"But where is the problem?"
Lin Beichen hadn't figured it out yet; all he could do was continue to feel the electric shock.
But...
After experiencing that state of feeling just now, he found that no matter how much he was shocked, all he could feel was a stinging sensation, and nothing else.
"Could it be... that I've become resistant to this level of electric shock?"
Lin Beichen had considered this situation long ago; otherwise, he wouldn't have bought so many lighters and stun batons of different models.
Without another word, he immediately disassembled another lighter and took out the igniter from inside.
The new igniter was twice as large as the previous one, and clearly, the voltage it could output was also stronger.
"Continue!"
Lin Beichen was eager to know the answer, and without taking a breath, he pressed the metal cap of the igniter again.
"Crack—!!"
"Crack—!!"
"..."
The output voltage was indeed stronger, and the previously numb area felt the stinging sensation again. After countless electric shocks, he once again entered that state where he could feel the existence of positive and negative charges.
It's just that...
What he perceived upon entering this state of feeling this time was far less effective than the first time; it only made his perception of the charge state slightly clearer based on his previous perception.
Only slightly!
The effect was minimal!
Moreover, after snapping out of this state of feeling, the voltage produced by the current igniter was the same as before, providing no help other than the stinging sensation.
Fortunately, Lin Beichen had prepared himself mentally for the difficulty of creating a cultivation method and wasn't discouraged by this small setback.
If he lost feeling from the electric shock, he would switch to a device with a slightly higher voltage; if he was truly tired, he would rest.
This went on repeatedly for several days.
He also switched from the igniter of a regular lighter to a stun baton with considerable power.
"It's very close, very close!!!"
After days of repeated perceptions, Lin Beichen could now perceive the state of positive and negative charges extremely clearly, even to the extent of being able to pinpoint each individual charge, which was no exaggeration!
But the clearer he perceived the state of positive and negative charges, the more he felt that his previous intuition was correct—
Something was wrong!
Each perception brought him closer to discovering the problem, but at the same time, it made him feel further away from the answer to the problem!
And just now, he had snapped out of his latest perception, and he was certain, absolutely certain, that he was infinitely close to discerning the problem!
"Just a little bit, just a little bit, always just a little bit short each time!"
Lin Beichen looked at the stun baton in his hand, his eyes narrowing, revealing a determined look: "I don't want to be just a little bit short. This time, I must find out exactly where the problem is!"
In fact, he was also worried that knowing the location of the problem would simultaneously put the answer to the problem as far away as a galaxy.
But...
He also understood that to create a cultivation method that didn't exist in the world, he had to constantly uncover the answers to one problem after another!
There were no shortcuts!
Compared to the answer becoming increasingly distant, not being able to find the problem was even more painful!
Although there were still several stun batons in front of him, after Lin Beichen put down the one in his hand, he didn't reach for any of them. Instead, he stood up, walked to the desk, and took out a stun baton from the drawer.
This stun baton was one that met police standards, though, of course, it wasn't a real police stun baton.
It was one he had found that, currently, ordinary people could buy relatively easily, a stun baton whose output voltage was at the maximum range a human could withstand. Its output voltage was significantly higher than the other stun batons he had bought at the same time, existing in a league of its own!
Originally, he thought he wouldn't need this stun baton anytime soon, so he had put it away separately in the drawer.
"I don't believe that even with this strong dose, I still can't find out where the problem lies!"
Lin Beichen pressed the stun baton against his arm.
Although he had done this motion countless times over the past few days, being pressed by this particular stun baton made him feel somewhat nervous.
"Whoosh—!"
He took several deep breaths, adjusted his mindset, made ample mental preparations, and then Lin Beichen pressed the stun baton's button.
"Da da da—!!!"
Accompanied by a loud crackling sound, intense light blue-white electric arcs erupted between the stun baton and Lin Beichen's arm!
Lin Beichen let out a muffled groan, his body involuntarily twitching. As the stun baton in his hand fell, his body also collapsed onto the bed.
"Bang—!"
"Crack—!"
However, although his physical reaction was strong, Lin Beichen's consciousness was very calm, and his perception of everything around him instantly entered a state.
This time, besides feeling the riot of positive and negative charges on his body surface as clearly as before, he also vaguely felt the restlessness of positive and negative charges inside his body!
This was the first time he had felt the dynamics of positive and negative charges inside his body!
They were everywhere!
Spread throughout his body!
And...
This time, it was as if a magnifying glass had framed a key observation area for him.
The point where the positive and negative charges on the body surface contacted the skin!
That was where the positive and negative charges on the body surface were most violent, and also where the positive and negative charges inside the body were most restless!
Violence and restlessness.
The level of activity of positive and negative charges inside and outside the body were completely different concepts.
And in this difference, he found the point he had been searching for...
The positive and negative charges had lost their state of perfect balance!
"The reason why the positive and negative charges on the body surface, which I perceived before, would only lose their state of perfect balance after a period following the electric shock, was because it was triggered by the positive and negative charges inside the body?"
"As I guessed before, the positive and negative charges on the body surface don't actually create a charge difference out of thin air. Instead, it's because they collide with the positive and negative charges inside the body, with the skin as the intermediate medium. Due to the difference in activity levels, a charge difference is generated between the body surface and the inside?"
"So, the electric shock isn't the direct cause of breaking the balanced state, but merely a trigger?"
Lin Beichen finally found the place where he had always felt something was wrong.
And after successfully crossing this last little hurdle, he understood why he had previously felt that after knowing where the problem was, the answer to the problem would become even more distant.
Because...
More problems appeared!
"After the electric shock, both the positive and negative charges on the body surface and inside the body showed a problem of existing charge difference. The missing charges on the body surface would quickly be replenished from nature, but what was strange was... the missing charges inside the body were also quickly replenished!"
"Where were the missing charges inside the body replenished from?"
"You have to know that the human body itself is in a state of perfect balance of positive and negative charges, a closed and stable loop. If they were replenished from other parts of the body, wouldn't other parts develop a charge difference? If we understand this according to current science, humans are conductors, and excess charges are conducted out of the body. Wouldn't this lead to an imbalance in the stable state of positive and negative charges in the external environment, causing electricity to appear in the air? But why is there still no sign of electricity until now? Or is it that current science is too macroscopic, while the state I am in is too microscopic, and using current science to understand it is inherently wrong?"
"Also..."
"If the positive and negative charges in a person's body can quickly restore balance after experiencing an electric shock, then in the news reports I saw before, weren't those people who were repeatedly struck by lightning over many years because the balance of positive and negative charges inside their bodies was completely broken?"
"Or is it... that it was indeed the imbalance of positive and negative charges inside their bodies that caused them to be struck by lightning, but each time they were struck by lightning, they were like the first time, having been electrically shocked before being struck by lightning?"
"But that doesn't make sense. The locations where those people in the news who were repeatedly struck by lightning were located when they were subsequently shocked, as well as the objects they carried, weren't sufficient to cause them to be electrically shocked, were they?"
"Were they always in a state of positive and negative charge imbalance? But how was that achieved?"
"Was the voltage of the electric shock I received not enough?"
"..."
Lin Beichen felt like his CPU was about to burn out.
Moreover...
As this state of feeling gradually disappeared, his consciousness, having suffered the electric shock, also gradually became hazy and blurred.
Just then.
A familiar voice sounded in his ear.
"Son, son, what's wrong?!"
The voice was full of panic and anxiety.
It was Lin Xiangdong's voice!