Chapter 109: Animagus Transformation Mechanism

"After that, we obtained leaves and saliva after moonlight irradiation, solution after adding hair, solution after adding dew, solution after adding Death's-head Hawkmoth pupa, solution placed during the waiting period, solution after lightning, etc..."

"We measured samples in stages and have some basic understanding of some changes in Animagus transformation."

"First of all, we discovered that through the 'ritual' of holding a Mandrake leaf in the mouth from full moon to full moon, the wizard and the potion produce a magical connection."

"In this process, the leaf, on the one hand, acts as a potion material, mixed and fermented with the wizard's saliva, becoming a component of the Animagus potion. On the other hand, because the wizard continuously takes the components of the Mandrake leaf for a month, the leaf also becomes a link between the wizard and the potion, playing a role in connecting the two."

"Secondly, the pupa of the Death's-head Hawkmoth is a symbol of 'transformation,' 'embryo,' and 'gestation'."

"We tested many solutions placed during the waiting period and discovered that the wizard's hair would dissolve very quickly, disappearing completely in about one or two days. And through fluorescent markers, we discovered the components of the wizard's hair in the Death's-head Hawkmoth pupa."

"Not just hair, including the leaves, saliva, and other components from the early stages, will all penetrate into the Death's-head Hawkmoth pupa to varying degrees."

"It has become an incubator, which, through the connection established by the Mandrake leaf and the wizard, has become the wizard's 'one body, two souls'."

"After about two more weeks, the Death's-head Hawkmoth pupa will also dissolve. At that time, in the solution, we will monitor DNA components that are completely different from the Death's-head Hawkmoth and also different from humans."

"The solution at this time is extremely unstable. I will introduce this point to everyone in detail later. It is very difficult for us to extract sufficiently complete DNA from the solution at this time, so it is difficult to analyze how this transformation happens."

"But, it is certain that the solution at this moment already possesses the genetic information of the animal the wizard is about to transform into."

"After the thunderstorm, the intense changes in lightning or electromagnetic fields seem to be able to stimulate a certain effect of the potion, making it complete thoroughly. The solution at this time will become relatively stable, but it seems to be a very magic-side thing, and the time it can exist is extremely short. We are almost unable to conduct effective observation on it."

"There are a few concepts here that need to be explained slightly to everyone."

"First, it is the magic ritual."

"We discovered that Animagus transformation is not an ordinary spell or potion, but a magic ritual. Borrowing the statement of the Spellcasting Path Research Group, we can see it as a process of praying and wishing to a manager of magic—called the 'Magic Net' by the Spell Research Group."

"It needs to use potions and spells, and it is continuous and requires extremely long preparation. We have also seen some ritual magic in the library's materials, all of which are very complex and have amazing effects."

"There are some steps in the ritual that do not have substantial effects, but cannot be omitted."

"For example, the first step, the time limit from full moon to full moon. We discovered that even if you start from the middle of the month, as long as you crush the Mandrake leaf and mix it thoroughly with the wizard's saliva for fermentation, it is not much different from the original components. But even if it is just one day less, this ritual will still fail, and one day more is the same."

"Colleagues in the Spell Research Group explained this phenomenon with 'the conventional rules of magic'."

"It means that various magic or spells have a set of conventional rules that have existed since ancient times. They may not be necessary conditions for spells or magic, but because the 'Magic Net' is accustomed to such casting conditions, it will likely judge magic that does not follow these rules as incorrect casting, leading to failure."

"This is like a case. Although the law does not explicitly stipulate that certain conditions must be met for it to take effect, because previous cases were all like this, later judges will also conventionally judge according to past precedents."

"Wanting to break this 'conventional' requires enough willpower and enough skill. Currently, in Animagus transformation, we have not yet researched to such a deep level."

"Therefore, this ritual still requires at least more than a month to achieve."

"However, we still found some methods to accelerate this process."

"For example, while waiting for the thunderstorm, we can choose areas with more rain and thunder, so we can wait for the desired weather faster."

"Even later, we discovered that intense electromagnetic field changes can also trigger the transformation of the potion, but the effect is not too good."

"For example, in the second step, the potion must be placed in a quiet and dark place. We have some special black boxes to ensure this."

"This can be considered as drilling a loophole in the ritual, which can make the entire transformation process more controllable."

"We can now control this variable to complete the entire Animagus transformation process in less than two months."

"And these controls on variables have also deepened our understanding of Animagus transformation."

"The second content that needs to be clarified is the issue of the wizard's hair used in the potion."

"In addition to the Mandrake leaf and Death's-head Hawkmoth pupa mentioned earlier, the wizard's hair is also one of the most important core materials for Animagus potion."

"In fact, it's not just hair. Nails, blood, etc., as long as they are body tissues containing genetic information, can be used to make Animagus potion."

"However, it should be noted that these body tissues must be taken from the transformer not long ago. If the time is too long, even if they are kept at low temperature to ensure that the cells contained in these tissues maintain activity, it will not work."

"This is because Animagus transformation not only needs to obtain the transformer's body information, but more importantly, it also needs to obtain the wizard's 'breath.' That is a kind of thing similar to 'magic power characteristics,' 'spiritual characteristics,' or 'personal temperament'."

"This point is consistent with our discovery in the research of Polyjuice Potion."

"In the research of Polyjuice Potion, we discovered that Polyjuice Potion can reproduce the missing limbs, scars, and other acquired characteristics of a disabled person. And these characteristics are of course impossible to be written into the other party's DNA, and have nothing to do with any biological information such as epigenetics."

"Therefore, we conjectured at that time that wizards, or anyone, animals—Polyjuice Potion can transform into Muggles, and even let an animal transform into another animal of the same kind—all have a certain 'Qi' attached to them, which can record the various acquired changes of this creature."

"It is precisely this 'Qi' that determines what animal a wizard can transform into through Animagus."

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