SCP Corporation: Contain Bonfire
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Chapter 324: Chapter 322 “The Emperor of Labor Virus Incident” _1 Chapter 324: Chapter 322 “The Emperor of Labor Virus Incident” _1 “Confused Cutie ①Sob Sob⑦”: What’s going on, why don’t I have a daily task this week? It’s been two weeks!!! A whole two weeks without a task, and I’m just one bronze Mission Voucher away from starting the E level Promotion Quest…

“Loafing Immortal”: I do have tasks, but it seems like the difficulty level has suddenly increased…

“Unnamed 114514”: @Confused Cutie ①Sob Sob⑦, I know, I know, but because it involves some secrets, I can only tell you privately…

“Partner of Justice”: No, to be precise, it’s the tasks in regions like C, US, UK, RUS, EU, and so on that have been reduced. If you go to some more remote areas, there are still a lot of tasks.

“Zhan Wangdao”: Don’t feel anything special, I still have two to three weekly routine tasks, so many that I don’t even feel like doing them.

“Professor Cute Cuddle”: @Zhan Wangdao, you better do the tasks while you can. The truth is, the company recently hired a bunch of people and the tasks have been spread out. F Level is the first to be hit, E Level is next, D Level will probably be unaffected for the time being…

“O God? Start up!”: Damn, how did things start to get so competitive? Could there be a problem with these people?

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“Is this… the content collaboration with Lady Bunny officially taking effect?”

Colin glanced around and quickly realized the underlying reason. Most likely, as Lady Bunny had mentioned, general tasks are now being prioritized for official personnel.

This also leads to some people starting to miss out on tasks.

However, what he didn’t expect was that this situation existed not only nationally but internationally as well…

“The internal chat channel has indeed become super active all of a sudden, how many people did they hire this batch?”

Colin originally thought it might just be one or two hundred people domestically, but he didn’t expect that there had been international recruitment as well.

Now, estimating roughly, he felt that there might be thousands in this batch, almost doubling the number of people…

And as he continued to scroll through the chat, he noticed that some of the old employees began to suspect that these newcomers were some kind of new invaders who specialized in snatching tasks and hindering their development…

Some even called it the “Emperor of Labor Virus Incident”.

“Tsk, people complained when there were too many tasks, and now they complain when there are too few. Really should round them all up and take them to build the Other World with me.”

Colin pursed his lips. There might be more people here, but his “World Code-13” was still short-staffed!

Even if he brought this whole crowd over, there would be a use for them—after all, the Points are distributed by the company, not by him. The more people, the better.

‘I wonder when I’ll have the chance to talk to Lady Bunny again…see if there’s a way to fulfill the employees’ wishes and give them more job positions. Nowadays, everyone’s talking about how great it is abroad, wanting to flee. The difference between fleeing abroad and to another world isn’t big, it’s all about fleeing in the end.’

The thought flashed through his mind, and Colin couldn’t help but laugh a little.

He knew that if such an opportunity really came, the employees would probably cry like imps.

Just like the Arsonist and the others, he could see from the chat that their “Descent Project” was not over. Starting from next Monday, they had to make a trip to “World Code-4” every week.

The only difference between Colin and them was that he could choose whether to go to “13” or “4”.

“That’s not bad, at least… their mermaid wives might have a chance, and the salary is high too.”

Seeing others involved in the “Descent Project” like himself, Colin felt rather relieved.

In terms of benefits, the offer was actually quite generous. He earned more than 30,000 Points, while Dog Brother and the others each got between ten and fifteen thousand, which was more than they had earned in several years with the company…

Though the subsequent rewards definitely wouldn’t be that much, at least a thousand or two could still be expected, which was already a decent treatment.

The only little flaw was the high likelihood of encountering a wide variety of unlimited unexpected events, which made it slightly more prone to, well, kicking the bucket…

But no big deal, if he accidentally kicked it, cremation and buying a box could even afford one with diamonds, slightly more noble than others.

With each whimsical thought passing by, Colin put away the Parchment, then reached to the bedside and found the always-charging phone, swiped the screen, and was momentarily puzzled by a message from an unfamiliar beautiful girl avatar.

Not until he saw the note “Old Master Wu” did he remember who it was.

“Kikyo from Inuyasha? Keeping a young mindset.”

Colin pursed his lips, opened the avatar, and saw the reply—

Regarding the previous experience of sudden relief.

“Recently, there has been a noticeable increase in abnormalities in some regions, and the ‘Barrier’ has been somewhat impacted. This situation is not unusual, it’s like ‘showers’ that appear occasionally, hence causing some fluctuations. But I have a premonition that there seem to be other things hidden in it, just that at the moment, there isn’t much to go on…”

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“Just ‘showers’?”

Colin furrowed his brow, feeling something was off, but couldn’t quite put his finger on where exactly.

Then he collected his thoughts and continued reading the following content sent by Old Master Wu, which spoke about the tasks.

“Bonfire Company far exceeds us in detecting anomalies, uncovering many hidden elements in various regions and resolving a large number of potential dangers before they could erupt. In this regard, I, on behalf of myself and the entire Global Supernatural Alliance, want to express our gratitude to you. Of course, the corresponding rewards will be sent to Base No. 5 in due time. As for the content, I guess you might be interested…”

Finally, we started more formal cooperation huh…

Reading this, Colin felt a bitter-sweet sensation, realizing now he had to burden old employees. Also, he wondered what the mentioned rewards could be…

And in the third part behind it, it was mentioned that the official side had already preliminarily prepared a list of Containment Subjects to trade with the company, with items continuously arriving at Base No. 5, asking him when the trade would take place.

“Lady Bunny didn’t reply, and I don’t know either…”

Just as Colin was about to respond that he wasn’t certain, a message suddenly popped into his head.

[The task event “December 15th train trade” has been issued.]

“December 15th, that’s in four days.”

Colin nodded, opened the task to check it, and saw no mention of how the train would come, nor the specific location, just that he should be there when it happens.

Without thinking much, he sent a message back.

Then he looked at the next item of content, which was about various anomalies within the company.

But after seeing just one, his expression became slightly strange.

“If possible, find out who ‘Unnamed123456’ is. I have some guesses, but I’m not sure.”

‘There are no outsiders here, your guess couldn’t possibly be about me, could it?’

Colin was somewhat amused, but had no intention of responding to that, as some things are understood by those who know, and can’t be discussed further with others due to matters of interest. He trusted the old man would figure it out himself.

Then there were inquiries about various anomalies within Bonfire Company.

After Colin read that, his smile faded, and his brow slightly furrowed:

“You really aren’t afraid of dying, are you…

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