The Undersea Wizards' "Habit"

Time: 12:15 PM, underwater in the Bermuda Triangle, Atlantis.

The surrounding crowd moved about without noticing the four wizards who had entered outside their designated shifts, and Ryan did not intentionally try to make their presence less noticeable.

The only reason is that over the past three years, they have become "accustomed" to Ryan's visits, from initially resisting and ignoring him to now accepting them.

Of course, due to the contract, even if the wizards of Atlantis resisted, they could only try to control Ryan using various spells. But they failed. Even Ryan three years ago was just as powerful, and the spells they used to control him were nothing more than a gentle breeze to someone with the power of the Phoenix.

Moreover, Ryan himself is very strong. His high mobility means that spells will miss. What use is a powerful spell if it can't hit the target?

The reason for their failure was simply that Ryan was incompatible with them; Ryan's methods were inherently incompatible with most wizards in this world.

They are not weak; many of the wizards here, especially the older ones, are at level 5. If Dumbledore were to break in and be surrounded by these wizards, he would probably have no choice but to surrender.

Voldemort might be able to break through. His body has undergone multiple magical Transfiguration. At first, his eyes seemed to be permanently bloodshot, his face looked like it had been burned, and his features were blurred, like wax, strangely twisted. In the end, his face was like a mask, and his eyes were like snakes, and very red.

Moreover, he doesn't mind killing. The underwater wizard might lose his composure when he encounters such a powerful wizard for the first time.

In short, the wizards of Atlantis are now used to Ryan's invasion. This time, besides Kate, Ryan only has two other junior wizards by his side.

Over the years, they have come to realize that only Ryan is abnormally strong, while Kate's level is only average among the young wizards of the same age in Atlantis, and the two newcomers are probably no exception.

Especially the one with glasses, he looks kind of silly, the only good thing about him is his eyes.

"Damn Ron!" Harry, who had been standing there for a long time, couldn't come to his senses, and that was the first thing he said, but the three people around him were not surprised at all.

After exiting the passage, Harry reconnected with his Hogwarts clone, as did Hermione, while Ryan and Kate had never disconnected from each other.

Harry at Hogwarts finally ran into Ron, who was now busy dealing with upperclassmen who were usually too focused on their studies to gossip.

Hermione had no choice but to sneak back to her dorm room to relax and focus all her attention on the underwater world, the hidden gem of Atlantis.

"Harry, Harry, can you hear me?" Hermione asked with concern, while Kate suppressed a laugh, her clone and her real self simultaneously enjoying the show.

"It's barely manageable. Controlling two bodies at the same time is too troublesome. Fortunately, the other body is sitting on the sofa in the lounge, so I can still move around freely."

"Ryan, where is the library?" Harry glanced longingly at the magnificent and strange scenery around him, but then made up his mind. Without superb magical skills, he could not possibly get his hands on the place where the Resurrection Stone was hidden.

Ryan had no intention of taking the item, presumably because a more powerful wizard was eyeing it, perhaps the Bleach from the Tale of the Three Brothers.

"Alright, I'll take you out of Hogwarts, I can't just leave you without even providing food."

"The wizards here are very hospitable, and they don't require currency."

"They all use points, which come from their contributions to the city. Basic survival resources like food don't require points, and neither does reading books."

"The only thing we need is to exchange points for guidance from others, buy some extra entertainment items, and exchange for precious materials that we can't yet supply to everyone. Enjoying delicious food also requires points, but don't worry, I have those too." Ryan led the four of them toward what appeared to be a restaurant, greeting wizards they encountered along the way from time to time.

The ground here is just plain dirt, not solid or paved with pebbles or anything like that, but it's surprisingly clean and doesn't get your shoes dirty. It must be some kind of magic.

Along the way, besides the usual shops selling clothing, oxygen masks (those fish tank-like things), and aircraft, there were mostly small stalls set up by locals.

They were all homemade gadgets, such as dragon dolls that flew and hunted like living creatures, mirrors that could be used for temporary cosmetic surgery, transplantable wigs made of seaweed (especially favored by the Mediterranean Sea wizards, or some eccentric young wizards), and fish gills that could be attached directly to the neck.

"Ryan, what's this?" Hermione pointed to a small shop not far away where many young wizards were gathered.

These young wizards were strange not only for their clothing, but some were also bare-chested, with thick octopus tentacles growing out of what should have been their navels; some had their lower bodies encased in squid, resembling Merpeople, somewhat like the character Luo wanted to play in the movie "The Merpeople" from his past life; and others had numerous suction cups attached to their elbows and thighs.

"This is similar to a hair salon in the Muggle world, where they mainly sell transplantable organs as decorations. It's similar to the transplantable Seaweed Wig from the stalls before, only bolder and more avant-garde."

"Since the young wizards here don't have the pressure to survive, they come here to purchase the parts they want and assemble them in addition to studying and researching," Ryan remarked.

"This, this is so cruel! Those animals are just having parts of their bodies removed and made into these playthings."

"If it's for eating, I can understand, but!" Hermione said indignantly, once again displaying her excessive kindness without knowing the specifics.

Ryan could understand; after all, she grew up in a middle-class white family, and that was the kind of education she received as a child.

They inevitably seem a bit out of touch with reality, self-proclaiming themselves civilized and condescendingly criticizing the civilizations of others without much understanding. There were many such people in Ryan's world in her previous life, known as "white leftists." Hermione, to be honest, was better; she actively fought for justice, rather than occupying a moral high ground for self-satisfaction.

"Whatever you can think of, they can think of too. In their culture, these parts are still alive. Transplanting them onto a wizard is itself a sign of respect for them," Ryan emphasized, while leading the three through the crowd.

Finally, not far away, a building that looked like a giant whale appeared before everyone's eyes.