Chapter 033 When Night Comes...
Three days passed, and it was Sunday, twelve o'clock in the morning.
Colin received a message on parchment on time.
[The "Office" permission has been enabled and can be used when you are not performing a task in reality. You can bring your employees who signed the contract with you into the office. ]
[Currently, 3 people have signed up, and you can let him into the office at any time. ]
"Li Ming, Lin Yilan, and Tang Ken, have all three of them agreed?"
Colin thought about it and did not rush to call them. Instead, he planned to go in first and familiarize himself with this function.
The moment he triggered the function, he was in a trance for a moment, and when he came to his senses, he had arrived in an office that was almost identical to Miss Rabbit's.
But this time, he was sitting in his office, and there were no mountains of company documents piled up on his desk.
As soon as the thought came to his mind, the drawer of the desk slid out by itself and closed with a loud noise.
It seems that he can control everything here as he wishes.
Colin rubbed his fingertips on the armrests of the chair and looked around. He felt as if the entire office was under his control.
"Unfortunately, although this office is large, the layout is a little bit shabby. It's too simple. I'll be meeting with three employees soon. It's a bit shabby and not suitable for fooling people."
Colin shook his head and sighed what a pity.
It would be great if it could become magnificent and spacious, and grand enough to dazzle newcomers as soon as they come in.
However, as soon as this thought came to mind, the entire office suddenly shook.
Immediately afterwards, all the scenes quickly became blurred, and then a ray of orange-red light fell from the top of his head. Colin raised his head, his pupils suddenly shrank into a flash, and he saw a giant fireball hanging in the air, which continuously spewed out huge amounts of flames.
Under the radiation of its fire, the entire sky was deep red and distorted.
It is like a celestial body crashing into this place, making those who look directly at it feel small and shocked.
The appearance of the surrounding offices was also completely renewed, transformed into a mysterious and solemn hall filled with traces of war and rust, with a dilapidated graystone long table inside.
Outside the hall, the air was filled with smoke and it was impossible to see clearly.
Colin sat at the head of the long grey stone table, completely stunned; he had not expected that the whole place would change so drastically just from his casual complaint.
The giant fireball on the dome, which looked to be at least one thousand meters in diameter, kept spewing flames.
If this were true, the distance of less than a hundred meters would be enough to roast him below to the point of sizzling with oil and a burnt aroma.
After a long while, Colin withdrew his gaze from the fireball and said with emotion:
"In terms of special effects, I would call it the best."
I don’t know what Ms. Rabbit was thinking. She wanted to make her office so fancy and make it look like a cubicle in a small company.
At this moment, a task message appeared in Colin's mind.
[The "Unknown World" mission has been changed to "World Number -13", and a series of events have been updated. Please check through the task bar. ]
"It's similar to when I'm on a mission. The function of the parchment will be transferred to my brain. However, when I'm on a mission, there's no interactive lobby or anything like that. There's only one mission and storage room. There are no such restrictions in the office."
Colin smacked his chin, wondering why Bonfire Company went to all the trouble of getting a parchment scroll in real life. Why didn't they just click "Load all into the brain"?
In reality, only the holder can see the words on the parchment scroll.
Not understanding it, and not thinking much about it, Colin opened the taskbar and saw that there were several new events.
[Event 1 (priority): After returning to "World No. 13", in the church altar, build a bonfire sacrifice site by stacking and burning the bodies of the "Bonfire Church" personnel and followers.]
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[Event 2: Due to technical reasons, employees cannot land precisely at the bonfire sacrifice site. Please guide employees to the bonfire sacrifice site to mark it after entering this world.]
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[Event 3: Take "Token-13" to "World No.-13" to investigate any abnormal events that may be related to "hunger."]
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[Event 4: Completed the containment of a third-stage "alienated individual contaminated by the ancient god's aura (i.e., beastiality)".]
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[Event 5 : Survive in this world for seven days.]
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"Bonfire Church?" Colin was stunned when he saw the name, and then, with the guidance of the task, he immediately realized that this was referring to the densely packed corpses in the church.
And it is quite certain that this "Bonfire Church" was most likely established by a former colleague of the company who has already passed away.
Or maybe there are more former colleagues in that world?
"To be able to establish a church in another world, I think my colleague is more than F-level, at least D-level. Miss Rabbit seems to be particularly concerned about the whereabouts of a certain containment he is carrying, but I don't know what it is."
Ke Lin thought that his former colleague’s experience should be quite interesting.
He somehow came to a different world alone, then gained a foothold step by step, founded a church, gradually reached the pinnacle of his life, and then... his head was chopped off and made into a magical weapon.
It's so miserable.
After death, your name was changed to a former employee in the company's tasks, and even work injury compensation was waived.
Then, Colin collected his thoughts and looked at "Event Three".
"Investigate all abnormal incidents related to hunger? Does 'lycanthropy' count?"
The two biggest feelings that "beastiality" gave him were that he always wanted to tear people apart, his heart was full of brutality, and there was fire in his belly.
The other is a stronger feeling of hunger, but the hunger is weaker than tyranny.
However, the specific situation will not be known until we enter "World Number 13" tomorrow.
Another point is...
What is this "Token-13" ?
Just as Colin was thinking this, he saw a rusty badge appear on the gray stone table.
He was not unfamiliar with this thing. It was one of the three items on the altar of the church. In addition to the badge in front of him, the other two were his colleague's head and the orange-named revolver.
Colin looked at this thing, and relevant information appeared on his retina——
"This is a prop made by Bonfire Company using special means using designated items. When you hold it, you will be indirectly or directly influenced by invisible things and will continue to get closer to the target. Every second you are in this area, every breath of air you breathe, and every step you take will serve as a prelude to your actual contact with the target of your investigation."
When Colin saw this description, his first impression was: this is another mysterious thing related to fate.
It is a bit similar to the red rope of Yue Lao in the myth.
One end is here with him, and the other end is somewhere unknown, but following the red rope, everyone will eventually reach the two-way destination.
Without thinking too much about it, he reached out and picked up the "Token-13" on the stone table to examine it.
It is shaped like an eight-pointed star.
The obverse depicts a figure holding up a torch.
Somehow, when Colin saw this pattern, he couldn't help but imagine a picture in his mind.
Someone raised his right hand high, holding a burning, beating heart in his hand, like a torch, dispelling the darkness...
Weird.
Colin shook his head to get rid of the image in his mind, and this time he noticed that the torch pattern was indeed composed of three important elements: "arm", "heart" and "flame".
Then he turned the badge over in his hand .
On the back of the rusty copper badge, there was a phrase written:
“When the night comes, someone should light a fire to illuminate all directions.”
