Chapter 39

Tang Lin stayed in the world of The Storm Riders for a long time. Apart from mastering martial arts, he also had time to collect some things he needed. Tang Lin used a medicine case to sort out and store these items.

These things were the soil, rocks, trees, and metals of the world of The Storm Riders. Apart from that, there was also a panda and a tiger.

Without exception, after these things were brought to the real world, they were also in a shrunken state. Tang Lin placed the panda and tiger in Ororo’s castle as he hadn’t had time to make a new home for these two pets, so he could only make Ororo bear with it for now.

Next, Tang Lin began to study the other materials.

He first poured out the soil from the world of The Storm Riders and then he dug out some soil from his flower pot to make a comparison.

Using the Earth Child sensory power, it was easier to control the soil from the world of The Storm Riders than the soil of the real world, whether it was to mold or to move. In addition, the soil from the world of The Storm Riders was smoother and finer to Tang Lin, and it almost felt like talcum powder to the touch. There was no roughness of gravel.

Next were the stones. To Tang Lin, the stones from the world of The Storm Riders were sand. Tang Lin picked three grains and placed them on the table. Then, he began to stack coins on the three grains of sand.

Only thirteen coins were stacked on the three “stones” before they were crushed. One coin weighed about nine grams, and thirteen coins were only about a hundred grams.

“Isn’t this too fragile?” Tang Lin muttered to himself and carefully recorded the results of his experiment in his notebook.

Tang Lin tested the items he brought back one by one. He cut the trees from the world of The Storm Riders into sticks, fixed one end, and hung heavy objects on the other end to test the toughness of the tree trunk. Several needle-like swords from the unlucky Wushuang City warriors were also put through the stress test.

After working for more than two hours, Tang Lin tested all the materials he brought back. From the raw data in the notebook, he could conclude that the various materials in the alternate world were quite “fragile”. Whether it was their sturdiness or refractory properties, they were much weaker than the materials in the real world.

The stones from the world of The Storm Riders were only slightly sturdier than biscuits in the real world. The same was true of wood. They were even weaker than disposable chopsticks and could not withstand much weight.

The difference in metal was even more obvious. A steel wire that was about the same thickness was definitely much tougher than the “long sword” in the world of The Storm Riders. Tang Lin felt that the long swords in the world of The Storm Riders were as soft as welding wire.

Tang Lin used a lighter to burn them and these swords actually melted into molten iron. Their melting point was much lower than steel in the real world.

However, because very basic measuring tools were used, Tang Lin couldn’t determine what the weakened ratio was. Moreover, the difference in attributes in different aspects was also very different, thus it couldn’t be measured in simple terms such as a hundred times or ten thousand times.

Unfortunately, Tang Lin didn’t have a microscope with him. Otherwise, he really wanted to slice the leaves from the world of The Storm Riders and put them under the microscope to see if their cells were much smaller than the cells of the leaves in the real world. There was a very critical question here — were the atoms that formed all the matter in the other world smaller than the ones in the real world?

The size of atoms was closely related to the four fundamental forces of the universe. One does not compress something simply by hitting it with a hammer. What could really be changed was the distance between atoms, not the size of the atoms themselves.

Matter from another world could still maintain its original form in the real world. If the atoms were different in size, it would be a physics problem on a Nobel prize level.

There was another question — what effect would these “miniature” lives in the alternate world have after absorbing the “giant” matter of the world? Would it cause the atomic structure in their bodies to change? Would they grow larger and larger?

Tang Lin felt that these questions were very interesting, so he deliberately brought the mutated tiger and panda back to see if feeding the two pets with things from the real world would cause any changes in them.

Now, one was carnivorous, the other was herbivorous, and yet another was omnivorous. It was a good opportunity for comparison.

Fortunately, Ororo didn’t know what Tang Lin was thinking. Otherwise, she would have snuck into Tang Lin’s pants while he was asleep and shot him with a hundred thousand volts.

After conducting the experiments, Tang Lin locked the notebook in the drawer and cleaned up the mess. He wanted to be sure that no one would find anything amiss when they came.

By the time he was done, it was already past 11a.m. Only then did Tang Lin make himself a bowl of instant noodles. Although he had been eating instant noodles for a few days, he was not sick of it yet as he could switch flavors. Perhaps it was because he had started practicing martial arts, but he really felt what it was like to have a huge appetite. In the past, one packet of instant noodles was not enough, but two packets were too much. Today, he ate six packets of instant noodles in a row before he felt half full.

He had to stop eating, if he kept going, his parents would realize that their family’s stash had been wiped out.

The instant noodles that Tang Lin had eaten were being quickly digested. Only a small portion was converted into nutrition for his body, the remaining 70% was being converted into another kind of energy and fused into the true qi in his body.

However, the effect was very inconspicuous, or it could be said that the change couldn’t be felt.

Tang Lin finally got the point. Apart from time, practicing martial arts also required a lot of money.

“It was no wonder everyone said that the poor study literature and the rich practice martial arts. If you want to practice martial arts, you’d probably have to spend a lot of money.”

However, Tang Lin was a high school graduate. His only source of income was pocket money. The various transmigration equipment had burnt a hole in his pocket.

Therefore, it was time to make some money. As a transmigrator, even if he was not wealthy, he should at least be worth some money. Otherwise, he wouldn’t be doing justice to his role as a protagonist. However, in today’s society, most of the ways to make quick money have been listed in the penal code. Tang Lin did not plan to do Shawshank Redemption at such a young age.

After thinking for a while and not coming up with any ideas, Tang Lin decided to just call his father and said, “Dad, I want to take a summer job. Do you have any recommendations?”

Tang Lin’s father had a wide network. He had previously arranged a job for Tang Lin’s cousin who had just graduated. As for a summer job, it shouldn’t be a problem.

“Why do you suddenly want to work?” Tang Zhanpeng asked curiously.

“Isn’t it popular to experience life after graduation? I want to earn money for my tuition fees too.” Tang Lin casually found an excuse.

“You have just recovered from your injuries. Can you just cut that out? Why can’t you just be a good boy and stay home?” Tang Zhanpeng said a little unhappily.

“The doctor said that I’ve fully recovered and my hair has grown back a little. I’m really bored at home. Dad, can you introduce me to a summer job?” Tang Lin begged.

The injuries on Tang Lin’s body had indeed completely recovered, although the speed was a little strange. Tang Zhanpeng couldn’t stand Tang Lin’s badgering, so he finally relented, “Okay, okay, okay. I’ll arrange it for you. What summer job do you want to do?”

“An easy job with a high pay!” Tang Lin replied without hesitation.

Tang Zhanpeng also said without hesitation, “I would kill for a job like that too, dream on!”