It’s electric charge!
"The root cause of everything is the asymmetry of positive and negative charges. This applies to the ground, and it applies to people!"
Having figured this out, Lin Beichen's thoughts flowed unimpeded. That inexplicable feeling seemed to be already within his grasp: "Every person's body has positive and negative charges. When the two types of charges are perfectly balanced, they are electrically neutral. But if the charges become imbalanced, will they become the endpoint for discharge pulses? Will they become the people who are frequently favored by lightning?
Perhaps the reason they are struck by lightning multiple times is that the lightning strikes keep the positive and negative charges in their bodies in a subtle state of imbalance?
But why were they struck by lightning the first time?
Was it because the positive and negative charges in their bodies were already imbalanced when they were first struck by lightning?
What caused it?"
New questions arose!
Lin Beichen's mind raced, and soon, his eyes lit up.
"Since it's possible that lightning striking them causes the positive and negative charges in their bodies to become imbalanced, is it possible that electric shock is a cause of positive and negative charge imbalance in a person's body?"
As soon as this thought occurred to him, Lin Beichen immediately had an idea—
Wouldn't trying it solve the question?
No madness, no life!
He decided to feel the changes brought about by electric shock on his body!
"Huh?"
At this moment, Lin Beichen had a flash of inspiration and thought of something else: "A person's body also has both positive and negative charges. Isn't this a necessary condition for forming lightning?
If I can find a way to make the positive and negative charges inside the body collide, can I generate Thunderbolt from within myself?
And if this electric shock can really cause the positive and negative charges in the human body to become imbalanced, does that mean it is catalyzing the collision of positive and negative charges within the human body?"
This series of wild associations was the result of his talent.
Having grasped some clues, he felt that personally experiencing electric shock was a crucial step towards creating a cultivation method!
"What should I use to experience electric shock?"
Lin Beichen closed the search results about lightning and instead began searching for instruments and equipment that could generate electricity.
There are many instruments and equipment that can generate electricity, the most common being high-voltage power lines...
However, he knew his talent lay in his Heaven-Defying comprehension, not in an invulnerable body, so he chose equipment that produced an amount of electricity he could withstand.
He didn't want to be reborn, and before he could create a cultivation method, get electrocuted and kick the bucket!
He was just searching on Baidu.
"Ding-a-ling-ling... Ding-a-ling-ling..."
Suddenly, his phone rang.
Lin Beichen glanced at the phone screen; it was a call from his classmate.
His classmate was named Li Yang, arguably one of the few people in the class he had the best relationship with.
"Why is he calling now?"
Muttering, Lin Beichen answered the phone.
Before he could speak.
Li Yang on the other end of the phone said excitedly: "Lin Ge, let's go out and have fun tomorrow! Let's go sing!"
Although the college entrance exam had just finished, he didn't mention anything about it at all, only the anticipation and longing for the wonderful long holiday. As for the college entrance exam scores, that was something to be anxious about later when the scores were about to be released.
Now was a critical moment in his research on lightning, and Lin Beichen didn't want to delay taking the first step in creating a cultivation method, so he refused: "I'm not going, I'm not going. I still have things to do."
"Things to do? The college entrance exam is over, what could you possibly have to do?"
Li Yang thought his good brother was feeling down because he didn't do well on the college entrance exam and wasn't in the mood to go out and have fun, so he started to comfort him: "No, buddy, I know you studied your butt off in the last month, but you've been slacking for three years, and you can't achieve anything by just working hard for one month, ah. If you're in a bad mood, let's go out and have some fun..."
"Stop, stop, stop."
Lin Beichen interrupted Li Yang's chatter and said with a wry smile: "I'm in a great mood. I'm not going because of the college entrance exam, I really have something to do."
"Then tell me what it is. If you can't give me a good reason, I'll bring Haozi and the others to your house to catch you tomorrow!"
Li Yang was genuinely curious.
Seeing that he wouldn't give up until he got an answer, Lin Beichen replied simply: "I'm doing research at home!"
"Research? Researching what?"
"Researching lightning."
Li Yang: ???
On the other end of the phone, Li Yang looked at his phone with a bewildered expression, as if wondering if he had heard wrong.
Researching lightning?
What's the point of researching lightning?
What is this nonsense?
...
Just as he was about to speak and continue asking, Lin Beichen's voice rang out first: "Alright, I still have things to do, so I'll hang up first. You guys have fun tomorrow, bye-bye."
"Hey?"
Li Yang's attempt to persuade him was interrupted by the busy signal. He looked at his phone strangely for a long time, finally shook his head, and spat: "Damn it, if you don't want to go, just say so. Making up these ridiculous excuses. When I see him later, I'll definitely give him a Thousand Year Kill to teach him a lesson!"
He wasn't the type of person to force others, so he didn't call back to insist on inviting Lin Beichen.
Seeing that it was getting late, he washed up, had a good night's sleep, and woke up full of energy, heading to Yida Plaza for the appointment.
At this time, Yida Plaza was packed with people.
The students who had completed arguably the most important exam in their lives yesterday—the college entrance exam—all came out to have fun today, releasing the pressure accumulated over three years of high school.
However, despite this, Li Yang still spotted his classmates waiting at the meeting point at the entrance at a glance. He quickly jogged over.
"We were just discussing whether you or Lin Ge would be the last to arrive. It seems it's Lin Ge. We've already agreed, the last one to arrive treats us to milk tea!"
Haozi, whom Li Yang mentioned on the phone yesterday, Zhang Hao, came up and punched Li Yang on the shoulder.
Li Yang was a big guy, one meter eighty, and somewhat fat, while he was only a little over one meter sixty, thin and capable. He had to raise his arm to reach Li Yang's shoulder for that punch.
The scene looked somewhat comical.
"Then it seems I'll be treating you guys to milk tea."
Li Yang put an arm around Zhang Hao and said with a smile: "Lin Ge isn't coming today."
"Ah?"
Zhang Hao finally managed to break free and asked: "Why isn't Lin Ge coming?"
"Uh..."
Li Yang paused, and said with a strange expression: "I called him yesterday, and he said he was going to research lightning at home."
Classmates: ????
"What? What the heck is researching lightning?"
"Exactly, is it his turn, a student who just finished the college entrance exam, to research lightning?"
"When can't he research lightning, why does he have to research it today?"
"Sigh, I think Lin Ge didn't do well on the college entrance exam, so he's making excuses and isn't in the mood!"
"Probably. He studied so hard this past month. If he didn't perform well, anyone would take a while to adjust."
"..."
While they were chatting away.
Suddenly!
Someone shouted.
"Hey, look, isn't that Lin Ge?"
Hearing this, everyone looked in the direction of the sound.
A tall and handsome young man was walking out of Yida Plaza, carrying a shopping bag in his hand. Although they couldn't see what was inside, judging by the appearance of the shopping bag, the contents were not light.
It was none other than Lin Beichen himself!