A Conceptual Neck Twist! Everyone Feels a Chill Run Down Their Spines!
Countless beautiful Angels with slender figures and silver-winged miniskirts stood on either side, holding flaming blades as they gazed respectfully at the figure on the throne.
Kesha, Queen of Angels, reclined on her throne, looking faintly languid.
The sudden appearance of the SCP Foundation seemed to have sparked no interest in her. Yet her long fingers kept tapping the armrest, and her wings trembled slightly.
Her thoughts were nowhere near as calm as she appeared.
"Your Majesty! Please allow me to lead an Angel squad to Earth."
Seeing Kesha's unease, Angel Leng stepped forward and knelt on one knee. "From what the video says, the SCP Foundation's aims align with our Order of Justice."
"We should help them eliminate those 'anomalies.'"
Holy Right Wing Zhixin agreed. "Exactly. And I'm worried Morgana might descend on Earth."
"She could recruit those 'anomalies' into her Demon camp."
"That would put us at a serious disadvantage."
Hearing Leng and Zhixin, Holy Kesha said in her languid voice, "There's no need to worry. Yan has already reached Earth. I trust her to handle everything."
"After all, Earth Civilization is only in the nuclear age. It hasn't even become an interstellar civilization."
"If one of its native organizations can stand against these 'anomalies,' Yan alone will be more than enough."
With that, Kesha leaned back on her throne and continued watching the livestream.
To Kesha, whose life span was almost eternal, the SCP Foundation and the anomalies it spoke of were merely a little diversion.
The Styx System, Death Singer Academy.
Inside an ancient black castle shrouded in darkness and the aura of death, a young man in a black cloak watched the SCP Foundation video...
Carl set down the quill he had been writing with and murmured, "The SCP Foundation? Since when did the Red Crow Star System have an organization like that?"
A rare flicker of surprise crossed his usually impassive, abyss-deep eyes.
Liyang Star, the Lieyang Royal Palace.
"Pan Zhen, I'm going to Earth. I'm practically growing mold in this palace."
On the throne, a young woman in golden robes spoke excitedly. "Besides, the SCP Foundation and those Super Soldiers can't possibly hold off the Gluttonous army on their own."
Lieyang's great general, Pan Zhen, paid her no attention.
Standing in the hall and watching the livestream, he muttered, "First that audacious monkey, and now an SCP Foundation?"
"How many more secrets is Earth hiding?"
Fire seemed to burn in Pan Zhen's eyes, driving the temperature in the hall to an astonishing height.
Beyond Holy Kesha, Death God Karl, and Lieyang's great general Pan Zhen, powerful figures on countless planets across the Super God Universe were discussing the SCP Foundation...
What kind of organization was it? Why had none of them ever heard of it?
And what exactly were the "anomalies" mentioned in the video?
Of course, Earth's major organizations were the most anxious. The Gluttonous army was about to invade, and Earth's very survival was at stake.
And now an SCP Foundation had appeared out of nowhere?
How could they not be nervous?
The video presented the SCP Foundation as an organization formed by warriors who had silently protected Earth.
But that was only its own account.
Until they knew the whole picture, no one could be sure where the SCP Foundation stood.
Aboard the Juxia, South China Sea Fleet.
General Dukao's face was grim after he watched the video. The looming invasion by the Gluttonous army had already left him overwhelmed.
Now there was an SCP Foundation to deal with as well!
What was all this about "we contain, we protect, we control"?
According to the video, this so-called SCP Foundation had secretly protected Earth for over twenty thousand years.
How was that possible?
He had been on Earth for three or four thousand years himself.
With the technology of the Deno Star System, he had scanned Earth countless times. If the video was telling the truth, how could he have failed to discover this so-called SCP Foundation?
He was certain the SCP Foundation was no native Earth organization.
It had to have been founded by aliens who arrived later.
Just then, the feeds in the various livestream rooms changed, revealing a link labeled [SCP Foundation].
When everyone entered, a line of blood-red text appeared.
[The Gluttonous Legion entered the Red Crow Star System without authorization, causing Containment Object SCP-173 to escape containment.]
[The Foundation is assembling personnel to recapture it, but the operation will take at least forty-eight hours.]
[To prevent unnecessary casualties,]
[the Foundation has decided, by special authorization, to release information on SCP-173 in this livestream.]
As time passed, the words gradually faded.
In their place appeared a strangely shaped humanoid statue with an oversized head. It looked like a little peanut, apparently made of concrete and steel rebar, with traces of black paint still on its surface.
Concept-Level Neck-Snapping! A Chill Down Everyone's Spine! ### Little Peanut did not look particularly frightening. It resembled an ordinary concrete bollard. Yet everyone who saw the image of SCP-173...
...felt a chill at the back of their neck. A shudder rose uncontrollably from the depths of their soul.
[Luffy: Why did my neck suddenly go cold when I saw SCP-173?]
[Ace: Mine too!]
[Ash: That statue is too creepy. My Pokémon are much cuter.]
[Kaido: This is what the Foundation calls an anomaly? I could smash it with my club. Looks like the SCP Foundation is about as formidable as the Moria Pirates.]
[Moria: Kaido, I took two hits from that club of yours back then.]
[Perona: Boss, stop. You're embarrassing yourself!]
[...]
The moment Little Peanut's image appeared, powerful figures from planets across the livestream felt an inexplicable dread.
At the same time, system notifications rang through Jiang Chen's mind.
[Ding! Congratulations, host. You have received 100 Popularization Points from Luffy of Pirate Planet.]
[Ding! Congratulations, host. You have received 50 Popularization Points from Ash of Pokémon Planet!]
[Ding! Congratulations, host...]
[Ding!...]
[...]
Excitement flashed in Jiang Chen's eyes as he watched his Popularization Points soar on the system panel. According to the system, he could use those points in its shop to...
...purchase bases, researchers, combat personnel, and other resources for the Foundation.
He could also use Containment Objects as templates to create replicas.
He could give those replicas corresponding properties and restrictions.
For example, he could change SCP-173's property so that it snapped the necks of enemies hostile to him. Of course, that would take an enormous number of Popularization Points.
But with the Myriad Races Livestream, Jiang Chen believed it would not be long...
...before he could create a replica of a Containment Object.
While Jiang Chen delighted in his rapidly rising Popularization Points, the SCP Foundation livestream resumed the video he had prepared.
Beside Little Peanut's photograph, lines of text slowly appeared.
[Containment Object]: The Statue You Must Not Look Away From.
[Item Number]: SCP-173!
[Object Class]: Euclid!
[Description]: SCP-173's origins remain unknown. It is made of concrete and steel rebar and bears traces of Krylon spray paint. Strangely, Krylon spray paint had not yet been invented when SCP-173 first appeared.
[Anomalous Ability]: SCP-173 is known to move and is highly hostile. However, it cannot move while within someone's field of vision.
Visual contact with SCP-173 must never be broken.
Otherwise, it will snap the neck at the base of the skull or strangle its victim. Its ability is believed to be concept-level and impossible to defend against.
The explanations gave the powerful figures from the various planets a much clearer picture of SCP-173, Little Peanut!
When they reached the final warning—that its ability was believed to be concept-level and impossible to defend against—the chill at their necks grew stronger.
[Big Mom: Mamahaha... SCP-173 has a Devil Fruit ability! It seems a little weak, though. And what does "concept-level" mean?]
[Tatsumaki: It means it ignores everything.]
[Big Mom: Mamahaha... Tatsumaki, when are you going to introduce me to the S-Class Hero Darkshine? Then I could bear a powerful child!]
[Tatsumaki:...]
[Cynthia: SCP-173 has such a broken ability? Take away the restriction that it can't move while being watched, and it's no less powerful than a second-tier god!]
[Ying Zheng: I've truly broadened my horizons today!]
[...]
As the group members reeled from SCP-173's description, the livestream feed changed. SCP-173 appeared aboard a Warship floating in space.
The futuristic Warship and SCP-173's body of concrete and steel rebar made for a jarring contrast.
Near SCP-173 were dozens of Gluttonous Soldiers in silver-white armor. Under their commander's orders, they were boarding shuttles to attack Tianhe City.
Their mission was to announce the Gluttonous army's declaration of war against Huaxia.
[Ducao: It's on a Gluttonous Battleship? How... how did it get aboard?]
[Kesha: Interesting. Wormhole transport or Dark Energy teleportation?]
[Morgana: I'm having that little thing. You there—bring it to me.]
[Tatsumaki: I could crush a Warship like that with the slightest squeeze!]
[...]
While powerful figures from across the planets debated how SCP-173 had appeared aboard the Gluttonous Battleship, what happened next left them stunned.
They stared at the feed, shock on their faces and fear rising in their eyes.
In the livestream...
The Gluttonous Squad preparing to attack Tianhe City had either failed to notice the statue's sudden appearance or paid it no mind. They seemed to assume it belonged there.
They continued preparing their surprise attack under their commander's orders.
But the next instant...
Before countless horrified eyes, SCP-173 appeared behind the rearmost Gluttonous Soldier as if it had teleported. It reached out an arm made of concrete and rebar...
With a gentle twist, it snapped the soldier's neck.
The silver-white armor that could withstand ordinary artillery shells offered no protection whatsoever.
[Erza: That speed is terrifying. I didn't even see it move. Did it teleport?]
[Whitebeard: According to Gluttonous King Shi, that armor can withstand a blow from an ordinary Vice Admiral. Yet it offered no protection at all against SCP-173!]