As a mage, I just want to pursue the truth

Chapter 269: Respond to Change with the Same Sense (asking for monthly votes!)
Academician Zhao actually didn’t quite believe that Zheng Li was Merlin.

He also didn't want Zheng Li to be Merlin.

Academician Zhao has a very good relationship with Zheng Li, and he truly admires Zheng Li.

If Zheng Li was Merlin, their relationship would be completely different.

There are also some hidden ideas, such as hoping that Zheng Li would take proper care of the younger generations after he passed away, which also needs to be scrapped.

Only after becoming a true mage will one have a deeper understanding of the Supreme Forgetfulness.

You can sense everyone's emotions, and based on your life experience, most people lose their disguise in front of you.

But you have to cooperate with their performance, and Academician Zhao is increasingly losing interest in interpersonal communication.

On the contrary, research can bring him positive emotions such as satisfaction.

If he is like this, let alone a wizard of Merlin's level.

Zheng Li felt that the Chinese magicians had exceeded his expectations, as they had already begun to develop their own spells.

"Thank you, Academician Zhao. I will send you the answer later."

Academician Zhao said, "Print it out for me. I have a sealed bag with me."

Regarding information security, there are often people on the Internet who believe that most risks can be avoided if information security is in place.

But even now, physical disconnection from the Internet is still the best way to avoid the risk of information leakage.

Even Zuckerberg, a wealthy man who spends hundreds of millions of dollars on security every year and owns an Internet giant, needs to use physical means to avoid risks.

In the photo that Zuckerberg posted on Facebook that year, it can be clearly seen that the camera of the laptop in front of him was blocked by a sticker.

Zheng Li nodded.

Academician Zhao asked curiously, "Aren't you interested in silencing?"

"This is a spell we developed ourselves."

"When you first become a mage, your five senses will be particularly sharp, and the noisy and trivial sounds around you will become particularly harsh."

"The sounds that you couldn't detect before will echo in your mind."

"In the beginning, we could only rely on sleeping pills to fight it out. Back then, Merlin didn't teach us how to block our five senses."

"At that time, one of our wizards developed the silencing technique. With the silencing technique, the problem of being unable to fall asleep was solved."

Zheng Li explained: "Well, you cast a spell in front of me, so I am confident that I can reproduce this spell."

"So there's no need to ask any more questions."

After hearing this, Academician Zhao felt that only Merlin could explain this.

So he asked tentatively: "Why are you so confident?"

Zheng Li smiled and said, "After becoming a mage, my memory has become amazing. The fluctuations of your spellcasting and the changes in the surrounding environment have all been imprinted in my mind."

"I just need to analyze and disassemble the principles and fluctuations, and it won't be long before I can crack the spell."

Zheng Li doesn't mind his identity being exposed, but he also wants to keep the alias of Zheng Li, or try not to expose it.

Being exposed means trouble. He cannot predict China's actions or what may happen next.

At times like this, you can act even more arrogant.

While thinking, he ordered the artificial intelligence of BioCloud to write a paper based on ancient Chinese classics and his understanding of the nature of the soul.

The upgraded artificial intelligence is fully capable of doing the job.

If Zheng Li is not Merlin, then this talent is too amazing, equivalent to infinitely copying other people's spells.

Academician Zhao, who loved reading martial arts novels when he was young, had a sentence come to his mind: Give others a taste of your own medicine.

If Zheng Li is Merlin, this is another explanation.

Academician Zhao said: "As expected of you, you are indeed extremely talented."

Zheng Li waved his hand, and Academician Zhao could feel the air becoming dry, including his mouth.

It's like staying in an air-conditioned room in summer for a day and a night without a humidifier.

Academician Zhao quickly realized: "Did you extract the water molecules in the air?"

Zheng Li nodded and said, "This was the first time we met, and you performed magic for me."

Academician Zhao: "Your growth rate is far beyond my imagination."

"What have you discovered about the Demon Brain?"

"I'm not asking about your research results. We're just discussing this from an academic perspective. We won't discuss the details, just the direction."

Zheng Li said without hesitation: "The Demon Brain has built a completely different system.

Its existence made me realize for the first time that there are substances that can express completely new proteins and completely new mechanisms without affecting genes.

And it doesn’t induce the gene segments that are turned off to turn back on.”

"This is beyond our understanding, and one sample is far from enough to know how it was done."

Academician Zhao asked, "Then why don't you keep Li Miaomiao's share?"

Zheng Li asked in return: "For a brand new system, is there any difference between two samples and one?"

"An extra sample will only confuse me more, but letting her experience the wonders of magic is more important."

Academician Zhao: "It seems that she is very important to you. It's great to be young.

When you are young, you are always passionate about everything. When you are older, you will be filled with all kinds of trivialities and desires. "

Academician Zhao has a deep understanding of this point, as he has spent most of his life in school.

I'm used to seeing young people breaking up and getting back together.

Zheng Li nodded seriously and said, "Miao Miao is my best friend. I hope you and the Abnormal Affairs Management Bureau behind you will keep it a secret.

Her becoming a mage is not necessarily a good thing. I asked her to register on my own initiative out of my trust in you."

In fact, although the number of mages in the forum will increase by one, if it is not recorded, no one will know where the new mage appeared.

From Academician Zhao's perspective, if Li Miaomiao and Zheng Li were in a relationship, then Zheng Li could not be considered generous, but if they were just friends, then he had never seen a friend as generous as Zheng Li.

He had never seen it even in the last century when relations were still simple.

However, Academician Zhao did not ask him these questions, “I promise that this will not happen.

The management of the Bureau of Anomalous Matters is very strict, and the authority is very tightly controlled.

The true identity of the Chinese magician is a secret among secrets.

I also appreciate your trust in me.”

After they talked for a while about their understanding of the magic brain, Academician Zhao asked:

"What do you think of Merlin? It has been six years since Merlin's sudden appearance, and in these six years we have not found Merlin's true identity.

We don't even have a definitive conclusion on all the information about him, so I'd like to hear your opinion.

Your opinions are very important to us. I often see people on Weibo saying that you are the smartest person in China and even in the world. "

Zheng Li himself obviously would not disclose his IQ, and would not even bother to take a test.

But we can’t resist the fabricated stories by self-media and some big Vs.

It is claimed that Zheng Li's IQ is as high as 248, making him the person with the highest IQ in the history of Blue Planet. Coupled with Zheng Li's amazing performance, naturally many people believe it.

At the same time, Zheng Li's parents' educational methods were very popular.

Zheng Li: "I have always believed that Merlin has no entity. He exists in our world in a special form and can take over anyone's body at will." "That is why we can't find him."

Academician Zhao: "We have similar speculations internally. Merlin may be a ghost existing in some unknown space."

"When he wanted to live his life on earth, he reappeared."

Zheng Li pretended to smile bitterly and said, "But this is just a guess. None of us can provide evidence to prove this."

Academician Zhao nodded and said, “Yes, we were too far away in Stockholm last time.

By the time we got the news, Merlin had disappeared without a trace.

As for all the abnormal objects at that time, they were all taken away by the European Union and America.

I don’t know what amazing discoveries they’ve made around these.”

Zheng Li asked: "Aren't we getting very close to the Europa League recently?

We can try to conduct joint research with the European Union."

Academician Zhao said helplessly: "Being close is just to get what we need, it doesn't mean we are really close."

"At the beginning, we asked if there were so many crows flying above the Stockholm Concert Hall, could we provide a few for our research.

We are willing to get it in exchange.

But the conditions put forward by the Europa League are too harsh.”

"Do you know how Beidou Navigation came about?"

Zheng Li: “Not sure.”

"It was about 20 years ago. We were going to work with the Europa League on the Galileo navigation system. It was they who first proposed the navigation system, and then we got involved.

As a result, we paid the money, but the other party did not allow us to access core technology and also excluded us from any major decision-making in various ways.

The reason why we can cooperate on the life-extending drug this time is because the other party needs us."

"So don't expect too much from international cooperation, especially in a field as sensitive as magic."

"You returned home at the right time. If you wait until you become a mage before coming back, it will be much more troublesome."

After Academician Zhao and Zheng Li chatted about magic for a while, Academician Zhao wiped the sweat off his head, then stood up and said, "My feet are numb from squatting for so long."

"My mana is limited."

While maintaining the barrier spell, he had to communicate with Zheng Li, and he also had to write down every word of their conversation.

Academician Zhao felt that he was too old and even if he became a magician, he would not be able to hold on for long.

Seeing Zheng Li stand up after squatting for such a long time without feeling anything made Academician Zhao feel that it was great to be young.

"Then I'll leave. You don't need to see me off. Just go about your business."

Academician Zhao left with the paper documents provided by Zheng Li.

"Speculating the Nature of the Soul from Chinese Classics"

The mages of the Bureau of Anomalous Affairs were dumbfounded when they saw this title.

When they searched various native and foreign religions in China to see if there were any supernatural powers, they did not find anything unusual.

After that, they no longer associated Chinese classics with magic.

This is even less of a consideration when discussing the soul.

For example, the Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine states: "The five internal organs are: the heart stores the spirit, the lungs store the soul, the liver stores the soul, the spleen stores the will, and the kidneys store the essence and will."

Through observation, scientists have found that there is no such thing as a soul divided into various organs.

Therefore, no one connects Chinese classics with the soul.

Everyone believes that the understanding of the soul in Chinese classics is the imagination of the ancients.

This article, written by artificial intelligence at Zheng Li's request, combines a lot of the Mage Alliance's explorations and reflections on the nature of the soul.

Then these thoughts are cleverly linked with the ancient Chinese understanding of the soul.

“Zheng Li’s idea is very clever. Even we have not explained the essence of the soul from this perspective, let alone other countries.

No wonder I got two magic coins."

"The most important thing is that what he said makes sense. The ancient Chinese understanding of the soul is just an introduction. His own conjecture is the key.

We have read many Chinese classics, why has no one thought of this?"

"To put it bluntly, what we need to think about is not the nature of the soul, but how likely it is that Zheng Li is Merlin."

“Haven’t we always suspected that Zheng Li is Merlin?

It’s just that after Li Miaomiao became a mage this time, our suspicions have deepened.”

"But judging from the fact that he cites ancient Chinese classics so easily in this paper, how could Merlin know so much about ancient Chinese culture?

Lao Zhao, you have been to Zheng Li's office so many times. Are there any books in his office? "

"Let me think about it. I have seen thread-bound editions of Zhuangzi, Baopuzi, and Zuo Zhuan in his office."

"Old Zhao, how do you remember it so clearly? Something is wrong."

"When I saw the title of the document Zheng Li handed me, I immediately looked around."

In fact, Academician Zhao’s memory was forged by Zheng Li.

"Judging from his deep understanding of ancient Chinese religious culture and thought, Zheng Li is indeed unlikely to be Merlin."

"As far as I'm concerned, it doesn't matter whether Zheng Li is Merlin or not.

Zheng Li is Merlin, will he cooperate with us?

Is there anything we can do to him?

Zheng Li is not Merlin, let alone, it is rare for China to have such a talent. "

“Even if Zheng Li is Merlin, we must be absolutely sure that we can control him once his identity is revealed.

But based on the possession ability that Merlin demonstrated in Stockholm, it is highly likely that Zheng Li is not his real body.

It is possible that, as Zheng Li said, Merlin exists on the Blue Planet in a form that we do not understand.

More importantly, Merlin's ability to cast a long-range, targeted curse required careful consideration even if he was 100% sure.

Not to mention that we can't even be sure whether Zheng Li is Merlin's true identity.

Instead, we maintain the status quo. Even if Zheng Li is Merlin, we can still enjoy the benefits brought by Merlin.

The prospect of brain-computer connection and subsequent in-depth development of brain-computer connection alone is enough to support China to climb several steps higher in the high-tech industry.

Zheng Li is Merlin. Revealing his identity will do us a lot of harm, but maintaining the status quo will only bring us benefits and no harm.

Merlin at least showed a willingness to abide by the rules and maintain a relatively stable state to guide the technological progress of Blue Star.

I think our best approach is to remain constant in the face of change.”

"I agree. Besides, Lao Zhao, you can go talk to Zheng Li more often. If he really is Merlin, you can be considered as Merlin's direct disciple."

I originally wanted to compile the ancient Chinese understanding of the soul and then organically combine it with modern cutting-edge science, but my ability is really limited.

My knowledge of ancient classics is limited, and I don’t want to copy Baidu Encyclopedia to fool everyone, so I thought about it and gave up.

Someone said earlier that I copied from Baidu Encyclopedia. I can guarantee that it is very rarely, almost never.

Also, it’s the end of the month, please give me your monthly pass! Even if I keep the monthly pass, I won’t be able to get through the month.

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