SCP Corporation: Contain Bonfire
Chapter 644 - 644 480 Neither the Right Time Location nor

Chapter 644: Chapter 480: Neither the Right Time, Location, nor People… Not a Single One. Chapter 644: Chapter 480: Neither the Right Time, Location, nor People… Not a Single One. “It seems that the idea of breezing through this is no longer viable…”

Colin shook his head and sighed deeply, knowing that there was definitely more to come. After adjusting his mentality slightly, he looked at the woman named “Path to Progress·Vinnie”:

“Your name is Vinnie?”

“Yes…”

‘Are all of you here using your real names online?’

Colin was somewhat astonished in his heart.

The previous one, Raniweya, was the same, and this person too, do people at the ‘Subsidiary’ register with such direct IDs?

Or is it that joining the ‘Subsidiary’ requires real-name registration?

However, this wasn’t a big deal. After confirming the name, Colin paused for a moment and asked directly, without beating around the bush:

“If I’m not mistaken, it seemed that you were also looking for me… So, what exactly do you want from me?”

Setting aside the “Dusk Sect,” whatever that was.

His understanding of the next station was almost nonexistent.

Before he had enough information, Colin wouldn’t easily decide to help anyone.

“In a short while, the train will arrive at our homeland, and I request that you stop this ‘Eternal Night,’ to let the people who have been deceived by the ‘Dusk Faction’ for hundreds of years, take a step forward once again…”

Vinnie began to explain bit by bit, which gradually made some of the situation clearer to Colin.

The ninth station, no, to be precise, it should be the distance between the eighth and the ninth station, where the train was likely to cease moving forward.

The place where it would stop was the very land where Vinnie’s tribespeople had lived for generations.

They survived in a harsh environment full of mutated creatures, surrounding the part of the train that had come to a halt. Whenever some cyclical natural disaster occurred, they would return to the train, waiting for the disaster to pass before coming out again to clear away the anomalies, reclaim land, cultivate, and so on…

‘Didn’t expect that, from the sound of it, their stopping here was deliberate? And they’ve been stopped for a very, very long time, to the point that it became a kind of civilization…’

Colin stroked his chin thoughtfully.

In fact, up to this point, he could only remark that it was a special civilization.

But then, what Vinnie said next quickened his heartbeat…

“Every time after a disaster, to clear the external anomalies, extraordinary power is needed, and so, all of us believe in ‘Night.’ During the ‘Eternal Night’ rituals, we gain the power to survive…”

As she said this, Colin saw something pitch-black writhing unnaturally in her pupils.

Colin’s heart skipped a beat, and flames began to burn subconsciously on his body.

If he sensed anything wrong, he would immediately incinerate this ‘Heretic’ in front of him to ashes…

However, this follower of “Night” seemed normal for now, not launching any sudden attacks.

‘Damn it, I started thinking that it was just that Raniweya’s ‘Dusk Faction’ that had issues, but it turns out that you guys, regardless of being protagonists or antagonists, are all problematic!’

‘Believing in the ‘Night’ all the same, what’s the difference between you and the ‘Dusk Faction’? What exactly is going on with this ‘Subsidiary’?

Why does everyone who shows up seem to be a bunch of heretics? This ‘Subsidiary’ should be wiped out.’

With these thoughts flashing through his mind, Colin suddenly felt this person in front of him become dangerous.

And there was another thing…

These followers of “Night,” as long as they did not reveal themselves and he had no direct recognition of them, were somewhat difficult to identify.

It wasn’t until the other party brought it up that Colin belatedly realized the special power that the other party possessed.

Unaware of Colin’s strange reaction to her injuries, Vinnie continued to speak of the current situation:

“For hundreds of years, this is how we have survived. Every time a cyclical disaster comes, we initiate the ‘Eternal Night’ ritual, selecting one-third of the population for the ritual, and only a very small fraction receive the ‘Night’s’ miracle, then it repeats over and over, hoping one day we could completely eliminate all the mutated creatures…”

“Those who participate in the ritual would always lose some of their number, but how many exactly only becomes clear at the end. Usually it starts with thousands to tens of thousands; the least in history was just a few dozen, and once even half of them vanished!”

“Then, the majority of the rest would feel their energy drained and fall into a coma for a short period, and of that one-third of the total, those who gained the power in the end would only be less than one percent.”

“But now, this has been deemed impossible, and to continue staying there means only death.”

“‘Eternal Night’ is a trap, the dedicated ones who disappear are never reborn in the ‘God Kingdom of Dusk,’ and some things have made us realize that this ritual, if continued a few more times, maybe next time or the time after, dread will descend, and our remaining millions of tribe members will perish in the darkness…”

“The only way to survive is to break free from the ‘Night’ and from this land, to steer towards the future…”

…

Three to four million in total population, and on average, losing hundreds to tens of thousands in a ritual? Definitely heretical, but how could the Church of “Night” betray so easily? It seems like they might give up their belief in God…

Listening to her words, Colin had some expectations about what he might encounter next.

‘The entire race relies on the shelter of the train carriage, avoiding the periodic disasters of that world until they end. Meaning, they want to stay, I want to leave, so the purpose of my starting the train conflicts with their nature…’