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Chapter 677 Marching to the Moon

Magic is by no means omnipotent, but once you have a set goal and direction of development, magic is the best tool.

After the return capsule was recovered, the other three headmasters no longer had the intention of going back to work. They stayed in Hogwarts, eating a little bit every day and then devoted themselves to their work.

Andrew was no exception - he originally wanted to have a good rest, but with that thing over there, who could resist?

During this period, apart from remembering to send a wave of wedding gifts, he basically devoted himself to the testing of spacecraft and the design of new spacecraft.

Thanks to a series of magic such as transfiguration, flying spells, alchemical enchantment, even the craziest ideas are not impossible in the magical world.

Especially after Mr. Flamel joined the experiment with surprise, his original plan progressed rapidly - a group of top wizards are really suitable for doing this kind of thing.

Fudge came once in the middle, but after looking around, he took a photo which has to be kept secret for now and was driven away, and at the same time a large number of Galleons were revealed.

With the support of these Galleons, the entire space exploration team even built a second-generation aircraft before the Lunar Exploration Spacecraft, and accompanied by Dumbledore, they traveled back and forth to space many times, with everyone going up there once.

This effectively advanced the progress of the experiment, and by the end of the summer vacation, a new explorer was already lying in Hogwarts.

"It is divided into two sections. One section is used for lunar exploration, and the other section is used for us to get to the moon to prevent design errors and damage. Although theoretically the materials we carry are enough for us to refurbish the spacecraft on the moon, we should be lenient with the times."

Andrew was nearly five pounds thinner than when the holiday began, but he was in great spirits - who doesn't like to rub a spacecraft with their hands?

Especially using this thing to go to the moon, that would be so cool!
"Yes, and there is also the gravity device you mentioned," Dumbledore's eyes were unusually bright, "Nico is a guy who always works miracles."

"After all, he is the creator of the Philosopher's Stone, the pinnacle of alchemy... It seems that he didn't succeed in making the potion to repair his face this time..."

Andrew guessed, but did not dare to say it out loud - looking at Mr. Flamel's face, it didn't look like he was successful.

He even suspected that Mr. Flamel had not had time to fix his face because he was bewitched by Dumbledore to build a flying machine. Given Mr. Flamel's level, if he had tried his best, it would not be difficult for him to use magical biology to fill his wrinkles and perform a magical cosmetic surgery.

"Yes, it succeeded. When will we go up?"

Mr. LeMay circled the spacecraft with unusually powerful steps. It was obvious that his body had recovered or transformed very well. "I have to find a way to pick a piece of the moon, otherwise I really can't go back."

"What? I'll pick the moon and give it to you..."

Andrew's conjecture was confirmed - as expected, there is a price to pay for making a gravity-generating device.

"Take a day off and go up tomorrow, then we have to recruit students."

"Oh, right, about admissions, Flamel's beard, I totally forgot about it."

Madame Maxime turned a little pale. "I hope Dril will continue to perform well as always."

??? Is that how you guys in Beauxbatons shout?

Don’t you consider the presence of the parties involved?
"It's not a big problem. Just send more vodka when delivering mail," Principal Vladislav taught the secret with a smile. "We have produced hundreds of tons. Now we are distributing it as a welfare benefit. We just need to cut down some trees. It's a really good invention. Praise Taylor."

His smile was so sincere that Andrew immediately understood why the principal and even the teachers and students of Kodosdoriz were so kind to him.

He said, why was he allowed to conduct the entire experiment and even have a professor accompany him? It turns out the root of the problem is here!
"It's okay, we can handle it."

Karkaroff shook his head. "Once we build an exploration camp up there, everything will be explained."

"Are you serious about this, Mr. Karkaroff?"

"Of course, Albus's plan is very good. Even if we don't expand it at the moment, it's a good idea to just split the advanced classes out. We can use more time to build it."

"That's not a short-term project, sir."

Andrew looked at Karkaroff. Although there was no surprise on his face, he was somewhat skeptical in his heart - how could Karkaroff, who was born a Death Eater, break the Statute of Secrecy?

Voldemort's theory and the atmosphere at Durmstrang did not affect his judgment.

He couldn't find the deeper reason, but it didn't matter. Everyone was interested in the moon, which was good - the gradually prosperous wizarding world should turn its attention to the moon and the starry sky. He didn't want to learn from Dumbledore after he developed and work hard to curb war all day long.

"It's better than trying to hide from satellites. Muggles' exploration technology is becoming more and more advanced, especially for this planet. It's okay that they didn't understand it before, but now we obviously have better options."

Obviously Karkaroff had done a lot of homework on how to explore the Muggle world and was keenly aware of the danger.

Andrew tried not to think about the offensive idea that Karkaroff was used to running away, so his first thought was to retreat.

He looked around at the rest of the group and said, "That's it, let's take a day off, then start our lunar exploration plan. Tomorrow morning, we'll re-test everything on the spacecraft, and then we'll prepare to go moon by moon. Afterwards, we'll decide whether to call in people and make everything public based on the exploration situation and the constructibility of the camp."

Be it the initial spacecraft construction or the mid-term exploration, they can all be handled by this team of top wizards, but that certainly won't work for the latter part.

Building a base on the moon, or even moving the sixth and seventh grade advanced classes to the moon as everyone had planned in the mid-term, would require a large number of wizards and even students to join.

Leveling the terrain is fine, but the construction of buildings, the casting of various protective magics, the use of concealment magic to prevent an explorer from flying in a dozen years or so, and the construction of plant cultivation chambers, magical creature cultivation chambers, food bases and a host of other things all require the participation of a group of wizards.

Not to mention the idea that everyone came up with, which is to create an enormous flying network between the moon and the earth to facilitate the transportation of materials and even personnel.

Spacecraft and the like are references for wizards, but spatial transfers such as the Floo Network, Apparition, and Portkeys are the wizards' forte - this thing has no reference at the moment, and the entire wizarding world has to work together to develop it.

But that is a matter for later. The most important thing right now is to march towards the moon first!

(End of this chapter)