"I want to become a high-level Animagus."
At the Transformation Research Group, Murphy found Andrew Tuck.
He had wanted to do this for a while, and now, with intelligence-enhancing potions proving ineffective, he thought transformation might allow him to remodel his brain for greater mental power.
"Don't tell me that after all this time, you have no idea how to proceed."
"No, no, Director, we've actually found a way to become a high-level Animagus," Andrew hurriedly explained.
"Oh?"
Murphy was somewhat surprised. He had thought Andrew had some progress, not that he had already found the answer.
"Yes," Andrew said. "As we've delved deeper into our research on vampires and werewolves, we've become increasingly convinced that these two types of wizarding transformations actually originate from Animagus transfiguration."
"Whether by intention or accident, the emergence of these creatures was due to the potion for Animagus transformation being contaminated."
"Do you remember, in the process of waiting for a storm to come, the Animagus potion cannot be disturbed in any way? Its quantum properties mean that once observed, its nature changes."
"We suspect the birth of vampires was due to the potion being disturbed by bats, possibly because bat genetic material was mixed into the potion, or some behavior of the bats disturbed the natural formation of the potion."
"The creation of werewolves is a bit more complex. The disturbance to their potion, although also from a wolf, likely involved a wolf that had been infected by the rabies virus. Thus, while werewolves possess the characteristics of wolves, they also exhibit the rabid traits influenced by rabies."
"After extensive analysis, we believe becoming a higher Animagus is quite simple: just mix in some genetic material of the animal you wish to become during the potion's formation process. This mixture will cause the potion to mutate."
"However, this crude mutation has great uncertainties. The mix of animal genes and human body has countless possibilities, most of which are lethal to the transfigurer."
"Both werewolves and vampires have very significant negative traits," Andrew said. "But in fact, their creation was still somewhat fortunate. Historically, there may have been many instances where the potion was disturbed and mutated, and most wizards who drank the potion likely did not survive."
"In theory, the probability of an unguided mutation reaching a relatively stable high-level Animagus state like werewolves or vampires is less than one in a thousand, and the probability of achieving a high-level Animagus state without negative effects is probably less than one in ten thousand."
Murphy frowned. This method, entirely a gamble with one's life, was not something he was willing to risk. "Is this your method for becoming a high-level Animagus?"
"Isn't there a way to increase the chances of success?"
"Yes," Andrew said, "Patronuses."
"In theory, the closer the Patronus is to the animal you wish to transform into, the more stable the Animagus transformation and the higher the success rate. This applies even to high-level Animagi."
"A Patronus is the manifestation of a wizard's soul in animal form, having a mysterious connection with the wizard."
"Moreover, our collaborative research with the Curse Study Group shows that vampires, werewolves, or other mutations have many defects because the transformation component in the entire magical process is too dominant, causing large fluctuations in the magical probability wave and increasing uncertainty."
"A Patronus is a pure, protective, positive force that can help direct the magic towards a better, more stable transformation."
"We speculate that if the Patronus is used to disturb the potion, it could greatly reduce the occurrence of adverse mutations and significantly increase the probability of stable, beneficial mutations."
"How exactly is this done?" Murphy asked.
"First, through some psychological adjustments, turn the Patronus into the image of the animal you wish to become. This step can be skipped if you're directly transforming into your original form."
"Second, complete the preliminary steps of the Animagus transformation as normal, but mix in the genetic material of the animal you wish to transform into, along with your own tissue."
"Third, during the potion's transformation process, have the Patronus observe and guide the potion's transformation with positive energy throughout, and visualize your transformed self's form and abilities during daily spells, morning and evening."
"In theory, these steps should suffice to complete the high-level Animagus potion." "In theory? Has it been tested?"
"We've observed the potion's transformation, preliminarily validating the process. However, since high-level Animagus transformation is very dangerous, we want to analyze and compare the transformation process of ordinary Animagi first. If the theory is validated, we'll apply for human trials. However, we currently don't have any cooperating wizards who are Animagi, so it might take some time."
"Would someone who became an Animagus a long time ago work?"
He had a dwarf in hand, unused.
"Of course! We need Animagi who have entered a stable state. The longer they've been Animagi, the better."
"Good." Murphy pulled a gray rat from his pocket, "What do you need to do?"
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In August, Pickett's animated film "The Lion King" was released. With its classic, concise plot, beautiful visuals, and excellent music production, it received a plethora of positive reviews upon release.
With Pickett's relentless promotion, "The Lion King" quickly became a hit, topping charts in global movie markets, with a worldwide opening week box office of over seventy million pounds and a projected total box office of 280 million pounds, almost securing the title of the year's box office champion.
Meanwhile, after a year's delay, Camelot Company finally went public, offering 30% of its shares for the first time. Due to the Venus series and many subsequent derivative products' strong dominance in the mid-end beauty market, even with a high share price of 24 pounds, the stock price hit the upper limit on the release day, pushing the company's market value into the ranks of super enterprises with tens of billions of pounds.
With the money from "The Lion King" and Camelot from shareholders, Murphy's financial pressure was significantly relieved. However, he had no intention of taking a breather, immediately buying three chip design companies. They would design various chips based on a new instruction set for Murphy.
He also acquired a chip packaging and testing factory, a wafer factory, and a leading company in the photoresist field, planning to further reduce chip costs by integrating the entire industry chain, thus giving his new chips a competitive advantage.
Furthermore, in the computer terminal field, Murphy was also splurging money, first buying three LCD panel manufacturers for the screens of his upcoming terminals, then signing a strategic cooperation agreement with Seagate to co-develop high-speed read-write mechanical hard drives.
On the other hand, the desktop system development team began employing an extreme elimination system. Salaries were no longer fixed monthly wages but directly linked to engineering contribution rates. The team outlined a detailed task framework and technical difficulties, quantifying each task and difficulty level and linking them to the development fund pool.
The more engineering work completed and technical issues resolved, the more funds could be taken from the pool. A low-level engineer, by solving one or two major technical breakthroughs, could earn as much as, or even surpass, the project's top manager, Bob Henderson.
Theoretically, if an engineer could complete all the work alone, they could take all the development funds.
Murphy had put a whopping one billion pounds in the pool! However, those unable to meet the minimum engineering contribution rate for two consecutive months would be directly eliminated.
Under this extreme reward and punishment system, salary levels varied greatly. However, the huge incentives and competitive environment significantly increased development efficiency by more than four or five times.
In fact, WISDOM Tech's finance department calculated that even with a two-year development cycle, based on previous salary levels, the desktop system development might not even cost a billion pounds.
His approach was very uneconomical.
But Murphy didn't care. If money could buy time, it was worth it! With these bold moves, not only the semiconductor industry but the entire world took notice of WISDOM Tech's, or rather Umbrella's, frenzied actions.
Wow, it seemed determined to monopolize the entire industry!
Was it aiming to become the next Samsung?
Many were shocked by WISDOM Tech's all-in spirit, but even more were ready to watch it fail.
As the founder of WISDOM Tech, Murphy naturally received a lot of attention, with countless invitations, most of which he ignored. However, for some events he couldn't refuse for the sake of market confidence, Murphy had Boris attend in the identity of Morpheus Annon.
Murphy didn't care about the external doubts; he was focused on preparing for his high-level Animagus transformation.
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