Foundation Exusiai, Containment Breach!

"Hello, I'm the acting director here. You can call me Ku Tang." She smiled professionally, calmly pulled out a chair, and sat down. "I apologize for taking these restrictive measures. This is standard procedure, and I hope you understand."

Xiao Huasheng immediately blushed at her polite manner of speaking.

She scratched her cheek awkwardly, her gaze wandering. "Um, isn't this a little too formal? You're making me kind of nervous."

Xiao Huasheng could not help shaking her leg, clearly quite uncomfortable with this situation.

This was practically exactly like being dragged to the principal's office after blowing up the school.

As Ku Tang watched this "research subject" suddenly become shy, her heartbeat inexplicably quickened.

She was completely different from the vicious image described in the files and rumors...

Execution! The Unseen Man [2nd Update]

Stay calm!

Ku Tang steadied herself with a blank expression and looked at Xiao Huasheng.

"May I ask what kind of existence entities like you are?"

Ku Tang asked the question directly.

Xiao Huasheng also glanced at the cute girl before her.

The faint blush on her face quickly faded. It seemed they had reached the part where questions were being rated.

Time to get serious!

"From what I know, most entities come from different planes, even different dimensions. And to us, you humans are an inferior species that has been extremely severely contaminated by memes."

This was not from Exusiai's memories.

Rather, it was something her body instinctively told her, as well as her summary of how various entities viewed humanity.

It was the plain truth, and Ku Tang was stunned speechless by it.

She had only revealed this information for the sake of her own evaluation.

So that she could leave the Foundation without too much trouble.

If the Foundation still insisted on locking her up,

then she would definitely make other choices.

She had not expected SCP-173-1 to open with such a bombshell.

"Then do you have any purpose in coming to our world?"

Ku Tang once again asked a direct question.

"I don't know about that. Anyway, I somehow ended up in this world myself."

That was also the plain truth.

Just as Ku Tang was about to speak again, Xiao Huasheng quickly interrupted her.

"So, can I leave the Foundation and go outside? I'm just an ordinary logistics worker from another plane."

As she spoke, she tugged at the Penguin Logistics emblem on her chest.

Ordinary.

Logistics worker.

Those two terms put together sounded so plain and unremarkable.

Ku Tang froze as well. The amount of information in Xiao Huasheng's words was simply too much.

About one-eighth of an incense stick's time passed.

"Regarding your request to leave, I cannot make that decision. I need to seek instructions from above first. Please understand."

The Foundation did not dare let a dangerous entity come and go freely.

That was a taboo among taboos.

It would be best if they could keep her under control.

What they feared most were containment objects beyond the Foundation's power.

If that happened, it could be considered an extinction-level disaster for humanity.

Both sides fell silent for a while.

Xiao Huasheng was the first to speak sincerely.

"I have no intention of becoming enemies with humanity. I'm just a helpful passerby."

"We understand that."

"I just want to go out, see the world, buy some new clothes, and eat something delicious."

"The Foundation will do its best to accommodate your requests."

"So you really can't let me out?"

"Please understand."

After that exchange, she understood the Foundation's stance.

They would rather die than let her out.

The Foundation clearly did not want to play with her anymore.

Could she tolerate that?

Just as Xiao Huasheng was considering ways to flip the table, the girl's phone rang.

"Um, please wait while I answer this."

After apologizing, she picked up the phone.

Her expression was very serious.

Xiao Huasheng crossed her arms and pouted, showing her displeasure. At the very least, she was no longer as pleasant as before.

After the other party finished speaking on the phone,

her expression visibly changed.

Ku Tang put down the phone and said to her,

"According to the message from above, as long as you do one thing, the Foundation can let you go out. Would you like to hear the condition?"

Who had called?

How could the effect be this good?

Calling it a one-hundred-and-eighty-degree change in attitude would not be an exaggeration.

Xiao Huasheng's expression eased slightly as she asked coldly,

"What condition?"

Upon hearing that, Ku Tang hesitated for a moment before answering,

"If you can help the Foundation execute Entity 096, then you may move freely within human society."

What kind of condition was that?

Execute Entity 096?

That was the guy who would chase down and kill anyone who saw his face, no matter how far away they were, right?

Faced with that condition, Xiao Huasheng nodded.

"Fine. Set a time."

"We will give you a time later..."

Xiao Huasheng did not particularly trust any promises made by organizations like this.

All cooperation should be built on equality between both sides. If one side could easily break its oath, then honestly, Xiao Huasheng did not think such cooperation could last long.

Besides, she was being asked to kill an innocent person who had nothing to do with her.

She only wanted to find an opportunity to escape.

After saying that,

the girl expressionlessly bowed to Xiao Huasheng, then stood up with trembling legs. She turned her head away, faced her back to Xiao Huasheng, and walked out.

She was a warrior who turned her back on SCP-173.

As the eight-meter-thick door was forcibly shut by torque, Xiao Huasheng was once again left alone in the containment chamber.

Why had the Foundation suddenly agreed to let her go out?

One of her answers must have caught their attention.

After thinking for a while, she still could not reach a definite conclusion.

"Forget it. I won't think about it."

Rather than rack her brains over useless things,

she might as well actually do something.

Inside Entity 096's dim room, a crying, pale, lanky figure wandered about while covering his face.

Endless sorrow could be felt emanating from him.

No one knew what exactly he was crying over.

But when Xiao Huasheng thought of him, thought of his face,

Entity 096 unexpectedly raised his head. A trace of human-like shock appeared on his tear-streaked face.

His crying also stopped for a moment.

A bubble-like voice slowly emerged from his withered throat.

"Who..."

A simple question, and a meaningless utterance that sent chills down one's spine.

No one knew what exactly he was talking about.

Before long, he began covering his face and crying again.

It was as though nothing had happened.

On the Road to Growth, You Always Have to Lose Something [3rd Update]

The Foundation's change of heart left Xiao Huasheng deeply confused.

After understanding that she had emerged from a statue,

another question followed.

"Huh? Come to think of it, what exactly is my body made of?"

Thinking back, whether it was Angela or Exusiai,

there had not seemed to be much resistance when they pinched her cheeks.

After saying that, she tried pressing her skin.

The cement-statue texture she had expected did not appear. Instead, she felt softness.

It was warm and resilient, no different from an ordinary person's muscles and skin.

Yet it was also somewhat different.

When she pressed down hard on her skin, it instantly became incomparably hard and even made the sound of stones grinding together.

"Does it turn into stone once enough force is applied? Am I some kind of stone person?"

Solid as a rock~~~

That phrase suddenly popped into Xiao Huasheng's mind, and she could not help laughing.

"This is way too awesome."