SCP Corporation: Contain Bonfire
Chapter 411 - 411 379 Return and The Sealed Right Hand._2

Chapter 411: Chapter 379: Return and “The Sealed Right Hand”._2 Chapter 411: Chapter 379: Return and “The Sealed Right Hand”._2 The one cubic meter of space to carry items seemed insufficient to feed the ever-growing number of Bonfire Followers.

“I remember Li Ming and his trio from the Other World,” he recalled, “they had mentioned that they were going to level up from Temporary G Level to F Level this week or next, right?”

Colin remembered that these people had mentioned during their last mission that they could upgrade after one more visit to “World Code-13”.

But it seemed that leveling up only increased the space from 10 liters to 100 liters, which wasn’t too significant.

‘I wonder if the parchment will unlock features like chat channels after they level up…’

Colin remembered that their parchment only had the Store and the “Storage Room”, nothing else.

He guessed it would improve after leveling up…

Without thinking too much about it, Colin opened his “Personal Profile” and took a glance.

In addition to a new “Talent Grid”, he also had a new option for “Skill”.

“There are three ways to obtain it. The first is to spend One Thousand Points for self-enlightenment. Usually, the thing you’re most skilled and used to would become a ‘Skill’, but if I’m already familiar with it, why bother…”

“The second way is through drawing with a voucher or buying from someone else. Like item drawings, vouchers can only be obtained upon completing a mission. As for buying it from someone else, I don’t seem to see anyone selling, and it seems the selling requirements are not low…”

“The third way, if you’re sufficiently familiar with someone else, there’s also a chance to directly steal one of their skills. That’s somewhat interesting, but the stealing chance is pretty low. It’s the hardest method among the three, so it’s not that meaningful…”

“However, once it becomes a ‘Skill’, it can be used regardless of the physical condition and launched directly without any cost. That’s pretty good. And if the ‘Skill’ doesn’t fit, you can switch it without any cost. I’ll check later if anyone is selling it…”

Colin somewhat understood the details of this thing.

In his view, the biggest advantage was the possibility of acquiring a method he wouldn’t normally be able to learn without any cost.

With this in mind, “Skill” was not entirely without its merits.

After thinking it through, Colin tried spending One Thousand Points. Quickly, he saw many points of light flying from his body and converging into the empty “Skill Grid” on his “Personal Profile”.

The entire “Skill Grid” trembled more and more violently, as if something was taking shape.

“Not to mention anything else, the company has always been meticulous with the special effects they provide for these inconsequential areas.”

His instinct told Colin that these effects were sometimes superfluous.

However, he didn’t dwell on it. After about three seconds, a skill named “Crisis Sensing” appeared in his retinas.

“Ah, this…”

Colin’s mouth fell open, stunned for a moment. With “Fatal Insight” already in his possession,

what use was this thing?

“No wait, this is an active skill. It can actively provide feedback, giving information about all threatening entities within a three-hundred-meter radius around me, complementary to ‘Fatal Insight’. It’s like radar…”

“Can be used once every thirty minutes…”

After a careful examination of the content, Colin suddenly felt that the One Thousand Points were somewhat worth it.

The actual effect was yet to be determined, but the range of its effectiveness was quite broad…

Colin decided to use it immediately, and he soon sensed something akin to a radar map forming in his mind, showing all potentially threatening entities within a few hundred meters around him.

It was only a fuel tanker that was passing by at quite a distance…

There were none that posed a real threat.

“Not bad, at the very least it can be used as a mini-map…”

Colin refocused, opened the “Storage Room”, and took a peek inside.

The entire space had expanded several times over.

It could now hold many more items…

But just as he had only glanced at it, his facial expression suddenly turned somewhat unsightly.

“The ‘False Powerhouse’ is almost completely damaged, ‘Smiling Mountain of Corpses’ has lost about thirty percent of its integrity, and all the rest, except for those above orange quality, have issues with their integrity, hiss, even the ‘Analytical Lens’ I used once is broken?”

“Wait, the ‘Yukionna’ ring…where’s ‘Yukionna’?!”

“It’s gone?”

Colin was startled, taking out the slightly broken ring and infusing it with his spiritual sense.

“Yukionna” did not appear as she used to…

And she did not suddenly emerge to blast him with a breath of cold air.

It was as if…she was gone?

The “Yukionna” ring was a bit different from other items; “Yukionna” existed by relying on human nature. If her human nature had been extinguished in the previous battle, then…

The effect of the item might still be there, but the entity that would come out would perhaps only be a creature restricted by the “Containment Protocol” to item form, and no longer “Yukionna”…

Just as a chill went through Colin’s heart, a slice of cold air came through, allowing him to breathe a sigh of relief.

Yesterday, no, his actions from earlier were too extreme, causing “Yukionna” to be overly exhausted and currently sleeping…

“Slept like the dead, scared me for a second.”

Colin let out a sigh of relief, had a brief chat with the “Yukionna” inside to make sure everything was alright, then gave a few “Colorless Crystals” and stored them in the “Storage Room.”

After that, he glanced at his other gear.

“Besides a few common white items that are completely ruined, everything else can be fixed, it’ll just cost a bit of money, twenty to thirty thousand points plus some Silver Task Certificates…”

Colin opened each piece of information to check and felt there wasn’t a big issue.

The one thing he had in abundance now was money, and anything that could be solved with money wasn’t really a problem.

However, Colin soon noticed something…

“Where has my heart gone?”

Colin had suddenly realized that after entering the Mist Gate, the heart he had stored in the “Storage Room” was gone.

He scanned the vast space carefully…

Gone…

The large “Flame Bearer” heart he had placed there was missing!

But then, an image came to his mind…

The image was of the moment after he entered the Mist Gate and saw that flame, his heart had leaped out on its own and merged into the “sun-like” flame.

“Damn, taking my stuff while I’m not in my right state…”

Colin’s eyes widened.

This… giving it up wasn’t impossible, but after giving it up, the deal wouldn’t be the same as it was for this mission!

A mere few tens of thousands of points, how could that possibly buy his “Flame Bearer” heart?

If that thing were turned into an item, it would start at least at orange quality!

“I have served the company, I have bled for the company…”

Colin murmured helplessly, but then, a message bright as a flame appeared in his mind, bringing him a little peace.

The heart was only taken to extract some information…

Soon enough, it could return to his side.

“Apart from that, the ‘Nameplate’ seems to have been claimed by the company as well, but that’s not a big deal.”

Colin was fairly confident in the company’s reliability.

Generally, what they said they could do…

He was just afraid of what they didn’t say.

Colin then looked at the three different kinds of extraction tickets. He wasn’t in a hurry to draw; he was no longer who he used to be and would not rush to use something right away, especially since it was evening, and drawing at night wasn’t as good as during the day—

Odd indeed.

“Activate the ‘Advanced Item Extraction Ticket’!”

Colin decisively used one of them.

Quickly, a glimmer of orange light appeared.

The smile hadn’t fully formed on Colin’s lips before it turned a bit strange…

[Name: “Special Card: The Sealed Right Hand”]

[Quality: Rare.]

[Status: Stable (76% completeness)]

[Energy Level: B+ Class.]

[Effect Description: This item is a special item, normally used as part of the “Card Divine Kingdom” to carry out “Time Freeze,” “Time Acceleration,” “Time Reversal,” and other “time series” within the “Containment Protocol – Item Liberation.”]

[Without possessing any “time series” cards, this item cannot be used independently.]

[Remark: It is one of the essential conditions for “Item Liberation” of the “time series.” A Bonfire Company item inventor, Mr. Kattu, who prefers to remain anonymous, stated: It’s a rather unique item, if unsealed, and conditions permit, it can control the power of time within a certain range. Believe me, it won’t disappoint you.]

[Note: For every minute this item is used, at least one percent of its completeness will be consumed.]

[—Repair condition: For every 1% of completeness, one thousand points are required for repair, with the completeness able to be enhanced up to 95%.]

[This item has been transferred into the “Storage Room,” please check.]

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