SCP Corporation: Contain Bonfire
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Chapter 647: 481 Chapter 647: 481 And every so often, it would be completely destroyed and start over, so there was no breaking out.

Not only was there no escaping, but the harsh living conditions also led to a continuous decline in population.

From tens of millions of people hundreds of years ago, it has decreased to less than one-third of its original size.

In such circumstances, it was difficult enough to stay alive, let alone expand.

‘Having failed to gain a foothold for hundreds of years, starting over with each disaster, it seems the world itself should not be underestimated; it’s just unclear what the situation really is…’

Colin felt that it might be another out-of-control World Code situation.

“By the way, do you understand anything about your own past?” Colin asked in depth.

According to Akasha’s claim, despite the numerous catastrophes their race had experienced over the years, it seemed they had not experienced a break in generations.

However, unfortunately…

“Perhaps some of our people know, but I am not clear on it. I only know that when we passed by there from beyond the sky, we stayed there because of some widespread disaster, until now…”

“Besides the world we live in, all other worlds have already been destroyed, which is a common understanding among our people.”

“But… the truth obviously isn’t so, your arrival is enough to break the lies spread by the ‘Dusk Faction’.”

Akasha looked at Colin and his companions as if she were looking at something called “hope.”

‘Young lady, the outside world is probably not much better…’

Colin pursed his lips, but then again, whether it’s good or bad is all relative.

If the next world really is that terrible, then even if they went to “World Code-13,” they would treat it like paradise.

‘Come to think of it, it shouldn’t be considered uninterrupted; rather, when that disaster that forced them to stop the train happened, a lot had already been lost… Over three hundred years ago, huh?’

This time point could roughly match the time when the company had trouble.

And once it matches…

It essentially represents an insurmountable debt that is currently unknowable.

Colin shook his head and tried to inquire about the situation from Akasha as thoroughly as possible.

However, having forced herself to stay awake upon awakening and having interacted for several hours, Akasha’s condition clearly deteriorated, and her speech began to get somewhat muddled.

Considering that he had already obtained most of the pertinent information, Colin let her rest and then took out two “Colorless Crystals,” giving one to “Fire Tree” and the other to Akasha.

“How much can her body recover in the next two days?”

Colin looked at “Fire Tree,” who had been continuously treating Akasha and Vini.

“Her life is definitely not in danger. After doing some more surgery in a bit, she’ll be able to restore her appearance. But her strength can probably only recover to about five or six layers. She’s injured at the core, and she’s not a true Extraordinary One, so she won’t be able to recover much in a short time. A full recovery will probably take at least half a month or more.”

When speaking with Colin, Fire Tree usually remained quite honest and didn’t use any strange word sequences.

Also, while Colin was chatting with Akasha, when he heard certain dangerous words like “Night,” he honestly “closed” his ears.

Knowing too much about certain things isn’t always a good thing…

“Okay.”

Colin nodded. Akasha’s strength was not bad, at least stronger than the two D Level employees that followed, but a lot weaker than Lavinia. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have gotten beaten up so severely in such a short time…

Of course, he didn’t expect her to provide much fighting power; it was enough that she survived.

After the conversation ended, the carriage became somewhat quieter, with only the occasional “clack clack” sounds of the train’s progress emanating from beneath the floor.

Meanwhile, the “Master of the Fish Pond” cautiously approached, looking at Colin and gesturing at his own head.

Then, Colin realized that the team information in his mind included the other party’s words.

“Brother Shunzi, are the things they’re telling us reliable?”

Throughout the conversation’s beginning, the two employees had been watching Brother Shunzi talk to the others without interrupting.

They always wondered why Brother Shunzi seemed to have almost no doubts about these people’s words, as if he believed everything they said.

‘Considering their brain damage, there’s even a chance their memories were altered before, so the truth is mixed with falsehoods. How would I know if it can be entirely trusted…’

Colin mentally grumbled, his expression unchanged, but he responded to the two in his mind, indicating uncertainty.

For such a scenario, his usual approach had always been to first extract the message and then verify its authenticity in subsequent actions.

That was always better than knowing nothing at all.

Seeing Brother Shunzi’s response, the two didn’t think much further and continued to ask about other things, such as what “Night” was all about…

‘You really are fearless youngsters, daring to ask anything…’

Colin complained to himself, then pondered and said, “The origin might be something even more terrifying than those ‘robots’ from the inner group chat. If you don’t want to suddenly die one day, you’d best forget about this.”

“Hiss… okay.”

A general explanation might not intimidate two people, but when a “robot” is part of the equation, they are instantly horrified.

For the employees who have yet to encounter a truly terrifying mission…

“Stupid Robot” is already one of the most dangerous things they know of.

Time ticked away, and two hours later, the train’s speed began to change.

“We’re about to stop,”

Colin said as flames began to spread over his body, gradually enveloping the compartment in a shadowless state to fend off assassins from “The Dusk Sect.”

After all, Colin was unclear where Raniweya had gone after her “self-destruct.”

Either it was a duplicate, or she had a unique way of returning to her original world…

Soon, the dense grey fog outside the window began to fade, and then he saw that he seemed to have arrived at another pitch-dark area resembling a port.

Within the port, numerous rocks and fragments of unknown structures floated mid-air due to zero gravity.

It looked like yet another abandoned dangerous area.

It had a similar style to the cosmic platform, but upon arriving, Colin felt many indescribable things that flowed without definite shape cast their gaze upon him.

Their gaze was filled with undisguised malice.

However…

When Colin allowed the firelight to erupt further and shoot out from the door, the invisible entities’ “gaze” suddenly became “clear” at that moment, then let out a fearful and sharply piercing “scream” as they fled.

“‘Bonfire’ really works well in many situations.”

Colin glanced at the rocks and metal which turned to powder amidst those “screams,” clicking his tongue in wonder.

Then, after the train completed its routine check-in, it set off again.

But this time, just as Colin thought it was going to be another long ride, he had barely closed the train door and had been travelling for less than three minutes when a cold voice accompanied by text appeared on his retina.

[Notification: From this moment forward, this section of the train will begin transferring passengers to the ‘Mist Train-9713-31’. To avoid boarding the wrong train, passengers who need to transfer should orderly leave this train carriage within ten minutes…]

“‘Transfer’?”

Orange Cat and “Master of the Fish Pond” were initially stunned, then quickly stood up from their seats after realizing what was happening, looking towards Brother Shunzi.

“We don’t need to leave,”

Colin waved his hand, indicating that his intuition given by the mission told him that the real destination would come after the transfer.

Hearing his words, the two sat down again.

As for Akasha and Vini, who was awakened by the noise, they too remained unfazed by the unfamiliar voice and said nothing more.

It was exactly ten minutes after the prompt had appeared.

Everyone in the train felt a momentary trance, then suddenly, the train before their eyes drastically changed.

They saw the previously futuristic carriage now revert to a steampunk theme.

Brass-furnished seats, exposed pipes, differential engine decorations, elegant ceiling lamps, etc…

In addition to this, there was another more noticeable change.

The previously roughly hundred square meter carriage had suddenly expanded more than tenfold and became much more spacious.

“Holy shit, it’s huge, is this even a train?”

Orange Cat exclaimed, but “Master of the Fish Pond” by his side said with disdain:

“Only the uninitiated would be as flabbergasted as you are.”

As he spoke, he couldn’t help but recall the tough memories of clearing the “Ghost Train” with a group of people through three train carriages.

That train carriage was even larger than this one…

But just as he had finished speaking, he looked to Colin, intending to ask for instructions, but found him frowning, intently staring outside…

“Master of the Fish Pond” felt a twinge in his brow and followed his gaze through the window, immediately taking a sharp breath.

“What the hell, what kind of godforsaken place is this?!”

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