Chapter 804

In constant observation, the Foundation found that 3812 exhibited symptoms such as extreme paranoia, manic restlessness, and depression. The item could not perceive the surrounding environment, could not distinguish the difference between reality and imagination, and could not distinguish between life and death!

This condition is called Eigenmann-Vito Schizophrenia!

This symptom continued to worsen over the twenty years the Foundation observed it. At first, 3812 would seek help from Foundation researchers to alleviate the condition!

But as time passed, the number of times 3812 sought the Foundation became fewer and fewer, and eventually, it stopped seeking the Foundation and acted in completely unpredictable ways!

3812 began to change reality. Foundation researchers attempted to contain 3812, but eventually concluded that 3812 could not be contained in any containment room!

3812 would remove the containment room by changing reality; subconscious resistance to containment would render containment ineffective!

As time passed, 3812's changes became greater and greater. The Foundation could no longer distinguish its form, and it began to unconsciously erupt with reality distortion, specifically manifested as space-time distortion, dissolution, etc.!

Although 3812 is docile, its unconscious eruptions could take away countless innocent lives at any time!

And the Foundation's danger level for Item #3812 also continued to increase as time passed!

'97: Item #3812 walked in the desert, and a temperate climate appeared on its path! (Foundation danger assessment: Low)

'98: Item #3812 directly erased three cars approaching it! (Foundation danger assessment: Medium)

'99: Item #3812 caused an island to disappear, and hundreds of people had blurred memories of the island (Foundation danger assessment: Serious)

'20: The Foundation determined that #3812 has a powerful anti-metaphysical stance, similar to the Foundation's Scranton Reality Anchors!

The same year, the Foundation attempted to use Item #343, an entity named God, to confront 3812! But in an instant, 343 was defeated by 3812, causing 3812 to go on a rampage!

"God... since you are God, why don't you save humanity!" 3812 questioned angrily and, through some means, downgraded God and merged it into 329, a witch-child!

'02: A violent explosion occurred in Russia; 3812 had appeared there (Foundation danger assessment: Serious)

'04: A certain country disappeared, and the public had a blurred impression of its existence. During this period, the Earth's orbit suffered a 1.5% bias! (Foundation danger assessment: Extremely Serious!)

?? Year: At some point, an organization independent of the Foundation attempted to execute 3812, and subsequently, its existence was quickly erased by 3812. Since then, SCP-2000, humanity's last line of defense, was activated!

3812 severely disrupted the progress of 2000's activation, but for some reason, it ultimately failed.

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【Ye Fan: "Coming back from the dead is already unreasonable, and it keeps getting stronger. Could it be that it was possessed by some existence?"】

【Zenitsu Agatsuma: "Even SCP-2000, known as humanity's last line of defense, was activated, which means 3812 caused a reality-ending crisis at some point! The Foundation couldn't even resist? How terrifying must this guy be?!"】

【The Doctor: "It seems so. 3812's strength reached an unbelievable level in a very short time!"】

【Kuroko Shirai: "But why does 3812 want to destroy humanity? He is also human, right? He was very gentle at the beginning, and even asked why he didn't save humanity. He wanted to save humanity, right? Since that's the case, why did he want to destroy humanity later?"】

【Batman: "It's possible that his mental state was very unstable in the later stages, causing him to be unable to distinguish friend from foe and unable to control himself."】

【The Batman Who Laughs: "Hmm~ Or maybe he completely understood his own life level and no longer cared about humans at all? After all, do you care how many little buns you eat?"】

【Dio: "Hahahaha! That's right! No one remembers how many little buns they eat!"】

Foundation World

The parties who had truly encountered the 3812 incident couldn't help but reveal a bitter smile.

Why did 3812 want to destroy the world? The answer is simple. In the experiment in the year '20, the Foundation had it contact 343, God. When 3812 understood that 343 was God, it was furious!

Because he was human. Before he died, he was constantly influenced by religious beliefs. He believed that God created all this, that God created all things!

And he... was also created by God!

So why did God make him endure this incomprehensible suffering, why did he treat him as a plaything!

So 3812 went on a rampage. After fiercely beating 343 into slag, it wanted to destroy the whole world!

So this is the reason why 3812 wanted to destroy the world at the beginning, and later...

A look of extreme solemnity appeared on everyone's faces. After all, matters concerning 3812 could be considered one of the Foundation's greatest taboos!

They would rather expose the matter of Tarolan and 3999 than expose 3812—not because 3999 was already ineffective, but simply because 3812 was too terrifying!

Across the Myriad Worlds

Those who hadn't encountered or understood 3812 couldn't help but reveal a look of pleasure.

This absurd and strange world was a bit too exciting!

After they understood the true essence of 3999, they were completely shocked. After all, this concept hadn't appeared in 99% of worlds!

Is a powerful existence in the world created by an upper narrative layer or a higher dimension?

Both absurd and pathetic, but after watching so many worlds, they no longer cared whether they were fake or real!

After all, without strength, without the power to overturn everything, the result is the same no matter how many times you realize it!

But wanting to overturn the narrative layer? Overturn an existence they hadn't even imagined? Besides getting rewards, it was to find answers in other worlds!

Everyone's eyes couldn't help but fall on 3812. The Advancer? The voice behind me?

After understanding 3999, everyone didn't think the other party's title was chosen casually; there must be some deep meaning in that title!

Advancer... does it mean 3812 is very hardworking?

It seems... completely unrelated, right? Everyone was a bit confused.

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The more they understood 3812, the more the Foundation feared. They found that 3812 seemed to have gradually become incomprehensible from being containable and controllable at the beginning!

Dr. Kari believed that 3812 might be the most dangerous anomaly in the universe!

She stated that if Dr. Scranton hadn't invented the reality anchor, they would have almost no way to deal with reality warpers!

"Those crazy anomalies will definitely blow us all to the sky one day, or turn us into a pile of shit!"

What made the Foundation even more afraid was that they began to be unable to detect 3812. It wasn't that the machine was broken; a broken machine was the best result.

But the possible truth was creepy, no matter which one it was!

The first possibility: they guessed that 3812 had an extremely low Hume value, which meant that 3812 created a false vacuum! If this were true, it would be even more terrifying!

The Foundation believed they had the lowest Hume value, but if 3812 was real, their reality would fall into a lower space one day!

Then the second possibility: 3812 had an extremely high Hume value. They once pointed the value at God and got a value. If 3812 was already so high that it couldn't be measured, then they should have been destroyed already!

So this situation could be temporarily excluded.

The last possibility, and also the worst possibility: 3812 couldn't be measured because it was doing something else. Being able to warp reality was just because of some unconscious situation.

In the hypothesis proposed by Dr. Scranton, there are different levels of reality manipulation in the universe, higher and lower!

Dr. Scranton called the manipulated things narratives. Narratives are superimposed on other narratives, and each narrative creates its own narrative, until it reaches some kind of space at the lowest level!

If this were the case, then besides waiting for death, they could only wait for death.

But it shouldn't be like this, hahahaha.

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【Luo Ji: "If there are two or more ways to perform a task, one of which may lead to disaster, then someone will definitely choose the method that may lead to disaster. Have you heard of Murphy's Law? When you proposed these three possibilities, the worst result was already inevitable."】

【Satania: "Satania understands Murphy's Law! Every time a question is asked in class, when I silently pray in my heart that it won't be me, the result is destined to be me!"】

【Minato Namikaze: "Then what is that worst possibility? What exactly is the narrative layer?"】

【Morty: "Rick seems to have told me that the narrative layer is..."】

【Rick: "Let's use a simple example. In the Foundation world, someone created a novel. To the characters in the novel, the author is the upper narrative layer. But for this author, has someone created him? The answer is yes, there is."】

【Lan Mu: "Add one sentence: lower narratives can never reach the upper narrative unless a higher narrative intervenes."】

【Mine: "... Although, it's really unacceptable. A fate forced to be written, a fate we think we have changed—is it still a life set in stone after all?"】

Across the Myriad Worlds

Narrative, narrative. At this moment, not only the previous strong ones, but countless lives, whether weak or strong, understood the heaviness of these two words at this moment!

Too heavy. Even if they said they could accept it, as soon as they thought that the suffering they endured and the suffering they were about to endure were just a casual writing by the so-called narrative layer, they felt itchy all over!

Never give up until you break through the narrative layer!

Some middle-school-aged youth shouted such words passionately, but didn't see existences with desperate faces.

Narrative layer... is there an end to existence? Is the narrative layer they broke through the narrative layer they thought it was?

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?? Year

The Foundation discovered 3812 arrived at the border of Argentina. A huge pit appeared instantly beneath it. 3812 descended, and a few minutes later, thousands of tungsten rods landed directly above the pit!

Half an hour later, the Foundation observed 3812 beginning to split into countless clones. They seemed to be dying and were attacking the main body!

But 3812 had no reaction, and until all the clones died, 72 hours later, it erupted with blinding light and completely disappeared!

Eight weeks after the event, 3812 reappeared and sent the following message to the Foundation Overseer.

If you still don't understand, then I will explain it simply.

I wrote your universe's laws and created the narrative. This is not the first time I've done it, but it is the first time I've been so focused.

I want to create, I want to define, I want to replace everything that can be replaced. I want to see how many layers there are. If these countless narrative layers really go upward forever, then I will continue to move forward.

Never stop!

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