"I thought I could choose worlds at will. Turns out it was all down to luck." Only after truly entering Dimension Space did Shen Fei understand why exploring it was so dangerous.
The concept of a multiverse, of infinite universes, was not wrong. But the vast majority of worlds were nothing but emptiness. Finding a world with life among so many dimensional spaces depended, to some extent, on luck.
"Finally found one." After who knew how long in Dimension Space, and after evading countless dangers, Shen Fei finally spotted a living world ahead.
Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle.
Next, Shen Fei felt as though he had returned to his earliest days at Kamar-Taj, when he could only make sparks flicker from his hands. Opening a Portal into the world before him would apparently take some time.
"Now I understand why Dormammu had to be summoned to appear on Earth." The barriers of Dimension Space were extremely sturdy. In theory, crossing from one universe to another was very difficult.
This was especially true for enormous creatures, which found it even harder to break through that barrier. Smaller creatures, on the other hand, could breach it much more easily, like the dimensional monster Star-Lord and the others fought at the beginning of Guardians of the Galaxy 2.
"I wonder what kind of world this will be." The moment he finally opened the Portal, Shen Fei immediately passed through it.
"Ah!" The instant he stepped out of the Portal, Shen Fei felt his body plummeting.
"Damn it." Seeing that he was roughly a hundred meters above the ground, Shen Fei cursed inwardly. He immediately tried to use a Portal to land safely, but his expression changed the next moment when the spell failed completely. Fortunately, he reacted quickly and activated the Ant-Man Suit, shrinking himself down at once.
Bang.
When he was about twenty meters above the ground, Shen Fei felt as though he had struck an invisible barrier, and his body was immediately flung away.
After bouncing several times against that invisible barrier, Shen Fei finally landed on the ground, already dizzy and disoriented.
"What the hell is this?" Returning to normal and removing his helmet, Shen Fei looked in confusion at the castle atop a nearby hill. It was a black castle, gloomy and somewhat dilapidated.
"This is a force field." Shen Fei pressed his palm against the empty air before him and felt the pressure pushing back against his hand, greatly startling him.
"Young man, this is not a place you should be." At that moment, an unfamiliar yet aged voice suddenly sounded from one side. It gave Shen Fei a fright, and he immediately turned toward it. There stood an old man, tall and thin, with waist-length silver hair and a long silver beard beneath his lips and around his chin. He wore an unusual white robe and held a peculiar wooden stick, quietly watching him.
"Who are you?" After a moment of silence, Shen Fei took a Desert Eagle from the Ant-Man Suit before asking.
"Expelliarmus." The old man suddenly pointed the wooden stick in his hand at Shen Fei. Shen Fei immediately felt a powerful force tugging at the Desert Eagle in his hand, making him release it involuntarily.
"I am Dumbledore," the old man said.
"Expelliarmus... Dumbledore... Is this the Harry Potter World? That was a Wand." The name Dumbledore immediately left Shen Fei stunned.
"Dumbledore, headmaster of Hogwarts?" After a long silence, Shen Fei finally asked.
"This is not a place you should be." Dumbledore stared into Shen Fei's eyes for a long while, then raised his Wand at him again, seemingly preparing to cast another spell.
Faced with this situation, Shen Fei could no longer worry about exposing his identity. He swiftly formed hand seals with both hands, and a two-meter-wide golden magical shield appeared before him.
Unable to use a Portal and facing Dumbledore as his opponent, Shen Fei had no intention of holding back.
"Wait. I don't know where this is. I only came here by accident." From behind the magical shield, Shen Fei spoke as he drew another Desert Eagle.
"This is not somewhere one can enter by accident." Shen Fei's strange golden magical shield made Dumbledore frown at once. Through sensing it, he could tell that it was magic, but it was magic he had never seen before.
As Hogwarts' headmaster, Dumbledore knew the Wizarding World extremely well, yet this was undeniably an entirely new kind of magic.
"There was an error during my teleportation, which is why I ended up here."
"I believe you. However, this place cannot be exposed, so I need to use a Memory Charm on you. Don't worry, it will only make you forget what happened here," Dumbledore said as he stared into Shen Fei's eyes.
"Sorry, but I won't accept any magic involving memories." As Shen Fei spoke, he took a box from his body, opened it, and removed a miniature missile. After placing it on the ground, he immediately restored it to its original size.
"I know I'm no match for you, but that doesn't mean I have no means of resistance. You should know what this is, right?" Though Shen Fei said this aloud, inwardly he was cursing his rotten luck.
This was the Harry Potter World. For him, it was practically a godsend, just what he needed to make up for the shortcomings of Kamar-Taj's magical system. Harry Potter World magic might not be especially impressive in terms of attack, but it was more than strange enough.
Yet he had run into Dumbledore the moment he arrived. That was something he had never anticipated.
"I know. A Muggle weapon. This is something banned by the Ministry of Magic." Dumbledore, who devoted himself to maintaining peace between the Wizarding World and the ordinary world, naturally knew what Shen Fei had brought out.
"I guarantee I won't reveal anything about this place. How about we both go our separate ways?"
"That thing is so powerful that it makes you this wary?" At that moment, another somewhat aged voice came from nearby.
Shen Fei turned and saw another old man on the other side of the force field. His face was extremely pale, and his clothes were ragged, yet he possessed an extraordinary bearing.
"It is a weapon comparable to a large-scale spell," Dumbledore explained to the old man.
"Muggles can already create such terrifying weapons. One day, the Muggles you protect will destroy the Wizarding World." The old man's expression turned grim after hearing Dumbledore's words.
The old man's words immediately silenced Dumbledore.
"Why not come in and talk? Oh, and I'm Grindelwald." As he spoke, the old man turned his gaze toward Shen Fei.
"Holy shit." The old man's introduction made Shen Fei instinctively take a step back.
Only then did he understand why Dumbledore had wanted to erase his memories. This was where Grindelwald, the Dark Lord, was imprisoned. Naturally, Dumbledore did not want the location exposed.
Just as Voldemort had Death Eaters, Grindelwald also had followers. Once this place was revealed, Grindelwald's followers would undoubtedly come here in force.
If it had been a Dark Lord like Voldemort, Dumbledore could simply have killed him. But Grindelwald was his lover, so of course he could not kill him.
"Fine." After a moment of silence, Shen Fei nodded and accepted Grindelwald's proposal. With Dumbledore present, things would have been manageable if he had a Portal. Without one, he would not even have anywhere to run.
Kamar-Taj's teleportation magic had one weakness that was not quite a weakness: upon entering a different world, one had to establish its dimensional coordinates again before it could be used.
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