In November, a significant event occurred in Muggle society.
The Berlin Wall was brought down.
Muggle society was bustling, celebrating this historic moment as a victory for freedom and democracy, but Murphy remembered something else.
Another, even bigger entity, the giant that once stood against the entire Western world alone, was also about to fall.
The giant once stood as a pole of the world, but when It departed, only a few voices mourned, leaving behind nothing but noise and vultures feasting on the giant's flesh, growing fat.
Reborn, Murphy felt somewhat emotional to witness such history.
However, despite his feelings, he didn't mind getting involved.
He couldn't change the course of history, but rather than letting the Bolshevik legacy be squandered by Its enemies, it might as well benefit himself, especially since he also carried red blood in his veins.
But now wasn't the time, as that country remained closed, and foreign capital struggled to enter. The powerful state machinery was exhausted but still unstoppable, making it difficult to even poach talent. This required careful planning.
In December, Murphy individually lifted the "Thorn Oath" from all staff at the magical research institute, replacing it with the "Oath to Uphold the Confidentiality Agreement."
This significantly restored his magical power.
He was curious about his current level of magical power, so he sought out Haldan.
The small magical power detector was successfully developed three months ago, installed in all his potion and security shops. Customers were invited to test it using various incentives.
To date, they had collected numerous sample data.
"We have tested a total of 789 samples," Haldan, from the Curse Path Research Group, reported.
"The samples' age range is mainly between 18 to 60 years, with fewer samples below 18 and above 60, around sixty. The most samples come from around thirty years of age, which is in line with our expectations."
"After statistical analysis, we found that wizards' magical power levels and various dimensions of data approximately follow a negatively skewed distribution curve, indicating our tested sample levels might be higher than the actual societal level," Haldan explained, showing Murphy a skewed distribution curve that leaned right but remained relatively gentle overall.
"In general, there's a large disparity in wizards' magical power levels," Haldan said, summarizing several patterns after analyzing the data.
"First, magical power generally increases with age. After awakening in childhood, due to the low baseline of magical power, growth is rapid. After entering school, with the onset of puberty and magical practice, there's a significant leap in magical power, but the growth rate decreases annually. Around 16, growth slows, but magical power continues to increase."
"By around 25, the growth of magical power enters a stable phase, with the growth rate continuing to decrease annually until around 34, entering a steady state where magical power grows by about 0.2% annually, after which there are no significant changes."
"Second, we noticed a clear correlation between magical power levels and education levels and occupations. Generally, jobs requiring higher spellcasting skills, such as Aurors and Gringotts' curse breakers, tend to have higher magical power levels, while the unemployed usually have lower levels. Of course, this might be because these occupations have higher recruitment requirements."
"Third, the independence of the six dimensions of magical power is very high, confirming the dimensional hypothesis. Almost no two wizards have the same six-dimensional magical power values, and research has found that the six dimensions have synergistic and inhibitory effects, for which we created a hexagonal dimension diagram."
The printout featured a hexagon, with each corner representing a dimension, clockwise from the top: Mind, Control, Energy Shaping, Creation, Protection, and Transformation.
"Each adjacent dimension has certain synergistic properties, but opposite dimensions seem to inhibit each other," Haldan explained. "For example, wizards with a high Mind dimension generally also have a high Transformation dimension, but conversely, their Creation dimension tends to be lower."
"This might be why most wizards have severe imbalances in their skills."
"Of course, this rule isn't absolute; we've seen many wizards with very balanced magical power dimensions."
"Finally, we set the average six-dimensional magical power of adults aged 18 to 50 to a baseline value of 10 and found that wizards' magical power values are evenly distributed, with a very gentle distribution curve, meaning there's a large disparity among them. Some wizards have certain magical power values as low as 3, while others can reach over twenty."
"This makes wizards' magical preferences very distinct, based on this, we have reason to suspect that a wand's adaptability to a wizard is highly likely dependent on the differences in magical power dimensions."
"Let's test it now," Murphy said.
The new magical power testing device no longer required wizards to hold a gem handle. Haldan attached several electrode-like devices to Murphy's head, arms, chest, and other areas. After a while, he handed Murphy a printout, "These are your magical power values. We've adjusted the testing method, making it more accurate now."
"Murphy: Mind 15.19, Control 16.56, Energy Shaping 13.8, Creation 15.37, Protection 17.48, Transformation 13.33. Average 15.29."
Murphy also glanced at the values for comparison with Alex and Celica.
"Alex: Mind 3.1, Control 7.2, Energy Shaping 12.42, Creation 5.3, Protection 8.74, Transformation 4.3. Average 6.84."
He's indeed weak.
"Celica: Mind 8.68, Control 12.96, Energy Shaping 4.6, Creation 18.02, Protection 3.8, Transformation 10.75. Average 9.8."
Much stronger than her brother, but still average.
Murphy then looked at the relative values for various occupations.
Aurors had the highest overall magical power values, generally between 13 and 15, with some Aurors' individual values reaching above 20. Protection, Control, and Transformation were their most prominent magical power dimensions.
Curse breakers were next, with their Protection values even higher than Aurors', but Gringotts' curse breakers were rare, with only two samples tested.
From these data, Murphy's current level was only comparable to an average Auror.
He wasn't a genius.
But he had reached the top level among wizards.
The comparison also included an "Individual with the Highest Composite Value."
Murphy checked his data: "Mind 23.65, Control 37.42, Energy Shaping 22.86, Creation 19.27, Protection 18.91, Transformation 23.34. Average 24.24."
An average above 24, much stronger than himself.
"Who is this?" Murphy was curious.
"Let me check..." Haldan operated the computer for a while and then handed Murphy a printout.
It was a survey-like document, including occupation, age, and other items.
"Quirinus Quirrell. Seems to be a professor at Hogwarts."
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