Chapter 740: Three million years of persistence

【 Item #: SCP-3999 】

【 Danger Level: Apollyon 】

【 Special Containment Procedures: 】

【 "SCP-3999" will be contained at the Silencio Spa Hotel in Bajos del Toro, Costa Rica 】

【 Researcher Talloran will be granted primary control over "SCP-3999" 】

【 Together with "SCP-2845", authorization has been granted for the use of outsourced containment resources and consultants for the containment of "SCP-3999". 】

【 Consultants are considered Level 2 personnel and must not leave Site-100 at any time. 】

【 If an outsourced consultant must leave the containment of "SCP-2845" or "SCP-3999", A-class amnestics must be administered before release. 】

【 To properly contain "SCP-2845" and "SCP-3999", at least 30 trained personnel and a continuously provided supply of untrained test subjects are required. 】

【 48 trained personnel are currently assigned to contain "SCP-2845" and "SCP-3999", divided into 8 teams of 6, with an additional 24 people as a reserve force. 】

【 Authorization has been granted to provide 5 D-class personnel weekly for the containment of "SCP-2845" and "SCP-3999". 】

【 Site-100 has been built according to the following specifications: 】

【 Site-100 consists of 9 concentric circular structures, designated Ring-A through Ring-I, with a gap between Ring-C and Ring-D designated as Gap-1. 】

【 Six circular compartments, "One-Two-Zero", are located at the 0, 60, 120, 180, 240, and 300-degree positions of each Ring and Gap. 】

【 The compartment at the 0-degree position is aligned with geographic north and the current location of the pet raised by Researcher Talloran's college classmate. 】

【 The pet raised by Researcher Talloran's college classmate will become a ritual sacrifice at a random location in Grand Teton National Park. 】

【 The corpse's brains will be splattered on a rock and washed away with a bowl of buttered popcorn and refreshing Coca-Cola. 】

【 Please enjoy the show, 】

【 Only at AMC Theatres, only "SCP-3999", only at Applebee's, only at Walmart, only at Barnes & Noble, only at Home Depot, only at McDonald's... 】

【 Only at Wawa, only at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, only in your basement, only behind you, only in the only, only only only only only only only only... 】

【 Only only only only only only only only only only only only only only only only only only only only... 】

【 Help, please... 】

【 Only only only only only only only only only only only only only only only only only only only only... 】

【 Your nightmare... 】

【 Concerning the death of your loved ones... 】

【 You wake up, facing an increasingly insane nightmare... 】

【 Only only only only only only only only only only only only only only only only only only only only... 】

Line after line of text gradually turned into delirious, illogical, and meaningless content.

At first, it was illogical, and immediately after, it became like a situation where the screen was lagging.

The word "only" covered the entire screen.

Talloran in the frame was almost kneeling on the ground, relying on instinct, constantly touching the phone screen, typing out repeated symbols.

"Talloran has collapsed?"

"Feels like it..."

"It's hard to imagine a person's mental state when nearing collapse, but looking at the screen full of the word 'only', I almost don't recognize what it means anymore..."

"It's not a bad ending, either. In this infinitely repeating nightmare, remaining clear-headed forever is the cruelest punishment; falling into madness and mental collapse is considered slightly better, and death is better still. The best ending is to escape the dream, but for Talloran, this is not realistic."

"Don't say Talloran is going crazy; I'm almost going crazy myself. How can 'SCP-3999' be so perverted, thinking of so many ways to torture people? That part about injecting worm eggs into Talloran made me feel physically severely uncomfortable..."

"This is not hard to understand... because 'SCP-3999' is the theoretically strongest existence in the universe where Talloran resides. It can do whatever it wants, transcending all rules, ignoring all morality... You can imagine, if a person had the same status, what kind of mess they would make of the entire galaxy?"

"Heh, get out of my galaxy!"

"That would naturally be gathering all the beautiful girls in the galaxy together; I want to start a harem! Whoever dares to object, I'll kill their whole family!"

"I suddenly feel that 'SCP-3999' should actually include the netizens who are speaking."

The next moment, an endless tsunami of "only" turned into a sea of text.

Roaring, it slammed down upon Talloran.

When Talloran opened his eyes again, he was back in his office at Site-118.

However, this time, there was an extra colleague in his office.

How many years had it been? Talloran finally had another person he could communicate with normally.

Only, at this very moment, Talloran.

He seemed to have forgotten once again those terrible experiences, more frightening than the worst nightmares.

【 I am discussing with James how my hometown in North Carolina has changed since he left; he points out that our town is rapidly experiencing 3999 scenarios, such as: 】

【 1. 】

【 It seems that our high school, which is 96 years old and looks like a 16th-century Gothic building, was only discovered to have a fourth floor this year. 】

【 No one knows how it has existed in that building for so long; from the photos, it looks completely different on the outside, and there is a strange metal spiral staircase. 】

【 2. 】

【 The high school also has a basement with a swimming pool, but no one is allowed to enter; recently, it has started to corrode the floor of the first floor. 】

【 3. 】

【 For a long time, there was a nice old black man who would randomly stand outside shops and on street corners dancing to make people laugh. 】 ===== CHAPTER 742 =====