SCP Corporation: Contain Bonfire
Chapter 637 - 637 475 The Mysterious Third Person. _2

Chapter 637: Chapter 475: The Mysterious Third Person. _2 Chapter 637: Chapter 475: The Mysterious Third Person. _2 “Swish…”

The carbon-based life form at the door burned fiercely under his command, eventually turning into a pile of ashes.

At the same time, Colin took out a piece of gold and, following the method taught by Shana, manipulated the flame obtained from the carbon to merge into the gold, creating a Golden Mark imbued with a certain bonfire power.

The flame on top, when necessary, could be thrown out, equivalent to his normal strike.

Thrown out at some critical moment, it should still be able to have some effect.

“Pretty good, just a bit wasteful of gold.”

Muttering, Colin put the mark into his pocket, then looked around to make sure nothing had sneaked onto the train, and sat back down, taking out his game to continue playing.

Some considerable time later, the train gradually came to a stop.

This time there were no surprises; the train stopped in the middle of a flat wasteland.

No one got off, no one got on, and when the time came, the train moved on.

“This train, I always feel like I’m slacking off…”

Colin touched his chin and watched the train start moving again.

The third station…

Similarly uneventful, nothing appeared to happen.

However.

Just as the doors closed at the third station and the train started moving, Colin suddenly realized that the entire train seemed to become a bit dilapidated…

The originally cozy lighting inside the carriage no longer felt so cozy.

Everything in front of him seemed unchanged, yet invisibly, it seemed as though something had changed.

Familiar things started to feel strange…

“Huh.”

Colin took a deep breath, sat back with one leg crossed over the other, took out his power bank, and charged his red and blue console while playing.

Based on past experience, now inside the train carriage itself, he wouldn’t encounter anything, the only thing to worry about was whether he would face any danger at the next stop.

The fourth stop, this time took a lot longer than all the previous ones combined.

After just over eight hours, Colin saw the train stop.

Outside was an endless, eerie forest…

“Feels like I’ve been here before.”

Colin looked around; this seemed to be the abnormal area where he had previously encountered the mass of heads forming a “Super Coconut Egg Tree.”

At that time, he was escaping from “The Seventh Box Garden World” after a close brush with death…

He still remembered that creature seemed to notice something on the train and gave a warning.

“This time, I didn’t see it, but if I had my current strength back then, I wouldn’t have let that rat sneak on board without a clue…”

Colin sighed, then turned his gaze away from the outside, waiting for the train to start again.

Just then, as if sensing something, he looked up sharply, his gaze sharpening, to see a “Coconut Egg Tree” comprised of hundreds of heads appear less than fifty meters from the train door!

The eyes on each of those heads stared uniformly at the train.

And it seemed to sense Colin’s gaze.

All the heads opened their mouths and spoke in unison, emitting a sound wave imbued with soul power.

“When the future… is in need… call upon us…”

“In times of need… the future… call upon us…”

“Call upon us… the future… when needed…”

“…”

The constant repetition of phrases kept coming; Colin squinted slightly, focusing on the thing outside. If he did not misunderstand, was this an expression of goodwill?

“When in need, what does that mean? Are they speaking to me, or through me, to ‘Lady Rabbit’? Or does it mean that it can predict the future, has seen something coming, and thinks I’ll need it, so it wants to establish some kind of contact?”

Colin puzzled internally.

But now that he thought about it, the first time he encountered this thing…

It didn’t seem to express any malice, did it?

‘My judgment back then seemed to be based on a D Level Personnel who boarded midway; in reality, it wasn’t clear whether it was good or bad.’

As thoughts flickered, the bell signaling the train’s departure rang.

Colin pressed down his jumbled thoughts, jotted down this incident to look into what “Lady Rabbit” would say when he got the chance.

Next, he would head to the fifth stop, which he had never taken before.

“The danger at the fifth stop isn’t too great, at least for me, that’s the case…”

Colin glanced around and could feel the almost indistinct sensation of being watched stealthily coming from all around, and those “passengers” seated everywhere became much clearer.

The intense feeling of disgust and loathing became very apparent…

“These things, it seems, are quite disdainful of, and uncomfortable with me,” he said.

Colin snorted.

If it weren’t for the mission’s request to avoid contact as much as possible, he would have burned these creatures into carbon for fuel by now.

However, he was starting to get a bit curious about the mission’s note number five, wondering who the two colleagues he would meet at the fifth stop would be…

Theoretically, they were likely to be people from Earth.

But, there was also a possibility they could be outsiders similar to “The Light Chaser.”

With anticipation, Colin changed the cassette and started a new game. In the game, he controlled a pink blob that could devour everything, swallowing various enemies and gaining their powers…

Until Colin had finished the game and collected all the achievements, the train had not stopped once.

“Fourteen hours, that’s a bit long…” he muttered.

Colin took a deep breath, grabbed some food and filled his stomach.

Two more hours passed…

The train finally showed signs of slowing down to stop again.

Soon, a lush green meadow appeared behind the window. Colin saw the flickering green lights amongst the tall grass and was momentarily stunned.

What’s going on? Twice today, he had entered scenes he had visited before…

This was a situation that had never occurred before when he took the train.

“Rumble rumble~”

Before he could think more about it, Colin saw a battle unfolding. Not far away, a swath of tall grass was scorched clear by the battle; the ground was littered with limbs and fragments.

Several figures stood at the spot where the train was about to stop, fighting a large group of pale-skinned humanoid creatures with sharp claws.

Cannon shots, lightning, blade winds, and other attacks followed in quick succession.

“Click.”

As the doors opened, the group inside released a wide-range attack in unison, dealing with the aliens and jumping into the train.

The following monsters did not pursue…

Seeing this, the refugees breathed sighs of relief.

Although the creatures seemed fragile, their massive numbers, coupled with their skill at ambushes, still made them quite a headache to deal with.

“Surprisingly, there’s someone familiar,” Colin said as he noticed two of them and could not help but feel astonished at the names floating above their heads.

One was “Master of the Fish Pond,” who had been converting various assets into points via parchment and owned a powerful set of Purple Gear, making him quite well-known.

Especially to Colin, who was very familiar with him since he had been the one begging to buy the Golden Card when they were first issued.

It wasn’t until later, when his true strength was showcased in front of the company, that he stopped mentioning selling the Golden Card.

At the same time, “Master of the Fish Pond” was also taken aback when he saw Colin, not expecting Brother Shunzi to be the assistance target mentioned in the mission.

‘Wait, what sort of difficulty would Brother Shunzi have that I could assist with?’ he thought, his heart skipping a beat.

The situation seemed a bit unsettling, but it was too late to refuse now…

Colin didn’t look at him any longer than necessary, slightly turned his head, and his gaze shifted toward another person, whose name read “It’s All Orange Cat’s Fault”…

To his surprise, this person appeared to be very powerful.

His body was covered with many mysterious and strange patterns that seemed to have something to do with airflow. A light breeze surrounded him, making a “whoosh” sound.

‘Is that a Talent, a real one for Extraordinary Ones?’ Colin wondered in amazement. Typically, an employee’s physical condition depended on their gear, Talent, and Skill.

But this one seemed to have merged with his Talent, becoming closer to an Extraordinary One like the official personnel.

However, as surprising as it was…

What puzzled Colin was, weren’t they expecting just two people?

Why were there three people who boarded?

His eyes moved to the third company colleague’s name above their head.

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