SCP Corporation: Contain Bonfire-Chapter 37 - Will This Be Dangerous_1

Chapter 37: Chapter 37 Will This Be Dangerous?_1

Chapter 37 -37 Will This Be Dangerous?_1

“It feels like it’s a bit too far away, I should find some sort of handy weapon for self-defense before hitting the road.”

Li Ming wasn’t exactly unarmed, but his defensive item wasn’t quite suitable for the situation at hand, and it wouldn’t do much good in an unexpected emergency either.

He looked around and quickly found himself embarrassingly realizing that not even a sizable rock could be found in the vicinity—there were no useful weapons at all.

However, at that moment, he noticed a pair of bleached leg bones scattered on the ground.

Uh, this…

As Li Ming eyed the remains of these so-called Good Brothers, he suddenly realized that perhaps all was not lost.

It just seemed a bit unconscionable, morally speaking.

“Friend, you wouldn’t want to just lie here exposed to the wilderness, never finding a burial place, right?”

Li Ming muttered under his breath, seeing no objections, he squatted down, “Don’t worry, I guarantee with the name of my squad leader that once I succeed and have the chance, I’ll come back to bury you and erect a tombstone.”

After saying that, Li Ming chose a femur—one of the hardest bones in the human body—from each of the fellow kind-hearted Good Brothers and then left the place without looking back.

He trudged towards his destination with his head down for a solid half-hour before he slowed down and glanced back…

Good, nothing unclean was following him.

After catching his breath, he looked at the four sturdy and slightly burdensome femurs he was carrying on his back and silently thanked nature’s bounty.

Then, he tossed three of them beside the road.

He originally only wanted to carry one, but fearing that if he turned around halfway and saw the “Good Brothers” bringing “others” after him, he had taken one from each corpse.

Now that everything was fine, there was no need to carry so many.

After all, they were quite heavy.

Later, on his way, Li Ming looked around at the eerie “death” scene and developed the same confusion that Colin initially had.

What exactly had happened here to cause such complete death?

There was no answer.

A couple of hours later, an exhausted Li Ming spotted a desolate small town.

“Captain, I think I see the small town you mentioned. Are you inside?”

“Yeah, there’s a white church building in the town, head straight here.”

Li Ming, looking at an enormous, non-human footprint on the ground, swallowed hard: “Boss, could there be any danger?”

“Of course, there would be—why else would I be sitting here waiting for you to come?”

Colin didn’t try to hide the fact that there was danger outside the door; after all, these men had multiple lives to spare, and if they weren’t going to sacrifice one now, when would they?

If he remembered correctly, when that monster made a move, it would certainly expose itself for a brief moment.

Using Time Stasis at that moment and five seconds of concentrated fire should pose no problem…

At least the “Book of Fate: Fragment” displayed no issues.

Thinking of this, Colin closed his eyes and sensed the messages he had received through the Life Paper while the other was making his way here.

[You’re waiting for your subordinate employee to reach the church door, touch it, and then, taking advantage of the instant he’s attacked, decisively use “Time Stasis” to freeze the scene, stab the assailant with that dagger, and defeat it under a round of concentrated fire.]

After this, the Book of Fate said he and Li Ming would meet and then successfully find the next employee.

This prediction did not end in death.

It ended when the third day came, and the paper was full and vanished.

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‘The Book of Fate occasionally ends with death; otherwise, if all is normal, the predictions continue until there’s no more blank space on the paper, and it disappears.’

Colin recalled what he had read in the company’s internal communication group.

However, just as he had guessed before, the information given by the Life Paper became less accurate the further ahead it predicted, generally becoming unreliable for events more than seven days away.

For that was what would occur under some ideal condition…

It’s like someone planning their future during the holidays, deciding to wake up to brush teeth, wash face, read books, go for a run, have breakfast on time, exercise, meet friends to hike, and return to sleep at nine o’clock… and so on for a healthy lifestyle.

But in reality, if most people wake up without having to go to school or work and have no pressing matters, the first thing they do is check their phones, then go back to sleep for a bit more, get up, meet friends to play games, and play throughout the night…

However, under normal circumstances, most company employees using this thing wouldn’t end up dead.

Only for him, so far he had used it five times, and died four times.

Without giving it much thought, Colin put on the Third-Level helmet, had “Time Stasis” in his left hand and held “Revolver Contrarian” in his right hand from his pocket, then he approached the church gate.

About ten or so minutes later, some noises arose in the quiet town.

At the same time, information transmitted from Li Ming came into his mind.

“Captain, I can see the church now, what should we do next?”

“Continue to approach, first come to the front of the gate.”

Colin remembered that he was attacked the last time because he opened the door; before that, knocking or shouting did not seem to affect him.

Soon, Li Ming’s footsteps could be heard not far from the door.

Colin held his breath, his hand clenching the Golden Card, ready to use the card at any moment.

But just as he thought…

As long as he didn’t try to open the door, the fatal attack would not come.

Outside the door, the footsteps stopped about two meters from the gate, with only a door separating Colin from his subordinate employee.

After Li Ming stopped walking, Colin quickly received information in his mind.

“What should we do next?”

“Get ready to open the door, remember, to open the door swiftly in one motion, and be as careful as possible of your back during the opening because it’s highly likely there will be an attack.”

Colin silently sent a message to his subordinate who was two or three meters away.

Having received the message, Li Ming wasn’t scared; he knew he had three lives, although he wasn’t sure if they were real or fake, but not cooperating to return to reality meant a slow death…

Moreover, various signs indicated that the company indeed possessed technology beyond normal human imagination – the Descent Protocol, Soul Transference, those enormous frightening fireballs, and so on.

Each one was a testament to the company’s terrifying nature…

Gathering his thoughts, Li Ming placed his hands on the door crack and pushed as hard as he could.

The heavy doors were only pushed open a slight gap.

…

Now is the time!

An intuition flashed through Colin as a ripple appeared, the assailant, whether invisible or employing some other technique, had made a move!

He used “Time Stasis” without any hesitation.

In the instant that the scene before him froze, Colin drew his gun, aimed, and fired in 0.2 seconds, shooting three bullets towards the seemingly empty space behind Li Ming.

However, Colin was taken aback as the bullets went through unimpeded.

Not behind him?! If there was a physical body, this would never have happened!

But at that very moment, while he was in the frozen space, he suddenly felt something within a distance of ten to fifteen meters trying to break free from the Time Stop Effect!