Civilization sometimes takes a wrong turn in its progress.
It's like, for some political reasons, people are unwilling to invest resources into exploring the universe, instead choosing fields that yield 'quicker results.'
To Roger, Virtual Reality is more of a vessel for power.
Roger's goal is to transform the virtual world into humanity's inner landscape, to merge it with humanity, making it a new organ for people.
Rather than making the virtual world humanity's second spiritual home.
Originally, in Roger's plan, he intended to tear down the old world order and build a new one single-handedly. Naturally, he wouldn't need to consider issues like humanity becoming addicted to illusions.
But it's different now. With the plan to sweep everything away turning into a 'race plan,' Roger's control over the overall global situation will be entirely different.
Roger must consider the possibility that before the true form of 'Virtual Reality' is revealed, humanity might start leaning towards another path.
Hagrid's current attitude has already sounded an alarm in Roger's mind.
"I'll consider adding a reminder function to it," Roger didn't elaborate too much on this matter with Hagrid.
Because if he were to explain clearly what Roger was worried about, he would have to reveal most of his plans to Hagrid. That would be too troublesome.
So, Roger silently kept the matter in mind.
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"Not in matter, not in soul, but something deeper?"
Regarding the virtual world, Roger planned to discuss it later. The main purpose of this outing was research on the Pestering Mites.
But to research, a key problem needed to be solved first.
Seeing the Pestering Mites! Roger had tried to connect with Luna's nerves and made some adjustments to her soul, but he couldn't directly observe the Pestering Mites.
He could only calculate their positions based on his neural reactions.
After working for a while, Roger felt a spark of inspiration.
Since the Fear Demon, a hybrid of Pestering Mites and Boggarts, has the potential to enter the human consciousness, could its own life form be closer to 'thought'?
If Pestering Mites were soul creatures, there would be no reason for Voldemort, one of the world's foremost soul magic researchers, to know nothing about them.
Not to mention, Pestering Mites are quite effective at breaking invisibility.
As his train of thought shifted, Roger began to adjust Dimensional Magic: Conceptual Creation to a certain extent.
Roger attempted to use this magic, which was based on mobilizing thought power, to create a new type of magic.
Compared to the arduous Path to Immortality, this was obviously much simpler.
Before long, Roger had a half-finished magical prototype.
[Mind Magic: Eye of Disturbance]
Luna had mentioned that Pestering Mites affect people's thoughts. So, Roger developed a magic to observe the phenomenon of magical disturbance, based on the principle that everyone's thoughts disturb external magic power.
... Well, this still didn't allow Roger to see the Pestering Mites directly, but it made them appear within his perception.
It might sound a bit roundabout, but to use an analogy, it's like a blind person suddenly gaining the ability to see 'shadows.' It's not as convenient, but it's better than nothing.
"It's... this exaggerated?"
Roger scanned his surroundings. Dense yet thread-like disturbances filled his entire field of vision.
500 meters? 1000 meters? No, it should be further!
Although Roger had a rough understanding of the numerous Pestering Mites around him when he tracked Luna's pupils in Diagon Alley, indirect knowledge and seeing it for himself were definitely different.
The problem of observation was solved. The next step was 'touch.'
Pestering Mites existed, but they were formless and had no mass, making them impossible to touch directly.
And there was another issue.
Although the Pestering Mites surrounded Roger in layers, they never approached him, as if an invisible barrier separated them.
Roger attempted to conceptually grab the Pestering Mites using the Summoning Charm from Ancient Magic.
But the final result was not satisfactory.
The Summoning Charm did affect the Pestering Mites, but after they got close to Roger, they instantly dissipated into nothingness! It was like ice and snow being doused with hot water.
Roger and Luna worked in the Forbidden Forest from morning until noon, but they couldn't solve this problem.
"However, this is also a form of gain," Roger wasn't disheartened by the result.
In magic experiments, as long as there's a reaction, it's considered a success.
At the very least, Roger confirmed that there was likely a very strange 'field' around him.
And the phenomenon on his person had been like this since his first meeting with Luna, when he was still desperately pursuing Eternal Life and hadn't completed the Three-Dimensional Law.
This indicated that this 'field' around him might have existed from when he started learning magic, or even earlier, during his time in the Middle East.
There can be no events in the world that happen entirely without reason.
If this thing was already present when I was in the Middle East...
Roger had three possible directions for his guesses.
First, this thing is related to faith. It only appeared because I impersonated a religious prophet in the Middle East.
Second, it has something to do with my transmigration... but Roger personally felt this possibility was rather low.
Transmigration was a miracle that spanned two parallel worlds. Even if there were some traces, they most likely wouldn't appear in this form.
Third, prophets.
Perhaps prophets would exhibit this phenomenon.
Roger considered taking Luna to see Grindelwald and check if similar things were happening around him.
But Roger didn't do that.
He had now developed the Eye of Disturbance. Although there was still a significant gap compared to Luna's spiritual sense, it was still a method.
He would confirm it himself when he had time.
There was no need to let Luna enter Voldemort's line of sight because of this.
"So, to explore all the secrets of the Pestering Mites more deeply, I need to learn magic related to the mind?"
Luna asked, flipping through the records Roger had written.
"That's right." Roger replied to Luna's question, but his mind was still on Grindelwald.
Compared to the Pestering Mites, he was clearly more interested in the phenomenon of the Pestering Mites being unable to approach him.
Roger had always pursued his own life's leap. Naturally, he wouldn't let any miraculous phenomena that appeared on him slip by.
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