fantasy novels Chapter 4095 Collapse
Chapter 4095 Collapse
Chapter 4095 Collapse
Coleman walked quickly forward and was about to say hello, but the people in the colorful cloaks ignored him and just passed him by, walking quickly along the winding white shell road towards an hourglass-like building in the southeast.
Coleman shouted a few words from behind, but the other party seemed not to hear him. He didn't even turn around, let alone reply.
"They didn't even look at us. Are all the employees here so cold?" Coleman looked at their receding backs with a questioning look in his eyes, "Or..."
Before Coleman finished his words, a figure in black armor suddenly rushed out - Satan's iron tower-like body swept past, shaking the shell road.
“You sons of bitches! Didn’t you hear your father calling you?” Satan’s hoarse voice tore through the air, and smoke still seeped out from the gaps in his armor. “Stop right there! If you run again, I’ll burn you to death!”
Satan's curse did make the group of people pause for a moment, but that was all. They still did not stop and even quickened their pace, as if they were frightened by Satan.
When Satan saw that the other party not only did not listen but also sped away, he became even more angry.
He squatted down slightly and began to gather strength.
In just one second, gray-white smoke began to emerge from his helmet, and his leg armor expanded a circle.
The next second, he seemed to have turned on the booster, turned into an afterimage, caught up with the group of people, and directly blocked their way.
Flames burst out from the gaps in the armor on both hands, and he would burn anyone who dared to come up.
The group of people remained silent, and did not seem to have any intention of confronting Satan. They were just preparing to quickly bypass Satan.
But the white shell path was too narrow, and there was pink grass on the side that was impossible to step on. Satan was so big and strong that he blocked everyone's way.
After a few seconds of stalemate, the leader in the flowing cloak said, "Get out of the way!"
He gnashed his teeth and shouted at the top of his lungs, as if threatening.
This made Satan even more angry. Not only were his hands on fire, but flames also began to appear in the gaps between his shoulder armor.
"You bunch of bastards, since you won't obey me, I will burn you until you obey me."
After saying this, Satan transformed into an armored fire man, spread his arms, and rushed towards the cloaked man.
When the cloaked men saw this, some of them retreated in panic, while others crouched down and tried to crawl under his armpits.
But Satan was very experienced in combat. If he blocked the way, he would not let anyone pass. With a few consecutive side kicks, he kicked those cloaked men who wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to the back.
The moment they fell, they knocked down the people who were retreating.
In addition, there were a few sparks burning on the cloak, and after they finally got up, they could not run away and had to put out the fire first.
Almost all the cloaked men who were caught in sparks quickly took off their cloaks and smashed around frantically, fearing that the sparks would spread and burn their work clothes.
Because they were no longer covered by cloaks, I could finally see their appearance.
It looked like a human, but had dark brown bark and leaves growing in the folds of its skin.
It's a bit like a tree man, but much shorter than a regular tree man, and much more flexible.
However, judging by their fear of fire, they should have inherited the tree people's weakness to fire.
A few minutes later.
The fires on all the cloaks were finally extinguished.
At this time, the small group of suspected tree people finally raised their heads and had time to glare at Satan.
Satan felt no guilt at all. Instead, he raised his head and said, "Are you willing to look your father in the eye now? You are such cheap bones. You won't feel pain unless I burn you into charcoal!"
The "Tree Man" team stared at Satan with resentful eyes, but after a moment, their eyes suddenly changed to fear.
Satan thought his threat was effective.
But the next second.
A thundercloud hovered in the pink sky, and a large amount of lightning struck instantly, aiming directly at the group of little tree people.
Boom boom boom——
After a series of lightning strikes, the team of little tree men fell to the ground, their bodies covered in burn marks and smoking.
But even so, they still tightly protected the cloak in their arms, as if the cloak was more important than their lives.
Perhaps because of the chain of thunder punishments here, the rules information was also gathered here, allowing others present to understand why the tree man was punished.
——Failure to arrive at the disordered hourglass on time will result in all latecomers being punished with “burn marks” from lightning!
At this time, Coleman walked up to Satan and silently said the unfinished words before: "Maybe it's not indifference, it may also be that the factory mechanism restricts their personal freedom."
Coleman looked at the tree man lying on the ground and said silently: "Now it seems that it should be the latter."
"Hindsight!"
When Satan saw the tree people being punished by lightning, he naturally understood that they were trying to get to the hourglass building next to them and would be punished if they exceeded the time limit.
So, it’s not that they don’t speak out, but that they don’t have time to speak out.
Satan also knew that he was the one who caused them to be punished. He felt a little guilty, but when he heard Coleman's voice, he subconsciously refuted.
But just after the refutation, Satan felt a sense of horror in his heart.
He turned around and found that Coleman, who was beside him before, was now ten meters away from him, looking up at the sky.
Satan also looked up.
At this time, a lightning cloud appeared in the pink sky again, which was larger than the previous cloud. Snakes of lightning appeared in it, hissing.
The most important thing is that this thunder and lightning cloud is right above Satan’s head!
Satan now had a feeling in his heart: this was not a "burn" level thunder punishment, but a "collapse" level thunder punishment!
There are three levels of thunder punishment: burns, collapse, and annihilation.
Burn marks only leave marks on the skin, leaving the body charred; while cracks mean serious injuries, with bones broken into pieces!
The reason why he incurred the "collapse" level of thunder punishment was because he interfered with other people's work.
Normally, if you hindered someone else's work, you would only receive a Burning Lightning Penalty. But Satan blocked six small tree men at once, and the six Burning Lightning Penalties were superimposed, and the intensity of the punishment reached the Collapse Level!
The thunder punishment has been locked, Satan can't escape even if he wants to!
Satan could only give the middle finger to the thunderclouds in the sky and curse “bastard”!
Before he could finish his words, the thunderclouds suddenly condensed into ferocious claw-like purple lightning without any warning, and five-finger-long arcs of electricity pierced through his shoulder armor with a "puff".
The flesh under the armor seemed to be shredded by invisible gears, and the right arm was shattered into powder with an explosion!
Satan screamed and fell to his knees.
After lying on the ground for two full minutes, Satan finally came to his senses.
"That's it?"
From the perspective of pain alone, Satan felt that this collapse-level lightning punishment was not as painful as the burn-level lightning punishment, and it would be fine if he could endure it.
Thinking of this, Satan prepared to stretch out his hand and give the sky the middle finger again.
But after a moment, he suddenly realized something, stood up from the ground, and stared blankly at his empty right arm.
His right arm... is gone?!
Just as Satan was stunned, a dry voice sounded from behind: "Don't think that the Collapse-level Thunder Punishment can't kill people."
"A shattering level of thunder punishment will definitely disintegrate a limb."
"Head, hands, and feet. Five limbs in total. Choose one from the five to be punished by lightning at random. You are lucky that your head didn't get shattered."
Everyone looked back and found that the person who spoke was an old man who walked out of the hourglass building not far away.
It also looks like a tree man, but looks older and hunched over like the disorderly branches growing randomly in the dark brown land.
The old tree man, holding the new sprout crutch, walked slowly over, passed Satan, and came to the six little tree men, seemingly checking their physical condition.
Satan came back to his senses at this time, looked at the old tree man nearby, and subconsciously said: "You old immortal, you..."
The words haven't finished yet.
A scorching lightning bolt fell from the sky, directly striking Satan into a charred black.
He was hit by the collapse lightning punishment in the previous second, and the burn lightning punishment in the next second. Even if Satan was able to resist lightning, he could not withstand such continuous attacks.
He felt dizzy immediately, with smoke coming out of his helmet, and passed out.
Just as Satan was struck by the burning lightning, Coleman, who was nearby, had already sensed something.
Why was Satan struck by lightning again?
Because...it's an insubordination.
His "old man" is a dirty word, and he will not be punished if he says it to employees of the same level. But if he is disrespectful to his superiors, it will violate the factory rules.
This old man was obviously of a higher status than them...
"Are you also an employee here?" Coleman quietly returned to Satan and slowly dragged Satan to the side, away from the old tree man.
The old tree man seemed to notice Coleman's little move and chuckled: "Don't worry, I won't do anything to the factory employees. After all, you are all the raw materials for the factory's development and growth."
raw material?
Coleman always felt that the old tree man's words were a bit harsh, but the other party seemed to be the only one willing to communicate with them, so Coleman suppressed the undercurrent in his heart and maintained a gentle attitude.
"My friend is a bit rude and vulgar, old sir. I apologize to you on his behalf." Coleman bowed and continued, "We are new here and haven't found a work area yet, so I wanted to ask them just now...but I forgot that they also have work."
"My friend was unaware of this and paid a heavy price for it."
Coleman recounted the entire process and, in a respectful manner, asked about the other party's identity again.
The old tree man looked at Coleman deeply and said, "Who I am, you will know later."
"But now, you don't have much time left, so you should hurry back to work... I don't want the factory's raw materials to continue to be lost..."
Obviously, the "raw materials" here still refer to them.
Coleman ignored the harsh words and asked, "Can the old man give us some pointers? We also hope to devote ourselves to the factory."
The old tree man stood up with a smile: "You are quite cunning."
"But you are right. The development of the factory cannot do without you. I would be sad if any of you were missing."
"Moreover, among the three of you, two are pyrotechnicians and one is a frost worker, both of which are rare types of workers." The old tree man said: "It is indeed not right to have an accident on the way to work."
After saying this, the old tree man pointed to the small pink volcano in the distance and said, "Inside the volcano is the honey steaming workshop."
"As for the shaping workshop, it's in the white candle house next to the volcano."
The old tree man's words proved that their previous guess was correct.
Coleman was delighted and wanted to continue asking for some information about the Dream Chocolate Factory, but the old tree man waved his hand and led the little tree men who had just awakened to walk towards the hourglass building.
"I just came to see why the employees were late. You can explore other issues on your own..."
The tree people left.
The only people left at the scene were Coleman, the Ice Girl, and the unconscious Satan.
Looking at Satan's empty right arm, Coleman felt a phantom pain inexplicably...
After all, he and Satan were one before.
Coleman carried the unconscious Satan on his back and said, "Let's go. There are less than 20 minutes left. We need to speed up this time."
The Ice Girl nodded and followed.
……
The next ten minutes of live broadcast footage were directly skipped by the water clone.
Apparently no further accidents occurred on the journey.
When the picture became clear again, Coleman and the Ice Girl had just reached the fork in the road and parted ways.
One path leads to a small pink volcano, and the other leads to a white candle house.
"Let's part here first. After we understand the rules here, we'll find a way to get together again..." Coleman looked at the Ice Girl.
The Ice Girl nodded and prepared to turn around and leave.
But at this moment, Satan behind Coleman groaned in pain.
After a moment, Satan woke up.
The Ice Girl didn't care too much about Satan's awakening. She waved to Satan as a farewell.
But at this moment, Satan suddenly spoke.
"Bastard rules..." Satan gasped, with burnt smoke coming out of the gaps in his armor, and streams of fire from his broken limbs turning into sparks that fell onto Coleman's armor.
"Even though I was struck ten times—"
Satan raised his head, looked at the pink sky and the disgusting cotton candy clouds, and said inexplicably excitedly: "But I... also got some benefits!"
Satan's strange words made the Ice Girl subconsciously stop and turn to look at Satan.
Coleman also put Satan on the ground at the right time and asked in a puzzled tone: "What do you mean by that? And what do you mean by ten times? Weren't you only struck five times?"
Seeing Satan lying on the ground gasping for breath without saying a word, Coleman said unhappily, "You should be able to hear the ticking sound in your head, right? There are less than ten minutes left, hurry up and tell me, otherwise when the Ice Girl leaves, the audience in the live broadcast room will call you a riddler!"
"I want to say it, but my throat is full of smoke!" Satan spit out the burnt smoke in his mouth and retorted, "Can't I wait?"
Although he asked everyone to wait, Satan still told them the "situation" he had discovered while spewing out grayish-white smoke.
Why do we say that he was struck ten times?
This was not actually what he said, but what the mysterious "rules" told him after he fainted.
This feeling was very mysterious, as if some kind of information was directly poured into Satan's consciousness.
If I were to express it in words, it would probably be -
"You triggered the thunder punishment ten times in a row before you even started working. Your rebellious nature has allowed you to unlock a new identity: "Rebel"."
Let’s put the question of the new identity aside for now.
According to Satan's calculations, those ten lightning punishments should have split the "collapse" level lightning punishment into six burning level lightning punishments.
This will just satisfy the ten times of thunder punishment.