Chapter 116: The Secret Base of a Dark Wizard

"Come, try it. I remember your Charms grade was good." Murphy said.

He didn't have any feelings about it.

To be honest, although the other party saw him as a classmate.

But for Murphy, who possessed an adult mind, he didn't treat his classmates as his peers when he was in school.

"Okay, Mur... cough, Boss."

Winston Robinson came to the test bench, observing the size of the wafer and the drawn circle.

"The ratio is five times." Murphy reminded.

Winston nodded, took a deep breath. "Engorgio!"

The wafer was instantly enlarged by several circles, but when it finally stopped expanding, it was still some distance away from the five-fold circle.

Murphy glanced at the scale on the edge of the wafer. "18.65 inches, a gap of 1.35 inches. Not bad. Use Finite Incantatem to cancel the change."

He recorded the radius.

The second time, Winston's Enlarging Charm exceeded the five-fold circle again, and the result was even worse than the first time.

But the third time, Winston had some feeling, and reduced the enlargement gap to within one inch.

Murphy encouraged him, and then let the second person perform the test.

After all ten people finished the test, Murphy breathed a sigh of relief.

Judging from the test results just now, someone had reduced the minimum radius gap to about 0.4 inches (about 1 centimeter).

This was the result without them having undergone targeted training.

He believed that as long as they underwent some intensive training, this difference rate would become very small, even reaching the millimeter level. Plus, they could cancel the spell on wafers with large differences and cast the spell again, so it shouldn't be a problem to stabilize the difference rate of the enlarged wafer at the millimeter level.

And the millimeter-level wafer difference after enlargement, after returning to normal size, the process error is about a few nanometers, which almost won't affect its normal function for a micron-level chip.

Chips produced this way might have slight differences in power consumption, but as long as some adjustments are made to the packaging process, they can function normally.

The yield rate of the chips should be guaranteed.

Murphy selected the three with the smallest differences, including Winston Robinson, and after letting the others go back, Murphy took out three agreements.

"Your next work involves very confidential product development, so you must sign this confidentiality agreement. You can look at the agreement first, and you can ask me any questions at any time." Murphy said.

At the same time, he reminded, "To ensure that the agreement is abided by, after everyone signs the agreement, I will also cast a spell on you. It is best for everyone to understand all the terms carefully. Once the spell is released, it will be impossible to go back on your word."

Murphy didn't like to force others. He usually put the ugly words up front. If you don't want to, you don't have to do it. At worst, I'll just change to someone who is willing.

Upon hearing this, the three looked at the agreement carefully, but found that most of it was just about not leaking work secrets, and there were no overly harsh terms.

The only thing that made them suspicious was a special provision: the agreement stated that the agreement was valid for one year, they could not leave the workplace within one year, and after one year they could choose whether to renew the agreement. If they chose not to renew, they would be subjected to an Obliviation Charm, forgetting all content about the work.

Restricting personal freedom and the Obliviation Charm were both suspicious, but looking at the high salary of two hundred Galleons per month—and it could be paid one year in advance—the few just asked if their personal safety could be guaranteed, and then accepted it with trepidation.

The three signed one by one, and all chose to be paid one year's salary in advance.

Murphy didn't hesitate, directly piling up stacks of Galleons in front of each person, and allowed them to send the Galleons home and make up a simple excuse to their families to explain where they were going for the next year.

Then, after casting the Thought Steel Brand version of the Soul Seed on them, the three were taken by house-elves to the thirteenth floor of the Magic Research Institute, the west area of the Spell Laboratory.

This was where the Chip Research Group was located.

The three immediately understood why the agreement stated that they must keep secrets, must work in isolation here, and why they must forget the work content when leaving.

Because Murphy was cooperating with Muggles!

Murphy was indeed a Dark Wizard, openly violating the Wizarding Secrecy Act!

And this was the secret base of a Dark Wizard!

Help, I want to run...

But now they were already on the pirate ship, and it was impossible to get off easily.

The house-elves handed them over to Derrick Preston, the head of the Chip Research Group, and then left.

The three wizards tightened their faces, listening to Derrick assign them tasks, determined that once they heard anything that might harm them, they would pull out their wands and teach the Muggle fat man in front of them a lesson.

But unexpectedly, the work content was almost no different from the agreement; it was just to use the Enlarging Charm and Shrinking Charm on that kind of smooth round mirror.

It seemed... it was okay?

The secret base of a Dark Wizard didn't seem that scary...

And the Muggles were quite polite and very respectful to them, far easier to talk to than the wizard bosses who used to scold them at every turn in the past.

Even if they made some excessive demands, such as lying that they couldn't cast too many spells in a short time and needed frequent rest, the Muggles opposite would take it very seriously and then discuss the rest plan with them in detail.

The three wizards actually had a feeling of being valued. Since graduation, this might have been the first time for them.

The thought of how to escape originally gradually turned into a wait-and-see attitude of "let's see the situation first, anyway, the money has already been received."

"Although they did look quite resistant at first, they didn't show much resistance. They seemed to accept the status quo very quickly. After taking them to see their rooms and visiting the canteen and various entertainment facilities, letting them understand that we are doing serious things, not tricking them here to abuse them, they dispelled their concerns and relaxed."

"In the afternoon, they had already started to devote themselves to work, and there was no phenomenon of passive sabotage."

Murphy listened to the report of a Muggle researcher and nodded. "Very good, you did a good job."

Bringing the three wizards into the research institute, Murphy was still a bit worried, so he arranged for staff to observe and report secretly early on.

"You must remember, wizards are very precious talents. Although most of them haven't undergone complete logical training and may not be as smart as everyone, and sometimes even look stupid, they have irreplaceable value. I hope they can get the respect they deserve."

"Yes, Director. I will convey these words to everyone."

In the future, there will be more and more wizards in the Magic Research Institute. In order to reduce the conflict between wizards and Muggle researchers, a harmonious environment must be created. Only in this way can everyone's enthusiasm be fully mobilized.

Like Voldemort, treating followers as tools that can be abused or even killed at will, being abandoned by everyone is the only end.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 117 =====