SCP Corporation: Contain Bonfire
Chapter 363 - 363 361 The True Source of Divine Strike

Chapter 363: Chapter 361 The True Source of “Divine Strike” Technique! _1 Chapter 363: Chapter 361 The True Source of “Divine Strike” Technique! _1 “It seems each squad is indeed led by a squad leader, but that’s not a big issue. What’s more impressive is their internal communication method during battle—it’s very effective, but for some reason, it’s no longer available now.”

Colin pursed his lips, reflecting on how the method allowed a group of people to communicate during battle as if two brains were directly conversing through brainwaves, bypassing any middlemen and significantly increasing the speed of communication.

It was a pity that such a method seemed to have disappeared now.

Meanwhile, that D Level Personnel had switched their communication method and launched another attack within seconds.

At the same time, three more figures entered from the Mist Gate and joined the battle.

Initially, Colin thought they would easily overpower the Son of Sadomasochism and the others with overwhelming force right from the start, as it took them less than a third of the time to see through their tactics compared to the ones in the previous carriages.

But once the fight started, it seemed as if they were being cautious of something else, advancing steadily but without much ferocity—it felt like they were holding back, prepared for something else.

“Is this… suspicion that we have additional allies?”

Colin mused, feeling almost certain about it, as he too would have his doubts if he encountered a mysterious group, weaker than him, yet bold enough to challenge him. He would be reserved…

Especially that D Level individual who manipulated the phantom with three heads and six arms; he kept glancing around, suspicious and paranoid.

Oh, they probably hadn’t figured out that it was me knocking their blades away at critical moments.

Colin chuckled secretly to himself.

After making some educated guesses, he continued to provide support while occasionally using Repulsion to covertly lend a hand, focusing his attention mainly on that phantom with three heads and six arms—

He noticed that technique seemed to not be a “prop” or a “Talent,” but rather an extraordinary ability based on the individual’s own capabilities.

And it looked familiar, although he wasn’t completely sure.

But…

“It seems essentially like ‘Divine Strike,’ and apparently much more complete, and ‘Divine Strike’ at his level must be at least level seven,” he thought.

“Normally, that would mean a stone-faced expression. Oh, I forgot, the officials said that it might not be the case if one has the medicine…”

“Also, if it really is ‘Divine Strike,’ his version seems stronger. Even without considering the ‘Gene Compensation Medicine,’ the overall technique appears more… complete?”

Colin’s thoughts flickered through his mind, and he wondered whether “Divine Strike” might also have leaked from the company just like the Book of Fate did.

However, before he could ponder further, he saw several D Level Personnel simultaneously extract a Cubic Crystal containing a vast amount of energy, merge it into their bodies, and then launch a fierce attack on the Son of Sadomasochism.

“Are they preparing to stop testing us and resolve this immediately?”

Colin thought intently and, without being stingy, he reached into the Storage Room, and ten Colorless Crystal Bodies were flung out in quick succession, enhancing everyone present as well as their equipment.

After all, “World Code-13” could produce nearly two hundred Colorless Crystal Blocks a week, so there was no concern regarding usage.

The three attackers outside, witnessing this wealthy “Colorless Crystal” usage, all twitched at the corners of their eyes as a fierce murderous intent and hatred arose…

“What’s going on?”

Colin was startled, for just as he had successfully evaded several attacks, these people seemed to have temporarily spared him.

But as soon as he used the “Colorless Crystal,” they suddenly directed their murderous intent towards him.

Could it be? Surely these people didn’t have an exclusive right to use the Colorless Crystals, and they wouldn’t allow him to use them?

“Perfect, you killed our comrades and took our stuff, using it right in front of me. Very good, very good. I had planned to save some strength for the coward hiding behind you, but now I’ll deal with you…”

The D Level Personnel, enhanced by the phantom with three heads and six arms, spoke in a chilling tone.

‘This is my own damn hard-earned stuff!’

Hearing these words, Colin couldn’t help but want to roll his eyes, realizing the other party thought he had stolen these items.

While he was irritated by the misunderstanding, his teammates, busy fending off enemies, were confused—

“Someone lurking behind us? What do you mean?”

The Son of Sadomasochism and the others were perplexed, but before they could think further, they saw dozens, if not hundreds, of fissures tear open on the opposing phantom.

These splits wriggled like mouths, making crunching “crack, crunch” sounds as they chewed.

An indescribable sense of hunger suddenly rose in the bellies of everyone present.

“Fuck, this is ‘hunger’?!”

Seeing this, not only Colin, but everyone widened their eyes. They were not unfamiliar with this sensation, after having experienced it many times during the self-selected mission event in “World Code-13”.

Feeling it now, their hearts instantly cooled by half.

With this thing involved, how the hell were they going to fight?

“No, it seems to not be ‘hunger’…”

Colin, with his familiarity with “hunger,” quickly realized that this didn’t seem to be the real thing, it didn’t even have the real thing’s aura… was it just an indirect use of power?

As thoughts flickered, Colin vaguely understood the reason.

“That makes sense, that demon had said that according to the ‘Bonfire Company’ rules and regulations, direct involvement with such high-level entities is strictly forbidden before reaching C Level. So, it must be an imitation… Yeah, now I’m sure, it’s definitely ‘Divine Strike’, borrowing power is one thing, but the source is a bit terrifying. I’ll have to check with Old Master Wu later if there was ever such a person before.”

As for now, even if they were only facing a mimicry of “hunger” through “Divine Strike”,

they couldn’t afford to be careless…

Colin silently drew out the Bone Spur, holding the Golden Card, ready to end the fight without further concealment. Otherwise, if they let the enemy “feed”, things could become difficult to manage.

Just as everyone was bracing for a tough fight, that person suddenly stood in place, bowing his head without moving, and the shadows on his body began to flicker on and off, like the fragmented flame of a candle in the crashing waves…

“What happened?”

Everyone was surprised, but they quickly realized what was happening…

It was at that moment that a large number of the split-mouthed shadows dispersed.

Raising his head again, the eyes that looked back held nothing but madness and ferocity, not a shred of reason to be seen.

Seeing this scene, relief mixed with an indescribable sadness and discomfort for Colin and the others.

“Sigh, let’s do it, let’s send them on their way.”

As the words of the Son of Sadomasochism fell, everyone stopped playing defense and began their counterattack.

By the time they reached the third car, even though these guys were still very strong without their sanity, no matter how strong, they were no longer a match for those armed with “tools”.

Another ten minutes or so later, Colin and the others had completed their task.

“Finally! We’ve finally completed the task!”

Apart from Colin, the others present somewhat wanted to cry.

Though the ending was slightly unsatisfactory, at least the ordeal was over, and they had been stuck on this for half a year!

However, before they could continue feeling happy for long, they quickly noticed an awkward problem.

“How come we can’t return to reality yet…”

While speaking, an employee flipped through the completed tasks in his mind and suddenly noticed that the content of this task was slightly different from before…

For instance, the footnote for “Event One” used to have three parts.

It should read: “Upon completing the investigation of the three detached, out-of-control carriages, the task will be considered complete, and you will automatically return to reality for task settlement.”

But now, it only had two parts…

“Upon completing the investigation of the three detached, out-of-control carriages, the task will be considered complete.”

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