Humans Shrunk 100 Times

Chapter 128: Factorization

From Dong Junwei and Gu Yingliang's conversation, it seems that although this girl may seem a little sluggish, her intelligence should be fine, but she seems to have lost some memories.

Amnesia, this clichéd term appeared in everyone's mind.

But besides that, Gu Yingliang's words also seemed to confirm some of the thoughts that people had before.

"So, they really shrank."

"But where did they find so many potatoes?"

"..."

Dong Junwei continued to ask, "How did you do it?"

Upon hearing this question, Gu Yingliang hesitated for a moment, then extended both hands and made a pushing motion in the air, saying, "It's like this."

Obviously, she could only demonstrate the action as she couldn't describe it accurately.

But no one understood.

At this moment, Tang Jing stepped forward and said, "Those rice and tomatoes, are they your creations?"

"Yes." Gu Yingliang nodded.

Tang Jing quickly turned her head and said, "Da Lei, help bring over a grain of rice."

At the beginning, the rice grains were much larger, but after adding flour, the consumption was greatly reduced, and now only the last two grains remained.

Wei Dalei went to fetch the rice, and Tang Jing said to Chen Mu, "Why don't we let her out for now?"

No one objected.

The iron cage that imprisoned Gu Yingliang didn't look particularly special, much like the one Chen Mu made.

But at this size, nothing special was actually quite special.

Obviously, among the superhumans of One Middle School, there were others who could do similar things.

Although there didn't seem to be any duplication of abilities for the time being, many abilities could be similar. For example, Wei Dalei and Cao Zishan had somewhat similar abilities, and even completely different abilities could sometimes achieve similar effects.

Moreover, the non-repetition of abilities was just a speculation. After all, the superhumans they had encountered so far were no more than thirty or so, and it was obviously still too early to draw any conclusive rules.

Chen Mu easily created a hole in the iron cage.

Because the height of the iron cage was not enough for a person to stand, Gu Yingliang used her hands to support herself and crawled out, then stood up.

Upon seeing this, her height was even shorter than Zhao Xiaoyan, who was originally the smallest, making her look like an elementary school student.

However, there seemed to be nothing unusual about her body; her movements and posture were unaffected.

Wei Dalei quickly brought the grain of rice over and placed it on the ground.

Tang Jing said, "Can you demonstrate how you create those rice grains?"

"Oh," Gu Yingliang nodded, but instead of immediately starting, she turned her head to look at Tang Jing and asked, "Aren't you with those people from One Middle School?"

Tang Jing understood that she was referring to their group and nodded, saying, "We are the good guys."

"Oh," Gu Yingliang didn't seem to care much. She then crouched down and pressed her hands against the surface of the rice grain.

Everyone watched with bated breath.

However, after waiting for a long time, nothing happened.

After a full five minutes, just when some of them were getting impatient, Lu Shanshan exclaimed, "Look."

Everyone looked closely and saw that on the surface of the rice grain, some bulges gradually appeared.

Though the process was slow, the changes became clearer.

Those bulges seemed to take the shape of rice grains.

Densely packed.

Covering her entire body.

Anyone with trypophobia would be terrified.

After six or seven minutes.

With a rustling sound, all those bulging rice grains fell off simultaneously.

Scattered on the ground.

Chen Mu bent down and scooped up a handful, holding it in his hand.

Indeed, it was rice, almost identical to the rice in the wooden box from before.

Moreover, upon closer inspection, the shape, size, color, and characteristics of these rice grains all seem to have come from the same mold.

And the previous rice grain, which was of the original size, now appeared to be smaller.

Chen Mu looked at Tang Jing.

There was no surprised expression on the top student's face, indicating that this result was within her expectations.

"What kind of ability is this?" Zhu Hao and others widened their eyes, looking puzzled.

Tang Jing said, "It should be another version of the power to shrink objects, even better than the previous one..."

"Because it's more resource-efficient..."

Chen Mu finally understood why those potatoes all looked identical.

They were literally "born" from the same potato!

"That's right," Tang Jing smiled. "If we have to describe it, maybe 'factorization' would be fitting."

"Haha, that's quite apt."

"But on another note, this is too amazing."

"Yeah, if you give her a car, could she then produce thousands of mini cars?"

"Awesome!"

"..."

However, before everyone could indulge in these delightful fantasies, Tang Jing poured some cold water over them, saying, "You're overthinking."

"Huh?"

Tang Jing chuckled, "Exactly because this ability is so abnormal, there must be some limiting conditions, just like Cao Zishan's."

Cao Zishan's power is even stronger than Wei Dalei's, but precisely because it's too powerful, it comes with limiting conditions.

It's evident that Gu Yingliang's ability also falls under such a situation.

"What could be the limiting condition?" asked someone.

"Perhaps it only works on objects of a certain level of complexity, or it may only affect a specific type of object," Tang Jing said, then looked at Gu Yingliang.

Gu Yingliang had been listening quietly, and only when Tang Jing sought confirmation did she nod and say, "It can only affect plants."

After speaking, she glanced at Tang Jing and straightforwardly said, "You're very smart."

Tang Jing also looked at her with a somewhat complicated expression, and after a moment, she nodded and replied, "Thank you."

Although the others were somewhat disappointed, they continued discussing enthusiastically.

No wonder all 36 wooden boxes were filled with vegetables and grains.

It was obvious.

Someone from One Middle School found Gu Yingliang somewhere and transformed her into what she is now, using some unknown method.

What could be confirmed was that they treated Gu Yingliang as a food-producing machine, making her work continuously, to the extent that in her scarce memories, there were only three things: eating, sleeping, and working.

The reason she slept so much might be a result of her abilities being forcibly used, causing her psychic energy to be depleted over extended periods.

Thinking about this, everyone felt a surge of sympathy for her.

"However, one thing I don't understand," Dong Junwei furrowed her brows, "If I didn't misunderstand, this ability to break down objects only turns the original plants into smaller portions, right?"

"Yes," Tang Jing nodded.

"But what does this mean for food? Can't the original size be eaten as well? After it's reduced, the quantity of food doesn't increase or decrease, so what's the point of doing this?"

This thought was almost identical to what Chen Mu had asked Tang Jing before.

The others were slightly taken aback, and they also felt that Dong Junwei's point made sense. They all looked at Tang Jing.

Tang Jing had been preparing to explain to Chen Mu earlier, but her explanation got interrupted by Gu Yingliang's awakening.

Now she squatted down, picked up a shrunken potato, rubbed it in her hand for a while, and then said, "No, quite the opposite. This ability has a revolutionary significance for humanity today!"

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