SCP Corporation: Contain Bonfire
Chapter 167 - 167 167 Force - Repulsion_1

Chapter 167: Chapter 167 Force – Repulsion_1 Chapter 167: Chapter 167 Force – Repulsion_1 “Repel everything within a fifteen-meter radius, effect range 30m+… This, isn’t bad, direct manipulation of physical rules? This series of items seems to have simple and brutish abilities…”

“But why is it still the ‘Kingdom in Cards’ series? There can’t just be these few cards left in the Golden Card pool now, can there? Does this mean that if someone draws a Golden Artifact next time, it’s also likely to be a card?”

“Has Bonfire Company recently acquired the estate of some high-level Employee or what?”

Colin rubbed his chin with his right hand, feeling like he had touched upon the truth. Without further thought, he reached out and took out the newly obtained Golden Card.

The card looked similar to “Time Stasis,” palm-sized with a black vortex on its back; they were all identical in specifications, differing only in the content on the front…

Instead of a golden clock, the card showed a white transparent sphere that seemed to be expanding outwards.

It seemed to denote an exhibition of Repulsion…

And on the card, there was still a line of text: “no.7—Force – Repulsive Force”

Besides that, at the bottom of the card was a larger line of text: “At ease! How many floors can a sack of rice reach, a sack of rice reaches the second floor, a sack of rice… I’ve washed so much mud, every grain with mud—Spicy Heaven Clog!”

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“I can see now, this Kattu is a fan of the second dimension.”

Colin remembered that “Time Stasis” seemed to also have grabbed a gag from some anime scene; he just didn’t know whether having an Employee like this in the company was a good or a bad thing.

But that’s not a big issue…

“As long as I don’t draw anything from ‘Boss Huang He,’ it’s fine…”

Thinking of this quirky item creator’s wares made Colin’s toes involuntarily curl.

If that guy also had a Golden Artifact, thinking of his style, and recalling “Passionate Paradise” and “The False Powerhouse,” Colin got the chills.

Typical Purple Gear items with a balance of positive and negative effects are considered decent…

But his items not only had significant negative effects, they were filled with an extremely awkward and wicked sense of humor.

Colin even suspected that “Gluttony Power Mark” was his creation too, just something made before he became famous.

“However, looking at it objectively, the items he creates have major negative effects, but their positive effects are indeed very strong, at least at this stage, the most useful item I have, aside from the two Golden Cards, is his ‘The False Powerhouse’—the strongest…”

After pondering for a moment, Colin was about to put away the item in his hand.

Just then, a fluttering sound was heard, and as he turned his head, he saw a familiar brown pigeon forcefully flapping its wings towards the window…

It was at this moment that he noticed that his rice bin seemed to have been opened, with some rice scattered around.

“Damn it, taking advantage of my time in the other world to steal the rice from my home, huh?”

Colin felt he shouldn’t have fed rice to that darn pigeon belonging to the neighbor in the first place, and now it was coveting his rice day after day.

Not satisfied with its own rice, it had to eat someone else’s, huh!

At this moment, as the pigeon’s legs were about to touch the window sill, Colin’s eyelids drooped slightly, and a dangerous light flashed in his dark eyes.

He picked up the recently acquired “Force – Repulsive Force,” and extended an index finger towards the pigeon trying to sneak in for some rice.

“Scram!”

As Colin’s voice fell, a burst of Repulsion suddenly adhered to the pigeon. It was as if being pushed by some invisible force, abruptly retreating backwards. Then it seemed startled, struggled to adjust its posture, and landed on a street lamp, gazing at Colin’s window, pacing back and forth, emitting uncertain “cooing” sounds.

On the sidewalk, a passing young man was staring up at the “back-flying” pigeon, completely shocked.

In his eyes, the pigeon’s claws touched the edge of the window sill, then suddenly kicked and flew backwards with wings spread, as though it was moving sideways out of a scene, looking like it was flying in reverse…

He had seen people cutting in line by sidestepping, but never a pigeon taking off in reverse.

“Do pigeons even fly like that nowadays? Wait a minute… why does it feel like I’ve said something similar before?”

The young man felt like something was a bit off.

But he had been physically weak recently and a bit forgetful, so for the moment he couldn’t remember…

…

“There’s no problem with the ability, using it feels like I’m being guided, and I can control the intensity of the repulsion. That’s pretty nice,” he said.

Colin watched the pigeon that had been propelled away and felt that the strength was decent.

As long as he didn’t use the “Repulsion Burst” skill that was limited to once per hour, his body didn’t seem to experience any negative effects…

And after using it a little, he could roughly feel that even if a runaway truck were to come barrelling toward him, he could repel it, no need to worry about being sent to the “Other World.”

Then, seeing that the silly pigeon wasn’t flying back, Colin put away the two golden cards in his hand.

“Next is the ‘Talent Lottery Ticket’, let’s draw…'”

Colin was eager to try. The last few draws had brought him enormous confidence.

However… perhaps due to his luck being used up by the golden cards, his first draw only yielded a grayish “defective” item.

“‘Body Heating’, what a plain and simple name…”

Colin muttered as he checked the effects of this talent, then his face was lined with frustration.

The effect of this talent was…

Actively control the body to heat up and induce fever, reaching up to 43°C, and that’s it…

“What kind of talent is this, won’t 43 degrees Celsius cook someone alive?”

Colin was somewhat speechless and didn’t even plan to try it out, since the “Talent Grid” was different…

Once embedded, it would cost a certain number of points to remove it.

Without giving it much thought, he drew another one…

During the anxious wait, a light green font appeared before him, and Colin breathed a sigh of relief to some extent.

[“Physical Outburst (Elementary)”]: Burn a certain amount of energy and sanity to put the body’s functions into an outburst state, improving strength, agility, and stamina all around. It can last for up to three minutes and has a one-hour cooldown.]

[When the effect ends, you will enter a weakened state, the duration of which is affected by the duration of the outburst and your own strength.]

[Note: Exhaustion sometimes occurs after excessive fatigue, back and leg pain, lack of energy, feeling as if the body is emptied out…]

[Warning: Please avoid using this when you are severely injured.]

[Collect three talents of the same level + a 100-point processing fee to enhance the talent to the intermediate level or combine to create a new talent of the same level, with a small chance of generating a higher-level new talent.]

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“Combine? The ‘Talent Grid’ is probably another big money pit when it comes to spending points,” he said.

Colin suddenly understood why the Employee Level E members were often complaining about being broke on the internal chat channel.

He didn’t know if his savings would be enough to hold up…

Without rushing to insert the talent, Colin decided to first open the internal group to see what the company employees were up to, especially the other four…

But just at that moment, he suddenly noticed something glowing in the “Storage Room.”

Upon closer inspection…

Oh, it’s the Yukionna, and she seems to be in a hurry.