SCP Corporation: Contain Bonfire
Chapter 640 - 640 Rule of the 5th stop 477._1

Chapter 640: Rule of the 5th stop, 477._1 Chapter 640: Rule of the 5th stop, 477._1 “Outsiders, die right here!”

The next moment, his body exploded like an ink bottle sinking into a clear pool, with darkness so thick it caused hearts to palpitate surging forward.

“‘Containment Protocol’ Item Liberation request, ‘Revolver Contrarian’ item 5% liberation!”

In his mind, a thought flashed, and Colin dared not take any chances.

He went directly into a state of high eruption…

The next second, the bright orange-red bonfire and the profound, rich darkness chased each other away.

It lasted quite a while before everything finally came to an end.

The train cabin, which had been shrouded in darkness for a few minutes, became bright again…

“Hiss…”

Colin raised his hand to wipe the cold sweat from his forehead, recalling that intense dark power, and couldn’t help but think of a certain terrifying existence.

“What the hell is up with this guy?” The Fish Pond Master and Orange Cat looked around, still feeling the residual fear.

He had a premonition that if it weren’t for Brother Shunzi’s presence, they would’ve either died or ended up severely maimed during those few minutes.

“Did that person die?” Orange Cat asked, looking at Colin, whose body kept erupting in flames.

At this moment, only three people remained on the train; the original injured party and Raniweya’s figure had both disappeared.

Even those “passengers” had vanished during the brief clash.

Employees battled fiercely, and passengers died violently.

“Most likely ran away…”

While covering the train with flames to drive away all shadows, Colin shook his head.

The opponent had looked as though they intended mutual destruction…

But without surprise, that must have been some kind of skill or technique, at most paying a certain price, but certainly not dead.

Compared to this, what puzzled Colin even more was what the opponent’s words meant.

He could roughly guess that the opponent might have used some predictive method to foresee their arrival.

And then came in advance to block them, aiming to hold them back.

But…

“I’m just making a trip to the ninth station, how did that disrupt the grand destiny?” Colin scratched his head, utterly perplexed.

The essence of his mission was simply to refuel the train, but now the confrontation made it seem like he was there to carry out an “Extermination Order” or something similar.

Putting aside whether he was qualified to execute such an order, even if he was, he wasn’t Rosen; he wasn’t as extreme to randomly destroy the world.

At this point, Orange Cat spoke up, “Brother Shunzi, do you know anything about who that person might be? It feels like we’ve never really seen such a character in the company.”

From their brief encounter, he and the Fish Pond Master were sure that they were no match for that individual.

Surviving would be difficult enough.

To hold their ground, they would probably need two or three more people with specific equipment to barely manage a fight.

Such a strong opponent, and yet they didn’t recognize them…

It wasn’t impossible, but the odds were not very high.

“Background, huh… not sure, but they’re probably from a ‘branch company,'” Colin didn’t hide this fact.

“‘Branch company’?”

Both were startled when they heard this term.

However, they quickly understood what “branch company” meant through Brother Shunzi’s explanation, and were both enlightened.

They really hadn’t expected such a situation…

“Then why are we suddenly clashing with a ‘branch company’? Logically, shouldn’t they be our own people?” Orange Cat sighed while sitting in a chair.

“Could they be trying to seize power?” The Fish Pond Master suggested.

At that moment, recalling the current fragmented state of the company and combining it with the task Brother Shunzi was sent on to the “branch company” territory, both couldn’t help but wonder if their own Earth Company was playing a bigger game?

What if the founder had died, the corporate system and order had collapsed, branch companies were waging war against each other, foreign capital was looming, and everything was on the verge of bankruptcy, with internal and external troubles, and then… even if the company was already shattered, they were to become the majority shareholder to restructure the company and so on.

Colin wasn’t aware of the bizarre ideas in the minds of these two; he was currently feeling a bit of a headache, not knowing what to do if they encountered the opponent again.

Since it was confirmed that the opponent was from a “branch company”…

Then it was very likely that Colin would have to face the power of an entire “branch company.”

Although he was unclear about the state of this “branch company,” it must be known that not every “branch company” was like the one Shana belonged to, all of them orphans.

If the opponent had many people, and all with high power, that would be problematic.

One man against an entire “branch company”?

“It seems that only high-level employees can start a ‘branch office.’ That is to say, even C Level ‘Firebearers’ might not be able to do this,”

Colin was aware of his own strength and had not become overly inflated to think otherwise.

Moreover, even if he were lucky and this ‘branch office’ was like Shana, an orphan with only one person,

it would still be hard for Colin to defeat the opponent.

Because it was very likely that the opponent, like Shana, possessed the right to directly send ‘report letters’…

Once that defense mechanism was activated, it might be somewhat forced even for him to protect himself.

“The only good news is, that guy is quite a bit weaker than Shana, at best, on par with a non-core ordinary clone, and weaker than me,”

“But it’s also unclear how many people are currently in this ‘branch office,’ what means they have at their disposal, what corps may be stationed or left behind, and what their relationship with the ‘Firebearers’ is, and so on.”

Thinking of these matters, Colin felt overwhelmed and couldn’t help but curse silently to himself.

Wasn’t it agreed to just add some fuel?

“Brother Shunzi…”

At this moment, Orange Cat suddenly spoke up, interrupting his thoughts. When he looked over, the cat tilted its chin, signaling him to look in a certain direction…

Colin, with a puzzled look, turned his gaze in that direction, then his eyes slightly froze.

At the front of the train, a notice board had appeared at some point, and on it were some new rules.

“Welcome aboard this train, we are about to pass through a special area. For your safety, please adhere to the following rules while riding this train to avoid accidents…”

“1. Please coexist peacefully with the ‘passengers’ and avoid substantial contact with them.”

“2. After you have boarded the train at the fifth stop, please ensure that there is more than one ‘passenger’ in the carriage of this train.”

“3. If a ‘passenger’ comes to your seat, do not panic, as long as you promptly give up your seat.”

“…To be continued.”

“Attention! If you do not follow these rules when riding this train, you will be solely responsible for any consequences you encounter.”

“…”

Quickly taking in the content, Colin understood that the ‘passengers’ referred to were those black shadows that normal people couldn’t see, not them.

Afterwards, he subconsciously looked around and frowned—

The figures that had disappeared after the fight with “Raniweya” had not been replenished.

According to the pattern, those things would only come from the carriages ahead after the next stop…

And the core requirement above was that.

One must sit in a carriage where ‘passengers’ are present.

Previous task notes had mentioned that one should adhere to the rules as much as possible.

He didn’t know the consequences of not following them, nor did he want to find out…

“Follow me.”

As the thought passed through Colin’s mind, he decisively stood up and motioned for the two people to move toward the rear carriage.

However, just as they reached the connecting door, they found that this normally operable door was now completely stuck.

“Is it because there are no ‘passengers’?”

Thoughts flashed through Colin’s mind, but before he could think further, he suddenly heard the employees next to him gasp in panic.

Out of the corner of his eye, Colin clearly saw the two people’s faces turn pale, even showing fear.

‘Can D Level staff really be frightened to this extent?’

He frowned and followed their gaze, presumably to something outside the window?

“What is it?”

In his confusion, he suddenly saw a floating black shadow approaching through the surging gray mist, like a balloon…

Soon, the ghastly white face of a woman appeared in Colin’s eyes.

As soon as he saw this face, Colin froze, his mind unusually unable to comprehend.

This face was identical to the memory of his mother’s…

“Lin Lin, come out quickly, mommy misses you so much…”

His mother’s voice echoed in his ears.

Her head gently but repeatedly tapped against the train window, making a ‘thump thump’ sound.

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