Foundation Exusiai, Containment Breach!

After accepting its help, Xiao Huasheng was already considering bringing it into Lobotomy Corporation.

She wondered if it would be willing to become a department head...

Back to the matter at hand.

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 cameras, she only needed to notice where people's gazes came from to successfully avoid the Mobile Task Force.

Then, after obtaining Entity-713, if she encountered any anomalies along the way, she would slaughter those annoying spirit brats, then use teleportation to find the portal leading to Terra indicated by the computer.

A very simple plan.

"Hehe."

She ran toward Entity-713, the combat boots on her feet greatly reducing the noise she made while running.

That provided a strong advantage for breaking through the Mobile Task Force's search.

And what was the Mobile Task Force doing?

They were seriously and diligently searching every inch of the corridors.

Though they would have much preferred marching in place in 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 sightings."

Gasp!

Someone was here?!

How was there no line of sight?

She had almost gotten caught!!

Xiao Huasheng shrank back into the corner at another intersection in shock, secretly peeking at the captain.

She had never expected anyone to be here.

That also meant she could not detect where the gazes were coming from.

It was clearly Entity-173's innate ability!

Did that mean they were not using their eyes to observe the area?

In fact, just as Xiao Huasheng had expected, the Mobile Task Force's equipment had been fitted with a new item.

The Sonic Wave Helmet. It could precisely detect the surrounding terrain and other conditions without visual contact.

It simply could not detect facial features in detail.

It was specifically designed to counter Entity 096.

Who would have thought that this trait would instead screw over her, an Entity-173?

Fortunately, the helmet's detection range was only three meters.

The reason the Mobile Task Force wore such helmets was largely because many entities in the heavy containment zone would trigger anomalies if seen.

More or less, they all interfered with the Mobile Task Force's movements.

That was why they wore them.

"Damn, this just got troublesome."

After learning that every Mobile Task Force member was effectively blind, she sucked in a sharp breath.

It seemed there was no way to outsmart them at all!

If she could not outsmart them, then 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 only assumed it was some entity capable of interfering with electronic devices.

The possibility of it being Entity-173-1 was absolutely zero.

She would have teleported away directly.

The captain immediately reported his situation to the other team members.

"All squads, be advised. An entity capable of interfering with electronic equipment has appeared. Ignore it and continue searching carefully for Entity-173-1."

"Understood."

"Understood."

Every Mobile Task Force member confirmed receipt.

Then, most of them encountered a figure flashing past them, but none paid it any attention.

They even continued seriously searching for Entity-173-1.

The Sonic Wave Helmet was truly wonderful for hidden targets.

What?

You wanted to know how it worked against a brute-force fighter?

Umm...

Let's give this helmet a bad review.

All the way here, Xiao Huasheng relied on her absurd movement speed to flash past most of the Mobile Task Force members.

Until she reached the containment chamber door of Entity-713.

She even muttered to herself.

"Hm? Has the entire Mobile Task Force gone blind?"

But she soon stopped smiling.

Your fingertips danced with arcs of lightning?

The moment she arrived at the door, the surrounding task force members rushed over.

Their footsteps were so dense that it sounded as though they were sprinting right outside the door.

If Xiao Huasheng wished to uphold her principle of not killing people casually, then even with the physique of a top-tier boxer, she might not be able to escape this group.

And an angel's guns were outright super-lethal weapons. 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 became nervous.

With a beep, the containment chamber door of Entity-714 successfully opened.

Xiao Huasheng casually turned and silently slipped inside, while a large group of task force members gathered outside.

Entity-714—the Fatigue Ring.

As long as one wore it, they could resist the influence of most memetic entities, even resisting the Quack Doctor's touch to some extent.

It also seemed to possess an exceptionally powerful resistance against things like spirits.

Inside the containment chamber, a jade ring lay quietly in a box.

Without hesitating for long, Xiao Huasheng picked up the jade ring and put it on her ring finger without much thought.

After putting the ring on, a heavy wave of exhaustion surged into her mind.

She could resist quite a lot of spiritual effects, but Xiao Huasheng could no longer remove the ring.

After putting on the Fatigue Ring, ordinary humans would feel overwhelming fatigue and quickly fall asleep.

Yet for some reason, so did she. Even Entity-173's body could not stop her from falling asleep.

It seemed to be a form of sleep inducement that acted directly upon the soul, similar to the effects Xiao Huasheng experienced after firing energy at high intensity.

She was not a true entity, nor was she a true anomaly.

A real anomaly would not be like her.

It absolutely would not be like this.

With a thud, Xiao Huasheng collapsed onto the floor in utter exhaustion, wearing the ring as she fell into a deep sleep.

Meanwhile, the depleted energy within her 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.

With the alarms outside and the inexplicable fluctuations caused by the Fatigue Ring.

Most spiritual effects rapidly failed.

Thanks to that.

The mighty SCP-682, who had been endlessly playing with Russian nesting dolls in its containment chamber, was also awakened.

Its hand paused as it toyed with the nesting dolls. Then it slapped the dolls away, turning its head toward Xiao Huasheng's direction.

"Damn it! I fell for it!"

It was furious at having been toyed with by the Foundation.

It then opened its massive bloody maw and roared at the camera.

Because the Foundation had believed it was controlled by the Russian nesting dolls, they had not thrown it back into the hydrochloric acid pool, instead placing it atop a raised platform.

That strategy had clearly failed under these circumstances.

Without being soaked in hydrochloric acid, SCP-682's body was extremely intact, and its strength was around 10% greater than usual.

The awakened SCP-682 slammed its tail against the containment chamber door!

With a boom.

The containment chamber door creaked and bulged outward.

"ROAR!!!"

A furious roar rang out from SCP-682's containment chamber.

The Foundation had made preparations almost the instant it began to move.

"Attention, all units! Attention, all units! Entity-682 has breached containment! Entity-682 has breached containment!"

Alarms blared continuously throughout the Site, while shouts rose from all directions.

At that very moment, the numerous traps originally used to exhaust SCP-682's stamina failed.

It was as though something had destroyed them without anyone knowing.

A programmer from the control system shouted.

"Supervisor! Our trap system has been attacked!!"

Ku Tang frowned. The Foundation's programs were not that fragile; it would take an attack system of at least equal caliber to do this.

"Could it be the GOC? No, at the very least, we're on the same side when it comes to entities."