The SCP Foundation: Starting by Inventing SCPs

But no celestial body could stop SCP-096. Planets, stars, white dwarfs, even black holes... SCP-096 smashed straight through them all.

Then it kept hurtling toward Julang Star in the River Styx Galaxy.

Everyone watching the livestream fell silent. They had braced themselves, but the sight of all those celestial bodies bursting in space like fireworks...

Still left their scalps tingling at SCP-096's terrifying power.

Even the smallest of those shattered bodies had been about the size of the moon. Yet none had harmed SCP-096 or even slowed it down.

Only then did the viewers understand why the SCP Foundation had singled out one line in SCP-096's file:

"No structure, regardless of its material, can stop SCP-096 from reaching someone who has seen its face."

So that was what it meant!

Once SCP-096 charged at a target, it possessed a conceptual ability to run. It could accelerate without limit and smash through anything in its path.

Did every SCP Containment Object possess conceptual abilities?

If so, how terrifyingly powerful was the SCP Foundation, which had contained so many bizarre entities?

It was almost impossible to imagine!

While the viewers were questioning everything they knew about speed, the Giant Wolf Leader was trying to contact Death God Karl from the Giant Wolf Temple on Julang Star!

He hoped to persuade Karl to stop SCP-096.

To save the Giant Wolf Civilization.

But to his despair, no matter how he tried to establish a dark communication channel with Death God Karl, even when he drew on all the computing power of Julang Star...

He received no response.

At that moment, how could he fail to understand?

Death God Karl had abandoned the Giant Wolf Civilization. Or perhaps even Karl dared not provoke the SCP Foundation behind SCP-096.

"Hahahaha... What a fine Death God you are!"

Watching SCP-096 draw closer, the Giant Wolf Leader gave a bitter laugh, then roared, "My Giant Wolf Civilization served you for three thousand years!"

"For three thousand years, we fought across the universe for you."

"I never thought you could be so utterly heartless!"

"Fine!"

"Then don't blame me for what comes next."

With that, the Giant Wolf Leader sent every piece of technology and every scrap of damaging information he had obtained from Death God Karl to as many people as possible through the Myriad Clans Chat Group.

He could only hope that civilizations receiving the technology would grow stronger quickly.

Then avenge the Giant Wolf Civilization.

Of course, the target of that vengeance was Death God Karl, not the SCP Foundation.

As he saw it, his civilization had invaded the Red Crow Star System and, being too weak, had been wiped out by its SCP Foundation. He had no grounds to complain about that.

But Death God Karl had chosen to stand by at the final moment.

Karl would not even open a communication channel with him. Betraying a subordinate like that was what he found truly unforgivable!

The viewers had never expected the Giant Wolf Leader to send them a package of technology on the brink of his civilization's destruction!

This gift falling into their laps delighted them.

[Vegapunk: Giant Wolf Leader, thank you for the technology you sent. It will be a great help to my research!]

[Orochimaru: So the path of combining Ninjutsu and technology that I've pursued was wrong all along.]

[Ying Zheng: With this technological data, my dream of immortality may finally be within reach.]

[Miko: I wonder if those awful Evil Spirits will still follow me if I leave aboard a warship?]

[Danzo: Giant Wolf Leader, I received your technology package, but I will not avenge you. Neither Death God Karl nor the SCP Foundation is someone Root can afford to provoke.]

[Hiruzen Sarutobi: The Giant Wolf Leader is a fool. Even with death upon him, he's still being played by Death God Karl!]

[Jiraiya: Master, what's the explanation?]

[Hiruzen Sarutobi: Check your private messages!]

[Jiraiya: Death God Karl is too sinister!]

[...]

While most of the viewers celebrated receiving the Giant Wolf technology, Death God Karl stopped his research at Death Singer Academy!

Watching the livestream, he murmured, "According to Doctor Banting, a Heavenly Principle Will is the sum of the subconscious minds of every intelligent life-form on a planet."

"But I think there's more to it than she said."

"The Giant Wolf Civilization will make a convenient experiment!"

He turned toward the Angel Nebula and continued, "The reason Angel Yan cannot be revived is that her neck was twisted by a conceptual ability."

"By the same logic, if the Giant Wolf Civilization's technology vanishes when SCP-096 destroys its Heavenly Principle Will..."

"Things will get interesting."

Death God Karl had deliberately refused to establish a dark-energy communication channel with the Giant Wolf Leader.

He wanted to enrage him.

He wanted the leader to spread the technology in the name of the Giant Wolf Civilization. Then Karl could observe whether that technology would vanish when the Giant Wolf Civilization's Heavenly Principle Will...

Was destroyed by SCP-096. The result would tell him whether his research into Ultimate Fear was headed in the right direction.

If the experiment turned out as he expected...

He believed he would soon unravel the mystery of Ultimate Fear.

When that day came, Death God Karl was confident he could hold his own against even the SCP Foundation and its many Containment Objects.

While Death God Karl placed too much faith in Ultimate Fear, SCP-096 crossed billions of light-years over several hours of "running"...

And finally reached Julang Star!

Terrifying SCP-096! Seven Hundred Million Julang Clan Members Slaughtered in Five Hours, Shocking the Entire Universe! The livestream showed SCP-096, Shy Guy, arriving at Julang Star. Without a moment's hesitation, it let out its chilling sobs and attacked every intelligent life-form on the planet.

Julang Star's outer defenses could have repelled an invasion by a fledgling interstellar civilization. Before SCP-096, they might as well not have existed.

The Giant Wolf Leader had raised the defenses to their highest level.

Countless dazzling weapons poured fire over SCP-096 without restraint. Yet they could neither destroy it nor even slow it down!

In the blink of an eye, SCP-096 breached Julang Star's outer defenses, entered the planet, and began its slaughter.

"Help! Won't anyone save Julang Star?"

"Don't kill my son!"

"Daughter, run! Open the Void Passage, quickly..."

"Fight! If we hold out for twenty-four hours, the SCP Foundation will come and contain this damned SCP-096!"

"Mom! Dad! Run! I'll fight it..."

"..."

News of SCP-096's slaughter aboard the Giant Wolf Warship had already reached Julang Star through the livestream. The planet's middle and upper ranks...

Had long since fled aboard warships with their families.

Apart from the Giant Wolf Leader and his guards, only ordinary civilians remained. They had no warships, no weapons, not even a Void Passage...

All they could do was hide in their homes and tremble.

And hope for a miracle.

But the miracle they hoped for would never come. Only death awaited them!

SCP-096 became a streak of light, racing back and forth across Julang Star and slaughtering every intelligent life-form it found. Its killing rate was staggering.

A city of a million people became a city of the dead in mere minutes.

No matter where the people of Julang Star hid, no matter how they begged or screamed, SCP-096 showed no reaction. As always, it wailed...

And continued its frenzied slaughter!

For a clearer view, the SCP Foundation's livestream displayed a smaller screen in the upper-right corner. It showed the death toll on Julang Star.

Under SCP-096's onslaught, the number soared at an unbelievable rate!

One million...

Three million...

Nine million...

Ninety-three million...

One hundred million!

In just half an hour, the death toll on Julang Star passed one hundred million. And it kept climbing.

Every viewer fell silent at the sheer speed of the slaughter.

Who could watch that without fear?

Even those known as the ultimate villains of their own worlds felt their hearts pound as they watched...

One hundred million intelligent beings slaughtered before their eyes.

No one could remain unmoved!

[Monster King Orochi: What kind of monster am I compared to the Foundation? They're the real monsters! They've slaughtered a hundred million lives! That's... too cruel.]

[Tatsumaki: This is the first time I've felt this terrified. Thank goodness the Foundation hasn't targeted our Monster World, or else...]

[Empress: The Foundation is full of lunatics! Utter lunatics. They're even more insane than those damned Celestial Dragons!]

[Danzo: I don't think the Foundation is being cruel. Without them, would Earth have fared much better than Julang Star?]

[Pain: War is this cruel.]

[Heavenly Scum King Huaye: Good thing I didn't go to Earth to stir up trouble. Wait, Su Mali is still on Earth. This...]

[Morgana: Hua Ye, you're dead!]

[Hiruzen Sarutobi: Earth won't have to worry about invasion by other civilizations anymore. With the Foundation there, I doubt anyone would dare invade it.]

[Sengoku: What worries me most now is whether another of the Foundation's Containment Objects will escape.]

[Sakazuki: Earth no longer has to fear invasion. Now it's our turn to worry. To keep our coordinates secret, it's time to wipe out every pirate.]

[Blast: The monsters hold half of the world's coordinates. The Hero Association must take control of them!]

[Ying Zheng: Fortunately, after unifying the six states, I secured all their coordinate data. I needn't worry about a leak. But the Six Kingdoms Remnants appear to have obtained a great deal of technology. They're a threat.]

[...]

As the viewers recoiled from SCP-096's slaughter and decided to launch wars of unification in their own worlds...

SCP-096, Shy Guy, had already slaughtered every intelligent life-form remaining on Julang Star.

The death toll had reached a horrifying 670 million.

That staggering number shook everyone to the core. Chills seemed to rise from deep within their souls.

How could it not?

Those were 670 million intelligent lives!

SCP-096 had hunted them down and left them without even a place to be buried. They had never witnessed a massacre like this before.

They had never even heard of one!

More importantly...