Breaking News: SCP-173 Is Likely a Duplicate! And Little Peanut Is About to Appear Across the Universe!

[Tatsumaki: I was wrong! Zhixin, I was wrong! Please spare me!]

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While everyone in the livestream discussed the SCP Foundation, the spatial rift abruptly appeared beside SCP-173 again. Then a squad in black Space Armor...

An armed squad equipped to the teeth flew out of the rift aboard a space shuttle.

The squad members looked identical, as though they had all been cast from the same mold.

And...

Every one of them radiated the hard edge of a battle-hardened soldier.

There was no doubt they were well-trained fighters, no weaker than the Gluttonous elite. Their armor bore the unmistakable emblem of the SCP Foundation.

They were, without question, the SCP Foundation's own armed force!

"Wait! They're clones! What the hell has this Foundation been doing?"

Aboard the Juxia, Ducao stared at the identical Mobile Task Force members on the livestream. He froze, then shouted instinctively:

"And they've mastered Space Armor technology, too!"

"This..."

"The Foundation has kept itself hidden far too well!"

As the former commander of the Deno Star System, Ducao had been a dyed-in-the-wool warmonger before the system's destruction.

He had once planned to wage war using clones.

But his research had shown that, no matter how their genes were improved, clones had one fatal flaw: they could not live longer than eight years. The limitation seemed like a taboo set by the creator himself.

It could not be broken, and clones certainly could not integrate Super Soldier genes.

So he had settled for the next best thing and focused on training Super Soldiers.

But never in his wildest dreams had he imagined that the inconspicuous SCP Foundation had broken that taboo and successfully developed clones without defects.

The discovery left Ducao speechless with shock.

Meanwhile, the SCP Mobile Task Force appeared before the powerful beings of countless races through the livestream.

[Orochimaru: Clones! They're definitely clones! I wish I could master that technology. Then I wouldn't need a vessel to reincarnate.]

[Vinsmoke Judge: The Foundation can mass-produce soldiers too? That's beyond anything I expected. Could they have overcome the limitations? If they have, that's terrifying!]

[Sanji: Cloning is the most evil technology there is. Is the Foundation made up of devils?]

[Sengoku: I wondered how the Foundation recruited members when it had always operated in the shadows. Now I see—they clone their own!]

[Doflamingo: After all that buildup, they've finally appeared!]

[Monster King Orochi: I wonder if monsters can be cloned. If they can, the Hero Association is finished!]

[Tatsumaki: You gutter-dwelling vermin. Why don't you come out and face me?]

[Child Emperor: Judging by their cloning technology and advanced armor, the Foundation's technology is every bit as good as the Gluttonous'. The Gluttonous have picked a fight with the wrong people!]

[Kaido: What perfect warriors!]

[...]

Demon Castle.

"They're clones?"

Watching the livestream, Morgana murmured, "I wonder if the Foundation can clone Super Soldier genes."

"If they can, then..."

Demon Ato considered this for a moment, then asked, "My queen, should I capture one of them for interrogation?"

"If we turn the Foundation's Mobile Task Force members into demons..."

"We might be able to get our hands on cloning technology. Then we'd have an endless supply of demon warriors!"

Morgana, still watching the livestream, could not help snapping at him. "Ato, could you use your brain for once?"

"Just a little?"

She paused, then went on. "If we attack the Foundation's Mobile Task Force, won't we drive the Foundation straight into that bitch Kesha's camp?"

"Ugh!"

Ever since Morgana had seen the comments from the powerhouses of the native planets, she had grown increasingly dissatisfied with demon warriors who knew nothing but fighting and killing.

I need to recruit some native thinkers and turn them into demon warriors as soon as possible.

Ducao and Morgana were not alone. Death God Karl, Holy Left Wing Kesha, and Pan Zhen of Liyang Star were also stunned by the Foundation's cloning technology and the other technology it possessed...

They were astonished.

All of them raised their assessment of the Foundation's threat level by more than one notch. More importantly, the Mobile Task Force's earlier actions told them...

The Foundation was no benevolent organization.

It was an organization capable of using bizarre Containment Objects to slaughter its enemies.

Who knew how many bizarre Containment Objects the SCP Foundation possessed besides SCP-173? If it marked someone as a threat, that person was in trouble.

While every faction in the Super God Crossover Universe grew wary of the SCP Foundation, the Mobile Task Force members in black armor on the livestream...

Had already begun their containment operation.

Piloting small shuttles, they approached SCP-173 and expertly began moving the strange statue that had just slaughtered...

The Holy Left Wing and thousands of elite Gluttonous soldiers.

Their movements were so practiced that they seemed to have rehearsed them countless times. Throughout the process, three of them kept their eyes locked firmly on SCP-173.

The entire operation flowed so smoothly that it was almost beautiful to watch.

It was flawless!

They handled SCP-173 not as a horrifying anomaly, but as an utterly ordinary statue. Perfect was the only word for it.

When the viewers saw the Mobile Task Force members in black Space Armor carry SCP-173 into the spatial rift, they all breathed a sigh of relief.

It had finally been contained.

They could hardly help it!

That thing was just too damn creepy.

Nobody wanted an anomaly as terrifying as SCP-173 left out in the open. There was no telling what disaster it might cause.

The entire containment operation took the Mobile Task Force less than a minute.

After SCP-173 had been carried into the spatial rift, one member who appeared to be the captain turned to the camera and said, "We'll announce the results of the containment shortly."

With that, he entered the rift without looking back and vanished.

The moment the Mobile Task Force successfully contained SCP-173, a series of crisp notification chimes rang through Jiang Chen's mind!

[Ding! Congratulations, host, on successfully containing SCP-173. You have received one Foundation base (hidden in the void), 100 Class C researchers, 200 Class D researchers, 100 Class C Mobile Task Force members, and 200 Class D Mobile Task Force members!]

[Ding! Congratulations, host, on successfully containing SCP-173. You have gained the ability to fabricate SCP-173 duplicates and may add activation conditions at your discretion!]

[Ding! Congratulations, host, on successfully containing SCP-173. You have received the Containment Object's special reward: Presence Concealment! You may spend Knowledge Points to grant it to others!]

Jiang Chen's eyes shone with excitement as he listened to the notifications.

He could hardly help it!

The rewards were incredibly generous. Even setting aside the Foundation base, researchers, and armed personnel, the ability to fabricate SCP-173 duplicates...

And the Presence Concealment technique were tremendous gains on their own.

More importantly, he could grant Presence Concealment to others. Qilin was the first person who came to mind. If she gained the technique...

Paired with her extraordinary marksmanship, it would make her a true killing machine on the battlefield!

It would also greatly reduce the danger she faced.

It was perfect.

Jiang Chen took a deep breath. With a thought, he began playing the video he had prepared in advance on the livestream.

Breaking News: SCP-173 May Be a Duplicate! Little Peanuts Could Soon Appear Across the Universe!

At Jiang Chen's command, the prepared video began playing on the SCP Foundation's livestream. It opened with the Foundation's unmistakable emblem.

As the emblem faded, a slightly diminutive researcher in a white lab coat and gold-rimmed glasses appeared in the center of the frame.

Behind him stood a laboratory that looked straight out of science fiction!

Then his details appeared on the left side of the screen.

[Name]: Kuroto!

[Position]: Head of the SCP Foundation's First Base!

[Security Clearance]: Level Four!

[Research Responsibilities]: Containment, monitoring, destruction, and other research concerning SCP-173.

[Profile]: Doctor Kuroto has researched SCP-173 for twenty years. Nearly all research findings concerning SCP-173 are his work.

As Doctor Kuroto appeared on-screen, everyone in the livestream held their breath.

He was not only the first SCP Foundation member to show his face. According to his profile, he was also an expert on SCP-173.

He might even have been the one who discovered the Containment Object's weakness.

And the disciplined Mobile Task Force they had seen earlier answered to him.

The viewers still did not understand the SCP Foundation's organizational structure, but they were certain Doctor Kuroto held at least a middle-ranking position...

Possibly even a senior one.

Someone like him would not appear unless he had something momentous to announce.

As everyone held their breath, Doctor Kuroto took out an authorization document bearing the SCP Foundation emblem.

He read it aloud, slowly. "SCP-173's escape and subsequent containment have caused upheaval throughout the Super God Universe!"

"After deliberation, the Foundation has therefore granted special authorization for me, Kuroto, to announce the results of its containment!"

Doctor Kuroto lowered the document and continued, "Before I announce the results, I need to briefly explain something."

"My colleagues at the Foundation and I have discovered that whenever SCP-173 appears in the main universe..."

"It disrupts the laws governing the universe for a period of time."

"This disruption can last anywhere from five to ten years. Eliminating it would require the use of a Containment Object, but that would very likely cause even more severe consequences!"

"We must not do so unless we have no other choice!"

The powerful beings watching from planets across the universe were stunned.

They could scarcely believe it.

SCP-173 could disrupt the laws of the universe? If Doctor Kuroto was telling the truth, the damn thing was even more horrifying than they had thought.

It was unbelievable!

And if every bizarre Containment Object could have an effect like that...

How was anyone supposed to survive?

What kind of monsters were these things?

While the viewers were still reeling from his words, Doctor Kuroto spoke again. "According to my research and that of my Foundation colleagues..."

"Until the laws of the universe return to normal, duplicates of SCP-173 will appear at random throughout the universe."

"Where and when they appear will be random, and even the rules governing how they kill may vary. But we can be certain of one thing: SCP-173's duplicates..."

"Whatever other rules they follow, they will stop moving whenever someone looks directly at them!"