SCP Corporation: Contain Bonfire
Chapter 785 - 785 550 High Rewards from the Event at Ring

Chapter 785: Chapter 550 High Rewards from the Event at Ring 15._2 Chapter 785: Chapter 550 High Rewards from the Event at Ring 15._2 Colin let out a slight hiss.

“Hss… over four hundred thousand points, more than double and quite a bit over the two hundred thousand I had in mind! The reward for an average regular task is close to thirty thousand points each, which adds up to a lot more than all my previous points combined…”

Clenching the parchment, Colin’s eyes widened slightly.

You have to know, within the Fifteenth Ring tasks, many could be completed offhand, and by Colin’s own estimates, they should at most only give three to five thousand points, definitely not over ten thousand.

And for the more difficult and complicated ones, like “Thorn World” or “The Hospital That Doesn’t Exist,” those few that are a bit tougher.

The rewards are likely around thirty thousand.

All together, Colin’s previous expectation was that anything over two hundred thousand would be a massive gain.

He hadn’t expected it to double!

“The points aren’t right, huh? They gave so much extra, did I get anything especially valuable in these Fifteenth Ring tasks?”

Colin was puzzled for a while, seemingly recalling that he hadn’t acquired any particularly valuable items.

“Whatever, it doesn’t matter if it’s too much or too little, as long as it’s in my pocket, it’s not going anywhere…” Colin calculated a bit, adding the points earned from the “Cross-Border Second-Hand Dealer” business he ran with Shana, as well as some points made from stockpiling “futures” in small-time trading.

In total, he had just over five hundred thousand points on hand…

Now there was hope for fixing the Golden Card.

“Should be just about enough, though it looks like I can only repair one card to the ‘Item Liberation’ standard, anything more still won’t do, this damn thing really does burn through money.”

Thinking about those points being almost gone soon made Colin wince.

But he didn’t dwell on it, instead he turned his attention to the other items…

The “Special Grade Mission Item Draw Ticket” mentioned a minimum of three Purple Gear with a chance to draw Orange, or a smaller chance for a Golden Artifact…

The “C Level Genetic Compensation Medicine” was as mundane as its name implied, nothing noteworthy.

As for the “Golden Clearance Certificate,” to be honest, there seemed to be some excess of these as well because, by Colin’s estimate, there should have been fewer than thirty, but there were forty something…

“Could this be some kind of extra subsidy for the ‘Bonfire’s Exceptional Talent’ or something?”

Colin scratched the back of his head, quite pleased, but while he was happy, there was a feeling that something was amiss.

Not overly fixated on it, after seeing these clearance certificates, he counted them and now had a total of sixty-five Gold Mission Vouchers…

“The ‘Gene Compensation Panel’ can be considered for maxing out; seems like after maxing it out, it can bring some improvement?”

Colin decided to max out that thing first and then summoned his own status panel.

[Name]: Colin.

[Strength]: 21.4. (Single-handedly capable of halting a high-speed Harmony Express train in motion.)

[Constitution]: 22. (Can bathe in lava without sustaining any harm.)

[Agility]: 17.1. (Freakin’ fast!)

…

[Discretionary Points]: 0 (3/18).

[Note]: The above data does not represent final combat power, everything should be based on actual encounter.

(Every fifteen hundred points + one Golden Clearance Certificate can be exchanged for 1 discretionary point.)

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“Even though there’s some gap compared to Big C Teacher, it’s still pretty good.”

Colin nodded to himself; remembering Big C Teacher’s stats: “Strength 53, Constitution 77.1, Agility 19.9,” at first the discrepancy seemed huge, but even then he didn’t know what it really meant, until now…

Damn, he truly was a “stat freak”!

If he hadn’t been corroded and for various other reasons, there would have been no way to beat him!

Even if Colin now were to maximize everything and combine a large amount of items, while he could win, the fight would still be quite strenuous.

Any other Earth employee, dealing with it normally, other than praying that their corpse isn’t left in pieces, couldn’t really do anything else.

Without overthinking it, Colin looked at the remaining limit for discretionary points.

“Three points were rewarded when I went to ‘Passionate Paradise,’ which I’ve already used; a normal employee has 12 points, but I’m a Reservist, so I got an extra six, which is why it’s 18…”

“Speaking of which, this panel only required three hundred points within ‘Passionate Paradise,’ but after coming out for public testing, it jumped to fifteen hundred, an increase…”

As his thoughts flickered, Colin decided to directly spend twenty-two thousand five hundred points and fifteen Golden Mission Vouchers to obtain all the allocatable discretionary points.

Then, he intended to forcefully increase his Agility, but found that after adding 0.6, he couldn’t add any more.

[Do not arbitrarily ignore your own basic qualities in force-feeding points, please allocate them reasonably, otherwise, it may lead to the invalidity of added points…]

“There are even these kinds of requirements?”

Colin raised an eyebrow but ultimately followed the instructions, adding points one by one.

In the end, he added all the points.

[Name]: Colin.

[Strength]: 30.

[Physique]: 26.4.

[Agility]: 19.1.

[Available Points]: 18/18 (Reached the limit for version 1.0, look forward to subsequent updates.)

[High-Efficiency Talent Grid · Panel Specialization Unlocked]: None (Talent effects enhanced by ten percent).

[Comprehensive Evaluation]: Already very impressive, ranked among the top, at least ninety-three percent of employees at your level could not reach your current standard.

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“So this is what it feels like to max out points and unlock a High-Efficiency Talent Grid…”

Colin felt his own condition, which was unprecedentedly good, tending toward perfect control over his body.

It was as if even the red blood cells were under his control…

Then, he extended his right hand, palm up in front of him, exerted just a little bit of effort, and clenched his fingers tightly together.

“Boom”!

A blasting sound erupted, and the entire room shook.

“Exaggerated.” Colin nodded in satisfaction, then got used to it, making sure not to exert too much force casually, lest he touched someone and injured or maimed that person.

In this aspect, the “Gene Compensation Panel” provided some passive assistance; he resolved related issues quite quickly.

“The ‘Gene Compensation Panel’ is quite considerate in its making.”

Colin then looked over at the Talent Grid, thinking that if he didn’t have any gains in the near future, he might consider removing “Wildfire Affliction” and then putting it back on.

An enhancement of ten percent might not seem much, but its effect in actual combat was still quite exaggerated.

“With my current abilities, if I encounter the lowest of the First Level Containment Subjects… never mind, it doesn’t seem feasible to think about it. I could probably take on avatars or incarnations, but the originals are definitely out of the question. Though, they wouldn’t find it easy to kill me either. If push comes to shove, I can fight to the death to escape. If it’s a severely wounded type, I might last a few moves…”

Colin wasn’t so optimistic as to think he could face those Ancient God-level lifeforms head-on.

After all, by company standards, even the lowest level of a First Level Containment Subject is a terrifying entity capable of causing destruction to a planet…

Perhaps unleashing “Hunger” could put up a fight, but just because “Hunger” can fight doesn’t mean he could; so if it really came down to it, it would probably end with “Hunger” winning while he died amidst the skirmish.

Afterward, Colin’s gaze fell to the bottom of the “Gene Compensation Panel,” and he was surprised, not that he surpassed ninety-three percent, but…

That there were seven percent of people at D+ level who were not weaker than him, some even stronger?

“What’s the situation? Does this comparison include data from ancient times, or is it just the present?”

Colin thought about it; aside from “The Light Chaser”, he really hadn’t seen many D+ level people stronger than himself.

“It should include people from the past, right? Otherwise, it doesn’t quite add up…”

Colin felt this was likely the case, then remembered “Lady of Thorns” once said that some people in the Corps were top seed players who, at D+ level, were even stronger than her, a World Administrator.

But such cases were definitely rare.

“However, this is just data concerning physical qualities. If you factor in equipment, then I wouldn’t say over ninety-nine percent, but it’s close.”

Colin estimated.

Considering the situation of the company back then, the mighty indeed were powerful, but the gear hadn’t kept up overall.

Orange and Golden Artifacts were likely only within reach for those above C level.

Average D level acquiring some Purple Gear with ordinary attributes was already quite good.

Like those seventy-some individuals on the train, the proliferation rate of Purple Gear seemed to be only around sixty to seventy percent, and some didn’t even have any…

Unlike employees nowadays, who are guaranteed at least one, and many might have four or five.

“If strength isn’t enough, make up with gear.”

Colin murmured and took out the “Special Grade Item Draw Ticket.”

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