SCP Corporation: Contain Bonfire
Chapter 788 - 788 552 With Great Power Comes Great Debt._1

Chapter 788: Chapter 552: With Great Power Comes Great Debt._1 Chapter 788: Chapter 552: With Great Power Comes Great Debt._1 “A million points are definitely out of the question, even now, the points that can be gathered immediately, mostly by pooling national resources, would only amount to twenty or thirty thousand, and that’s after immediately cutting off some related plans…”

“I know you probably think that’s very little, but when it comes to using points, we have planned every penny, and aside from the necessary improvements for the employees themselves, there really isn’t much left.”

“For many official personnel, the materials gained through points are essential resources for many researchers, as well as crucial for many Extraordinary Ones to exchange for goods to maintain their sanity.”

“In short, even if you sold me to the company, I couldn’t come up with that many points…”

“…”

On the other end of the phone, Old Master Wu patiently explained the reasons for the scarcity of points—a single company employee’s points might be used by a whole group of people; a single dollar earned has to be divided into five or six portions for different purposes.

If they wanted to reallocate them, only the points earmarked for research purposes could be cut; other essential ones could not.

“Are points really that tight…”

Colin muttered to himself, but then, he noticed a key detail in the other’s words.

Did Old Master Wu think he needed to come up with the points all at once?

“Actually, it’s not like they must be produced right away…” Colin explained the situation briefly.

He informed the other person that there was roughly a two-month grace period, so time wasn’t particularly tight; the problem wasn’t especially big, as long as he could come up with the amount in this period.

However, upon hearing Colin mention the specific time frame, Old Master Wu’s brow furrowed immediately over the phone as if he had encountered something unimaginable.

“Fifty-seven days, huh…”

Old Master Wu counted on his fingers, pretended to calculate for a while, and then fell silent.

In his pair of deep dark eyes that seemed to see through everything, countless black threads seemed to squirm wildly…

After a while, he blinked, and everything returned to normal. He sighed and shook his head:

“Those guys at the top of the company, their estimated time is really accurate.”

Then, after pondering for a good while, Old Master Wu gave Colin a precise response: “In two months, we should be able to squeeze out around a hundred or a hundred and fifty thousand points…”

‘Only a hundred thousand in two months, huh…’

Colin pursed his lips, knowing this was close to the limit. There were probably around five to six hundred ‘Double-duty’ employees in the country, with each earning about a thousand points on average per month.

After deducting their own needs and various planned expenses, indeed very little could be spared.

Still, thinking of the remaining nine hundred thousand points, Colin felt it was quite a herculean task.

At that moment, he saw a new message from Old Wu:

“However, this matter concerns the whole world, it’s everyone’s responsibility; at times like this, humanity should unite to form an unbreakable human community of shared destiny…”

“I’ll help you contact the outside world; if all goes well, we should also be able to squeeze out a few hundred thousand points. Of course, if we forcibly plundered, we might be able to get more, but that would bring unnecessary karma, so we must proceed in a normal way…”

“I just did a quick calculation, to give you a baseline, a total of four hundred thousand points, but how much more than four hundred thousand I can borrow for you is hard to say, so you need to do some work yourself…”

Seeing this message from Old Wu, Colin was first stunned, then soon felt elated.

A million points became six hundred thousand points.

The pressure immediately lessened by almost half!

Even though it meant the ‘Double-duty’ employees around the world had to tighten their belts, if he became a Level C Employee, everything would be better!

For now, aside from essential expenses, the employees would just have to endure some hardship.

“Great, great, great, thanks in advance to the human community of shared destiny, I will not forget everyone’s sacrifices.” Colin hurriedly typed to cement this relationship.

“Don’t beat around the bush, kid; this is a loan to you, don’t make it sound like you don’t have to pay it back…”

“Yes, yes, yes, I’ll certainly pay it back when I can, definitely.”

Colin earnestly expressed his gratitude in response.

Then, he found himself missing the Fifteenth Ring task again. If another one came along, he might just have a chance to gather enough points…

Otherwise, normally, a month’s earnings, optimistically estimated, might not even reach a hundred thousand points.

“Right, the high-level employees at the company should be able to sort something out…”

Colin immediately got in touch with the group of old hands at the company, subtly hinting that he might need a bit of a point loan.

In this regard, the high-level employees were surprisingly cooperative, especially some of the D+ level employees, who even said they would empty their savings to lend him points, showing great enthusiasm.

Colin thought about it and roughly understood that they were probably hoping to be led through the ‘Joyful Farmstead Seven-Day Tour’ eventually.

To this, he had no objections.

But the problem was, if the task did not take the ‘Joyful Farmstead Seven-Day Tour’ route afterward…

That would be a bit awkward.

“Let’s talk about the future when it comes. Once I’m at Level C, squeezing out some powerful Golden Marks should get them through…”

Assuming the employees were at Level 69 and the ‘Joyful Farmstead Seven-Day Tour’ was a Level 89 instance, then afterwards, giving them a Non-Level Item of Level 159 should, give or take, get them through it.

At the very least, saving their lives shouldn’t be a problem.

Before long, Colin had obtained forty-seven thousand points from a dozen D+ level employees.