Roger stared intently into Hermione's eyes.
"Is there a possibility that I don't need to resort to the 'hunger marketing' you mentioned, or control the valve of technological iteration? If I wanted to, I could still mobilize the power of the entire world?"
Regarding this, Roger believed it wasn't because Hermione's thinking was flawed.
It was simply that Hermione knew too little; her intelligence was lacking.
She didn't know what Roger, as the creator of 'Three-Dimensional Law' and 'Virtual Reality,' could do if he truly decided to play dirty! Absorb power?
One ten-thousandth? One-tenth?
If Roger were a magical overlord with 'infinite love,' he could even twist Three-Dimensional Law into a 'wicked law' that indirectly controlled and influenced all cultivators, turning others into his avatars or manifestations! But that would contradict Roger's pursuit of Eternal Life, so Roger never had such intentions.
Ignorance is bliss. When there are discrepancies in information, a logical deduction will naturally lead to some absurd conclusions.
"The reason for this is not convenient for me to disclose," Roger admitted, but he wasn't without his secrets.
Information that could potentially cause disaster was best not spread carelessly.
If such words came from his own mouth, not only could it affect the popularization of Three-Dimensional Law, but if someone actually tried to implement something similar, it would truly be a sin.
"Reconsider this with the premise that I don't need fame or to reach the pinnacle of power, yet I can still mobilize the world's strength when necessary."
"Do I still need to do that?"
Magic isn't Muggle science; it's not a discipline where extremely rigorous logic dictates that a single numerical error can cause the entire 'edifice' to collapse.
On the contrary, it's very idealistic. You can master a technology without fully understanding all its details.
It's like how wizards didn't first fully comprehend time before developing Time Magic. Instead, they had Time Magic when their understanding of time was still rather vague.
Later, through research into Time Magic, they reverse-engineered the rules of time.
One step at a time, set a lower goal, achieve it, then set another goal, and progress step by step.
This is a very correct approach in Muggle scientific research.
But magic is different.
With magic, you could research technologies from the interstellar era even in the primitive age, and it could actually succeed... even if you might not fully understand what you've developed.
Just like the Floo Network's spatial transportation channels that span the globe.
Muggles were still playing with physical propulsion, while wizards were already dabbling in spacetime jumps. But if you asked wizards to explain the underlying cosmic theorems or translate the technology into Muggle science...
It's completely impossible! After gaining a deeper understanding of magic, Roger believed that setting high goals directly would lead to faster progress than incremental steps.
And much faster at that!
If he had followed Hermione's approach to research, he might not have even completed the 'ultimate version' of his wand, requiring no further improvements, by his fifth year! Wasting so much time, besides garnering the incomprehensible awe and admiration of outsiders, yielded very little.
Roger hadn't chosen this path before, and he wouldn't choose it in the future.
The meaning of Eternal Life has never been Eternal Life itself, but the scenery that an immortal can experience. Roger knew this, and he had emotions.
But why waste time experiencing those incredibly brilliant scenes before achieving Eternal Life? Why not finish the important matters first and enjoy them slowly after attaining Eternal Life? How can one indulge in pleasure before their career is established? In Roger's eyes, useless actions that did not contribute to his path to Eternal Life were always something he actively avoided.
He wasn't a tireless precision machine, nor was he omniscient and omnipotent, always making the right decisions.
Roger certainly had times when he wasted time and made mistakes.
But as long as Roger realized he was on the wrong path, he would absolutely prevent himself from taking it.
He had once told Harry, "Do what you believe is right." He couldn't possibly offer guidance to others while doing terrible things himself, could he?
Leading by example; if it were only by word, then his role as a guide would be a complete failure!
"This..."
Under Roger's explanation, Hermione had a general understanding of Roger's thoughts.
She was speechless.
When people think about problems, there are often two kinds of obstacles.
One is the deviation in information acquisition, and the other is the tendency to judge others by one's own standards.
Hermione, by considering Roger's world from her own perspective, naturally arrived at an incorrect conclusion.
"Alright, don't overthink it."
"Speaking of which, how are you thinking about your Second Magic?" Roger had no interest in belittling a 12-year-old girl through words.
How bored would someone have to be to do such a thing?
Seeing that Hermione had understood his meaning, Roger changed the topic.
Previously, Roger had advised Hermione against anchoring her developed 'Mind Connects All Phenomena' as her Second Magic.
In Roger's view, the essence of Mind Connects All Phenomena was a more controllable, yet still incomprehensible, form of magic power.
Suppose magic power were a spaceship, and wizards were primitive people. Other wizards could only use the spaceship as a cave to live in.
But if Hermione's path reached its extreme, she could perfectly control all the functions of this spaceship.
The cannons, spacetime jumps, flight...
But she still wouldn't understand how the spaceship was built, or its operating principles.
From an early stage, Hermione's Second Magic might exhibit considerable strength.
However, its external interference relies too heavily on magic power, limiting its ultimate potential and preventing it from reaching greater heights.
Unless, of course, Hermione completely abandons magic power and embarks on a different path, one of 'connecting all phenomena.'
But that is far too difficult, akin to calculating the global annual rice yield using simple addition.
It would be better to find a more exceptional Second Magic instead.
"I've already figured out the issue with my Second Magic," Hermione had actually found the answer a few days prior, but seeing how busy Roger seemed with his research, she hadn't mentioned it.
She had originally planned to discuss the matter after the start of the school year, once they were at school.
But since Roger had brought it up now, she directly stated her thoughts: "I don't plan to completely follow your path."
"Of course, I also know that the path I'm currently on has its problems."
"Are you thinking of trying Headmaster Dumbledore's mental power?" Roger asked in return.
Hermione shook her head: "To be precise, I want to try each path until I find the one that suits me best."
Through her conversation with Roger, Hermione clearly recognized one thing.
Rather than choosing the strongest, it was better to choose the most suitable.
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