SCP Corporation: Contain Bonfire
Chapter 686 - 686 504 The statue of the Southern Bodhisattva

Chapter 686: Chapter 504 The statue of the “Southern Bodhisattva” emitting a fishy smell. Chapter 686: Chapter 504 The statue of the “Southern Bodhisattva” emitting a fishy smell. Xu Duojin fell into silence.

He was unsure if this thing could cause an impact on the world, but sitting here, watching this potato exhibiting crazed, almost out-of-control behavior, he could clearly feel that it had definitely made a considerable impact on him.

At this moment, Colin stood up and walked to the balcony window, looked around, and then, with a motion of his hand, he summoned a succulent-filled flowerpot from the balcony of the neighbor to the left.

Afterward, holding the flowerpot, he turned around, preparing to pull out and discard the succulents inside.

But after a thought, he decided to burn them with fire into nourishment.

The potato’s frantic whispers also gradually ceased after the appearance of the little flowerpot.

Xu Duojin even saw that the potato didn’t require Colin to act; as soon as one of its sprouts touched the soil, it began to move in that direction on its own.

Its behavior resembled the soft and stranded squids on the beach or maybe starfish.

And during this process, some of the excess sprouts withered on their own before it began clamoring for fertilizer and water.

Colin had the Little Maid fly out and borrow some nutrient solution from the neighbors to water over its head.

Only then did the potato slowly stop its whispering and begin to grow contentedly…

Under the illumination of “Bonfire” and the irrigation of “Colorless Crystal” along with some basic fertilizers, it grew rapidly.

“How about it, in an emergency even three days, no, one day will be enough to see some yield!”

Colin pointed at the potato on the desk and said with a smile.

Hearing this, Xu Duojin looked down at the potato seedling humming softly under the glow of the firelight, then lifted his head, floated his sunglasses and looked at Colin, his voice tinged with skepticism:

“This… Is this really something to eat rather than to be contained?”

“Yeah, don’t judge it by its looks, but it is indeed edible,” Colin nodded.

“Right, right, I’m so clean, why can’t I be eaten?” the potato said as well.

Nurtured, its temper became much milder all of a sudden.

However, hearing the back-and-forth between the two, Xu Duojin again fell silent. He considered himself to be a major figure in the mysterious side of this world, having fought in battles north and south to achieve his status and seen many things. But today, he realized he might still be a bit ignorant.

Every time he stepped into this neighborhood and came into this room, Mr. Colin always managed to come up with something new.

“Sorry, I’m just…habitually cautious,” Xu Duojin thought hard for a while before he finally managed to squeak out a sentence under the watchful eyes of that man and that potato.

Otherwise, being constantly silent and reserved didn’t seem quite right.

“Don’t worry, my colleagues have already eaten it during a mission before,” Colin said, patting his shoulder, understanding Xu Duojin’s concerns.

After all, he too found it quite strange the first time he saw it.

But after seeing it often, he felt it was nothing special, and as far as he could tell, eating it shouldn’t pose any problems. His colleague seemed to be fine, as he had just seen him arguing with someone in the company’s internal group chat.

“If you’re not convinced, I can make it bear fruit rapidly now, cook you a plate of hot and sour potato strips to try a few bites,” Colin said, continuing as he noticed the hesitation on the other’s face.

Sometimes you need to have the experience before you can trust eating it.

“Yeah, yeah, I can grow you a small potato to taste right now,” the potato chimed in.

“Eh, no, no…”

Xu Duojin waved his hand, not waiting for the person and the potato to speak up, he quickly added: “If you don’t mind, may I take it back for everyone to study first?”

“That’s fine too,” Colin didn’t refuse.

After all, he was indeed planning to let others study it; it was just that the potato seedling seemed a bit reluctant…

“No way! I don’t want to leave Bonfire! Without Bonfire, I can’t produce delicious potatoes anymore ahhh!” the potato’s newly sprouted leaves trembled. If it had never seen Bonfire, it might have settled for fluorescent lights.

But now, it couldn’t endure being away, not even a little…

Seeing the potato’s slightly deranged state made Xu Duojin fall into silence once more, beginning to doubt.

If this thing were to spread, would it really be a good thing for this world?

No, what the hell does it actually produce, really potatoes?

Seeing the potato seedling somewhat frantic, Colin soothed it, assuring that it could bask in Bonfire for life, and that calmed it down.

The solution was simple, make a call for Qin Chuan to buy a couple of jin of gold and put it into the Bonfire.

“Don’t be fooled, this is just a form of intelligent reaction. Even if you take it away, it will be okay; it might complain a bit, but if it really doesn’t behave, just scold or threaten it, and it will calm down. At worst, it might be in a bad mood, affecting the taste slightly, but nutritionally, there’s absolutely no problem,” Colin said.

You think this is just a matter of taste and nutrition… Xu Duojin couldn’t help but ponder to himself.

However, he didn’t say much more, just nodded with difficulty, giving a superficial acknowledgment to Colin’s words.

Having agreed on the matters at hand, they moved onto other topics.

“About the matter of the big Buddha you mentioned, there have been some developments in the past few days; take a look if this is it,” Xu Duojin produced a photograph.

Colin took the photo and saw under the dim light, a Stone Buddha seated in the central area of an ancient town.

Only, in the photo, it seemed to be rising, as though preparing to stand up.

“Yes, that’s it, where is it?”

Colin nodded affirmatively, put down the photo, and looked at Xu Duojin, indicating he was ready to set out and “renew their past acquaintance.”