SCP Corporation: Contain Bonfire
Chapter 791 - 791 553 The Stasis that Impacts the Entire

Chapter 791: Chapter 553 The “Stasis” that Impacts the Entire World!_2 Chapter 791: Chapter 553 The “Stasis” that Impacts the Entire World!_2 However, that bad outcome did not occur.

With a “clang,” a crisp sound appeared.

Colin saw that the completeness of the “Time Freeze” had reached 89%, gradually displaying its heart-palpitating might from above.

This might, merely a trickle seeping out, caused the frightened “Yukionna” to shrink into the refrigerator’s freezer compartment, hugging her head with both hands, tucking it between her knees, and curling into a shivering ball…

“Compared to the Golden Card I first obtained, it’s like a completely different card. However, this is the true might of a ‘Golden Artifact’!”

Colin stretched out his hand, grabbing the Golden Card floating in midair, intending to check the current information.

However, the moment his fingers touched the card, something unexpected occurred!

The recently repaired, nearly brand-new Golden Card, at this touch, released a wisp of its intrinsic might.

The next second, Colin saw an invisible force violently spread out, at an extremely fast speed, far exceeding its previous range, pulling everything Colin could perceive into “Stasis.”

This stasis was very brief, extremely brief, probably less than one ten-thousandth of a second.

But what shocked Colin was…

Its affected range was—the entire Earth?

“No, it might be even further. I can only sense that the Earth was affected; that’s my limit, not its.”

Following his shock, Colin felt a surge of excitement in his heart.

Does this mean that now the effect of the Golden Card could…

He hurriedly opened the item’s detail panel, his gaze moving to a few key entries.

“Time Stop Effect lasts for 13 seconds, effect range reaches 3,000 meters, three kilometers? Sigh…”

Colin suddenly felt disappointed; that moment made him think that the Golden Card could now freeze the whole Earth.

He didn’t expect it to be just three kilometers.

That was no longer unequivocally good or bad…

In high-level combat, many enemies could typically move beyond this distance in an instant, like Shana with her “Light Speed,” who couldn’t be confined without restriction.

But to restrict her, one must control her… leading to an endless loop.

Of course, not many anomalies or enemies were as fast as her, but they weren’t much slower either.

Colin couldn’t help but feel somewhat shortchanged, but setting aside the fact that the apparent effects weren’t as strong as anticipated, there was another unlisted detail, a significant increase in the strength of the Golden Card…

“Now, if this card were to encounter the power of a certain night and month, it should be able to stop it for at least a moment, not like before when they could pass almost unhindered during the Time Stop Effect.”

Thinking this, Colin nodded, feeling much reassured.

Just then, his phone suddenly vibrated. Colin picked it up and saw that it was a call from Old Master Wu.

“Did you just do something?” As soon as the call connected, the elderly man on the other end asked with a grave tone, as if he had encountered some tricky situation.

Did he somehow sense my recent Time Stop Effect? Old Master Wu is still impressive…

“Yes.”

Colin did not deny, but just as he nodded, he heard the other party interrupt and preemptively say:

“That’s fine then. I thought something formidable had occurred. Since it’s from your end, there should be no problem. You don’t need to tell me the specifics.”

Upon hearing Colin’s confirmation, Old Master Wu’s tone was noticeably relieved.

He had felt, when that special and powerful force spread out, that somewhere on Earth, the source of all official extraordinary powers, a door sealed for who knows how long seemed to have loosened, beginning to be gradually pried open…

But fortunately, it was one of their own who had done it.

After a pause, Old Master Wu didn’t dwell on this matter further but continued with a cautious tone to admonish:

“I just felt that if nothing goes wrong, a suitable time should be approaching soon. It won’t be much longer, prepare yourself…”

“A certain time?” Colin echoed, puzzled.

“Your file for promotion to Level 6 should be getting approved soon…” Old Master Wu did not answer directly but hinted in an almost explicit manner over the phone.

Level 6 Personnel, “Lady Rabbit’s” request to investigate the “Book of Fate” behind-the-scenes and the status of the operation…

“‘Lady Rabbit’ mentioned that once the investigation starts yielding results, once we know the situation of that thing, there will definitely be a disastrous event erupting.”

Colin’s expression also turned solemn, and he couldn’t help but wonder what exactly would he have to face during the Level 6 Personnel promotion process? Why was it that others encountered no issues, but his involvement would lead to a major problem?

Was it because of his current Reservist status or something else?

Colin shared his doubts with Old Master Wu over the phone.

After a silence of a few seconds, the other party finally spoke, “I haven’t gone into specifics, because my situation doesn’t support me entering that place…”

“However, based on my abilities, I might indeed understand some things, but I am not at liberty to discuss them.”

“I can only tell you, some things, once known, can provoke dramatic changes, but it is because of this knowledge that we can begin to address the issues.”

Again, cryptic words… Colin felt helpless, and then he inquired further:

“What if I don’t go?”

“If you were still an ordinary person with a malignant tumor inside you, would you want to know now and take action at a critical moment, or remain ignorant, blundering through life until, when it’s too late, you finally realize you have cancer?”

Old Master Wu answered the question with a rhetorical question.