One person above Qing Huang Ting

Chapter 259 Third Floor
The edge of the secret door, disguised as a wall, was frantically flashing aura arcs like a short circuit of wires. There were faint runes on the wall, but it quickly dimmed.

The door that originally led to the third floor, under Hu Xiuwu's vigorous physical opening method, was forced to reluctantly open a one-foot-wide crack from the tightly closed door.

As soon as the door opened, Moody slid in with a dexterity that didn't fit his figure, and he could only say that the retired Auror sword was not old.
Hermione, like a kitten, slipped in after him.

After Hu Xiuwu noticed the two breezes blowing, he let go and floated in. After he let go, the stone gate closed quietly, as if nothing had happened.

But if you look closely, you will find that the stone gate seems to be largely unscathed, but in fact, the runes on the gate have been covered with fine cracks, such as cracks in the aging paint surface, and the internal mechanism has also been damaged. Now it is an empty shelf.

The three of them have entered the stairs leading to the third floor. Unlike the stairs between the first and second floors, the second and third floors are connected by a spiral staircase, but they are not as narrow as the stairs in the ordinary castle. Hu Xiuwu and the three can easily side by side. Standing on the first flight of stairs.

A pair of tassel lamps hung five steps on the walls on both sides, and the stairs were brightly lit, not dim at all.

Under the bright lights, Moody's figure suddenly emerged from the air, and even the phantom charm on Hermione lost its effectiveness.

When Professor Moody and Hu Xiuwu suddenly reappeared in front of him, Hermione not only did not feel relieved, but even more nervous.

The disappearance of the phantom body spell on the three people can only prove that there is an unknown mechanism here, which is not a good thing.

Moody looked at the oil lamp hanging on the wall next to him: "It seems that there is not only a speculum hanging on it, but the oil lamp itself is a hidden magic weapon."

"Looking glass?"

Hu Xiuwu didn't know much about the West or the magic weapon. The matter of Zhang Lingyu and the Deathly Hallows occupied most of his time.

Fortunately, there was a Gryffindor student beside him, and Hermione briefly explained the function of the looking glass for him:

"The looking glass is a black magic detector that glows and spins when suspicious people are around it."

Moody added: "But it's also very easy to deal with, a powerful Confusion Charm can make it useless."

It was through the magic eye that the sight glass hanging on the oil lamp was discovered, that Moody was so anxious to enter first, he had to deal with the sight glass first.

I just didn't expect that this oil lamp, which is exactly the same as the other oil lamps hanging in the stairs, turned out to be a magic weapon.

Hu Xiuwu said, "The Illusory Body Charm has been broken. Professor, do we still want to go in?"

"Keep going, no one will find us again," Moody looked at the rune behind the secret door, and had some guesses in his heart, "I thought there would be a trap behind this door, and I was ready and wanted to help you. Stop it."

"But after the door was forcibly pried open by you, there was no movement, so we walked in calmly."

Hu Xiuwu followed Moody's line of sight. The runes behind the door were dark and dull, but they were intact, and he thought deeply:
"It was Karkaroff who turned off the trap behind the door. That's right, Bechymos lives with them. Those people are not wizards. If they accidentally touch the trap and die on the boat, Karkaroff will die. But there's nothing to argue about."

"Not only that," Moody bent down, stretched out his fingers and touched the corner between the wall and the stairs, a little dust on his fingers,
"The sanitation here is not as clean as the downstairs. If the house-elves are cleaned every day, this situation will not happen. Obviously, either the third floor will not let the house-elves come up at all now, or they will come up to clean them regularly."

Hermione glanced around and found small details on the third floor: "Indeed, there are not even portraits in the corridor."

This is unimaginable at Hogwarts,

At Hogwarts, portraits are the headmaster's eyes, and they help Dumbledore look after every inch of Hogwarts.

Every time someone wants to do something, they must first find a way to avoid the ubiquitous portraits.

Even Sirius Black once came home in front of the portrait in the Gryffindor lounge.

Moody said solemnly: "Karkaroff removed the portrait and forbade the house-elves from coming up. There must be a secret he tried so hard to hide."

Is it Karkaroff's secret or Behemoth's secret?

Due to Karkaroff's status as a former Death Eater and the auditorium's warning, Moody's prejudice against him is deep, but Hu Xiuwu sees it from the perspective of a bystander.

It may also be Behemoth who wants to hide the secret. After all, this is still Durmstrang's territory in the final analysis. Whether it is a portrait or a house elf, it must be under the command of Igor Karkaroff.

It stands to reason that there is absolutely no need for him to hide a secret so much.

On the contrary, only Bechymos, who was a guest, would feel that these portraits and house-elves were unsightly, and they might discover their secrets and whereabouts, so Karkaroff would remove the portraits.

But Moody's and Hu Xiuwu's thoughts are only guesses, and it is also possible that both parties have secrets that they want to hide, or maybe they have to see it.

The third floor of the cabin is much smaller than the second floor. In addition to a public rest area, there are five rooms. The end of the stairs is not the third floor, but still spirals upward. Moody's analysis should be the bridge above. .

Moody randomly found the nearest room and tried to open the door of the room:

"Araho Cave is open!"

The wand shot a shimmer of light, but a barrier was raised from the lock cylinder of the door, which bounced the shimmer away, but did not open the door.

Although it failed, it was still Moody's expectation that the protective spells in these rooms were of the same level as the one on the secret door just now.

Moody stepped aside and Hu Xiuwu stepped forward skillfully.

Then, perform miracles vigorously.

A mediocre move, a heavy kick, just kicked on the lock cylinder, easily separated the lock cylinder from the wall, and fell to the ground, causing a faint wave of wind and waves.

There is no ordinary furniture in the room, only full, but neat and orderly, all kinds of instruments that are specious to the electronic products in the secular world,
It's neither like a cabin, nor like a guest room in a castle, but rather like a top laboratory in a university.

"What are these things?"

There was something in this room that the well-informed Moody didn't recognize.He had never seen those strange iron boxes with crystal plates, lenses, and square in the room.

But Hu Xiuwu and Hermione, who grew up in normal society, guessed something. Hermione frowned and said uncertainly, "These should be electronic devices in the Muggle world."

Moody said, "Don't I remember Hogwarts can't use Muggle stuff?"

Had he been out of school for too long and Dumbledore updated the Hogwarts enchantment?Does he want a WLAN signal too?

Hermione explained: "It seems that Behemoth's things are half-alchemy and half-electronic products, so they are not affected by the Hogwarts enchantment. Bechymos also gave Lingyu and Celestial Master Universal Translator. "

Hu Xiuwu nodded in agreement, confirming that it was true.

Moody hit the tripod with his stubby, the light on, the instrument that was still working: "What are these things for?"

Hermione shook her head blankly. She entered Hogwarts at the age of 11. Seriously speaking, she only has an elementary school education. Since she has been in Hogwarts all year round, she can recognize simple computers and mobile phones, but She has never seen the rest of the professional equipment.

Bypassing those unfamiliar instruments, Hermione saw an opened golden egg placed in a transparent container.

Although the shell of the golden egg split like a petal, it did not make a harsh sound like the golden egg in Harry's hand. Hermione guessed the secret of the golden egg and thought happily:
It turns out that the secret of the golden egg can only be revealed by placing it in water!Great, tell Harry when you go back, you can know the challenge content of the second item of the Goblet of Fire.

Hu Xiuwu also saw the golden egg, and he also understood how to obtain the secret of the golden egg, but his mind was not entirely on it. Hermione did not recognize the instruments in the room, which did not mean that Hu Xiuwu did not recognize it.

Although Hu Xiuwu had never seen some instruments, he could also guess the units and data displayed on the instrument screen.

Gyro-theodolites, magnetometers, scanners, ultrasonic sensors…

A complete set of surveying and mapping equipment!
(End of this chapter)