From Azkaban

"Very good, remember not to plagiarize, write down your own feelings." When Locke said this, his eyes fell on Ron. Seeing this, Draco and others all raised their lips slightly.

After arranging homework for the students, Locke and others did not stay any longer. Except for Madam Pince who stayed online to continue to familiarize herself with the functions of the online library, everyone else logged out of the magic network.

The next day, with the official launch of the new function of the magic network, Hogwarts, a thousand-year-old school, ushered in a new atmosphere.

In the Potions class, every student, led by Snape, entered the online classroom of the Potions class and began unlimited practical courses that were impossible to carry out in the outside world.

Perhaps because online potions do not lose value, Snape no longer taunts students as crazily and sarcastically as before during class.

Many students made mistakes, but unless they were extremely stupid mistakes, Snape would just glare at them with eyes as sharp as knives, then raise his hand and throw an analysis sheet in front of them.

On each analysis sheet, there are errors and improvement suggestions carefully marked by Snape, ensuring that students can clearly understand where they went wrong.

Just like that, accompanied by occasional explosions and Snape's unbearable cold voice, the first online potions class ended perfectly.

In the last twenty minutes of the outside world class, all students withdrew from the magic network and began to brew a potion using a material on the table according to Snape's request.

Volume 1: Chapter 145 released

The first day of online teaching on the Magic Network quickly gained a good response from students. This time, even Snape's Potions class received a rare positive response from many students.

"The online class was great. Professor Snape didn't even deduct our school's marks for the entire class, and he didn't even mock us as trolls!"

The postscript of the eagle's successor written by the world-weary Xinzhong is completed

In the newly established campus newspaper, a Gryffindor sophomore expressed his views on online teaching in a slightly incredulous tone.

It was easy to tell from the magical image in the newspaper, whose face was slightly blurred at his request, that he was genuinely shocked that Snape hadn't deducted points from Gryffindor.

"You asked me about online teaching? That's perfect! Professor Kazier is simply the god of magic! I always wanted to cast an enlargement spell on myself, but I was afraid of problems so I didn't dare. But in the magic network, I did it! I became bigger! And longer!"

There was also a young wizard from Gryffindor. When facing an interview with a campus reporter, he expressed without reservation his admiration and recognition for the new function of the magic network and Professor Casimir.

"Professor Flitwick's online lectures are very interesting. During the online lectures, we tried to cast spells however we wanted. Seamus even exploded dozens of times before he finally succeeded in casting the Fountain Charm. Merlin, we even thought it was impossible at one point, but Seamus finally succeeded."

A young Hufflepuff boy teacher spoke with emotion. After the courses were rescheduled due to online teaching, the young Hufflepuff wizard truly realized what talent is.

The day passed quickly, and in the evening, the professors gathered again in the office of Magic Network Development. At this time, every professor held a campus newspaper in his hand, even Snape was no exception.

"Today's preliminary test was very effective. The online class is of great help to teaching."

Professor Flitwick sat on a specially made chair, closed the campus newspaper in his hand, revealing his upper body, and spoke with an emotional tone.

"Now I don't need to pay close attention to every student. The magic network will collect and display all the data. I only need to spend some time to look at it, and I can know the precise situation of each student, and then give targeted guidance."

In all his long tenure at Hogwarts, today's class was the most relaxed, most enjoyable, but also the most effective one taught by Professor Flitwick.

By using the auxiliary functions of the online classroom, Professor Flitwick only needed less than one-tenth of the energy to solve the teaching problems that previously required twenty points of energy.

"My situation is similar. The magic network can accurately identify the problems in the mentality and beliefs of each young wizard. After precise adjustments, many young wizards have made progress in transfiguration."

Professor McGonagall also expressed her satisfaction with the online class. The smile on her face had never stopped since she came in.

At the same time, in the magic network space, as the outside time jumped to half past seven, wizards logged into the magic network one after another, and then quickly gathered in a completely open-air circular venue.

At the headquarters of the French newspaper "New Era", all the branch members who had been staring at the clock immediately logged into the magic network and reached out to touch the light spot that suddenly appeared in the space.

As white light flashed before their eyes, when their vision returned, all the branch members found themselves in a huge circular conference hall.

Everyone looked up and down and around and found that there were beautiful colorful streamers in the sky. Next to them were their own people, but further away, there were all unfamiliar faces.

Looking down, they could see a rectangular platform in the center of the venue, and everyone understood instantly.

There are not many users of the Magic Network now. After all, there are only tens of thousands of people in the British wizarding world, plus scattered members from other countries. This number is not as many as the number of people who attended the concerts of some "outdated" non-mainstream singers in Locke's previous life.

However, having a small number of people also has its advantages. In a short while, the venue was filled up, and Locke's figure appeared on the central platform at the right time.

As Locke appeared, a huge curtain rose up and Locke's figure appeared above the curtain. No matter which direction the wizard was in, he saw Locke facing him.

"Oh!!!"

The moment Locke appeared, members of branches from various countries excitedly raised their hands and cheered. Looking at Locke's appearance in the curtain, everyone's eyes were filled with fanaticism.

As the atmosphere was stimulated, other wizards also started screaming, clapping, and shouting Locke's name. For a moment, the whole venue was filled with noise.

However, as Locke raised his hands and pressed down slightly, the situation was quickly under control.

“I am very happy”

Locke stood on the platform and took a quick look around. There were quite a few people here today. Excluding members from branches in other countries, nearly nine floors of wizards from the British magical community had come.

"Because tonight, at this moment, I am able to stand here and greet with all of you present here, the beginning of a brand new era."

The slightly low but rhythmic voice echoed in the venue and reached the ears of every wizard.

"Communication has always been an indispensable part of all living things in the world, because communication ensures the transmission of information, which also determines the level of civilization of a race. The cornerstone of civilization is knowledge, and knowledge is inherited and developed through the transmission of information brought about by communication."

Locke took a step forward and walked slowly on the platform.

"Language, writing, sound, intonation, pictures, books, these progressive means are all designed to transmit knowledge and various information in a better, more efficient, more stable and long-term manner."

"Efficient information transmission can continuously promote the development of civilization. Otherwise, it will make it difficult for civilization to move forward after reaching a bottleneck."

The platform was not big, and after just a few words, Locke walked to the edge of the platform. He put his hands behind his back and looked forward. When the picture was reflected on the giant screen, every wizard had the illusion that Locke was looking at them.

"So now please think about it, how long has it been since we wizards have made any progress in this regard?"

As Locke spoke, many wizards followed his line of thought and found that if there was no magic network, wizards seemed to have not changed in this regard for almost hundreds of years.

"Perhaps you haven't noticed it, but in fact, due to the closed nature of information transmission, our wizard civilization has reached a bottleneck."

Locke did not forget his main purpose today, nor did he forget the purpose of these wizards' visits, so after a brief opening speech, he introduced the real owner.

"I want to break this bottleneck, so I developed the magic network. As a user of the magic network, I believe you have personally experienced the convenience it brings to information transmission."

“You no longer need to rely on Owl. You can talk to your friends directly in just a few seconds.”

"But this is not the limit of the magic network. I believe you have already discovered the difference in this venue."

"Yes, this is the new function of the magic network, the public square. From now on, communication on the magic network will no longer be limited to voice and message. In the public square, you can communicate face to face with anyone regardless of the distance."

"Everything that can be done in reality can be done on it, chatting, trading, learning, playing, resting, making friends, everything is within the magic network."

Locke spread his hands and raised them to the left and right. As he spoke, various corresponding demonstration images appeared behind him on the giant screen.

After a three-second pause, loud cheers echoed throughout the venue.

Volume 1: Chapter 146 Changes

The new magic network function has brought tremendous changes to the entire magical world, and these changes are multi-faceted.

In just over ten days, communication, making friends, entertainment, trading and shopping, news and current affairs, and knowledge transfer all began to change rapidly with the emergence of new functions of Magic Network.

However, due to the launch of the public square, the wizards who were already very homebound have become even more homebound. Basically, they will not go out unless the problem can be solved by the magic network.

After all, being lazy in class is an indelible instinct rooted deep in the genes of intelligent creatures. No one would bother themselves with boredom if they can be lazy.

You know, in order to be more lazy, humans can continue to develop technology for greater convenience, and wizards can continue to develop magic just to make things easier.

Laziness is the most fundamental driving force for progress of intelligent creatures. All new technologies are essentially designed to make us more lazy.

One of the main reasons why wizards had stagnated before was that the existing magic had satisfied their laziness, so they had no desire to make progress.

However, Locke's sudden appearance made the wizards, who were originally content with the status quo, realize that they could be even lazier and more comfortable.

The premise of being more comfortable and lazier only requires them to support Locke's concept of magic science and make magic science the mainstream of society.

As long as the concept of magic science becomes mainstream, advanced magic technologies like the magic network can be continuously developed, and they can continue to be lazy more comfortably.

Of course, no one will admit this, or almost no one has thought about this level. No one will admit their laziness, let alone use this as a basis to dig deeper into their inner thoughts.

All the wizards could think of was that the concept of magical science was indeed a great idea that could change the magical world, because they had truly felt the benefits brought by the magic network.

Therefore, as beneficiaries, wizards naturally have a natural recognition and liking for Locke, and the same is true for the concept of magical science.

They have no objection to believing in and accepting the concepts of magic and science, and even begin to spontaneously pursue and promote them, while at the same time cracking down on any different voices.

And because of the wide range of Magic Network users, just like what Locke said on the Internet in his previous life, "Everyone on the Internet has it", the same is true for Magic Network.

There are always some people who like to stand on the opposite side and slander something when the public approves of it, just to show their uniqueness through different remarks.

Because of the difference between Magic Net and the Internet, unlike the text competition on the Internet, the confrontation on Magic Net is basically face-to-face.

Just like now, in the only official public space of the Demon Network, a wizard whose face was completely obscured by leaves was standing next to a fountain, fighting a verbal battle with a group of wizards alone, showing a completely defeated look.

"Magic technology is extremely dangerous. No matter what you say, this is the truth. Look at the current magic network. Who knows how many shady deals have taken place on it!"

"The original magic net was the best. The current magic net makes me feel sick!"

"You're talking crap. You're even more crap than a mudblood. If you're disgusting, don't use it! Go offline now and go to the Magic Network Company to cancel your account. It's really funny. Who asked you to use it?"

"You ****! If you have the guts, take off the mask on your face and tell me your address, or I'll shove your wand up your ass!"

"Yeah, if you don't like it, don't use it. No one is forcing you."

The public square was large, so even though the quarrel had been going on for a while, there weren't many wizards gathered around, only about a dozen or so.

But it is foreseeable that as time goes by, more and more wizards will gather around.

So the leaf-faced wizard, who was exhausted from dealing with the fragrance and saliva of more than a dozen people, adhered to the principle of a wise man not to suffer a loss in front of him, and withdrew from the magic network after leaving a sentence "You will all regret it".

"Bah! A stinking rat in the gutter!"

"Run away? You are such a coward! You only dare to say bad things behind people's backs."

Seeing the leaf-faced wizard log off and run away, a group of wizards who were surrounding him stopped with a look of unsatisfied satisfaction and began to spit at him.

Having lost their output target, this group of wizards who met by chance looked at each other, and after a few seconds of silence, they laughed out loud.

"Come on, let's go to the Three Broomsticks for a drink!"

The wizard who had just spoken to call the real leaf-faced wizard offline waved his hand. Seeing this, the other wizards followed suit and walked towards the portal next to them, choosing the Three Broomsticks Bar to teleport.

In fact, it is more like a small city than a square. The overall style is magnificent and futuristic magical. Locke basically created it according to his own vision of the future magical world.

There are various landscapes and streets in the city, and various shops and facilities on the streets. All the shops in the outside world are here.

With the opening of the public square, online stores became the mainstream in a very short period of time, and the corresponding phenomenon was the emergence of "online shopping".

The Three Broomsticks Bar has better business than offline because drinking online provides a perfect experience without the worry of getting drunk.

Of course, the main reason is that the Three Brooms Bar online does not charge for drinking, but only charges a venue fee, which is the so-called private room fee.

After all, the Three Broomsticks' venue was rented from Magic Network Company, along with all the decorations in the store, so naturally they had to charge for the venue.

Faced with such a situation, wizards are happy to accept it.

In the fantasy-themed section of the Three Broomsticks Bar, the group of wizards who had just scolded the leaf-faced wizard were sitting around a table in an upside-down position and happily chatting.

Of course, in their sight and perception they were normal, and just as the entire partition began to move and change, randomly disrupting the existing layout, a young-looking wizard, about twenty-three or twenty-four years old, suddenly put down his wine glass and stood up.

"Sorry, I have to leave here for a while, you guys chat, I'll be back soon."

After he finished speaking, he disappeared without waiting for anyone else to reply. Seeing this, the others didn't care at all and continued chatting animatedly.

Offline, Vanni, who had exited the magic network, opened his eyes, stood up from the sofa, walked down the stairs quickly, walked through the living room, walked to the door and opened it.

"Hello"

Looking at the delivery wizard standing at the door waiting, Wanni nodded slightly and greeted him.

"Mr. Damir Vanni, right?"

When the courier saw Vanny, he immediately took out a thick stack of books from the small bag he was carrying and put it on the ground, and at the same time took out a pen.

"Yes, it's me."

While replying, Vannie glanced at the cuffs of the delivery wizard's uniform and did not see the wolf head logo, so he felt a little relieved.

With the first full moon night after the promotion of the return potion, it was determined that the werewolf problem had been completely solved, so with the promotion of the Magic Network Company and the Round Table Council, the werewolf group was able to officially return to the magical society.

However, everyone still needs to adapt in the early stages. In order to increase the sense of security among wizards and reduce resistance, werewolf wizards will have a wolf head logo on the cuffs of their uniforms when they are at work, so that wizards can distinguish them.

Volume 1: Chapter 147 Experiment

After completing the signing and Magic Network account verification process, Wanni received the course books he had ordered from Flourish and Blotts Bookstore in the Public Square an hour ago.

"Thank you for choosing Flourish and Blotts Bookstore. I wish you a happy life."

After confirming receipt of the goods, the delivery wizard said some procedural words, took out his wand, turned around, used Apparition to go to the next customer's location according to the address given by the magic network.

Vanny was not surprised that the delivery wizard used Apparition. After all, the job requirement for a delivery wizard was that he had to be able to Apparition.

"I don't know if Miss Mabel will come to today's class. It's a pity that I couldn't successfully strike up a conversation with her last time."

Vannie took out his wand and used a levitation spell to bring the books into the house. He did not go upstairs again. After putting the books down, he sat on a chair in the living room, logged into the magic network, and then moved from the private space to the public square.

Situations similar to Vanni's happen every moment in today's wizarding world. Wizards socialize, relax, play, learn, and vent in public squares, relying on the magic network to easily obtain many things that were once difficult to obtain.