In reality, although the number of mages on the forum will increase by one, without being registered, no one will know where the new mage came from.

From Academician Zhao's perspective, if Li Miaomiao and Zheng Li were a couple, then Zheng Li wouldn't 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 relationships were still much simpler.

However, Academician Zhao did not ask him these questions, saying, "I guarantee that such a thing will not happen."

The Bureau of Abnormal Events has very strict management and its authority is very tightly controlled.

The true identity of the Chinese Buddhist monk is an even greater secret.

I am also very grateful for your trust in me.

After discussing their understanding of the "Demon Brain" for a while, Academician Zhao asked:

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

We haven't reached a conclusion on even any information about him, and I'd like to hear your opinion.

Your views are very important to us. I often see people on Weibo saying that you are the smartest person in China, or even the world.

Zheng Li himself obviously won't disclose his IQ, and he won't even bother to get it tested.

However, they couldn't stop self-media and some influential figures from fabricating stories.

Claiming that Zheng Li's IQ is as high as 248, making him the person with the highest IQ in the history of Earth, coupled with Zheng Li's amazing performance, naturally many people believe it.

Meanwhile, Zheng Li's parents' educational methods became very popular.

Zheng Li: "I have always believed that Merlin has no physical body. He exists in our world in a special form and can take over everyone's body at will."

"That's why we can't find him."

Academician Zhao: "We also have similar conjectures internally. Merlin may be a ghost that exists in some space that we do not know."

"When he wanted to live a human life, he appeared again."

Zheng Li feigned a wry smile and said, "But this is just speculation; none of us can provide any evidence to prove it."

Academician Zhao nodded and said, "Yes, we were too far away during the Stockholm trip."

By the time we received the news, Merlin had already vanished without a trace.

As for all the unusual items at the time, they were all taken away by the Europa League and America.

I wonder what amazing discoveries they made about these things.

Zheng Li asked, "Haven't we been getting very close to the Europa League lately?"

We could try to conduct joint research with the Europa League.

Academician Zhao said helplessly, "Being close is just a matter of mutual benefit, and doesn't mean that we are really close."

"We once asked if we could provide a few of the many crows circling above the Stockholm Concert Hall for our research."

We are willing to acquire it through exchange.

However, the conditions proposed by the Europa League were too harsh.

Do you know how the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System came about?

Zheng Li: "I'm not quite sure."

"It happened about twenty years ago. We were originally going to work with the Europa League on the Galileo navigation system. They were the ones who first proposed the navigation system, and then we got involved."

As a result, we paid them money, but they wouldn't let us access the core technology and excluded us from any major decisions.

The reason we were able to collaborate on life-extending drugs this time is because they need us.

"So don't have too high expectations for international cooperation, especially in such a sensitive field as magic."

"Your timing in returning to China is just right. If you wait until you become a mage before you want to come back, it will be much more troublesome."

After chatting about magic for a while, Academician Zhao wiped the sweat from his brow, stood up, and said, "My legs are numb from squatting for so long."

"My magical power is limited."

He had to maintain the barrier-like spells while communicating with Zheng Li, and he also had to write down every word of their conversation.

Academician Zhao felt deeply that he was getting old and that even if he became a monk, he wouldn't be able to hold on for long.

Seeing Zheng Li stand up after squatting for so long without feeling anything, Academician Zhao sighed that it was truly wonderful to be young.

"Then I'll be going. You don't need to see me off. You just go about your business."

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

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"Inferring the essence of the soul from Chinese classics"

The mages of the Bureau of Abnormal Events were dumbfounded when they saw this title.

When they went to investigate whether various indigenous and foreign religions in China possessed supernatural powers, they found nothing unusual.

After that, they stopped associating Chinese classics with magic.

This aspect was not even considered when discussing the soul.

For example, the Yellow Emperor's Inner Classic states: "The five viscera are: the heart stores the spirit, the lungs store the corporeal soul, the liver stores the ethereal soul, the spleen stores the intention, and the kidneys store the essence and will."

Scientists have observed that there is no soul distributed among the various organs.

Therefore, no one associates 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 Zheng Li using artificial intelligence, incorporates many of the Mage Alliance's explorations and reflections on the essence of the soul.

Then, these thoughts were cleverly linked to the ancient Chinese understanding of the soul.

"Zheng Li's idea is ingenious. Even we haven't explained the essence of the soul from this perspective, let alone other countries."

No wonder he got two magoins.

"Most importantly, what he said makes sense. Ancient Chinese understanding of the soul was just the starting point; his own conjecture is the key."

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