"I’m telling you now, if he succeeds, I’ll stand on my head and eat three kilograms of shit!"
"It’s hard to believe that such an outrageous statement came from the mouth of a top student who scored full marks in the college entrance exam. If this is the cost of becoming the number one in the history of the exam, then it’s not worth it!"
"Wildly unrealistic, too absurd. How could he have such thoughts?"
"Has he been too repressed before college, and now that he’s relaxed in university, his taut nerves finally snapped, leading to some mental issues?"
"Honestly, I wouldn’t even dare to dream of doing something like this."
"..."
None of the videos in the topic were lacking comments.
Comment sections with 999+ comments were everywhere.
Soon, some comments stood out from the crowd and caught the netizens’ attention.
[Swallow Swallow]: "I remember right after the college entrance exam, I was playing on North Mountain. It was pouring rain, and over ten people were stuck in a pavilion at the top of the mountain. Lin Beichen, of course at that time I didn’t know it was him, came up later. We kindly invited him into the pavilion, but he refused, saying he was there to watch the thunderstorm. I guess he already had these thoughts and started researching at that time."
[Trainee with Two and a Half Years of Practice]: "I heard from my friend who was in the same class as Lin Beichen in high school. After the college entrance exam, they went out to play, but Lin Beichen didn’t join them, saying he was at home researching lightning. By coincidence, the next day they saw Lin Beichen at the entrance of Yida Square with a bag full of electric batons and similar things. Thinking back now... could he have been using those for his research?"
[Let’s Chat Baby]: "I have a friend who works at the East Mountain Province TV station. That day we were drinking, and he told me that right after the exam results were out, he went to interview Lin Beichen. But Lin Beichen wasn’t home, so they called him, and guess what? He said he was on the mountain researching thunder. My friend thought it was scientific research at the time, but now looking at this... that wasn’t the case at all!"
"..."
All these were revelations!
The internet users were rational as they gossiped. At first, they thought it was just people trying to ride the wave of popularity, but after going through all the revelations, they found some of them connected with the basic facts from back then. This forced them to consider the possibility of the revelations being true.
One wave hadn’t even calmed before another wave hit.
For a moment, the already lively internet was in chaos!
"So you’re saying... Lin Beichen wasn’t just talking nonsense but had actually begun his research long ago? Is he seriously doing this?"
"Could some media interview Lin Beichen and ask him what he’s researched from the end of the college entrance exam until now? I’m genuinely curious what he’s discovered!"
"Lin Beichen is truly something. He started researching all sorts of weird things right after the exam, meaning he was already pondering over these before the exam. And yet he still scored full marks in all subjects; this is unbelievable. What’s more unbelievable is that despite researching lightning for so long, he hasn’t been struck by lightning yet!"
"..."
At this point, it wasn’t just on Weibo; platforms like TikTok, Kuaishou, and Little Red Book were all buzzing with this story.
Imperial Capital University Forum.
[Huaqing University Here, Uninvited]: "Heard that the top scorer in your school’s history is researching metaphysics? Is he going to become the male lead in a fantasy novel and start immortality cultivation?"
[Everyone Knows]: "Folks, our school’s Lin Beichen is famous again, and this time for something darkly humorous!"
[No Way]: "Lin Beichen, really? How can he have such absurd ideas?"
[...]
Posts appeared one after another.
Soon, a post titled "Revelations Summary Post" was quickly pinned to the top and stayed there.
Click into [Revelations Summary Post].
It summarized all the online revelations.
And...
The comment section under the post had more people adding supplemental details.
[Fawn in the Woods]: "I’ve seen Lin Beichen several times at school before. Each time he seemed to be in a rush, and the direction he headed to were always some hidden places. Thinking back now, he must have been going to research how to summon thunder with human power, right?"
[Fleeting Moment]: "The person above reminded me, I’ve also seen Lin Beichen in those remote places a few times, and each time he looked in terrible pain, like he was on the verge of collapse. Was his research causing problems?"
[Damper]: "Once, I saw the school nurse going to a very remote open field in the southwest part of the school to give first aid to Lin Beichen. The scene was quite frightening."
"..."
More and more supplements allowed Imperial Capital University’s students to gain a clearer understanding of Lin Beichen’s case. They privately found his research to be both incomprehensible and absurd, believing it not only impossible but extremely dangerous.
For a time, it seemed like the whole world was questioning and denying Lin Beichen.
Meanwhile, pushed into the eye of the storm, he was still being interviewed by Wu Meng.
About all this...
He remained completely unaware.