Farming With The In-game World - Chapter 2
Chapter 2: Chapter 2: Shocking Test Results
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation
Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
When the gatekeeper of Zhendan University saw the ‘low-profile Mondeo’, he immediately opened the gate.
Even though An Wen had already graduated, the gatekeeper still managed to recognize him instantly.
Or rather, it was the car which he recognized.
Indeed, even though An Wen was currently living the life of a lazy homebody, he was still an undergraduate student who majored in Aerospace Design and Engineering at the School of Mechanical Engineering Sciences of Zhendan University only two months ago.
Back when An Wen went to school, his teacher had taught him quite well; such was partially why he was performing well in aeromodelling.
An Wen parked his car in the parking lot of the Fuhua Technology Building, then took out his mobile phone to contact someone he was close to.
Why did he come here?
It was because it was the laboratory building of Fuda Testing Center, which was under the banner of Zhendan University.
Rather than looking for a random testing agency, he was more confident in the capabilities of his alma mater.
Most importantly, he could look for someone he was familiar with.
“Hello, Ye Zi, are you busy now? No… There’s no event going on… Anyway, don’t call me President anymore, I have already graduated and am no longer the President of the Aeromodelling Club. Yes… there’s something I need your help with… Can you help me run a few tests on some samples of soil and water… Yes, yes… It’s urgent, I need the results immediately… Alright, I’ll wait for you in the parking lot, see you later.”
After hanging up the call, An Wen took out his briefcase containing the samples and got out of his car.
Indeed, An Wen and Ye Zi were both familiar with one another, as they frequently participated in aeromodelling together.
However, An Wen was ultimately requesting for help, so he still needed the courtesy to ask others for help. He couldn’t possibly sit in his car and wait for the other party to search and find him, certainly not.
After a short period of time, a teenager with messy hair wearing a white coat came running out of the building.
He was Ye Zhihua, the person An Wen was close to and whom he called moments ago. He studied chemistry.
Ye Zhihua was currently in the midst of his postgraduate studies, and was coincidentally studying at the Fudan Testing Center. Well, his actions could barely be considered ‘studying’.
Everyone knew what it was like to be a research ‘slave’.
“President, you are still driving the same car!” Ye Zhihua remarked and smiled as he walked towards An Wen and noticed the Aston Martin.
“Change my car? Why would I change my car?” An Wen questioned.
He was momentarily stunned and slightly confused.
“President, don’t you remember? When you bought that Huawei Porsche Design mobile phone, you said that your car did not match your mobile phone, and you wanted to change to a Porsche 911,” replied Ye Zhihua straightforwardly.
‘Oh, really?’
‘Did I make such a ‘low-class’ brag before?’
“Oh… Well, I bought a 911 half a month ago, but it did not feel comfortable to drive in, so I gave it to someone else,” An Wen said.
As he spoke, he placed the mobile phone in his hand into his pocket.
He made a decision; he would change to a new mobile phone later.
“President, you’re awesome, you gave a car worth over a million yuan to someone without even thinking about it, please treat me well too,” Ye Zhihua spoke cheerfully.
When he heard An Wen’s past words, he did not believe that An Wen was bragging either.
After all, An Wen once donated five simulators and ten turbojet engines when he ran for President of the Aeromodelling Club.
“It’s a small matter. If you help me run some tests on these samples, I wouldn’t mind giving you the SU-27 aircraft model I have at home,” An Wen said, changing the topic as he opened the briefcase and showed its contents to Ye Zhihua.
Ye Zhihua then peaked at the soil, air, and snowball inside the briefcase. He was slightly confused.
Why does he want to test these ‘simple’ things?
“President, what are you mainly testing for?” Ye Zhihua questioned.
“I want to know the chemical composition, the bacteria, microorganisms as well as the viruses they contain.”
“No problem, these are all very simple things to test. The results will be out very quickly. Would you be willing to wait here for the results, or do you want me to send the report to you when it’s done?”
“I will wait here. Hurry, go and perform the tests. I’ll let you fly my J-20 next time we meet.” An Wen put out another great offer.
“President, I’ll take your word for it, you cannot take it back,” Ye Zhihua said happily.
“Don’t worry, I won’t. Go on now.” An Wen replied.
After hearing An Wen’s assurance, Ye Zhihua walked away diligently towards the laboratories with the briefcase in his hand.
Just as he reached the entrance, he suddenly turned and asked, “By the way, President, our junior Xiao Qing asked me to ask you about how Yuan Pan is doing?”
“Eh… Yuan Pan… Well, he’s doing quite well, I even brought him along with me to travel,” An Wen replied casually.
What he said was not a lie, for he did in fact bring Yuan Pan on a trip to the other world.
“Alright, got it.” Ye Zhihua exclaimed.
However, it was only when Ye Zhihua had entered the building and disappeared completely from view that An Wen had let out a frown.
“Who is the junior Xiao Qing? Why did he get Ye Zi to ask me about Yuan Pan?”
An Wen was slightly bewildered as he truly could not remember the junior Xiao Qing.
Nevertheless, he was not bothered, nor did he care.
He then cast the question aside and began playing on his mobile phone, as he sat in the car with air-conditioning on.
On the other hand, Ye Zhihua had returned to the laboratory.
He did not begin testing the samples immediately, but instead took out his mobile phone and started typing a WeChat message.
“Junior Xiao Qing, I have asked the President about what you wanted. He is taking very good care of Yuan Pan, and he even brought Yuan Pan along with him to travel.”
After he sent the message, Ye Zhihua felt that he had not expressed himself sufficiently clearly.
As such, he sent another message.
“Junior Xiao Qing, you do not have to worry about Yuan Pan’s well being. The president is so rich and would definitely buy the best food for Yuan Pan. I even sent a reflection article about caring for tortoises to the president previously. As long as the president follows the instructions in the article, he would surely be able to take care of Yuan Pan very well, so you do not need to worry.”
After he sent the message, Ye Zhihua began testing the samples.
Performing tests on soil, water, and air samples were very simple.
As a seasoned research ‘slave’, Ye Zhihua was very familiar with the procedures of such tests.
Testing the soil sample was slightly more tricky, but the air and water samples could not be any simpler.
A short while later, the various equipment provided the required results.
“Where did this sample of air come from, the composition of the air is so perfect that it matches the standard statistical compositions.”
“Eh… This sample of water matches the standard composition of seawater, but why are there no microorganisms in it? Has it been purified by filtration? It doesn’t seem like it though.”
Ye Zhihua was slightly bewildered as he looked at the test report.
Seeing that An Wen wanted the results urgently, he had thought that there were problems with the samples chemically.
However, after he tested them, he realized that there was nothing abnormal about the samples, apart from the fact that they were extremely pure.
Nonetheless, the moment the test report for the soil sample was generated, Ye Zhihua became dumbfounded.
A few minutes later, Ye Zhihua went back downstairs.
As An Wen was looking through the test report, Ye Zhihua asked out of curiosity, “President, where did you get the soil sample from? It contains absolutely no microorganisms.”
“There’s no microorganisms?” An Wen questioned.
An Wen had not yet read the report for the soil sample, which was why he was stunned when he heard Ye Zhihua remarks.
“Yes, president. Take a look at the report for the soil sample. In the sample of soil that you gave me, there was not even a trace of dead microorganisms, not to mention any living ones.” Ye Zhihua explained.
“No microorganisms, that can’t be possible, can it?” An Wen replied. He was astonished as well.
Flipping to the report for the soil sample, he found that the result for the organism count was zero.
The microbial index of the soil was one of the most important factors for determining soil quality.
Usually, 1 gram of soil contained hundreds of millions to hundreds of billions of microorganisms. The types and respective quantities of microorganisms in the soil varied based on the environment where the soil was formed and the depth at which it was formed.
In other words, it was not possible for the soil to be free of microorganisms.
“President, I even examined the soil under a microscope for a long time and I did not find any microalgae species, not to mention any other microorganisms like fungi or bacteria.” Ye Zhihua exclaimed, extremely amazed.
An Wen looked at the test reports in his hand and frowned while remaining silent.
Through the test reports, An Wen discovered a similarity, and that was purity.
There were no microbes in the air sample, no microbes in the water sample, and no microbes in the snow.
More significantly, the soil sample was simply so pure that even the dead remains of microbes could not be found.
In theory, it was completely impossible for any plants to grow out of soil that was completely devoid of microbes.
However, plants were growing abundantly in the other world.
An Wen then scratched his slightly numb head and asked, “Ye Zi, in theory, how do you think such soil would be formed?”
Ye Zhihua pondered for a moment and said, “In theory, such soil cannot exist in the natural world. In order to create such soil, it would have to be man-made in a high-end sterile laboratory by combining the components of the soil manually.”
When Ye Zhihua finished, An Wen nodded his head. His reply made him slightly more at ease.
Everything was fine as long as it was possible to make such sterile soil with current day human technology.
“In that case… My opponent must have spent a great deal of money. It’s fine that I lost then.” An Wen said out loud. He kept a straight face even as he started speaking nonsense.
“President, you made a bet with someone?” Ye Zhihua asked.
“Yeah, I made a bet with someone to see who collected samples containing the lowest number of microorganisms.” An Wen replied.
“Damn… President, do you rich children of the nouveau riche play such advanced games nowadays?” Ye Zhihua asked.
“It’s still alright, I suppose. Thank you for your trouble today, I will let you fly my J-20 the next time we see each other. See you soon.” An Wen said firmly.
After receiving the results, he began preparing to leave. He still had one final thing to confirm.
“It’s no trouble at all, I’m used to doing this kind of stuff every day.” Ye Zhihua replied.
Out of curiosity, Ye Zhihua then asked, “By the way, president, what did you guys bet on?”
“We bet on two balls. Alright, I’m leaving,” An Wen replied as he waved his hands in the air and drove off.
“They bet on two balls? I wonder how big those balls were, E or F? Oh, how I envy the lives of those rich children of the nouveau riche. They have so many tricks up their sleeves,” the envious Ye Zhihua muttered to himself as he watched An Wen’s car disappearing into the distance.
