Harry Potter: Using science to be IMMORTAL

In the instant the two megaton-level nuclear bombs exploded, Murphy's taut nerves finally relaxed a bit.

The core of a nuclear explosion can generate temperatures in the tens of millions of degrees, turning any matter into a bowl of particle soup.

Even if a deity truly had an indestructible body, as long as it relied on a physical basis for existence, it would still die.

More than ten minutes later, the radiation at the explosion site reduced to levels that no longer interfered with magical detection.

The analysis results came out immediately: the nuclear explosion completely destroyed several nearby magic satellites, and dozens of innocent regular satellites within the range of the nuclear electromagnetic pulse were also destroyed.

But there were no longer any magical signals at the original site.

The power of a space nuclear explosion is much less than on the Earth's surface, as space lacks air to generate destructive shockwaves, relying only on thermal radiation with a very limited radius of lethality. But Murphy's goal was to strike an individual target; a smaller impact area suited his needs better.

This was also one of the reasons why he confined the opponent in space with the Avada Kedavra beam.

Using the Eye of Odin for another search, then conducting dozens of scans globally through the remaining Starlink system, no high-energy magical reactions were found again.

The nuclear explosion left almost no debris, but Murphy still personally searched the explosion site, finding nothing, which finally eased his mind.

The god, presumably "Tyr," should be dead.

The Norse god of war, right?

To think, not even allowing a word to be spoken before bombarding them seems a bit unreasonable, but it was also because the opponent's actions were too provoking of Murphy's caution.

He had long considered any deity as an enemy, and a terrifyingly dangerous and threatening one at that.

From the moment the lunar module lost its signal, he viewed the entire incident as an invasion and attack by an enemy, instantly going on full alert.

If Tyr had genuinely appeared in a straightforward manner, showing an attitude for dialogue, maybe Murphy would have considered a more amicable approach. But his exceedingly cautious and secretive way of acting was too much like a terrorist sneaking into an enemy country preparing to launch an attack.

This made Murphy immediately assess the opponent's hostility at the highest level.

It's like knowing the opponent has a nuclear bomb from the start, and now you're convinced they harbor hostility towards you, preparing to detonate the bomb in your capital.

How to deal with it doesn't require much thought, using every means to kill the opponent first.

However, a nuclear face-off, while reliable, also brings immense trouble.

Those two intercontinental ballistic missiles could be seen by any country with a modicum of detection capability, and the satellites destroyed by the electromagnetic pulse affected everyone, sharing the damage with all nations.

Almost at the same moment as the nuclear explosion, countries around the world were in uproar, especially since the missiles were launched from within Russia. The Americans probably already had the president in a bunker, ready to press the nuclear button at any moment.

But that's a headache for Valery and the others to deal with.

Murphy, on the other hand, turned his attention back to the moon, somewhat puzzled about how to handle the situation on the far side.

Initially, he thought if there were deities on the moon, he'd just send a few Tsar Bombas over, but this invasion incident made him realize something else.

Clearly, the gods on the moon are alive.

But strangely, they never tried to return from the moon.

Given Tyr's eagerness, it's clear they don't find the moon peaceful and are reluctant to return.

On the contrary, they seem desperate and determined to return to Earth, even at great cost.

In the recent battle, Tyr showed the ability to withstand the extreme cold of space. Even being hit by Avada Kedavra several times and peppered with satellite fragments didn't kill him; his vitality was terrifyingly tenacious, almost immortal.

And, he returned from the moon to Earth's surface in just two days, indicating deities are capable of long-distance travel across the Earth-moon distance.

Of course, this might involve the landing module and work cabin, but the module had no fuel and still managed to break lunar orbit, indicating deities don't need external power to escape lunar gravity.

If they can escape lunar gravity, they can enter space; if they can withstand the space environment, they won't die en route.

Deities are fully capable of returning to Earth.

They want to return and can return but haven't.

There must be some external reason preventing them.

What is that reason?

Murphy thought of the structure on the far side of the moon that looked like a deep well. Could that be a device trapping the deities?

If deities are trapped by that "well" and can't return, then recklessly launching a few nuclear bombs is probably not a good idea.

Murphy wanted to understand the situation on the far side of the moon thoroughly. Only by fully understanding the situation would he know the most prudent course of action.

But to understand the situation, a trip to the moon is necessary, and this invasion incident might not have happened if he hadn't initiated lunar exploration.

Should he launch another probe?

Murphy hesitated.

Besides, this battle made Murphy dissatisfied with his strength and his ability to combat deities.

As for combat capabilities against deities, there's not much to say; he should continue launching satellites and, as appropriate, build some ground fortifications. He planned to make some arrangements based on the information about the deities' abilities obtained from Tyr.

But enhancing his personal strength is somewhat more challenging.

He has already gained immense computing power, but that hasn't directly translated into personal combat ability.

The fundamental reason, Murphy understood, was firstly that his overall magical level hadn't reached that of deities, and secondly, his perception and control over magic hadn't significantly improved.

Improving magical level is more esoteric, but speaking of the second point, his magic still only controls phenomena at the "object" level. He hasn't delved into the finer aspects of matter, so he can't control magic more precisely and fundamentally.

He once planned to use transformation as a way to enhance his perception and control abilities, but now, with his genetic disorder unsolved, the transformation path is locked.

However, the human and wizard genome projects have been completed, and with the information unearthed from comprehensive memory retrieval, solving his genetic disorder might not be far off.

Maybe in a year or so, he could solve this problem through genetic means.

Besides the transformation path, Murphy had another route to enhance his perception and control levels: adding some "peripherals."

After the mechanical ascension with "Pioneer," Murphy essentially had a mechanical body, capable of directly receiving and understanding electronic signals.

Thus, enhancing himself with some technological products is feasible.

For example, connecting Pioneer to an electronic tunneling microscope to observe matter at the molecular or even atomic level, or connecting it to nanoscale mechanical probes for manipulating matter at the nanoscale, is just like in cyberpunk movies where the protagonist installs prosthetics to augment their abilities.

Except, he doesn't need to physically install these "prosthetics" on himself; connecting them to the Pioneer network is enough.

In other words, it's the Internet of Things.

Hmm... this should be doable.

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