SCP Foundation: Exusiai, Containment Breach! (Volumes 1-8, Chapter 16)
Chapter 48

Foundation Exusiai, Containment Breach!

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After pondering for a while, Jin Li slowly said, "Words alone prove nothing. Let me see it... I believe that dead souls can become your employees, but I don't really trust this business about there being entities inside you."

After all, Xiao Huasheng had never displayed such an ability before.

"Which one do you want to summon?"

She asked.

There were four anomalies inside her.

The Silent Orchestra, One Sin and Hundreds of Good Deeds, the Queen of Hatred, and the temporary worker, Quack Doctor 049.

"Not the one that killed everyone on a planet, and not the one that blew up a satellite. Bring out that old skeleton you mentioned..."

One Sin and Hundreds of Good Deeds was soon summoned at his request.

A skull wearing a crown of thorns, with a cross embedded in it, appeared before Jin Li.

His eyes immediately widened. So this was for real?!

Looking at the red-haired angel giggling before him, he suddenly felt like he could no longer understand this world.

Could another entity actually be born from within an entity?

Could it be that all entities originated from the same source?

Jin Li sincerely found himself entertaining that thought.

Item Number: 173-1-1

Object Class: Safe

Description: The target is a harmless floating skull wearing a crown of thorns with a cross upon it. According to Entity-173-1, this entity derived from it possesses the ability to receive confessions of sin. Once a confession is completed, it will remove that person's sins. After former A- personally experienced this, he confessed to the skull about the guilt he felt after acting on emotion, and the guilt in his heart was greatly eased. He displayed no further irrational behavior during subsequent work, though the Foundation still demoted him for his violation.

At no time should Class A personnel come into contact with entities. Should circumstances require Class A personnel to directly approach such anomalies, such as when a facility contains containment units, Class A personnel are not permitted to enter the area of the facility containing such anomalies and must remain in a safe area at all times.

Former A- was demoted and placed under observation for violating the relevant regulations.

According to Entity-173-1, if one's sins are too great, it will kill the confessor. Even gods may be slain by it. This claim remains unverified, as no one has tested it.

[Level 4 Clearance Required]

Subsequently, this entity was used by Exusiai, Entity-173-1 and a current member of MTF Omega-7, Pandora's Box, during a containment breach. She used it to deceive certain dangerous entities into confessing, thereby erasing their sins.

As a result, all dangerous entities died directly because of their sins, erased by an immensely powerful and unknown force. It seemed that only true death could absolve their sins, and after the timeline reset, the erased individuals no longer appeared.

All members of the O5 Council are strictly forbidden from requesting that 173-1 summon this entity to absolve the sins in their own hearts, lest irreparable losses occur.

After a friendly conversation.

Jin Li confessed to the old skeleton about his sin of wholeheartedly wishing to die, and then a flash of light appeared.

The furrow between his brows finally relaxed. It was far more effective than any medicine.

Once that was done, an accident occurred.

Jin Li was immediately taken away by heavily armored Mobile Task Force personnel. Though she did not understand why.

But afterward, all negotiations were conducted remotely through a communicator brought by a Class D personnel.

The person on the other end of the negotiation directly took over the facility and presented Xiao Huasheng with a choice.

First, she could be contained. Should she attempt to breach containment again, the Foundation would activate an execution plan.

Second, she could join the Mobile Task Force and work for the Foundation, suppressing the increasingly frequent containment breaches around the world. In exchange, the Foundation would meet most of her demands.

Xiao Huasheng did not even need to think before choosing the second option.

Rather, the Foundation had plainly intended for her to choose the second option.

And just like that, Xiao Huasheng became a little angel with an official post.

After taking her measurements and height, she received a uniform a few days later.

When the brand-new MTF combat uniform was delivered to Xiao Huasheng, the red-haired angel's eyes instantly lit up.

"Such cool clothes! Is this specially tailored?" She excitedly shook out the uniform, impatiently inspecting every detail as if opening a gift.

The dark black tactical jacket had a sharp cut, with the Omega-7 "Pandora's Box" insignia printed on the shoulders.

The insignia was a box with an eye in its center, topped by a hand holding up a U-shaped symbol.

The lining was made from high-tensile bulletproof fibers. It felt cool and smooth to the touch, yet could resist fatal attacks at critical moments. Of course, the clothes definitely were not tougher than she was.

A multifunctional tool pouch hung from her belt buckle, while a compartment on the side had been reserved for dessert boxes, capable of holding candy and other sweet snacks. The Foundation had clearly prepared it after observing that she ate desserts all day long.

Xiao Huasheng changed into the uniform in just a few movements and spun around before the mirror. Her red hair was tied into a small braid at the side, making her look playful and adorable, the strands swaying softly with her movements.

She tilted her head as she examined herself, then suddenly grinned.

"Does changing my hairstyle count as becoming an alternate form?"

If she had to say what was still missing, it would probably be white stockings.

After changing in the locker room, the Class C personnel responsible for liaising with her handed over her new employee badge and access card:

Exusiai (Entity-173-1)

Affiliation: MTF Omega-7

Clearance Level: 3

She pinched the thin card between her fingers, lightly rubbing the gilded lettering, and muttered.

"The craftsmanship is really good."

Xiao Huasheng's already petite figure looked even more slender beneath the oversized tactical jacket.

She was incredibly pleasing to the eye no matter how one looked at her.

For a moment, the Class C personnel was also dumbstruck by her adorable appearance.

If not for her previous exploits, she really would have been an exceptionally cute beauty.

Shaking his head and pulling his gaze away from the beautiful angel, the Class C personnel took out a letter.

"There is also a letter. Please keep it safe."

"Thank you." She nodded and took it, while the Class C personnel waved goodbye to her.

Looking at the letter, Xiao Huasheng slowly opened it and read.

[Assessment time: Expected on the afternoon of 20//, precisely at 3:00 PM.]

After seeing the specific time, she put the envelope away, full of curiosity.

According to the notice issued from above, it seemed she would have to wait a while and pass an assessment before she could join this Mobile Task Force.

This made Xiao Huasheng curious. What kind of Mobile Task Force still needed to assess her a second time?

After wandering around the facility for several days, she gradually became a familiar face among the researchers there.

Although there were still many places she could not enter, and people kept watch over her.

The places she frequented most were the cafeteria and the staff lounge.

Whenever she had nothing to do, she played games, then ate like crazy.

At every meal, she would not stop until she had eaten all the food in the cafeteria. Yet even that much food was merely a drop in the bucket.

The fact that she was a bottomless pit had even been written into her file.

Unlike the energy bars eaten by the Astartes, she always had to eat vast amounts of ordinary food to slowly recover energy.

Xiao Huasheng's basic daily consumption was 10 units of energy.

One unit of energy was 26,000,000 kilocalories, or 2.6 × 10^7 calories.

And 10 units of energy was an even more astronomical figure.

If converted into explosives, one could better calculate just how much energy that represented.

1 ton of TNT ≈ 4.184 × 10? joules ≈ 10? kilocalories

Converted, the energy Xiao Huasheng consumed was directly equivalent to 26 tons of TNT.

And 10 units of energy only accounted for 0.5% of her current energy bar.

This showed that saying she contained the energy of an atomic bomb was no joke.

"Should I just try eating explosives?" Xiao Huasheng muttered, the thought popping into her head.

Eating iron could not replenish energy, but could other things work?

As for having a bottomless stomach, Xiao Huasheng had definitely gained one in this lifetime.

[Do you want to eat everything?] Even Angela could not help complaining.

Just as she was about to reduce the facility's food supply to a scene of misery.

Her assessment finally arrived...

The facility's chefs cheered joyfully, thanking the glutton for leaving.

They had not slept well these past few days.

After a brief exchange of pleasantries, the Foundation liaison had her transported away by helicopter.

As the helicopter landed.

A Class B personnel led her to an open field in the suburbs and said.

"As long as you can earn the examiner's approval, you will pass the assessment."

After saying that, he left the scene.

This was a wide-open field, with forest farther away. It was definitely a place rarely visited by people.

The next moment, before Xiao Huasheng could react.

An incomparably sharp flash of light slashed straight from her face down to her crotch! An ordinary person would have been split in two on the spot!

With a ripping sound.

The clothes Xiao Huasheng had only just received were sliced in half, slowly sliding down to either side.

They fell to the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust.

Leaving behind her bewildered and helpless stare.

"Do all of you have a grudge against my clothes?" Unable to hold it in anymore, she shouted.

Once again, she faced the world with complete honesty.

"Your strength is decent, but it is not enough." At that moment, a cold voice rang out as another anomalous entity slowly spoke to her.

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