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It's a pity about the body...

He felt a bit of pain in his waist and the inside of his left thigh, a feeling that if it persisted, he'd feel like he'd die.

After all, it's not like when he was twenty-five or twenty-six.

Li Qing understood the changes in his body quite clearly, and what relieved him was that as long as he could illuminate this white ball composed of 365 lines like a bright lamp in his mind, then it would be considered entry level.

These days, he only felt his mind was clear, learning speed was quite fast, and many things he didn't understand before could now be grasped with a little thought, even achieving the ability to infer three from one example and deduce more things. If he focused on memorizing something, just looking at it once or twice more would allow him to memorize it word-for-word.

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

"Little Li, come help me take a look at the computer; recently, it keeps popping up a lot of ads."

A slightly aged voice gently sounded in his ear, and Li Qing suddenly came back to his senses, looking up.

Zhang Li, the chairman of this biology company, could be said to be an old scholar who delved deeply into the field of biology. Originally a professor at Modu University, later, due to insufficient funding from above, he decided to start his own company. With more than a dozen biological patents, he let this company grow bigger and bigger.

Although it hasn't gone public, Li Qing, who manages the company's internal system, knows that just the monthly cash flow and reserves are over three hundred million, even reaching one billion at its peak.

Quite rich yet spends money like water.

Many materials needed for research projects are astonishingly consumed, and these materials are extremely expensive. Often, some rare materials can cost tens of millions per pound.

"Okay, Professor, I'll be right there."

Zhang Li didn't like being called chairman; he had a particular fondness for the title of professor.

Probably the last persistence of an old scholar venturing into entrepreneurship.

Following Zhang Li, who was leisurely walking with his hands behind his back, into the chairman's office, Li Qing, ignoring the classical furniture, went straight to the computer and started cleaning up some junk programs proficiently.

This old scholar had no particular hobbies, just liked watching some slightly inappropriate information...

For example, Ultraman; this old scholar was quite fond of it, even having a Gaia Transformation Device in the drawer...

Quite understandable, Li Qing could relate; as a child, he also particularly liked Ultraman until he realized he could never transform into light, having to reluctantly give up, dispelling these unrealistic dreams.

Previously, his dream was definitely not to save money to buy a house or a car.

Life had already smoothed his edges, but now, encountering this Magic Academy admission letter and the light ball from his meditations in his head, his dormant enthusiasm began to gradually revive.

"Little Li, I've noticed you've been a bit unrestrained lately; you need to take care of your body. Once you're over thirty, you need to exercise."

Zhang Li stood by Li Qing, saying faintly.

Li Qing snapped back, somewhat embarrassed, "I know, Professor Zhang, I'll be more careful in the future."

"Hmm, also, although I know everyone in the company should help each other, and you were the one who procured this computer, it shouldn't become your computer, right?"

"Ah?" Li Qing was momentarily stunned, not quite responding.

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

'My Computer'

Zhang Li, somewhat displeased, said, "Even though computers update quickly and often require resource allocation, I'm the current user here, right?"

Li Qing immediately understood, silently changing 'My Computer' to 'Professor Zhang's Computer'.

"Professor Zhang, is this okay?"

Zhang Li adjusted his reading glasses, his furrowed brow quickly easing; he was satisfied, "That's more like it."

Li Qing: "..."

Although Zhang Li was indeed a giant in the field of biotech, this old scholar had come up all the way from the abacus era, possessing high achievements in biology, but was a novice with computers.

Not that he didn't know the convenience of computers; there was a seven-hundred-million-dollar supercomputer center on the second basement level of this building, and Li Qing, as part of his job responsibilities, was fortunate to participate in its setup.

All set up under Zhang Li's direction.

He just wasn't good at using it; after all, research was never a one-man affair, but he clearly understood the tremendous convenience computers could bring to research.

The supercomputer center's monthly electricity bill alone was over three million, but the profitability was indeed impressive. Many university projects or other corporate research borrow it, and the monthly fees still result in profit.

Terrifying!

After leaving the chairman's office, Li Qing excitedly returned to his office, took out the magic scroll of the acceptance letter, and continued to ponder the knowledge within Magic Origin.

Magic is divided into two major schools, one being Western Magic, the other Eastern Magic; their origins are different, leading to vastly different methods of use, but the end goal is the same.

Becoming a God or Immortal.

But these were too distant for Li Qing, even too mythical and legendary for this era.

Then the book words shifted, stating that magic is primarily performed through spells, gestures, internal operation, and magic arrays, but its essence is still consciousness linking with the body.

What is magic? In a broader sense, anything that defies normal cause and effect can be called magic; not just the traditional novel concepts of Fireball Technique or Ice Arrow Technique.

Magic includes these, but is not distinctly categorized by attributes; instead, it's collectively termed as Shaping Magic.

Through gestures, spells, and coordinated internal magic power, energy particles in the air are arranged in a systematic pattern, thereby materializing actual attacks.

This has scientific basis, as concluded by the Gray Magic Academy's Magic Research Institute.

But often mages are unwilling to perform such complex sequential operations, preferring an unordered causality, an inexplicable marvel.

Like Transformation Technique.

Turning a cat into a person or a person into any type of animal.

The transition isn't explainable and is simply impossible.

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Two days quickly passed, and Li Qing found himself completely immersed in these magical knowledge, fascinated by the miraculous nature of magic.

Li Qing dared to swear, if he could have put this kind of effort into studying while in school, he could have considered attending either Peking University or Qinghua.