SCP Corporation: Contain Bonfire
Chapter 514 - 514 422 Give up obsession instantly become a better

Chapter 514: 422 “Give up obsession, instantly become a better person”?_2 Chapter 514: 422 “Give up obsession, instantly become a better person”?_2 Just as the sun rises and The Night retreats without any hitch,

in the light of the Flame, Colin and the others felt a gentle warmth, but for the ancient beings, the sensation was the complete opposite—they experienced an extreme, terrifying, and violent heat.

All remnants of impurity that lingered from the days of old were incinerated under its illumination.

‘What’s going on…the ‘Bonfire’ hasn’t received any other amplification, has it? Aside from seemingly moving on a different track, why couldn’t I do this just now?’

Colin was utterly perplexed.

He could distinctly feel that the other party used the Flame in a rather unique way, but the gap was so vast that it was hard for Colin to discern anything valuable; he simply couldn’t learn anything from it.

And as the dark entities vanished in the glow of the fire, wills from beneath the rift surged forth once more.

“Defying the Divine, one day, you will utterly fail, be completely obliterated!”

“You are attempting to destroy this universe, you are destroying the path to everything’s ascension…”

“Why, after achieving ascension, would you betray yourselves…”

“…”

The terrifying whispers lingered in his ears once again, only this time, they seemed to be some sort of questioning.

At the same time, Colin also realized that a part of his scattered Bonfire had “spoken” in response.

This voice wasn’t language in the normal sense and was hard to convey.

It went straight to the meaning. After some interpretation, Colin felt it was roughly…

‘We have never defied the Divine from the beginning. It’s still allowed to exist. However, only the Divine that has passed through the review of humanity, extensive discussion, public opinion, and… the final thorough research and discussion of the company is allowed to exist. Is that… good Divine?’

‘Let go of obsession… embrace humanity… become a person on this earth and be reborn into freedom?’

Colin’s expression was enigmatic; he found these words a bit abstract.

Meanwhile, as The Night faded, the rifts also disappeared, vanishing without a trace in a matter of seconds.

After all, it was “The Night” that kept the rift open in the first place.

With it gone, the rift naturally faded away.

Aboard the Starship, aside from a few minor abnormalities, all chaos had vanished.

‘These messy beings, just happen to be within the purview of the Garrison Legion. But, come to think of it, what is the status of the ‘Flame Bearer’ who was supposed to deal with the local situation?’

‘Why does it feel like he’s here, but also not?’

Flames flickered around Colin as he tried to sense the other party, but he found nothing.

However, through some feedback and the inexplicable mission just now,

he was certain that there probably should be a “Flame Bearer” here.

“Hello, are you there? May I ask what happened here? What do those special beings mean by talking about Divine this and Divine that?” before leaving, Colin tried to inquire.

Unfortunately, he didn’t receive any clear response…

But just when he thought the other party wouldn’t appear, a mysterious inspiration surfaced in his mind.

‘Let ‘humanity as the foundation’ replace ‘everything has Divine nature’…’

This interpretation seemed abrupt, but at the same time, it vaguely explained the fundamental conflict between the two sides.

Out of the blue, Colin remembered the “Flood Demon,” which was taking on more and more human limbs; this creature was shifting from its unique form to something closer to humanity—was the company trying to forge a new path?

But the beings of the ancient days seemed to have cast their dissenting votes.

And then they were dealt with…

However, before Colin could further comprehend the reason, another “inspiration” like response appeared.

‘This way of communication kind of resembles talking with ‘Yukionna.’ It also requires one to interpret by oneself. However, ‘Yukionna’ isn’t very sharp-witted, possessing the body of a young woman yet with the expressive ability of an eight or nine-year-old girl, nowhere near as capable as this one.’

As Colin thought, he deciphered the inspiration, and upon doing so, he muttered to himself,

“Good choice, not entering the safe zone of the Legion, escaping through a special passage by sacrificing them…”

Without acknowledging the previous question, huh? Going to the safe zone, sacrificing them? Isn’t that a dead end?

Colin was subconsciously confused, but soon, he understood the reason—the safe zones where the Legion took refuge had a special passage to the outside world for sending ashes.

If they took this passage, they could leave at a speed two or three times faster than usual.

The cost, however, was that a portion of the Garrison Legion would be completely erased as a result…

‘Good thing it seems they can’t read minds, otherwise that would be slightly awkward.’

For a moment, Colin felt a hint of guilt since he didn’t take that route simply because, in the heat of the moment, he was unaware of such an option.

If he had known, what he would have chosen at the time is difficult to say.

Nevertheless, Colin also realized that the status of this existence here, whether alive or dead, was a bit special.

It was as if they had become ‘conceptualized’…

“Boom!”

Just then, a massive column of fire descended from the sky, interrupting Colin’s thoughts.

The escape route was opened once more…

With no intervention from the ancient beings, it was successfully established, and an ethereal bell sounded as if it was about to ring.

But before that bell could chime…

Colin suddenly had a hunch, turned his head, and looked not far to his side, only to see flames swirling, coalescing into something that resembled an eyeball. Then, as if held by a hand, it was slowly brought over…

And upon seeing its form clearly, Colin couldn’t help feeling a bit speechless.