Chapter 583

"I will eventually die from the 'Black Moon,' just the last one—the end of everything."

He paused and said in a low voice: "I am very sorry."

"There is no need to apologize," "SCP-001-Sage" met the Administrator's gaze calmly.

"From the moment a species is born with consciousness, the 'Black Moon' will notice them."

"From then on, everything is just a matter of time."

"His judgment on me has been delayed for a long time too."

Even if you dodge a disaster, you only escape for a while.

The gaze of the "Black Moon" will still come, annihilating consciousness again and again, erasing living beings.

Besides SCB, what other way is there to solve it completely?

The room fell into silence; countless thoughts of "SCP-001-Sage" emerged and fell one after another.

In the rare quiet, accompanied by the faint fragrance of flowers, the Administrator stretched his body, relaxed his mind, and a moment was eternity.

Just as the drowsiness began to rise in the Administrator's heart, making him want to let this time last a little longer, "SCP-001-Sage" spoke.

"You said this takes a lot of time, how long?"

"Do you have..." The Administrator looked at "SCP-001-Sage," the black lenses reflecting the starry night sky, looking very much like the scene after the universe was extinguished.

"Have you ever looked up at the vast firmament at the beginning of the night, witnessing how the stars are quietly lit, gradually unveiling their veils on the sky?"

"No..." "SCP-001-Sage" said softly, "But I understand what you mean."

"I have to keep watching them until the last star goes out, until the black hole also reaches the end of the road."

Blue light appeared on the body of "SCP-001-Sage."

How long will that take?

Even unimaginable time units like trillions of years, quadrillions of years, are just a flash in front of such a long time.

The universe is not eternal, the stars used as firewood also have limits, and before the final battle arrives, there won't be anything left in this universe.

That is the eternal night of the universe.

Only cold embers remain in the empty and lonely void, hard iron lumps that can no longer undergo nuclear reactions.

No more starlight can penetrate the void, no more new flames can be ignited, and no more living beings can be born.

Eternal silence, eternal death.

The world continues to rot at absolute zero, no new things are born, only ashes continue to break into more fragmented ashes.

"Then what is the benefit of victory?" It didn't understand.

Even if there is victory, what is the meaning?!

Nothing is left!

Is it worth it?!

The Administrator watched "SCP-001-Sage" in front of him calmly, watching the blue light on its body start to shine again.

He didn't speak, and his expression didn't change.

He just got up and left the seat, leaving behind a survivor of civilization who was full of doubts and incomprehension.

He turned and walked out of the sunroom, stepped onto the stone path of the garden, looked at the sky and earth that made him feel nostalgic for the last time, his gaze swept over the sunlight behind the clouds, and everything growing vigorously here.

But he didn't stop at this moment, nor did he regret the fake scenery, but continued to move forward without nostalgia.

He was no longer confused.

"'Balance'!!!"

"SCP-001-Sage" chased out quickly, standing at the door of the sunroom, maintaining a chasing posture.

The blue light on its body shone brightly, and the surrounding flowers and plants were stained with a strange color.

"What is the benefit of victory?!"

Amidst the hoarse roar, the Administrator stopped.

He stood in place for a while, remained silent, turned his head, and stared at "SCP-001-Sage" for a few seconds.

Thus, the thought was passed on in another form.

"I understand."

"SCP-001-Sage" retracted its foot and bowed slightly toward the Administrator.

It laughed, very happy, and the light remained.

After laughing for a while, it looked solemn: "You are truly blasphemous..."

Finally, "SCP-001-Sage" offered its blessing:

"May the ending unfold as you expect, I wish you success."

The Administrator nodded slightly, took off his sunglasses, and returned a smile.

Subsequently, he left.

The sound of the hydraulic device operating sounded again, and the gate rose accordingly.

When the gate fell and the sound of the lock core closing came, in the containment cell illuminated by fake sunlight, only the figure of "SCP-001-Sage" stood quietly in front of the vibrant door of the sunroom.

Standing still like a sculpture for a long time, it finally turned around, walked to the vintage record player, changed to a record of "Ode to Joy," and sat back down.

"Blasphemous? What can be called blasphemous?"

The Luofu Luofu Luofu Xianzhou, Scalegorge Waterscape.

A star-skiff with a simple style is breaking through the sea tide, passing through the waves, like a covered boat.

Jing Jing Yuan stands on the deck at the bow, looking far away; in the Foundation light screen outside the sky, the gate falls, and a song full of passion and vitality echoes endlessly.

The actors are taking their places, the old parts have ended, and the new drama is about to begin.

During this rare leisure time, Jing Jing Yuan became interested in what "001-Sage" said.

The Foundation's Administrator is undoubtedly a legendary figure; he is the oldest human, fighting "anomalies" since before humans were a civilization, and he personally pulled up the Foundation, and is also one of the known supreme divinities.

If you take apart the Administrator's identity, and each identity corresponds to a separate person, that would also be a group of legends walking in history books.

When these identities gather in one person, such a figure must be a legend among legends.

If the Administrator was born on the home planet of the Luofu Luofu Xianzhou Alliance, the history of the galaxy would definitely be a different look.

Jing Jing Yuan suddenly laughed, self-deprecatingly wondering how he could have such unrealistic imagination.

But he also figured out the previous question, what the blasphemy in the mouth of "001-Sage" would be.

"Inferring backward from the present, the Administrator achieved victory in the final battle against the 'Black Moon,' but did not complete the ascension at that time, becoming a supreme divinity, becoming the only existence in the multiverse."

The blasphemy in the mouth of "001-Sage" should refer to some other things, it could be becoming a divinity, or it could be acting on behalf of some god's authority.

Or... as the literal meaning, in the final battle against the "Black Moon," the means adopted by the Administrator are enough to be called blasphemous.

"Eh, which one will the answer be?"

Jing Jing Yuan's golden eyes carried a smile; peeking into history and peeling away the fog of time is always so interesting.

Perhaps the Administrator has a similar mentality, but He already possessed the power of "Balance" before ascension, is an immortal who will never die, and now is a supreme existence overlooking the universe and watching time.

The mentality is naturally different from his "short-lived species."

Maybe it's the opposite.

Telling some of the past He "saw," sharing some historical fragments He likes, not a secret explorer and collector, but a storyteller and sharer.

He just wants to tell one story after another, regardless of the object, not asking for anything else; the telling itself is the meaning.

Then why does the "Black Moon" constantly annihilate conscious life?

What abstract concept is He the incarnation of?

……

The light screen outside the sky did not answer Jing Jing Yuan's question; segments of history were edited into clips, accompanied by text, summarizing the story that followed for the audience.

[After the conversation with "SCP-001-Sage," the Administrator immediately went to the "Concept-Only Bunker" and entered it.]

[Before entering the "Concept-Only Bunker," the Administrator left instructions that he would be absent indefinitely; during this period, the Foundation would be led by a newly formed O5 Council.]

[After the new O5 Council took office, it immediately launched comprehensive research on the annihilation phenomenon of "SCP-001" and promoted all plans that could counter annihilation.]

[The example of "SCP-001-Sage" shows that when the conscious activity of conscious life stops, it is quite possible to survive the annihilation phenomenon caused by "SCP-001."]

[This hypothesis is considered the key to human civilization surviving as much as possible in the doomsday scenario caused by "SCP-001."]

[Based on this hypothesis, the O5 Council formulated and began to promote the "Long-term Sleep Plan."]

[The core of this plan is to develop a new generation of hibernation systems that support long-term collective hibernation for all mankind.]

[With the assistance of "SCP-001-Sage," the new generation of hibernation system was successfully launched and was the first to conduct sample experiments in New Mexico.]

[The "New Mexico Long-term Sleep Plan" built four wing areas in the first phase, namely A, B, C, and D areas, each accommodating 10,240 subjects, with a total of 40,960 subjects accepted in the four wing areas.]