SCP Corporation: Contain Bonfire
Chapter 206 - 206 206 Mutation_1

Chapter 206: Chapter 206: Mutation_1 Chapter 206: Chapter 206: Mutation_1 “I really hate it when someone points a gun at me, especially high-caliber rifles, and so many of them…”

Colin frowned, his peripheral vision catching the infrared aiming points on his body, knowing if that many bullets were fired, even with “Deadly Insight” triggered, dodging wouldn’t be easy.

He then seemingly fearfully shuffled his feet, moving behind the others, especially behind Xia Liufang—

During the time they had been together, he had secretly observed that although Xia Liufang was a girl, her physique, enhanced by “Divine Strike,” was actually the strongest among them, unlikely to be easily penetrated by bullets.

With the predictive advantage of “Deadly Insight,” Colin was confident he could react swiftly enough to protect himself.

His hand tightly gripping “Time Stasis,” he took a deep breath and surveyed the group hiding in every direction. He quickly identified a peculiar trait about them—

No breathing.

“Feels like they’re dead, but not actually dead. Their physical strength is clearly not inferior… Have they undergone some kind of modification? However, they hid really well, I only noticed something was off after entering the villa area…”

Once he positioned himself in a “safe” spot, Colin rapidly analyzed the situation and after a simple judgement that he should be able to react, he somewhat relaxed.

Compared to his composure, Qin Chuan and the others felt their scalps tingle, they were Transcendents with strength far surpassing ordinary people, but only at a two or three level, not at the point of ignoring bullets.

Qin Chuan was about to explain when he heard distinct footsteps from a certain direction, deliberately made. When they turned their heads, they immediately saw a person wearing a black suit and a Golden Mask.

“We mean no harm…” Qin Chuan immediately began to explain.

Before he could finish, however, he was interrupted by a gesture from the other person, and an unmistakably synthetic electronic voice emerged from the masked figure, saying:

“Whether you have ill intentions is irrelevant, but how did you find your way here? Confess truthfully, or I will order to have you shot dead right now.”

Qin Chuan nodded and continued, “We were led by a…”

“Wait a second…”

The person with the Golden Mask raised his hand again, interrupting Qin Chuan, giving Colin and the others a careful look as if realizing something, and clicked his tongue, “Oh, it’s you. You actually survived?”

If we hadn’t survived, would we be standing here as ghosts?

Everyone couldn’t help but mutter a sarcastic remark internally, but as soon as they did, they immediately felt something was off. Did this person recognize them?

“However, you didn’t come through this entrance last time, right? Strange, how did you find this place?” the man in the Golden Mask asked again in his strange, electronic tone.

“We were led by a…”

“Wait a second…”

God damn it! Interrupted multiple times, Qin Chuan’s eyelids twitched, feeling an urge to punch that jerk if it weren’t for the special situation— Didn’t anyone teach you how to talk properly when you were a kid?

The man wearing the Golden Mask seemed oblivious to Qin Chuan’s irritation, his gaze drifting to the injured Wang Hu and the others, he began speaking to himself, “If I’m not mistaken, it must be this guy who led you here. Normally, we’d capture you first, especially since allowing ‘Contaminated’ people near is very dangerous, especially that little girl, who doesn’t give me a good feeling…

“But with you all here, we will not act for now.

“Speak, then. What are you here for…”

“We were hoping to find you…”

“Wait a moment!”

Click.

Qin Chuan’s knuckles turned white from clenching, and the expressions of the team members grew harsh, annoyed by the other party’s manner of speaking.

“Before answering your question, I think you should answer a question of ours first,” he said.

“What question?”

“About the outside world. Have you confirmed the existence of other worlds this time? When you passed through here before, I remember you said this world was fake, everything was fake, and you were looking for your true home. I thought you were crazy then, unable to distinguish reality, but now…”

At this point, the man in the Golden Mask seemed to have thought of something, and with a strange laugh, added, “So, what about it? Any news on ‘Parallel World,’ ‘Future World,’ ‘Past World,’ or habitable regions and the like…?”

To confirm the existence of the outside world? Do these Box Garden World people realize something’s off?

Colin pondered within the crowd.

Then he saw that Qin Chuan and the others seemed to realize something too, and after a brief silence they spoke, “Yes, we have confirmed the possibility of other worlds existing, one hundred percent.”

Because they were legitimately from the outside…

From the conversation, they also realized that this group possibly mistook them for people from The Hague Shelter.

“Well, maybe we can discuss in depth later. Since you left three years ago, we’ve made some special discoveries. Let’s see if we can exchange information later.”

Left three years ago? So, the death of “us” in this world occurred at least three years ago? Qin Chuan pondered and nodded, “That’s possible.”

He didn’t refuse the request, nor could he.

However, just from this initial contact, he felt the people from Dawn’s Light Foundation weren’t as crazy as he had imagined.

At least they didn’t seem insane when speaking…

But the very next second, he thought he might have been a bit early with that assumption.

“Then let’s deal with these people’s situation first,” the man with the Golden Mask said, looking towards Wang Hu and the others. The eyes behind the mask squinted, the finger flickering lightly.

Following that, several flashes of gunfire emerged from the darkness, accompanied by the delayed sound of shots. Those in the back of the group, including Wang Hu and several survivors, bulged their eyes and collapsed.

The expressionless young girl with white hair still stood quietly, without any reaction.

“What are you doing?!” one of the Extraordinary Ones in the team exclaimed angrily.

“Don’t worry, I’m not like that bunch of extreme lunatics at the Human Future Research Institute. We don’t kill ‘Contaminated’ who aren’t in the final stages, so we merely used fast-acting anesthetics. After we get their information, they’ll be given a way out…”

“However, the girl with white hair is an exception. We’ve found our custom chip inside her, which suggests she might be a Containment Subject we’ve once detained, and not just any, but an Ultra-Dangerous Class 1 Containment Subject…”

“We must contain her first while she’s unresponsive!”

Even though it was still a synthetic electronic voice speaking, Colin and the others could distinctly feel that he had become very cautious.

And just as the words fell, an abrupt change occurred.

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