SCP Corporation: Contain Bonfire-Chapter 36 - Bonfire Sacrificial Site_1
Chapter 36: Chapter 36 “Bonfire Sacrificial Site”_1
Chapter 36 -36 “Bonfire Sacrificial Site”_1
He took a deep breath, and Colin turned around to look at the large pit filled with a massive amount of ashes at the deepest part of the church, deciding to pile all the people right here.
Establishing a Bonfire Sacrificial Site, what followed was getting the employees to start descending.
The task of stacking the corpses wasn’t complicated, but as he lifted the bodies, there was an innate aversion in the depths of his heart towards the dead, or perhaps towards death itself.
Almost an hour later, Colin had piled all the corpses into the large pit of the church.
“A total of one hundred and ninety-seven people, fewer than I had originally guessed…”
Colin dusted off his hands, looking at the huge pile of corpses before him, the bodies dried up and devoid of moisture, intertwined and stacked like old kindling, forming a large circle.
The stacked corpses, reaching three meters in height, did not emit any peculiar scent, not even a foul odor, only presenting death before the eyes, silent and absolute.
While handling these bodies, Colin discovered something—that there wasn’t anything of value on them.
It was one thing for their clothes to be patched, but even some wearing red cult robes with flame patterns had nothing valuable. It could only mean that someone beat him to it, or that they had passed on their valuable belongings to someone else before this.
Considering there were no apparent signs of the bodies being disturbed.
Colin leaned towards the latter possibility.
“What a pity, not a single thing to scavenge, not even something left for me.”
While Colin pondered this, he lifted the last few corpses and threw them on top of the pile.
Thus, the accumulation of all the followers’ bodies from the Bonfire Church at the scene was completed.
The incident was only left with the final step of igniting the fire and burning it.
He pulled out a bottle of Blended Oil from his pocket, about to pour it on, but thinking better of it, it didn’t seem quite right to use such a thing inside a church. He switched to alcohol instead.
With a snap.
The distinctive blue-transparent flame of the alcohol whooshed into life.
The moment the flame ignited, a particular atmosphere escaped from the corpses used as kindling. The flame, as if under some control, instantly enveloped the entire pile, turning it into a massive bonfire several meters high in the blink of an eye.
The blue light of the fire simultaneously turned to orange-red, blazing fiercely.
Amazingly, the fire, almost reaching the top of the church, didn’t burn anything. Even standing next to it, where the flames soared much higher than himself, Colin didn’t feel any scorching heat hitting his face.
Moreover, if he listened carefully, it was as if one could hear the indistinct murmurs of prayers coming from within the flames.
It was like hearing the voices of those long dead resounding once more.
The church, abandoned for who knows how long, thus became tinged with an indefinable eeriness and sanctity.
At the same time, in Colin’s heart, it seemed as if this world now had an additional “coordinate.”
As long as he was in this world, no matter where he was, he could feel the location of this bonfire, and use it as a mark to determine his current direction.
“If this were a game, wouldn’t this just be like a save point or something?”
Colin looked up at the enormous flame and suddenly remembered, the church is sealed tight now, isn’t it…
Would he die from carbon monoxide poisoning?
Although his body had been enhanced, it still hadn’t reached that ultimate living organism form that could survive without the need for air.
Just at that moment, a line of text appeared on his retina.
[“Bonfire Sacrificial Site” has been established.]
In Colin’s mind, information related to the “Bonfire Sacrificial Site” surfaced.
[A special flame ignited with special kindling authorized by the Bonfire Company can be used as a coordinate reference system for the “Descend Project G-1”.]
[Furthermore, it possesses all the beautiful imaginations people have of flames: including but not limited to “warmth”, “brightness”, “driving away the darkness”, and so on…]
[In addition, it has a multitude of properties geared towards the mystic, such as anti-prophecy and anti-spying, and in most cases, it can only be observed through conventional physical methods.]
“Seems quite impressive, but there’s no explanation on whether I will die of carbon monoxide poisoning.”
Colin snorted, finding that his mind was suddenly filled with additional data.
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[“Bonfire Sacrificial Site”: Level 1.]
[Remaining burn time: 29 days, 23 hours, 57 minutes.]
[Note: The bonfire is about to extinguish, yet kindling is not added, you need to bring more powerful creature carcasses as fuel to burn and extend the time.]
[—Sacrificing a containment subject assessed at a threat level 2 beast (reference: Stage Three “Beast Transformation Syndrome”) +3000 points, can upgrade the bonfire level and unlock more functions.]
[—A “Murky Energy Block” will be produced after 23 hours and 57 minutes.]
…
“Has a game designer or something infiltrated the Bonfire Company?”
Colin blinked, his curiosity piqued about what exactly a “Murky Energy Block” was.
Unfortunately, there was no further explanation, he could only wait a day to find out.
Nevertheless, although he still didn’t have information about the current flame, based on its size, if there were any issues, the oxygen should have been almost consumed by now. The fact that he wasn’t suffocating suggested that there wasn’t a major problem.
“Next up, it’s time to summon the employees to deal with the thing outside the door.”
…
Dong——Dong——Dong——
The distant and ancient bell tones slowly faded away.
Li Ming propped himself up, shook his head, opened his eyes, and looked around with slight confusion, but he soon froze.
Surrounding him was an unfamiliar wasteland.
What was chilling was that beside him lay four or five corpses in disarray.
They had died an unknown time ago, their flesh long since decayed, leaving only bones wrapped in rotten cloth.
“So intense right from the start?”
Li Ming’s scalp tingled for a moment, and it a deep breaths before he could steady himself.
Then, he noticed his previously missing right hand, his amputated right leg, and some burns on his body had all miraculously healed.
No, to be more precise, the body he now inhabited was not his own.
Was this the ‘Soul Transference’ mentioned in the meeting?
Li Ming savored the feeling of a whole body for the first time in a long time.
At that moment, a message suddenly surged into his mind: “Can you see this?”
Li Ming was taken aback, and then realizing something, he instinctively responded in his mind with a “Yes.”
Having received a response, Colin sent another message.
“Alright, then sense the mission and start making your way over. It shouldn’t be far, I’ll wait for you here.”
“Okay.”
Li Ming was about to ask where the other person was, but then a message emerged in his brain.
[Mission One: Locate the “Bonfire Sacrificial Site”.]
[Description: Your squad leader is waiting for you there. Please act swiftly to rendezvous.]
When he focused on this, he, like Colin, sensed a signal coming from a certain direction.
He was like a signal receiver.
Even with his eyes closed, he could feel a bright flame in that place.
But when he opened his eyes, nothing special was visible. A bit further away, everything was blurred, as if a thin veil-like mist shrouded everything.
