NOVEL WEB Chapter 343 Hide and Seek Game
Although Su Qi was in deep thought, everyone else was also searching.
But even during physical exercises, danger lurked at every step.
Someone was leading the movements in front, and everyone copied the actions. Should there be a mistake or a failure to keep up,
all students' gazes would suddenly turn cold and fixate on the person who erred, then slowly withdraw.
"A first mistake is a warning," went the saying. "But make one more, or several, and like before, you might be dragged into the so-called Gear Space to face Extreme Punishment."
Su Qi saw the person being watched drenched in sweat, fearing to end up unlucky like those few in the classroom before.
But as they feared, all the attention turned into an extreme mental stress, and the person leading the exercises accelerated their movements.
Someone eventually could not keep up!
He shivered all over because everyone's gaze was now fixed on him.
Under the scrutiny of the crowd,
the Sky Dome suddenly cracked open revealing an enormous array of gears! On it, a gigantic black and white mechanical bear, over fifty meters tall, seemed to crouch there.
Then it extended a huge paw, fiercely slamming down!
The man's face changed drastically!
"Extreme Punishment!"
He roared, running madly! His Spiritual Energy burst forth, and he leaped into the air!
Even with a small body, it didn't impact the strength he exerted!
At the same time,
the massive paw was locking in on him, hammering down constantly! And the other children also seemed to stir, each grabbing various items and throwing them at the man.
Though the man had made a mistake, his strength wasn't weak, and he wasn't hit by the black and white bear.
In the midst of urgency, he was also desperately searching for a path to survival.
Seeing a winding key above the bear's head, his face lit up with hope.
"Does this mean there's a time limit to the Extreme Punishment?"
Even if it was Extreme Punishment, it seemed there was a chance to survive if one could hold out until the end.
Seeing hope, he ignored all the objects the children were throwing and focused solely on coping with the black and white bear's paw descending from the Sky Dome.
But he made a grave mistake.
Luo Shenfu's voice said softly, "He's… gone."
Those items that were clearly nothing more than pencils, erasers, and marbles, took on a strangeness the moment they were thrown, becoming bizarrely transfigured, biting at his bursting Spiritual Energy like burrowing worms!
In that instant,
his outburst of Spiritual Energy destabilized, dragged down by those eerie objects, his body froze, his face lifted in horror, as he saw the towering Black Shadow!
He bellowed, expending all his Spiritual Energy in a final defense!
But the next moment,
"Smack!"
The black and white mechanical bear's enormous paw pressed hard against the ground, and when it lifted, his entire body had been effortlessly crushed to a pulp!
The black and white mechanical bear's paw... only had blood trickling down slowly.
The black and white bear laughed with a "hehehe," slowly withdrawing from the gaping gears in the Sky Dome, and after it closed up, it seemed again like an ordinary world.
"Did you see that, Daozi?"
"I'm not blind," Su Qi muttered to himself. "Based on what just happened,"
"all violations of the rules in this world are disposed of with 'Extreme Punishment.'"
"Furthermore," Su Qi looked around, including at the Abyss Teachers and the Abyss Elementary School Students, "they must abide by it too, or else face Extreme Punishment as well."
From their recent actions, it was clear they were already quite familiar with this.
"Additionally,"
Su Qi glanced at the person turned to mush, "while Extreme Punishment has the power to kill in one blow, there indeed seems to be a chance to live, which depends on real-time reactions and various choices."
"And, finally..."
Su Qi's eyes narrowed slightly— that person had not died; even though he was ground into mince,
It was just an appearance.
The question marks above him indicated that traces of his existence... seemed to vanish somewhat.
In other words,
Could it be that the so-called Extreme Punishment didn't kill the life, but the trace of existence?
This point remained open to question.
But Su Qi believed there was a high probability because... all the Abyss Monsters in this school, including that little boy, were probably as hard to kill as the Strength encountered in the previous World Fragments, with a sequence that hadn't broken off, only capable of Sealing.
But if existence were erased, devoured by the Old Days,
That would be their true death.
This very moment,
the exercise session had ended, and in the remaining time, everyone's eyes sharpened, starting to search immediately.
Having witnessed the handling of two instances of Extreme Punishment,
they all felt the imminence of crisis, even the enigmatic Outer God Divine Son's eyes twinkled faintly, beginning to piece together previous clues.
The many Abyss Elementary School Students, at the moment of the black and white bear's appearance, became extraordinarily bizarre, as if true Strength was about to awaken.
But... once the black and white bear left, they reverted back to their innocent elementary school selves, running and chasing on the playground.
Even stepping on the patch of mince on the playground was met with glee, stomping on it as if it were merely splashing water.
It seemed at this time that everyone was an innocent child, and everything that had just occurred was merely an illusion.
Su Qi watched this scene pensively, then approached the little boy.
The boy stood alone, out of place with the others, seemingly without memory. Seeing Su Qi approach, he was somewhat cautious.
Su Qi did know how to strike up a conversation with kids. He pulled out a stick, "Buddy, want one?"
Luo Shenfu: "..."
The little boy also seemed bewildered, looking at the lollipop in Su Qi's hand, hesitated for a moment, then shook his head.