SCP Corporation: Contain Bonfire
Chapter 770 - 770 544 We Lost an Employee_1

Chapter 770: Chapter 544 We Lost an Employee_1 Chapter 770: Chapter 544 We Lost an Employee_1 “Similar to you, outsiders?”

Upon hearing Colin’s words, some of the female survivors seemed to have recalled something.

A moment later, the leading woman nodded again and said, “There was one, about two and a half years ago. Indeed, there was someone like that who came by, but I’m not sure if he’s the person you are looking for, and there’s another thing, the one who made contact with him at that time wasn’t us, but another shelter…”

“Another area? Can you tell me more about it? Or perhaps, I can promise some normal conditions in exchange for his information.”

Colin was surprised; he was just asking casually and did not expect any answer.

After all, the area covered by the hospital, layer by layer, was still very large…

Had he not possessed a sense of smell far exceeding that of normal people, among other abilities, he probably wouldn’t have been able to meet these people even after living here for quite some time.

But unexpectedly, there actually was a lead?

However…

‘Two and a half years doesn’t quite match up. According to the forum, he should have only been in there for over half a year, less than a year, but most of this information is his own account and may not be true…’

As Colin’s thoughts churned, he decided to understand more before speaking further.

At that moment, he heard the female leader continue, “There’s no need for an exchange for this information; I’ll just tell you, we were providing support to them at the time and had some contact. Although it wasn’t much, the impression was still very profound.”

Soon, through the leader’s explanation, Colin understood what this “profound” meant—

It was a person terribly afflicted by misfortune.

Drinking water could lead to choking, speaking would occasionally result in biting the tongue, allergies would constantly plague the body, walking could result in being inexplicably tripped by a small stone, and furthermore, all sorts of unusual “accidents” would always find their way to him…

If it were not for his exceptional strength, he would have likely died in one of those disasters.

While describing this, the female leader couldn’t help feeling a bit of admiration, for that guy was one of the rare strong individuals who managed to return unscathed from disasters like the “Corpse Tyrant” and even stronger entities like the “Puppet Tide” and “Corpse Feast.”

“This description must be correct.” Colin knew at once upon hearing it; it was that old unlucky fellow.

After all, if it weren’t for “misfortune,” it would be quite difficult for a normal E level extraordinary one to trip over a stone while walking or to choke when drinking water.

No, this would have a certain level of difficulty even for ordinary people.

Not to mention someone who had been injected with “Gene Compensation Medicine” several times, with bodily coordination far surpassing ordinary people by who knows how many levels, a formal employee of the company.

Yet, all descriptions matched perfectly.

Only the timeline was slightly off.

‘As far as I remember, the earliest distress signal from that guy, measured in precise months, was sent seven months ago, and by his own account, approximately one to two months after being trapped inside, his mission ended, and he found the opportunity to send out the message.’

‘But if what’s said here is accurate, then it’s been two and a half years, and that introduces a significant conflict…’

Colin then spoke again to the female leader to confirm, making sure the information he received was not lost in “translation.”

“So, you’re saying that the actual time he was trapped could be longer than his own awareness? Or is there a time discrepancy? No, if there were a time discrepancy, he should have realized it himself, just like ‘World Code 13,’ it wouldn’t happen that he spent two and a half years inside but was oblivious to the passage of that time…”

Colin remembered the rules posted in the lobby of the hospital outpatient department.

Although he had long suspected it had something to do with that employee, suspicion was one thing, and actually making a connection was quite another…

“Actually, speaking of which, that person is of some importance to us, if not for him, we might have been surrounded by various disaster entities at the time.” The female leader seemed to recall something, speaking with residual fear.

“Unfortunately, when we tried to find him later, not long after establishing contact, he was forced to escape alone into another anomalous area due to being targeted by the ‘Dean’… As for what happened after, we are not sure, because we never saw him again after that. Based on our estimation, it’s highly likely that he was either devoured or dismembered and taken far away.”

‘It sounds like neither outcome was particularly good,’ Colin pursed his lips.

At that moment, the two-meter-tall female leader continued to ask, “What is your relationship with him?”

Up to this point, she had not been informed of the exact nature of their relationship.

“If there’s no mistake, he is probably an employee from our company who went missing…” Colin said succinctly.

“I see…” The female leader nodded, unaware of the exact meaning of “company,” but from the other party’s words, it seemed to refer to a power similar to a religion, gang, or something akin to different shelter managers…

Having cleared up the leader’s confusion, Colin turned his head to look at another employee lying stiff on a bed:

“Right, do you remember how long ago you received his message?”

As he spoke, looking at the injured employee lying on the hospital bed wrapped in bandages—seeing the state of him, Colin suddenly couldn’t help but wonder, if he hadn’t come along on this trip, would this guy, after healing from his injuries, end up being pulled by this group of strong women for breeding purposes?

But before he could ponder further, the Ashen Holy Body sat up with difficulty, enduring the pain all over his body: “Cough cough cough, I, cough cough, I remember it was about five months ago, he, cough cough, and the earliest he appeared, by current calculations, seems to be around nine months…”