Humans Shrunk 100 Times

Chapter 74: Listening

After Tang Jing was certain about the situation, she made a few more attempts. She tried stabbing the sword, beating it with the blade, and even had Chang Junyan rub his arm against the sword's edge.

However, no matter how they tried, the place with the sword mark remained unscathed.

On the contrary, Chang Junyan was a bit too excited and accidentally scraped the skin next to the sword, causing some blood to come out.

Just as everyone was preparing to help him stop the bleeding, Chang Junyan shouted, "Wait."

After speaking, he once again focused his attention on his hand.

The next moment, everyone saw that the swelling on his arm where the previous mark was had disappeared and reappeared at the cut wound.

Soon after, the red swollen mark vanished again.

The skin was completely restored to its original state.

"Damn!"

At this point, everyone was astonished.

"There's such an ability?"

"So, you don't need to have marks all over your body; as long as you have wounds, they can be healed instantly?"

"This is self-healing, a high-level spell."

"..."

Everyone couldn't help but discuss excitedly.

Chen Mu originally thought that this ability was quite good, but it could only be considered average since there were still many problems to solve.

For example, what if someone doesn't use a knife to attack you? Would hitting your head with a big stick work? What if someone pokes your eye with a needle? Obviously, the marks can't grow on your eyeballs.

Furthermore, even if you have invulnerable physical defense, it would be of limited use if you lack offensive means. Among He Ying's previous companions, there was one with the ability of copper skin and iron bones, but that person died without much effect.

After all, the opponents are not fools; they don't necessarily have to fight you head-on. They just need to wear you down slowly, depleting your mental energy, and ultimately, you'll be in a dead end.

Chen Mu had countless ways to deal with this kind of ability.

The simplest option would be to tie him up and let him wait for death or just throw him into the water.

Therefore, this ability can only be effective when the strength gap between both parties is not significant, and the number of people is comparable.

Besides, it's unknown how long it will take for Chang Junyan to fully arm himself with his abilities.

However, now it seems that the effect of this ability is not limited to just that.

At least the self-healing effect surprised Chen Mu greatly.

Perhaps there will be other surprises in the future?

Chen Mu now increasingly feels that psychic abilities are not so straightforward.

Take the current group of people as an example.

His ability is undoubtedly versatile and has a very high upper limit. Dong Junwei's ability is also profound and unpredictable. Even Tang Jing couldn't come up with a conclusion for a moment. Then there's Wei Dalei, what exactly is the nature of his strength enhancement? If it involves body reinforcement, what mechanism does it have to deal with damage, and what are its flaws and weaknesses? All of this is still rather vague.

After all, they have only had these abilities for a short time.

Everyone's understanding of psychic abilities is still only scratching the surface.

And Chang Junyan's ability made Chen Mu have a growing feeling that perhaps the types of psychic abilities are just a manifestation, and there might be a set of mechanisms behind them that humans currently cannot comprehend.

He looked at Tang Jing, but he found Tang Jing was looking at him too.

Obviously, Tang Jing also had some speculations, probably more mature and clear than his own.

...

After the commotion about Chang Junyan's ability settled down, the study of it came to a temporary conclusion.

Tang Jing stood up with a satisfied expression, she sheathed her short sword and then deliberately or unintentionally shifted her gaze towards Zhu Hao.

Zhu Hao immediately felt a chill down his spine and turned to see Tang Jing's mysterious eyes, which sent shivers through his whole body.

Others, including Zhao Xiaoyan, Sun Yuan, and Dong Junwei, subconsciously moved away from Tang Jing.

...

On a rare day of rest, everyone had been busy for the past few days, even if it was just simple physical labor, which was a rare experience for a group of ordinary high school students.

"I really wish it would rain now."

"Yes, the new construction is important, but I love the feeling of sleeping in the house while listening to the rain outside."

"Summer is here, so we shouldn't have to wait too long."

Dong Junwei smiled and said, "In the future, let's try not to schedule specific tasks on rainy days, so everyone can have more opportunities to rest while listening to the rain."

"Great."

"Hail to the class leader."

"..."

"By the way, how much does our current size affect our hearing? I thought the rain outside would deafen us..."

When this question was raised, everyone instinctively looked at Tang Jing.

Tang Jing smiled and said, "It's not easy to answer that question. Do you not know?"

"According to my understanding, after our bodies shrank, our hearing would greatly decrease. So the idea of rain outside making us deaf should not exist.

"The principle of human hearing is extremely complex. In simple terms, sound waves enter the ear canal, causing the eardrum to vibrate, and then the nerves transmit the signals to the brain.

"After we shrank, our eardrums also became smaller and thinner, so the amplitude of vibrations they can make is reduced. Under normal circumstances, this reduction might make our hearing system malfunction.

"That's also why in the natural world, insects of our current size rarely possess traditional hearing functions, and even if they do, they are not very effective. They rely more on organs for capturing smells and such. As for cats and dogs of a larger size, their hearing systems are much closer to humans.

"But as I have said before, our bodies have been forcibly intervened by some kind of power, so even after shrinking, we can still maintain the same abilities for survival and perception of the outside world as before."

Tang Jing explained in a detailed manner, leaving everyone with a feeling of uncertainty.

Chen Mu thought of a question and was about to ask when suddenly Sun Yuan urgently called out, "Outside... there seems to be something..."

"Hmm?"

Everyone became nervous in an instant.

They had always lacked a sense of security about the outside world.

Especially for Chen Mu and a few others who had come into contact with outsiders, they feared humans more than animals.

Currently, it was clear that One Central was an enemy, and as for the Green Stele faction, it was still uncertain. However, regardless of the situation, there were at least two forces much larger than their own in the school, making anyone restless.

Chen Mu even regretted a little now; he should have focused on sealing the door gap first instead of prioritizing the water diversion project.

"Get your weapons and be ready for combat at any time."

Dong Junwei calmly gave the order.

Although there was no real invasion from the outside yet, not even a single centipede had come in, the instinct of being cautious in peace was inherent to humans. Dong Junwei had organized everyone for training a long time ago, focusing on emergency response to unexpected situations.

Everyone was on guard, holding their weapons, with at least two hand grenades each.

However, at that moment, a bone-chilling sound came from outside the door.

"Meow..."

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