Hogwarts: I'm the only cultivator here!

A screeching sound rang out as Ye Feng pulled out the train part. After pulling it out, Ye Feng took out his talisman knife and quickly slid it across the part. In just a few seconds, the palm-sized part was covered with mysterious inscriptions, and Ye Feng casually stuffed it back in.

Judging from Ye Feng's skillful movements, this was not the first or second time he had done this. And if one had a transparent God's-eye view, one could see that 80% of the detachable parts of this locomotive had been engraved with various inscriptions.

After engraving the last part with an inscription and putting it back in, Ye Feng let out a long sigh of relief.

“Very good, all the other parts have been reinforced. Next, we’ll modify the train’s ‘heart’.”

"To run fast, you need an incredibly powerful 'heart,' and this original 'heart' is just too old; it needs to be replaced." As he spoke, Ye Feng simply took out his magic wand and waved it a few times, and then the train's 'heart,' namely the boiler and steam engine, was neatly severed.

After severing the 'heart', Ye Feng gently touched it, and the 'heart' shrank and was pulled out. After 'pulling out' the heart, Ye Feng began to continuously add materials to re-refine it and continuously draw inscriptions.

A dozen minutes later, the steam engine and boiler, which looked almost the same on the outside but were completely different on the inside, were put back in. But that wasn't the end of the story, because the locomotive hadn't been modified at all, but there was nothing on the train.

Now that the locomotive has been modified, it is no less capable than the high-speed train locomotives in China that can easily reach speeds of 180 km/h. However, the current carriages are completely incomparable to those of high-speed trains, whether in terms of sturdiness, braking, or shock absorption.

In other words, once the train starts moving, the locomotive may be fine, but the carriages could very well explode.

However, some things in this world won't happen just because you don't want them to.

Since Ye Feng had already boarded the train, the Hogwarts students followed suit after searching around outside. When the train conductor saw that almost everyone had boarded, he naturally went to start the boiler. In other words, no sooner had Ye Feng left than the train staff started the boiler.

Ye Feng also ran into the classmate who was looking for him.

The encounter between the two was like a thunderbolt meeting a raging fire, but neither of them realized that 'danger' was already quietly approaching.

Chapter 221 High-Speed ​​Train

"Woooooooo..."

A piercing whistle sounded, and then Ye Feng and the others felt a sudden jolt beneath their feet. Ye Feng was jolted forward, while the other Hogwarts members standing in front of him were jolted backward.

Ye Feng: "Holy crap! Who's driving this car? The cabin hasn't been reinforced yet!"

As Ye Feng was still in shock, sparks flew wildly from beneath the locomotive. The professors standing outside the station seeing their students off were completely stunned, because the train was actually starting on burnout!

A train starting on a burnt-out tire—this was something I'd never even heard of before, let alone seen it, because even novelists wouldn't dare to write something so outrageous.

However, it did happen right before their eyes, and the train wheels turned red quickly after spinning wildly. As the locomotive lurched forward, the carriages behind were propelled forward at a speed that Dumbledore and his companions could not even imagine.

In just a dozen seconds, Dumbledore and his companions could no longer see the train that had sped away. Ye Feng and his group on the train exchanged glances as they watched the scenery rushing past the window, and then tacitly ran to the nearest compartment as fast as they could.

Just kidding. They've been studying with Ye Feng for at least a year, and Ye Feng just came out from the direction of the train engine. If they still can't guess what happened, then they might as well not come next school.

Ye Feng, the instigator, knew this all too well, so he was the fastest runner. However, he didn't run to the nearest compartment but to the connection point at the front of the car.

He modified the locomotive himself, so only he knows exactly how terrifying it is.

To put it simply, this thing uses the same working principle as the planetary engine in The Wandering Earth, except that the planetary engine is much larger, while this one is smaller and more rudimentary.

Although the materials and electronic equipment were completely insufficient, the magic and array inscriptions made it barely enough.

Therefore, even though its output power is nowhere near that of the planetary engines in The Wandering Earth, it can still easily make a locomotive run at three or four hundred kilometers per hour.

Therefore, Ye Feng now has to ensure that the carriages behind are not pulled off. Otherwise, without the carriages behind to pull them, with the locomotive's own power, the locomotive could easily derail if the driver touched the accelerator.

So Ye Feng rushed to the connection between the front of the train and the first carriage at top speed, and quickly engraved an inscription on it. He then used this inscription to protect the chassis of the carriage, ensuring that even if the carriage was blown apart, the chassis would still move with it.

After finishing the first carriage, Ye Feng ran to the second carriage as fast as he could and did the same thing again. But when he arrived at the connection between the second to last carriage, he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat after just one glance.

The reason is simple: the couplers connecting the carriages have cracked. If Ye Feng had arrived any later, he would have seen the two carriages behind him slowly disappearing into the distance.

Of course, the coupler is not visible from inside the carriage, since the carriages are connected. For this reason, there is a bridge above the coupler to connect the two carriages.

It was precisely because of this that the people in the carriages were completely unaware of what was happening on the train they were riding in; they only felt that the train was going very, very fast, so fast that the scenery outside the windows became blurry.

Ye Feng knew this, so he quickened his pace, completing the reinforcement of the remaining two couplers and the car body in just fifteen seconds. As for the carriage, Ye Feng said that was a bit of a project, and it didn't seem like there was anything wrong with it at the moment...

"what!"

Before Ye Feng could finish his thought, a piercing scream came from ahead. Then Ye Feng saw a large, rounded piece of the car roof fly past the car and crash into the roadside vegetation, flattening a large area of ​​it.

"Gulu~"

Seeing this scene before him, Ye Feng couldn't help but swallow hard.

"It seems the carriage still needs some reinforcement." Muttering to himself, Ye Feng took out his talisman pen and tossed it out. The pen transformed into a golden light, quickly traversing the outside of the carriage before returning to Ye Feng's hand in just four or five seconds.

"This is the best we can do with the temporary reinforcements. Now we can only pray that the driver doesn't get into a speeding attempt, otherwise..."

"Waaaaah~ Waaaah~~~"

Ye Feng: ...

"Pretend I didn't say anything."

Clang clang clang…

The sound of the train wheels speeding along the tracks grew louder and louder, and the train's speed increased. Ye Feng roughly estimated that the train's speed had now reached at least 150 kilometers per hour.

High-speed trains generally only travel at 180 or 190 km/h, and that is based on the premise that the high-speed train's body design is more scientific, more in line with aerodynamics, experiences less wind resistance, has a stronger body structure, and uses better quality and straighter rails.

The quality of the tracks on which the Hogwarts Express was currently running was obviously incomparable to that of high-speed rail tracks in later generations, so after reaching this speed, the train began to bounce wildly.

Yes, it was throbbing, and Ye Feng even felt a slight sense of weightlessness.

"Bang!"

Just as Ye Feng was about to go to the front of the train to stop the train driver, he suddenly felt the train under his bottom fly up and then fall heavily down. This caused many students to stagger and fall, and most of the train windows were shattered.

It was at this moment that the train driver finally realized he was scared and began to try to slow down.

However, the speed of a train can be terrifying. If you try to stop it directly, the wheels may get stuck and stop, but the upper part of the train may not stop.

It's even possible that the terrifying kinetic energy could instantly grind the brakes down and cause them to break apart.

The driver was clearly unaware of this, so instead of gradually reducing power output to slow down, he chose to pull the brakes directly, and so…

"Squeak~~~"

"Boom!"

At a speed of 150 km/h, a sudden stop could not guarantee your safety even with a seatbelt, let alone the fact that there are no seatbelts on trains. As a result, many people were thrown out of the train.

Fortunately, everyone was inside the isolation area, and the sofas inside were quite soft. Plus, there were other people on the opposite side, so although screams of pain kept ringing out, very few people were actually injured.

Before they could even catch their breath and curse the train driver, the train suddenly accelerated, pinning them to the ground and rendering them immobile. When Ye Feng arrived at the locomotive, he was disappointed to find only a broken window and... a broken brake lever.

"Mad, that's amazing!"

Chapter 222 Who says trains have to run on tracks?

Inside the locomotive, Ye Fengren was numb looking at the broken windows and the severed brake lever. His eyelids twitched even more when he saw the gear lever that had been pushed to the side.

"I was wondering why it seemed to be going faster and faster. It's accelerating as if it can't stop braking, right? What kind of idiot is driving this car?"

At this moment, a house-elf named Dobby, wearing a conductor's hat, was lying by the railway tracks with his eyes rolled back, while the Hogwarts Express sped away in the distance.

Stunned by the godlike maneuver of a certain house-elves, Ye Feng had no choice but to clean up the mess, and his method for doing so was quite simple.

Since the tracks can't withstand the speeding train, and there aren't enough sections to slow it down, let's not run on the tracks anymore, let's go in the sky.

Then, a golden light began to wander continuously on the train.

About half a minute later, the Hogwarts students, who were already so shaken that they were on the verge of fainting or vomiting, felt the carriage under their bottoms vibrate, and then miraculously became stable and stopped shaking.

But soon their eyes widened in disbelief, because they could no longer see the scenery outside the window—or rather, they could no longer see the trees. And when they peered out the window, they were even more astonished, for they discovered they were flying.

While everyone was in utter shock, Ye Feng, who was at the locomotive, watched the train fly off the ground and let out a long sigh of relief.

"Very good, now let's see how well this train performs!"

The most intuitive way to test a car's performance is through acceleration. Although this method may not accurately reflect a car's true performance and could even lead to significant errors, it at least demonstrates the car's power level.

What Ye Feng needed to know was just how fast this modified train could accelerate, and what the consequences would be if it were accelerated to its maximum speed…

Since they were already in the air, even if things got worse, the carriages would just be blown off. So Ye Feng pulled hard and pushed the speed control lever to its maximum.

"Woo woo woo woo~~"

A deafening whistle blared, and the Hogwarts students in the carriages were jolted to the ground as the train's speed skyrocketed, reaching 200 km/h in the blink of an eye. And that wasn't the limit; the train's speed continued to increase rapidly.

Anyone who has driven or ridden in a car knows that when you open the car window at a certain speed, not only will a strong wind rush in, but the noise will also be extremely loud, and it will even make it difficult to breathe.

Right now, the Hogwarts students on the train are suffering from deafening wind noise, difficulty breathing, and even having many things, such as snacks, stolen.

And the blades at the front of the car...

"Wuhu!"

"This power, this acceleration, it's incredible! Charge!!!"

As if understanding Ye Feng's shout, the Hogwarts Express was rapidly approaching 300 km/h, while the others in the carriage could only hold on tightly to their seats, otherwise they were really worried that they would be blown away.

Of course, there will always be outliers. For example, the two compartments not far from the front of the car have a different style from the other compartments.

"Three-in-one"

"Take care of it!"

"Crushed to death!"

"I can't afford it..."

"Really don't want it? If you don't, I'm running away."

"Since you've said that, then I'll teach you a lesson. Otherwise, you'll really think I, the landlord, have no cards left to play."

"bomb!"

...

Inside the carriage, Harry, Ron, and Neville were calmly playing cards as if nothing had happened, while in the compartment in front of them, Cho Chang and her three friends were playing mahjong.

The reason they were completely unaffected was not because they were carefree, although that was partly true, but the most important reason was that there were several talismans pasted on the walls of their compartments. The functions of these talismans were: sound insulation, wind suppression, shock absorption, stability, and... coolness.

Therefore, while the other cubicles were in dire straits, Zhang Qiu and his group were not affected at all, and even played cards while eating snacks and drinking juice.

Other students also noticed this, but they were powerless to do anything about it.

Not everyone is as "rich and powerful" as Zhang Qiu and his group, who can treat talismans as ordinary paper without any regard for their value. Moreover, these talismans are not cheap, and you need to stick several at a time, which is not something that ordinary people can afford.

Fortunately, they gradually got used to it, and the train's speed became more stable. Most importantly, after experiencing the train's acceleration, Ye Feng gradually reduced the speed, eventually maintaining it at around 150 km/h, which was fast enough and the train was very stable.

After taking care of everything, including fixing the brakes, Ye Feng leisurely walked out of the locomotive. He then saw the messy carriage and many pale-faced students holding tissues, clearly having just vomited.