How to Delay Rainbow Ascension

The vast, dark universe, the dazzling stars, the crystal-clear Ice-water Polymer, and the rocks of various shapes, masterpieces, and colorful hues flashed before my eyes. The scene was indeed spectacular.

However, if you keep watching for almost half an hour, anyone's expression will be the same as Cedric's.

This is why almost no one in the audience is watching Cedric's side anymore.

But what was even more unbearable for Cedric was the man beside him, a ticket seller who had inherited the name of his ancestor Stan Shunpike.

He talks a lot, very frequently.

"Welcome aboard the Knight Bus, an emergency passenger service for witches or wizards in distress."

"It has a long history, having been in operation since 1865, and has a history of 285 years."

("So it's 2150 now?" Cho Chang did a quick mental calculation.)

"Just extend your wand—that is, emit an [Information Wave]—and get in the car, and we can take you wherever you want to go."

"My name is Stan Shunpike, and I'm your ticket seller—"

"You've heard my name! And you recognize my face?"

"Yes, my ancestor, Stan Shunpike, worked at Knight Bus in the 1990s."

"From the conservative era, through the open era, to the pioneering era, the sleeper berths have been replaced by seated berths that are more suitable for sightseeing, and the passenger capacity has increased from 9 people to the current 300 people. We, the Shunpike family, have accompanied it all!"

"Do you know why I look exactly like the great Stan Shunpike? Because I inherited his name."

"Names have power, as long as we find the key to unlock this treasure chest of power. This will allow future generations to grow stronger faster and reach the level of their ancestors."

"The only downside is that your appearance will change as a result."

(Among the supporters of Knight Bus, a wizard who was also a big fan of Krum suddenly realized, "So Phoebe just saw was a descendant of Krum from this world?")

(Stan Shunpike touched his protruding ears and his skin with a few acne scars with a displeased expression. "These are clearly advantages!")

"This is also very difficult; one must stand out from countless Blood Relative and gain the approval of one's ancestors."

"It should be understood that there can only be one successor in the same era."

"Come on, your Shunpike family has always Single Heir per Generation, there's no one to compete with you!" a yawning passenger joked.

"Can you please stop talking nonsense! Even distant relatives are Blood Relative, okay? My grandmother's nephew's grandson wanted to inherit Shunpike's surname, or even Stan's name, just for my job as a salesman at Knight Bus."

"As the first Space Bus to travel in space, working on it is not only of historical value, but also allows you to truly experience the feeling of traveling between planets, a privilege that only Cosmic Knight can enjoy!"

"We can too!" another passenger shouted.

"But you'll have to spend money, 11 Credit Points! I'll still make a profit!"

Cedric tried to gather information through Stan Shunpike's intensive conversation.

He made his first appearance atop this enormous purple car.

We watched helplessly as it drove out of the atmosphere and into the Ring Belt.

His destination was Ollivander on the moon, where he planned to build a Force Furnace.

This was also what the outspoken Shunpike told him.

According to Shunpike, he is a graduate of a Magic Middle School, Knight Major, and lives on Saturn. He will be returning to Earth to Magic University in September of this year.

In order to successfully enroll, prospective university students must possess Force Furnace.

Without the Force Furnace, you can't find a good job.

They can only be wizards of the old era, not New Human.

In a conservative era, a wizard could use magic to take care of all their needs, so a good job was indeed not important.

In an era of openness, the status of rare and precious wizards would rise even higher. Even if they were uneducated, the government would provide subsidies, and they wouldn't need to work at all.

But now is the era of pioneering. For just 100 Credit Points, one can implant artificial Magic Fiber and become a wizard, which is now commonly known as the New Human.

Wizards who are modified later in life are indeed different from those who are born with them.

However, the Force Furnace, the discovery of the Force of all things beyond the Wisdom Force of wizards, and the invention of the Light Armor have eliminated these gaps.

What is lacking at birth can be made up for later by comprehending external primal forces and uniting with them, thus returning to one's innate nature.

Even without innate comprehension, a wizard can still use the Force Furnace as the core, making it the source of magic, and their magical power can surpass that of the so-called innate. At most, they might not be as adept at subtle manipulations, and it would be difficult to use magic for housework.

The light armor can not only amplify and constrain the Force a hundredfold, but if equipped with Light Brain that is more sophisticated than the human brain, it can also eliminate and surpass the differences in subtle operations.

In short, wizards are no longer worth anything.

They are all collectively referred to as the New Human.

Knight Major, which focus on strengthening oneself, are no longer popular.

The most popular majors are: the Mecha Engineer major, which designs and manufactures powerful mechs; the Nuclear Reactor Modification major, which specializes in Nuclear Reactor Modification; and the Sub-plane Environmental Circulation Engineering major, which owns its own Sub-dimension and can produce and replicate precious resources.

The most advanced mech, the Dragon God, can give a New Human from a magic elementary school the combat power of Cosmic Knight, allowing them to recover their strength in space without needing to eat or sleep.

The most advanced Nuclear Reactor —the Sun Furnace —is a semi-permanent energy machine. The high-purity energy extracted from its core can be called the Cosmic Egg, or Cosmic Force. It can generate a near-infinite amount of sub-genus energy of the sun. Possessing it is equivalent to possessing Immortal Body and light armor. As long as the body is not damaged to the atomic level, it can recover in a single breath.

The most developed Sub-dimension —the Celestial Realm—is not only vast and self-contained, but it can also use primal force to create any material, from precious Neutron Star Matter to Phoenix Tail Feather.

Even the strongest New Human, without their mechs and Nuclear Reactor, are no match for the weakest Cosmic Knight.

However, this is only Sampas's opinion.

Cedric himself didn't believe it.

Even setting aside the Behind-the-Scenes God, the pillars who control the source of a concept in the Magic Immortal World, as well as the great Guna La Goddess of Darkness Balala and Guna La at the higher level, are all powerful representatives of their own strength.

He also began to speculate that the other three were probably also Knight Major.

The education they received in the first two trial worlds, including what they exchanged in the Trial Shop, and what they learned from childhood, all revolved around self-improvement.

The other three majors all require a solid foundation of knowledge. Not only are they related to light and magic, but they also contain many complex scientific principles.

It's not something they're capable of doing.

"Luckily, I'm not in any other major." In the 'S.P.E.W.' library, Harry's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets as he looked at the Heavenly Book of incomprehensible texts laid out before him.

"The ability of a material to resist impact loads without breaking is called impact toughness. Within the elastic range, the ratio of stress to strain is called the elastic modulus, measured in MPa. Magic Field affects the trajectory of electrons, leading to... what the heck is this?"

"A chain reaction. When an atomic nucleus absorbs a neutron, it splits into two or more smaller nuclei, releasing two or three neutrons and a large amount of energy, which can then cause other nuclei to undergo nuclear fission. If Transfiguration is used..."

"Anaerobic cells, eukaryotes, chloroplasts, mitochondria—these are all built from organelles. The uses of hairy crabs in biological science. Why do we need to learn these things?!"

(Voldemort had already crammed a lot of scientific and mathematical knowledge, rubbed his temples. "Is this the advanced state of magic and science combined over the past two hundred years? I can only understand a very small part of it.")

(Dumbledore's reaction was even worse. "Is this really English?")

(The wizard who copied the live-streamed book using spells has fallen into a state of self-abandonment, merely mechanically copying without seeking understanding.)

"Am I really qualified to go to college?" Harry even began to doubt himself after skimming through these so-called high school textbooks.

However, what made him question his life the most was not this knowledge.

Rather, it's about his origins.

"I'm my grandson? And Ginny's?"

On the top floor of the 'S.P.E.W.' Library, in his room, at the very top of the family tree, were prominently displayed Harry Potter and Ginny Weasley, along with their photographs.

He and Ginny just look more mature in the photos.

(A hint of longing flashed in Ginny's eyes.)

Below that, it splits into three branches: James Sirius Potter, Albus Severus Potter, Lily Luna Potter.

(Ginny read the three names aloud, a maternal look mirroring Mrs. Weasley's on her square face. "Luna? Did my friendship with Luna deepen later?")

(Sirius was initially touched, but then became extremely disgusted, "Why is it the name of the Snivellus! Instead of Remus!")

Among them, Albus Severus Potter and Lily Luna Potter were likely unmarried and then died.

James Sirius Potter had 'him'— Daniel Potter —with a woman named Rose Granger.

They both died.

Except for Harry, all the names on the family tree were embroidered with silver thread, representing death, but there was no black thread, indicating that they died accidentally, not because of a vendetta.

(A flicker of grief crossed Ginny's eyes, for the death of her child from another world whom she had never met.)

Combining the Character Relationship Tree on the pop-up window, it can be concluded that Rose Granger is the daughter of Basil and Hermione.

The Basil that Harry knows is the son of Hugo Granger, the Basil and Hermione in this world.

He just inherited his ancestor's name, just like him.

They then inherited the appearance and strength of their ancestors.

(Hermione, who had intended to celebrate with Ginny becoming in-laws, noticed Ginny's sadness and instead thought of Hugo and Rose, glancing at Basil from time to time.)

Why Granger and not Weasley?

Harry didn't understand was why he was placed in the Granger family's care after his parents' unexpected death.

What about Ginny, who's on Weasley's side?

(Dumbledore considered a possibility: could it be that Voldemort in this world is not dead, and that Daniel's maternal descendant Rose Granger, has created the same miracle as Lily, causing the Love Protection Charm to only be maintained by maternal relatives, that is, those living in the Granger family.)

His Character Relationship Tree includes Weasley, and one of them even inherited the name Bill Weasley.

(Ron exclaimed in surprise, "Huh? Nobody inherited my name?")

(Ginny sarcastically remarked, "So you'd inherit from me just to grow taller and then become stupid?")

And who actually chose this name? Although it fits his style perfectly—directly using the name of an important person.

But how was Snape important?

Most importantly, why is the mortality rate of the new generation of wizards, or what this world calls the New Human, so high?

He was an orphan, and Basil's parents, who stayed in the library and didn't like to go out, also died in an accident.

Harry's question was answered by Phoebe.

Phoebe has also returned to her home on Mars.

While rummaging through drawers at home, she found a book titled "How to Delay Rainbow Ascension".

"Now that the secrets of wizards have been deciphered, magic no longer holds any secrets for humanity."

"Death, love, thought, and the mysteries of space within the Department of Mysteries are all in the grasp of the New Human."

"The phenomenon of Rainbow Ascension is related to death."

"Death has always been feared by all living beings, and countless wizards throughout history have tried to avoid it, thus inventing various magical items (such as Horcrux) and tools (such as Philosopher's Stone)."

"But with the combination of technology and magic, and the progress they have made through mutual promotion, we have discovered that the afterlife, which has been determined by wizards, is not as boring as most people think, nor is it filled with all sorts of punishments."

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"In fact, the deceased can visit each other's homes and can freely create and enjoy anything."

"Time is no longer limited here, and all the dead are 'Eternal Life'."

"Some wizards have begun to see death as ascension, a kind of evolution, a blessing."

(Since wizards' lifespans have already exceeded a thousand years and will continue to increase, even to infinity, most viewers were not too excited.)

("Isn't that so?" But some wizards still had their eyes on it.)

(Then he was stopped by those around him, who said, "How can you be sure that the afterlife here is the same?")

(Basil breathed a sigh of relief; thankfully, he intervened in time, otherwise some idiot might have committed suicide.)

"But the mind of the dead dies. Many ancient dead have fallen into silence because of the death of their minds. And the afterlife focuses on the mind of the dead, that is, their hearts."

Therefore, the human world is necessary, and the afterlife needs fresh blood to sustain it.

"Improving both the quality and quantity of the human population is the best remedy for extending the 'lifespan' of the afterlife, or even making it infinite."

"The Age of Great Exploration Has Arrived. Humanity Becomes New Human Humanity."

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"The Rainbow Phenomenon refers to a phenomenon in which New Human focus too much on the Force Furnace, resulting in their souls becoming too powerful when they merge with it. In battle, their physical bodies collapse before they can repair themselves, and they are then captured by the increasingly powerful afterlife."

(Dumbledore realized that Harry and his friends' parents might have been captured by the siphon from the afterlife, or they might have deliberately sought death because they missed their mother.)

"Therefore, some wizards who were unwilling to ascend prematurely found three ways."

"First, the Knight's Way."

"Sensing the primal force of all things to strengthen oneself. Using oneself as the anchor point."

"Secondly, the light armor."

"The light armor serves as a second physical body, combined with the Force Furnace, to prevent siphon capture in the afterlife."

Thirdly, the Sub-dimension.

"Subspaces give rise to self-contained, circular planes, forming their own worlds."