SCP Corporation: Contain Bonfire
Chapter 379 - 379 370 Descending Upon the Actual Area of the

Chapter 379: Chapter 370: Descending Upon the Actual Area of the “Ghost Train”_2 Chapter 379: Chapter 370: Descending Upon the Actual Area of the “Ghost Train”_2 Colin’s expression was grave as he held his breath slightly and without any hesitation, decisively used several “Colorless Crystal”s, bringing himself into an energy-saturated state.

Meanwhile, “Son of Sadomasochism” and the others were also ready to shrink back into a corner and observe from a safe distance.

However, just when Colin thought that a battle was inevitable…

The figure dragging some sort of heavy metal weapon, step by step, eventually stopped its footsteps behind the Mist Gate.

Shortly after…

A very hoarse voice that seemed to be suppressing some pain came through.

“…Leave…”

“..You… can’t handle this…”

“Leave… this place… is dangerous…”

“…”

Leave? Colin frowned slightly, unsure of how to respond.

He had some speculation about the guy behind the Mist Gate.

‘There’s a not so small chance that it’s the only Level C Employee from the train before, a kind of Destiny Propeller like the D Level Personnel, who can rely on their own unique traits, to realize the fact that they’ve become NPCs, so there’s a very high probability that the Level C Employee who may have experienced a significant change in life strata has something special. It makes no sense that he wouldn’t notice this.’

‘Right, the one whom ‘Lifecoach Kawaii-many’ spoke of, the help they encountered when they were almost unable to hold on in the fifth carriage, was it this person?’

‘Looking at it this way, this Level C colleague, although contaminated like the others, has managed to maintain a certain state rather than being crazy like the other D Level ones, without the slightest resistance.’

In Colin’s mind, a series of thoughts flashed through.

However, just at that moment, seemingly feeling they were still not leaving…

The voice behind the Mist Gate began to grow increasingly frenzied and impatient.

“Leave! Leave! Leave!”

“Leave this place!!”

“Leave!!!”

The hoarse voice suddenly became repetitive and anxious.

‘Sorry mate, it’s not that we don’t want to leave, but that we really can’t.’

Colin silently muttered to himself as the fireball at the back of his head expanded even more, and shed copious amounts of flame, as if to set his very body alight.

At the same time, several shouts yielded no response.

The figure behind the Mist Gate moved again, as if intending to personally “help” them leave if they did not do so themselves…

The entire Mist Gate at this moment underwent a terrifying distortion.

Then, a few seconds later…

A pitch-black hand covered in cracks reached out from the center of the swirling Mist Gate.

An extremely creepy eerieness spread from the hand…

However, just as the hand had barely entered the range lit by the light, it retracted sharply.

And then…

Colin, who was already prepared for battle, heard…

The guy… had left?

The heavy footsteps gradually faded away, with the sound completely disappearing after a while.

The Mist Gate, which had nearly turned into a vortex, also returned to its original state at that moment.

“What’s the meaning of this, they let us go?” Seeing this, “Son of Sadomasochism” and the others couldn’t help but be astonished, not quite understanding why the other party would abruptly leave.

At this moment, they felt an uneasy sensation as though they might suddenly find the enemy behind them.

However, Colin was sure that the other person had truly left.

“According to his words, he probably felt that we lacked the strength, so he told us to leave. However, perhaps because he had just reached out, he sensed something… and thus acknowledged our strength,” he said, his hand stroking his chin thoughtfully.

He saw quite clearly that the reason for the other’s retreat was probably because he sensed the aura of the “Bonfire.”

Still, there were some things he didn’t quite understand.

‘Supposing that this guy is really a Level C Employee and the company’s target is also him, wasn’t that just now a good opportunity to make contact?’

‘But looking at the task situation, the company doesn’t seem to intend to proceed with the subsequent carriages or make contact with him.’

Colin’s brow furrowed slightly.

If this was the case, either the company’s target isn’t the Level C Personnel but something else, or the Dissuasion Bro from the eighth carriage who seemed like a Level C Employee actually isn’t one…

After pondering for a moment and feeling there were too many variables and both possibilities existed, Colin decided not to think further on the matter.

And with the departure of “Dissuasion Bro,” the seventh carriage once again regained the previous calm and tranquility.

But as time continued to tick by, and the last hour approached…

“Zzzt,” an electrical current flashed past…

In the vast carriage, the Mist Gates that opened one after another dispersed at the sound, and moreover, the antique electric gas lamps that had always been steadily dim throughout started to fade gradually.

And with the dimming of the lights…

The grey fog that had been outside the carriage slowly dissipated.

This process was not quick…

Moreover, with both issues occurring, they all felt as if the carriage were slowly descending “downward.”

“At this rate, the lights will go out in an hour, and the fog should also dissipate at that time. Well, overall, it’s exactly at the end of the third hour as required by the mission…”

“And this sinking sensation, it’s like being in an elevator…”

“Looks like, just as that ‘Destiny Propeller’ D Level Personnel said, the company plans to use this as a springboard to enter the original disaster site?”

Colin speculated quietly, then intensified the flame.

He remembered that the mission description mentioned that the company had found the missing personnel, learned about this situation, and had even created a copy as a promotion mission to test new employees…

But it seemed that it indeed didn’t mention how the company ultimately dealt with the disordered Ghost Train.

Looking at it now…

It seems the company didn’t resolve everything at that time?

‘Was it deliberate, or were they unable to spare the personnel?’

In Colin’s view, with the company’s peak combat capabilities, it definitely couldn’t be that they were unable to deal with the anomaly here. Let alone what the three company giants could do, just sending Rosen, who holds the ‘0-09’ ‘Hunger’, could undoubtedly handle it.

The mission description also mentioned that the company took this matter very seriously, and it was not unlikely they dispatched high-level combat forces.

However, in the end, it seemed the company did not thoroughly resolve the issue here…

Therefore, there’s a not-so-small chance that they left it deliberately, but the specific reason was unclear.

However, at this moment, there was no time to think further.

Time was running out…

Inside the train carriage, as the lights gradually extinguished, it became more dilapidated.

Shaking his head, Colin withdrew his thoughts, and while keeping a vigilant watch around him, he kept an eye on the countdown in his mind.

Finally, a few minutes later, the countdown ended.

The lights inside the train were completely extinguished.

The descent was complete.

Colin and the others couldn’t care about completing the mission and peered through the train carriage, using the light of the fire to observe the situation outside—

A very open and desolate place, the surrounding scenery revealed a greyish hue in the light of the fire.

Within the greyness, there were many chunks of sticky matter, wriggling like flesh.

But before they could take a closer look, a sudden change happened.

Bang.

A gigantic chunk of flesh full of blood vessels suddenly broke through the door on the right side of the carriage, and on that chunk of flesh, there was a very simple, hastily drawn face.

It had features crowded together like a plump baby’s.

Seeing something coming, Colin didn’t hesitate and was prepared to take action.

“Friend… good friend… are you, friends?” a childish voice, like that of a small child, came from the crude face on the flesh.

“Friends?”

Colin showed a puzzled expression, stopped his actions, and hesitated before asking the big chunk of flesh squeezing at the door, “Who are you?”

While speaking, he sniffed the air and quickly picked up on a familiar scent—

Was this monster… made of human flesh?

“Friend, friend… are you friends?” the child-voiced flesh chunk didn’t answer but continued to squeeze at the door, repeating monotonous words without showing any malice or hostility.

Did one have to answer if they were friends to provoke a further reaction?

Colin thought about it, feeling there wasn’t much danger, and then responded, “Yes, we are friends.”

As soon as he spoke, the entire chunk of flesh trembled, then it joyfully shouted with a childish voice, “Great, I have friends now, good friend, good friend… tasty… something tasty…”

“Yes, we are good friends. Can you tell us what happened here?” Colin tried to get more information immediately.

But as soon as he finished speaking, he sensed something was wrong…

‘Eh? Good friend, tasty?’

As the thought crossed his mind, Colin’s expression tightened, and he suddenly saw it.

The chunk of flesh that had shown no ill intentions just now suddenly opened a mouth several meters wide and lunged at them with a gaping maw.

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