember, you must show due respect to Professor Snape. Besides, how can a teacher's teachings be simply defined as punishment?

It should be called a special kind of attention and education. I believe that, given the friendship between me, your godfather and Professor Snape, he will definitely give you extra "caring education."

After saying that, he patted Harry's shoulder again, as if it was a rare honor.

For the remainder of the visit, Douglas returned Sirius to the students to ensure they could continue this educational exploration.

Before the students could tell Sirius about their feelings towards Professor Snape, Douglas had already quietly left.

During this period of time, Douglas has been constantly studying and improving his magic radar. It used to only cover the entire UK, but now, with his hard work day and night (this is how he reported to Headmaster Dumbledore), the detection range of the magic radar has been significantly expanded.

While this expansion is not unlimited, once you go beyond the borders of the UK, the accuracy of the radar map begins to drop sharply, and it can only roughly lock onto the target within a large geographical area. For smaller countries, the specific location within them cannot be accurately presented.

Previously, magic radar showed that Wormtail had been active in the Balkan Peninsula, and Albania was located on the Balkan Peninsula.

However, just yesterday, changes in the light spots on the radar aroused Douglas's vigilance: the unique signal marking the Wormtail began to deviate from the western Balkan Peninsula and gradually moved inland.

Although he was limited by the capabilities of the current magic radar, he was unable to determine the exact coordinates of Wormtail, but judging from the direction of the signal, there was no doubt that the target was approaching the British mainland.

Chapter 310 Dumbledore's Conjecture

In the Hogwarts headmaster's office, the ancient and solemn oak furniture glowed with a warm yellow luster under the candlelight, and the portraits on the stone wall also looked at the two people in front of the desk.

Dumbledore, the white-haired, wise-eyed old man, was staring helplessly but intently at the magic radar that Douglas was holding tightly.

Dumbledore smiled slightly, a sly glint in his blue eyes, and he casually snapped his fingers.

With the sound of the snap of fingers, a breeze suddenly blew in the air, and a huge and detailed world map slowly unfolded in front of him like a scroll, with various magical symbols and place names densely marked on it.

He used his fingers, sharpened by the years, to carefully search the map for the location that matched the one displayed on the magic radar. He said to Douglas with a hint of helplessness:

"Douglas, you should put aside your stubborn suspicion and defense and trust the old man in front of you..."

A subtle expression passed across Douglas's face, and a faint smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

I thought to myself: Haha, if I hadn't been on guard against you, this radar would have ended up like that tape recorder.

But he responded in a slightly teasing tone:

"Professor, your finger snap was truly magnificent. Hmm... it could be said to be extremely charming, as if it condensed countless sparks of wisdom."

Dumbledore stared at Douglas with a cold gaze, his eyes revealing a sharpness that could see through people's hearts. He sneered:

"Oh, you mean that spark of wisdom came from you... I found it. Peter should be in Ulcinj now, and judging by the direction he's heading towards England..."

After saying this, he adjusted his half-moon glasses, his eyes flashing with a deep light behind the lenses, and slowly turned to Douglas opposite him:

"In your opinion, he must have joined up with Tom?"

Douglas did not answer immediately. Instead, he slowly picked up a piece of dragon beard candy that was as delicate as silk and exuded an alluring aroma from a carved porcelain plate on the table and said casually:

"According to Wormtail's character, unless he was under some irresistible pressure or coercion, how could such a shrewd and cunning character easily give up Albania, a safe haven with loose management that is like a paradise for fugitives?

But obviously you and I haven't heard that the Ministry has found any trace of him there, so..."

Dumbledore's deep eyes sparkled, his brow furrowed slightly, as if he were deciphering a complex mystery. He tapped his hand lightly on the table, thinking:

"From what I know about Tom, he is an extremely cunning and cautious man. If he was not absolutely sure of his own safety, he would not be so eager to return to the UK at this moment.

What kind of incident made him so anxious and impatient after just getting help from Peter?

Could it be that he realized that part of his Horcrux had been destroyed?

Douglas, beside him, was savoring some Dragon's Beard Candy from Honeydukes. He felt it was a bit sweeter than usual. Could it be Dumbledore's special? He couldn't help but sip his tea to balance the sweetness.

"I don't think his reaction was caused by the destruction of the Horcruxes. For him, each Horcrux is a continuation of life. Every time he loses a Horcrux, it means his path to immortality has suffered an irreversible blow.

Given his dedication to and appreciation of immortality, he should have avoided risks first. Fear and caution would have driven him to protect himself more rigorously, rather than taking risks so easily. After all, keeping Wormtail by his side would have increased the risk even more."

He gently put down the teacup:

"I'm more inclined to think this is him preparing for a resurrection. After so many years of suffering, Tom never gave up his obsession with returning to the top.

Now, as the only former Death Eater who has found and contacted him, Wormtail has undoubtedly become his last resort, although I don't think he would recognize Wormtail's ability and loyalty.

But in this isolated and helpless state, Senior Tom has no more choice but to place his trust in this cowardly wizard who once betrayed his friends..."

Dumbledore's thoughts drifted back to that day last year when Douglas revealed to him a little-known ancient secret - about a mysterious potion called the "Regeneration Potion".

Later, according to his investigation, he found out that this potion originated from a notorious black wizard in ancient Greece, and its strange power was enough to subvert the boundary between life and death.

Dumbledore vaguely realized that Tom Riddle was very likely to have come into contact with this forbidden knowledge during his long time in Albania.

"Rebirth Potion..."

"what?"

Douglas was looking at the other snacks on the table, wondering which one might not be Dumbledore's special edition, and for a moment he didn't hear what Dumbledore was muttering.

Dumbledore looked at a pile of parchment documents

Dumbledore's eyes were deep and worried:

"I'm more inclined to believe that Peter has provided Tom with the latest information for the past two years... and possibly even this story."

Chapter 311: Bibi Multi-Flavor Beans with Spicy and Sour Potato Shreds