Hogwarts starts with stealing power.

Lin Xia shook her head and said with a serious expression, "The situation is very bad. The adaptability of ordinary students is much worse than that of us outstanding students."

She thought about it and realized that the professor had asked her to come and register because he wanted her to design a knowledge-based puzzle game in the form of a desk.

For students who cannot handle the pressure of the alchemy glasses, a knowledge-based puzzle game can be used as a learning medium, with the desk as the medium.

The school did not sign a confidentiality agreement with her, which means that the situation in the auditorium can be circulated within a small circle.

Then she continued, "The school even prepared a lower-spec version of the alchemy glasses for these ordinary students, compared to the ones we used before."

However, a large number of students still could not withstand the mental stimulation brought about by the Alchemy Glasses, resulting in extreme dizziness, vertigo, body pain, and headaches.

Because the reaction was so strong, even though these students managed to enter the fictional world within the alchemy glasses, they were no longer able to start the knowledge-based puzzle game.

Although the knowledge-based puzzle game is specifically designed for learning, it also incorporates a lot of interactivity and various special effects.

From this perspective, this game does require some mental strength.

People with low mental strength are very likely to faint when they see those extremely cool magic displays, as they cannot withstand the huge shockwaves.

She had to cultivate every day and had many research tasks, so it was impossible for her to take on the task of developing the spiritual energy potion all by herself. Therefore, she told them the truth and announced it to everyone:
"Be prepared, the lab may ask us to research a drug related to mental power."

Hermione frowned: "Potions related to mental power are very difficult to make, and when mental power is mentioned, it is often associated with advanced spells."

St. Mungo's has a history of taking in mentally unstable wizards. Some of them have lived there for over a decade, but their conditions haven't improved; their mental state fluctuates, and they frequently find themselves in a state of madness.

Draco said, "Snape did mention it to you, but he only gave you a suggestion. Can we not take it?"

He was quite interested in mental potions, and felt that the art of using strange potions should have a good application in this area.

But recently he has also had a lot of work to do.

He has personal research tasks, needs to participate in the material testing of the "Ghost Talk Candy," cultivates every day, and recently took over part of the family business.

His father, Lucius, had begun to gradually delegate authority to him, making sure that the Malfoy family knew of his existence.

If it weren't for the abundant energy that training brings, Draco felt he would probably be exhausted.

But the cultivation method is indeed a very magical thing.

After entering a state of cultivation, he only needs to nap for two or three hours to quickly restore his energy.

Lin Xia said in a deep voice, "Professor Snape did indeed only make a suggestion, but before that, I talked with Professor McGonagall and found that the school attaches great importance to the Alchemist Eyes."

Haven't you noticed that the Alchemy Glasses actually have a higher value and greater potential than the trivia puzzle games?

The school definitely wants to promote the alchemical glasses, so most wizards need to be able to adapt to them. Modifications to the alchemical glasses are also needed, and the school must find ways to improve students' mental strength.

At this moment, Neville suddenly spoke up weakly: "I suddenly have an idea."

As soon as he spoke, everyone turned to look at him.

Neville instinctively shrank his neck, then forced himself to straighten his chest and said, "If permanently increasing mental strength is difficult, is it possible to temporarily increase it?"

Lin Xia pondered for a while, then nodded and agreed, saying, "That's a good idea."

Permanently increasing mental strength is far too difficult; many wizards are undoubtedly conducting research on it, given that their need for mental strength is far greater than that of us junior wizards.

She paused again, then said, "Neville, since you came up with this idea first, you should assist Draco and Hermione in conducting the relevant research."

George and Fred quickly raised their hands. Research that could enhance mental strength was such a fun thing, how could they miss it?
Seeing their movements, Lin Xia shook her head at them and said, "For now, you should focus on quickly advancing the [Inspiration and Creativity] potion project."

Although the paper has been submitted and we are currently awaiting the results, this doesn't mean you have nothing to do. You need to start preparing your presentation.

With a professor reviewing and endorsing their work, along with letters of recommendation, their potion research is sure to be published in the top journal, Potions.

George and Fred are very young and still students, so it will probably cause quite a stir.

Lin Xia recalled that after her wand research was published in a top journal and became known to many people, she received many letters every day from unknown sources, all of which were sent from outside the school.

Those people outside the school have many ways to circumvent the school's supervision.

At that time, she was caught off guard and could only immerse herself in the experiments to avoid thinking about these things.

She believes the twins will face the same situation she did back then.

However, given their personalities, they probably won't find it bothersome.

George and Fred had just finished a study and wanted to take a break before having to write reports again so soon.

George then said, "The paper review takes a long time, so we can use this break time to participate in experiments on mental power research."

Lin Xia shook her head. "I can't be sure about others, but you have Snape's recommendation letter, so your paper will definitely be published very soon. Therefore, you need to write the presentation report now."

Lin Xia ruthlessly shattered their fantasy.

“The style of a report is different from that of a paper. There are some things that cannot be discussed in detail. Harry and Ron have already assisted in developing reports several times. You can discuss it with them. They are very familiar with the process.”

The Weasley twins nodded listlessly.

After explaining everything, Lin Xia entered the laboratory.

Neville's idea could temporarily enhance a young wizard's mental strength, allowing him to meet the requirements for entering the Alchemy Glasses.

This way, you won't feel dizzy when wearing glasses, but this temporary boost to mental strength ultimately puts a strain on your body.

After the enhancement effect ends, their dizziness will likely have more severe aftereffects than it does now.

So, after much searching, they still wanted to design a drug that could delay, reduce, or completely resolve the side effects of psychogenic dizziness.

Lin Xia actually had some ideas about this.

Upon seeing the dizzy and groaning young wizards in the Great Hall, she recalled several materials she had used when crafting her Nature Wand.

None of those ingredients were rare or precious potions, but when combined, they helped to restore one's tired spirit.

At the time, she felt that this combination could soothe the wizard's mental energy, but naturally, a wand should not make the user feel mentally comfortable when using it, but rather make the spell more powerful.

Furthermore, this wasn't the optimal solution provided by the Fate Compass, so she didn't use it. "Now that I need to make the relevant potion, I can use this combination, but I'll probably need to add something else to make the mental energy recovery effect more noticeable..."

Lin Xia murmured to herself, as many ideas flashed through her mind.

She quickly became engrossed in the experiment.

While she was conducting her experiments, McGonagall made sure that every dizzy wizard was safely returned to their dormitory.

In cases of more serious severity, individuals will be taken to the medical room for observation.

After seeing all the students off, she glanced at the time and then went to attend the weekly teachers' meeting.

The relevant patrol professors will not participate in this meeting.

The recent Hogwarts teachers' meeting focused on advancing the testing of the trivia puzzle games and discussing the magical artifacts discovered during patrols.

The school's main focus remains on searching the campus for any potentially dangerous strange objects and whether the aura of the evil god will reappear.

The professors never gave up searching for that suddenly appearing cryptic murmur of the evil god.

More and more people are now suspecting that the aura of that evil god may have attached itself to a certain wizard, which is why they can't find it no matter how hard they search.

Therefore, every professor is actually observing, both overtly and covertly, whether the students' state is very different from usual.

This time, the focus of the teachers' meeting shifted to a knowledge-based quiz game.

This test was conducted on ordinary wizards, and the results were vastly different from those of the closed beta test for outstanding students.

Even the professors hadn't expected that ordinary wizards would be so unaccustomed to the alchemical glasses; most people couldn't meet the requirements for accessing the low-end version.

One professor suggested, "The alchemical glasses have had many functions weakened; they can't even perform such simple basic functions. Should these students just give up?"

Other professors echoed this suggestion: "It's still too difficult for mediocre students to catch up with outstanding students."

Furthermore, the ability to meet the spiritual needs of alchemy glasses can also serve as a selection criterion, revealing which student has greater potential.

Some professors even specifically mentioned Lin Xia when they thought of something.

"I remember that the knowledge puzzle game was conceived by Lin Xia. The game she designed allowed for interactive learning on the desk."

Why not have wizards who can't meet the requirements for alchemy glasses learn through interactive desk lessons? Wouldn't that solve the problem?

"Yes, there are always people with weaker mental strength. We can't keep lowering the requirements for the alchemy glasses for these weaker individuals."

This level is already quite low; if it goes any lower, even Nicolas Flamel's team might have something to say.

The team was assembled by alchemy masters, and all its members were senior alchemists with profound knowledge in the field of alchemy.

Only complex and difficult alchemical problems would interest them in solving.

They're not even willing to make some simple improvements!
To think that the difficulty is too easy is to underestimate them.

McGonagall had the same idea at first, otherwise she wouldn't have called Lin Xia over to ask if she could present this puzzle game in the form of a desk, as they could provide rich and detailed content modules.

Lin Xia's answer was no problem.

However, during her conversation with Lin Xia, she suddenly realized something.

If the little wizard uses the alchemy glasses simply to learn knowledge and play puzzle games, then there's no need for overly elaborate scene construction; everything just needs to be kept as simple as possible.

If we simply refine the special effects for passing levels, while blurring and compressing other content, perhaps most novice wizards who don't meet the requirements could enter the knowledge-based puzzle game through the alchemy glasses.

This kind of interactive learning, which is far more authentic than using a desk as a medium, will definitely allow young wizards to learn more deeply.

Learning efficiency and learning speed are completely different.

It was only after talking to Lin Xia that McGonagall realized that what the young wizards needed was just a knowledge-based puzzle game.

But for adult wizards like them, what they need are alchemical glasses.

They put the test of the alchemical glasses on the young wizard, but from the beginning, the purpose of the test was wrong.

However, it's not too late to correct it now.

After McGonagall and the others had finished speaking, she said, "The Alchemy Glasses can be further compressed and reduced in some details so that it doesn't draw so much mental energy when you enter."

Everyone should understand that although we are testing ordinary students, there are many wizards outside of schools whose mental strength stops growing after adulthood. But are these wizards really useless?

There are many other groups that possess only extremely low spiritual power, but does that mean they aren't powerful?

The other professors fell into deep thought.

Their extensive knowledge naturally led them to know that some special races could exchange extremely low levels of spiritual power for exceptional talents in a particular area.

Moreover, not every race has high spiritual power; apart from humans, many races have low spiritual power.

However, a low score does not necessarily mean there will be obstacles in daily communication.

After all, instinctive behaviors such as communication, thinking, and speaking can be accomplished with very little mental energy.

McGonagall glanced at them and said, “We all know that some races with low mental strength have amazing perception in other areas.”

If we could enable all these races to use alchemical glasses, we would be able to receive messages from a greater distance and from a wider range of sources.

Therefore, it is essential to design an alchemical pair of glasses that can be used by almost everyone.

Professor Sprout then spoke up: "I suggest we continue to lower the difficulty of using the alchemical glasses so that all students in the school can use them."

Either don't switch to a completely new teaching model, or if you do switch, switch everything completely and don't give up on any student.

She emphasized, "And I think you've got one thing wrong. The task we received at Hogwarts was a trivia puzzle game, not the Alchemy Glasses."

Many people who saw these glasses fell into an inflated fantasy, failing to realize that the most urgent task was to spread all the knowledge that had been blocked by the ravings of evil gods.

If we cling to the old ways, we'll only cause one curse after another, already difficult to pass down, to disappear forever. (End of Chapter)