The Admiral of Hogwarts

After chatting with Harry and the others for a few words, they hurriedly left. After receiving news of the next task from Hugo, they needed to quickly return to the castle to verify it.

Hugo and the others, after finishing their butterbeers, headed to the Avenger's restaurant, wanting to check on the progress of their space program.

"Our first Earth orbit space station has been successfully constructed," Avenger told Hugo in the restaurant's secret room. "We're now using both the space gate and rockets to assemble our first batch of spacecraft."

"Don't you all have ship equipment spaces?" Hugo asked, puzzled. "Why not use those to store the components?"

"We can't. Our ship equipment space is equal to our own volume. But the volume of many of these parts exceeds the capacity of the ship equipment space," Avenger said, shrugging helplessly.

"In the beginning, we tried having personnel carry containers with space-expansion charms through the space transfer magic circle, but we found it didn't work."

"We discovered that, synchronized with Earth's magnetosphere and atmosphere, there's also a magic protection field. When a spacecraft breaks through to a certain altitude, the magic in the universe gradually becomes more chaotic."

"Fortunately, we conducted multiple experimental rocket launches beforehand, so with various shielding measures, the overall plan isn't affected."

"However, these shielding measures also significantly affect many magical items. For example, besides ship equipment spaces, all other spatial devices have problems with spatial transfer."

"To be precise, all temporary items are unusable," Hermione said, quickly accessing information through the Admiral Network.

"But permanent items are too expensive, and the volume inside the containers isn't that large," "So, for us, using rockets that can be launched covertly with various disposable spatial items to transport goods is the best option."

"Understood," Hugo nodded, then asked the next question. "When can our first spacecraft to the moon depart?"

"If there are no accidents, the first batch of five spacecraft will land on the moon in half a month with the necessary equipment to begin construction of the lunar base. It should be fully completed by the end of the term," Avenger said seriously.

"Of course, this completion is just the first step. The goal is to build a small base capable of independently producing small Earth-Moon spacecraft and sustaining 150-200 people for long-term work and life."

"That's already amazing. Most North and South Pole research stations don't have that many people," Hugo said, nodding with satisfaction. "Especially with the help of magic, the base's production efficiency should be more than ten times that of a normal base."

"That's right, the base will be highly automated," Repulse said seriously. "We'll also invest in a series of improved versions of Nicolas Flamel's manufactured puppets to replace human labor."

These so-called improved puppet automatons are actually various robots, except the magical parts replace the unreliable computer systems of this era.

Besides these highly intelligent puppet automatons, there are even more simple existences controlled by circuit boards, such as the industrial robots on the production line.

However, for ease of control, the core of these industrial robots uses alchemical puppet cores, making their precision and automation far exceed similar products of the time.

Through a comprehensive understanding of this information, Hugo had a complete picture of the plan called Starry Sky. He could now confirm that the entire operation was progressing in an orderly manner.

In this situation, if nothing changed, Hugo and the others could completely add a trip to the moon to their plans for this summer, seeing the beautiful universe from another perspective.

Watching the construction progress step by step was very pleasing, so Hugo and the others chatted more and more happily in the restaurant until the alarm clock reminded them that the Hogsmeade day was over, and they reluctantly returned to the castle.

"How to stay underwater for an hour? It seems you've figured out what the next task is."

The next day, after class, Hugo and Hermione were studying various plans for the space station through the Admiral Network while chatting with Harry, who had come to them for help.

Unlike the original duo of Harry and Ron, Ginny had been joining them when she didn't have class since the Yule Ball, as was the case this afternoon.

"Your Summoning Charm in the first task was very good, so I think you can order an underwater breathing tube from the Golden Scales Apothecary and just put it in your mouth when you go underwater," Hermione suggested while reading a book.

Unlike the first task, the second task allowed participants to bring items other than their wands. Otherwise, Harry would have been eliminated for using Gillyweed in the original story.

"That plan would have worked until noon today," Ginny said, shaking her head helplessly, "because Karkaroff specifically stated at noon today that the manufactured items used by participants in the second task must be made by themselves and cannot be purchased."

"This is specifically targeting Harry and me," Veneto said, poking her head out from behind a book, "because a wizard's spellcasting level increases with age, and making magical items and potions requires sufficient accumulation."

"And this new rule clearly affects us younger ones more. It means that, theoretically, most of the simple methods we could use are restricted."

"Then what's your plan?" Ron asked, puzzled, looking at the calm Hugo and Hermione. "You don't seem worried at all."

"It's enough to simply transform a part of the body and the items you carry," Veneto said, shaking her head, then looking at Harry across from her.

"But I don't recommend you take the same approach as me, because this method is closely related to a person's magic reserves and spellcasting ability, and you may not be able to master it. For example, the Bubble-Head Charm."

"That's true," Harry said, nodding with a wry smile after Veneto finished speaking. "The Bubble-Head Charm is fifth-year material. It's not too difficult to master, but it's not so easy to stay underwater for an hour."

"Then why don't you try non-manufactured items?" At this moment, Luna, who had come to do homework with Hugo and the others, said in a wavering tone. "Maybe there's a fruit that you can eat and breathe underwater."

"Yes, Luna's right," Hearing Luna say this, Hermione looked at Harry. "The magical world has so many magical creatures with all sorts of effects. Maybe there really is one that can let you breathe underwater."

"I've never heard of such a thing existing, but—our family isn't very good with herbs either," Ron said, turning to look at Harry.

"So, mate, you'd better consult Professor Sprout. Maybe she knows of some herbs that are suitable for you."