SCP Corporation: Contain Bonfire
Chapter 320 - 320 318 The company has a lot of cunning

Chapter 320: Chapter 318 The company has a lot of cunning tricks. _1 Chapter 320: Chapter 318 The company has a lot of cunning tricks. _1 “What exactly does this ‘Extermination Order’ do? Can it even destroy ‘Level 1 Containment Subjects’?”

Colin couldn’t help but draw a sharp breath.

When he had been in “The Seventh Box Garden World,” he had heard that even if the world were to be destroyed, those things might not necessarily perish. Otherwise, when they left, those terrible ‘Level 1 Containment Subjects’ would probably not have just sat there idle.

To them, it mattered little whether the world was destroyed or not, for even if the planet exploded, most of them had the power to preserve themselves; hence, they could just ignore the departure of the train…

But unexpectedly, here, a single ‘Extermination Order’ would leave nothing unscathed.

Even beings akin to gods, the ‘Level 1 Containment Subjects,’ would die…

Even if a few survived, Colin estimated their lives would not be pleasant.

At this moment, although it was not explicitly stated what the ‘Extermination Order’ entailed, Colin didn’t need to think too hard to guess that it was probably the “backup plan” left by the ‘Firebearer.’

If he could get his hands on it, he might have the chance to completely destroy this place…

Ordinary employees, even if they obtained it, most likely wouldn’t have the authority to initiate it, but Colin knew he had some special privileges because of the ‘Firebearer’s’ aura…

No wonder the ‘Crimson Abyss’ had such a strong reaction, to attack this place in defiance of common sense.

He remembered the Queen’s Guard mentioning before that the powers of the ‘Crimson Abyss’ were heavily restrained by the ‘Holy Fire,’ and they usually didn’t want to have any contact with the ‘Sea Siren.’

But this time, for some unknown reason, they launched a massive assault, even at great cost.

Timing it, it coincided exactly with their first use of the ‘Book of Fate: Fragment.’

‘Perhaps at that time, the ‘Crimson Abyss’ suspected we were here to find the backup plan? But why wouldn’t it dare come directly itself?’

As Colin descended the stairs, he pondered that there might still be some kind of measures specifically targeting them.

Forcing those beings to merely provide power assistance while their true bodies dared not to engage.

Upon closer reflection…

He suddenly realized there was a problem with the script he was given for this mission.

“This… Aren’t we supposed to be saving the world? Why does this script seem odd, as if the roles of heroes and villains have been swapped?”

Although Colin had no intention of activating the ‘Extermination Order,’ those higher beings probably didn’t care about that. What mattered to them was…

He had the ability to activate it!

In a sense, the true entity that wanted this world not to be destroyed was the ‘Crimson Abyss’…

Thinking of this, Colin glanced inconspicuously at the ‘Sea Siren’ queen who was following behind him, as well as the large group of little mermaids whose eyes showed adoration for him…

He wondered if they knew about all these intricacies, whether they would still look at him the same way.

“According to the company’s style, even if we did activate this thing, they would probably transfer these mermaids and the like to another world before executing it…”

“But then again, I don’t know the situation with ‘World Code-7,’ but is it true that ‘World Code-13’ is safer, as they say?”

Colin recollected the conditions of ‘World Code-13,’ feeling that although not extremely harsh, they didn’t align well with anything good either.

“Looking at it now, the goal of ‘Bonfire Company’ has been very clear from the beginning, which is to reclaim the backup plan. Otherwise, there’s no way they would be nearby just by coincidence. It’s only because the ‘Book of Fate’ caught the attention of the ‘Crimson Abyss’ that all these extra complications arose.”

He pursed his lips. Without using the ‘Book of Fate,’ there was a chance that nothing would be triggered. Once the information gathering was complete and the path confirmed, they could go directly to the Holy City—if they could also persuade the fishmen, likely without any incident.

But it was also possible they would be ambushed and suffer heavy losses…

This account was not easy to settle, the only thing worthy of gratitude was that the current outcome was still acceptable.

“Fortunately, we’re not too far from the ‘Sea Siren’ Holy City. If time had been drawn out a little longer, I’m afraid the enemies arriving at the end would’ve been more than just one ‘Crimson Abyss’…”

The information previously obtained from Little Tina suggested that there were more than one high-level containment subjects here.

It’s just that the ‘Crimson Abyss’ had the largest range of activity.

Colin silently felt thankful. Had that been the case, he might not have even had the chance to use “Hunger” to break through.

Without a “fallback” to rely on, suppressing the will within “Hunger,” using it would likely mean there’s no going back.

After all, even with a fallback, he had almost lost control of himself, let alone without one.

“It’s just that I don’t know what mission that group of Corps teams dispatched here has.”

Colin pondered for a moment, but finding no answers, shook his head and no longer dwelt on it.

At this moment, as he walked bit by bit into the depths of the Sanctuary, that huge circular “Holy Furnace” once again appeared before his eyes.

During the recent battle, in order to make greater use of the Holy City, the Queen had thrown in quite a bit of food, and the “fallback” was currently lying inside it, feeding…

Its middle finger’s mouth was devouring the bodies of some infected one by one, then quickly digesting them, becoming fatty. The pale yellow human fat emerged from the severed end of the hand, and was then scorched into flowing grease by the flames.

Most of it was incinerated, but a small part that was not fully burned flowed into a specially prepared basin to enable sustainable exploitation.

“…The people from the company sure had a lot of tricky ideas.”

For Colin, this was clearly a path he had never imagined.

Meanwhile, the Queen suddenly spoke from behind him, “Sir Bonfire… I want to know, if you take it away, what will happen to the flame?”

If they were without the light of the fire, it wouldn’t take long for them, the ‘Sea Sirens,’ to lose their sanity and become wild beasts wandering the Deep Sea.

Apart from looking pretty, they would be utterly useless.

It was just as she finished speaking, and Tina was about to say something, that Colin spoke first:

“Don’t worry, I will bring you the true ‘Holy Fire,’ a flame that belongs to you.”

Colin had previously understood the special circumstances of the ‘Sea Sirens.’ He felt that the Firebearer who had left this place must have used some method to bind them here, making them act like guards.

But now, Colin was going to undo this “binding”.

“A ‘Holy Fire’ that belongs to us…”

The Queen murmured to herself. She wanted to ask for proof, but then she remembered the fire on that island when reinforcements had arrived, and the Holy Fire now dancing upon his body.

Seeing that the Queen had nothing more to say, Colin withdrew his gaze and walked toward the hand.

In a short while, he arrived in front of the Holy Furnace. He hesitated for a moment, then reached out and touched the wrist of the hand, the feel was almost like that of a living person’s, only the temperature was slightly higher.

The overall sensation was indescribably subtle.

And at that moment, Dog Brother and the others had the information of mission completion appear in their minds.

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