SCP Corporation: Contain Bonfire-Chapter 185 Twilight’s Children!_1

"The ’Son of God Project,’ ’God Creation Project,’ ’Human Advancement Project,’—are the Twilight and Twilight’s Children outside the product of the ’Human Advancement Project’?"

Colin scanned the suicide note back and forth, gaining a preliminary understanding of the state of the world.

Although he did not know the specifics of the "Human Advancement Project," from what he could see of the outside world, the project had most likely failed...

A large number of humans had turned into terrifying creatures that roamed in the Twilight.

"Human Future Research Institute, from his words, it seems like many of the disasters of this world originated from this institute, but could he be talking about that shelter?"

Colin touched his chin and pondered silently, taking note of these matters.

At that moment, Qin Chuan spoke up, "If this corpse died within the last week, then it indicates that there indeed are survivors around, and judging by his death, it wasn’t by chance. Those survivors might come looking for us."

"You mean to wait here?" Colin, his mind on other things, asked casually upon hearing this.

Qin Chuan shrugged, "Yeah, first, we don’t know where Dragon Bay is, and second, those ’Twilight’s Children’ for some reason won’t enter here, so we might as well try lying in wait. The note wasn’t discarded, which means we probably got here first.

"Plus, it says this is Shelter No. 24, who knows, maybe we’ll discover something inside this shelter."

After he finished speaking, the others nodded, agreeing with him.

Colin didn’t object, but he still reminded, "It’s best to first confirm the situation here and understand why ’Twilight’s Children’ don’t come in."

If it had been half a month ago, Colin might have thought this place was some kind of ’safe zone.’

But now, without delving too deep, he could somewhat sense that the thing capable of deterring ’Twilight’s Children’ was likely something of the same caliber.

Honestly, this place might not be any better than outside...

And that group dared to enter here, most likely because they were aware of some rule, and by mastering the rules, they could avoid mishaps.

"Yeah, let’s start here and work our way up."

The group didn’t reject Colin’s suggestion and immediately continued their actions. Soon after, within this rather large area, they found remnants of past battles.

And from some handprints that were clearly made by ’Twilight’s Children,’ it appeared they used to attack this place.

But for some reason, they no longer set foot in ’Shelter No. 24’ now.

Then, during their staggered exploration, they came across four hanged corpses.

These corpses, much like the one they first found, all had a strip of cloth tied to their right hands, with coordinates of a certain place written on it, followed by a suicide note in some pocket of the body.

The contents of the suicide notes varied, but all expressed resentment towards the ’Human Future Research Institute.’

Some were as violent in their writings as the previous one, while others denounced them as traitors.

"Do we have such a research institute on our side?"

After searching the first floor, Colin couldn’t help but ask. If such a malignant organization existed, it needed to be eradicated quickly!

"There shouldn’t be..."

Qin Chuan replied as he thought aloud, "There are only five relevant research institutes on the domestic front, using numerical codes 12345. I’m not sure about international institutes, but famous ones like ’Eternal Life Society,’ ’Celestial Research Institute,’ ’Golden Dawn,’ and so on, don’t seem to be included..."

"Whether it came out later or changed its name, we need to pay close attention to this thing." A Transcendent who seemed to be ’Fate Propeller’ said.

From the messages left by the corpses of post-disaster survivors, it seemed that many disasters were related to them.

At this point, Xia Liufang spoke up, "Although there is no research institute with the same name, there are some similar projects aiming at the research of certain terrifying creatures and objects..."

This was not exactly a secret; anyone who joined for a while would understand quickly.

After all, the three official avenues and all the Transcendents in the world stemmed from research into superhuman entities, an indisputable fact.

"There’s no need to be so overly cautious. Just go back and report the facts; decisions aren’t for us to make..."

"I have a question, may I ask?"

At this moment, the man with burn injuries, who had been mostly silent, interrupted the conversation. After receiving a nod, he continued,

"Why conceal these crises? Wouldn’t it be better to face them together with everyone?"

Hearing his words, Colin, who was sitting on a mechanical dog, also pricked up his ears, equally curious about this point.

"Well..."

Qin Chuan was not surprised by this question. After pondering for a moment, he began to speak, "Because experiments have shown that once people in an area become aware of the anomalies, the events happen much more frequently there, with a probability ten to a thousand times higher than before."

"A thousand times?" Colin was shocked for a moment.

Isn’t that a bit too much of a range?

"Yes, if you’re lucky, the anomalies you encounter are of a simple type that can be resolved quickly, then everything can still be salvaged. If you run into major trouble right off the bat, then the entire area might spiral out of control."

"According to those experts, human cognition is one of the foundations of maintaining the ’reality index’ of a region."

"Our world may not be as materialistic as we imagine... Do you have any other questions?"

Qin Chuan explained at length; all these were basic knowledge, so he had no intention of hiding it.

"No more." The man with burn injuries shook his head, adding after recalling the content of the previous wills, "As long as I know it wasn’t hidden on purpose, that’s fine."

"Yeah, I know you have some unresolved issues, but trust us, we would never do anything to betray humanity."

Qin Chuan nodded, "Then let’s continue the investigation. Let’s check out the second floor."

Soon enough, they arrived on the second floor and checked carefully, but like the first floor, there were no abnormalities other than the absence of bodies.

Then, after nearly two more hours of investigation, they found nothing amiss on the third, fourth, and fifth floors either.

This brought them some relief.

"We still have the underground area left. I just looked at the guide map; this mall has nine floors in total, five above ground and four below. The original shelter should be on the very bottom floor. Shall we go down?" Qin Chuan asked.

Maybe we shouldn’t go after all... Colin was just about to speak when he suddenly felt a sinking feeling in his heart, followed by a horrific sense of pressure.

It wasn’t just him; everyone present felt an intense pressure.

The direction from which this pressure was coming was crystal clear...

And faintly, they could also hear abnormally heavy "footsteps" reverberating through the air.

Colin and the others turned their heads to look and saw a terrifying sight through the window.

In the distance, several kilometers away, next to a slender tower building that was roughly six hundred meters tall, there appeared a Twilight Giant that was five or six times taller than the tower, very likely over three thousand meters.

It had no lower body, and supported itself on the ground with its immensely large hands, slowly moving among the towering buildings of Mie City.

Above its head, a dirt-yellow ring was continuously emitting a twilight glow, like sunset over a mountain.

And it was at this very moment that Colin and the others felt an overwhelming sense of weariness and exhaustion bursting forth from deep within.

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