Chapter 108

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Chapter 108: The Evolution of Gold Coins

“Hmm, hmm!” Busy Xie Feitian poked his head out of the room, holding the phone and looking puzzled. He said, “How much do you need? I’ll write you a check; just fill in the amount, Xiao Mo! Don’t be polite! I don’t have any children; in the future, everything I have will belong to you! Even if I have children, they won’t get any less than you. I, Xie Feitian, keep my word.” He finished with a chuckle, glancing at He Yuejiao in a flattering manner, “Right, my dear?”

“That’s more like it!” He Yuejiao gave Xie Feitian a small glare that said she recognized his intent.

“Mom, don’t worry! I really don’t need any money. The army has everything; there’s nowhere to spend it,” Lin Mo said. Ever since he joined the aerial knights preparatory camp in the other world, he had never worried about money. In fact, the gold giant dragon could be seen as a god of wealth; it could dive into mineral deposits rich in precious metals and easily churn out gold and silver. However, this was a talent he rarely utilized, as he hardly ever needed gold coins.

As long as he was in the army, Lin Mo couldn’t think of any situation where he would need to spend money in terms of life, illness, or death.

“Hey! Xiao Mo! Be careful during missions. Don’t rush into danger. If you need to parachute, then do it! Crashing the plane isn’t a big deal; I’ll help you pay for it. You’re my only son. Without you, I wouldn’t know how to live!” He Yuejiao had been anxious ever since Lin Mo became a pilot. She still didn’t know that her son not only belonged to a classified unit but sometimes also participated in combat. Otherwise, she would surely be having heart problems.

In He Yuejiao’s mind, she never felt at ease about Lin Mo serving in the army, and he didn’t need money nor was he conscripted; why did he have to take such risks? While she didn’t understand how to pilot an aircraft, she knew that when a plane falls from the sky, there’s often nowhere to escape.

The Special Operations Team frequently encountered life-threatening situations on real missions, and Lin Mo didn’t dare tell He Yuejiao; otherwise, she would only worry herself to the point of losing her appetite.

“Don’t worry, Mom! The higher-ups emphasize a people-first policy! If a plane crashes, the state will cover it. A single fighter jet costs hundreds of millions, and you can’t afford that. I’m not foolish enough to think that if I die, the plane will remain intact!” Lin Mo nodded firmly to reassure He Yuejiao. With gold coins by his side, even if he crashed on purpose, he likely wouldn’t be in danger, having done just that not long ago.

“So, where do you plan to go for fun during this vacation?” He Yuejiao asked the same question Lin Yuanfang would. “Why don’t you stay here at Mom’s? This is a villa, and there are plenty of rooms with ready-made beds for you to choose from!”

Having never experienced parental warmth before, Lin Mo was unsure how to respond. He decided to maintain a bit of distance and shook his head, “No need, I’ve already made plans with my classmates to hang out and then travel to a farther place.” Lin Mo disclosed his arrangements, also to ease the concerns of his biological parents.

“Alright, alright, you’re all grown up now, so I can’t control you. But if you get a girlfriend, you must introduce her to me right away, got it?” He Yuejiao watched Lin Mo, now a grown man, with a smile that filled her with a sense of achievement.

Lin Mo preferred to spend his time in the library, studying the technological civilization of this world. He, like the gold coins, was fascinated by various scientific technologies. Having witnessed magical civilizations in another world, technological advancements were almost like a black hole, drawing them in with irresistible force.

It must be said that humanity in this world draws its power from imagination.

After a brief lunch with his mother, Lin Mo returned to his residence, continuing to unpack while planning how to spend his holiday. Of course, he would occasionally check his aircraft, ensuring he wouldn’t lose his flying skills after the 30-day break.

Next, Lin Mo dove into the Zhejiang Library, getting lost in its massive collection of books. He explored topics from superficial knowledge to deep theoretical studies, especially the gold coins, which showed a keen interest in electronics. Electricity, magnetism, and metals were all innate attributes of the gold coins, allowing them to derive countless unimaginable things through various subtle combinations.

Thus, the aptly-named gold coins began to spend Lin Mo’s assets. Leveraging their WiFi module, they eagerly shopped online for various electronic components, ordering boxes of them to be delivered to the Zhejiang Library. Each afternoon when Lin Mo returned home, he would carry a large bag of new items. In just one week, the gold coins had consumed at least half of Lin Mo’s savings, yet they showed no signs of stopping. At night, while Lin Mo slept, the gold coins could be found tinkering with electronic components on the dining table, occasionally emitting eerie laughter.

To avoid revealing themselves to ordinary people, the gold coins made a simple agreement with Lin Mo: every day, they would spend three hours while Lin Mo read books they liked.

During the day, the gold coins transformed into a pair of clear glasses resting on Lin Mo’s face while he flipped through the books for them. Luckily, the gold giant dragon came equipped with a rare transparent metal from the other world, so it didn’t blind Lin Mo, nor did it affect his vision.

This world had yet to discover transparent pure metals. Although pure metals were not transparent, it did not mean metal compounds weren’t. The gold coins had many choices; for instance, aluminum oxide, which is transparent—like sapphires—was a crystalline form of aluminum oxide, boasting excellent light transmittance and hardness.

Becoming a pair of inconspicuous glasses was indeed a good idea, but if Lin Mo, a pilot, wore glasses every day, he might not last long on the job. Pilots must have good vision, and the army wouldn’t allow a pilot with subpar eyesight to don clear glasses, as sunglasses must also be used in appropriate situations; a pilot wearing sunglasses in low light conditions would indeed be unfit to fly.

Some non-metal materials remained constrained by their properties and couldn’t be absorbed or broken down by the gold coins. Perhaps only the earth element giant dragon could handle it. Many semiconductor materials contain large amounts of non-metal components, such as silicon and carbon, which the gold coins could only contain within their bodies; they couldn’t be incorporated into the heart core like other metals to vary in size at will.

Consequently, with no spatial talents, the gold coins had to create a storage block shaped like a black cube, which Lin Mo helped guard. It was used for the gold coins to extract various component modules as needed. All electronic components that couldn’t be contained in their bodies due to size limitations were housed in this metal-framed storage block. The more components stored, the larger the volume.

After studying a large amount of material science and electronic components, the gold coins could gradually rid themselves of the dependence on containing finished electronic component modules to realize diverse functions. Their micro-manipulation abilities shone brightly, boasting innate control over the purity of metals. They could synthesize various resistor, capacitor, or crystal oscillator materials based on their whims, producing electronic components of unmatched quality—once overloaded, they would even repair themselves and had a certain level of data storage capability, though they still required high-density storage cards to be practical.

Though the gold giant dragon wasn’t a lightning element dragon, it could generate electricity through the magnetic field of Void Magnetism. Coupled with a super Farad capacitor, its body resembled a perpetual power generator, supplying energy for its electronic components. By using transparent metal wires instead of optical fibers, it formed an integrated light path, achieving higher efficiency, and Lin Mo was satisfied with the gold coins’ digital skill potential.

Restrictions due to attributes could be solved with alternative materials, so more scientific technologies meant fewer limitations for the gold coins. There would always be a way to solve problems, fueling the gold coins’ motivation to learn.

According to Lin Mo, with environmental changes, the gold giant dragon had the potential to evolve into a digital dragon to adapt to this world’s civilized rules.

While sipping yogurt heated with his light battle energy and munching on high-energy military biscuits, Lin Mo sat in the reading room of the Zhejiang Library, enjoying his snack. Generally, after drinking a liter of plain yogurt, most people wouldn’t have much appetite left, but Lin Mo had a hearty appetite. Despite the seemingly small portions, the calories packed were enough to meet the daily needs of an average person. After all, dragon knights are high-output humanoid combat weapons with significant energy consumption and correspondingly large appetites.

Bang!

Lin Mo’s table erupted like a small earthquake, breaking the silence that everyone in the reading room had been maintaining. All eyes turned toward him.

Lin Mo put down his book and saw a pouting girl glaring fiercely at him. The puffed cheeks, akin to a little frog, didn’t detract from her natural beauty but instead made her look adorably fierce.

“Who are you?!” Lin Mo tilted his head, unable to recall who she was. It seemed that every girl he encountered in this world viewed him with deep-seated animosity, often resulting in some form of confrontation. Was it possible that he had an inherently unlikable face?!

“Lin Mo!” The girl surprisingly called out his name directly, her fair finger almost touching Lin Mo’s nose. “Don’t think just because you’re wearing glasses that I won’t recognize you! You dared to eat and leave without saying a word!”

“Oh!” Everyone in the reading room who heard her let out a collective “Ah” of understanding. The previously quiet atmosphere of the vast reading room suddenly disrupted, as if a stone had been tossed into a serene pond.

Realizing her slip of the tongue, the girl flushed crimson and, without concerning herself with Lin Mo, quickly explained to those around her, “No, no, I meant something different; it’s not what you’re thinking.”