Chapter 685

They also once fantasized that what the Foundation always guarded was humanity, and maintaining the "status quo" was just one of the means.

It's just that everything has to be spoken with reality.

"Number One, are you thinking that even if you eliminate all humans outside the Foundation—even all humans except you—"

"As long as you take 'SCP-2000' and manufacture another batch, 'the status quo will still be maintained'?"

"Don't cover it up, you have had this attitude for decades."

"Do they deserve to be killed by you?"

"Is their life, after all, just the 'price' that must be paid for 'maintaining the status quo' that you keep talking about?"

O5-1 does not deny it.

They just look at this scene in a trance, their gaze wandering, seeking help from their own people.

They vaguely see the cold or mocking gazes of other emperors. Since they took office as Overseer Number One, when have they ever been treated as a target for collective attack?

The wind and waves blow them, taking the people staying on the Foundation's big ship to a more dangerous situation, so more wind and waves strike.

They see their throne start to crack, and the long-planned storm strikes constantly, but they don't even have time to gather the fragments.

"……Number One." O5-11 also joins this crusade.

But unlike the excited few, their emotions and tone are very calm.

"Since the day I joined the Foundation, I have only worked for one goal, and that is to protect all of humanity."

"You should know that I have always opposed abuse, and even the use of D-class personnel."

"I also oppose conducting various inhumane experiments on so-called 'Blue-types' and 'Green-types'."

"This is not called necessary evil at all."

"If the Foundation is an evil organization that can do things like releasing all anomalies to slaughter humanity for the sake of the ethereal goal of 'protecting the status quo',"

"Then I would rather not sit here, I would rather have never drunk 'Fountain of Youth water'."

In this increasingly manic wind and rain, not everyone is Professor Fermi's aid.

O5-3 stands firmly by Number One's side, denouncing sharply:

"You guys are simply a bunch of lunatics."

"Are you happy to let anomalies mess up the world, and wake up tomorrow to see the earth explode and the sun turn cold the day after tomorrow?"

"Or are you willing to watch everyone around you turn into reality benders, making this world completely illogical?"

O5-4 faces Number Three directly:

"If humanity is extinct, then whether there is logic in the world is meaningless to me."

"Number Three, we should indeed protect humanity from the trouble of anomalies and let the world run smoothly."

"But what we are doing now is not focused on protecting humanity at all."

O5-5 chooses to sandwich Number Four with Number Three:

"Then we might as well just accept our fate."

"Assuming everything Enrique said is right, then we come to be the immune system of the status quo and do necessary evil to humanity."

"If you are mentally fragile to this extent, you can leave the Foundation and set up your own portal."

"Let us see who is more supported, us who guard the status quo, or you who want to turn the world upside down."

"Don't cause division, Number Five." O5-6 does not stand up.

This councilor just sits in their seat, sighing sadly, shaking their head in despair.

Watching the Foundation's past consensus being cut and shattered by colleagues with their respective weapons and desires.

"Now is not the time for infighting. And don't make such extreme remarks."

But their efforts are destined to be in vain.

O5-11 is angry to the extreme, and instead laughs out loud, mocking the guys who are inexplicable.

"Just for the sake of the world order you claim to guard."

"Can you kill everyone you paranoidly judge as 'going on the wrong path'?"

"I really want to see how you intend to use the method of slaughtering humanity to win people's hearts."

Several councilors stand against each other, their momentum rising, and it will not weaken.

This meeting has developed from judging O5-7 to judging O5-1, and even judging the Foundation.

Who else hasn't taken a side, who else can be drawn in...

O5-1 sighs blankly, looking at O5-13 wrapped in black clothes.

"What about Number Thirteen? Why don't you speak?"

Hearing this, O5-13 puts an electronic display screen on the table, facing O5-1.

【I have nothing to say.】

"I have nothing to say." The electronic voice answers synchronously.

"Klaus, stop talking nonsense." O5-7 looks down, sneering.

"I know you intend to immediately remove my O5 position next."

"Before that, I will use my authority to launch one last proposal."

O5-1 does not interrupt them, the old man is silent in the wind and waves.

O5-7's proposal may be weightless, but whether it is supporters or opponents, they must respect the councilors' authority.

That is also their vital power.

"I propose," O5-7 says loudly, "that the Foundation change its goal starting today."

Every syllable is like a cannon blast, bombarding everyone's heart.

"—From guarding the status quo itself to guarding human development, protecting the uncertainty required for human development."

"This requires us to decrypt a large number of anomalous projects that may be helpful to human development and make the content of these projects public."

"Or, the Foundation dissolves on the spot." ===== CHAPTER 687 =====