SCP Corporation: Contain Bonfire
Chapter 186 - 186 186 Business Outsourcing_1

Chapter 186: Chapter 186 Business Outsourcing_1 Chapter 186: Chapter 186 Business Outsourcing_1 “So tired…”

Colin and the others felt an unparalleled weariness throughout their bodies, collapsing to the ground one by one, finding even breathing to be extremely uncomfortable.

In that moment, they seemed to age from their prime to their twilight years, their bodies exuding an air of dusk.

The rich twilight light made everything seem to be in decline…

Outside the window, there was an immense creature supporting the earth with its hands and a earthen-hued halo above its head. Its movements sent faint but horrifying tremors that weighed heavily on the heart.

In the eyes of the people, each time the giant creature lifted its hand, there was a vibration in the air, followed by a booming sound of tearing through the sky, and something like yellow sand continuously poured out from its severed waist.

Unlike the others, Colin could vaguely see that the leaking “gravel” turned into “Twilight’s Children” of various sizes as it hit the ground, continuing their activity within the city.

“Damn it, what the hell did this ‘Human Ascension Project’ create?”

“No wonder the survivors cursed like that, anyone who saw this thing would curse…”

Colin cursed under his breath, seeing beneath the “deity-like” Twilight Children a dense swarm of smaller ones.

The number was countless and merely a glance at them could make one’s scalp tingle.

However, no matter how much it made the scalp tingle, Colin thought that humans had enough firepower to solve it.

But that big one, that Twilight Child that was at least three thousand meters tall with a halo above its head, like an angel…

How are you supposed to fight that?

Without knowing its, no, His capabilities, it would probably not be easy to deal with it.

Fortunately, the giant “Twilight Child” wasn’t paying attention to them. He walked on the broken earth, not knowing where He came from or where He was going.

He simply didn’t care about this group of people here.

But the bad news was, even if He had no malice toward them, His mere appearance and departure could mean that many people around would simply not make it.

“At this rate, for the thing to completely leave, it would take at least three to five minutes, which is very difficult…”

Colin slumped to the ground, his eyelids drooping as if to close, devoid of strength, even the beating of his heart grew sluggish, as if Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis was reviving and erupting within his body.

While feeling miserable, he also realized something; even though ALS no longer affected him in normal times, if the enemy had similar means, they could still cause significant harm via the “dark injury” on him.

Only by advancing to D Level might he finally solve issues related to his body…

But before he could ponder further, he suddenly heard a burst of violent coughing, filled with an indescribable sense of decay and impending death.

“Qin Squad, I… If I die here, will my family still get the insurance? Will they still… get the compensation?” the middle-aged man with a gray complexion suddenly spoke up.

Hearing his words, Colin’s heart jumped, and he noticed that the man’s face was ashen, like a candle in the wind, about to be snuffed out at any moment.

Qin Chuan also thought of something and quickly said, “You… hold on a bit longer.”

As he spoke, he tried to get up but couldn’t even stand.

“Answer me, can you fulfill your promises?”

“We will…” Qin Chuan nodded: “Even if we all don’t make it back, you don’t have to worry about the compensation at all.”

“That’s good.” After saying that, his eyes rolled back, his eyelids closed, and he rapidly deteriorated, his skin wrinkling within a short time, as if a great amount of moisture had been evaporated, turning into a dried corpse, his life extinguished.

Damn it! Colin cursed silently, wanting to save the man but utterly powerless to do so.

The only medically effective thing on him, the “Gluttony Power Mark,” was completely useless in this situation…

“This one can’t be brought back, and there’s another one, I need to think of something. If he dies too, I might not be able to return.”

Colin gritted his teeth, racking his brain for usable items, but sadly—

No.

However, it was at this moment that a line of information suddenly flashed across the retina of his eyes.

[Would you like to issue a special support request? This task will consume 5000 Bonfire Points.]

“…Five thousand points? It’s outright robbery…”

Colin cursed silently to himself, thinking that if he didn’t face that monster for three to five minutes, he should be able to hold on.

After all, no matter how difficult he felt now, he was still Employee Level E, and having injected an E level Gene Compensation, he should definitely be able to withstand it.

But for the others, it wasn’t certain, especially for that last remaining company employee…

If they died, it would most likely mean trouble for him too, so after pondering for a moment, he decided to issue the task and request support.

By the way, he would need to ask Lady Bunny what this support task was all about when he got back. Colin always felt that the task did not seem to be issued by Lady Bunny but by someone else.

However, just as he confirmed it, Colin was suddenly startled.

Because he realized…

This task seemed to have been received and confirmed directly on his retina, not through parchment.

There had never been such a thing before!

“No, this isn’t right…” Colin surreptitiously pulled out a large parchment and checked it. There were no traces of the task on it.

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Meanwhile, in a land shrouded by endless grey and white fog, tens of thousands of people with withered faces lined up in a long queue, some using crutches, and some bleeding, all walking toward the front.

And at the front of the queue, a woman with a ball of light hanging over her head, radiating pure white light like a white sun, was leading the way.

The brilliance emanating from the white light above her head sheltered the people caught in the “Catastrophe of the Magic Fog” from its troubles.

And under this light, no shadows existed anymore.

By the woman’s side, a female clad in female armor with blue hair followed her. Her deep blue eyes turned to glance at the Saintess, who had been sheltering the masses for months without any diminishing in her radiant light, and she sighed with a sense of admiration within her heart.

Months ago, they were trapped in the heart of the “Catastrophe of Magic Creatures,” which had led them to despair, but it was then that Saintess Shana, one of the universally acknowledged living holy figures from the Church of Light, descended from the heavens, leading them through various dangers to escape.

“Worried about your sister Helena? Don’t worry, she should have returned to the Royal Capital by now.”

The voice of Saintess Shana rang beside her ear, ethereal and pure, like singing a holy prayer chant, filled with soothing power.

“No, I’m just moved that we finally escaped…”

“Yes, it wasn’t easy.”

The Saintess was about to say something else but suddenly, she changed her words, “Dianas, have everyone stop. There is a ruin not far away; we’ll rest there for today. Also, send some people to explore the ruins to see if they can find any food or water, and we’ll come back during daylight tomorrow.”

“Yes.” Dianas nodded and then stepped back.

Watching her leave, Shana’s right hand moved into the sleeve of her left hand and pulled out a yellowed, tattered piece of parchment.

When she spread it out, the parchment revealed an account balance.

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