[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-transfiguration-master-of-hogwarts":3,"chapter-the-transfiguration-master-of-hogwarts-the-transfiguration-master-of-hogwarts-chapter-28":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","The Transfiguration Master of Hogwarts",{"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},2320733,4539,"Chapter 28","the-transfiguration-master-of-hogwarts-chapter-28",28,"\u003Cp>But the ancient magical texts Allen later found doused him in cold water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had anticipated that the magical world’s research on magical runes would be poor, but he hadn’t expected it to be this bad—only two hundred and some ancient magical runes in the dictionary had definitively known meanings; the rest were mere guesses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Allen compared his own recorded runes with these two hundred, he found many runes whose shapes closely resembled his records, yet differed significantly in detail.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Allen firmly believed the rune shapes he had seen on the light screen were correct, meaning many of these two hundred-plus definitively identified ancient runes were written incorrectly, leaving him disheartened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Allen’s greatest strength was his patience—he piled up numerous ancient rune texts and cross-referenced them, eventually achieving some results.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He chose the simplest lighting spell’s ancient runes for analysis.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ancient rune key-value pairs (hereafter, key refers to the key, value to the value) of the lighting spell numbered only twenty-six, four of which had empty values; through Allen’s efforts, half of the ancient rune key-value pairs were deciphered, including the three with empty values.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stared at the deciphered key-value pairs, lost in thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first three he noticed were the keys of the three empty-value pairs, whose meanings were: rotation speed, trajectory, and cycle count.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The term “rotation speed” felt oddly familiar, as if he had encountered it somewhere before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lighting spell was one of the most proficient spells Allen had mastered—he could instantly clear his mind, visualize a ball of light blooming at the tip of his wand, perform the corresponding wand motion, and chant the incantation with precise intonation—this was the standard casting procedure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Standard casting procedure…” Allen muttered the phrase unconsciously. Suddenly, a flash of insight struck him—he realized where he had encountered the keyword “rotation.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He quickly pulled out his *Standard Spells, Beginner Level*, flipped to the chapter on the lighting spell, and found what he sought at the end of the first section:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mr. Hobbs Black (1629–1721) improved the lighting spell in 1644; the revised version allowed the light sphere to rotate and flicker at the tip of the wand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Allen stared fixedly at the word “rotation,” his mind in turmoil.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lighting spell was the simplest of all magical incantations—beginners could master it with minimal practice, and when wizards first invented it, they had already exhausted its potential, so the textbook contained only this single improvement record. Though this improvement was included in the textbook, the standard casting procedure in the second section made no mention of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Allen recalled Professor Flitwick mentioning this part in class, briefly introducing a non-standard casting method—visualizing the light sphere rotating and flickering at the wand’s tip during casting, and encouraging students to try this non-standard method on their own. Allen had completely ignored it at the time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Allen mechanically drew his wand and cast the lighting spell using the non-standard method; sure enough, a flickering, slowly rotating light sphere appeared at the wand’s tip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No wonder this wasn’t included in the standard procedure—it’s purely decorative!” Allen thought, nearly collapsing inwardly. “Whoever thought of this must have nothing better to do!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he recorded the ancient rune key-value pairs for the lighting spell, he must have cast it using the standard method, so the key “rotation speed” had an empty value because he hadn’t even thought of “rotation” during casting. Allen was certain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His earlier hypothesis was correct—his thoughts during spellcasting truly transformed into key-value pairs composed of ancient runes and were then emitted. Allen felt a surge of delight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The meaning of the last remaining empty-value key was now obvious: “flicker?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Allen contemplated this conclusion, he felt another wave of familiarity: casting the lighting spell felt exactly like calling a computer function—a function with twenty-six parameters, the incantation being the function name, his thoughts the parameters, and missing thoughts corresponding to empty inputs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A computer function is a segment of code directly callable by another program or code. It sounds convoluted, but it’s simple: imagine you create a function called “Addition Within Ten,” with two parameters a and b, the implementation being c = a + b, and the result displayed in a pop-up window. When you call it with a = 1 and b = 1, the output is a pop-up showing c = 2. That’s the simplest function.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Similarly, the lighting spell works the same way—when you call the lighting spell function, inputting the required parameters summons a light sphere at the wand’s tip, but you can also input optional, predefined parameters to achieve different effects—like “rotation speed” and “flicker?” Neither is required; the spell won’t fail without them, but including them alters the outcome.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To test his theory, Allen cast the lighting spell again—this time visualizing only rotation at the wand’s tip; sure enough, a rotating light sphere appeared. Then he visualized only flickering and cast again; sure enough, a flickering light sphere appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So the textbook’s spell improvements were simply discoveries of new applications!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Allen turned his attention to the remaining two empty-value keys: “trajectory” and “cycle count.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His heart pounded violently—he suddenly understood the function and real-world significance of these two keys; if he unlocked their potential, it would mean his final, ultimate improvement to the lighting spell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This would surely make it into the textbook! His discovery was far more practical than Black’s improvement! How much bonus would the Ministry of Magic award him? Allen daydreamed happily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But his immediate priority was uncovering the function of these two keys—definitely not in the library, too many eyes around. He thought to himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Allen returned all the borrowed books and headed straight for the abandoned girls’ bathroom he had visited yesterday.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Girls’ bathroom! Your emperor has returned!”\u003C\u002Fp>",961,"2026-06-20T16:09:23.977Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","1526edc0e5a5f2d887a78c50ffa8092d19e7d8b4f54287cfe9aece2ca7d062e1","the-transfiguration-master-of-hogwarts-chapter-29","the-transfiguration-master-of-hogwarts-chapter-27",284,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-transfiguration-master-of-hogwarts-cover.jpg"]