It's actually not that complicated.
The impact of the Cold War's recent end, the fall of the Red Giant, and America's emergence as the world's sole superpower was rippling through everyone across the globe.
Not just Muggles, but even wizards were deeply affected.
The Soviet Union's strength was evident to all, and such a powerful nation had dissolved so quietly.
Even wizards, who always considered themselves superior, couldn't help but feel a profound shock from the depths of their hearts.
Would wizards one day also dissolve?
Would they be dragged from the dark underbelly of the world into the light, be divided, and ultimately become completely integrated into Muggle society?
That intangible unease echoed through the wizarding society.
But just as this unease began to spread, people suddenly realized... Wait! We don't need to panic! "Don't we have the Seer and the Boy Who Lived!"
Wizards and Muggles alike had grown up listening to myths, epics, and heroic tales.
From ancient times when the Seer led people to prosperity, God bestowed blessings, and great heroes saved people from dire straits, to the taming of the floods by Yu the Great.
To modern times of various legendary figures saving nations from the brink of collapse and turning the tide against overwhelming odds.
People firmly believed that if a truly great crisis were to appear, a mighty figure would descend, just like Dumbledore in the past, leading everyone from one victory to another! And now...
And so, amidst this widespread panic, Roger and Harry, who were already being closely watched by a large number of wizards, naturally became the emotional anchors for many of them.
"If the sky falls, the tall ones will hold it up. Everyone should eat, drink, keep the music playing, and keep the dancing going!"
Initially, some high-ranking figures in the wizarding world were happy to see this happen. Regardless of the reason, potential unrest was thus dissolved, which was quite good.
But they soon realized they were too naive.
Wizards didn't understand faith. They didn't grasp that when people placed their hopes for life onto others, they became somewhat irrational.
This might not be obvious in normal times, but it became glaringly apparent when unexpected events occurred.
The wizarding society was a flat society with a small population, and information flowed very quickly.
As soon as Roger taught Harry Time Magic, it spread like wildfire.
This prompted many people to start paying attention to Time Magic, and then everyone discovered that this magic, which they hadn't heard much about, had hundreds of laws restricting it.
Soon after, a wave of voices began to emerge: "I don't think this is right. If you restrict it like this, won't all time-related magic be completely unable to develop?"
Ministry of Magic Spokesperson: "Is it possible that we imposed these restrictions precisely because we don't want anyone researching this stuff?"
"Oh, so you're saying that if something major happens in the future, you can handle it without the Seer and the Boy Who Lived's help?"
Finally, a debate began to simmer. Although it wasn't very intense, there were indeed people proposing amendments to the laws at the Ministry of Magic.
After listening to Dumbledore's account, Roger's brow furrowed even deeper: "What is all this?"
Although the Ministry of Magic had reduced some restrictions on Time Magic, which was beneficial to him, he didn't like what was happening.
It reminded him of some things that happened in the Middle East.
Originally, he just wanted to use the name of a religious prophet to gather a small group to get through the war.
But he never expected that the group would spontaneously grow larger and larger, with people constantly joining.
The numbers quickly swelled from hundreds to tens of thousands.
People even started placing unrealistic hopes on him themselves.
Humans always liked to 'create gods' for themselves, and then, when they discovered that the 'god' wasn't that omnipotent, they wanted to trample it into the ground.
After a moment of thoughtful silence, Roger turned to Dumbledore: "Let's see how things develop first. If the trend continues to escalate, I'll step in and do something."
As the saying goes, irrational longing is the emotion furthest from understanding.
The Three-Dimensional Theory was Roger's most important undertaking at the moment. While the theory was complex, it could be summarized in a single, simple sentence.
The Three-Dimensional Theory was Roger's grasp on pulling magic from idealism towards materialism; it was his attempt to interpret truth with reason and logic.
The spread of idol worship was extremely detrimental to Roger's development.
What Roger needed were peers who could offer him dissenting or even completely opposite opinions, not sycophants who would follow him blindly! Seeing that Roger had made up his mind, Dumbledore didn't dwell on the matter any further.
In Dumbledore's view, Roger was a reliable person. Since he had noticed it, there was no need for him to add any unnecessary words.
Opening the book in his hands, the two began their real work.
Dumbledore officially began cooperating with Roger at the end of December, which was about half a month ago.
During this time, with Dumbledore's help, Roger had greatly improved his 'Body-as-Magic'. He could now maintain the Plutonium Man form for over 3 minutes.
Of course, that wasn't the most crucial part.
The Plutonium Man, who could wield the power of nuclear fusion, was just one application of Body-as-Magic, not the entirety of it.
Its essence was the transformation of life form.
When Roger perfected this magic to a certain extent, he could achieve effects similar to the Kaleidoscope Sharingan Kamui.
Immunity to all non-magical attacks.
...and so on.
As this thought process reached this point, Roger suddenly froze.
He realized a problem.
"Headmaster Dumbledore, have you ever tried casting spells in outer space?"
"What do you mean?" Dumbledore, who had been discussing another issue with Roger just moments before, didn't grasp the abrupt shift in topic.
"Suppose, and I'm just saying suppose, I were to cast a spell on the entire moon and pull it down to the ground..."
"Stop your audacious thoughts." Before Roger could finish, Dumbledore interrupted directly.
"I'm not saying I'm actually going to do it; even if I were a hundred times stronger now, I couldn't do something like that. What I mean is, if some earth-shattering, grand spectacle were to occur, and if enough people witnessed it, would it inherently carry some magical destructive power?"
Ritual Magic is omnipresent. The fact that Muggles cannot cast spells doesn't mean their thoughts can't influence magic.
The existence of Alaya Magic already proves the power of Muggles.
This made perfect sense theoretically.
If that were the case, the application of Body-as-Magic would need some adjustments.
Although he realized this, Roger didn't dwell on it too much.
After all, Body-as-Magic was merely a technique derived from the Three-Dimensional Theory, much like the Arhat Fist was just a small branch of martial arts.
When it came to large-scale combat, Roger had something far more terrifying!
Roger's magic had reached the realm of self-organization.
In a sense, his initial aspirations from the beginning of the school year had been realized.
My cells, my DNA, the atoms and molecules that make up my body – how they arrange themselves will be determined by my will! At this moment, Roger was only lacking a vast database to achieve the complete form of the ultimate being.
In other words, as long as Roger willed it, he could completely create some extremely dangerous biological weapons.
With mastery over the Medium Dimension, there were countless things one could achieve by delving deeper into this path.
Whether it was the path of Plague Inc. or the path of the Terran Zerg, Roger could now attempt to walk either.
However, Roger had no interest in that.
Rather than focusing on 'techniques,' he preferred to pursue advancement on the 'Way.'
When one's life level ascended to the next tier, from a higher vantage point, improving techniques would be effortless. But trying to use the accumulation of techniques to forcefully push the advancement of one's life level… that would be far too difficult.
The entire process Roger went through, diligently studying Transfiguration before developing the Three-Dimensional Theory, yet always struggling to take that final step towards immortality, fully proved this point.
Time slowly passed day by day as Roger and Dumbledore continuously refined their theories on dimensions.
In the blink of an eye, it was early February. Just as Roger was about to head to the Headmaster's office after classes, as usual, a figure blocked his path.
"...Roger, I think perhaps only you can help me."
Roger looked up and saw Hermione standing before him with a confused and troubled expression.
Clearly, judging by her dark circles and disheveled hair, she had hesitated for a long time after encountering a problem before coming to him.
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