Looking around, everyone here is bustling with wizards.

The floor of the hall is a polished dark wooden floor, and the peacock blue ceiling is inlaid with sparkling golden symbols, which are constantly moving and changing, like a huge high-altitude bulletin board.

There were many gilded fireplaces embedded in the walls on both sides of the hall. Green light flashed through. People walked out of the fireplace on the left one after another, and people disappeared on the fireplace on the right. It was obvious that this was the Floo Network.

In the middle of the hall stands the Fountain of the Magic Brothers, with a set of solid gold statues: wizards and witches, centaurs, goblins and house elves.

And streams of shining water sprayed out from the top of the wizard's wand, the centaur's arrow, the tip of the goblin's hat, and the two ears of the house elf.

"where is this place?"Hermione looked at everything around her in shock:

"Ministry of Magic!"Xia En replied with a smile.

"Ministry of Magic?! What are we doing here?!"

"Weren't there two Departments of Mysteries a few days ago?Did you break into the guild? I read some interesting things in their minds, so I’ll take a look while I’m free today!"Shane said, and started to walk forward, and Hermione quickly followed him, her hand naturally hanging on Shane's arm.

Because the moment he arrived at the Ministry of Magic, Shane He cast magic on himself and Hermione, so that no one around them was aware of their existence. Even if you kicked the male wizard next door in the crotch, he would only think it was his own problem.

Through the crowd, the two quickly We arrived at the end of the Ministry of Magic hall, where we saw a row of golden doors leading to at least twenty elevators.

"According to the memories of the two silent men, the Department of Mysteries is a department of the Ministry of Magic that conducts secret research on specific mysteries. If you want to get there, you must take the elevator to the ninth floor underground, but not everyone is qualified to press that button. Go to the button on the ninth floor!"Xia En explained as he pulled Hermione straight through the elevator gate and into the elevator shaft.

"You just said there is something interesting in the Department of Mysteries. What is it? Hermione asked curiously as she observed the darkness around her and whether there was any light coming from outside.

"I just wanted to take a look because I wasn’t clear about it. Didn’t I say that before? There are restrictions on the deep memories of the two silent men. If they are forced to look at them, their heads will explode!"

As they spoke, the two of them descended slowly, ignoring all obstacles, and went directly to the ninth underground floor of the Ministry of Magic.

Once again passing through the ancient iron fence blocking the elevator shaft, the first thing that came into view was a simple corridor. There was a very simple black door at the end.

This door had no handle or even a keyhole. It was a flat surface.

And just when Hermione was wondering how to open the pure black door in front of her, Shane suddenly took out his wand. After chanting a strange spell to the door, the door disappeared in an instant, and then the two people entered a black round room.

As the black door behind them was automatically closed, Shane and Hermione suddenly felt There was a trance: the surrounding walls suddenly seemed to be rotating rapidly, making people confused about which direction they came in.

Then all they saw was... black, endless black!

Everything in this room was black , including the ceiling, walls and floors. It seems that you can't feel any sense of space here. You can't see anything except"people", as if you were blindfolded.

"Is this the Department of Mysteries? Why does it feel so eerie here?!"Hermione looked around and said a little nervously.

The scene in front of her reminded her of some horror movies she had watched and some horror novels she had read. The pitch-black darkness really felt a bit scary.

"You said before that the Department of Mysteries is the place where the Ministry of Magic conducts secret research. There won't be any scary or weird things here, right?!"

As she said that, Hermione's mind began to flash through some images of horrible monsters in her mind: fleshy balls with eyes, octopuses with countless weird smiling faces, humanoid monsters covered in rotten and bubbling bodies, etc.

"I told you not to read so many horror movies and novels. Why do you think about these weird things all day long?!"Shane immediately complained, and then began to explain,"This is just the entrance to the Department of Mysteries. This room is covered with light-absorbing material. Do you remember the cave you must pass through when taking the boat back to Hogwarts? The paint here is made from the same mineral as there!"

"Where is the entrance?"Hermione asked in confusion.

Everything in front of her eyes was completely dark, and she couldn't figure out where the door was!

Shane didn't answer, but just waved his hand, and then some candles with blue flames were instantly lit on the wall.

These The firelight emitted by the candle was cold, and its weak flickering candlelight was reflected on the bright marble floor, making the floor look like a pool of black water.

"These candles are specially made, and only by lighting them can you see these so-called doors!"As he said that, Xia En pointed to the twelve identical black doors that suddenly appeared in the room, without marks or handles.

They were separated by some distance from each other and embedded in the surrounding black walls. It was mysterious.

Relying on the memories of the two silent people, Xia En opened one of the twelve doors, and then the two of them entered a brand new room.

Different from the circular room just now, the new room The room looked unusually bright.

There was a straight corridor, and something seemed to be placed at the end.

Walking in the gray-white corridor, Hermione suddenly remembered a question and asked curiously:"Yes?" Come on, Shane! How did the two silent men get into Hogwarts last time?"Hogwarts is well-defended. Logically speaking, no one should be able to sneak in so easily!"

"Hermione, there's a fact you need to know! That is, the saying that Hogwarts is the safest place in the world is completely based on the strength of all previous Hogwarts principals and professors!"Shane said,"Although Hogwarts itself has certain defense mechanisms, these mechanisms were left over from Ravenclaw more than a thousand years ago and have long since fallen behind the times!"

"And how many wizards have graduated from Hogwarts in the past thousand years? There must be some people who know the secrets of Hogwarts, and Sirius Black is one of them!"

"He was able to enter the Gryffindor lounge quietly before because he knew some of the secret passages hidden in Hogwarts. To be honest, it was fortunate that he didn't really go to kill Harry, otherwise you should be able to do it now Saw a tombstone with Harry Potter's name engraved on it in Godric's Hollow......."

"Oh, I see……"After listening to Shane's explanation, for some reason, Hermione suddenly felt that the tall image of Hogwarts in her mind was a bit shattered.

While they were talking, Shane and Hermione walked to the end of the corridor.

I saw an almost empty area in front of me, with only one table, and in the center of the room there was a huge glass water tank filled with dark green liquid, big enough for people to swim in it.

The two approached the water tank and took a look, and then Hermione exclaimed in disgust:"Hey~~What is this?!"

Inside the dark green water tank, there were many white ones with long hair. The tentacles are slowly floating around inside, like living brains. It makes people feel very scary and disgusting when they look at it.

"This place is the Brain Room. These things are human brains, alive!"Xia En explained expressionlessly.

"Human brain?! living?!"Hermione immediately took a few steps back like a reflex.

Shane put his face close to the water tank, and the light above his head reflected on his face through the dark green liquid in the water tank.

"These brains come from some great figures in history. Without exception, they all had extremely high and unique achievements. The Department of Mysteries has preserved their brains for research, using their detached thinking to explain unknown mysteries."

"Just like people sliced ​​Einstein's brain for study, although it is not humane, it is an unscrupulous way to explore the unknown."

While speaking, a brain suddenly surfaced. The thought tentacles behind it quickly stretched out of the water tank and wanted to wrap around Hermione, but were immediately blocked by Shane.

"Be careful, I said these brains are alive, and many of them have always wanted to use a body!"Xia En reminded,"There's nothing to see here, let's keep going!"

Xia En walked to the waterBehind them, a door opened directly on the wall, and the two of them walked in.

This third room is larger than the brain hall just now. It is dimly lit, square in shape, and has a sunken center, forming a huge stone pit about 6 meters deep.

Stone steps surround the entire house, like stone benches, gradually descending step by step, each step is very steep, like a lecture theater.

In the center of the stone pit is a raised stone platform with an arch standing on it. It looks very old and dilapidated. It is a bit strange why it can still stand there without falling down.

There is no wall support around the arch, and tattered black curtains or curtains are hung on it. Although the air here is cold and there is no wind, it is swaying gently, as if it had just been occupied by someone. Touched.

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