Earthquake (Thanks to Feifeifei Nuonuo for the gift, thank you)

After lunch, Su Yu and Daphne went up to the Seventh Floor. The spiral staircase leading to Trelawney's classroom was full of third-year students, all cramming for the crystal ball Divination instructions at the last minute.

Parvati Patil and Lavender Brown huddled together, nervously quizzing each other on their recitations, while Neville sat on the steps, his lap spread with <Unfogging the Future>, turned to the chapter on the crystal ball, his face pale.

Su Yu stood in the crowd, quietly leaning against the inside of the stairs, calmly observing the panicked classmates.

"Hi, Su Yu, Professor Trelawney wants to see us separately." Neville said quietly as he saw Su Yu approaching. "Has either of you seen anything in the crystal ball?"

Su Yu shook his head, while Neville nervously bit his lip.

Students had to enter the room one by one to take the exam, and come out through another door after the exam. Not long after, Neville was the first one called in.

He stayed inside for a while, and when he came out, he looked utterly terrified, his face even paler than when he went in. He sat on the steps, his voice trembling. "I'm sure I failed... I've mixed up all the omens. Professor Trelawney said I would have a serious accident and that I couldn't tell anyone about the exam!"

Ron scoffed from the side, "She says that to everyone."

Next was Parvati. She went in and came out looking very serious, whispering to Lavender about the "hallucination" she had seen. Lavender followed closely behind, and when he came out, he was still excitedly discussing it with Parvati.

Su Yu was called in order. He walked into the classroom, which was filled with warm mist and had a pungent smell of incense. He casually made up a few ambiguous images in front of the crystal ball.

Professor Trelawney nodded vaguely and quickly let him leave.

When it was Ron's turn, he went into the classroom and came out a moment later, looking helpless. He muttered to Harry, "I couldn't see anything! Just a white fog. I could only make up a few things, but she definitely didn't believe me."

One by one, the number of people decreased. After Su Yu led Daphne, who had also finished her exam, away, only Harry remained waiting on the stairs.

When Professor Trelawney's dreamlike voice called out "Harry Potter" from above, Harry climbed the spiral silver staircase and entered the classroom.

The room was stiflingly hot, the curtains were drawn, and the fireplace was burning, filling the air with the usual incense that made him cough. He walked around the haphazardly placed tables and chairs and went to the large crystal ball in front of Trelawney.

"Hello, darling," Trelawney said softly, "Look at the crystal ball, look slowly, and tell me what you see."

Harry leaned down and stared at the crystal ball, which contained only swirling white mist; nothing else. He just wanted to get out of there as quickly as possible, so he forced a story. "Uh... I saw a black shadow... like Hippogriff... it was flying away."

Trelawney, looking dejected, was about to gesture for him to leave when she suddenly froze, her eyes rolled back, and she fell into a strange, dazed state. Her voice became low and unfamiliar as she uttered the true Prophecy, word by word:

"Tonight!"

What are you talking about?

"The Dark Lord lay there all alone, friendless, abandoned by his followers."

"His servant has been imprisoned in chains for twelve years, and today! Before midnight, the servant will break free of his chains and return to his master. With the servant's help, the Dark Lord will rise again, stronger and more terrifying than ever before... Tonight... before midnight... the servant... will set off... to... return... to... his... master..."

After finishing their Divination exam, Su Yu and Daphne hurried back to the Slytherin Common Room along the castle corridor.

Ka-jie was sitting in a velvet armchair by the fireplace, her fingertips lightly turning the pages of an obscure Ancient Magic book, while Fa-jie leaned against the other side, her fingertips unconsciously stroking her wand, her expression languid.

Seeing Su Yu return, Ka-jie looked up, gracefully closing the book. "The Divination exam is over? Did everything go well?"

Who knows? I don't think I'll fail.

Just as Su Yu walked up to the two of them, before he could say anything else, the stone door to the common room was gently pushed open again.

Professor Graves walked in slowly, his dark professor's robe accentuating his tall and straight figure. His silver hair was neatly combed back, and his sharp gaze fell directly on Su Yu.

"Su Yu! Ranrok's trail has been found. His exact location is beneath Hogwarts Castle. I've already informed Albus. Ranrok, along with a group of Goblin loyal to him, is frantically digging into the castle's foundation with a specially made magical drill, attempting to forcibly break through the sealed entrance to the Vault of Knowledge. I estimate that if we delay any longer, they'll soon be able to break through the underground barrier."

Ka-jie and Fa-jie overheard everything. Su Yu's expression darkened slightly, and he immediately understood the urgency of the situation. Without hesitation, he turned to Ka-jie and Fa-jie and briefly instructed them, "Please keep a close eye on things at the school and keep the situation stable. I'm going with Professor Graves."

Ka-jie nodded slightly, her voice calm. "Don't worry, leave this to us. Just be careful."

Fa-jie nodded solemnly, without saying anything more, only giving him a serious look to indicate that he should be careful.

Su Yu said no more, turned to Graves, and said in a deep voice, "Let's go." The two then quickly turned around and walked straight out of the Slytherin Common Room, rushing towards the underground passage of Hogwarts Castle.

Su Yu followed Grindelwald, quickly traversing the hidden stone corridors deep within Hogwarts Castle. The torches on the walls flickered erratically in the wind stirred up by the two of them, and the dim light and shadows twisted and swayed on the mottled stone walls. The deeper they went, the damper and rougher the stone path became, and the air was filled with the heavy scent of dust and ancient magic.

Grindelwald moved swiftly yet steadily, skillfully navigating one unknown corner after another, and pushing open a stone door hidden by Ancient Magic, revealing a secret passage leading to the castle's underground.

The secret passage was narrow and cramped, with stone steps winding downwards. A muffled, continuous mechanical roar could be faintly heard from deep underground. It was the sound of magical drills controlled by the Goblin under Ranrok's command frantically chiseling at the castle's foundation.

"If we go down a little further, we'll reach the area Ranrok excavated." Grindelwald lowered his voice, his magic subtly receding, his sharp eyes sweeping across the dim underground passage ahead. His tone was grave. "Those Goblin drills, imbued with the power of Hell, have caused far more damage to the castle's foundation than we imagined."

Su Yu followed closely behind, the rumbling from underground growing clearer and clearer, and he could even feel a slight tremor beneath his feet.

The two had only taken a dozen or so steps down the stone steps, before they had even truly approached Ranrok's excavation site, when a sudden and unexpected change erupted—

Boom--!

A deafening roar erupted from the depths of the earth, followed by a violent earthquake that swept through the entire Hogwarts without warning!

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