Infinite Horror: The Strongest Zhongzhou Team

"With the two of them around, wouldn't it be much more convenient for us to go wherever we want?"

"Could it even be possible to return to London instantly?"

"Hermione, you can go home now."

Hermione shook her head at the excited Harry.

"The Ministry of Magic stipulates that a wizard must be at least seventeen years old to take the Apparition spell exam, and only after passing the exam can he use this spell."

"Moreover, this teleportation spell is extremely difficult; some magicians don't even learn it until they graduate."

Professor McGonagall once told me that Apparition requires remembering three key elements: your current location, your destination, and your target.

“All three are indispensable. Any one of them can lead to the disintegration of the body, just like your feet are left here while your upper body goes home.”

"Of course, there's another point I remember the school rules mentioning: the entire academy or some important locations, such as Azkaban, the Ministry of Magic, etc., have anti-Apparition barriers."

"That is to say, it restricts anyone's movement in and out."

Harry was taken aback: "Then what just happened..."

Hermione: "Didn't Kreacher just say that he also sneaked in by hiding near Hogwarts?"

"And most importantly, Harry, think about it, besides Kreacher and Dobby, have you ever seen any other house-elves?"

"The reason why the Malfoy and Black families have house-elves is not because they are common."

Rather, it's because these two pure-blood families are among the most prestigious families in all of Europe.

"Only with sufficient resources can one possess such an elf."

Harry looked at Ron upon hearing this, and Ron nodded frantically.

Harry then realized how rare it was to be able to control two house-elves at the same time.

In the early hours of the morning.

The moonlight filled the sky.

The silvery moonlight illuminated the entire castle, making it bright and translucent.

After Kreacher disappeared, Harry, Harry, and the others also put on their invisibility cloaks.

The doors to the Gryffindor dormitories were opened.
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Cheng Xiao stood on the windowsill of the dormitory room assigned to him.

He looked at the countless drones that Moss had split into indistinguishable from the naked eye in front of him, and only breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that he was safe.

He looked down at the countdown on the main god's watch, which had started changing again.

He murmured.

"Level A side quest?"

"Is the Supreme God trying to kill me?"

"Even if the plot is correct, completing this side quest will send me to Voldemort along with Harry and Cedric."

"Let the three of us go and challenge Voldemort, this..."

When Cheng Xiao uttered those words, there was a sense of desolation, like the mournful sound of a wind howling and the Yi River running cold.

To put it more realistically, it's cool in the cleft of your buttocks.

This situation is equivalent to sending a newbie to fight a Level 5 monster bare-handed in the Pacific Rim.

Thinking about the scene he would face, Cheng Xiao subconsciously laughed.

Yes, when people are extremely angry, they really can laugh out loud out of helplessness.

"Wait a minute, that's not right. I remember Zheng Zha telling Zhan Lan that all the tasks issued by the main god have a chance to be completed."

But the problem is, who am I?

"Even with all my enhancements combined, I don't have a single A-rank skill. What makes the Supreme God think I can complete this task?"

"Something's wrong, something's wrong!"

"The Goblet of Fire has three stages, so each stage represents a B-rank side quest?"

Cheng Xiao counted on his fingers.

"If you calculate it this way, I still have a chance of completing a B, but is it really possible to calculate it this way?"

The more he spoke, the more guilty he became, and he kept having second thoughts.

"No, no, I can't finish this by myself, I need to find a cheat code!"
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A dozen minutes later, in Cheng Xiao's room.

There were six people in total, including Harry and his friends.

Harry, Ron, Hermione, Cheng Xiao, Dobby, and Kreacher.

Three normal people, one baby, and two elves.

"Brother Cheng, the welcome party is tomorrow. Is there something important happening today?"

Cheng Xiao nodded earnestly:
“That’s right, there are some things that need to be settled before the people from Beauxbatons Magic Academy and Durmstrang Magic Academy arrive.”

"Otherwise, I'm worried that with so many people around, we won't be as free as we are now."

"Never mind, you wouldn't understand anyway. By the way, Hermione just said you had something to ask me?"

"Ask quickly, and then take action."

The three of them were still a little sleepy.

Harry rubbed his eyes and was about to speak.

Then he saw Dobby waving enthusiastically to him, and Kreacher, who looked a little awkward, standing next to Cheng Xiao.

Noticing Harry's embarrassment, Cheng Xiao said to the two elves:

"Release the earplugs to listen to the incantation, then remain invisible and guard outside the door."

After Cheng Xiao finished issuing the instructions.

Harry and his two friends saw the two elves, who had been hunched over, suddenly straighten up and stiffen up, even adopting a strange posture.

After saluting, the two elves vanished into thin air.

The room door closed again.

Harry immediately shook his head and asked the core question, one that the three of them hadn't forgotten since returning to the school.

Now that I have the time, I naturally can't resist.

"Brother Cheng, how exactly did Cedric die?"

"Is it because of Voldemort?"

Cheng Xiao looked him up and down in surprise: "How did you know?"

Ron then shared his earlier speculations with Harry.

This made Cheng Xiao look at the three main characters with new respect.

"Actually, the process is not complicated at all. As I just mentioned, the other two magic academies will be here tomorrow."

"The reason they came here is because..."

"The Goblet of Fire!"

After Cheng Xiao finished speaking, Harry had a flash of inspiration and whispered:
"The Goblet of Fire? So the Goblet of Fire is going to be held again?"

Cheng Xiao looked at the protagonist with surprise and uncertainty: "You know about the Goblet of Fire?"

Harry nodded: "I heard Wood tell me about it when I was a freshman."

"Eternal glory in the magical world."

"A hundred years ago, there was a top-level competition in Europe, which was a competition jointly organized by three magic academies in Europe. It was called the Goblet of Fire, also known as the Triwizard Tournament."

Cheng Xiao nodded. He hadn't expected Harry to know so much, but that was fine too, as it would save him a lot of trouble.

"That's right, we're going to hold the Fire Cup again, but this first Fire Cup in a hundred years won't be a three-way battle."

It's not a four-way battle, but a tournament I'll be participating in representing the Eastern Magic Academy.

"Of course, that's a bit far off."

"The semifinals are now, but I want to talk about a story from another timeline, one without me, with only the triad and you guys who have barely escaped the Quidditch World Cup."

"Hey, hey, hey, you three, stop making that face. I'm not really good at telling stories. I just say whatever comes to mind, and you can just listen."

"Ask any questions at once later."

As he spoke, Cheng Xiao sat cross-legged on the ground and began rubbing his head.

It seems like he's struggling with where to begin.

"Forget about those two colleges, you'll see them tomorrow. Let me get to the point."

Just as Harry just said, each of the three houses selects one student. And Hogwarts selected Cedric.

He died because Voldemort had enchanted the Goblet of Fire.

It became a door key, just like that old boot.

"As for the location of the teleportation, I don't know, it wasn't clearly stated. But the people who appeared at this location are quite interesting."

"They are Peter Pettigrew and Voldemort!"

"He's just Voldemort who hasn't fully come back to life yet."

"After that, Peter Pettigrew performed a very complicated magic circle and ritual, and then, with the help of Harry's blood, Voldemort was finally resurrected."

"Cedric was killed while protecting Harry from Voldemort. Harry then survived thanks to the Goblet of Fire and returned to the house with Cedric's body."

After Cheng Xiao finished speaking, he saw three pairs of wide eyes, then spread his hands helplessly and said:
"That's about all I remember, since no one expected me to come to this point in time."

"However, if I see something, I might recall some details, but I don't think it's important."

Hermione paced back and forth in the room with her arms crossed:

"Wait, you just said that Pettigrew used Harry's help, so Harry was also teleported. Then why did he touch the Goblet of Fire?"

"Wasn't it Cedric who was selected by Hogwarts?"

"Even if they were teleported, shouldn't they be from one of the other two academies?"

Cheng Xiao said directly, "Naturally, it was the Death Eaters hiding in the school who did the dirty work."

"Death Eaters hiding in the academy?"

The three of them shouted in unison.

This also startled Cheng Xiao.

"Why are you all reacting so strongly? Let alone Hogwarts, didn't we already speculate about it on the train? Even the Ministry of Magic had it."

"Not to mention a college with a complex personnel and environment."

Although the three main characters are no longer the eleven or twelve-year-old children they once were.

Even at the age of fifteen, they already had the height and appearance of an adult.

However, the somewhat dark truth that Cheng Xiao told them still made the three of them accept it for a while.

Harry was the first to understand, after all, he had already witnessed the wickedness of human nature.

Especially the little dwarf star that was mistakenly let go, and Sirius Black who was wrongfully imprisoned.

It was at this moment that Ron, unaware that the wire had been connected incorrectly, suddenly spoke up:
"So, in the original future, Harry got accepted into Cedric's girlfriend's school, and then Cedric was killed by Voldemort while trying to save Harry, and then Harry started dating Cedric's girlfriend?"

"Wow, this plot..."

After Ron finished speaking, he covered his mouth with one hand and gasped for breath.

Then he noticed that the three people in the room were looking at him with expressions of utter astonishment.

Cheng Xiao looked at the location of Ron's brain and sighed:

"How come I didn't think of that? But it seems to be true."

"Stop, stop, stop, Ron."

"I swear, I really have no feelings for Zhang Qiu anymore."

"real."

Harry explained, his face flushed.

Because he also felt that this sounded like a real scumbag.

And it's quite unethical.

Fortunately, Hermione changed the subject and asked Cheng Xiao:

"So what are we going to do today?"

Cheng Xiao jumped onto the table: "It's simple, just borrow something."

"Did you three not realize how important your brains were back then? Or were you just plain stupid?"

"Harry, I'm asking you, where is the Marauder's Map right now?"

"Professor Lupin took it, and then it seems he gave it to Professor McGonagall."

"Hermione, where's the Time-Turner?"

"It was also confiscated by Professor McGonagall."

Upon hearing these two answers, Cheng Xiao gave him a look of utter disappointment:
"You are students, so it's acceptable for the teacher to confiscate it."

"Then Harry, what about the snake fangs from the Chamber of Secrets?"

"You've forgotten everything after just one holiday? Or were you so focused on saving Ginny that you forgot who Tom is?"

Looking at Harry's blank expression, Cheng Xiao quickly realized that he had indeed been right.

"You don't know who that Tom is."

Ron blurted out, "What, Tom?"

Harry explained, "It's the owner of that diary from back then, the one who controlled Ginny."

Harry looked at Cheng Xiao: "I only know that snake fangs can destroy diaries, what other uses do snake fangs have?"

"And who exactly is Tom? Should I know?"

Cheng Xiao said in a surprised tone, "Of course you should know."

"Tom is Voldemort, young Voldemort."

"That diary is where Voldemort split off his soul and then parasitized it."

"If you hadn't stopped him back then, and had let him finish everything."

"Voldemort may have been resurrected two years ago, and in his younger form at that."

"Forget it, it's too troublesome if it involves Horcruxes. You don't need to know. In a moment, you just need to take me to the secret room and find the snake's corpse."

Hermione asked, "What about the Marauder's Map and the Time-Turner?"

"No rush, take it one step at a time. First, get the Snake Fang, then borrow the Marauder's Map and the Time-Turner."

Cheng Xiao clapped his hands after he finished speaking.

Dobby and Kreacher opened the door and came in.

Two invisible little sprites walked ahead.

Four people wearing cloaks followed behind.

Halfway there, Cheng Xiao began to regret his decision.

We should get the Marauder's Map first.

Now that he couldn't see where those big shots were, Cheng Xiao felt extremely panicked as he walked through the empty castle.

I was afraid that I might run into McGonagall or Snape around the corner.

Perhaps it was the protagonist's halo that came into play again.

The group finally arrived safely.

Harry looked at this place, which he hadn't visited since leaving years ago, and his feelings were extremely complicated.

The twinkling lights of the starry sky shone through the glass window.

The bathroom, which was so spacious it was almost eerie, was illuminated brightly and transparently.
Just as Cheng Xiao was looking around the room, a transparent girl with a silvery laugh came through the wall.

What greeted her was a small fist burning with flames.

Cheng Xiao punched the girl so hard that her face became a blur.

Hermione saw the black and white figure fly backward, passing through the walls layer by layer.

He looked extremely disheveled.

"Wait, Brother Cheng! That's Myrtle!"

Just as Cheng Xiao thought he was being attacked by some kind of dark magic and was enveloped in golden deathly flames,

Ron shouted immediately.

This prevented a misunderstanding from occurring.

Cheng Xiao, now seated on Ron's shoulders, nodded while sucking on his pacifier. (End of Chapter)