Chapter 477

"Just inferring from the known content, 'Abel' seems to be identified as the culprit who slaughtered the Omega-7 squad; O5-10 knows the truth, but is required to remain silent and stop all investigations into the truth."

"Pay a little attention; this is another event related to the end of the world... I really want to know how many times the Foundation experienced the end of the world before entering the universe, and how many times they initiated 'Deus ex Machina'?"

No one could answer.

Even the Foundation itself found it difficult to respond to this question.

Time has no meaning to supreme divine beings; they might cross the river of time and interfere with events that happened in the past.

This might eliminate some ends of the world, or it might add a bunch of ends of the world.

It's like fixing shit-mountain code.

With good intentions, they pull apart the stinking shit-mountain and reorganize it, only to be shocked to find.

The entire shit-mountain has collapsed.

However, there were people who dared to discuss the O5 councilors.

Asta, while tidying her clothes, muttered in a low voice:

"Is this the world of adults?"

Asta exhaled gently.

That old man O5-1's demeanor reminded her of some high-level executives in the company.

Although their appearances were very different, they had very similar speaking styles and working styles.

The heavy oppressive feeling, like gravity appearing out of thin air, could tightly bind all free thoughts and unbridled souls.

Causing them to fall into the dust, covered in dirt.

Asta pulled her collar in front of the display screen, slightly adjusted the angle of her bow, and straightened the pendant of her choker.

"Sigh, let's not think about this for now."

"Mr. Screwllum is arriving at the station soon; I wonder if Bai Xuan will like my outfit today?"

"Hehe~"

After the screen dimmed for a moment, it lit up again.

It was still that tiered classroom, still that old lecturer.

What was different was that those sitting in the classroom had changed from passionate and hot-blooded young people to directors wearing white lab coats.

Some of their faces, the audience seemed to have seen, but nine years of time had left marks on their faces and bodies.

Left traces of passing, left the heaviness of time.

They were silent, looking at the old man on the podium.

Unlike them, the old man hadn't changed; he didn't need a cane, nor did he wear reading glasses.

The projector in the classroom had been replaced by an LCD screen, needing only a light touch to switch the content.

Thus, the old man and the screen began to speak to the witnesses who had personally experienced the changes of the Foundation.

Telling.

Explaining.

【Nine years ago, the Foundation's face was completely different from today.】

【Supported by the Bowe Committee, the Foundation was committed to researching and developing new technologies. Cross-containment experiments and weaponization projects were everywhere.】

【Mobile Task Force Omega-7 "Pandora's Box" utilized "SCP-076" and "SCP-105" to execute missions.】

【Senior personnel enjoyed a high degree of freedom and autonomy; as long as they completed their work, they ignored all codes and professional rules. The O5 Council, those kings commanding magic armies, approved all of this.】

【For the Foundation, this was the best of times, and the worst of times. But it ended, and it ended quite badly.】

【There were many reasons for the end of the "Pandora's Box" era—Kondraki destroying Site-19, the "Zero Event," and "Abel's" slaughter of his Omega-7 teammates, and the end arrived.】

【The O5 Council realized the situation was out of control, so they took suppression actions:】

【Previous projects were shelved;】

【Senior personnel were promoted in name but demoted in reality to administrative positions without real power, or even assassinated;】

【The Foundation abandoned research and development on anomalous technology, putting all its energy into control and containment measures.】

The old man rested one hand on the podium, showing the Foundation's journey over the past nine years.

Then, he cleared his throat and continued:

"So nine years have passed, and today."

"Anomaly events are becoming more and more frequent; thousands of anomalies have been recovered in just a few years, and new related organizations are discovered every day."

"The Foundation is beginning to feel overwhelmed, and the O5 Council is beginning to become desperate."

"They are beginning to feel the urgent need to tilt in a direction favorable to them."

"The Foundation has restarted research beyond anomaly containment."

"Restarting cross-containment and weaponization project research, encouraging academic exchange within the Foundation, and even creating a new Thaumiel-class—specifically used to contain other anomalies."

"They opened the personnel files of the Bowe era, looking for old swords to sharpen again to meet new battles."

As soon as his voice fell, a line of text appeared on the screen.

【Rebirth Project】.

"The restarted projects include 'Pandora's Box'."

"The former Mobile Task Force Omega-7 has transformed into Alpha-9 'The Last Hope'."

"But not everyone is optimistic about this. They still remember the disasters of the past. They secretly worry that this will be the end of the Foundation."

"They might be right." ===== CHAPTER 479 =====