SCP Corporation: Contain Bonfire
Chapter 183 - 183 183 The World Where Humanity is Defeated_1

Chapter 183: Chapter 183: The World Where Humanity is Defeated_1 Chapter 183: Chapter 183: The World Where Humanity is Defeated_1 Everywhere lay decayed and shattered; plants extinct and devoid of life, the “survivors” mentioned on the parchment were nowhere to be seen.

However, after walking a distance further, they suddenly stopped…

“Fuck, what is this thing?”

Upon hearing the exclamation, Colin turned his head following his gaze and saw, on the ground not too far away, a pair of enormous handprints that looked as though something had fallen from above and left them behind.

Looking up, he indeed saw a huge hole in the building next to the handprints.

In his mind, Colin simulated the scene at the time, thinking that perhaps some gigantic creature had jumped from there, then landed on the road with both hands, smashing a big pit, and then slowly walked towards the distance…

Was this the “Twilight’s Child” that caused this area to be lifeless?

Colin was secretly shocked and glanced at the others’ faces, finding they too seemed thoughtful, clearly sharing a similar guess.

“Analysis in progress, the imprint highly matches the human palm structure, but is abnormally large; depth of the pit is thirty centimeters, width two meters, length five meters, suspected to have fallen from the seventeenth floor, estimated body weight at least three tons…”

The conclusion drawn by the exploration robot’s remote scanning sent a chill through everyone.

Even Colin furrowed his brows, unable to imagine what kind of monster had left this handprint.

Nevertheless, as the investigation continued and they arrived at the city center, they saw more buildings destroyed by some kind of gigantic creature.

“Judging by these marks, the monster that came here seems to have been more than one or two.”

Colin scanned the surroundings and felt that this could be described as the most central and prosperous part of the city, now just like grass gnawed by dogs, disordered without a trace of intactness.

Moreover, they finally saw some traces of the people of this world after combatting the monsters.

And from the robot’s analysis, it was determined that the used weapons included but were not limited to various calibers of bullets, large-caliber shells, and other kinds of common conventional weapons…

“I remember this place, one hundred and fifty thousand per square…”

One of the armed personnel holding his gun couldn’t help but lament.

Traces of humans and other creatures had long disappeared here, leaving only the bare steel-reinforced concrete jungle…

Listining to his lamentation, Colin’s gaze swept over various tanks, armored vehicles, and even the remnants of armed helicopters, faintly feeling the intensity of the battle from the residual smell of gunpowder in the air.

However, unfortunately, from the remaining debris, it seemed that the humans here had not won the fight.

“Have you guys noticed, there are no human remains at all?” someone couldn’t help but speak up.

“Not just human remains…”

Colin shook his head, “No remains of any creatures are to be seen, not just humans, but also no rats, insects, or even trees.”

Animals left no trace behind, and plants disappeared as well, except for those that were turned into “miraculously spared” furniture.

The thing that caused the disaster seemed to have taken away the majority of the biomass.

“The outbreak of a battle here proves our previous guess was not wrong, there is indeed a refuge nearby; otherwise, there wouldn’t have been a defensive battle here.” Colin’s gaze went beyond the military debris, ready to head with the others towards that shopping mall over there.

But it was at this moment that his heart sank, feeling as if something were moving towards them.

In the air, there was a faint smell of a very slight putrefaction…

However, before he could figure out how to warn the others, they all heard a strange roar coming from the back and side direction.

Heavy footsteps followed one after another…

Some enormous creature seemed to be approaching, neither hurriedly nor slowly.

“Abnormal creature detected within a five hundred meter radius! Please evacuate immediately! Please evacuate immediately…”

Three robots simultaneously flashed red lights and sounded alarms.

However, at this moment, Colin suddenly felt the ground tremble and an image emerged in his mind—

A dull yellow hand reached out from underground, grasping him along with the wheelchair in its palm, then squeezing forcefully, his internal organs and bones crushed and spilling out between the fingers along with a tomato-colored sauce.

“Deadly Insight”!

Immediately, Colin paid no mind to whether he would expose himself or not, and like a medical miracle, he “struggled to stand” from the wheelchair. He then lunged at the two people beside him, knocking them aside, and moving several meters away from his original position.

Before Qin Chuan and the others could wonder why Colin’s strength was so great or what he was suddenly doing, in the next second they saw the ground bulge upward and break apart as a dull yellow hand reached out from underneath.

The recently acquired electric wheelchair, caught in its grasp, was crushed with a snap into a tangled mess.

And during this process, something from underground seemed to be crawling towards the surface.

Ratatatatatatata!

Eight elite armed personnel reacted immediately, firing at the thing to suppress it, with dozens of bullets showering down on its massive hand in a short amount of time.

But such an attack was merely an annoyance to it, as the holes created by the gunfire were quickly filled by other flesh.

And within a matter of seconds, they saw a giant, decaying humanoid creature covered with countless gravel emerge from the ground.

For some reason, its body was severed at the navel, leaving only half of it. It supported itself on the ground with its massive hands, its sand-covered body giving off a strong stench of blood and rotting flesh.

And although it had a human form, there were no facial features where the head should be, only a third of the face occupied by a fleshly crevice that contained an eye filled with malice and blood vessels—

“Twilight’s Children”!

At the first sight of it, the word immediately popped into Colin’s mind.

It was at this time that Qin Chuan and others put distance between themselves and the creature, and without any hesitation, they attacked it simultaneously.

Sheets of yellow talismans flew and stuck to its body, causing it to abruptly sink, and on the talismans, one could barely make out the word “gravity.”

The creature suspected of being “Twilight’s Children” let out a strange roar from its chest, then writhed, and another hand stretched out from under its armpit, reaching straight for the people.

At the same moment, the attack from the others arrived.

Large-caliber bullets, grenade launchers, among others, as well as some methods unknown to Colin, struck the monster.

Soon he saw the creature, about three meters high, completely collapse.

Pieces of flesh decayed and fell to the ground, then eerily seeped into the soil and vanished.

“It can’t take a beating?” Qin Chuan held a stack of yellow talismans, ready for another round of attacks, but unexpectedly, the enemy simply disappeared.

Colin, who was standing to the side ready to intervene, furrowed his brow. He was certain that although the monster had been smashed to pieces, it definitely wasn’t dead and might launch a surprise attack later.

However, before he could think further, the sound of more distant footsteps could be heard. They exchanged glances and immediately took out umbrellas they had found in some shops during their exploration. They opened them and dashed toward the location of the shopping mall.

Fortunately, the shopping mall, which occupied a substantial area, seemed to have no more “Twilight’s Children.”

Even more “luckily”…

As soon as they entered the mall, right in the lobby on the first floor, they saw a body hanging from a noose.

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