SCP Corporation: Contain Bonfire
Chapter 696 - 696 509 Moonlight Mutation_1

Chapter 696: Chapter 509 “Moonlight” Mutation!_1 Chapter 696: Chapter 509 “Moonlight” Mutation!_1 “Every time it seems that when I think about reward benefits, there’s some disconnect; Shana’s rewards clearly appear scarce to me, yet she doesn’t seem to feel that way…”

“Moreover, since her missions often yield a hefty amount, the twenty thousand points shouldn’t even be a concern to her.”

“But her reaction this time was shock… no, it was always like this, she seems to care even about a mere few thousand points.”

Colin stroked his chin, realizing that this didn’t fit with Shana’s “rich lady” persona.

Logically, she shouldn’t really show any emotion over such a small amount of points…

That indicates that there’s a high probability she actually doesn’t get that many points normally.

“Right, some missions upon their descent, she always haggles over every little thing, a BUFF might cost hundreds to thousands of points each time, but when it comes to handing over things like the Golden Mark, she’s extremely generous…”

“She didn’t show any indication that she thought BUFFs could be sold for money, instead letting me freeload many times.”

“That miserly demeanor seems to only manifest during the descent of missions…”

“Maybe, the miserliness and greed aren’t Shana’s at all, but that of the mission? No, the person distributing the missions, or the ‘Subsidiary’?”

The train of thought in his brain connected at this moment, and Colin narrowed his eyes, feeling he must be right.

The Shana who came to execute the missions probably couldn’t receive the full amount of points she was due!

Just as “God” and His Believers don’t necessarily share the same thoughts, the relationship between Shana and the “Subsidiary” might also be similar?

“It seems every time I witness Shana’s situation firsthand and then remember her during a mission, feeling a sense of character dissonance, I always fail to ask her about her past mission rewards…”

“Hiss, is this ‘Logic Point Blockade’ blocking exactly these things? Truly disgusting.”

This damn thing, a corporate tool meant to prevent cognitive pollution from Ancient Gods, is actually being used by the ‘Subsidiary’ for their own selfish purposes, against their own people!

“That’s a bit excessive, are there no rules, no systems anymore!”

Colin was somewhat speechless, unclear on what the Subsidiary was thinking…

However, from this, he could guess that the Subsidiary probably didn’t want either him or Shana to know about the discrepancy in their wages.

He just didn’t know how much of the actual compensation was skimmed.

For the same event difficulty, he might get tens of thousands of points.

Shana might only get a couple thousand points.

Thinking of this, Colin shook his head: “To exploit my territory partner like this!”

Given the rogue traits displayed by the current “Subsidiary”, it seemed that when they did missions, and Shana came to assist, he paid tens of thousands of points while she might only get to pocket a couple thousand.

That really was a bit too much!

Colin noted this grievance in his mind and called out the Little Maid, instructing her to remind him next time he entered, to inquire about this matter.

If all went as expected, following the “King of Madness’ ” words,

next time he went in, the “Subsidiary’s” “Logic Point Blockade” would no longer be effective.

Unless it could erase the information in his own brain—

But unfortunately, even if it had the capability, it did not have the authority to act!

It couldn’t touch a regular D Level staff, let alone a “Flame Bearer” with all the privileges that come with various affiliations.

“Looking at it this way, the ‘Flame Bearer’ Reservist status might not mean much externally, but it sure works internally.”

Colin murmured softly.

“Of course, if ‘Lady Rabbit’ could intervene, maybe it would be better. I have to think about it and see if there’s a way to directly trade with Shana next time, to avoid the middleman skimming.”

A face-to-face transaction incurs a ten percent handling fee.

In Colin’s view, that was simply outrageous…

Unfortunately, it seems Shana doesn’t have access to the internal channels for staff on Earth, otherwise, a trade here could have her exchanging a few thousand points for food, which might feed her and her refugees until they were stuffed to the brim.

“I’ll jot down some feedback first and submit it to see if ‘Lady Rabbit’ has any solution; if not, we’ll see.”

Colin opened the Parchment, set aside the mission completion for the moment, and found an official post for submitting feedback within the internal communication channel on the Parchment.

Normally, feedback is basically ignored.

The complaints about “Stupid Robots” alone number in the tens of thousands here, but the BUG persists.

But his aim was to reach “Lady Rabbit”, so there still might be a chance for a response.

Response content, however, is generally similar to what has come before, returned via envelope rather than acknowledged on the Parchment.

After reporting the information about his territory partner being fleeced by the “Subsidiary,”

only then did Colin begin to check the settlement of the most recent “The Descent Project” mission.

“Some Silver Task Certificates and about six to seven thousand points?”

The reward content was disappointing.

Colin shook his head but then thought that this time “The Descent Project,” aside from accepting a few thousand refugees, indeed didn’t salvage anything of value.

He could only take a basic appearance fee, barely enough to be of any use.

“It looks like the big payoff can only come from the rewards of the Fifteenth Ring mission, accumulating fifteen missions. If there are more of those Mutated World missions against ‘The Night,’ at the end, the points alone could reach the mid-hundreds of thousands.”

Colin began to feel somewhat hopeful.

But until completion, he just had to do missions “on loan.”…

‘The officials seem to have made a tidy sum of points recently; if it really comes down to it, I’ll just borrow some to use.’