Chapter 131
Suddenly, a loud rumble of reinforced concrete collapsing echoed in the distance, and Claire instinctively lunged behind the sofa.
This action allowed her to see what was under the sofa: her mother's arm was still tightly gripping her phone, the screen showing an unsent text message.
' Claire, hide well and don't come out...'
Claire's Distortion reflection was shown in the shattered glass.
She found herself laughing, her lips uncontrollably curving upwards, while large tears splattered onto her phone screen.
On the blood-stained floor, she knelt down helplessly.
"Waaaaaah."
Before she wanted to cry.
At that moment, a series of mournful voices came from in front of her. In front of her parents was a man with huge hands who was crying.
The man was wandering uncontrollably in the pool of blood, covering his face and weeping.
Yes, did he kill his own parents?
Claire stared blankly at him, at the pale-faced man, and felt a pang of panic.
Immediately following was a profound sense of desolation.
Overwhelmed by the pain of losing her loved ones, she had no time for anger.
Her vision suddenly blurred, and she and the man covered their faces and wept.
"No, no... Waaah!"
Why do such monsters exist in this world?
It was so hard, so incredibly hard, for the family to finally get together.
Why has it become like this?
Claire was an orphan who was taken in by her adoptive parents when she was 13.
This made her extremely grateful, and at the same time, her adoptive parents were a family that had been pieced together.
They each left their respective families and formed their own.
Even so.
But this still made Claire feel the affection of a close relative.
Even though it was only for two years, it still made this poor girl incredibly happy.
I thought life would continue like this forever.
But now it has turned into this state, as if everything has vanished into thin air.
As she knelt and wept, the pale-faced man slowly approached her.
Claire's vision was blurred by tears, but she couldn't stop that face from coming into view—
Between Claire's fingers, a pair of pale eyes suddenly met hers.
Time seemed to stand still.
The face had a gaping maw and an extremely terrifying and bizarre appearance; it was so horrifying that an ordinary person would faint upon seeing it.
096's crying stopped abruptly.
"Aaaaaah!"
Its fingers suddenly spasmed and opened, revealing its complete "face".
The Distortion face flushed red at a visible speed, and spiderweb-like bluish-purple veins emerged beneath the skin.
Its mouth was torn all the way to its ears, revealing two rows of jagged, sharp teeth.
The shrieking sound shattered all the remaining glass in the room.
096's limbs began to stretch unnaturally, and its curled-up body was slowly standing up.
Those enormous hands frantically scratched at their faces, tearing off chunks of flesh with scalp still attached.
"You're so upset just because your face was seen? I... then what am I? Hahaha..." Claire covered her face and couldn't help but chuckle, the giggles sounding unusually eerie.
When 096 went berserk, she covered her face and laughed.
Just as 096 was about to tear the girl to pieces, a large hand suddenly grabbed his body, rendering him unable to move!
Seeing this bizarre scene, Claire showed no intention of moving.
She was in pain and grief, and finally collapsed and couldn't get up.
Immediately afterwards, her physical form also underwent a dramatic change.
Her limbs began to elongate, and her fingers merged into sharp claws.
His spine Distortion and deformed, with three amethyst-like spikes protruding from his back.
Her hair transformed into flowing purple flames, swaying in the air.
The most terrifying thing was her face; her once delicate features had become a weeping mask, purple tears constantly rolling down from her empty eye sockets...
Chapter Thirteen: GOC: What nonsense! [2 updates]
At this moment, Angela, inside Lobotomy Corporation, curiously looked at the location where she was researching spatial abilities.
A small crack has appeared here.
She pulled Iris aside and pointed to the crack, asking her a question.
Do you ever experience this when using photos?
Iris shook her head as she fiddled with 096, who was acting crazy in the photo.
"I've never seen anything like this before; after all, I don't even know the principle behind my ability."
The discovery of this crack is clearly a sign of a breakthrough in the research.
However, she wasn't happy, since this wasn't the result of her own research.
The crack was very small, about the thickness of a finger.
But for Angela, this is a scene that requires caution.
This is something that appeared in Lobotomy Corporation, and she also tried to use her Reality-Warping Ability to repair it.
Just touching it consumed 1% of her energy, so she really didn't dare touch it again.
"Perhaps this is why the supervisor is teleported back to the Foundation World every three days?" Angela couldn't help but speculate, but in the end she gave up on the idea.
Spatial abilities are certainly useful, but what if they lead to some strange situations?
Then it would be too late to even cry.
So she took Iris away from the laboratory, wiped off the door, and sealed it away.
Meanwhile, Iris had no time to pay attention to this, as she was tightly squeezing the 096 in the photo.
"Ugh, this guy is so hard to control."
Her hand, which was reaching into the photo, began to shake uncontrollably, as if being violently struggled against by 096.
It seems the photos amplify her power; Angela hasn't measured the exact proportions yet, but it definitely has an amplifying effect.
Furthermore, proportionally, the strength of Iris's palm will be amplified, making it harder.
This also means that her power actually has a limit.
However, now that Iris has become an employee of the Foundation and is equipped with EGO, her power has undoubtedly increased significantly.
Even so, I'm still losing control of 096.
This demonstrates the strength of 096.
"Ms. Angela, I can't hold on much longer, uh... uh... uh..."
Iris's hand began to shake violently; she was already gripping 096 very tightly.
"If you hit it hard enough, you can actually make it shut up. Our supervisor has done that before."
"The supervisor... is amazing! I'm already having a hard time just holding onto it!"
But in the end, she couldn't control herself.
The photo was thrown directly from her hand, and her palm became covered in blood.
It's clear that 096 was not under control.
Angela touched her directly with her hand and healed her palm.
Although Abel and Iris are both physical entities.
But Iris's body is still that of a normal person and can be easily Distortion; her true abnormality lies in her abilities.
Therefore, Angela could easily cure Iris.
After seeing her hand healed, Iris didn't even have time to marvel at the miraculous power.
She picked up the photo and started calling out urgently.
"Oh no, there's another girl over there!"
But looking into the photo, the crying girl was nowhere to be seen; Iris could only see two monsters locked in combat.
"Um, Ms. Angela, you should take a look at this."
"What's wrong?"
Angela, who had originally planned to check on Xiao Huasheng's situation, turned and looked over.
She then witnessed two monsters locked in combat, one of which was a species she had never seen before.
"Um..."
Having access to all the memories within Lobotomy Corporation, including those from the Library of Ruina and beyond, Angela drew a conclusion with just a glance.
"It's Distortion. This person is Distortion by emotions. Does the Foundation have this kind of thing too?"
Angela couldn't help but mutter to herself, clearly recognizing the Distortion phenomenon.
But normally this only happens in the Lobotomy Corporation world, so why is this kind of Distortion appearing here?
Even in the Warhammer World, a world rife with extreme emotions, the Distortion phenomenon didn't occur. So why is it happening in the Foundation World?
This doesn't make sense.
Suddenly, as if she understood, Angela looked at the door she had just closed.
"Perhaps this is also related to my research."
In this world in a state of instantaneous chaos, all places are being invaded by various entities.
Massive numbers of terrifying entities are wreaking havoc everywhere.
Xiao Huasheng is heading to the location of SCP-2000, preparing to reset this world with the help of the Foundation.
The reason Angela didn't use Makuku's reset ability is because Angela discovered that Makuku's contract had been changed into an employee contract.
It's the same even if you've never died in this world.
It seems that as long as Xiao Huasheng and Angela observe Time Reset or a similar phenomenon, then these employee contracts that have already occurred will not be restored.
This also means that Makuku, who has been incorporated into the Lobotomy Corporation system, can no longer use his abilities at will.
Using the TT2 Protocol to reset time once requires Angela to replenish 2000 units of energy, and that's just for a one-day Time Reset.
In the longer term, perhaps they would skip the two individuals altogether and have Lobotomy Corporation stop keeping this part of the logs.
This way, you won't waste energy.
Angela and Xiao Huasheng were absolutely unwilling to accept this.
Now that we finally have a rollback function, even if it costs some resources to preserve the employees' memories, it's better than starting all over again.
Therefore, Xiao Huasheng is moving towards SCP-2000 based on information directly provided by the Foundation.
On the other hand, the place is just too chaotic.