When Lin Ba saw Lin Ran and the others approaching, he said with a delighted expression, “Ran Ran, all the things you and Xiao Ze bought yesterday have been unloaded into the warehouse.
I rented a truck. Later, I’ll drive around the area a few times as a smokescreen, and you can quietly store the items from the warehouse into your Dimension.”
Lin Ran gave her father a heartfelt thumbs-up.
The older, the wiser—her dad’s considerations were truly thorough.
Lin Ze, munching on a braised chicken claw nearby, chimed in, “Of course! Dad is the pillar of our family. He even found a professional unloading team—something ordinary people wouldn’t think of. I was thinking we should unload everything ourselves to keep it confidential.”
“But with just the two of us, unloading so much cargo would take forever. Dad is so smart—he’s eaten more salt than we’ve eaten rice—and he found a solution right away.”
“Also, our apartment has been sold. It’s a four-bedroom, 160-square-meter flat, valued at 16 million. Dad immediately knocked off 1 million from the asking price and told the agent to sell it as quickly as possible.”
“The agent agreed on the spot and said their agency would buy it themselves. They went back to gather the money and said the deal could be finalized tomorrow.”
“Don’t you think Dad’s ability to get things done is absolutely top-notch? Ms. An, no wonder you picked such a great husband. What an amazing Mr. Lin!”
“Haha, not at all, not at all!”
Lin Ba, showered with praise from his children, blushed with pride.
His considerate little cotton-padded jacket and leather jacket were both wonderful.
Suddenly—
“Ouch!”
Just as Lin Ze was enthusiastically flattering, a sharp pain shot through his tooth.
“Where did you buy these chicken claws? Did some unscrupulous seller not clean them properly? I think I bit into a stone. Ouch, it hurts so much!”
Lin Ze covered his mouth, pulled out the chicken claw, and complained.
Lin Ran looked at Lin Ze’s hand in confusion. That couldn’t be.
She had bought them from a highly-rated chain braised food store. If they weren’t clean, she’d have to return them immediately—she had ordered several thousand jin of goods from them.
But when her eyes fell on the object in Lin Ze’s hand, her pupils contracted sharply.
How could this be?
Could it be…?
“Ah, why is this chicken claw made of iron?” Lin Ma exclaimed in surprise.
“Those damned profiteers! They’re using iron to make up the weight, and we bought so much from them! What’s the number for the Commerce and Industry Bureau? I’m going to report them.”
Lin Ze was extremely frustrated.
How could he end up biting into an iron chicken claw out of nowhere?
What an unlucky year.
“Xiao Ze, let me take a look at the chicken claw.”
Lin Ze, enduring the pain, handed the chicken claw to Lin Ran.
Lin Ran took one look at it and confirmed her suspicion.
“Xiao Ze, pick up another chicken claw and see.”
Lin Ze pouted, “No way, I don’t want to eat this stuff again.”
“Be good, pick up another one. I’m not asking you to eat it this time.”
Lin Ze didn’t understand why but obediently picked up another chicken claw.
Then, right before everyone’s eyes, the chicken claw turned into an iron chicken claw.
No, it wasn’t pure iron.
This time, the surface of the chicken claw gleamed with a golden light.
“Sis… Sis, what’s happening to me?” Lin Ze stammered, overcome with excitement.
He picked up a pig’s trotter, and it instantly turned into an iron pig’s trotter, this time with an even yellower surface.
Just as Lin Ze was about to try again, a sharp female voice stopped him.
“Stop moving!” Lin Ran said with heartfelt pain. “Xiao Ze, we only bought two trotters total, you have to leave one for Dad.”
Lin Ze sheepishly withdrew his hand. “Hehe, I was just curious.”
Lin Ma stared in stunned disbelief. “Ran Ran, what exactly is happening with Xiao Ze?”
Lin Ba shook his head at Lin Ma with some disappointment. “I knew you didn’t study properly last night. Isn’t this written about in novels? This kind of ability that can metallize objects is called Metal ability.”
Lin Ma suddenly understood, then rolled her eyes at Lin Ba. “So this is Metal ability! It’s not that I didn’t know – I was just too worried to think clearly. Seeing Xiao Ze suddenly like this, of course I panicked!”
“Alright, alright, my dear wife, I was being superficial,” Lin Ba promptly conceded.
“Hmph! You know what’s good for you.”
Lin Ma took the opportunity to save face and forgave Lin Ba, then asked concernedly, “Ran Ran, with this Superpower, will Xiao Ze still be able to eat in the future?”
Lin Ze froze. “Would I starve to death then?”
Lin Ran laughed. “No. Xiao Ze just awakened his Superpower, so he doesn’t know how to control it yet. After he adapts for a while, he should be able to freely sense the metal particles in the surrounding environment and control them freely.”
“Sis, are these metal particles you mentioned things like iron particles, aluminum particles, and copper ions?”
Lin Ran nodded. “Yes, these objects you just metallized have different surface colors, indicating you used different metal particles.”
Hearing this, Lin Ze excitedly said, “So I can use iron, aluminum, copper and other particles to create various weapons? I can also use them to reinforce our room. Haha, as expected of the male lead’s younger brother, I’m truly extraordinary!”
Lin Ran was amused by her brother’s foolish appearance.
What male lead.
She was just an ordinary person who had been reborn and didn’t want to repeat her past mistakes.
Lin Ran smiled. “Think bigger, young man. The metal particles you can control aren’t limited to those. There are also gold particles in the air. If you can manipulate them to pile up into a Gold mountain for us, becoming billionaires wouldn’t be just a dream.”
Lin Ze was astonished. “Sis, are you serious?”
“Truer than pearls. In the apocalypse, there was a very powerful Metal-elemental Ability User who manipulated gold particles to build his own base out of gold. I even visited it back then.”
Lin Ze never expected Metal ability could also bring wealth.
He excitedly looked at his hands and said, “Mom, Dad, Sis, just watch!” I’ll definitely create a Gold mountain too and make you all rich with me!”
After saying this, he stopped eating and closed his eyes to study his Superpower.
Everyone thought he was just being his usual excitable self and didn’t bother with him.
Lin Ran smiled but didn’t take it seriously – it wasn’t that easy for a beginner Ability User to master particle manipulation.
Looking at the warehouse full of supplies, she reached out and stored them item by item into her Dimension.
It was like she was performing magic – wherever she went, things disappeared.
This was the first time Lin Ba had seen Lin Ran do this, and he was quite amazed.
Lin Ma, feeling sorry that Lin Ba hadn’t eaten yet, had him eat in the warehouse while she went out driving around.
When Lin Ma returned again, everything in the warehouse had been stored in Lin Ran’s Dimension.
Just as Lin Ba, Lin Ma, and Lin Ran gathered to discuss their next move, Lin Ze mysteriously approached holding something.
“Sis, is this a Gold brick?”