Chapter 137
Hello, how are you all?
[Manager, I don't think they're any better. By the way, surprisingly, this world reset didn't consume any energy. I think we can kick out that useless guy Marcus and bring the more useful SCP-2000 into the company.]
"Hahahaha..." Xiao Huasheng could only laugh awkwardly after hearing Angela's words.
At this point, Makuku, from Lobotomy Corporation, expressed strong protest.
[Angela, what do you mean! How bad could my work be?]
Angela responded.
[Broken neck, Angela thinks you're too noisy, so Angela is going to transfer you to your department.]
[Hello!!]
Soon, Makuku's voice disappeared from Xiao Huasheng's mind, clearly indicating that Angela had indeed kicked him back from the monitoring room to his department.
At the same time, Angela gave Xiao Huasheng a hint.
[SCP-2000's Mechanical God ability doesn't seem to be a direct Time Reset, but rather a world reset. The souls and Abnormality remaining in Lobotomy Corporation are still there. Our progress hasn't been reset. Prepare yourselves, Supervisor. This seems to be a slightly different Foundation World.]
"How big is the difference?" Xiao Huasheng's eyelids twitched, and she quickly realized where the difference lay.
Chapter Two: The Reset World [1 Update]
Xiao Huasheng carefully examined the three D-level personnel for a while and found that they were slightly different from what he remembered.
For example, a slight change in the nose, or a slight crookedness in the mouth, and other similar changes.
Xiao Huasheng remembered this very clearly.
She touched her chin, pondered for a moment, and then asked Angela.
"Is this a parallel universe, or has everyone been reset? This is too strange."
Xiao Huasheng started chattering away.
Angela responded.
[It's still unclear. Hopefully, it won't be like ██'s Bizarre Adventure, where they directly arrived in a new world. Right now, it seems they're just three people similar to those from back then.]
"Um..."
Xiao Huasheng hummed in agreement, carefully examined the three D-level personnel in front of him for a while, and finally gave up the idea.
"Forget it, at least the thing behind them is still there."
She glanced at the black bugs behind the three D-level personnel; at least the thing was still there.
I've finally found a sense of familiarity.
The three Class D personnel stood there in the concrete room, watching the Angel's naked body.
Although she was still completely naked, Xiao Huasheng was embarrassed by her presence.
"What are you doing? Don't look!" Xiao Huasheng covered his chest, stood on one foot, closed his eyes, and shouted.
She thought she was already used to being honest with the world, but now it seems she was overthinking it.
Especially due to its 173cm height, this Angel, born from a cement statue, is particularly sensitive to visual cues.
Just looking at her is enough to make her blush.
"Didn't you hear me? You three, don't look at me, I'm naked."
Xiao Huasheng muttered to himself, but the three D-level personnel were still sweating profusely and dared not say another word.
Angel emerging from cement statues may look adorable, but who knows if they might twist your neck the next second?
Seeing that the three D-level personnel were still staring straight at her, not daring to blink, she realized that they were still staring at her.
Xiao Huasheng first took an extra set of the Queen of Hatred EGO from Lobotomy Corporation, put the magical dress on himself in front of them, and then took a few steps forward.
This terrified the three D-level officers, and Xiao Huasheng seized the opportunity to capture them.
As they approached the door of the containment chamber, the earth began to tremble.
Xiao Huasheng's power of Reality Warping directly reinforced the Reality-Bending Anchor. She plunged her right hand into the heavy door and then exerted a slight force.
"Huh?!"
A horrifying scene unfolded before the D-class personnel.
Crunch, crunch.
Xiao Huasheng's five fingers dug deeply into the metal surface of the armored door, the friction between his fingertips and the alloy producing a piercing shriek.
The heavy composite armor dented like soft mud under her palm, sparking dazzling flashes.
The concrete wall around the door frame began to crack, with fine cracks radiating outwards like a spider web.
As she slowly turned her wrist, the extremely heavy armored door Distortion under the strain.
Bang bang bang.
The hydraulic locking devices ruptured one after another, and the broken bolts bounced off the wall like bullets.
The reinforced bearing at the door hinge emitted a piercing scream, and the acrid smell of burning from the high-temperature friction filled the air.
The entire door panel began to deform at a speed visible to the naked eye, and a clear palm print outline appeared in the center.
When the Distortion reached the critical point, accompanied by a deafening metallic tearing sound, the armored door, which was half a meter thick, slowly pried open as if building blocks were being removed.
In this way, Xiao Huasheng managed to pry open a crack.
Using the gap, which was wide enough for a person to squeeze through, she then tossed it aside.
The three Class D personnel who had been subdued were pushed out one by one.
Then she let go, and the armored door slowly closed under its own weight, effectively getting rid of the person in the way.
Having consumed about 5% of her energy, Xiao Huasheng completed the action, clapped her hands, and watched the armored door close again.
"This should prevent the alarm from being triggered. I hope the Foundation will contact me soon."
Xiao Huasheng did not intend to directly throw out the Ku Tang, or to show that other Foundation had previously been in contact with her.
Before trust is established, the Foundation will absolutely assume this is one of her abilities and believe she has replicated these people.
Therefore, it's still better to clarify some things face-to-face.
"Hurry up and come on." Xiao Huasheng stretched, feeling refreshed and invigorated after saving the world.
Inside the Foundation's command center.
A slightly different Ku Tang- like figure slowly handed a perfectly adjusted cup of coffee to Jin Li in front of him.
"Supervisor, what should we do? Containment procedures are useless against 173-1, and you'll lose your job."
Another slightly different Jin Li bit the back of her hand, her eyes flickering as she looked at the scene before her. "Ku Tang, what do you think is the reason she hasn't made a move yet?"
"Maybe they're waiting for us to come over and talk?" said Number 2, Ku Tang.
"Why do you feel that way?" Jin Li, number 2, asked.
"Because... it's intuition, that's what Ku Tang thinks."
She responded, her gaze also fixed on the red-haired Angel in the monitor, who was looking expectantly towards the door.
"Is that so?" Number 2, Jin Li, put down the back of his hand that had been bitten and immediately assigned a negotiation expert to go in and extract information.
Moments later, the Foundation's negotiators were in place.
The negotiation expert straightened his tie, took a deep breath, and walked into the containment room.
He noticed the red-haired Angel sitting on the ground, idly drawing circles with her toes, her skirt swaying gently with the movement, looking nothing like an abnormal entity that needed close supervision.
"Good afternoon, madam." He gave a professional smile, his voice deliberately balancing between being neither obsequious nor arrogant. "I am a crisis negotiation consultant for Site 19. You may call me Smith."
Commissioner Smith?
Xiao Huasheng gave a strange laugh, then politely replied, "Hello, Smith."
But her actions were impolite, and Xiao Huasheng simply hopped over to her in three quick steps.
She raised her head, looked at the man in front of her and complained, "The Foundation in your world is so slow, I've been waiting for you for five minutes."
"Five minutes... that's not a long time, is it?" Smith said.
"If it's about saving the world, five minutes is plenty of time."
Smith subtly took a half step back, his finger quietly pressing the switch on the recorder. "You sound very familiar with how we operate? Could you tell me where you got this information?"
Seeing how wary the other person was, she waved her hand helplessly and said, "You might not believe it, but this world has been reset."
The negotiation expert's pupils contracted slightly.
Chapter 3: The Copy-Paste Foundation [2 Updates]
"Reset the world..." he muttered, then regained his composure.
"That's...impressive resume." Smith maintained his professional smile. "Could you elaborate on what you mean by 'reset universe'? Does the Foundation also contain...uh, beings like yourself?"
"Of course, almost exactly the same." Xiao Huasheng stroked his red hair, looking at the extremely vigilant Commissioner Smith in front of him, saying, "Unfortunately, the entire Foundation's memories were not preserved here, what a pity."
New information has come from Lobotomy Corporation.
[This Foundation seems a bit more cautious, don't you think?] Angela teased, while Ku Tang watched the scene unfold beside her.
[Oh! Our world has been reset, but why didn't I go back?] Ku Tang, dressed as Magical Girl EGO, couldn't help but ask.
[Because you are our employee, you are not allowed to go back.]
[Hmm... Could it be that our world has actually been reset many times, but we're completely unaware?]
[Hmm~] Angela responded.
Xiao Huasheng then ignored the idle chatter at Lobotomy Corporation and focused his attention on what was in front of him.
"Is that so...? Could you elaborate on your identity?"
"Savior? I guess I can say that, since I came here to save you." Xiao Huasheng said, his memories of the Foundation instantly wiped clean; it was truly a troublesome thing.
"But what evidence do you have?" the negotiation expert in front of him asked casually.
"The world has been reset... uh, actually it has."
Suddenly, Xiao Huasheng remembered the USB drive that the executive had given her for the Foundation, so she simply took it out and showed it to the negotiation expert.
"What is this?" The negotiation expert looked at the USB drive in front of him with curiosity, but the Foundation's logo on it clearly indicated that this was indeed the Foundation's USB drive.
Furthermore, this USB flash drive has a very unique shape, suggesting it's not the kind that's commonly found everywhere.
Therefore, the negotiation expert subconsciously wanted to take it over.
Xiao Huasheng simply put the USB drive away.
"This should be a top-secret document; you shouldn't have the authority to view it. Could you send someone of a higher rank over?"
Xiao Huasheng stared at the nameplate of the negotiation expert in front of her. It only listed a C-level person. She even suspected that the person would have their memory erased on the spot after seeing what was inside.
At that moment, Jin Li's voice came through the negotiation expert's earpiece.
[Tell her to verify it right here, show it to me directly, and that a computer will be placed in the containment chamber shortly.]
"I don't think it will work," the negotiation expert said, looking at Xiao Huasheng after receiving the message.
He then presented a condition that Xiao Huasheng could not refuse at the moment.
"Miss Angel, you are not currently an employee of the Foundation, are you?"
She never expected that the executives in this world and this facility would be so cautious, refusing to see her no matter what.
Therefore, Xiao Huasheng had no choice but to toss the USB drive to the negotiation expert in front of her. She crossed her arms and said, "Don't blame me for not telling you. If your memory is erased later, don't blame me."
"..."
The negotiation expert silently took the USB drive and then asked a question.
"Why do you know so much about the Foundation? Didn't you just come out of Entity-173, Angel?"
"I remember saying at the beginning that this world has been reset. Have you been testing me repeatedly? Hmm, I can understand."
Xiao Huasheng nodded, then continued, "Because I've worked here before, I know a lot of things, and I was previously a Level 3 authorized personnel. I joined the Pandora's Box Task Force, but unfortunately, after you prepared to destroy the world, my position was terminated."