When Feng Bujue returned from the Temple of Thought, time in the outside world started to flow again.
Brother Jue looked at the monster's head in his hand and continued his previous question. "How many of you are there?"
The monster replied, "Including me, there are twelve."
"Oh?" When Brother Jue heard that, his expression changed slightly.
This number was far from Feng Bujue's prediction.
Without a doubt, Brother Jue knew the story of the Soviet Union's Sleep Experiment, and in his version, there were five people involved in the experiment.
Even though in Thriller Paradise, it was normal for the plot to be changed or even overturned, but … this scenario had clearly mentioned in the introduction that the experiment used 'five war criminals from World War II'.
In that case, why would the head in front of him say "twelve"?
"Who are you trying to fool? You guys are Saint Seiyas! " The next second, Feng Bujue purposely put on an angry expression and glared at the head. "There are only five people involved in the experiment, and now you're telling me there are twelve? I … "Then, he raised his hand like he was going to punch the wall.
"Wait! I'm not lying to you! "The monster quickly shouted." The other seven were 'transformed' by us! "
When he heard the word 'transformed', Feng Bujue stopped what he was doing.
It was obvious that he was only pretending to be angry in order to test the other party's strength …
Brother Jue had already considered the possibility of 'transformation' in those few seconds, but he could not confirm whether his hypothesis was correct or not.
At this point, he had to get the truth from the monster's mouth, but … how to ask the question was a skill.
If Feng Bujue used a questioning tone and asked, "Have you transformed some people?", the monster's first reaction would be, "This man doesn't know the answer, so I can lie to him." Even though "lie to him" did not mean that the monster would lie, the chance of the monster lying would definitely increase.
However, if Feng Bujue used this method, the result would be very different.
He first pretended to be angry and used an interrogative tone to list out the facts that he knew, which was' there were only five people involved in the experiment '. He would then change the focus of the question from' why are there twelve people 'to' how dare you lie to me 'and use force to force the monster to respond.
This way, the monster's first reaction would be, 'I have to come up with an explanation to prove that I'm not lying.' Therefore, he would reveal the information about 'transformation'.
Okay, even though I've explained it quite clearly, it might not be understood by everyone. Let me give an example that is easier to understand.
For example, one day, you went out to play after work and didn't come home until very late at night. At that time, if your wife asked, "Why are you so late? Did you go out to fool around again? "Most likely, you'll just make up some excuse like working overtime to fool her.
But if your wife glared at you with a frying pan and yelled, "Bastard, you are a bastard! You still, you're still? You didn't even call me at this hour. Speak! Did you have someone outside? Did you smuggle firearms? Are you the one called Heisenberg on the street? "At this time … you would definitely rush to answer," No … I just went out to fool around. "
To sum up, Feng Bujue's questioning technique was based on this principle.
"That's not right …" Two seconds later, Brother Jue followed the monster's words and asked, "There are so many people in this base. If you can transform … how can you only transform seven people?"
The monster replied, "Not everyone meets the conditions for transformation … Although all human beings have a crazy nature, some people's souls are not strong enough, and some people's bodies are not strong enough to withstand the 'ritual.' These people can't survive the 'ritual.' In addition, most of the people in this base died in the process of resisting us. Of course, the dead can't be transformed. "
"Oh … 'ritual', is it?" Feng Bujue heard interesting words again. He instantly understood where the people who were caught alive by the demons went.
Even Igor, who was next to him, realized this after thinking for a while.
"Then … last question," Feng Bujue said to the monster after a few seconds, "how do we leave this base?"
This time, the monster was silent for a few seconds before replying, "Impossible."
"What did you say?" Feng Bujue's sentence was not a question, but a threat.
"It's just impossible." But the monster did not give in because what it said was true. "We … can't find the exit …"
"What about your memory when you were a human?" Feng Bujue asked again.
"Every one of us retains all the memories when we were human," the monster said. "But … I don't know, I don't know. I don't understand why. It's as if this part of the memory never existed."
[Hidden quest triggered.]
Before the monster's voice died away, the system voice sounded again. It seemed that … the monster's dialogue had an extraordinary meaning.
Feng Bujue immediately opened the game menu. He glanced at the mission tab, and the content of the hidden quest was' Decipher Worldview '.
"Decipher worldview?" Brother Bujue was confused. "What is the meaning of this? If we're talking about the worldview, isn't it the setting of the 'SCP Foundation Universe'? If that's the case, I should have deciphered it already. In a solo scenario, there's no need to explain the worldview. As long as I can understand and confirm it on the subconscious level, it will be considered a successful solution. And … this counts as a hidden quest? "
Abnormal, unnatural, uncoordinated …
This feeling, like there was a prickle on his back, had been haunting Feng Bujue since the scenario started.
And all of this … seemed to have started when he saw 'that mirror'.
"Alright, I've answered your question. What do you plan to do next?" At this time, the monster took the initiative to speak and taunted. "Kill me? Haha … Do you want me to teach you how to do that? "
"Just destroy the brain stem, right?" Feng Bujue replied in a relaxed tone.
"Er …" The monster heard that and was startled. It looked like Brother Bujue was right.
"Something that can be found through elimination …" Feng Bujue continued as he glanced at the monster's headless body. "After the decapitation, the body is crippled, but the head can still move normally." He paused and looked into the monster's eyes again. "The brain has lost its blood supply and oxygen supply, and the vocal cords are gone, but it can still speak …" He looked at the head in his hands like he was studying a scientific specimen. "These are the characteristics of a typical parasitic spirit, and the parasitic part … is very obvious."
When Igor heard his lines, he was still confused. He did not understand them, but they were awesome.
"In general … you should be a kind of special consciousness that hides in a human's mind. When you lose control, you'll take over the control of the brain. Then, by stimulating the parts of the brain that normal people can't access, you'll stimulate the human body's potential and cause some kind of physiological mutation." As Feng Bujue said that, he squatted down and placed the monster's head on the ground. "And in terms of mental energy, you're not as good as a normal ghost, but you're stronger than a normal human being …"
Even the monster itself could not sum up its own unique characteristics like Brother Jue did.
But it knew that Brother Jue was not wrong …
"You're not afraid of death, and that … can be inferred from your reaction when you were decapitated." Feng Bujue continued. "But you have something that you're afraid of, or else you wouldn't have cooperated with me."
When he said this, the monster's face changed involuntarily.
"Considering your nature and the upper limit of your ability, I think …" Feng Bujue said, "Death … for you, should be a kind of release, it can free you from the shackles of your body. As for where you'll go after that, I don't know, and I'm not interested. " He paused for half a second and said, "Life … of course, you can accept it. That way, you can use this body to slaughter or transform more people."
At this point, Feng Bujue stood up. "But, like this … half dead, it seems to be more difficult to deal with …"
His words finally caused the monster to turn pale with fright.
"The main body of your parasite is in the brain. As long as this part is not destroyed, you can't leave this body." Feng Bujue continued. "And, you obviously don't have the ability to heal yourself. If your head is cut off, it's cut off. There's basically no possibility of recovery."
"What are you doing!" The monster yelled, looking frightened.
"You gave in to me before, not because it hurt when I threw you against the wall, but because you thought … there would be no end to this." Feng Bujue said, "As I said … 'I can play like this all day,' but you can't stand it for a whole day, can you?" He smiled, and it was a very evil smile. The smile was terrifying to the monster. "Oh … in fact, I don't think you can stand it for even a few minutes."
"Brother Feng … you're …" Igor couldn't help but come over and ask Feng Bujue.
At this moment, Igor's fear of the so-called "devil" had almost disappeared. In contrast … he felt that Brother Jue was a little more terrifying.
"You also only had a head left, Igor. What was the most terrifying feeling at that time?" Feng Bujue turned to look at Igor and asked, "Was it death? I don't think so … "
"It's …" Igor thought for a moment and replied, "It's the feeling of despair and helplessness …" Recalling the feeling at that time, he showed a look of fear. "I don't know how long I'll stay in that state, and there's nothing I can do … It's worse than death."
"Haha … actually, you still have hope." Feng Bujue continued, "As long as the oxygen and blood supply devices connected to your neck run out of power, or the VNO-9 in the container runs out, you should die. Although that kind of death may be slow and painful, it's a foreseeable future …"
As he spoke, Brother Jue looked at the monster's head on the ground again and smiled. "But … this is different. This is a spiritual creature, it won't die … And, the pain it will experience in this state is far more than what you experience in the same state. Because it is the embodiment of the madness of human nature after it has been released, for it … the current situation where it can't move is a hundred times worse than being suppressed in the 'cage of reason.' "
Igor heard a hint of cruelty in Feng Bujue's tone because he seemed to have understood what he said and guessed what was going to happen next …
"So, what if I leave it here now, try to imagine what will happen?" As expected, Feng Bujue said that. "Perhaps it will be found by someone, or perhaps … no one will ever find it again. It will spend a very long time in this state of extreme pain … so long that it will be unimaginably long."
"Kill me! Kill me! " Finally, the monster collapsed. It began to scream hysterically, desperately shaking its face and jaw, and wriggling on the ground with difficulty …
Feng Bujue was very satisfied with this. It was also the first time he knew that the "madness" in human nature could also "collapse" — as long as the method of stimulation was right.
"Okay, Igor, it's almost time for us to go." At this time, Feng Bujue took off the last blood collection bag on his arm, and the blood in it was almost all transfused. "Since we know the number of enemies, it's easier to deal with things … We just need to get rid of eleven more …"
"No! Don't go! Kill me! "The monster was still screaming at the top of his lungs on the ground.
But Feng Bujue didn't even look at it. Without hesitation, he turned around and walked away.
Igor, on the other hand, cast a complicated and seemingly sympathetic look at him. But … he didn't mean to disobey Feng Bujue. He just quickly turned his head, picked up the toolbox, and trotted to catch up with his Brother Bujue.
Soon, their figures disappeared at the far end of the corridor.
The only thing that remained in this place … was an endless stream of shrill screams of agony. The repeated pleas of "kill me" reverberated in the empty corridor … causing one's hair to stand on end.
…
At the same time, in Dr. Cox's office.
"Did you see that, Dr.?" Doctor. "A slightly trembling voice came from the communication channel.
"Ah … of course." Cox looked at the screen with a serious expression and responded.
"Although each SCP-3232-1 is a unique specimen, at least in terms of personality, it's not much different from ordinary humans." The voice in the communication channel continued, "But … this time, the sample seems to have some …"
"High IQ antisocial personality?" Cox finished the other person's sentence and sneered, "Hmph … so what?"
Hearing this, the person on the other end of the communication channel was speechless.
"Although the proportion of SCP-3232-1 in the human population is low, it doesn't mean it doesn't exist … If SCP-3232-1 is a human from another dimension, then it's only a matter of time before such cases appear, right?" Cox said, "In my opinion, he appeared at the right time. Maybe this observation … will be a historic one."
At this point, a bold plan had begun to take shape in Dr. Cox's mind …
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