SCP Corporation: Contain Bonfire
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Chapter 258: Chapter 258: New Mission: “Star Color Art Academy” _1 Chapter 258: Chapter 258: New Mission: “Star Color Art Academy” _1 “Three hundred thousand points, huh, pity it seems I can only look at them and not use them…”

Colin shook his head, regretting that such a lucrative sum had passed through his hands untouched.

He didn’t dwell on it, though, as he put away the letter and glanced at the black briefcase at his feet, which Lady Bunny had not mentioned how to deal with.

But since it was here, it most likely meant it would be handed over to the authorities without any surprises.

As for the nano intellectual maid by his side, Colin decided to keep her for his own use.

With full access to the maid’s privileges, she was even more loyal than the so-called “external incarnations” in the novels. Whatever he wanted done, she did, and her combat abilities were extremely strong too.

Back when he was “Future Colin,” neither of the two refuges dared to enter rashly without him, relying entirely on this seemingly harmless intellectual maid.

Colin planned to let her guard his home and protect the old man when the time came.

Afterward, he refocused his thoughts, opened the parchment, and immediately bought two doses of “E level Gene Compensation Medicine.” After injecting one for himself, he just waited to inject the third after an interval of three days.

“In three days, I’ll be able to start the ‘D Level Promotion Mission.’ I wonder what kind of weird stuff I’ll encounter this time. Just don’t give me a mission to go to ‘Script City’ again.”

Colin silently prayed, knowing that if he went in again, it was very likely he wouldn’t make it out.

Then, he told “Little Cat” to guard the door well before taking out his equipment one by one—the “Revolver Contrarian,” “Analytical Lens,” “Force – Repulsive Force,” “Time Stasis,” “Smiling Mountain of Corpses,” “Servant of Money,” “Widow Yukionna,” and a bunch of other miscellaneous items…

“Yukionna” seems unwilling to let me upgrade my equipment; that’s understandable, upgrade means strengthening the seal for her, and there’s really no need. “Smiling Mountain of Corpses” is a bit behind in version; to upgrade it requires more “Human Patchwork Monster,” but sadly, it’s hidden too well, and I can’t find it…”

“Servant of Money” and “Analytical Lens”: either they can’t be upgraded, or there’s no need to upgrade them…”

Looking over everything, it seems that only two Golden Cards and a revolver are eligible for an upgrade.

[“Time Stasis (Completion 29%)” — Status repair conditions: Spend three thousand points, and the duration and effect range will both be enhanced.]

[“Force – Repulsive Force (Completion 30%)” — Status repair conditions: Spend five thousand points, and the duration and effect range will both be enhanced.]

[“Revolver Contrarian (Completion 19%)” — Status repair conditions: Spend 8761 points + one Gold Mission Voucher.]

“Yes, yes, yes!”

With the command given, the completion of “Time Stasis” reached 49%, extending the time stop to 7 seconds, its direct effect reaching 30 meters, and the influence range to 45 meters!

The completion of “Force – Repulsive Force” also reached 49%, with its effective range reaching 30 meters as well…

The next repair costs for both became the same: eight thousand points + one Gold Mission Voucher.

And “Revolver Contrarian’s” completion reached 29%, adding two skills: “Expanded Magazine” and “Rapid Fire.”

“Expanded Magazine” adds an extra 18 rounds of ammo storage, even capable of storing my “Air Bullet,” while “Rapid Fire” allows the revolver to shoot 17 rounds in two seconds, although it can only be used once every thirty minutes…”

Colin nodded in satisfaction at the two newly added effects, as these skills applied to the “slay” effect when all 33 bullets hit an enemy.

Now when facing powerful enemies, he wouldn’t have to strain himself by pulling the trigger repeatedly.

“After spending over twenty thousand points and still having more than ten thousand left, the auction hadn’t had any useful equipment in the past few days. Without more ‘Mission Vouchers,’ I have no idea how to spend this excess money…”

Colin sighed.

If only points could buy “Mission Vouchers.”

He then separately bought 3 “Decree Book·Fragments” and 1 “Book of Fate: Fragment.”

Next, he opened his phone’s WeChat, found a selfie of an old man, and messaged Old Master Wu to relay Lady Bunny’s response.

Without an immediate reply from the other end, Colin prepared to continue finding Qin Chuan to have them come over and receive the inheritance of “The Seventh Box Garden World.”

“With these things, the world’s technology should be able to advance by leaps and bounds, right?”

Colin had just finished typing and was about to send the message when, not even half a second later, he suddenly saw a reply from Qin Chuan:

“Are you there?”

Huh? Colin was confused by what that reply meant and then quickly saw the message get retracted by the other party.

“Alright, Mr. Colin, I’ll have someone come by to receive them later. Also, there’s something else; are you free right now? I, Hu Zheng, and Xia Liufang just dealt with an emergency situation, but something went wrong, and now it seems like we’re trapped…”

I just got home and haven’t even been here two hours, and you guys have already managed to get yourselves into trouble?

Colin was somewhat speechless, but then, as if he sensed something, he saw a new message emerge on the parchment:

‘You have a new task “Anomaly at Star Color Art Academy” now listed in [Task Bar], please decide within one hour whether or not to accept.’

“Could this be a coincidence?”

Colin sent a message to Qin Chuan: “Are you guys currently at some Star Color Art Academy?”

Soon, the reply came back.

“Yes.”

“Then hang in there for now.”

Shaking his head helplessly, Colin put away his phone and opened the [Task Bar] to have a look at the newly issued task.

[Weekly Task — “Anomaly at Star Color Art Academy”]

“Description”: Near this location, in an old campus named “Star Color Art Vocational Academy,” some special anomaly seems to have occurred, already resulting in several people’s disappearance…

“Requirement”: Before December 3rd, investigate the situation of the anomaly in the old campus area.

“Hint”: Be cautious of any possible non-human art objects.

…

“An E-level weekly task?”

Colin stroked his chin; being an E-level regular weekly task, it probably wouldn’t be too hard.

However, considering that, aside from the first part of the “Trial Task,” he had barely encountered anything simple lately, he figured he’d better make thorough preparations just to be on the safe side…

Before long, a seemingly ordinary wheelchair buzzed through the streets at an extraordinary speed. He moved so quickly, leaving a trail of lightning sparks behind, and some drivers couldn’t react in time before he was already far ahead, leaving only a stunning and unrivaled view from behind.

“Holy shit, is that a wheelchair?”

“I’m doing 80 kilometers per hour and still got left behind?”

“Awesome, he must be going at least a hundred kilometers per hour, and he doesn’t even slow down for turns…”

“Sitting in a wheelchair isn’t for no reason; if he falls, won’t he end up with a bunch of bruises?”

“No, it’d be bruises here and there!”

…

11 minutes 27 seconds later, when the wheelchair, akin to a chariot, came to a stop, Colin had arrived in front of the old campus of “Star Color Art Academy,” which had been evacuated and quarantined by the staff of the “Special Operations Department.”

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