Chapter 397: Deep Dive

Although with Umbrella's strength, it wouldn't be a big problem to support all the wizards who defected.

But Murphy felt that it was a bit too wasteful.

Moreover, although Umbrella was large in scale, he was worried that excessive monopoly would make the entire market lifeless.

He had already made enough money through Umbrella and had no intention of being an economic dictator in an industry.

After all, what he wanted was not money, but the progress of productivity driven by capital. This requires the support of a vibrant market, so he was more willing to see innovative things appear beyond his thoughts.

This entrepreneurship support plan was born for this.

Murphy really put in a lot of effort in many aspects to get this plan going.

The wizarding world and the Muggle world had been isolated for three hundred years. Most wizards—especially pure-blood wizards who had good economic strength in the wizarding world—were almost completely ignorant of the Muggle world.

Even a ten-year-old child knows more about the rules of the Muggle world than they do. Under such circumstances, just relying on a magic spell or a unique magic effect to make a name for themselves in the Muggle world was undoubtedly a pipe dream.

Even those Muggle-born wizards, most of their lives were spent in the wizarding world. Their understanding of Muggle society was basically at the childhood level, and in fact, they had already been seriously out of touch with Muggle society. It was still difficult for them to re-adapt to the complex operating rules of Muggle society.

The result of them rushing into Muggle society with magic products in their hands would likely be that they would be treated as fools by some smart Muggles, and finally be cheated until they didn't even have a pair of underpants left.

Therefore, they needed someone who truly understood the operating rules of the Muggle market to help them clarify their ideas, find the accurate direction for entrepreneurship, and at the same time help them obtain legal Muggle identities, establish legal companies, and comply with the norms of Muggle law, etc.

Other problems such as capital, personnel, connections, etc., all had to be led by someone, so that wizards could avoid bumping their heads and being dizzy.

And these were all help that Murphy could provide.

And while providing various help, Murphy actually controlled the industry rules and core resources of the entire magic-related market. In this way, he could also regulate the entire market, so that all wizards who wanted to join the Muggle society were under his effective supervision.

This can be considered the integration of the magic society and the Muggle society under his leadership.

Starting from this, the two societies would increase their understanding, test and compromise with each other in a more gentle way, and then merge into one.

This method was the optimal path found by Murphy that was more harmless to both sides and could bring benefits to each other.

For the sake of the two societies, he really broke his heart.

I, Murphy, a saint!

The kind that deserves a monument.

"Pfft, Mr. Murphy, do you think you are great?" At night, Murphy and Sophia sat on the terrace of the Sky Street, looking at the brightly lit streets in the Holy City below.

"Not that great, just a billion times greater than you mortals," Murphy laughed.

"In short, I think this is a good thing for the wizards of Arkaim. The wizards in this city are even more unfamiliar with the Muggle world. If they want to contact the outside world, they need more help."

"They may not be interested in earning Muggle gold coins like British wizards," the Empress said. "However, I will announce your support plan."

"Why don't you go and announce it yourself? You are the Guardian Shaman. It's the same effect if you issue a decree in my name."

"You've only been on the throne for a few years, and you're already starting to slack off?" Murphy teased.

"Humph!" The Empress wrinkled her little nose. "You're making fun of me."

"A slacker and dim-witted monarch. As a Guardian Shaman, it's not bad that I don't beat you."

"Pfft." The Empress was amused by him. Only Murphy dared to make such a joke with her.

After laughing for a while, Sophia sighed. "Alas, I just felt that the position passed to me by my mother couldn't be taken away by others. And at that time, I didn't know that being an emperor was so tiring."

"Or, I'll just learn constitutional monarchy like Muggles. Do you want to be Prime Minister?"

"Or I'll just abdicate the throne to you."

Murphy reached out and tapped the top of the Empress's head with his middle finger knuckle. "What kind of silly talk is that? Why are you thinking about abdicating at such a young age? Besides, I'm not a Soviet citizen, how can you abdicate to me?"

"I can marry you," the Empress said.

Murphy was shocked and stared at Sophia. The latter, however, said without blushing or panting, "There have been many precedents before. Catherine the Great was not a Soviet citizen either, and she was still an emperor."

"And you have the merit of saving Arkaim, twice. You don't know how high your prestige is in Arkaim. They won't object."

"Stop, stop, are you serious?"

Sophia looked at him. Those strange eyes that turned crimson after becoming a vampire were eerie and clear. She was still as upright and straightforward as before, yet gentle as water.

"There are no signs of improvement in narcolepsy. Arkaim doesn't need a sleeping emperor," the Empress said.

"And, compared to you, I am still too immature. I believe you can lead Arkaim in a better direction."

"So, it's responsibility," Murphy said.

Sophia's expression was a bit evasive. "Well, not entirely."

Murphy smiled slightly. Talking to this point was probably Sophia's limit.

He reached out and suddenly held the other person's small hand.

That hand was slender and cold, small and soft. It struggled twice in his palm, but finally didn't pull out, and gave up as if resigned to fate.

"The Human Genome Project has been completed," Murphy said softly. "The wizard genome map will also be drawn soon. Drugs to treat vampire symptoms may be made soon."

A few days ago, Murphy handed the Time Accelerator to the Genome Project Department, plus two third-generation sequencing technology prototypes. Recently, they have achieved gratifying results and have completed the testing of the human genome and the wizard genome.

"Is that so?" The Empress was somewhat pleasantly surprised. She had already started to hate this life of not seeing the sun.

"It may take a little more time. After all, the genome is just the foundation. The proteins corresponding to genes and the traits corresponding to them still need to be identified. However, by comparing the genes of Muggles and wizards, as well as the genes of wizards and vampires, we can still discover many things."

"So, narcolepsy may not be a problem," Murphy said. "Even so, do you still want to marry me?"

The Empress, who was calm just now, had a fever on her face. The excuse had been blocked by Murphy. At this time, saying she wanted to was to confess her feelings.

This made her somewhat shy and nervous.

But she was afraid that once she denied it, Murphy would take it seriously.

The Empress was very conflicted, but the temperature coming from the hand Murphy was holding gave her a trace of courage. She opened her mouth and was about to answer, but Murphy laughed.

"Alright, I'm not teasing you."

"Speaking of which, how does Arkaim give a betrothal gift? If you marry an empress, how much is the bride price usually?"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 398 =====