Hogwarts: Wizards of Eternity

Since ancient times, humans have always harbored special feelings towards things they cannot understand.

The worship of mountains, rivers, and streams, the fear of mountain spirits and wild monsters, and the reverence for the ghosts and gods in the dark.

The sun, which has hung high above the sky since before the birth of mankind, showering all things, and the moon, which brings tides and moonlight, are naturally even more revered by mankind.

In almost all mythologies around the world, the gods who govern the sun and moon often hold relatively high positions in the pantheon.

However, different civilizations have different interpretations of the meaning of the sun and moon.

In Eastern civilization, the moon, also known as Taiyin Star, symbolizes night, water, femininity, and fertility.

In occultism, it represents the auxiliary power of stillness, gentleness, acceptance, and the growth of all things, and also has the meaning of mystery, purity, and eternal immortality.

In literature, it represents loneliness, longing, and reunion.

Western civilization is similar, but there are also differences.

In Western culture, the moon, in addition to femininity, yin, fertility, and the mystery often associated with magic, also has the meaning of 'madness'.

The moon is the protector of sin and the source of madness.

Werewolves transform when they look at the moon, and black magic creatures such as vampires appear at night, which is also influenced by this.

The moon's interpretation of life is also different from the Eastern 'eternal immortality'. In the West, it represents the cycle of life and death. The waxing and waning of the moon is a metaphor for the cycle of life and death.

When Roger tried to create the Moon Rabbit, he could clearly feel the echoes of longing flowing in the moon, which countless intelligent creatures have entrusted to it since ancient times.

That echo was too strong, far higher than the feeling on Earth, which made Roger understand why magic weakened a little after leaving the Earth because it was far away from the collective unconscious sea of ​​human beings, but became stronger again after approaching the moon.

"Under the shroud of magic, longing can transcend distance." It is like quantum entanglement in quantum mechanics.

"Magic" is a whole. As long as it is within its coverage, when a change occurs, its whole will instantly change accordingly.

It is like another unconscious sea that is larger than the human Alaya and shrouds the deep space of the universe. One person creates a magic spell, and another person can use this magic spell even if they are thousands of miles away.

Instead of having to start from scratch.

When one person has a longing, a reaction will occur at the other end of the starry sky.

"Harry, I seem to have found the 'steam engine' belonging to wizards." Roger conveyed his will to Harry with a smile.

Humans have been boiling water for thousands of years. It was not until modern times, when related technologies matured, that the steam engine was born, leading the industrial revolution and allowing humans to enter a new era, an era of rapid development.

Those seemingly simplest things often possess the power to change everything.

Imaginary Creation can reconstruct already determined magical creatures, allowing them to change according to one's will.

And another new law he discovered...

Roger's gaze suddenly changed, shifting from Earth and Harry to the farther reaches of the dark universe.

"The universe is very large. There are nearly 400 billion star systems in the Milky Way, and there are nearly 2 trillion galaxies like the Milky Way in the universe. Multiplying 2 trillion by 400 billion, and then adding billions of years, the possibility of humans being the only life in the universe is extremely small."

After all, even things with such a low probability of crossing can happen, let alone extraterrestrial life.

Since officially setting foot in the magical world, his hypothetical enemy has always been from outside the world.

Are there other life forms in the universe? If so, would they use magic? Roger once asked Professor McGonagall this question.

Professor McGonagall did not give him an answer, but at this moment, Roger realized that perhaps he could retrieve this answer.

If there is another magical civilization under this starry sky.

Then they will definitely look up and have infinite reveries about this starry sky.

Suppose.

If I find too much 'longing' in a star or galaxy that humans do not value.

Then...

At that moment, the term 'Dark Forest' flashed through Roger's mind.

Could it be that on the distant other side of the starry sky, there is also a magical civilization that has discovered this law, and the 'them' who were born first are observing themselves at this moment?

Reining in the joy caused by discovering the new effect of Imaginary Creation, Roger sighed silently: "The more you know, the more you feel your insignificance."

He understood why many scientists and sociologists, when studying possible cosmic civilizations, would say some absurd conclusions like 'Aliens must be friendly after developing for so many years', ignoring the development and changes of all things.

On Earth, humans have a generation gap every three years, and different groups of people have different ideas. Even if aliens are kind at a certain stage, they cannot remain unchanged forever, can they?

And if this factor is brought into it, the premise that 'alien life forms are not necessarily friendly' holds true.

Then the future that humans face, even their present and past, will become quite terrifying!

That fear of the unknown is enough to drive many people crazy and lead some things in a bad direction.

Although he realized this, Roger did not intend to join them.

After thinking for a moment, Roger told Harry about his discovery that he could judge whether there are other civilizations in the universe by observing the gathering of thoughts.

And conveyed his own thoughts to him: "Harry, other people will definitely be able to think of the things I can think of in the future."

"If you encounter someone who has similar ideas, remember to warn him not to set foot in forbidden areas at will. It is very dangerous to rashly start third-party contact when you are too weak."

Confucius and Mencius said, 'At the beginning of man, his nature is good.' With their wisdom, they certainly cannot fail to see the evil side of human beings.

Xunzi saw the evil of human beings and hoped to correct this evil in his own way.

Confucius and Mencius no longer debated the topic of 'the essence of human nature', but directly defined human nature and laid the foundation for the development of civilization.

Human nature is good, and it must be good. Mencius even said that an unkind person without a sense of concealment is not worthy of being a human being, directly expelling them from humanity and ending the extreme remarks of the debate.

They believe that only by turning the goodness of man into the background color of civilization and resisting and expelling the unkind can the world develop better, so they put forward this theory.

Modern scientists are also doing the same thing: 'Alien goodness theory, high civilization must have high morality.'

But... this will also make many people have too many unrealistic fantasies about extraterrestrial civilizations.

Once aliens really descend, most of the descent faction who think that the moon of Trisolaris is rounder will appear.

Roger didn't want to see such a future. He didn't like killing, so in order to get less bloodshed on his hands in the future, Roger refused to join their team and lead the crowd to brag.

"Oh." Harry nodded, responding as if he understood.

Roger didn't say much about this.

The development of the times is about to accelerate, but now it is still before everything happens. Saying too much at this time will not give Harry too many feelings.

So, it is enough to plant a seed.

The rest, when the time comes, recalling today's words, he will understand it himself.

The unknowability of magic once brought a lot of difficulties to Roger's magic research and prevented the wizarding civilization from progressing for thousands of years. Roger once hated this point very much.

But now his thoughts have changed a little. In a sense, magic is also a 'great filter' like nuclear energy and resource crisis for cosmic civilizations.

If there really are aliens, Roger believes that quite a few civilizations will definitely be trapped by magic.

Like the current Earth wizarding civilization, development stagnates, which invisibly reduces the number of possible enemies in the future.

Pure technology route?

Roger doesn't think that anyone, after knowing the magic of magic, would never have thought about 'taking shortcuts'.

Once you fall into the trap of magic and become dependent on magic, it will be difficult to get out...

That's going to be difficult.

After chatting, Roger applied a strong defensive magic to the Dream Builder, which already had the function of concealing its shape.

Right now, they have just landed on the moon. Roger and Harry still have many things to explore on the moon.

The Dream Builder is such a big thing, and it is impossible for the two of them to carry it with them, so they can only cast a magic spell to prevent meteorite impacts and leave it in place.

"Let's go, our next stop is the dark side of the moon!"

In his previous life, Roger had read a lot of information about the moon in his childhood. The mysterious dark side of the moon.

Naturally, it is also a must-go place on this trip.