Infinite Disasters: I Hoarded My Way to Godhood novel Chapter 118

Chapter 118: Chapter 118: Punishment Mechanism Triggered, the Escape Begins

That afternoon, Seraphina Sullivan stopped for a break in a long-abandoned flower shop that had been overrun by various mutated plants. She took out some food and prepared to eat.

’Hmm, these flowerpots are a little broken, but they’re still usable.’

She surveyed the flower shop as she ate.

The flower shop was a wreck, filled with nothing but useless flowerpots.

’Perfect, I can take these. The plants back home, and the Growth Potatoes Tree, will have a place to be planted now.’

With that, Seraphina Sullivan began putting the relatively intact, giant flowerpots into her Space.

But as she looked at the flowerpots, she couldn’t help but sigh.

’Sigh, if only my Space wasn’t just a simple Storage Space, but one where I could plant things... That would be so much more convenient.’

’I hope the Treasure Chest I get at the end has some nice surprises in it.’

She pinned her hopes on the unknown reward.

Just as she was eating and letting her mind wander, the sky outside the window changed bizarrely without any warning!

The once-gloomy gray sky was suddenly stained an unnerving, ominous, eerie green, as if the entire sky had become a colossal, faintly glowing piece of green amber!

Seraphina Sullivan and Sean Chandler, who had been eating quietly, looked up at almost the same time, their gazes fixed warily on the strange green firmament outside.

Immediately after, a cold and merciless system notification, like a death knell, boomed inside the minds of all surviving Players!

[Ding! A Player has been detected seriously violating system rules by leaking information related to the ’system’ and ’Players’ to the Native People of this world!]

[Ding! Penalty mechanism is now engaged!]

[Ding! Until the scheduled return from this world, the overall difficulty of the ’Petrification Apocalypse’ world has been permanently increased by one level! All Players are advised to proceed with caution!]

PFFT—!

Hearing the notification, Seraphina Sullivan nearly choked on the steamed bun she was eating. She quickly took a large gulp of water to wash it down, but her expression had already turned foul.

She put down her half-eaten bun, instantly losing all appetite. All that remained was a heart full of frustration and Fury.

"Who was the brilliant strategist?! What kind of smooth-brained idiot triggered this damn punishment?!" Seraphina Sullivan couldn’t help but curse under her breath.

"We’ve only had a few peaceful days! Did someone really think this world was too safe? That surviving was too easy? They just had to ramp up the difficulty for everyone, didn’t they?!"

Difficulty increased by one level!

What did that mean?

Stronger monsters?

More monsters?

More frequent attacks?

Or would new, unknown dangers appear?

Seraphina Sullivan didn’t dare to imagine.

Her relatively smooth survival and salvaging plan had been instantly and completely ruined by some unknown idiot Player!

"We’re in deep trouble now..." Seraphina Sullivan looked at Sean Chandler. Both of their eyes were filled with unprecedented gravity.

Although only two days remained of their seven-day limit before they could return, this sudden difficulty spike filled the final countdown with uncertainty and deadly peril.

Every minute and every second from now on would likely be nothing like the relatively "easy" past few days.

Seraphina Sullivan looked up again at the unsettling green sky. This bizarre celestial phenomenon was undoubtedly the most direct sign of the increased difficulty.

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