Is it really normal to contain these anomalies?

Only in this way can the city not come to a standstill...

This time, Old Abel did not come for an inspection. He just walked directly to the big screen in the center.

This is a giant blue screen, showing a map of the entire city...

This is the quasi-singularity technology acquired by W Company, which can monitor the spatial density of the nest to which it belongs.

Every time a W train tears through the space rift and departs or arrives at the platform, the spatial density of that area will become thinner... and the blue on the screen will turn red...

Apart from this situation, there is generally no situation of low spatial density in cities.

Of course, there are always exceptions. If the W train doesn't arrive at the platform it's supposed to be on, but instead appears in some impossible area...

This incident is called the 'derailment' of the W train.

Therefore, this screen must be monitored at all times in case of a 'derailment' incident.

The monitoring employee must immediately notify the senior management and assign a special cleaning employee to investigate and handle the matter.

The secrets and truth of W Company must never be exposed to the public!

"Where was the derailment?"

But at this moment, Old Abel frowned as he looked at the display on the screen. He did not notice anything abnormal in the pixels of W Nest.

"No... the abnormality did not occur in the nest, but..." Employee W, who was retrieving data on the side, was a little hesitant.

"Where is that?" Old Abel waved his hand to signal him to speak faster.

The employee swallowed, hesitant, but still zoomed in on the map...

Little by little, the position displayed on the screen gradually shifted from the center of the nest, and finally gathered at a small red dot on the edge of the nest.

He pointed at the small area.

"Alley 23."

Chapter 43 Someone Has to Sacrifice

'Humanity has been around for 250000 years, but only the last 4000 years are meaningful.'

'So, what have we been doing for nearly 250000 years? We've been hiding in caves, sitting around little fires, afraid of things we don't understand—explanations of how the sun rises, monsters with human heads and bird bodies, and living stones.'

'We call them "gods" and "demons" and ask for their forgiveness and pray for salvation.'

'After that, their numbers decreased and our numbers increased. As we had fewer and fewer things to fear, we began to see the world more rationally.'

'However, the inexplicable things did not disappear, as if the universe deliberately wanted to show absurdity and incomprehensibility.'

'But humanity can no longer live in fear.'

'Nothing can protect us, we must protect ourselves.'

'While others live in the light of day, we must fight them in the shadows and keep them out of the public eye so that others can live in a sane, normal world.'

-------Foundation Declaration

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Time: Unknown.

Location: Site-CN-36

"Mom and Dad, don't worry, your son is working hard for a great cause..."

"I have absolutely no regrets coming to this place..."

"New Year is coming soon, you guys should buy some New Year's goods. I'm busy with work this year and won't be going home..."

"You two elders, take care of yourselves. If you run out of money or have any other problems, go to the address I gave you. Don't worry about what company it is... They will help you..."

'...'

"Mom and Dad, I'm sorry... I'm an unfilial son."

After spending several minutes, the suicide note was finally completed, and Z9-1 threw it into a box beside him.

The face beneath the oxygen mask seemed relieved.

Then, he asked his teammates beside him, "Have you finished writing?"

The personnel, wearing dark yellow chemical protective suits and holding M4A1s, nodded.

They are MTF Zeta-9.

This is Site-CN-36.

Now, Project No.: SCP-CN-5981, the first exploration begins.

"Okay, then everyone, let's get started."

Z9-1 took a deep breath and was the first to walk into the dark cave.

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(Dive depth... unknown...)

(The time....for some reason, the watch hasn't changed in a long time...but it feels like 3 hours have passed.)

The exit of the cave above my head was no longer visible.

In the pitch darkness, only by shining the searchlights overhead could the task force members see that no one was left behind...

"Captain...how much longer do we have to descend?" Z9-2 surveyed the nearby rock face. "It feels like we're stuck in a vicious cycle."

Z9-1 said nothing, but glanced at the CTM data displayed on his mask.

Each 'mole' is equipped with complete personal digital enhancements and implants, as well as a Cochlear Topographic Mapper (CTM) (which can map underground areas using high-frequency echo waves).

But as always, the map always shows a straight downward passage.

.....This is the spatial anomaly in this area.

The CN Foundation has scanned the area with various instruments, but no matter how they checked, except for a 300mX300mX300m cube area underground, everything else was normal.

But it was obvious that they should have finished walking through this abnormal area long ago...

And now, their connection with the site command has been inexplicably severed.

"Sigh, this place is definitely not a good place for people with claustrophobia..." Z9-6 looked quite relaxed. "Next time I really should bring a couple of bottles of wine..."

"Let those people at Site Command know, and they'll kill you," Z9-3 quipped over the comms. "But I agree! We'll definitely have a few drinks back on the surface..."

"......"

The moles knew they were probably not going to survive, so they trash-talked each other to relieve some of the pressure.

But this state did not last long, as the captain's words interrupted them.

"Stop making noise, there's light ahead!"

Z9-1 was the first to raise its gun and approach the target location.

It was a crack that was glowing blue.

Standing in front of this rift, Z9-7 asked after piloting the drone in and discovering the connection was disconnected.

"What should we do? Captain, shall we go in?"

Z9-1 was silent for a few seconds, then nodded and instructed, "Z9-2, take the CTM and the collected data and return the same way..."

"why me?"

Z9-2 wasn't sure if this was the captain's offer of charity to his youngest, but if it was, he would never comply.

"If we don't come back, humans and the Foundation will need this information... Also, don't think this is a safe mission!"

Z9-1 glanced at him, then shouted to the other team members.

"Everyone else, follow me!"

"learn..."

"Walk..."

Everyone patted Z9-2 on the shoulder, and then resolutely crossed the blue rift.

...........

I do not know how long it has been.

Here, Z9-3 was the first to wake up.

"Captain!" At this moment he was nervously waking up the other Zeta team members.

"What happened?" Z9-1 felt a splitting headache, as if they were all knocked unconscious for unknown reasons when they passed through the crack.

"Look around!"

All the moles have woken up, and each of them raised their guns vigilantly.

Under the illumination of everyone's searchlight, everything around them came into their sight.

There is no doubt that this is a sewage pool...

A steady stream of dark red liquid flowed from the sewage outlets on their heads.

It gathered all the way to their feet, in this huge pile of flesh and blood...

If they weren't wearing oxygen masks, they would have been suffocated by the strong smell of blood...

Z9-3 remained alert. "There are a lot of bodies here, Captain."

"Let me take a look," Z9-1 leaned over and examined the bodies at his feet. "Are these not all human?"

"Not necessarily, but they all look roughly human, with blood on their faces," Z9-4 observed the corpses. "Their veins have been drained... My god, what a murderer's taste..."

“…”

Z9-1 was silent, thinking.

Human corpses...space rifts...and the nearby sewage systems that were clearly built by civilization.

These seem to exceed the Foundation's initial classification of this anomaly.

After a second, he sighed.

"Don't think about anything else. Turn on the camera. This information must be transmitted back to the Foundation!"

"Everyone, check your CTMs and other electronic equipment for damage..."

"We're getting ready to leave here!"

Z9-1 gestured, and the team advanced in guard formation.

But there was only one way forward for them.

It was a dark tunnel.

In it, blood will flow along this tunnel into the dark depths...

Chapter 44 Urgent Mission

In the city, every back alley has its own characteristics.

For example, Bai Yu is currently in...

Lane 23.

A "flavor lane" famous in the city.

The social security here is not very good, and there is a dangerous group called "Eight Chefs" who advocate the ultimate taste and are proud of their unique and cruel cooking methods.

He doesn't recommend any normal person to dine here. After all, the food here is not chicken, fish or the like, but... human flesh.

If the chef from Lane 23 comes to you with a smile and asks you what you want to eat, you'd better run away, otherwise he might chop off your thigh with a kitchen knife and make a dish out of it.

'So, what is the system's mission objective?'

Bai Yu looked around, holding the hilt of the knife with the determination in his right hand, and walked on the street.

He said goodbye to Komini and the others and came to Lane 23 alone, but of course he was not there to eat...

There is only one reason why he came to this damn place...