Chapter 941

Why him?

A chill rose from the soles of his feet, racing up his spine to the crown of D-0650's head. He clamped his hands tightly over his mouth and nose to keep from crying out, but his tears and snot were already completely beyond his control.

Then, those footsteps, equivalent to those of the Grim Reaper, rang out one by one; in the darkness, they were the soul-snatching vengeful ghosts.

D-0810 couldn't take it anymore, he screamed madly and rushed straight to the walking sculpture.

Until a sound of fists colliding with concrete sounded, followed by another crisp "click," and the laboratory returned to silence.

Undoubtedly, another dead person.

The hard and cold wall stimulated D-0650's back nerves. He retreated desperately, wishing he could use his body to squeeze a crack in this sturdy cage made of alloy and reinforced concrete, and escape from here like an octopus.

Another heavy fall, followed by hard footsteps.

A faint bloody smell drifted into his nostrils, and D-0650 could clearly perceive everything around him.

Hearing, smell, and touch made up for the missing vision, allowing him to clearly "see" an incredibly ugly sculpture raise its arms to him, about to gently hold his head.

He shook his head desperately, trying to beg for mercy.

His body hair had touched the cold shell, and his neck had already felt the oppression of death.

Just at this moment of switching between life and death, the darkness in his eyes faded away, and the dazzling light suddenly lit up, but he didn't instinctively close his eyes.

That weird-looking big-headed doll sculpture stood in front, motionless, remaining stationary.

And behind it, two headless corpses lay, blood splattered everywhere — ceiling, walls, floor, and the sculpture's body.

Saved... D-0650's last thought flashed in his mind, and then he fainted.

However, the moment he fainted, he saw the sculpture move again.

Afterward, he felt a spin, and a strong sense of suffocation and severe pain came one after another, drowning his consciousness.

D-0650, died.

In the monitoring room, Dr. Moto looked at this scene calmly.

"Experiment successful," he said.

Immediately after, a new report appeared in the center of the screen.

【Item Number: SCP-001-Key-07】

【Project Description:】

【Individual manifests as a humanoid sculpture; if not observed, it will attempt to twist the neck of the nearest person.】

【Project Evaluation:】

【Success!】

【The object demonstrated all three properties of a usable "SCP-001-Key" individual, and its small-scale attack also makes it easy to control.】

【Although we must continue to produce individuals to maximize the success rate, this is ultimately a good signal.】

"So miserable."

"He might have been able to persist for 170 more time."

"It seems... not all D-class personnel have the ability and potential to take the 'Foundation Star'."

"Like a black humor... but if D-0650 hadn't been scared to faint, maybe he could have lived a few more days?"

"Useless, for one thing, no one replaced him to continue staring at 173, and for another, his walking space was gone. Unless Dr. Moto wanted to save him, he had no way out but to die."

Just when the audience reorganized their mood, walked out of the bloody horror story just now, and prepared to watch the follow-up containment object short story.

They found that there was only a long string of text reports behind.

【Item Number: SCP-001-Key-12】

【Project Description:】

【Individual manifests as a spherical sculpture floating one meter in the air.】

【After 0.2 seconds of detachment from observation, "SCP-001-Key-12" will explode violently, causing the death of surrounding personnel.??】

【Project Evaluation:】

【Although the individual was successful in demonstrating the required characteristics, because it immediately self-executed, this is undoubtedly a failure.】

【Death is also a tragedy — but as long as we can achieve the goal, the lives we can save will exceed this.】

【Item Number: SCP-001-Key-13】

【Project Description:】

【Individual manifests as a human-head sculpture, 3 meters high, 2 meters wide.】

【If not observed, "SCP-001-Key-13" will crash through the nearest wall at high speed and break through containment, then attempt to escape Site-01.】

【The individual was re-contained after breaking through the outer wall of Site-01 and attempting to escape into the desert.】

【Project Evaluation:】

【It is unclear whether the individual demonstrated the required characteristics: the escape did cause nineteen deaths, and it is unclear whether this was deliberate or just collateral damage.】

【Regardless, because it is difficult to contain, I have ordered its execution.】

【Item Number: SCP-001-Key-14】

【Project Description:】

【Individual manifests as a cross-composite of stalagmites and stalactites, with a series of coral-like outgrowths extending from its central material.】

【If not observed for 0.2 seconds, no activity will be observed immediately.】

【However, subsequent investigations revealed that during those 0.2 seconds, a human spontaneous combustion event occurred in the ██ hotel, and 142 civilians died due to simultaneous human spontaneous combustion.】

【Project Evaluation:】

【This is an unacceptable loss of life, and there is a risk of breaking the veil.】

【Immediately block the production of "SCP-001-Key."】

【If the principle behind the plan holds, our observation of all existing individuals is enough to prevent "SCP-001" from continuing to act.】

【Regardless, no annihilation has been recorded since the start of the plan.】 ===== CHAPTER 943 =====