"Well said," Murphy patted Andrew on the shoulder as a gesture of encouragement.
He had already heard the specialized report from the other party, and this time he came specifically to support the event.
"Thank you for the director's support, otherwise we could not have progressed so quickly," Andrew flattered a bit.
It seems that his time as a team leader has indeed brought about significant changes in him; he would never have been willing to say such words before.
"Don't be so formal with me," Murphy said.
Although these researchers are conducting scientific research, on the other hand, they are also working for Murphy's dream, and Murphy has always been friendly to those who can help him.
"Do you have any further research needs?"
Accelerating and revealing some of the processes of ordinary Animagus is indeed a great achievement, but for Murphy now, simply turning into an animal almost doesn't bring any effective improvement, so he is still eager to continue advancing the research.
"Actually, there are some," Andrew said somewhat sheepishly, "Although we now have a certain understanding of the principles of Animagus transformation, it's still far from enough."
"Animagus transformation actually involves two interconnected steps: potions and spells. On the potions side, we have conducted thorough inspections of its various stages and have accumulated a lot of data, but we are still very lacking in materials on the spell side."
"The most important reason is that the wizards undergoing Animagus transformation are not working in the laboratory. We cannot monitor their physical changes in real-time."
"Therefore, we want to ask the director if we can recruit a few more wizards into the research institute to collaborate with us on the transformation research?"
"This…" Murphy was a bit troubled.
The Animagus potions obtained by the transformation research team were all made by the wizards in Murphy's Watchers Security Store.
Although they are already Murphy's employees, they are not directly recruited by him like the Alexis siblings and do not have enough loyalty to Murphy. Murphy also doesn't know them well enough, so he doesn't want them to know about the existence of the research institute.
"Is there any other way to substitute?" Murphy asked.
Before the safety verification of the mind seed is completed, recruiting wizards is still a risky thing. The magic research institute is the core of Murphy's plan and must not encounter any problems. Any action that could potentially expose it to the wizarding world is something Murphy tries to avoid.
"Um…" Andrew thought for a moment and said, "At the very least, we need to be able to monitor the physical changes and magical conditions of the wizards when they use spells in the morning and evening."
"Physical changes are easy to manage, some Muggle monitoring equipment can do it. But magical conditions... the spell research team's magic testing instrument should have some results in miniaturization. I'll have them make a batch and give it to those wizards first."
"Thank you, director, but these data might still be insufficient…"
"I understand, I'll try to get you some wizards into the team as soon as possible."
...
The next day.
In the chip research group, Derrick Preston had lost a lot of weight. With eyes that looked overworked from excessive cultivation, he grabbed Murphy, "Director, we need wizards!"
"What's the situation?" Murphy was puzzled, "Tell me more."
"As you know, our chip development follows the path of combining science and magic by using enlargement and shrinkage spells to bypass the manufacturing process," Derrick said, "But since we don't have wizards involved in this process, we had to use domesticated house-elves to complete the magical part."
"Right, is there a problem with that?" Murphy asked.
Domesticated house-elves have decent magical abilities and guaranteed loyalty. If it weren't for the fact that Animagus transformation was being prepared for his own future advancement and needed wizards as templates, he would have preferred to have house-elves participate in the transformation pathway research.
"House-elves are good. They are enthusiastic, obedient, very well-behaved, although ugly, sometimes they are quite cute…"
After praising the house-elves a lot, Derrick changed the subject.
"But, they are not suitable for this job."
"Oh? Can't they also use enlargement and shrinkage spells?"
"Yes, they can, but their magic is too random. The same house-elf's enlargement spell can sometimes enlarge a wafer by more than ten times, and sometimes only by two or three times…"
"The fluctuation is too large. We tried various methods to stabilize their magical effects, such as drawing the enlarged size for them, or designing a mold that only needs to enlarge the wafer just enough to fill the mold without being crushed…"
"But, in the best case, after they enlarge the wafer by five times, there will still be an error of two to four inches."
"Keep in mind, this is originally an eight-inch wafer. If there is a difference of about four inches after enlargement, the difference in the manufacturing process after shrinking might reach about 0.1 micrometers, and the yield rate cannot be guaranteed, not to mention the difficulties of packaging and testing due to the inconsistency in size…"
Murphy also frowned, "Have you figured out the specific reason for this?"
"Yes, we have done a lot of analysis and also communicated with a few experts from the spell research team. We guess that this is because the house-elves use magic in a very crude way."
"The magic of house-elves does not require spells or wands, which is very convenient but also very difficult to standardize. The magic occurs in a primal form, like a spherical bullet fired from a gun barrel without rifling, with very low accuracy."
"What about teaching them spells?"
"We tried that too. Perhaps because they are accustomed to their own casting methods, having them use spells instead caused the magic to fail. We also found a few old wands for them to experiment with, and not only could they not use enlargement and shrinkage spells anymore, but after picking up the wands, they couldn't even use their most proficient cleaning magic."
This was a situation Murphy hadn't anticipated.
However, the fact that house-elves can't use spells and wands might not necessarily be due to habit. There might be a selfish consideration from wizards in this.
After all, house-elves are creatures created by wizards, and the "loyalty" brand they etch on them might not always work—as in the case of Dobby. So, adding another restriction of not being able to use spells and wands to ensure wizards' enslavement of them is entirely possible.
Murphy is not some young lady who is very concerned about the rights of house-elves, but if house-elves can't be used, it means he must recruit some wizards.
The research on the transformation pathway is not something that can be done overnight and can take its time, but as for chips...
He is burning money at the scale of hundreds of thousands or even millions of pounds a day. He can't wait.
Besides, a place called the Magic Research Institute, including the boss, only having three wizards, really does seem too nominal.
Expansion is a must.
Murphy went to the Mind Magic Research Group. He needed to expedite things.
"Furness, Omid, it's been half a year. Do you have any results from your research on the mind seed?"
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