SCP Corporation: Contain Bonfire-Chapter 33 - When the Night Comes..._1

Chapter 33: Chapter 33 When the Night Comes…_1

Chapter 33 -33 When the Night Comes…_1

Three days passed, and it was Sunday at twelve noon.

Colin received a message on the parchment right on time.

[The “Office” permission has been activated, which can be used in reality when not on a mission, allowing you to bring subordinates who have signed contracts with you into the office.]

[Currently, you have signed with 3 people, and you can let them enter the office at any time.]

“Li Ming, Lin Yilan, Tang Ken, all three of those guys agreed?”

Colin thought for a moment and did not rush to call them in, instead deciding to familiarize himself with this function first.

The moment he activated the function, his mind went blank. When he came to his senses, he was already in an office that was almost identical to Miss Bunny’s.

However, this time, he was sitting at the rear of the office, and the desk did not have those mountainous piles of various company files.

With a single thought, the desk drawer slid out and then snapped shut on its own.

It seemed that he could control everything here at will.

Colin ran his finger over the armrest of his chair, looking around with a sense that the entire office was under his control.

“It’s a pity though, this office is quite large, but the decoration is lacking; too plain. Meeting with the three employees later would seem a bit shabby, not ideal for impressing them.”

Colin shook his head and sighed in disappointment.

If it could become grand and magnificent, imposing enough to dazzle newcomers at a glance, that would be great.

However, no sooner had this thought surfaced than the whole office abruptly began to vibrate.

Following that, the entire scene quickly blurred, and then a beam of orange light fell from above. Colin looked up and his pupils shrunk to pinpoints upon seeing a gigantic fireball hanging in midair, constantly spewing out immense flames.

Under its radiant light, the entire sky turned a deep, twisted red.

It was like a celestial body crashing into this place, making anyone who gazed upon it feel insignificance and awe.

The appearance of the surrounding office changed drastically, transforming into a mysterious and solemn hall filled with the traces of war and rust, within which stood a damaged gray stone long table.

Outside the hall, smoke from gunfire filled the air, obscuring visibility.

Colin sat at the head of the gray stone long table, completely stunned. He hadn’t expected the entire place to transform so dramatically just because of his casual complaint.

The giant fireball on the dome seemed at least over a thousand meters in diameter, continuously spewing out flames.

If this were real, just the distance of less than a hundred meters would be enough to broil him beneath it, sizzling with oil, and bursting with aroma.

After a long while, Colin turned his gaze away from the fireball and reflected:

“In terms of special effects, I’m willing to call it the strongest.”

He also couldn’t understand what was going through Lady Bunny’s mind, making the office so flashy when it could have just been a simple cubicle set up like in a small company.

At this moment, a task message appeared in Colin’s mind:

[The “Unfamiliar World” task has been changed to “World Code-13,” with a series update. Please check the task bar for details.]

“It’s almost the same as when I’m on a mission, the function of the parchment transfers to my mind. However, when on a mission, there is nothing like the Interaction Hall, only a task and Storage Room. The office doesn’t have those restrictions.”

Colin stroked his chin, curious about why the Bonfire Company bothered with the parchment scroll in reality, questioning why they didn’t just directly upload everything into the brain?

The text on the parchment could only be seen by the holder in reality.

Not understanding and without overthinking it, Colin checked the task bar to see the new events added:

[Event One (Priority): After returning to “World Code-13,” establish a Bonfire Sacrificial Site by stacking and burning the corpses of “Bonfire Church” personnel and their follower believers at the altar in the church.]

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[Event Two: Due to technical reasons, employees cannot be precisely dropped into the Bonfire Sacrificial Site. Please guide the employees to the Bonfire Sacrificial Site for marking after entering that world.]

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[Event Three: Carry “Token-13” to “World Code-13” to investigate any anomalies that might relate to “Hunger.”]

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[Event Four: Complete the containment of a Phase Three “Beastification individual contaminated with the Ancient God’s Aura.”]

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[Event Five: Survive in that world for seven days.]

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“Bonfire Church?” Colin was startled by the name, and then, under the guidance of the mission’s revelation, he immediately realized that it referred to the dense accumulation of corpses in the church.

And he could be quite certain that this “Bonfire Church” was very likely established by a former colleague who had died.

Or could it mean that there were more former colleagues in that world?

“To establish a church in another world, to do such a thing… that colleague seems to be more than an F Level, at least a D Level. Miss Bunny seemed especially concerned about the whereabouts of a certain containment subject he had with him, but who knows what it is.”

Colin thought the former colleague’s experience must have been quite interesting.

All alone, somehow ending up in another world, then gradually establishing a foothold, founding a church, rising to the pinnacle of life, and then… having his head chopped off to be made into a ritual artifact.

Tragic indeed.

After death, his name in the company’s missions became ‘former employee,’ and even work-related compensation was waived.

Afterward, Colin collected his thoughts and looked at “Event Three.”

“Investigate all abnormal events related to hunger? Could ‘Beastification’ count?”

“Beastification” gave him two major impressions: one was a constant desire to tear people apart, filled with inner tyrannical brutalities, and a flame in the belly.

The other was a relatively strong sense of hunger, although the hunger felt weaker than the tyranny.

However, the specific situation would only be known after entering “World Code 13” tomorrow.

Another point is…

What exactly is this “Token-13”?

No sooner had Colin thought this than a rusty badge appeared on the gray stone table.

He was familiar with this object; it was one of the three items on the church altar, besides the badge in front of him, the other two were his colleague’s head and the Orange Named Revolver.

Looking at the object, Colin’s retina displayed information related to it—

‘A tool manufactured by Bonfire Company through special means using designated items. While you possess it, you will continuously approach your target under either indirect or direct invisible influences. Every second you exist in that zone, every breath of air you take, every step you walk, will lay the groundwork for your eventual face-to-face interaction with the investigative target.’

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Upon seeing this description, Colin’s first impression was: Yet another profound and mysterious object related to fate.

Somewhat similar to the red string of destiny in mythological stories.

One end with him, the other end unknown, but following the red string, there would eventually be a day when the two sides meet each other.

Without giving it much thought, he reached out to pick up the “Token-13” from the stone table to examine it.

It was shaped like an eight-pointed star.

The front depicted an imprint of a figure holding up a torch.

Somehow, upon seeing this pattern, Colin couldn’t help but conjure an image in his mind.

Someone raising their right hand high, clutching in it a burning, throbbing heart, like a torch, dispelling the darkness…

Creepy.

Colin shook his head to dispel the image in his mind, noticing that the torch pattern was indeed composed of three critical elements: “an arm,” “a heart,” and “a flame.”

Then, he flipped over the badge in his hand.

On the back of the rusty copper badge, there was a short phrase—

‘When The Night comes, there must be one to light the flame, to shine across all directions.’