Is it really normal to contain these anomalies?

It seems that it really works?

Bai Yu breathed a sigh of relief. Although he couldn't understand 049's train of thought, compared to other contained objects or anomalies, 049 was the most reasonable one.

The first point in having an equal dialogue with it is to follow 049's worldview...

"....." 049 was silent for a moment, and only after a few seconds did it suddenly come to its senses. "Ah... um... Doctor, it seems that we are all looking for a way to fight the 'plague'?"

"Yes, interfering with a professional's treatment plan is extremely offensive from any perspective!"

"..."

Hearing Bai Yu's accusation, 049 seemed to be thinking, and seemed to be in some kind of contradiction.

Until a few seconds later, a heavy sigh was heard from under the bird-beak mask.

"Okay... okay... Doctor, for the sake of trust between colleagues, I believe you will heal her."

The black gloves gradually moved away from the cheek of the unfortunate child Komini, but before she could look at Senior Bai Yu with gratitude, 049's next words made her heart rise to her throat again.

"But, Doctor, I don't think there's a better treatment plan for the Plague than mine," 049 shook his head. "I still believe that stifling the spread of the Plague here is the best approach."

Komini grabbed Bai Yu's hand and shook her head vigorously, uttering words that no one could understand.

"No... Uh ah..."

'...Is this poor kid frightened silly?'

Bai Yu sighed inwardly, then spoke to 049.

"Perhaps later, we can exchange some research notes, but for now, please return to the dormitory. Don't worry, we will support your research..."

When 049 heard the word "dormitory", he seemed to be getting angry again.

"Of course, it's a brand new dormitory," Bai Yu added, "Please follow me."

He was walking quickly in front of 049.

While 049 couldn't see his hands and feet, he turned on the communicator on his collar, but in his panic, he connected to the control department instead.

"Bai Yu? I heard you went to suppress the Abnormality?" Yulia's voice came from the headset. "What's the matter?"

Bai Yu also replied in a low voice.

"Yulia, get someone to the training department immediately and get me a freshly disinfected, spotless holding room! Also, tell the training department's central control room to clear all personnel from floors -7 to -10!"

"What the hell?" Yulia didn't quite understand what he meant.

"Hurry up!" Bai Yu's cheeks twitched a few times, "Otherwise, I don't know how to control this guy without a few mobile task forces!"

This is not a joke. Although SCP-049's level on the system panel is only HE, Bai Yu knows that 049 has the ability to resurrect corpses...kill on contact... and extremely powerful physical skills. If it were not able to communicate normally, its containment level would probably be WAW level.

"...P6 containment room, give us 30 minutes, no problem."

Although she didn't quite understand the second half of Bai Yu's sentence, Yulia decided not to ask any more questions after hearing that this guy was so serious.

"can."

Chapter 19 This World is Full of Corpses

Forty minutes later.

Bai Yu and 049 have arrived at the P6 containment room.

It can be seen that Yulia did faithfully carry out Bai Yu's orders...

049 looked around and then gently ran his black-gloved fingers across the table in the employee area where work tools were placed.

"Just barely...ok..."

After hearing 049's comments, Bai Yu finally released his grip on the weapon.

Even though he still didn't understand what the 'plague' 049 was talking about was, one thing was certain: the 'plague' would eventually spread among the human population...

Therefore, Bai Yu asked the training department to evacuate all personnel on the floors surrounding the holding room.

Even when they reached a fork in the corridor, they threw Komini out...

Although the so-called "plague" may not have been completely eliminated now, at least the concentration of the "plague" here is not enough to cause 049 to go berserk.

"049, it seems you are quite satisfied with your new dormitory?"

"....." The doctor in front of him did not say anything, but just started to place his belongings on the table.

"Okay, let's talk about research..."

"Shh..." 049 raised a finger slightly towards Bai Yu, "Doctor, I'm thinking..."

It didn't speak again until the things on the table in front of it were gradually arranged in order.

"Well... I think you are different from them. You can understand, doctor..."

"Life and death, sickness and health, are amateur terms used by amateur doctors. There is only one disease in the world, and that is plague. There is no other!"

049 took out a notebook covered with thick cowhide from the black bag. The broken leather proved that it had gone through many years.

It handed it to Bai Yu, and after looking through it for a few seconds, Bai Yu found that what was written on it was a very elegant research record that no one could understand.

"The plague is spreading more severely here than I anticipated... They are very sick, all of them. Our work must begin now!"

"What do you need?" Bai Yu slowly closed his notes and showed that he was listening.

"I need a laboratory of my own where I can continue my research without hindrance, and of course, assistants, although I can provide them myself."

"We will try to provide the equipment you need....but the renovations...are limited to this location."

Bai Yu said calmly that this was indeed the bottom line of the Brain Lobe Corporation.

Of course, he couldn't let 049 brazenly break out of containment again, let alone let him enter the research area where the employees were.

"Of course, I'm used to you always making conditions..." 049 nodded, "but compared to my other old friends... your offer is very generous."

"besides?"

"I need a 'test subject,'" 049 paused. "You know, my research is more inclined towards human anatomy."

"No problem, but we'll have many people coming in to consult you later. You can only study the part we designate... and if anything unusual occurs, we'll have to destroy your 'experimental subject.' Please understand."

"!"

049 seemed to have not expected Bai Yu to agree so readily, and the gentle, mechanical tone trembled slightly at this moment.

"Doctor...you...agree?"

This was natural. After some conflicts arose with the Foundation, the Foundation's top brass ordered that no personnel in any containment base were allowed to provide it with additional corpses, forcing it to obtain materials on its own.

But now, this new colleague can agree so readily?

"of course."

Bai Yu nodded, but he felt more and more annoyed.

After all, this wasn't just him bragging, it was because... this wasn't the Foundation, nor was it anywhere on Earth...

This is the city...

What the hell is human rights?!

In this hellhole, there aren't even ordinary laws, only various taboos.

Whether it's the entire city or the Lobotomy Corporation, ordinary people, clerical staff, or even employees, no one knows when they will die.

This is true in the back alleys, in the suburbs, and in Lobotomy.

Killed by the tailmen, killed by madmen, killed by rats, killed by gangs, killed by monsters...

This world is full of corpses!

Anyone who has been assimilated into the city will understand one thing: when a person dies, he is dead!

It's not easy to leave a complete body in the stinking ditch of this fucked up world. As for what the body will be used for?

No one cares.

Well, 049 didn't know that.

It just bowed to Bai Yu in a standard French manner with one hand.

"Doctor, I will never forget your generosity."

In response, Bai Yu could only force a smile.

"Well, it's a pleasure to work with you..."

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After walking out of SCP-049's new containment room, Bai Yu felt physically and mentally exhausted.

Facing this 'epidemic doctor', he had to be extremely alert at all times...and now, the suppression was finally over.

But for some reason, he was still in a bad mood.

'Let's go back and have a beer...'

Bai Yu patted his face, trying to cheer himself up.

When he reached the central control room, he saw civilian staff coming out of the elevator one after another carrying bags of flesh and blood.

It looked like the bodies at the end of the P3 corridor had finally been cleared.

As they walked past Bai Yu, the civil servants nodded in greeting and then continued to whisper to each other.

"Oh my god...you didn't see that scene..."

"The security guards' necks were twisted 180 degrees...even their bodies were still moving..."

"Wow, what kind of monster is that..."

"Yes, yes, Senior Eric was almost killed by this corpse..."

"..."

"Ah... Death and corpses again... This world is truly hopeless."

No matter how calm he appeared in front of 049, Bai Yu still felt a little unhappy with these words, especially when he was forced to think of the Earth.

After all, he is a time traveler, not a native urbanite.

But Bai Yu also knew that he should face the facts.

'You have to adapt...'

Bai Yu shook his head, strode into the control room, and went straight to the vending machine. Just as he put the sword beside him and was about to buy something.

"Back to work?"

A can of cold beer touched his cheek directly.

"Leonce..." Bai Yu didn't want to look back at that ugly face, so he reached out and took it. "You're from the Intelligence Department, and you have time to come and see me now?"

"It just so happens that an employee from the training department died. I just stopped by to take a look," Lyons smiled and patted Bai Yu's shoulder, completely unaware of the huge difference in status between himself as an employee of one month and Bai Yu, an employee of three months.

"...Don't you usually leave the work to the younger generation?" Bai Yu knew his character well, but he didn't give him a good look. "If you have anything to say, come on. I'm in a bad mood right now."

Chapter 20 Impossible Instructions

"It's really just a side trip..." Leons's still pretty face now looked innocent, "You don't think it's easy for our Intelligence Department to clean up the mess after so many people died in your Training Department?"

"..."

Bai Yu drank the can of beer in one gulp.

"Okay, okay," Lyons said, seeing that Bai Yu wasn't buying it, "I just came to see the new abnormality your department has taken in. I heard it's quite dangerous. Did you meet it face to face? How did you feel?"

This was a survival skill, especially for veterans like Leons. It was essential to keep track of which departments housed which Abnormalities within Lobotomy Corporation. Otherwise, if an Abnormality from another department wandered out one day, they could end up dead...

Bai Yu’s answer was also simple and clear.

"I advise you not to go to him, you will die."

"Not really, Bai Yu," Leons smiled awkwardly after hearing the expert's answer. "After all, I'm a level three employee who has passed the company's internal testing. How can I not even have the ability to resist?"

Bai Yu sighed and didn't want to say anything more. He dusted himself off and stood up again.

Even though they had just spent several hours suppressing the Abnormality, the daily energy targets set by Lobotomy Corporation for its employees still needed to be met.