For ten years, everyone was trapped in this cycle. The only reason they could hold on was because of what Wrench said: they could get out after ten years.
But reality was playing a joke on him. They had been here for so long and were still trapped.
Everyone rushed out like zombies and dug the wrench out of the snow with their bare hands.
“What the hell is going on!!” The crew members were so hysterical that they looked like crazy people.
"Hmm?" Wrench Mingxi didn't respond. "Ten years without going out? Maybe I remembered it wrong? Maybe twenty years? Or a hundred years?"
His light words drove everyone crazy in an instant. Veins on their foreheads bulged with excitement and their faces turned red. They used their hands and teeth to hit the wrenches to vent the endless hatred in their hearts.
…
When the time is up, a new cycle begins and the dead wrench is resurrected again.
They were transported back to the deck again, and this time instead of devouring the wrench, they tied it up.
…
Stimulated, Wrench screamed, his lungs contracted violently, and combined with the previous eagle head tattoo, the blood eagle was flapping its wings, as if it was about to fly high.
This is the most famous punishment used by the pirates of Sodom to torture people, the Blood Eagle Punishment, a very painful punishment in which the victim will slowly die of suffocation.
The more painful the wrench was, the more relieved the crew members felt, and the weird smiles on their faces became wider.
A new cycle began, and this time they grabbed the wrench and planned to use another form of punishment.
Captain Krass took a deep breath and stood up. "Is this going to work? Stop it!"
They paused for a second while stuffing handfuls of hair into the wrench's mouth, and then continued.
No one took the captain seriously anymore, and the entire ship's management system completely collapsed at this moment.
They had been able to hold on for the previous ten years because everyone knew that the time they were trapped in the loop was limited, and they always had a hope in their hearts that they would eventually get out.
But now that hope is gone, no one knows how long this cycle of depression will last.
There is no despair without pain. What is despair is watching hope being taken away and torn into pieces.
"I said stop right there! Are you deaf?" Green scales wrapped around Klaus, turning him into a half-human, half-snake monster.
The rag doll with buttons for eyes lay on his back and rushed out with him.
The black ball of yarn began to block the nostrils and throats of all the crew members, and the yarn gradually moved along their blood vessels.
The crew members were well aware of the captain's abilities and relics, and they also began to fight back, cursing as they did so.
"You are the captain? What kind of a shitty captain are you! If you are the captain, you should rescue us. Are you worthy of that?"
"Damn it! There were so many people in the bar, why did you have to step forward and take on the task?! It's all your fault! You bastard!"
Everyone was fighting fiercely, and the smoke and smell of blood quickly filled the deck.
And Lily was just like a spectator, watching everything in front of her.
Suddenly she stood up, and golden light shot out from her body, enveloping everyone.
Although Lily was almost exhausted, she still didn't want to give up. "Everyone! If the wrench can get out, then we can definitely get out too! Maybe in the next cycle?"
Everyone stopped and looked at Lily, but their expressions did not show that they were convinced. Instead, their faces were filled with hostility and murderous intent.
"Oh right! And you! You're the one who caused all this! You stinky bitch!!"
"If it weren't for your mission, would we have ended up like this?"
Everyone started to direct their criticism at Lily. Although they couldn't do anything, they could still curse her.
The haggard Lily calmed herself down with difficulty. "I'm sorry for this ending. After this mission, I will let Mr. Charles compensate you!"
At this moment, a new cycle began. All the people who had regained their freedom surrounded Lily and kept looking at her with their beast-like eyes.
"We don't need compensation, just lie down and let us ride you for a while."
"You've been here for ten years. You must be lonely, right? It's really fun. You women will also enjoy it. You will definitely be addicted after you try it!"
"Yes, that's right, take off all your clothes now."
"Hurry up! What are you waiting for? Take it off!"
Many of them had taken off their pants and were playing with Lily in an obscene way with their tongues.
Having lost their respect for authority, they have now once again lost their basic sense of honor and disgrace.
Lily's breathing became increasingly rapid, and she watched all this with an extremely tired expression. Suddenly, a figure jumped out from behind her and hugged her fiercely.
Although he was pierced by the spear of light that burst out from Lily's body the next second, he felt it was worth it. "This bitch's shoulders are so soft! They're like made of cotton!"
These words were like a fuse, causing everyone to rush towards Lily frantically.
Gentle sunlight shone through Lily's body, easily killing the Earthsea people in front of her. All of them fell to the ground, and no one survived.
But not long after, a new cycle began, and all the resurrected people attacked Lily again.
Although they died again and again, no one gave up this only chance to relax.
This cycle continued for several days, with Lily's attacks becoming more severe each time, but it did not change anything; death was no threat to them at all.
When the cycle started again, Captain Kraus stood in front of Lily. "Stop! I have a solution!!"
As soon as he said this, everyone looked at him. He turned around and looked at Lily.
His always firm expression slowly twisted into the same obscene expression as the rest of the crew.
"How about this, you commit suicide? You leave your body for us to play with."
The air seemed to freeze at this moment, and Lily looked at Klaus in disbelief.
As a captain, his will has always been so firm, but now even he has changed.
Endless time has completely distorted everyone's minds. They have no faith, no honor or disgrace. Everything in everyone's hearts has been destroyed by repeated cycles.
Because their sanity is constantly being refreshed, they are not crazy, but the current situation is far more terrifying than complete madness.
Now they are no longer human. Everyone has been completely succumbed to desire and transformed by this place into monsters covered with just a layer of human skin.
What's more terrifying is that this influence is also affecting Lily.
(End of this chapter)