Chapter 521

The ghost stories circulating in Belobog are basically related to the supernatural phenomena brought about by the 'Fragmentum Erosion'.

Real undead do not exist.

Now, the entire planet has been turned upside down.

She has been traveling in the forest for so many days, and she hasn't even seen the 'Fragmentum' monsters that she used to avoid.

Perhaps, the 'Fragmentum Erosion' has completely disappeared.

Naturally, the supernatural phenomena brought about by the 'Fragmentum' will also dissipate.

Then, what exactly are the "undead" mentioned in Dr. Bright's words?

Is there really a soul after death?

Could this sea of flowers be one of the worlds where the departed live?

Lynx's little head was full of big questions.

Dr. Bright looked at the confusion written on Lynx's face and couldn't help but laugh, incidentally dismissing the thought of "gifting" 'SCP-963'.

"I am Dr. Jack Bright. And you, unknown traveler?"

While speaking, Dr. Bright pulled over a white food stall chair from the side.

"Lynx Landau."

The little girl reported her name.

A descendant of the Landau family...

Dr. Bright nodded slightly, knowing the origin of the girl in front of him.

"So this is...?"

Lynx walked to Dr. Bright's side, pointing to a large piece of cloth spread on the ground, and several boxes pressed on it.

Dr. Bright held a long, thin iron rod, picking away the white-hot branches so that the firewood inside could burn more easily.

"Picnic. Enjoying cherry blossoms while having a picnic, how beautiful."

"..."

Lynx didn't ask where the firewood in the fire came from, but she felt it shouldn't be gathered on the spot.

That would be a bit wasteful.

Dr. Bright threw the iron rod aside and opened a box, revealing it full of alcoholic beverages.

He chose one at random, unscrewed the cap, drank it in one gulp, and put the empty bottle back in place.

Then, he put on heat-insulating gloves, took a can out of the fire, and said to himself:

"The things I choose are the more delicious ones at the site, you should try some too."

Lynx was stunned, not knowing how to react for a moment.

She hated socializing.

Except for her brother and sister, the only person she could talk to was Pela.

But she also knew what it meant to build a friendship with one of the four doctors of the apocalypse.

"Oh."

After a moment, the girl nodded gently and sat on another white chair.

Dr. Bright tore open the white tin of the can, and the aroma immediately overflowed.

"I think you must be curious why this is the 'world of the dead'."

Saying that, Dr. Bright handed a crab roe sandwich to the girl.

"Thank you."

Lynx took this extremely strange "bread" and didn't speak again, just quietly watching this legendary figure in front of her with blue eyes.

Dr. Bright spread all the remaining crab roe from the can onto the bread slices.

"This forest, in the Foundation's containment object sequence, is 'SCP-C-2299', named 'Night Cherry Blossoms of the Dead'."

"Those few questions of yours, sitting here, you can answer them yourself. First is the anomalous nature of 'SCP-C-2299', take a look there."

Saying that, Dr. Bright put down the table knife in his hand and pointed to the distance.

Lynx looked in the direction Dr. Bright pointed and saw a building that looked very much like a blast furnace.

Its surface was full of traces of time, covered with a layer of slight rust and dust, dull and lusterless.

It's just...

Lynx frowned, and a strange feeling surged in the bottom of her heart.

"What's the feeling? Is there an inexplicable disgust toward it?"

Lynx nodded.

She didn't even know what it was, but she felt a sense of discomfort for no reason, and something emerged in the bottom of her heart, urging her, wanting her to dismantle the building.

"So what is that for?" Lynx asked.

Dr. Bright chuckled:

"It shouldn't be considered classified anymore."

"That thing is used to burn the corpses of D-class personnel, so it's called a 'biological' incinerator."

Lynx was stunned:

"Ah?"

It wasn't just Lynx who was stunned, but also the vast audience.

"!!!"

"To be fair, it really looks like something the Foundation would do."

"I gradually understood the full picture of this containment object; D-class personnel who died miserably in containment experiments turned into ashes in this incinerator, and the vengeful spirits of D-class personnel wander in the cherry blossom forest."

"No, you turned into a horror movie style, there is no banquet atmosphere at all."

"Maybe, the food at this banquet is living people who strayed here?"

"6"

Amidst the audience's discussion, the rest of the file was also decrypted.

【Special Containment Procedures:】

【'SCP-C-2299-1' has no special nutritional needs and will be treated as a normal mountain cherry blossom forest for care.】

【The Biological Department needs to assist the Memetics Department in collecting 'SCP-C-2299-2'.】

【The Memetics Department should perform separation and purification processing on 'SCP-C-2299-2', and collect and use 'SCP-C-2299-3' obtained from purification.】

【Note:】

【'SCP-C-2299-1' is a mountain cherry blossom forest growing in 'SCP-C-2299', with no anomalous effects other than the petals.】

【'SCP-C-2299-2' is the petals of 'SCP-C-2299-1', which can be separated and purified to obtain a substance similar to the raw material of ██-type amnestics (called 'SCP-C-2299-3'). According to research by the Memetics Department, this substance can replace ██ to produce amnestics.】

Lynx even forgot that she was still holding a sandwich, until another breeze blew, letting a few petals fly past her eyes, and then she recovered.

Her mood was extremely complicated at the moment.

073 This sea of flowers is certainly a beautiful sight.

But thinking that countless D-class personnel's undead are wandering here.

She felt

Dr. Bright didn't care what Lynx thought about this cherry blossom forest, nor did he care how the other party evaluated the evil in the Foundation.

"The most wonderful time for this forest is from 8 PM to 2 AM the next day."

"As for why I say that, let's reveal the mystery in a while."

Lynx shook her little head:

"But, Dr. Bright, isn't it still a long time until night?"

"Do we have to wait here until night falls?"

"Of course not." Dr. Bright shook his head.

Saying that, he took out a watch dial from a storage box on the side.

The watch dial was somewhat mottled, the brass-colored surface was slightly uneven, and some numbers were worn.

While fiddling with the hour and minute hands on it, he showed a nostalgic expression:

"This forest was actually discovered by me." ===== CHAPTER 523 =====