SCP Corporation: Contain Bonfire
Chapter 832 - 832 569 Promotion to Level C Employee (10K)_2

Chapter 832: Chapter 569: Promotion to Level C Employee! (10K!)_2 Chapter 832: Chapter 569: Promotion to Level C Employee! (10K!)_2 He had thought that rescuing people would be enough, but he didn’t expect…

that the people themselves might also be a disaster!

There were heretics, those tainted by evil, those who had lost loved ones and were in despair and grief, and then there were those who mysteriously gained extraordinary powers as Awakeners, and even some who weren’t heretics but lost their sanity after witnessing the “apocalypse,” trying to do things they wouldn’t dare to do normally—rape, torture, and satisfy extreme desires…

Even just now, among the elderly, women, and children he had rescued, some had contemplated attacking him from behind, attempting to snatch his belongings!

The reason was just… even though they were grateful for his help, they wanted the power to protect themselves more.

The E Level Personnel felt very sad and even wanted to laugh inexplicably…

Although… there were moments when humanity shined here, it… wasn’t enough!

Far from enough!!

It was when he was facing the chaos, somewhat bewildered, somewhat clueless, that a piercing siren, like an air raid alert, suddenly rang out of nowhere. The moment the sound erupted, the E Level Personnel and many others at the scene couldn’t help but recall the usual disaster drills.

Following this, as people’s thoughts resonated, an indescribably immense entity slowly descended.

The E Level Employee lifted his head, vaguely sensing that the arriving entity, though massive, was not easily observable by the naked eye; however, in perception, it was ubiquitous, filling every corner of the city ruins.

Only those with sufficiently strong inspiration could feel it through intuition.

At this moment, it seemed to envelop and cover the entire city, extending innumerable fine lines from its vast body, each thread precisely connected to a person’s heart.

And it was at this moment that a flash of inspiration struck.

“A collective human consciousness?” The E Level Employee felt he had seen it before but wasn’t sure. Yet, even so, he still named it.

This entity was discussed to some extent within the company, so it was not entirely unfamiliar.

In an instant, with the rise of a powerful “heartbeat,” countless people who had lost their reason and moral compass suddenly fell to the ground, lifeless, deprived of life.

Those whose sins were not as grave were stripped of their consciousness, standing numbly in place.

“What on earth is going on?” The E Level Employee exclaimed in shock, quite puzzled, but at the same time, he breathed a sigh of relief.

He was alarmed to see a line also connected to his own chest and feared he might drop dead at any moment.

The relief came from seeing that some other relatively normal people were unharmed and, under the manipulation of some “greater consciousness,” all emotions suppressed, they walked woodenly toward a misty area in the distance.

If he wasn’t mistaken, that should be where the train appeared…

As the E Level Employee was lost in thought, he suddenly heard someone speaking nearby:

“This is like what you said, ‘a collective human consciousness,’ connecting to everyone when you signed up voluntarily for the drill…”

The E Level Personnel turned his head and saw a man with black hair and eyes, covered in wounds as if he’d just been through many battles, his body seething with a vigorous aura. He was holding half the head of a creature that was at least a Third Level Containment Subject.

“I am Rogue, a member of The Great Wall’s Elite Rising Stars,” he briefly introduced himself.

But hearing this explanation, the E Level Employee knew: the authorities had entered the scene.

After Brother Shunzi led them in a collaboration with the authorities, names like “The Great Wall,” “Golden Dawn,” “Future Observatory,” “Numerical Research Institute,” “Fate Execution Center,” and many others under the “Global Supernatural Alliance” were not unfamiliar internally.

“The ‘collective human consciousness’ is one of our tools to cope with scenarios like this. After all, we can’t always rely solely on human nature itself; effective management is necessary. As for me…” the man who claimed to be an Elite Rising Star of The Great Wall tapped his head, “you can verify the truth through your internal network.”

The “collective human consciousness” didn’t have the “permission” or ability to erase life, even those who did evil, in the beginning…

But drawing on the experience provided in several documents about ‘The Seventh Box Garden World’ and ‘apocalypse’ brought by a high-ranking official from “Bonfire Company,” after some time of debate, global governments unanimously passed this “permission.” Otherwise, the collapse of human morality alone would have triggered massive chaos.

Even with it, many disorders still occurred.

Due to a previous uprising and the sudden collapse of “world barriers,” the effect of the “collective human consciousness” was not complete and could only perform at a third or even less of its theoretical value. Its effects continued to weaken as chunks of a red moon fell from the sky…

Meanwhile, the E Level Personnel nodded his head upon hearing this. Reminded by the other party, he noticed that his mind, unknowingly, was connected to the internal communication network that usually only appeared during team missions.

This communication even seemed to be bound directly to parchment?

However, without much thought, he found that there were already many employees rapidly exchanging information.

“What is that thing? Something official?”

“Yes, it’s a united will, or ‘a collective human consciousness.’ It’s not much use for us or some stronger individuals, but it can prevent riots, quickly restore order, facilitate action, and even use it to immediately figure out where there are survivors for better rescue…” employees who understood the situation kept explaining to new joiners.