Humans Shrunk 100 Times

Chapter 134: Scroll

The peaceful days of Qiming had stabilized once again. Following the short-term plan established in the previous meeting, there were no plans to dispatch field teams for the next two weeks.

The conflict between Qingbei and Yizhong showed signs of escalation. If Song Yu and the others had suffered casualties in the recent battle, a full-scale war might have broken out. Going out at this time would be suspicious of becoming cannon fodder.

Based on the previous situation, both Qingbei and Yizhong far surpassed Qiming in overall strength. On the side of Qingbei, Song Yu's strength was beyond imagination, and even the second-year student Yang Buan had the ability of a strong practitioner like Chen Mu.

As for Yizhong, although it wasn't very clear, the huge fireball from that day was enough to make people wary, not to mention their record of repelling Song Yu and the others. Qiming couldn't directly confront them.

On the other hand, Chen Mu had just stolen someone's car and injured a group of people. At this time, Yizhong was probably searching for them all over the place.

Most importantly, the importance of Gu Yingtang was undoubtedly known to Yizhong as well. It would be better to lay low for a few days and then reassess the situation.

...

The tidying up of the room showed some initial results.

Two large cardboard boxes that were originally placed on the ground had been completely organized. The items inside were now neatly arranged on the shelves, occupying a quarter of the lower shelves according to their respective categories. After cutting and folding the cardboard boxes, they were neatly stacked in the space below the shelves.

"Senior Chen."

After dinner, Lu Shanshan found Chen Mu, who was sealing food in plastic, and said somewhat hesitantly, "We're running out of toilet paper, and Dong Xuezai asked me to find you to help make some more."

"Oh, I'll come."

"Do you need my help?"

"Sure."

When Chen Mu first made toilet paper, Lu Shanshan and the others hadn't arrived yet. The stock from that first time had lasted until now, but with more people, the consumption rate of toilet paper had increased significantly.

Originally, the material used to make toilet paper was cardboard, which was loose, rough, and not very clean. They had no better options at the time, so they had to make do with it.

However, since they found a stack of brand new A4 paper in the cardboard box last time, this problem had been alleviated to some extent.

After Chen Mu came out from under the shelves and returned to the crowd, he saw Wei Dalei and several others cutting sheets of paper.

The original A4 printing paper was divided into hundreds of pieces. This task had been ongoing since yesterday and had even dulled several knives.

Even so, the divided pieces of paper were still larger than a person and as thick as a blanket.

The thickness of A4 paper is about 0.1mm.

Holding it in hand felt like holding a sheet of paper that was 1 centimeter thick in the past.

You can imagine how challenging it was to cut.

Moreover, the density of the paper is about 1g/cm³, similar to water, so it's not exactly lightweight.

"With just one sheet, you can make a lot of toilet paper."

Wei Dalei, as the main cutter, had a slight trembling in his hand holding the knife. This kind of task required a certain level of precision and skill, more demanding than simple physical labor.

The main issue was the large size of the paper.

Imagine trying to cut a single sheet of paper that is 30 meters long, 20 meters wide, and 1 centimeter thick into a hundred pieces using only one knife – it was indeed quite strenuous.

Fortunately, there were others helping him.

"It's not just about the quantity; the most important thing is that the paper made from this should be better than the cardboard. The previous one was too fragile; you would get it all over your hands if you weren't careful."

"Damn, that's disgusting."

"Have you never experienced it?"

"No, wouldn't you just fold two sheets together?"

"...I'm used to being frugal."

"..."

Laid out in front of Chen Mu was a piece of paper approximately 3 centimeters long and 2 centimeters wide. He deliberately chose it based on Lu Shanshan's range of abilities.

After Lu Shanshan lightened the paper, it became noticeably lighter. Afraid of getting it dirty, they didn't place it on the ground but instead laid it on the oval-shaped conference table.

The twelve-person conference table had more than enough space for this piece of paper.

Chen Mu placed his hands on the paper and easily unfolded it, continuously reducing the thickness of the paper. However, after a few attempts, the size of the paper had already exceeded the table's surface.

It was soft and almost about to touch the floor.

His ability could change the shape, so making the paper thinner wasn't difficult. However, objects would still be affected by gravity, and something like paper with almost no hardness couldn't support itself.

Chen Mu shook his head and quickly brought back the whole piece of paper, returning it to its original state.

Then, he had a moment of inspiration and activated his ability once again.

This time, instead of changing the entire paper, he slowly extended a thin strip of paper from one end, about the width of a palm.

The strip of paper lengthened slowly, and its thickness and width became similar to that of regular toilet paper in today's proportions.

"Catch it," Chen Mu said.

He Ying quickly responded and reached out to grab one end of the strip of paper.

"Let's see if we can roll it up."

"It's possible."

He Ying quickly got to work and began rolling up the strip of paper.

Soon, the prototype of a paper roll took shape.

Meanwhile, Chen Mu continued to stretch the paper continuously. The feeling was as if he were pulling a thread from a ball of yarn.

Initially, the paper he pulled out was not very uniform in width and thickness. However, as he became more skilled, the quality improved, and eventually, to the naked eye, it was no different from regular rolled paper.

He Ying's movements were already fast, but she gradually couldn't keep up with Chen Mu's speed.

"Let's add another person."

As soon as the words fell, another strip of paper quickly extended from the other end of the paper.

Lu Shanshan acted quickly, following He Ying's example, and started rolling up the gradually lengthening strip of paper.

The manual process of rolling the paper was a bit slow, even with two people. Chen Mu's difficulty doubled, and the demand exceeded supply.

Soon, Dong Junwei also joined in.

One sheet of paper, three directions of paper strips.

It was like a large ball of thread splitting into three heads, continuously producing small balls of thread.

Once the size of the paper rolls in He Ying and the others' hands was suitable, they tore them off and continued rolling.

Like this, one roll after another, similar to regular toilet paper, was continuously "produced."

As the "papermaking machine," Chen Mu had to be fully focused. This level of precision and control demanded a lot from an ability user, let alone having to multitask.

Tang Jing carefully observed the changes in Chen Mu and the paper, her eyes shining with excitement.

The rest of the people were also captivated by this scene, all watching with bated breath.

As Chen Mu became more and more proficient, the paper became neater.

The way the large paper spat out smaller paper strips was extremely soothing.

It could easily satisfy someone with OCD.

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