SCP Corporation: Contain Bonfire
Chapter 671 - 671 497 Firebearer Philosophy Class Ignite

Chapter 671: Chapter 497 “Firebearer” Philosophy Class: Ignite Others, Warm Yourself._1 Chapter 671: Chapter 497 “Firebearer” Philosophy Class: Ignite Others, Warm Yourself._1 With the “Eternal Night” ritual stabilizing, the employees kneeling at the various “Thorn Binding Device” points suddenly felt the pressure on them lighten…

Although that inexplicable sense of palpitations persisted, at least they were now able to move.

“Wahahaha~”

The malevolent green spirit flames reignited, and the D Level staff laughed maniacally:

“Now it’s our turn again!”

The battle kicked off once more!

The members of “The Dusk Sect” stationed at the points finally experienced the employees’ various offensive methods: from long-distance curses to strange magic spells to physical attacks driven by some unknown means…

With the help of the “Defiants,” it didn’t take long for The Dusk Sect’s defenses to be breached.

And those who were powerful enough to match the official Eighth Level fighters of The Dusk Sect were too few in number, creating a different scenario than for the ordinary underlings.

They were simultaneously besieged by more than three elite D Level members.

They had no choice but to either retreat or be knocked unconscious.

“It’s so easy, there are so many Extraordinary Ones here, but not a single ‘legion’ combat team has emerged. It’s all freelancers, no regular army, what a waste…”

“Indeed, indeed, and the defense setup below is also so rough…”

“It’s so easy to clear, I wonder if the reward will be less.””

“It shouldn’t be, the company values the actual gains, it doesn’t matter if our process is simple or not.”

“Is that so? Feels like I’m just picking up money…”

“There’s no difficulty at all, I thought it would be like last time, facing a ton of enemies. I’ve even prepared a small nuclear warhead…”

“Damn, you ‘official faction’ guys really can bring anything!”

“Speaking of which, what was with that pressure just now? I feel like it’s something to do with Brother Shunzi; doesn’t anyone want to figure it out? Anyone want to team up and check it out?”

“Damn, @MyLittleBean, don’t talk nonsense if it’s not conducive to survival. Knowing too much will only get you killed!”

“@MyLittleBean, a bro can be useless, just don’t be a nuisance! Don’t end up affecting Brother Shunzi and drag us all into a group annihilation…”

“By the way, how many of us are down now? And how long do we have to hold out?”

“Less than a tenth anyway…”

“As for how long to hold out, that depends on Brother Shunzi; but with the current situation, it’s a breeze to last until tomorrow.”

“…”

After one stronghold after another was conquered, the employees started chatting casually.

The suppression of the energy source device was not complicated; it involved cutting the root tendrils, about two to three meters in diameter, and continuously repeating the process of cutting them before they could reconnect.

Although these things were as hard as raw iron, for the employees,

cutting them was not particularly difficult…

And as long as they cut here, the “Thorns of Refusal” would wither, and then the corresponding employees could easily cut in and sever all the black thorns that sprawled through each train car.

Overall, it wasn’t considered a very difficult task.

At least…

It was like that in the early stages.

As time ticked by, and the task was yet to be completed, with the root tendrils of the “Energy Point” growing faster and faster,

The employees suddenly realized that something was off.

“Damn, what’s going on with the Energy Point? Why have the ‘Thorns of Refusal’ started growing again?!”

“That was close, it almost pierced right through my butt!”

“Come on, Energy Point, put more effort into it! Suppress the energy faster!”

The D Level employees responsible for handling the “thorns” quickly noticed that the black thorns, which had already stopped growing for a while, suddenly “came back to life” with increasing strength.

“Damn, be careful, don’t use ‘items’ to resist forcefully! Those damn spikes can damage the integrity of items!”

Some panicked upon discovering that the integrity of some of their items was actually decreasing under the onslaught of the thorns!

Immediately, some employees, unwary of being trapped by the thorns to death, put away their items after hearing this.

For them, death was acceptable, but they could not accept damage to their items—

After all, repairing items was too expensive, easily costing thousands or tens of thousands of Points, and the rewards from this mission might not even cover the repairs!

Thus, some unlucky employees preferred to suffer a painful death riddled like a beehive than to see their item’s integrity decreased.

Meanwhile, the employees suppressing the energy points had their own unspoken woes.

Just now, not only did the thick root tendrils recover faster and faster, but they also became harder…

The hardness was now comparable to steel!

“How long do we have to suppress this? These thorns are getting harder, they’re almost as tough as titanium alloys! My hands are about to be chopped off…”

“Why are they growing so fast? Waaah, my ‘Tyrant Body’ claws have broken several times…”

“My demonic flames are almost burned out, if this goes on, I’ll have to burn myself!”

“What’s going on with Brother Shunzi, hasn’t it been fixed yet?”

“It’s getting harder, can’t hold out much longer, my exoskeleton armor is running out of power…”

“…”

The employees were drenched in sweat as they focused on suppressing the root tendrils, unsure of why this was happening.

The root tendrils, which could have been easily suppressed before, now required a lot of effort just to be kept in a severed state.

And while everyone was complaining, Colin was in no better condition.

In the midst of an intensely burning fireball, Colin tried his best to maintain the flames; it had been almost an hour since the “Red Moon” had appeared.