SCP Corporation: Contain Bonfire
Chapter 322 - 322 320 Is the Company No Longer Able to

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Colin came to his senses and remembered the signature at the end of the paper he had seen before, knowing that things should be more or less as they appeared.

He just wasn’t clear on how the other party could upgrade the flame directly through a piece of paper.

He remembered that to upgrade this thing, shouldn’t one need to submit a bunch of containment subjects, as well as points and the like?

‘However, with Lady Bunny handling the upgrade, that does save me a heap of points and resources.’

Colin pursed his lips, then took a closer look at this “Bonfire Sacrificial Site” and quickly became disappointed to find that this bonfire seemed not to produce “eggs”, that is, it wouldn’t yield things like “Colorless Crystals”.

Not only that, it lacked functions such as enchantment and had only some characteristics that didn’t mean much to him…

“‘Will of the Cinder King’, feels like some sort of defensive self-preservation method, the strength of this will is probably enough to confront the ‘Crimson Abyss’ head-on, but… it’s not very useful to me, ‘Herald’ is also not very meaningful, ‘Bonfire Messenger’ too has limitations, not of much significance…”

After scanning it once more, Colin couldn’t help but sigh with resignation; all the features listed had geographical restrictions.

They weren’t very meaningful to him…

Unless he was planning to spend his life in World Code-4 with the mermaids, they indeed weren’t of much use.

But when he turned around and saw the excited expressions on the faces of the “Sea Sirens”, slightly flushed with beauty, he felt an indescribable sense of accomplishment.

‘Maybe this is the psychological satisfaction that comes from the joy of helping others?’

With that thought in mind, Colin explained to the group of mermaids how the “Bonfire Sacrificial Site” worked and informed them how it should be used now.

The “Sea Siren” queen was dazzled by his words—this was much more useful than the holy relic they had before!

After explaining all that, Colin finally spoke about his own matter:

“We’ll probably leave here temporarily in a few minutes…”

“Ah? Sir Bonfire, are you all leaving in a few minutes?”

Tina couldn’t help but interrupt Colin nervously, then seeing Colin nod, her eyes filled with a thick sense of reluctance, “I still want to take you to some places to have fun. There are some really fun and delicious things in the Holy City, can you stay a little longer…?”

“Tina!” the queen suddenly spoke up: “Do not disturb Sir Bonfire’s regular mission!”

Colin waved his hand: “It’s okay… Whether I can stay longer isn’t under my control, there’s nothing I can do.”

“Then, will you come back?”

Hearing this, Colin thought for a moment, then continued, “Well, there’s a high probability. And it won’t be too long before we might come over again…”

Listening to Colin’s words, Tina’s eyes lit up, but the others, like Dog Brother, their expressions changed—

It was only then, when they thought they had breathed a sigh of relief, that they remembered something; the most tricky aspect of “Descent Projects” was that they were not a one-time thing!

Dog Brother and the rest hurriedly got up from the steps, crowded around Brother Shunzi, then whispered:

“We are not really going to come back again, are we?”

“Not sure, we’ll probably find out once we leave, but it’s a very likely thing.”

According to Colin’s own understanding, the task here was completed in phases, but overall, it wasn’t considered complete. It was just the beginning, and he estimated it would have follow-up arrangements like “World Code-13”.

But what those arrangements would be was far from clear…

‘Now I have an ongoing task in “World Code-13”, and if they schedule a weekly routine here as well, then… I’d need 21 days in a week, right?’ Colin complained inwardly.

Then, seeing how scared the others looked, he couldn’t help but laugh, “What? I heard you guys talking in private earlier about wanting to find a mermaid wife, saying how pretty and considerate they are, and all this talk about ‘Star Rage’ or whatever. Weren’t your thoughts quite fanciful?”

“This…”

Hearing his teasing, one by one, they were a bit at a loss for words.

“Don’t worry, even if there are follow-up tasks, this place should be relatively safe, and stabilizing the ‘Descent Project’ is a low-risk, high-reward good task,” Colin assured them offhand.

It’s just like some companies sending people overseas on assignments…

You’re strong enough to be fine, of course… they complained internally.

“True, with Brother Shunzi here, there probably won’t be a big problem…”

“Yes, yes…”

With that thought, their mood lifted slightly, but upon hearing Colin’s next words, their spirits deflated once again.

“That’s not a certainty, I already have a long-term ‘Descent Project,’ so I may not be dispatched here again.”

At those words, everyone was shocked, remembering that Brother Shunzi initially made a name for himself because of the “Descent Project.” It seemed indeed possible to avoid this side of things.

However, before they could say anything more, a distant chime suddenly rang in their ears.

Accompanied by a sudden sense of disorientation…

All they saw was a surging gray fog enclosing them.

When they opened their eyes again, they were back in reality.

The inexplicable oppressive feeling of the deep sea was gradually fading away at that moment…

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“Back…”

Colin shook his head, opened his eyes, stared at the ceiling, took a deep breath, and slowly sat up.

After sitting for a few minutes and acclimating, he subconsciously glanced at the digital wall clock.

“December 11th, Monday, three in the afternoon… Huh? December 11th, Monday at three in the afternoon?”

Colin was startled; he remembered entering the instance on Friday, and he hadn’t expected that over a week in the instance would be only around three days in reality—

Wait a minute!

He hastily checked the parchment and found that this Monday’s “World Code-13” mission had been skipped.

The next entry time had shifted to twelve o’clock the following Monday.

“This…”

Colin frowned. He recalled there were some troubles looming over his territory…

Skipping once meant that the next entry time would be a week later.

“The ‘Catastrophe of the Magic Fog’ was said to only possibly come, but not necessarily, so there shouldn’t be an issue, and besides, the people in my territory should be able to hold on for a while.”

Colin comforted himself before noticing that “World Code-13” now had an additional “Descent Optional Location”—”World Code-4.”

“The ‘Descent Project’ won’t stop, but I can choose where to go. However, next week I’ll definitely go to ‘World Code-13’ to resolve the troubles there.”

Afterward, Colin closed the mission and looked towards the flickering “Promotion Mission,” choosing to confirm completion.

[In this event, your rating is: A.]

[You have completed this event with an outstanding performance.]

[Below are your rewards from this event’s settlement—”Bonfire Points*37000,” “Gold Mission Voucher*6,” “Silver Task Certificate*5,” “Advanced Talent Lottery Ticket*1,” “Advanced Talent Fusion Ticket*1.”]

[All items have been transferred to the “Storage Room,” please check.]

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“Quite a lot of points, decent mission vouchers, solid base rewards, though this time it seems I didn’t get an item lottery ticket…”

Colin frowned, wondering if his luck was too good, always drawing gold, and the company couldn’t afford it anymore, so they stopped issuing them?

However, although there was no item lottery, they did add something new this time—

a Talent Fusion Ticket.

Upon checking the details, fusing two Green Talents would reliably produce a Purple-colored Talent?

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