After accepting her help, Xiao Huasheng was already considering bringing her into Lobotomy Corporation.
She wondered if the other party would be willing to become a department head...
Back to the point.
As Xiao Huasheng approached the door, the containment chamber door opened right on cue.
She quickly ran out.
The next task was simple.
In this corridor with barely any surveillance cameras, she only needed to notice the source of any gaze to successfully avoid the Mobile Task Force.
Then, after obtaining Entity-713, if she encountered any anomalies along the way, she would slaughter those pesky spirit brats, then use teleportation to find the portal to Terra indicated by the computer.
A simple plan.
"Hehe."
She ran toward Entity-713, the military boots on her feet greatly reducing the noise of her footsteps.
That gave her a strong advantage in slipping past the Mobile Task Force's search.
And what was the Mobile Task Force doing?
They were seriously and diligently searching every corner of the corridor.
Though they really wanted to goose-step through the heavy containment zone for four hours.
The captain held his earpiece and spoke.
"Have any of you seen Entity-173-1?"
"Reporting, Captain. No sign of it."
Gasp!
Someone was here?!
How was there no gaze?
She had nearly dropped to her knees!!
Xiao Huasheng shrank back into the corner of another intersection, peeking at the captain.
She had never expected anyone to be here.
That also meant she could not detect where their gaze was coming from.
That was clearly Entity-173's innate ability!
Did that mean they were not using their eyes to observe the road ahead?
And just as Xiao Huasheng had expected, the Mobile Task Force's equipment included a new device.
The Sonic Wave Helmet could precisely detect the surrounding terrain and conditions without requiring visual contact.
It simply could not detect details as precise as facial features.
It was specifically designed to counter Entity 096.
Who would have thought that trait would end up screwing over her, an SCP-173?
Fortunately, the helmet's range was only three meters.
The main reason the Mobile Task Force wore these helmets was that many entities in the heavy containment zone would react abnormally if seen.
More or less, they all interfered with the Mobile Task Force's movements.
That was why the helmets had been issued.
"Gasp, this is troublesome."
After learning that every Mobile Task Force member was effectively without vision, she drew in a cold breath.
It looked like there was no way to outsmart them!
Since she could not outsmart them, she would just charge through!
With a swish.
Xiao Huasheng broke into a run. While the captain was still speaking into his earpiece—
He suddenly "saw" a figure flash past him.
???
What the hell was that?
He simply assumed it was some entity capable of interfering with electronic equipment.
The possibility of it being Entity-173-1 was absolutely zero.
She would have teleported away immediately.
The captain promptly reported what had happened to the other team members.
"All squads, be advised. An entity capable of interfering with electronic equipment is present. Ignore it and continue searching carefully for Entity-173-1."
"Understood."
"Understood."
Every Mobile Task Force member acknowledged the order.
Then, most of them saw a figure flash past, but paid it no attention.
They even continued earnestly searching for Entity-173-1.
The Sonic Wave Helmet was truly excellent for hidden targets.
What?
You asked how it performed against a reckless brute?
Emmmm...
Give this helmet a bad review.
All the way through, Xiao Huasheng used her absurd movement speed to slip past most of the Mobile Task Force personnel.
Until she charged to the door of Entity-713's containment chamber.
She even muttered to herself.
"Huh? Has the Mobile Task Force gone blind?"
But she soon stopped laughing.
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The moment she reached the door, the surrounding task force personnel rushed over.
Their footsteps were so dense that it sounded as if they were sprinting right outside the door.
If Xiao Huasheng wanted to stick to her principle of not killing people casually, even with the physique of a top-tier King of Fighters champion, she might not escape this group.
And Angel's guns were outright weapons of mass destruction. Xiao Huasheng simply could not control their destructive power.
For ordinary people, getting hit meant death. There was almost no other possibility.
Xiao Huasheng immediately grew tense.
With a beep, the door to Entity-714's containment chamber opened successfully.
Xiao Huasheng casually turned around and quietly slipped inside, while a large group of task force personnel gathered outside.
Entity-714—the Fatigue Ring.
As long as someone wore it, they could become immune to the influence of most memetic entities and even resist Quack Doctor's touch to some degree.
It also seemed to have an extremely strong resistance effect against spirit-type things.
Inside the containment chamber, a jade ring lay quietly within a box.
Without hesitating for long, Xiao Huasheng picked up the jade ring and, without much thought, put it on her ring finger.
After putting the ring on, a dull wave of exhaustion surged into her mind.
She could resist a great many spirit-related effects, but Xiao Huasheng could no longer take the ring off.
After wearing the Fatigue Ring, ordinary humans would feel an overwhelming exhaustion and soon fall asleep.
But for some reason, the same was true for her. Even SCP-173's body could not stop her from falling asleep.
It seemed to be a form of slumber that acted directly upon the soul, similar to the effect Xiao Huasheng experienced after firing energy at high intensity.
She was not a true entity, nor was she a true anomaly.
A true anomaly would not be like her.
It absolutely would not be like this.
With a thud, Xiao Huasheng, wearing the ring, collapsed onto the ground in utter exhaustion and fell into a deep sleep.
Meanwhile, the depleted energy within her body began to rise continuously.
41%... 42%...
It seemed to be heading straight for 100%.
The Foundation was far too mysterious.
No matter what, these contained objects had incredibly potent effects.
Now, the Fatigue Ring's effect spread outward through Xiao Huasheng's unique Angel Empathy Aura.
At the same time.
Amid the external alarms and the inexplicable fluctuations caused by the Fatigue Ring.
Most spirit-type effects rapidly failed.
Thanks to that.
SCP-682, who had been endlessly playing with Russian nesting dolls in his containment chamber, was awakened as well.
The motion of playing with the nesting dolls froze in his hand. Then he slapped the Russian nesting doll away and turned to look in Xiao Huasheng's direction.
"Damn it! I fell for it!"
He was enraged at being toyed with by the Foundation.
Then he opened his bloody maw and roared wildly at the camera.
Because the Foundation had believed he was controlled by the Russian nesting doll, they had not thrown him back into the hydrochloric acid pool, instead placing him atop a raised platform.
That strategy had clearly failed under these circumstances.
Without being soaked in hydrochloric acid, SCP-682's body was in extremely intact condition, and his strength was roughly 10% greater than before.
The awakened SCP-682 swung his tail at the containment chamber door!
BOOM!
The containment chamber door creaked and bulged outward.
"ROAR!!!"
A furious roar rang out from SCP-682's containment chamber.
The Foundation had prepared almost the instant he began moving.
"All units, attention! All units, attention! Entity-682 has breached containment! Entity-682 has breached containment!"
Alarms blared throughout the Site, and cries rang out from every direction.
At that very moment, the numerous traps originally meant to exhaust SCP-682 suddenly failed.
It was as if something had destroyed them without anyone noticing.
The control system programmer shouted.
"Supervisor! Our trap system has been attacked!!"
Ku Tang frowned. The Foundation's programs were not that fragile; at the very least, it would take an attack system of the same level to accomplish this.
"Could it be the Global Occult Coalition? No, at least when it comes to entities, we're on the same side."
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