Humans Shrunk 100 Times

Chapter 133: Interrogation

Gu Yingliang was only two years younger than Chen Mu and the others, making them peers. However, due to her petite stature and dull expression, she appeared somewhat adorable.

Moreover, because she had no memories, she seemed a bit slow in her speech and actions, giving her an even more innocent and naive appearance.

Due to her sympathetic past, Dong Junwei and the others took good care of Gu Yingliang. They even fought to have her sleep next to them last night.

Today, it was Tang Jing's turn to take care of her. Tang Jing prepared washing supplies for her and taught her how to use a simplified version of a toothbrush and how to clean her face with cotton thread...

While eating tomatoes, Gu Yingliang's eyes were fixed on Chen Mu's hands, seemingly curious about his humanoid molding machine.

"Is it interesting?" Tang Jing smiled and asked.

"Yeah," Gu Yingliang nodded. "It's fun."

Chen Mu's hands didn't stop moving as he said, "Can these small tomatoes keep dividing despite their size?"

"No," Gu Yingliang shook her head. She had just finished eating one tomato when another one was quickly stuffed into her hand, and she continued nibbling away, beaming with a smile.

There was simply too much food, even if they indulged in eating, combined with storage, they would still end up throwing away a large portion.

Therefore, Dong Junwei decided that for the next two days, they would rely solely on tomatoes, green peppers, and eggplants as their food supply.

Eating tomatoes raw was not a problem, but people from the south weren't accustomed to eating raw green peppers and eggplants. Thus, Du Jiajia's grilled eggplants and green peppers were in unlimited supply these days, allowing everyone to eat as much as they wanted.

For breakfast today, the kitchen didn't cook anything; everyone just ate tomatoes.

After finishing eating, they went to the restroom and came back to continue eating.

Du Jiajia even thought about making tomato sauce for storage, but due to the lack of seasonings, this idea had to be put on hold.

"So, the final form after division is in the same proportion as us," Chen Mu looked at Tang Jing.

"Yes," Tang Jing nodded.

"But I still have a question."

"What is it?"

"With the current situation, this division ability shouldn't change the total mass of the object, right?"

"That should be correct."

"However, let's take tomatoes as an example. After dividing into numerous small tomatoes, is the original tomato peel enough? Wouldn't the surface area increase significantly?"

Tang Jing smiled, "You're the first one to think of this question."

"Am I wrong?"

"The question is good, but the concept is off."

"Hmm?"

"Surface area is an abstract concept that cannot be directly represented by the area of tomato skin. The microscopic description of object shrinking is very complex, and I can't explain it clearly..."

"Oh..."

"But it's relatively easy to resolve your confusion."

"Oh?"

"When a large tomato splits into numerous small tomatoes, indeed, the surface area of the tomato skin increases, but... it also becomes thinner."

"Um..." Chen Mu felt really foolish, unable to even think of such a simple question.

"Of course, the actual situation is much more complicated than this. It's just that explaining it would be more difficult, and for many things, I can't be sure at the moment," said Tang Jing.

Chen Mu knew that Tang Jing had given him some face.

It wasn't that explaining it was more difficult, but that he found it more difficult to comprehend.

He no longer dwelled on this question and saw that Gu Yingliang had already finished the second tomato, so he handed her another one.

Gu Yingliang licked her tongue but then touched her belly and shook her head.

Clearly, her mouth wanted to eat, but her belly was already full.

For a small-sized person like Gu Yingliang, gulping down two tomatoes the size of adult fists early in the morning had indeed filled her up.

However, tomatoes didn't have many calories; they were mostly water, so a quick trip to the restroom and she could eat again.

So, after a while, she could eat more.

From last night until this morning, each guy had eaten about ten or more tomatoes, and the girls had consumed seven or eight each. At this point, just the smell of tomatoes made them feel nauseous.

Chen Mu didn't have high requirements; he could manage with just eating tomatoes, and Gu Yingliang didn't seem to mind either. Perhaps her previous days at the First High School weren't that pleasant.

The morning time was relatively short, and Chen Mu molded around a hundred tomatoes in total.

In reality, without sterilization, this preservation method had limited effectiveness, but they didn't have many options.

After lunch.

As usual, Tang Jing went to deliver food to the two prisoners.

Chen Mu observed from a distance.

He heard Tang Jing say, "Your companion passed out yesterday, and we had to force-feed him some tomato juice to help him recover. But he was still cursing up a storm. Really annoying. By the way, what's his name?"

"Kong Qi."

After the man said the name, he somewhat regretted it. How could he easily reveal his name? However, looking at Tang Jing, who showed no particular expression, it seemed as if she had casually asked and didn't really care.

He was wondering whether he should answer if she asked for his name.

If he said it, it would ruin his tough demeanor.

If he didn't say it, he would betray his companion.

However, the girl didn't seem intent on asking any further; she just left while holding an empty plate.

He felt somewhat disappointed for a moment.

For lunch, they received five tomatoes in total.

For a prisoner, that was already generous.

However, he also knew that they had stolen the car from the First High School, and there was so much vegetables that they couldn't possibly finish them all.

...

Wei Dalei walked over to Chen Mu's side and observed from afar, just like him. Seeing Tang Jing leaving quickly, he couldn't help but say impatiently, "Why be so polite to them?"

"I want to know some information about the First High School from them," Chen Mu replied.

"So, you should make them suffer a bit more, shouldn't you?" Wei Dalei said grumpily.

"Oh? You know how to interrogate?" Chen Mu asked.

"What's there to know? It's just a matter of asking questions. If they don't talk, we can use a tiger bench, pepper water, fingernail extraction... I don't believe they are special forces..."

Chen Mu looked pleased and patted his shoulder. "Great, then I'll leave these things to you. I'll make the tiger bench, we don't have pepper water, but we can use green peppers instead. As for fingernail extraction, your strength should be enough..."

"What?" Wei Dalei exclaimed. "Me?"

"You brought it up, so of course, it's you," Chen Mu shrugged.

"This... how about waiting a bit longer? I feel like Tang Jing is making progress..." Wei Dalei said hesitantly.

After all, they were just ordinary high school students, and sometimes self-defense could be unavoidable. But if they were to use torture to extract confessions, even Chen Mu, who had killed someone before, felt a psychological barrier.

Besides, with Tang Jing around, they currently didn't need such methods.

...

Not long after, Tang Jing returned.

"Did you gain any valuable information?" Chen Mu asked.

"Yeah, we got their names. One is called Wu Xing, and the other is Kong Qi," Tang Jing answered.

"Did they cooperate?"

"Sort of, but they should be more forthcoming soon," Tang Jing smiled and then asked, "What were you discussing?"

"Old Wei said if you can't handle it, he'll take over," Chen Mu readily betrayed his friend.

"Oh?" Tang Jing looked seriously at Wei Dalei.

"No way!"

Wei Dalei yelled and ran away as if his life depended on it.

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