Chapter 258 Fifteen Unaccounted For

The workers fell into a complete panic, their screams and cries blending together. Some of them attempted to scale down the scaffolding, but it had already begun to tilt and collapsed soon afterward. Others attempted to run toward the stairwell, but the stairs were already deformed, and the distance between each step was increasing. As soon as Joel ran onto the springboard on the second floor, it snapped without warning. He fell with a shocked exclamation. Although he reflexively grabbed a steel bar, the bar snapped as well, and he fell heavily onto the cement flooring of the first floor. His vision went dark, and he lost consciousness. Willy was a slow runner. Just as he reached the entrance to the first floor, he heard a thunderous roar coming from behind him. When he looked back, he saw the entire building falling toward him as if knocked over by an invisible hand. He wanted to run, yet he couldn't move, both his legs feeling like lead weights. A ground-shaking boom rang out, u