SCP Corporation: Contain Bonfire
Chapter 677 - 677 499 The hidden secrets of company

Chapter 677: Chapter 499 The hidden secrets of company executives._1 Chapter 677: Chapter 499 The hidden secrets of company executives._1 “Whoo~whoo~whoo~”

The dilapidated ancient train emitted a series of shrill whistle sounds.

The gray fog at this moment intensified once more…

The outside scenery continued to be obscured by the increasingly thick gray fog.

“Hmm, luckily I still have a few fancy numbers, or else I’d be at a huge loss, and I wouldn’t have the face to meet people anymore…”

“Thorn Lady” muttered softly with a look of regret in her eyes, leaving Colin with a headache.

‘Ah, what a waste of my emotions…’

Colin somewhat speechless, had thought it was some kind of melancholic feelings, but it turned out to be just this.

It was just a matter of a few account numbers, after all, what’s there to be ashamed of.

But speaking of which…

His gaze shifted to the outside world wrapped in thorns, gradually obscured by the gray fog, and he felt a chill thinking that according to “Thorn Lady”, this was the actual display of her body’s power…

He didn’t feel any pressure when facing the “split consciousness”, but catching a glimpse of her true form, that feeling of upper-level oppression was truly overwhelming.

Even Colin dared not look too closely…

‘So this is the true strength of a First Level Containment Subject, capable of affecting the entire world, and could easily destroy a celestial body if left unchecked…’

Colin reflected inwardly, recalling the brief description he had about First Level Containment Subjects.

And at that moment, as the gray fog became completely dense and nothing could be seen outside the window, “Thorn Lady” withdrew her gaze and gave Colin a once over:

“Your account isn’t too bad, do you want to… Ah, never mind, you’ve tied it down too securely, and besides, even if it weren’t tied down, it’s a bit prickly to the touch, too many things are involved, and it might not withstand it if it were in my hands…”

Hearing this, Colin wasn’t sure how to respond.

But looking at it this way, “Thorn Lady” seemed to have her little quirks.

Like collecting “fancy number” accounts, it’s just not clear how she transfers them.

“Right, you mentioned before that these ‘outsiders’ were confined here because of some special period. What happened during that period…?”

Colin naturally brought up a topic he was interested in.

From what can be seen, all disasters seem to stem from a particular period, during which nearly all of the world’s civilizations regressed, and historical discontinuities occurred.

The Bonfire Company’s main body disappeared at that moment too.

And as an Administrator, “Thorn Lady” having lived so long, even if she knew little, should know something.

“Thorn Lady” thought for a moment, then retreated to sit on a taller chair, stretching her fair legs out from under her black thorny robe and swinging them as she said:

“This thing, I’m not very sure about, but I remember it was maybe some hundred years back, the whole universe was obscured by a grand event. During that period, all space travel was directly interrupted, the worlds that had been connected were forcibly isolated, and all kinds of chaotic events impacted various places, causing severe distortions…

“Like here, with me around, it was okay, but some places, I went out to investigate midway, and they were directly extinct, along with the destruction or mutation of their celestial bodies.

“As for those people, just before the disaster erupted, I happened to have received some task, and along the way moving this group of refugees from other star systems, I bumped into this storm and had no choice but to bring them back to my own world to protect them…

“This continued for sixty or seventy years, a hundred years or perhaps even longer. Such a massive scale of influence only gradually faded away.

“Then afterwards, I made contact with the outside world through some means, and that’s when I learned that quite a lot had happened; the company seemed to be on the brink of collapse…

“But at that time, I didn’t have the energy to investigate too much, so I went into a deep sleep.”

She didn’t hide anything and simply told Colin what she knew.

Several decades? It lasted that long… Colin was startled, having thought it was just a momentary event.

Unfortunately, from “Thorn Lady’s” words, it seemed she could only catch a glimpse of the effects and tried to make external contacts, but couldn’t see the root cause or know the result.

Probably the only ones who knew the situation were some high-ranking “Firebearers.”

But speaking of which, there seemed to be some keywords in what “Thorn Lady” said…

“‘Refugees’?”

“Yeah, I heard they were transferred from the ‘World Code’ ahead, but I’m not very clear about the specifics, as some key information seemed to be highly confidential, and I couldn’t access it.”

Ah, World Code…

Colin’s expression suddenly became strange; could it be the part of the people Rosen transferred after blowing up the planet?

“Why, you seem to know something?” “Thorn Lady” asked curiously.

“I might know a little bit…” Colin thought for a moment and then gave a brief account of his memories about Rosen.

“Hmm, it should be him, but Rosen, the number one lackey under one of the company’s big shots, I didn’t have much contact with him, and my memories are not very clear. I just heard that he seemed to be one of the leaders of the ‘Conservative Faction’ among the Firebearers…”

“Thorn Lady” gave a simple assessment.

As for what Colin mentioned about Rosen going to retrieve something, “Thorn Lady” showed no reaction, whether she was unaware or deliberately avoiding the topic.

The number one lackey under a big shot… Colin thought for a moment, guessing she was probably talking about “Boss Huang He”.

It was just a question whether Rosen’s spirit in heaven would hear this assessment and turn her into a lump of energy carbon for fuel.

“But talking about this gets me irritated, I had to clean up the mess that guy made, and his group of ‘refugees’, seriously… After I bore the brunt of that chaotic influence, I was too tired and just squeezed my eyes shut for a bit, going into a slumber…”