SCP Corporation: Contain Bonfire
Chapter 261 - 261 261 The Door to the Seventh Floor_1

Chapter 261: Chapter 261: The Door to the Seventh Floor_1 Chapter 261: Chapter 261: The Door to the Seventh Floor_1 Boom…

The frightening firelight hovered in the air outside the hallway, letting out a howling sound…

A scorching heat rushed toward them, yet to the surprise of the people behind Colin, they hadn’t expected such a large flame less than two meters away from them to make it intolerably hot…

However, under the cover of the firelight, not only did they not feel too hot, but they could also sense a strange warmth wrapping around them, significantly lessening their fatigue and even improving their mental state considerably.

“This fire…”

An unnamed Extraordinary One felt the changes in himself and was greatly astonished.

He looked at Colin’s back, wanting to ask who the other was, but before he could speak, Colin’s voice came:

“Something is coming, follow me quickly if you don’t want to die.”

Colin’s gaze swept the surroundings; he could see many objects floating in the air, seemingly being drawn towards him.

This sensation was as if there was some special gravity on him…

He suddenly stoked a large fire, not really out of goodwill for the people behind him, but because he felt targeted by some bizarre entity.

“There was no movement just now, until I determined the specific location of the other party, then it reacted? So, it has also noticed me?”

Colin maintained the burning of the flame, returning the world in front of him to reality to avoid being secretly influenced by the other party and getting caught unawares.

The stone statues floating in the air were handled by the Nano Intellectual Mechanism.

However, at that moment, footsteps came from downstairs, heavy and deep, more like the muffled sound of somewhat soft stones colliding with marble.

“It’s those plaster statues!”

The Extraordinary One behind him changed color at the sound.

And then, a dozen stone statues wielding various weapons rushed up, many of which Colin found somewhat familiar, but he could not recall specifically who they were meant to be, only that they were foreign gods or historical figures.

At the forefront, one of the statues had a hanging tag—

Graduation Design Theme of 20XX: Greek Gods.

“Gods or not, aren’t these a bit too much for the eyes?”

Colin looked at the statues with minimal or no clothing at all, feeling it was somewhat indecent.

But without dwelling on it, he raised his hand, aiming at those “Greek Gods.”

“Don’t, don’t shatter them!”

The Extraordinary One behind him saw Colin’s movements, seemed to recall something, and wanted to stop him, but before he could act, Colin’s revolver started to spit sparks.

“Bang bang bang bang—”

A dozen gunshots sounded, leaving him with a stunned expression; what kind of revolver fired like a machine gun?

Each bullet, adorned with flame, accurately shattered a statue, clearing the path ahead and bringing about a “Twilight of the Gods.”

From the broken deity statues, eerie and twisted rainbow light leaked out…

Colin could feel his “life” seemed to be getting drained, but before anything happened, the flames attached to the bullets completely incinerated it.

The shattered statues did not fall to the ground but stayed levitating, continuing to drift closer to Colin.

“These statues, once shattered, release something that weakens us…” The Extraordinary One found his chance to speak and hurriedly began to explain.

“More precisely, it’s not about becoming weaker, but about absorbing our ‘life force.’ However, it’s not a big deal, just follow me…”

Colin took some bullets from his pocket, reloading as he spoke, and continued moving forward.

Since the flame can suppress these contaminations, things shouldn’t be too troublesome…

“The power of a ‘Firebearer’ really is impressive, seeming to have a suppressive effect on all kinds of abnormal and bizarre phenomena. I wonder when I will truly possess this power.”

With a silent sigh in his heart, Colin longed for the scene he had witnessed by the seaside.

However, he didn’t linger on the thought for too long. He led several people towards the seventh floor, ascending two more stories. Along the way, another classroom unleashed a number of plaster statues.

Only, compared to the first time, the statues that rushed out this time were all anime or game characters, such as Shirogane Mashiro, Rem, Violet, Jerusalem, Silvie, Akiyama Eri, Kasugano Sora, Renka, Warden Karin…

Colin didn’t recognize any of these.

After smashing another group of students’ graduation projects, they reached the corner of the seventh floor.

There hung a painting…

A painting from a fairy tale, of White Snow Princess receiving a red apple. When Colin arrived there, the princess in the painting turned her head to look at Colin and his companions, revealing a sinister and chilling smile.

Afterward, the oil painting bulged outwards, with a pair of hands reaching out from the canvas, offering the red apple from fantasy to reality as if wanting to hand it to Colin.

When this red apple appeared, twisted and dazzling colors exploded in front of them…

“If it weren’t for the distinctly different nature of the power, I would have thought it was the influence of the Red Moon causing this kind of animation.”

Colin felt his life dropping by “-1S-1S” again and without any hesitation, he grasped the revolver with his left hand, extending his arm forward, his index finger directly pointing at the canvas.

Boom!

Flame surged, following Colin’s direction, engulfing everything before them in an instant like a flood of flames.

In the midst of the surging firelight, the White Snow Princess in the painting let out a wail like a banshee, with twists of light bursting forth, but in a few seconds, the sound stopped, and everything was consumed in the flames.

Having promptly dealt with the anomaly in front, Colin turned back to glance at that official Extraordinary One and a few people behind him…

Compared to himself, they were much more affected, visibly weakened, with one girl even showing signs of aging.

However, if they would make it back safely, they’d probably recover after a year and a half.

“Let’s continue.”

Colin lifted his foot and stepped forward, after rounding this last corner, he arrived at the seventh floor. Without spending too much time looking around, he headed straight for the final studio.

He was eager to see what kind of monster was really in there.

Behind him, the official Extraordinary One, who seemed to have aged a few more years, thought of Colin’s methods and couldn’t help but inwardly exclaim:

“So powerful…”

What troubled them most in this accursed place weren’t the statues, but the twisted lights that seemed to be draining their life force at every moment. The first team to enter here had aged into dust because they didn’t know about these effects…

It was only after a while that they began to notice these things, but by then it was already too late.

Then came Qin Chuan and his group, who arrived before Colin. He had intended to wait until the other party passed the third floor to confirm the situation before giving them a heads-up.

But somehow, they managed to rush straight to the source on the seventh floor and then never came out.

Shaking his head, the Warden didn’t ponder further. He glanced at Colin ahead of him, then turned to the few students closely following him and said, “Keep up, everyone. If all goes well, we should be able to get out this time.”

Before long, Colin and the others arrived outside the studio, with its doors tightly shut.

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