The Pestilence Begins to Spread

SCP-049 is fluent in multiple languages and can communicate and even cooperate well with humans.

But SCP-049 appears harmless and can even be helpful.

However, it carries enormous potential dangers.

SCP-049 can sense the presence of a "Pestilence".

This Pestilence is undetectable to others; it exists only in the knowledge of 049.

However, it becomes irritable if it senses the presence of its so-called "Pestilence".

SCP-049 is hostile to human individuals it perceives as affected by the Pestilence, often to the point of requiring control.

If left unchecked, SCP-049 will typically attempt to kill the human individual.

SCP-049 can stop all physiological functions of a living organism through direct skin contact.

The reason for this is unclear.

But once touched, it's tantamount to death.

049 will be consumed by frustration and regret after killing the target.

This indicates that such actions are not very effective in eliminating the "Pestilence".

He would then take out various tools from his black medical bag and begin performing surgery on the corpse.

The medical kit also has a much larger interior space than it appears on the surface, allowing you to take out equipment that is even larger than the medical kit itself.

A corpse that has undergone surgery will be resurrected from its corpse state.

However, it doesn't retain memories; it only retains bodily instincts.

Normally slow-moving, but becomes extremely aggressive when provoked or under the command of SCP-049.

As for these resurrected people, 049 refers to them as patients cured from the "Pestilence".

This is the information about SCP-049.

If we were to understand 049 in one sentence...

That's a disease called SCP-049 thinking you're sick.

In general, 049 is a doctor of unknown origin who seeks to cure what he believes to be a "Pestilence".

Although very strange, it also possesses unique medical abilities.

For example, resurrecting a corpse.

If you can communicate well, you might even be able to obtain special techniques and abilities from 049.

This is for a world like the Death World, where the worldview has completely headed down an unknown path.

Incorporating more possibilities leads to a better understanding and perspective on the world.

As information and images of SCP-049 appeared in Shen Hui's mind.

Use the obtained Pestilence Event Card to assist in creation, in conjunction with other resource cards.

The World Origin Power began to merge them all together.

A conceptual "Pestilence" has appeared in the Death World.

SCP-049 is the only one that can see the existence of this "Pestilence," or rather, the only one that can understand this conceptual "Pestilence."

Under the influence of the World Origin Power, it gradually gained form.

A bird-beak mask, a full-body black coat, and a black medical kit hanging at the waist...

As it gradually Entity, SCP-049 fully appeared before Shen Hui's eyes.

[SCP-049 Pestilence Doctor]

[Type: Anomalous Special Containment Creature]

[Ability 1: Instant death upon contact. Any creature touched by SCP-049 will experience a complete cessation of bodily functions and enter a state of death.]

[Ability 2: Modification Surgery. SCP-049 is keen on modifying and researching dead organisms and can revive them.]

Shen Hui looked at SCP-049 in front of him and nodded in satisfaction.

The next step was to deploy 049 into the Steam City for containment by the Foundation.

During this period, the Time Flow Rate Card remained effective.

Several years have passed in the Death World.

The Steam City has undergone considerable changes in the past few years.

The city buildings centered around Arkham were expanded.

It has become even more magnificent than before.

The enormous steel chimneys pierced the sky, surrounded by pipes that resembled blood vessels.

The billowing white-gray mist made the sky appear even grayer and more oppressive.

A massive steam-powered airship bobbed in the mist, its banners proclaiming recent major events.

[The Esoteric Order of Dagon has announced a major breakthrough in its Potion Sequence, enabling the extraction of even more powerful energy, known as Magic Energy, which is now officially in the trial phase.]

The founding day of the Esoteric Order of Dagon has now been changed to a unified celebration holiday.

The Foundation has officially declared the recent spate of unexplained disappearances of individuals as a paranormal phenomenon, temporarily designated SCP-001. Its danger may be even more terrifying than the Eldritch Beings creatures of legend.

As the number of believers increased, Cthulhu's power also grew stronger.

Those within Esoteric Order of Dagon, teetering on the edge of madness, also gained more knowledge and power.

A completely new energy source, known as Magic Energy, has been developed.

This is a crystal, an unknown energy crystal extracted from the air through the power of the Potion Sequence.

This energy source has greater power than steam energy and is not limited by the size of the machinery.

Just placing one of them can provide a large amount of energy.

However, due to the difficulty and cost of production, Magic Energy cannot be widely adopted.

Therefore, steam energy is irreplaceable.

However, with the support of Magic Energy, technology can advance more rapidly.

The bug caused by the Backrooms World has always existed, and many people have disappeared in the steam civilization because they triggered the bug.

This also attracted the attention of the Foundation, which conducted investigations over the past few years.

Although the investigation is not yet complete, no one has yet returned to the Real World from the Backrooms World.

However, it was also identified as a supernatural phenomenon and assigned the designation SCP-001.

Finally, their research on SCP-173 has completely revealed the rules it follows.

It has remained in safe containment.

SCP-173's properties have also been used to deal with things in the Great Ruin or in Eldritch Beings tales that appear in ordinary times.

However, the effect was not significant.

These Eldritch Beings and fantastical creatures remain a significant threat, and they still cannot deal with them.

Living in constant fear of encountering something at any moment.

Moreover, it's clear that these Eldritch Beings and fantastical creatures are constantly getting stronger.

Until this day, the rapidly passing time began to slow down.

All eyes were drawn to a small town that was attached to a city called Tuoji.

In a small town where the air quality is relatively better than in the main city.

Yet, a deathly silence hung in the air.

There were no pedestrians on the streets, and everyone stayed indoors.

You can see white cloth strips hanging outside some houses.

The roads and railway tracks leading to the city have been blocked.

Only the city guards, piloting giant robots, patrolled the streets in fear.

In the town's central square, a large number of corpses were piled up, ready to be burned.

Pestilence is breaking out in this small town.