Starting with Proficiency Panel-Chapter 665: See the real - tomorrow morning (new book content)
Even now, he still felt no drowsiness. When encountering something of great interest, people naturally exude enthusiasm.
After temporarily closing the contents of "Magic Origin," Li Qing's attention focused on "Basic Meditation Technique." As he gently tapped in, the runes began to rapidly transform and eventually displayed content anew.
Li Qing carefully spent half an hour absorbing the less-than-a-thousand words of content along with a complementary Meditation Image. It depicted a sphere outlined by countless lines, emitting a faint glow. Just by staring blankly at it, the interwoven sphere was deeply imprinted into his mind.
A three-dimensional image even formed in his mind, expanding and contracting with his thoughts...
How awesome is this?!
Li Qing felt quite amazed. If this was magic, he had no doubts at all. This capability to etch an image deeply into the brain with a mere glance was simply too incredible.
Looking back at the image, the Meditation Image no longer emitted its faint glow, showing no signs of abnormality.
Seems it's a one-time magic.
Feeling slightly excited, Li Qing clenched his fists and pounded the bed a few times to vent.
Creak! Creak! Creak...
"Hey, keep it down next door, there's a single guy over here!"
Hearing the somewhat indignant shout from next door, Li Qing forcefully stopped his actions.
His rented place wasn't very good, the soundproofing was poor, and any slight movement could be heard next door.
After ensuring there were no issues, he lay flat on the bed, closed his eyes slightly, and sank into a state that's hard to describe...
Li Qing abruptly opened his eyes, exhaled deeply to show a trace of helplessness. In modern society, material wealth is excessively abundant, and the information everyone receives is vast and mixed—strange things of all kinds, making attempting to purge the clutter from one's mind wishful thinking.
It's simply impossible.
After some contemplation, Li Qing checked the time—it was already past four in the morning. He didn't feel like sleeping. So he got up and sat in front of his computer.
After waking the computer from standby mode, he silently opened his hidden folder...
Twenty minutes later, with a face that seemed devoid of desires and showing sage-like eyes, he released the mouse and sat quietly on the bed, completely emptying his mind. He began to follow the Meditation Image from "Basic Meditation Technique" and sketch lines in his mind.
Before sketching the lines, he needed to construct a starting point called "Origin" in "Basic Meditation Technique"—much like a cosmic singularity—to begin birthing his own cosmos.
Gathering his Origin point and sketching the first line seemed effortless, easily reaching the described standard in "Basic Meditation Technique."
The entire process of sketching visualization was quite smooth, perhaps due to having no distracting thoughts, allowing for high concentration.
Only when the phone alarm rang did Li Qing reluctantly open his eyes. As he was about to get up, a splitting headache suddenly attacked, causing his body to weaken and fall straight to the floor.
He lay on the ground groaning for a long time, hearing banging sounds like firecrackers from next door, until he finally mustered the strength to get up.
With difficulty, he climbed back onto the bed, eyes bloodshot, gazing at the contents on the roll of paper.
This "Basic Meditation Technique," before forming the light ball, demanded significant mental effort to engrave even one line, causing Li Qing's current state.
His body slumped, rolling onto the bed, half-unconscious for half an hour before he staggered to rise again.
He still needed to go to work.
Enduring the headache, he took a shower, somewhat alleviating the pain, then stuffed the roll of paper into his pocket and headed out.
During the time waiting for the bus, Li Qing finally exhaled. The pain had significantly lessened, enabling him to focus on other things.
This was due to excessive mental exhaustion. Next time, he had to be mindful of the time.
Li Qing exhaled deeply, and the lines sketched in his mind clearly settled into his brain—visible in every detail with just a thought.
Seemed pretty easy.
"Mom, look! That person looks like a panda!"
"Stop talking! That's smoky eye makeup!"
Li Qing snapped back to reality, glancing at the mother and child beside him. The woman, noticing his gaze, pulled the child aside a few steps.
Pursing his lips, Li Qing looked around at the others, who were secretly observing him with strange glances, and turned away when they met his gaze.
It's quite strange. Can't believe being sleep-deprived and having eye bags leads to discrimination?
When the bus arrived, Li Qing swiftly stepped onto it, dashed to the back seat, and collapsed into it, resting his head sideways in faux slumber.
Who knows why these oldies get up so early, crowding the bus, leaving us young people struggling.
Oh, I'm no longer young. Starting today, I'm officially middle-aged.
Thinking about this, Li Qing felt some sadness—achieving nothing so far is regrettable.
He instinctively touched the roll of paper in his pocket, a pinch of excitement flashing across his face.
His mood hadn't settled yet.
After eight stops, feeling slightly revitalized, Li Qing forced himself off the bus and walked a few hundred meters to the company building, waiting for the elevator.
Silently observing the crowd waiting for the elevator, had it not been for last night's encounter, he'd have been like these people—years after years stuck in life's bondage, doing meaningless work.
Even though Li Qing knew many shared his sentiment—resentful yet choked by life's grasp.
Just a month till school starts.
"Hey, Brother Qing, zoning out?"
A clear voice beside him brought him back, turning his head to see Luo Rui smiling, "Morning, Luo Rui."
She was the new finance hire at the company—a fresh graduate girl, bubbly beyond measure, often chatting or seeking his advice.
Li Qing's current job required mention: he worked in a pharmaceutical company managing system software and hardware maintenance. Though not as technical as development programmers, it's essential for any company to grow.
Whether network setup, server maintenance, daily office software, or enterprise information systems, it was all under his charge.
This position slots nicely, unless major changes occur, with little personal ambition, the outcome could be seen in one glance.
"Morning!"
Luo Rui flashed a sweet smile and raised her hand, "I got two buns, want one?"
