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In short, everyone feels that they have won.
Dumbledore flew out from a branch and announced in mid-air that the two had won the final and that the prizes would be awarded at the start of next semester.
As for the three missing persons, he said there was no need to worry.
The black cat was a magical creature named "Phantom" that Dumbledore specially hired to play the villain.
The ability of "Illusion" is very simple and not very powerful. It can only create some simple illusions.
After Dumbledore caught it, he agreed to let it go as long as it could trick all the contestants into the tree hole, which was the nest of "Illusion".
On the contrary...the victory conditions of the game have been explained.
Dumbledore then took out his teaching staff and cast a spell, leading everyone back to Blue Star.
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Outside the stadium, teams were still arriving one after another, and the stadium was surrounded by crowds.
Like those who arrived earlier, they did not dare to step into the stadium rashly and do anything to the audience who were sleeping with their eyes closed.
It’s not that they are worried about everyone’s safety. After all, one should not overestimate the moral bottom line of some countries. They are just simply afraid that if they get into trouble, they will be targeted by the old man.
The traces of Chaofan's several actions all show that no matter how powerful one's country is, there is only one outcome of being troubled by Chaofan: the country will tie you up tightly and send you out to atone for your sins.
The Yingguo team on standby at the periphery waited from day to night, feeling anxious and pacing back and forth.
The Queen's soul has been out of her body for nearly ten hours. Although her body has now regained its youth and all functions are at their peak, she will not be able to hold on for too long without food or water.
Everyone couldn't help but whisper to each other. If the Queen was still asleep after reaching the limit of what the human body could endure, they would have no choice but to take a risk.
Some people in the team disagreed.
"I don't think the Queen's safety will be in danger with Mr. Dumbledore here."
"It is certainly easy for the extraordinary to keep the queen healthy, but they may not care. Or they can go without food for a long time, and may forget that ordinary people need to rely on food to keep their bodies functioning."
"No, no, no, Deng... look!" The man in the white coat retorted, suddenly stood on tiptoe, looked at the playing field, and shouted loudly to his teammates.
His voice was very loud and attracted researchers from nearby teams. Then it continued to spread far away like a copy, and soon everyone noticed that someone in the stadium slowly opened his eyes.
The audience who woke up seemed to have not reacted yet. Their eyes were confused and they twisted their heads to look around. Only when they saw their companions and relatives did they come to their senses and realize that their souls had returned.
The audience's awakening is not synchronized. Some awaken at a later time, some awaken faster, and some awaken slower. This is probably due to the influence of their physical constitution. After all, everyone's physical constitution is different.
The excited team researchers controlled their emotions and waited until everyone regained consciousness before running towards the stadium, while signaling the equipment to follow.
Also entering at the same time was a colleague who was responsible for taking over the journalist whose soul had left his body.
Suleiman, who was surrounded by bodyguards, came over and stopped the team, telling them not to move, and after Mr. Dumbledore left, everyone was busy studying the soul.
He was also afraid that the old man would be disgusted because someone might really die.
The journalists had no scruples and started interviewing those audience members whose eyes were already clear.
"I am a reporter from XX Times. May I ask if there is really a soul? Where did Mr. Dumbledore take your souls to?"
"Sir, I'm a reporter from xx newspaper. May I ask what it feels like to have a soul leaving the body? Is it different from controlling the body?
Have you ever weighed yourself? Does it match the results of McDougall's soul experiment?!" A large group of reporters crowded around, and the reporters at the back couldn't squeeze in, so they could only stand on tiptoe and try to put the microphone in front of the man's face.
The spectator didn't care about the reporter's "aggression" and waved his hand cheerfully, "I'm sorry, ma'am, there's no scale at the venue, so I can't give you an answer."
When the reporter heard the word "arena", his ears immediately pricked up.
"Where is the venue? Hogwarts? Can you tell me in detail?"
"Okay, okay, no problem, but don't make any noise, or my voice will be covered up, won't it?"
The reporters thought about it and immediately quieted down, like hungry babies, blinking their eyes and waiting for the man to feed them.
"Well..." The man folded his arms, sorted out his words in his mind, and then continued, "After Mr. Dumbledore released the magic, our souls left our bodies.
The feeling... is very strange. My consciousness is still clear, and in front of me are all kinds of twisted colors, which are spinning non-stop. Strangely, I don't feel dizzy. "
"Is it a space tunnel like the ones in movie special effects?" a reporter asked.
"Yes, that's right!" The man's eyes lit up, "It's that feeling, I feel like I'm traveling through time and space to a strange world.
Oh, it is indeed a strange world where we have landed.”
"What kind of world is that?" The reporter looked full of longing and envy. "Are there strange creatures, plants, or something else running around?"
"There are many creatures and plants that I have never seen before, but the one that shocked me the most was the World Tree!"
world Tree?
Isn't that the tree of heaven in Norse mythology? What does it have to do with Hogwarts? Is the topic change too radical?
The reporter's doubts were about to be answered, as the man explained: "Of course, World Tree should not be its original name, but we think World Tree is very suitable."
"why?"
"It's very high!" The man raised his arm and gestured, his face beaming with joy, "You know, I saw the tree the first second I regained my sight.
It stands upright in the forest, and its cylindrical trunk even reaches into the clouds, hiding its crown inside.
At first I thought it was a mountain because I couldn’t see the treetops and it was so high up, until I noticed huge leaves falling from the clouds.”
"How... big is it?" The reporter tried to imagine in his mind how vast the fallen leaves of such a tree could be.
However, due to the lack of real objects, the picture that is about to emerge always gets stuck at the key part.
"Let me think about how to describe it..." The man spread his arms and said thoughtfully, "I think... the area is enough to build a villa easily."
"God! What kind of leaf is that?"
At this moment, the reporters all regretted asking the questions. They knew there was a miracle in the distance, but their desire to see it could not be fulfilled. It was too torturous!
"Everyone." Dumbledore appeared on the wooden platform in the middle of the room and announced to everyone with a smile, "First of all, congratulations on the successful conclusion of the 1,323rd World Magic Competition. Thank you all for your participation.
As a reward, I will draw a lucky person from the audience and give him a Hogwarts freshman uniform as a souvenir. "
School uniform? A wizard's school uniform? It can't be ordinary clothes, right?
The scene was completely crazy, and the audience immediately left the reporters and rushed to the wooden stage.
Later reporters thought, although I came late, I at least participated in the closing ceremony, so I can be considered an audience member, right?
They stopped working and just joined the crowd.
The venue was vast, but it could not withstand the surging of tens of thousands of people. Some people's feet were lifted off the ground by the crowd and a stampede was about to happen.
The old man raised his staff, and tens of thousands of people once again felt that they were imprisoned by some force and could not move.
"Don't worry, everyone. The lottery will be held tomorrow. As for the method, you will know it then."
After saying this, the old man's body suddenly disappeared.
The guys who had regained control of their bodies were no longer in the mood for interviews. They left the stadium through the four gates and returned to the camp to prepare dinner and look forward to tomorrow's draw.
However, after they successfully started the fire, they noticed something unusual.
I do feel very hungry, but... this is not right...
Everyone with strange expressions raised their heads and looked at the audience around them. They saw the same surprise and suspicion in each other's eyes, and they all reached out to take out their mobile phones to check.
Sure enough, only more than ten hours had passed since I left.
Is the flow of time different on both sides?
Most people just marveled at the strange phenomenon, but some people with profound knowledge of physics subconsciously contracted their pupils.
Hogwarts is also an independent space, but it still belongs to the same "universe" as Blue Planet, as evidenced by the dates of the Queen's two round trips.
This time, I was gone for nearly a month, but I only spent more than ten hours on Blue Star, which means that over there is... a real other "universe"!
What does it mean?
It means that there is a new world over there, a new world that has nothing to do with Blue Planet.
Mineral, ecological, timber and other resources are all undeveloped.
And oil, the same goes for oil!
Oh, and this last gentleman is from Ami.
The audience's shock soon reached the ears of the reporters, who then reported it to Suleiman through his subordinates.
Unlike everyone else who was imagining a new world, Suleiman was not interested.
So what if it’s a brand new world? It has a master who is very powerful and capable of crushing the human master.
Shaking his head and putting the matter aside, he approached the Queen who was surrounded by medical equipment and asked the doctor who was writing on a form: "How is the situation?"
“Preliminary results indicate the Queen is in good health.
For further testing, we have to go to the hospital. As you know, Your Highness Suleiman, many large equipment cannot be transported here."
"Yes, I understand." He looked at the queen who stood up, "Mother, we will go to the Royal Hospital now."
"I'm fine, Suleiman."
"but……"
The Queen waved her hand to interrupt him: "This is not important. We should...watch the game. Mr. Dumbledore revealed some...things to me."
"Varied……"
"Let's talk about it when we get back." She glanced at the Chinese team who were packing up their equipment, then led Suleiman into the car and left.
The Chinese team leader looked at the back of the convoy at the end of the road and said to his colleagues with a smile: "They asked us to help and they are on guard."
"Helping won't delay defense, right? Besides, we agreed to the invitation because we are worried about her health." The subordinates were busy putting the small equipment into the tool box.
“That’s right.” The team leader squatted down to help, muttering, “There really is a soul, what is its state of existence?
Humans have not found any traces of it in all these years.”
The subordinate said cheerfully, “Didn’t they say that the matter we can observe now only accounts for 5% of the total?
It’s normal not to see the soul.”
"No matter what, I'll go back and ask my superiors to see if I can ask the mountain gate to help provide some research ideas and materials."
Hearing the leader say this, the subordinate raised his head, glanced around at the foreign team members who were frowning, and said proudly: "It's good to lean on a big tree to enjoy the shade."
"Stop talking nonsense, pack up your things and go back home."