Notes of a Biological Alchemist
Antlers of a deer, eyes of a tiger, teeth of a horse, ears of an ox, body of a serpent, scales of a carp, paws of a tiger, claws of an eagle, and tail of a loach—all these combined form the dragon. A lion's head, deer's antlers, tiger's eyes, body of an elk, dragon's scales, and ox's tail together create the qilin. The phoenix is composed of a goose's front, scaly back, a serpent's neck, fish's tail, crane's voice, mandarin duck's thoughts, dragon's patterns, tortoise's shell, swallow's jaw, and a rooster's beak, its five colors perfectly displayed. My eyes are everywhere, in the sky, the oceans, and across the land. Wu You declared, "The power of creation now lies in my hands!" (If you do not enjoy the opening chapter, feel free to skip ahead~)
Notes of a Biological Alchemist
Inside an office building in the XH District of Shen City, a middle-aged man with a bulging belly strode over to a young employee who looked utterly exhausted, thick file in hand.
“Wu You, go through this file for me. There’s a digital copy in the shared folder. I need it by 1 p.m. If I find a single typo, you can forget this month’s bonus.”
Wu You stared at his boss in disbelief. “Mr. Huang, I’m a graphic designer. Shouldn’t you ask the document secretary to review this?”
Huang Youde shot him a glance and grunted, “You think I don’t know that? Xiao Li has to come with me to meet a client for lunch. If you don’t like it, you can walk out and never come back.”
Wu You took a few deep breaths, head bowed, silent for a long moment. Eventually, he resigned himself and dragged the stack of papers left on his desk over to himself.
“A measly illustrator who thinks he’s somebody…” Faint, scornful muttering drifted from the direction of the boss’s office.
Some colleagues watched with barely concealed schadenfreude, others with sympathy, but not one stepped forward to help. Everyone in the company knew Wu You had gotten on the wrong side of “Skinflint Huang.” No one wanted to draw his ire as well. Though it was only a small business run by a private boss, jobs were hard to come by in these tough economic times.
Wu You rubbed his eyes. The sketches he’d stayed up all night to complete still hadn’t been shown to Huang, and he expected they’d just be rejected and sent back for revisions. Glancing at the clock on his computer, it was already 11
