SCP Corporation: Contain Bonfire
Chapter 631 - 631 471 The Colossal Buddha Statue in the

Chapter 631: Chapter 471 The “Colossal Buddha Statue” in the Darkness_2 Chapter 631: Chapter 471 The “Colossal Buddha Statue” in the Darkness_2 There’s no need to make oneself uncomfortable.

After looking around, Colin found a seat without a “person” and sat down.

Because of the flame he carried, the “people” on the train wouldn’t come near him, even if they changed seats. In fact, it was likely that the “people” nearby would soon move away to other places.

Before long…

“Ding, ding, ding—”

A series of urgent bell rings followed, the train doors closed, and it slowly started to move.

Watching the fog gradually thicken outside the window.

“Getting off at the fourth station, wonder how long it will take…”

Colin withdrew his gaze, spent several hundred dollars to summon a few “Money Slaves,” then took out a candle made of “Flame Bearer’s Grease,” lit it, handed it to a “Money Slave,” and told it to carry it to the train door, drip a few drops of the melted wax on the floor, then press the candle onto it before it solidified.

After that, he ordered the “Money Slave” to come back and sit around him, adding some “human atmosphere” to the lone carriage while also readying them to take any blows for him. He then closed his eyes and began to doze off.

He aimed to be in the best condition possible.

During the journey, two hours quickly passed.

Only when he felt the train start to slow did Colin open his eyes.

The first station was about to be reached.

“Hope it’s not some bizarre place.”

Colin saw that outside the fog-covered window, some scenery began to appear.

The first station was a desolate land with dense wild grass, seeming empty at first glance…

But on closer inspection, there was still nothing.

At most, one might feel it a bit eerie.

“This place must harbour great terror.”

Colin adjusted his sitting position and glanced at the candle at the train door, noting the slight flicker of its flame.

This indicated that things here were definitely not as calm as they appeared on the surface.

But what exactly was present would likely require stepping off the train to know the details.

However, only someone with a problem in their head would think of getting off.

After a few minutes of waiting, the train sounded a series of urgent bell rings again and then resumed moving.

This time, the train didn’t travel for very long.

In less than an hour, it began to slow down and stopped in a woodland basking in daylight.

Nothing came aboard and nothing seemed to disembark…

The train, as if it were a routine procedure, stopped for a few minutes and then closed its doors.

“This time it seems much safer; although I saw some abnormal entities moving, the candle’s flame didn’t even flicker.”

After observing, Colin made a brief assessment.

The third station was a bit slower to approach, arriving after about three hours when the train began to decrease its speed again.

At that moment, Colin saw outside the train window what seemed to be dusk, entirely dark.

However, ordinary darkness could not obstruct his vision.

Clearly seen beneath the darkness was an ancient town desolate and silent, scattered with ruined buildings made of wood and stone, and a dirt city wall visible further away…

Suddenly, his heart chilled when he saw within the pitch-black, unpopulated town, there was a hill about a hundred meters tall.

Engraved in the hill was a Colossal Buddha Statue as tall as the hill itself.

The statue’s pose was one of dignified sitting, making the hill appear as its seat, and on its face was an expression of compassionate benevolence, a merciful demeanor towards the people of the world…

Except, in the tight and cold darkness, it exuded an indescribable aura of gloom and eeriness.

Especially those very expressive eyeballs.

“Is that thing staring at me?”

Colin’s expression turned serious as he felt an extremely intense sensation of being watched.

Though he wasn’t directly in front of it, there was an unmistakable feeling of being stared at…

And then, he faintly heard something like an auditory hallucination in his ear.

“No, it’s not a hallucination!”

Colin’s brows furrowed, the voice seemed to be saying…

‘…Do we… have a fate?’

And it was at that moment.

An almost imperceptible vibration appeared outside…

The Buddha Statue seated atop the hill began to vibrate, as if wanting to rise, but consequentially, innumerable chains that seemed to pull up from the ground clanked in metallic discontent as it tried to stand.

“There’s no damned fate! Get moving!”

Colin felt goosebumps all over his body.

He wasn’t afraid of ferocious monsters, but there was something indescribably eerie about this sort of thing that made his skin crawl.

“Ding Ding Ding~”

After a series of crisp bell sounds,

the train started up again…

The bleak and gloomy scene was left behind by the train.

But for some reason, Colin couldn’t breathe easy; he had a feeling, a real possibility, that he might meet that thing again and continue their “past connection.”

“Hiss, damn it, this damn train, where do you find so many abnormal areas?”

Colin pinched the bridge of his nose.

What was that thing just now?

It didn’t feel especially dangerous, just a very strange, mysterious, and inexplicable unease.

‘Under normal circumstances, the train wouldn’t leave Earth within three to five stations, which means that big Buddha statue is most likely on Earth. When I get back, I’ll see if the authorities have any related records…’

Colin planned to take the initiative to come over and smash or contain it if he had the chance.

That way, he could properly wrap up their connection.

Taking a deep breath, Colin suppressed the inexplicable trepidation in his heart, quietly waiting for the fourth station to arrive.

Once again, he didn’t have to wait long…

About another hour later, the train slowed down, preparing to stop.

The dissipating fog outside the train windows revealed an icy, snowy landscape – endless and desolate, void of people. Apart from the unusually clear stars in the night sky dome, nothing else was visible.

“What kind of godforsaken place is this?”

Colin looked around for a while, unable to guess the exact location.

Then, with a “click,”

the train doors opened.

He first let the Money Slave jump out to make sure there was no danger, and then followed it outside.

And right as his foot touched the ground, information surfaced in his mind.

[Mission requirement: Please proceed to the designated area, locate the rift under the iceberg and toss the “Special Token” into it to be considered as completing this round of tasks…]

“Note”: Complete this mission within a day.

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‘Special Token.’

Colin opened his “Storage Room” to take a look and took out the “Special Token,” realizing it seemed to be a hand that looked freshly severed.

The related item description read:

[Through extracting the blood and flesh genes from certain creatures and cultivating a replica using a considerable amount of resources in a compliant manner, it carries a significant portion of the original’s properties.]

Ah, this…

“Some creature’s blood and flesh genes? This scent… man, they’re starting mass production now?”

Colin was somewhat speechless, wondering what the company was up to.

The requirement was to throw it into a certain area to be considered complete.

The method seemed crude. Would throwing it cause an explosion, or would it serve some sort of sealing purpose?

Shaking his head, Colin stowed the item away.

Then, sensing the direction through his mission, he transformed into a streak of flame, speeding across the snowfield.

Only three to five minutes later, Colin slowed down slightly, his nostrils flaring.

“The scent of living humans, as well as the stench of heretics, gunpowder, and other anomalies…”

All sorts of scents were present, suggesting a rather complicated situation ahead.

It felt like he was walking into a free-for-all brawl…

However, when Colin reached the first battlefield, he found that the battle seemed to have ended. There were no living people to be seen, just numerous bodies left behind.

No, more accurately, there were clothes with no flesh and blood inside, just bare skeletons.

And an abundance of various weapons…

Even including a wooden “Ghost Ship” frozen on the surface of the water, already half-broken.

“Looks like an official force, hundreds of them. But judging by the uniforms and skeletal remains, it’s not just domestic forces; it’s quite complex, including factions from different countries…”

“Even Followers of the Heretics. Tsk, seems like the officials are currently collaborating with them to fight against something else?”

“However, these scents are all less than half a month old; they can’t possibly have turned to skeletons so fast. And if there are skeletons, it means the Followers of the ‘Red Moon’ didn’t win because if they did, even the down jackets would be collected, let alone the skeletons.”

Colin’s figure paused for a moment before continuing deeper in the direction of the target.

Remnants of scents in the air told him there might still be living people in this forsaken place…

Indeed, after moving forward a bit more, he suddenly heard distant, faint sounds of explosions from the air.

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