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Even for participants like the Fan siblings who didn’t focus on strength training, 400 kilograms was quite challenging.
Fortunately, in Ji Dong’s team, they had Teacher Dagen.
Among the five of them, the lightest was Fan Hemian, who was 168 centimeters tall and weighed 50 kilograms, while the heaviest was Mo Tiangen, who was 178 centimeters tall and weighed 85 kilograms.
However, considering the characteristics of the [Door of Wonder], the weight would increase by eight times the weight of the previous passer, that is to say, the maximum weight they need to push should be eight times the weight of the second heaviest person Ren Jianmo.
Ren Jianmo was 187 centimeters tall and weighed 76 kilograms, so Teacher Dagen, who was responsible for opening the door, would need to push a maximum weight of 608 kilograms.
“Yeah, no problem.”
Mo Tiangen did the math and answered easily.
“With just this little weight, I can handle it even without using any special abilities.”
As he rolled up his sleeves on both hands, he said, “Let’s do it!”
“The research project I was involved in was investigating a suspicious SCP phenomenon about 600 kilometers away from the site. The research team set up a ‘singularity’ there and used this door to send some small props over.”
Ji Dong earnestly recalled the content he had hastily read and continued.
“The previous one to pass through the ‘door’ should have been a 5-kilogram unmanned drone.”
“Alright, watch me.”
Teacher Dagen stood in front of the door, took a sturdy stance, and rotated his shoulders to warm up.
Unfortunately, Fan HeMian didn’t give him a chance to show off.
“A 5-kilogram object, multiplied by eight, is only 40 kilograms.”
As she spoke, she stepped over Mo Tiangen and grabbed onto the bronze door with both hands. Holding her breath, she pushed with all her might, saying, “I can push it open myself.”
With a creaking sound, the door opened, revealing a gap wide enough for her to pass through alone.
Through the crack in the door, everyone saw a hazy gray as if the opposite side of the door was filled with a thick, almost solidified mist, and nothing could be seen.
Fan Hemain swiftly passed through the gap in the door, her figure disappearing from everyone’s sight as if erased.
The door quickly closed with a dull and heavy “clang.”
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The door was pushed open again, and Fan Luming, like his sister, squeezed through the crack in the door.
After Fan’s younger brother, it was Ji Dong’s turn.
And then, it was Ren Jianmo.
However, Ren Jianmo didn’t bother Mo Tiangen to do it for him. He pushed open the bronze door, weighing 496 kilograms, all by himself.
Mo Tiangen was the last one.
He took off his shoes and socks, stepping barefoot on the rough, cracked blue bricks that had been worn down over the years. He pressed his hands against the door panel, gritting his teeth, muscles bulging on his arms, and pushed hard against the heavy stone door.
With a creaking sound, the hinges interlocked, and the door slowly swung open to the outside.
Mr. Dagon lifted his hands, took a breath, and squeezed through the gap in the door.
He felt like he had squeezed through a damp sponge, and the sticky sensation made him reflexively close his eyes and hold his breath.
Once he escaped from that sticky, moist touch and opened his eyes again, Mo Tiangen found himself standing in the wilderness.
Under the moonlight, it was empty all around, within a distance of two hundred meters, not even a single tree could be seen, just a few clumps of slightly taller weeds.
The only building was a rudimentary wooden house twenty meters away. Three unfamiliar men were standing in front of the house with a panicked expression, communicating with Ji Dong and Fan Luming while using their phones as if trying to get in touch with someone.
“Hey.”
The sister from the Fan family was the only person still within the “Singularity” range. At this moment, she turned around and looked at Mo Tiangen, smiling at him.
“Six hundred kilometers away.”
The girl raised her hand and lightly tapped her wristwatch, summoning the taskbar. “We escaped from Site 7.”
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The location where the five of them were currently was a mountainous forest nature reserve called “Redwood Lake.”
About a month ago, local animal conservation workers discovered that a certain thrush bird in the forest was exhibiting some unusual breeding behavior. This news reached the intelligence personnel of the SCP Foundation, who believed it could be a special SCP phenomenon. As a result, they dispatched a research team from the nearest site, Site 7, to investigate.
Because transportation there was extremely inconvenient, even delivering supplies required navigating through eighteen winding mountain roads, which was not only very time-consuming but also labor-intensive.
So, to save manpower and resources, the research team applied to establish a “singularity” here and regularly receive supplies from Site 7 through the [Door of Wonder].
The identity assigned to Ji Dong by the [Peach Blossom Spring] was that of an SCP Foundation staff member participating in the investigation of the anomalous phenomena at Redwood Lake. Therefore, he had the authority to access the relevant files of SCP-078, the [Door of Wonders].
At the moment, only three members were remaining in the research team stationed at Redwood Lake – two investigators and one member of the Mobile Task Force.
They were shocked and couldn’t believe the news of a major containment breach at Site 7, which by now, had completely fallen. They had desperately tried to contact Site 7 using various methods.
After multiple unsuccessful attempts, the three of them had no choice but to reach out to other SCP Foundation sites. Unfortunately, they received the same news from the liaisons at the other sites and had to accept this reality.
It was already 2:30 in the morning.
The mountain forest conservation area was truly in the wilderness. Once it got dark, it was pitch black everywhere. There were no streetlights on the mountain roads, making it extremely difficult to even take a single step.
So Ji Dong and the others decided to borrow a room in the research team’s cabin and spend the night there, waiting for daylight to come before making any further decisions.
The research team’s cabin was located in the forest area and it wasn’t very big to begin with. At this point, the only thing they could lend to them was a storage room of about 20 square meters in size.
Ji Dong and the other four people took matters into their own hands and moved everything in the room to one side, freeing up about half of the space.
Then they gathered around and prepared for an impromptu meeting.
“Alright, now let’s take a look at the situation.”
Fan Hemian double-tapped her watch, bringing up the taskbar.
The previous task, [Escape from Site 7] had turned green and displayed “Completed,” while a new task appeared.
[Go to Site 9 and meet up with the participants from Group B.]
Ji Dong’s brows furrowed. “Where is Site 9 located?”
These participants who were forcibly placed into this [Film] by the [Peach Blossom Spring] may have the identity of SCP Foundation researchers, but they had no relevant knowledge in their minds. If they were to ask too many basic questions to those three individuals outside, wouldn’t it easily expose their true identities as outsiders?
Ji Xiao’niao thought for a moment and made another suggestion:
“Perhaps we can borrow a computer from them and search for information about Site 9?”
“Wouldn’t that be too risky?”
Mo Tiangen disagreed and said:
“Besides, SCP Foundation personnel are very cautious. They probably won’t let us use their computer, right?”
After all, simply persuading those two investigators to let a few people stay overnight was already quite difficult.
If it weren’t for the fact that the five of them didn’t forget to take their identification when they escaped, and they could all match the profiles of the individuals in the information database, Ji Dong, and the others would probably have taken down those three individuals before they could find a place to stay.
“Also, it seems that there are others like us who have been unlucky enough to be chosen by this [Film].”
Fan Luming also brought up his task panel and carefully pondered the second half of the sentence. “Participants from Group B… Did any of you notice anything when you were in Site 7?”
“No.”
Fan Hemian shook her head. “When we came out of Zone B, we encountered a troublesome SCP creature…”
She furrowed her brows, trying hard to recall for a moment, but gained nothing. “I was too focused on fighting at that time, I didn’t pay attention to the reactions of others nearby.”
Compared to Ji Dong and Fan Luming, who encountered the [Nightmare Illustrated Notebook], Ren Jianmo, Mo Tiangen, and Fan Hemian encountered a large fox with eight tails.
If they simply talk about attack power, the fox may not be as ferocious as the [Nightmare Illustrated Notebook]. However, the problem was that it inherited a characteristic from various myths about the “fox” family, possessing a very strong mental influence.
After the fox took down a large group in one strike, Ren Jianmo and the others endured intense and almost brain-shattering headaches while fighting with the fox for a full ten minutes before finally killing it.
Unfortunately, they had just defeated the fox when the [Queen Bee] released a light wave, causing three new individuals to appear. They had to fight against their own clones, who had turned back into sticky substances, in order to escape. Finally, they were able to meet up with Ji Xiao’niao and Fan Luming at the Alpha Containment Center.
So even Ren Jianmo couldn’t notice if there were any other participants around in that situation.
“But, I guess if the mission prompt mentions ‘Group B,’ then the number of people on the other side should be similar to ours.”
Fan Hemian, relying on her experience as a seasoned participant, made a guess:
“I guess the final task arranged by the [Peach Blossom Spring] is either two groups competing against each other or cooperating.”
She slightly pursed her lips. “Anyway, neither of them is a good thing, right?”
However, whether it’s competition or cooperation, the primary issue facing Ji Dong and the others was the unknown location of Site 9.
“No worries.”
At that moment, Ren Jianmo, who had been silent, suddenly reached out and unzipped the bag at his waist.
Then, he took out a laptop from that small bag.
“What the heck!”
Everyone was shocked.
“[One Cubic Meter of Freedom] makes it convenient to carry things.”
Ren Jianmo pointed to his bag. “So I just took the computer from the room and brought it out directly.”
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