Chapter 33

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“What is this? What is electricity?”

Needless to say, the next morning, everyone became curious; curious about Li Xian's bun head and also curious about how Li Xian had advanced again—moving from the seventh level to the ninth level in just half a year.

But the biggest curiosity was the one-meter-wide crude array that Li Xian took out, and the strange name he mentioned—electricity?

They had heard of spirit energy, immortal energy, demonic energy, and monster energy, but today, suddenly, there was "electricity."

"Why not call it electric energy?" Xu Ren always hit the nail on the head.

"Whether it's spirit energy or immortal energy, they float in the air like the atmosphere. But electricity can't be like that, so I named it 'electricity.'" Li Xian spoke with a sense of righteousness, despite the flaws in his explanation.

Naturally, such words couldn't fool Xu Ren, but this explanation was enough; after repeating it a few times, everyone believed and accepted it.

"Can this thing really solve the problem of conductors?" Tang Rong asked curiously. As the first researcher under Li Xian, Tang Rong understood the relationship between conductors and industry most deeply and was one of the few people, besides Li Xian, who had strategic vision and was anxious about the conductor problem.

Li Xian looked around. Those who could enter this research room were all core members, but there were still some things that needed to be said. "Everyone, before I explain and research electricity, I want to do a small favor. Electricity will be crucial to all our futures. So, I want everyone to swear that no one will leak any information about electricity without my permission. I mean the knowledge of electricity. Anyone who joins the electricity department in the future must also follow this rule."

Seeing how serious Li Xian was, everyone realized it was a significant matter. Since it also concerned their own futures and they were already part of Li Xian's team, there was no objection, and they immediately swore. Even Xu Ren was no exception.

Li Xian immediately smiled. "Thank you, everyone. Next, whoever stands out in the research will become the head of the electricity department. The electricity department will become one of our core departments in the future, and it might even rival the current research department. Alright, everyone, get ready. I'm going to close the switch. The first product might explode."

Everyone quickly hid behind the stainless steel protective plates. Since the last overcharged spirit array exploded, the research department had started to focus on protection. There had been multiple explosions during subsequent research. Now, everyone had a conditioned reflex to hide behind the steel plates whenever they felt danger.

Seeing everyone well-protected, Li Xian immediately closed the switch.

The spirit array started working first, absorbing spirit energy from the surroundings. The earth, fire, wind, and water arrays operated in sequence, the four symbols rolling as if recreating the scene of the world's creation. After about the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, the first bolt of lightning erupted, followed by more and more lightning bolts crisscrossing within the four symbols array.

"Success!" Many people cheered.

But Li Xian's face changed dramatically. Before he could do anything, the small, crude four symbols array... exploded again! A loud boom, and electric snakes danced, enveloping the entire research room. For a moment, the research room was filled with screams—lightning attacks were different from other attacks; lightning could turn corners!

Although the steel plates absorbed a lot of lightning, the remaining lightning still caused continuous screams—being electrocuted was not a pleasant experience. The small, flying electric sparks were like venomous bees, seeking out their targets.

Fortunately, the lightning came and went quickly, disappearing soon after. However, everyone looked extremely disheveled. Many people's clothes had become fashionable holey outfits.

"How could it fail? It clearly succeeded!" Many people asked. These adorable researchers, who had experienced multiple research failures, immediately fell into discussion.

"Cough, cough..." Tang Rong's mouth was smoking, having relied on his strength to get closer.

Li Xian's face turned red. "Nothing, the array itself is fine, but I forgot to channel the lightning generated by the spirit array. As the lightning accumulated, it eventually caused an explosion."

"But how do we channel the lightning?" Everyone was puzzled.

Seeing everyone's worried faces, Li Xian felt a great sense of satisfaction! Wahaha, you don't know, do you? Hmm, I won't tell you. You can slowly engrave the array, I'll enjoy this for a while.

"Channeling electricity is simple. Don't worry for now, I'll handle it. Everyone, first study this four symbols array and make a real product."

Tang Rong smiled bitterly. "Young Master, you've got the order wrong. If we can't channel the lightning, we can't study it."

"Oh... hehe... you're right. This is very simple. From the four corners of the Heaven's Yang and Earth's Yin arrays, that is, the four poles, draw out four lines each.

Then twist the four lines of each array into one, making sure the lines from the Heaven's Yang and Earth's Yin arrays don't touch. Then bury both lines in damp soil.

Oh, right, these lines should be made of metal. Song Gang, have your smelting factory make some copper wires."

"Young Master, you forgot again. If it's just simple copper wires, we can use magic." Tang Rong kindly reminded Li Xian.

Li Xian was embarrassed. "I... ah... okay. For now, the copper wires can be simple, about the thickness of a toothpick, and wrapped in the cheapest hemp cloth.

The lightning will follow the copper wires, and the current will be very concentrated. Be careful not to touch the copper wires, or it could be life-threatening."

"Life-threatening?" Li Xian's words scared many people.

Li Xian said matter-of-factly, "Yes, this lightning is a force from the heavens. You see, during the ascension and tribulation, there's the Purple Dawn Divine Thunder.

Although ours isn't the Purple Dawn Divine Thunder, it's still lightning, a force from the heavens. Everyone must be very careful, very careful."

"Oh..." After Li Xian's explanation, instead of feeling proud, cheering, or being shocked, everyone was terrified.

Even Xu Ren was trembling. "Young Master, by stealing the power of the heavens, will we incur heavenly retribution?"

Oh my! Li Xian stumbled. That's not how it is, shouldn't you be cheering? But seeing everyone's worried faces, Li Xian finally understood—cultivation world indeed has its troubles.

"Everyone, we're not stealing the power of the heavens, but creating it ourselves. As long as we use it ourselves and don't leak it, we won't incur heavenly retribution."

"Oh, oh, oh..." Everyone started their research with trepidation.

Li Xian walked out with a twitching corner of his mouth, realizing for the first time that the cultivation world also had ignorant and superstitious thoughts. However, this way, they would be more secretive. Haha, there are still benefits!

What is Li Xian going to do? Very simple, light bulbs! Now we have glass, and for the filament, we can temporarily use stainless steel as a resistor and heating element to let everyone know about this thing. Once we refine precious metals like secret silver, we can have better filaments.

"Haha, everything is so beautiful. Lang li ge lang, leng li ge leng, today is really, really happy..."

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