SCP Corporation: Contain Bonfire
Chapter 267 - 267 265 Plea Beneath the Colossal Labyrinth_1

Chapter 267: Chapter 265: Plea Beneath the Colossal Labyrinth_1 Chapter 267: Chapter 265: Plea Beneath the Colossal Labyrinth_1 “It’ll probably take about a day or so if I keep moving day and night without stopping,” Colin said to himself, estimating based on his past experiences. He felt that the problem wasn’t too big.

The only problem was that after a month or so, he didn’t know whether he was going to retrieve bodies or save people.

But without giving it too much thought, Colin finished giving instructions regarding his territory and continued on his rescue journey.

“This damned place always causes a bunch of trouble every time I come here to save people; I hope it won’t this time.”

Colin silently prayed and then set off in the direction of his target.

After about ten or so hours of tedious travel, he suddenly stopped at a small hillside.

It was already night, and Colin held up a torch. Due to the unique phenomena of this world, his surroundings were actually clearer and even more comfortable to see at night than during the day.

The only uncomfortable thing was the darkness beyond the firelight; it was just too oppressive.

Within that depth, it felt as if danger lurked, ready to emerge at any moment…

Colin took a deep breath to shift his focus away from the darkness and scrutinized the hillside that stood about twenty or thirty meters tall, using the light from his torch.

Following the mission instructions, he quickly found an entrance on the hillside.

Without hesitation, Colin entered it, arriving at what appeared to be an ordinary underground cave; he then followed the guide for a while until he came across what looked like a square, neatly repaired man-made underground tunnel.

Colin looked around and then headed towards a road junction.

“This place still feels just as ridiculous as before. I’ve no idea why someone would go to the trouble to build something so huge.”

After about an hour of winding through the pathways, Colin faintly smelled a trace of blood in the man-made tunnel.

After a moment’s thought, he took out the “Analytical Lens” and put it up to his eye.

[You faintly smell a scent of blood tinged with pain and suffering, drifting from this place…]

“Not bad, still as ridiculous as ever.”

Colin pursed his lips, pocketed the lens, and quickened his pace.

This time, even if the “Human Patchwork Monster” appeared again, he had nothing to fear.

With his current strength, it would be an instant kill as soon as he saw it…

“Feels like I’m a high-level returning to the novice village.”

Colin commented to himself, and soon he arrived at a familiar hall. Near the hall, he saw scorch marks from a battle, and he could faintly smell Blended Oil.

After crossing the hall in a few steps, Colin entered the so-called “kitchen” and saw the figures of seven “Brave Ones,” but before he could approach, his movement suddenly halted.

“Who has been here?”

Colin noticed that several of the “Brave Ones” were dressed in blue and white striped clothes, looking like patients rather than the long-haired look he left them in.

Apart from that, in front of these people floated an “Energy Crystal” the size of a human head, from which a certain power was constantly supplied to their bodies like blood vessels.

Upon seeing this item, he understood who had been here because on every face of the square “Energy Crystal”, there were words like “First Corps ‘Bunny’ spare medical supplies”.

“Indeed it is an energy crystal block, but whether it’s the purity or the size, it seems much better than mine…”

Colin had no intention of claiming it for himself; instead, he stepped forward to take a look at the “Brave Ones”. Their status was relatively stable, but it was so stable that it seemed overdone; they looked dead, similar to corpses in a morgue’s freezer.

Clearly, this “Energy Crystal” was only maintaining their status, not healing their injuries.

“Hiss, even the muscles under the skin are not seamlessly joined…”

Colin looked at the strange bulges in their clothes at the limbs, neck, and back and couldn’t help but shake his head.

Given the strength of the “First Corps,” repairing their bodies would definitely be easier than him going out to buy a bottle of cola.

But whether it was because there wasn’t enough time or some other reason, those people did nothing more than put clothes on the wounded and provide them with something to prolong their lives, without making any further efforts to treat the “Heroes'” injuries.

“The muscles and tendons at the joints are completely torn; it seems there’s nothing I can do either.”

Colin pinched his forehead, finding it easier to slay enemies than to mend such injuries.

Moreover, the “Gluttony Power Mark” didn’t seem quite suitable for such a situation.

Without thinking too much, Colin decided to first pack the people up and bring them back to his territory for now, then reconnect their muscles and figure out a way to treat them further afterward…

“Sigh, it’s only I who care about you guys, coming from thousands of miles away to take you back.”

Colin took out a large burlap bag from his pocket, stuffed the people into it one by one, feet down, heads up, with only their heads sticking out of the bag for breathing.

The “Energy Crystal” seemed to possess some kind of intelligence, following on its own.

Then, shouldering this big bundle of people, Colin headed for the exit of this immense underground labyrinth. Once on the surface, with the use of some tools, his movement should speed up a lot.

When back in his territory, he would ask Lin Yilan if she could perform surgery to fix their muscles.

After the repairs, the “Heroes” would immediately be able to start their happy lives in the Other World.

Colin remembered that at the time, several of them were interested in things like “the iron torrent,” and building a beautiful society through farming…

Colin decided that once they woke up, he would help them achieve their dreams.

“Although they are all marginal groups, at least they all have completed nine years of compulsory education. No, wait, seems I’ve forgotten that none of them had actually joined the company, not even as external personnel, so they might not be able to communicate with the locals…”

When the “Human Patchwork Monster” communicated with them, it used Mandarin instead of the local language, which indicated that there was a high probability they could not understand the local language.

To resolve this, they would have to join the company, or at the very least obtain an external authorization from the company like Li Ming and the others, otherwise, it would be quite troublesome.

“Forget it, I’ll see how it goes when the time comes, these people are worth a few thousand Points after all…”

Colin shook his head in secret, swung his hand to adjust the angle of the bag, and continued to drag them away.

However, at that moment, Colin suddenly felt the tunnel floor tremble and an eerie aura seemed to spread up from beneath the earth, arriving at this place in an instant.

Eerie whispers appeared by his ear.

Colin originally wanted to be on guard, but hearing this voice made him have a somewhat strange expression.

“Great Rosen, Holy Rosen, I have realized my mistakes, please let me go…”

“I am willing to change my beliefs and accept the transformation of the ‘Primordial Fire,’ to walk on the earth in human form…”

“Please, take me away…”

“I have recognized all my faults…”

“I promise to suppress my instincts, learn human values and cognition, no longer do evil, do good deeds, and become a true human…”

“I am willing to sign that three-thousand-year Bonfire work contract, as atonement…”

“Holy Walker, Rosen, spare me…”

“I am willing to serve you…”

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