Starting with Proficiency Panel-Chapter 704: See the real outcome tomorrow (new book content)

He felt a slight pain in his waist and the inside of his left thigh, a sensation that if it continued, would inevitably lead to death.

He's definitely not as spry as he was at twenty-five.

Li Qing understood the changes in his body very well, and what relieved him was that simply lighting up this white ball, composed of 365 white lines, like a bright lamp hanging in his mind, would mean entering the Entry Level.

During these days, he only felt his mind becoming clearer, his learning speed considerably fast; many things he couldn't understand before now needed just a little thought to grasp the meaning, he could even extrapolate, derive more things. If he focused on memorizing something, he could remember it word for word after just one or two extra glances.

The changes brought by practicing "Basic Meditation Technique" made him quite excited.

"Little Li, come help me look at the computer. Lately, a lot of small ads keep popping up."

A slightly aged voice softly reached his ears, pulling Li Qing back to reality; he looked up.

Zhang Li, the chairman of this biotech company, could be considered an old scholar, deeply researching the biological field. Originally, he was a professor at Modu University, but later, due to insufficient funding from above, he simply founded a company himself, making it grow ever larger with over a dozen biological patent technologies.

Although not public, Li Qing, managing internal company systems, knew that the monthly cash flow and reserves alone reached over 300 million, with peaks at 1 billion.

It's quite wealthy yet spends money like water.

Many materials required for research projects were astonishingly consumed, and these materials were extremely expensive, sometimes costing millions for just one or two pounds of some precious materials.

"Alright, Professor, I'm coming right away."

Professor Zhang didn't like being called chairman, having a special fondness for the title professor.

It might be the last insistence of an old scholar venturing into entrepreneurship.

Following Zhang Li, who walked leisurely with hands behind his back, into the chairman's office, ignoring the classical table and decoration, Li Qing went straight to the computer and skillfully began cleaning up some junk programs.

This old scholar had no hobbies really, just liked checking out some slightly inappropriate little information...

Like Ultraman, this old scholar quite liked watching it, there's even a Gaia Transformation Device in the drawer...

It's human nature, Li Qing completely understood, as he especially liked Ultraman too when he was younger, until realizing no matter what he couldn't turn into light and reluctantly gave up, breaking those unrealistic dreams.

His dream was definitely not earning money for a house and car back then.

Life had smoothed his edges, but now, receiving this Magic Academy admission notice and the meditation-produced Light Ball in his mind began to stir up his dormant passion.

"Little Li, I've noticed you've been a bit indulgent lately. You should be mindful of your health; once someone passes thirty, it's necessary to exercise."

Standing beside Li Qing, Zhang Li said softly.

Li Qing snapped back to reality, somewhat awkwardly saying, "I understand, Professor Zhang; I will pay attention from now on."

"Hmm, also, although I know everyone should help each other in the company, and you bought this computer, it can't become your computer!" 𝕗𝐫𝚎𝗲𝘄𝐞𝕓𝐧𝕠𝘃𝕖𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝚖

"Ah?" Li Qing was a bit stunned, not immediately reacting.

Zhang Li pointed to the four characters beneath the computer icon on the screen.

"My Computer"

Zhang Li said somewhat displeased, "Even though computers update rapidly to allocate resources often, I'm the current user, right?"

Li Qing instantly got it, silently changing "My Computer" to "Professor Zhang's Computer".

"Professor Zhang, does this work for you?"

Professor Zhang adjusted his reading glasses, his brows quickly relaxing, satisfied, "That's better."

Li Qing: "..."

Though Zhang Li was indeed a giant in the biotech field, the old scholar had journeyed from the abacus era in biology with great achievement, but only a layman when it came to computers.

Not to say he didn't recognize the convenience of computers, as there was a 700 million valued supercomputer center on the second basement floor, which Li Qing had been fortunate to help set up due to his work duties.

It was constructed under Zhang Li's leadership.

It's just that he didn't know how to use it much; research had never been a one-person task, but he clearly knew how computers could greatly facilitate research.

The supercomputer center's monthly power bill alone exceeded 3 million, but profits were indeed incredible, with many university and other enterprise research projects borrowing it, generating monthly revenue.

Scary!

After leaving the chairman's office, Li Qing hurried back to his office, took out the admission notice's Magic Scroll, and continued pondering the content within "Magic Origin".

Magic is divided into two major factions, Western Magic and Eastern Magic, with differing origins and distinctive usage methods, but ultimately aiming for the same result.

Becoming a God or Immortal.

However, these were too distant for Li Qing, even mythological and legendary for his era.

The book then turns, stating magic primarily employs spells, gestures, inner circulation, and magic arrays to manifest but fundamentally relies on the connection of the mind with the body.

What is magic? Broadly speaking, any phenomenon defying normal causal relations can be called magic, not just traditional concepts like Fireball Technique or Ice Arrow Technique commonly found in novels.

Magic includes these, but doesn't distinguish based on attributes, instead uniformly called Shaping Magic.

Through gestures, spells, and internal magic power coordination, forming rules-coding energy particles in the air, manifesting tangible attacks.

The research behind this originated from Gray Magic Academy's Magic Research Institute.

But often mages prefer a chaotic causality, an incomprehensible mystery.

For instance, the Transformation Technique.

Turning a cat into a human, or a human into any animal species.

The transformation factors were completely inexplicable, fundamentally impossible.

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Two days passed quickly, and Li Qing was entirely immersed in these magical knowledge phenomena, akin to miracles.

Li Qing could swear that if he had applied this vigor during his studies, he could have thought about choosing between Peking University or Qinghua at the time.