[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-hogwarts-learning-panel":3,"chapter-hogwarts-learning-panel-hogwarts-learning-panel-chapter-310":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Hogwarts Learning Panel",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2250548,4210,"Chapter 310: Confrontation","hogwarts-learning-panel-chapter-310",310,"\u003Cp>Harry felt something pulling his soul away, leaving him dazed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything here felt unreal—the walls had double images, the pool seemed to bubble with water, yet he couldn’t hear anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No….”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He placed the alchemical frog on his hand, then laid the fang atop the diary:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Tell me how to get in!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The diary remained motionless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let me try.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ron grabbed the diary and pulled with all his strength, but some inexplicable force made it impossible to tear—even with all his might.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now they were certain the diary was dangerous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ron, panting, set the diary on the edge of the pool, where a tattered pen lay inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment the pen touched the diary, something miraculous happened—the ink was absorbed, and a line of writing surfaced:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Speak in Parseltongue: Open】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harry and the others no longer had time to hesitate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hermione ran toward the headmaster’s office, while Harry and Ron charged into the Chamber.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tunnel of the Chamber was silent as a tomb; all they heard was a sudden snap—Ron had stepped on a rat’s skull.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harry lowered his wand and examined the ground, finding bones of small animals scattered everywhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harry fought hard to suppress the images of what had happened here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Basilisk had emerged—Wizard Sean’s alchemical creations had all been petrified… what about him…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harry plunged forward, rounding a dark bend in the tunnel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Harry, there’s something over there…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ron said hoarsely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both froze, staring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harry saw the massive, coiled silhouette of a creature lying still on the other side of the tunnel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their wandlight glinted off a huge, vividly green snake skin, unmistakably that of a venomous serpent, coiled motionless on the floor—empty inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, the creature that had just shed this skin was at least twenty feet long.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This discovery weighed heavier on their hearts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After running through the dim corridor, they finally stood at the edge of a long, dimly lit chamber.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before them stood many stone pillars carved with entwined serpents; they looked around but saw nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harry dripped ink into the diary, then raised the fang threateningly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Tell me—where is Wizard Sean?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The diary trembled for a moment:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Finally fooled. It took me great effort to influence… that fellow you mentioned is indeed troublesome—I couldn’t handle him even for a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But my target isn’t him—it’s you, Harry Potter.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What do you mean? No—tell me where Wizard Sean is?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harry pressed the fang closer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【The fang… where did you get it? But it doesn’t matter—you’re here now, you came on your own;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for that fellow—if he came here… hah, he’s probably dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But before you die, I have many questions for you, Harry Potter.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ron was struck as if by lightning—he collapsed onto the floor, dazed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’d even forgotten they were in the Basilisk’s lair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harry couldn’t see clearly—he roared and drove the fang straight into the diary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a terrible, prolonged, ear-splitting scream, ink gushed violently from the diary, streaming down Harry’s hands onto the floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then a dark shadow stood before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You brought this on yourself, damn thing!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Speak to me, Slytherin—the greatest of Hogwarts’ four founders!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shadow was that of a tall, black-haired boy, summoning something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Far away, Slytherin’s massive stone face stirred. Harry and Ron watched in utter horror as its mouth opened wider and wider, until it became a vast black void.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harry and Ron knew what he was doing—so Harry raised the fang again:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m waiting for you—Harry Potter!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shadow twisted and writhed, flailing its arms, screaming in agony…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harry and Ron shut their eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Run!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harry said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he seemed to collide with something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Harry?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He heard a voice he knew better than any other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean stared at him in confusion—he was about to crash into a stone pillar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“S-Wizard Sean… did I really die…? I’m sorry… I came too late…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harry turned his head and saw Ron—he could no longer speak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ron… was dead too…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ron’s reaction was even more violent—he rolled his eyes back and fainted instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You didn’t die, Harry.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean had arrived following the plan map, just in time to see Tom summoning the Basilisk—then get stabbed by Harry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked at the book—ink still dripped steadily from its pages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Basilisk’s venom had burned a hole through the diary, hissing as black smoke curled from it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the hole, darkness clung—its shadow thin as smoke:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Impossible… how could you have defeated the Basilisk…?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tom stared at Wizard Sean, dazed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean could feel he was powerless—two seconds later, Tom let out a final, furious growl and vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Freed from Tom’s influence, the diary now seemed ordinary—some handwriting even remained:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean spotted Hagrid’s name instantly—he waved his wand and the diary opened:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Big Sha  Hagrid, clumsy and trouble-prone, causes trouble every week—he keeps a werewolf pup under his bed and sneaks into the Forbidden Forest to wrestle trolls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I must admit, even I didn’t expect the plan to go so smoothly. I thought someone would realize Hagrid couldn’t possibly be Slytherin’s heir.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed Hagrid could be cleared…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wizard Sean?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harry finally seemed to snap back to reality,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You defeated the Basilisk?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He asked in disbelief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harry finally relaxed completely—his eyes turned red again, overwhelmed by the dizzying joy of having him back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Looks like you two did well too?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A kind, wise voice chimed in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ron stirred—he sat up and saw Hermione and Dumbledore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, he felt the entire wizarding world had collapsed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hermione… how did you die too?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He sobbed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hermione punched him in the chest—jolting him awake:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m not dead!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh—haha—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dumbledore smiled warmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Realizing he’d made a fool of himself, Ron turned bright red and stood frozen in place.\u003C\u002Fp>",960,"2026-06-19T10:00:41.888Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","e514db2f31120cacad58a008736bf6037b0898e9a9a38b56e1a1394a20cc9486","hogwarts-learning-panel-chapter-311","hogwarts-learning-panel-chapter-309",526,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fhogwarts-learning-panel-cover.jpg"]