Chapter 23: The final record, a monstrous lie [Data requested!]

After that beam, all things were silent.

The audience watching this scene all had a feeling of loss.

Even if they understood that the man in the footage carried unforgivable sins.

They still didn't want to see the scene of him calmly facing death again.

Such stories are not popular in the universe.

Not romantic enough, nor individualistic enough.

The key is, it has no meaning.

If Maksim were a person who feared death and clung to life.

He would first play along with 【SCP-610】, then fight wits and courage with 【SCP-610】 through various means, and finally successfully save the survivors of the civilization, and then calmly face death—that would be better than this ending.

Arlan stood in front of the elevator, his expression solemn.

With him were March 7th, "Stelle," and Seeing Dan Heng, who had failed to find Arlan.

March 7th's pink eyes were a bit lost; she spread her hands toward "Stelle" and Seeing Dan Heng:

"Is all of this really worth it?"

If Maksim hadn't chosen to go there, at least his civilization would have had one lone survivor left.

But now, this civilization would only be a string of characters in history, and might even be completely tampered with by the "Fictional Historians."

After a few decades or hundreds of years, where would their names be, except in the sealed archives of the Foundation?

"Stelle" chose to be a mute, and they all looked at Seeing Dan Heng.

Seeing Dan Heng shook his head:

"There is no worth or worthlessness; when he chose to return home, he had already defaulted to his own destruction."

His eyes were deep, as if his spirit had crossed long time and space to face that scene of destruction directly.

"He had a very strong tendency toward self-destruction; all he lacked was a reason to give up completely."

Arlan also nodded in agreement:

"The reason that supported him to live was gone; otherwise, when Dr. White tried to dissuade him twice, he would have left."

"You can imagine that eerie and terrifying scene, everywhere is red flesh, and the whole planet, except for inorganic matter, is nothing but flesh monsters..."

March 7th hugged her arms, feeling only cold all over.

"Haha, let's hurry and leave here."

The footage had not ended yet.

After the white light dissipated, the perspective shifted.

The huge warship sprayed light, evenly painting destruction on every part of the planet.

And in the same galaxy, there were layers of arrays of warships: frigates, destroyers, battleships, aircraft carriers, dreadnoughts, supercarriers, titans, fleet flagships, and dominators.

Both sides of their hulls were painted with the Foundation's logo, all weapon restrictions had been lifted, and they were ready to annihilate all enemies at any time.

With this, the footage ended, and lines of text emerged.

【Operation Code: ██】

【Time: ██ Year ██ Month ██ Day.】

【Operation Location: ██】

【Approved by the O5 Council and the final permission of the Administrator, three contingency plans have been made for the purification operation of the infected planet ██, and sufficient fleets have been mobilized to blockade the star sector.】

【The tragedy that occurred on planet ██ indicates that SCP-610 may possess a certain degree of intelligence; before the Foundation thoroughly destroys it, a certain degree of sociological research is needed.】

【A total of ten teams of D-Class personnel, totaling fifty people, were initially dispatched to planet ██. In addition, a temporary research base was set up in orbit to conduct initial investigations on SCP-610.】

【After landing, the first batch of D-Class personnel reconfirmed that flamethrowers have high-efficiency lethality against SCP-610, and subsequently used white phosphorus bombs to successfully open up a safe zone and rescued 367 survivors.】

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【During the daily contact on the second day, it was discovered that all D-Class personnel had lost contact.】

【After retrieving the infrared satellite perspective of the research base, it was discovered that the infrared signatures of the survivors were abnormal; they generated a large amount of heat at night and finally turned into a pool of liquid. It is speculated that this is considered to be SCP-610.】

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