Chinese students at Hogwarts

The golden egg cracked!

Zhang Xiao stood up suddenly and rushed to the table, as did Malfoy and others. They watched with excitement and nervousness as the cracks in the golden egg grew larger and larger.

"Zhang, what happened?"

Hagrid looked at the little wizards in confusion, because in Hagrid's eyes, the golden egg that required one hand to hold was just like a normal person holding an egg. He did not see any cracks on the golden egg, but He guessed something after seeing the fierce reactions of the little wizards.

"Is it a golden egg? Oh, my God!"

Hagrid stood up hurriedly and stared nervously at the golden egg surrounded by the little wizards.

Norbert was frightened by their reaction. He stopped breathing and looked at them inexplicably. But at this time, the little wizards couldn't care about Norbert.

As the crack gradually widened, a faint and mysterious light began to overflow from the egg, as if the morning sun had broken out, filling the entire cabin and illuminating the faces of the little wizards in a golden color.

The light became more and more intense, and the cracks on the surface of the golden egg were also densely distributed all over the body.

The breaking sound of "click" kept ringing. The golden egg was overwhelmed and fell into pieces. The pure gold fragments fell on the iron table and made a continuous, crisp and melodious tinkling sound.

Immediately afterwards, a silver-white, square cube rolled out of the golden egg.

"What is this?"

Ron curiously stretched out his hand to touch it. As soon as his fingers touched the surface of the iron block, he couldn't help but wailed and retracted faster.

"Damn, this thing is so hot."

Ron looked at the redness and swelling on his fingers, held them in his mouth, and said vaguely.

"When will you learn to be more careful?" Hermione shook her head helplessly, took out the wand from her waist, and muttered "Clear water like a spring" in a low voice.

A clear spring of water gushed out from the tip of the wand and sprayed onto the small square.

The hot little cube immediately emitted steam, but the temperature had already dropped.

Malfoy wiped the small square on the hem of his robe, turned it over in the palm of his hand, looked at it for a while, and said doubtfully:

"Could this be the clue to the next level? But I can't see anything."

"Perhaps we should give it a tap with the wand, like a wizard would normally open something?"

Harry whispered, took out his wand, and tapped twice on the small iron block.

"Please, how could there be such a stupid way to open it?"

Hermione became more and more helpless. She felt that these boys were as simple-minded as single-celled organisms.

"I guess this must be another puzzle for us to find-"

At this moment, the iron block suddenly trembled slightly, and the smooth surface rippled like water. The upward side shrank and deformed, and a round thing similar to a head flashlight stuck out.

A beam of light shot out from the ring, just like what Zhang Xiao had seen, which was used by Dumbledore and Grindelwald when they demonstrated the structure of Gringotts' underground vault.

An exquisite three-dimensional model rotates gently in the air with an illusory light.

"oh--"

The little wizard's eyes were filled with fascination as he stared at the projection in the sky, even his breathing and voice became very soft:

"Is this the clue to the next level? What is this?"

"It looks like some kind of relic."

Zhang Xiao stared at the three-dimensional model floating in the air, which indeed looked like ruins, collapsed buildings, toppled masterpieces, and dilapidated houses.

"There's a piece missing." Zhang Xiao said in a low voice, "That's wrong, or maybe this is just a part of it."

He turned and looked at Harry and Malfoy: "Where are your golden eggs?"

Only then did the two people react and hurriedly took out their golden eggs and stuffed them in front of Norbert.

"Okay Norbert, breathe fire!"

"Just like you did just now."

But Nobo just tilted his head and looked at them with his golden snake-like pupils.

"Uh, you have to say this." Zhang Xiao coughed twice: "Noble, barbecue!"

Noble's vertical pupils immediately became round, and he raised his neck again, and the scales on his neck became hot and turned a dark red.

Fiery dragon flames surged out from the mouth and burned on the golden egg.

But to everyone's surprise, Harry's golden eggs still shone with a charming pale golden light in the blazing flames, without any change.

Under everyone's expectant gazes, Nobo's flame gradually weakened. Finally, Xiaolong coughed twice, spitting out some green smoke and sparks, and looked at Zhang Xiao aggrievedly.

"No, Noble has reached his limit."

Zhang Xiao shook his head, took out a bottle of brandy from the Qiankun bag, unscrewed the cap and fed it to Norbert. Xiaolong was satisfied and started holding the bottle while Hagrid carefully placed it on his own of the head.

"Something's wrong, it must have been burning for longer than the first golden egg." Malfoy frowned and bent down to look at his golden egg carefully.

The surface of the golden eggshell is still as smooth as new, without even a trace of being burned.

"Why is this happening?" Harry was also a little confused: "Is the method of unlocking each golden egg different?"

Zhang Xiao thought for a while, and then said to Malfoy uncertainly: "We seemed to have tried burning it last night, right?"

There were so many methods I tried last night that Zhang Xiao was confused and didn’t know if he had tried burning.

Fortunately, Malfoy had been doing a good job. He took out his black book, flipped through it, and quickly found the record.

"That's right."

Hermione wrinkled her little nose: "But then why did you use it before but it didn't work? Is there any difference between the two kinds of fire?"

"Of course there are differences. One is ordinary flames, and the other is dragon flames." Ron said matter-of-factly.

"But what happens next?" Hermione asked: "Why can't ordinary flames burn effectively, but dragon's flames can?"

"Oh, speaking of that," Hagrid suddenly said harshly, scratching his matted hair.

"What kind of dragon is that dragon egg of yours? Hungarian Horntail?"

"Yes." Zhang Xiao nodded.

"Well, if I remember correctly, in order for the eggs in the Hungarian Tree Peak to hatch smoothly, they must be heated by the dragon flames of the female dragon. Only after this step can their eggs be hatched."

Brother Hai is indeed a master who is obsessed with dragons and knows all these trivia.

Must it be heated by dragon flames? Could it be?

Zhang Xiao's eyes slowly opened wide, and so did Hermione. They both said in unison:

"It's how dragons hatch."

"What? What are you talking about?" Harry and Ron said in confusion: "What hatch?"

"It's the hatching method of dragon eggs." Hermione said eagerly: "Each kind of dragon egg has its own unique hatching method.

I guess you have to follow each dragon's egg hatching method before you can open the golden egg. "

"Is that so?"

Harry and Ron looked at each other and suddenly became excited. Both thighs and plug-ins said so, it must be right.

The little ones hurriedly cooled down the dragon eggs, and then recalled what kind of dragon they encountered in the first round of the game.

"Oh Harry, the dragon you met is the Black Dragon of the Hesheidian Islands."

Hagrid said the dragon's name very naturally without any hesitation.

"Great, Hagrid, please tell me how to hatch this dragon's egg?"

The little wizards couldn't wait to ask.

"Wait a minute, I have to think, I have to think." Hagrid stretched out a finger and scratched his chin.

Frowning, he stared blankly as he recalled the information about the black dragon of the Hesidian Islands.

"Well - the black dragon of the Hesidian Islands. This is a beautiful dragon with a fierce and aggressive temperament."

Hagrid's eyes were blurry, as if he was recalling some beautiful beauty:

"A dragon like this requires a territory of one hundred square miles.

They're thirty feet long. Yes, the scales are rough.

Their eyes are purple and very bright, and there is a row of ridges on their backs that are not deep but as sharp as razors.

The tip of its tail is a thin arrowhead, and its wings are like bats. "

At this point, Hagrid's voice paused:

"This kind of dragon is very mysterious. They only live in the Heshidry Islands. There is a native wizard family on that island.

Called McFasty, they have been responsible for the management and care of this dragon. "

The little wizards didn't dare to interrupt Hagrid's memories, because compared to their understanding of dragons, they were not even remotely close to Hagrid.

"I remembered!

It seems that the eggs of this kind of dragon must be buried in the sand of the Heshidry Islands volcano, and then hatched using the geothermal heat of the volcano crater. "

As soon as he finished speaking, the little wizards jumped up at the same time, holding the golden eggs and ran to the open space outside.

"Where's the sand? Where's the sand? Where's the sand?"

Malfoy held the gold belt and looked around.

But Ron was still a little confused: "Man, didn't Hagrid say that sand from the volcanic crater of that archipelago is necessary?"

"That's not it, Ron."

Hermione said quickly: "I think the method of opening the golden egg must conform to the method of hatching the corresponding dragon egg, but it does not have to be carried out according to the original method.

In other words, we only need to bury it with sand and then heat it, and that's it.

Just like Zhang's golden egg, he needs the dragon's flame to hatch it, so charcoal fire won't work, but Noble is obviously a Norwegian Ridgeback, and its dragon flames can open Zhang's golden egg. "

Harry suddenly remembered something, and he patted his head: "Oops, Cedric and Neville are not here. We are a team, and they should also have the secret of the golden egg."

"I'll go find them." Ron stood up without hesitation. After saying these words, he quickly turned around and galloped away in the direction of the castle.

At the same time, others also acted quickly and devoted themselves to the task of hatching the golden eggs. They realized there was no sand near Hagrid's cabin and decided to go to the Quidditch field to find it.

The division of labor among the several people was clear. Malfoy and Zhang Xiao were responsible for building an environment suitable for incubation, while Hermione and Harry went to the Quidditch pitch to dig out enough sand. In order to completely bury the golden egg inside the sand, they would need a considerable amount of sand.

While they were busy, Ron, Cedric and Neville were running towards them in the distance.

Cedric's face was full of excitement and anticipation, and when he was still some distance away from them, he couldn't help but ask: "Have you solved the secret of the golden egg?"

"Yes, but Zhang Xiao said that the golden egg is only part of the clue and is not complete. So we plan to wait for the golden egg to hatch before merging the clues." Harry replied, "You came at the right time."

Following Hagrid's instructions, they buried the golden egg in the sand and surrounded it with a circle of hot coals.

In the expectant eyes of everyone, they finally heard the clicking sound of the golden egg breaking again.

"It really worked!"

"marvelous!"

"We're ahead again!"

The little wizards were immersed in the joy of victory, laughing and applauding one after another. They hugged each other and celebrated.

Malfoy rushed forward eagerly and pulled the small square out of the sand.

Afterwards, they quickly returned to Hagrid's cabin and carefully pulled down the curtains on the windows to ensure that nothing of the scene inside could be seen from the outside.

Then the small square was placed on the table. An atmosphere of tension and anticipation filled the air. They rubbed their hands and sat around the table.

Zhang Xiao watched silently from the side, with curiosity in his eyes.

Malfoy carefully tapped the small square with his wand. After a while, the surface of the small square rippled with lines like water waves, quickly transforming into a circle. Several beams of light shot out from it, projecting a delicate three-dimensional model in the air, light blue. The model slowly rotates in the air.

"Wait, guys, don't you think this wreckage is a little different from Zhang's?" someone asked.

"What's the difference?" Cedric and Neville, who had just arrived, didn't know what happened before. They just heard that the secret of the golden egg had been cracked, so they hurried over.

Because they were running so fast, they couldn't even open their mouths to ask.

"Yes, this is still only part of the ruins." Hermione's expression became serious.

Zhang Xiao also took out his own projection, and two projections shone in the sky.

Surprisingly, they seemed to be moving closer to each other, and then the two small squares attracted each other like magnets, joining together like building blocks.

The things they projected were also magically connected together to form a larger three-dimensional map of the ruins.

The little wizards excitedly surrounded the larger three-dimensional projection in the sky and expressed their opinions one after another.

However, as time passed, their voices gradually decreased and eventually disappeared.

Zhang Xiao understands their confusion, because he believes that not only himself, but others have also noticed that even if they are spliced ​​together, the map here is still only part of it and it is not complete.

What exactly does this mean? Do we need to collect the golden eggs from nine schools to piece together a complete map of the ruins? What is their purpose in doing this?

Zhang Xiao was suddenly startled, feeling like he had vaguely guessed something.

If it weren't for chance, it might be difficult for me to figure out the secret of hatching golden eggs.

In other words, even if it can be figured out, it will probably take a long time.

Can all the other nine schools crack the secret of the golden egg?

Zhang Xiao shook his head gently. Not necessarily.

But the maps in each golden egg are only a small part, and they can obviously be spliced ​​and integrated with each other. In theory, if you choose to splice them together, the advantages will be greater.

So this level is not just a test of each school’s ability to fight alone? It also tested the little wizards’ ability to solve puzzles.

Perhaps, the test of the second level begins from the moment you get the golden egg.

Zhang Xiao's eyes flashed. In the first round, they tested the little wizards' fighting, tactics, and teamwork in the sky.

In the second round, Professor Dumbledore seemed to want the little wizards to face more complicated situations.

Fighting alone?

Or find an alliance with a school?

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1. Monthly ticket 2. Recommended ticket

The second round should be more in-depth with this setting.

My pen power is limited, I have been thinking about it for a long time, but I can't write that feeling.