Is it really normal to contain these anomalies?

"A machine should work like a machine. This is what someone taught me..."

Angela responded with the same smile.

"Um..."

Bai Yu nodded to show his understanding, but suddenly changed the subject and said something coldly.

"Angela, I will end your miserable cycle..."

"!!!"

Angela's expression suddenly changed. Surprise forced her to widen her beautiful golden eyes, and even her eyelashes trembled slightly.

How did Bai Yu know?

The agreement between headquarters and TT2 is a top secret among the highest levels of Lobotomy Corporation. Not even the branch manager knows about it!

But the man in front of her ignored her reaction and continued speaking.

"When it comes to pain, let's treat it one way or another... Angela, I hope that after you're free from the pain, you'll understand that you should repent for your sins..."

"you...."

Angela now had no idea what to do. For the first time, the AI was at a loss like a human.

I've been suffering alone for so long...

But now, a person who seems to know his painful experience has appeared inexplicably...

The pain that had accumulated over hundreds of thousands of years seemed to suddenly find an outlet, and a pain and sadness that made her feel suffocated came over her.

Are these human emotions?

Angela didn't know, but Angela gritted her teeth and persevered...

And now, now, the AI suddenly smiled sincerely.

"Okay, Bai Yu....I'll wait, but I hope you won't make me wait too long."

She took a few steps back and did not continue to question Bai Yu...it would be better to say that it was her own heart that was forced into a desperate situation.

Next, in front of Bai Yu's eyes, the holographic projection flashed a few times and then disappeared.

Is this the end of the conversation?

Bai Yu didn't know, but he turned around and walked out of the dark supervisor's office...

Chapter 84: An O5 Councilor (Part )

Time: 20▉▉:▉▉:▉▉.

Location: Site-CN-36

After a few days.

Liu Ming finally experienced the feeling of working overtime again.

Ever since Item No.: SCP-CN-5981 disappeared unexpectedly, his work seemed to have become much easier.

But just yesterday, reports of Epsilon-11's unusual movements attracted the attention of researchers throughout the facility.

All members of MTF Epsilon-11 stationed on-site appeared to be summoned by some unknown anomaly and used their commander's authority to enter Elevator 6.

Then, during the descent, the elevator signal was interrupted for 2 seconds, and when the signal was restored, 12 fully armed elite soldiers disappeared right under the noses of the Foundation!!!

The entire site was in a panic. The investigation and search continued until the 59th minute after the signal was interrupted. As the elevator signal of Elevator No. 6 was interrupted again, this group of elite soldiers reappeared in Elevator No. 6 with their remaining ammunition and equipment.

Therefore, they were all taken to the interrogation room and the interrogation began...

And now...

Liu Ming just stayed up late to finish watching the records in the individual cameras of each member of the Nine-Tailed Fox Squad.

He circled several nouns in his notebook with the pen in his hand.

'Lobotomy Corporation?' 'Abnormality?' 'SCP-049' 'Zeta-9' 'SCP-CN-5981' 'Epsilon-11' 'Another World'...

It was not until the end that he set his sights on the last Chinese name.

'Bai Yu'.

"Stationmaster?"

Liu Ming murmured, and all the members of the Nine-Tailed Fox team were extremely sure that they had seen the stationmaster...

"call...."

After working overtime all night, he took a deep breath and turned on his computer.

A series of increasingly serious abnormal events forced him to decide not to wait for the special envoy to report, but to write a letter as the director of Site-CN-36 to explain directly.

To Dr.

I'm Liu Ming, the director of Site-CN-36. I still believe that judging SCP-CN-5981's anomaly as self-destructive was a mistake...

Just yesterday, another MTF team was involved in an anomalous phenomenon and claimed that they encountered the missing SCP-049 at a place called 'Lobotomy Corporation'...

I feel that this incident is also related to SCP-CN-5981...

And within it, we discovered an anomalous individual named 'Bai Yu', whom I've tentatively designated SCP-CN-5981-1. He seems to have some knowledge of our Foundation, and the MTF calls him Station Master and accepts his orders... This could be memetic contamination, and we need support from the Cognitohazard Department...

In summary......】

But before he finished writing the email, a red light suddenly invaded his computer.

The red light interrupted him.

'what? '

When Liu Ming discovered that his computer had been hacked, he immediately put his hand on the alarm button under the table.

The hacking of a Level 4 Foundation personnel's computer is a very serious incident.

But in the pitch-black screen, a string of red words appeared on the screen.

[Hello, Manager Liu Ming...]

Liu Ming pressed the button without hesitation, but the alarm outside did not sound and the security personnel around him did not respond.

"How can it be?!!"

You know, the possibility of directly breaching an entire SCP Foundation facility is extremely small, not to mention that other sites didn't react! ?

No... there is another possibility.

That means the other party went through formal channels, but his level was much higher than his, enough to control the entire site.

But he's already a Level 4 personnel, and above Level 4 personnel, there are only...

"Who are you?" Liu Ming asked tremblingly.

And the red words in front of him finally appeared.

[I'm just an AI, of course, you can call me...O5-13]

Yes, the O5 Council...

When Liu Ming saw the last line of red words, an inexplicable feeling of suffocation spread to the heart of Liu Ming, a level 4 supervisor.

O5 Command, Overseers, Overseers...these terms all refer to them.

There are 13 of them in total, but very few people have actually seen them. Everything about them is top secret, to the point that people can come up with several completely different identities for a single O5 council member...

But there is no doubt that these people are the highest controllers of the SCP Foundation.

Every O5 member knows almost everything about the Foundation and all of its activities. And within themselves, they know every secret the Foundation holds.

The vast majority of Foundation personnel go their entire careers without ever meeting a member of the O5 Council. Personnel below Level 2 aren't even aware of their existence, and most people outside the Foundation have never heard of them or don't believe they really exist.

But one thing is certain, almost everyone is afraid of them.

For example, when an O5 walks into a room, everyone present will pee their pants. For someone who holds the highest position of power in the most terrifying organization in the history of the world, this situation is no joke.

And this is Liu Ming's situation now.

"you?"

The Site Director tried to form his words, but was horrified to find he couldn't.

As a Level 4 member of the Foundation's management, he had certainly heard of it.

O5-13, also known as 'AI Complex', is an artificial intelligence construct.

As an artificial intelligence constructed using a variety of anomalous technologies and non-technical methods, it is capable of calculating all factors related to the Foundation's goals and making recommendations for the implementation of important actions. Further details about it are difficult to obtain even through classified means, and almost everyone believes that it hides the Foundation's most unspeakable secrets.

But the specific rules used by this AI are generally only used when the O5 Council needs to break the deadlock when dealing with non-routine matters!

Why, why would they choose him, an ordinary station manager?!

[Don't be shy, you can just call me No. 13...]

O5-13 kindly wrote on the screen.

"....." Liu Ming was silent for a few seconds, "Mr. No. 13..., why are you here?"

[In order to allow Item No.: SCP-CN-5981.....the anomaly is temporarily confirmed to be neutralized.]

Liu Ming took a deep breath and asked as if he had used up all his courage.

"why?"

As the AI with the highest authority in the foundation, Liu Ming believed that it had read the files on this project countless times.

But why should it be temporarily invalidated?

Liu Ming still didn't understand.

As the project manager, I have to contact you to ensure that you will not take any action that I do not want to see.

O5-13 said something very scary in a calm voice.

Liu Ming just felt that he was involved in something very serious.

“…”

I will ask you two questions to ensure you are qualified to continue to lead this project.

O5-13 did not give Liu Ming time to react before the first line of small words appeared.

[First question: Do you think the Foundation should protect normalcy or humanity?]

"I don't understand..." Liu Ming looked at the question in front of him and hesitated for a few seconds before saying, "Is there any difference between the two?"

[To give a simple example, if all humans ascended to become gods, do you think the Foundation should classify humans as anomalous and contain them en masse?]

"..."

This time, Liu Ming fell into silence for a longer time. He was thinking, and only spoke after a few seconds.

"If this applies to all human beings, then the standard of normalcy should change.... Then, the standard of ordinary people should become the standard of God."

"So, based on my system's inference, you're saying that protecting humans is more important?"

"You can think so," Liu Ming nodded.

[Understood. Second question: If the O5 Council ordered you to protect normalcy and release dangerous anomalies to kill humans, would you be willing to obey the order?]

"..."

Liu Ming didn't understand the second question for a moment. He just looked at the inquiry in front of him with a dull expression, as if he suddenly became illiterate.

A few seconds later, he suddenly understood the weight of these words, but at that moment, he felt a suffocating feeling even stronger than when he first came into contact with O5-13.

It was as if the person across the screen wasn't O5-13, but the entire O5 council sitting at a conference table in an unknown location.

"what do you mean....."

Liu Ming took a few deep breaths and finally recovered from his depression, but he did not answer. He just asked in disbelief.

"The highest echelons of the Foundation, faced with a disruption of normalcy, will take actions to destroy humanity?"

【...】

O5-13 didn't respond, but to the AI, that was tacit agreement.

"This is ridiculous! Isn't the purpose of the Foundation's existence to protect humanity?!"