SCP Corporation: Contain Bonfire
Chapter 678 - 678 499 The secret of the companys senior

Chapter 678: Chapter 499 The secret of the company’s senior management._2 Chapter 678: Chapter 499 The secret of the company’s senior management._2 “So they stabbed me in the back big time, as if there was some rumor that I had abandoned them. Then out of nowhere, they took out a containment subject associated with ‘Night’ that had sealed a part of me and started worshiping it…”

“Can you imagine how I felt when I first woke up, not having a clue, almost having my home stolen by ‘Night’?”

The “Lady of Thorns” said, somewhat huffily.

The history of the “Night” believers turned out to be like this… Colin’s mouth was agape, at a loss for words for a moment.

“So… what’s with that mutated world? It’s the world you’re in charge of, why has it become like that?”

Given the “Lady of Thorns'” situation, since she was capable of preserving the “refugees,” it should be impossible for her to allow her world to fall into such a state, right?

“Ah, that… Don’t worry, it’s nothing; they will wake up eventually, just wait until I fix some things… erm, as long as I am here, they will wake up one day.”

On this matter, the “Lady of Thorns” did not elaborate further.

Colin felt that her so-called “breath of fresh air” might also have something to do with those mutated subjects.

However, since she didn’t want to discuss it further, Colin did not pry.

At this very moment, looking at the “Lady of Thorns,” who seemed like a talkative older sister next door, he felt as if he had forgotten to mention something, but couldn’t quite remember what it was…

After pondering carefully, just as an idea began to form, all of a sudden he saw a line of text appear before him.

[This section of the train will soon merge onto a special track, some turbulence is expected, please understand…]

Following this announcement,

the entire carriage shook violently, much like tossing vegetables in a frying pan.

During this process, the carriage began to self-repair, all the damaged areas, under the irrigation of some special secret force, gradually became as good as new…

The previously… Middle Eastern battle-damaged style of the train, suddenly seemed fresh from the factory.

After about three minutes, the turbulence gradually subsided…

“Hold on, I’m going to get something to prevent problems,” the “Lady of Thorns” said, and left the place. A few minutes later, Colin saw several black figures, bound by “Black Thorns,” being dragged into various train carriages.

After completing all this, the figure of the “Lady of Thorns” appeared again.

She actually knew that the figures could stabilize the train? Colin was astonished and asked curiously, “Speaking of which, I’ve always wondered, why are there figures inside the train?”

“You don’t know?” The “Lady of Thorns” looked at him in surprise, then remembered something: “Oh, I forgot, you’re not at C Level yet, but even C Level might not know this…”

“Let me put it simply, these shadows are actually related to ‘Night’…”

“Night?!” Colin’s pupils trembled slightly.

“Don’t be so scared; they’ve all been dealt with by a certain big shot, absolutely safe. One is placed in each train, and then, do you know what the windows of this train are made of?”

She paused for a moment, but before Colin could shake his head or say “no,” the “Lady of Thorns” continued to explain:

“Have you ever used crystals like ‘Analytical Lens’ or prognostication artifacts? Their effects are more or less the same. However, these have been modified, so only those who are non-company and harbor hostility can see through the windows…”

With that said, she didn’t need to explain further for Colin to understand the reason.

The moment a high existence peeks into something related to ‘Night’ through a “Analytical Lens” or the like,

then…

Colin couldn’t help but think back to a few months ago when he used an “Analytical Lens” to analyze the “Hunger” barrier, nearly ending up dead from being spotted.

“This design… is pretty clever,” Colin murmured, finally speaking out.

“But it’s not infallible. For example, if you stay on a few more stops and leave the protection range of that wall, despite the cost, there will be plenty of things willing to descend to erase your ‘bonfire’ seed.”

“Ah, that…”

Colin gained a deeper understanding of why the ‘Flame Bearer’ was so despised.

After that, he inquired about some knowledge above C Level…

“Is the company’s knowledge gap this severe now?” The “Lady of Thorns” glanced at him with surprise, as if shocked that he was ignorant of such basic knowledge that he had to ask her for information.

However, the “Thorn Lady” did give an explanation.

“As for Authority Levels above C, well, there’s nothing particularly special, it’s mainly about the positions assigned after C Level. If there haven’t been other reforms, then as far as I know, roughly… C Level allows for quite a large Spatial domain, plus there are some confidential projects. Give me a moment to sort this out; it’s really not easy to explain on the fly.”

The “Thorn Lady” thought for about ten seconds before she began to explain, using the method of “Inspiration”:

“First, the distribution of authority within the C Level depends on whether you’re part of the administrative or the Corps system, or something else. I’m not clear on the latter two because I’m in a clerical position. From a World Administrator as small as one world to as large as a planetary system, all theoretically fall within my Domain…”

Clerical? Colin was taken aback, this didn’t seem right.

“Oh, and you’re generally equipped with some celestial computers, ecological System Trees, and similar systems to assist with management. But mine were damaged during that special period, which is rather troublesome; I can’t even control the climate anymore.”

The “Thorn Lady” said, “That’s about all I understand for now, I’m not too clear on higher levels. I’m currently at C+ Level, so I only know the situation within C+…”

“C Level? You’re only at C Level?”

Colin’s eyes widened in disbelief. How could this be? That couldn’t be right.

“You’re at the strength of a legitimate First Level Containment Subject, how can you only be at C Level? The C Levels I’ve seen before seemed to be not much different from me?”

“C+! I’m at C+! What you must have encountered are C-, which are quite below me.”

The “Thorn Lady” emphatically reminded, with a snort:

“Moreover, you’re looking at this purely in terms of combat capability, but the range between levels is quite wide. Some externally hired employees in the Corps who are stronger than me are only at D+, at most they might have some temporary special authorization at C Level or higher, but officially speaking, they definitely don’t rank as high as me…

“Seeing me, they still have to politely call out ‘Leader, hello’.”

“Comparison should be within the same System. My area is about management scope and abilities and such. If we were to consider combat strength, maybe the Corps System would regard it more highly.”

“Oh wow…”

Colin scratched his head, which meant, if the “King of Madness” were to be released, it seemed he would be just a D Level staff?

That would indeed make him the ultimate D Level.

At least, that was the case on Earth for now.

‘So the competition for the limited positions was this intense back then, even a subject of the First Level Containment that surrendered could only be slotted into D Level initially, unable to receive a higher rank…’

Colin didn’t know whether to remark on how competitive the company was back then, or to marvel at the abundance of talent within the company.

“However, some special directly governed areas require a C+ who has temporary B Level work experience for management, and within a star system, there will be multiple C Level Administrators, not like me in the middle of nowhere, all alone.”

“Oh, not just me alone. I used to have two deputy Administrators under me mainly to handle affairs, but they were later transferred to the main company and they haven’t returned them to me.”

“Anyway, there’s a lot of intricacies to this whole thing…”

The “Thorn Lady” explained some special circumstances.

Colin felt somewhat baffled as he listened, but one thing seemed certain: C Level was the backbone of the management layer…

Someone like the “Thorn Lady” at C+ Level was indeed among the upper echelon.

As for combat capability, although the “Thorn Lady” said she was clerical and might not be good at fighting,

the base level was there, so no matter what, she wouldn’t be bad.

“If what’s managed by C Level is already so broad, how much more exaggerated are B and A Levels?” Colin clicked his tongue in wonder.

“Not sure, A Level, I’ve heard, is already manipulating various macroscopic conceptual stuff, that’s Level ‘0’ Territory. Anyway, it’s beyond my comprehension, but if you’re curious, I’ll look around when I head out to see if I can contact some people and tell you more in the future.”

The “Thorn Lady” said this while looking at him, swinging her fair feet.

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More to come.