SCP Corporation: Contain Bonfire
Chapter 520 - 520 423 Book of Fates Gift._3

Chapter 520: Chapter 423 “Book of Fate’s” Gift._3 Chapter 520: Chapter 423 “Book of Fate’s” Gift._3 However, since he was able to come and answer, the problem shouldn’t be too big…

Of course, sitting opposite Colin, Xu Duojin, although he had no expression on his face, couldn’t help but inwardly gasp for breath.

Discussing such a big matter right after arriving…

After pondering for a few seconds, Xu Duojin seemed to have finished his thoughts and then spoke:

“‘Divine Strike’s origins are actually rather taboo, but such taboos aren’t particularly dangerous. The main reason is that there are some loopholes within them. If they become known, individuals at the Sixth Level and below would be in considerable danger…

“However… this isn’t much of a problem for us, and my intuition tells me that what you want to understand isn’t about this matter…

“As for other matters…”

His speech hesitated slightly, knowing that the topics to follow were rather life-threatening.

Colin might not necessarily be affected, but he might not be as safe, for he knew more.

Then, Colin saw that Xu Duojin, as if his mouth was scorched, hissed for quite a while before he hesitantly said bit by bit:

“‘Divine Strike’ and the emergence of another system, in a certain sense, are the ‘Fate Principle’s arrangement…”

“‘Book of Fate’s arrangement?” Colin asked curiously.

“That, um, yes…” Xu Duojin wanted to remind the other party not to speak so directly about this thing’s name.

But then, considering the other person’s identity, a likely former owner of the ‘Book of Fate’, a special employee with backing…

So he didn’t continue on and instead said:

“When anomalies first appeared, the sources of people’s Extraordinary Powers were very chaotic, lacking any systematic approach. At that time, becoming an ‘Extraordinary One’ to deal with other troubles was like dousing oneself in oil, setting a Flame ablaze, and then desperately chasing away other anomaly threats…

“Usually, one would inherit powers today, and within a day or two, at most a week, they’d lose control…”

“Although firearms could be effective, many anomalies had to be covered with heavy firepower, which was too costly…

“Some Level 5 Anomaly Threats, at that time, were already considered extremely difficult to resolve.”

Level 5 Anomaly Threats, roughly equivalent to Third Level weaker Containment Subjects on company standards; however, your system over here has me doing my own conversions every day…

Colin couldn’t help but internally criticize.

Then, Xu Duojin continued: “However, after the end of the second year, the situation changed,

“In an incident where someone made a desperate wish, subsequently, some powerful, but more ‘friendly’ compared to general dangers, entities appeared.

“Among them was that one…”

As Xu Duojin spoke, he suddenly stopped. Colin, puzzled, felt a sudden twitch in his eyelid. He saw that Xu Duojin’s shadow on the ground uncontrollably began to expand and pulse.

Threads on his body swayed continuously like seaweed…

“Boom.”

Colin snapped his fingers, and a ball of flame erupted, engulfing the area.

The invisible entities seemed to vanish utterly in the heat…

Xu Duojin’s shadow returned to normal; he raised a hand to wipe the cold sweat from his brow, looked at the special flame, and let out a wry smile.

“Can’t talk about it; shall we leave it unsaid?” Colin suggested.

Xu Duojin running into problems was one thing, but he was worried it might cause both of them to go up in flames.

“No matter, I was mainly reminded of something else, which doesn’t relate to this conversation.”

Xu Duojin pursed his lips, several invisible hands extended from behind him, manipulating the “black strings” on his body, as he continued:

“Anyway, that book also emerged… ‘Destiny Propeller’ appeared along with it, and then under… arrangement, two other formed paths were also ‘luckily’ found.

“Thus, the three major systems were established, and chaos came to an end…

“Then, thanks to the efforts of the previous generation, the imminent disaster was forcibly suppressed.”

Although he didn’t specify, Colin realized that the official power now could be considered a boon from the ‘Book of Fate’…

And one of the ‘Fate Propeller’s core tenets is:

“Every gift of fate is already marked with a price in darkness.”

It’s just that, at present, no one knows what that price is.