Hair is inherently flammable.
Granny Yaga's wanton hair is no different than others. In order to better control the prey into the trap, the surface is covered with a thin layer of enzymes. With such a light start, the tiny flame ignited in an instant. Almost in the blink of an eye, flames burst out through the crack of the door and burned upwards, and immediately there was an unprepared and unbelievable howl from the other side of the door.
"Ah-ahh-"
She was set on fire without getting more human flesh, and she cursed in ancient Russian with a strong accent.
But soon, she didn't even have the thought of cursing, and she was only concerned with how to put out the flames that were about to burn on her body. Together with the continuous slapping sound, her loud voice immediately attracted the attention of the two people who were looking for the exit all over the room, and they turned their heads in surprise.
He grabbed Lin You who hadn't had time to get up.
"..."
Seeing them stunned and not expecting the matter to be resolved so easily, Lin You couldn't help but fell silent.
She thought it would be tragic enough to be caught chasing SCP-106, but she didn't expect this series of losses to come so unexpectedly.
She glanced at the man in the gold-rimmed glasses again, knowing that most of her actions just now fell into his eyes.
"Accident, really an accident."
She made a decisive decision, opened her eyes and said nonsense: "I just wanted to take care of what's going on with this hair, but I didn't expect it to be accidentally lit—this is just right."
... Believe in your evil!
The two teammates involuntarily looked up at the lamp in the middle of the ceiling. The whole site was dark and gloomy, but the light in this laboratory was not enough to clearly see the densely packed hairs on the wall.
Take ten thousand steps back, even if what she said is true...
Would normal people know that this hair is hallucinogenic and still deliberately put it on? !
The way they looked at Lin You became complicated for a moment.
"No, there's no need to explain," one of them said with difficulty, "We all understand."
Another person murmured: "It's too cruel..."
Lin You: "..."
It’s not that you already understand something, why didn’t one or two even listen to the explanation? !
she-she-
Lin You opened her mouth, shut up and gave up struggling, and was about to open the door anyway—nonsense, just listened to the screams at the door, didn't make a move, and ran away when she saw the card she was about to get!
She doesn't care about anything else! Cards are the most important!
The silver-white hair that got into the gap had been completely burned long ago. Lin You unscrewed the latch and pulled the doorknob, only to see the old woman outside yelling and slapping her head.
Just looking at her old and weak figure, with her skin wrinkled and piling up, it's hard to imagine that she can run at such a speed. But even with such physical strength, Granny Yajia couldn't solve the current situation.
The flames spread across his upper body, and the translucent hairs that protruded from all over his body were completely burnt. She stomped on the ground with her feet, but she couldn't put out the raging fire with her hands alone.
In a hurry, she only had time to give Lin You a resentful and resentful look, then turned her head and ran away.
It may be to find water.
Thinking of this, Lin You yelled, "Dizzy!"
The housekeeper who had been lurking in the dark appeared in time and bowed.
"Run after it," she said, "and bring her back."
No matter what, he suffered a severe injury, so he shouldn't grow his hair so quickly.
She wasn't worried about what would happen to Granny Yaga herself. The other party could recover from fatal injuries to ordinary people—even if it was beheaded or disemboweled, but it might take several weeks.
But judging from the speed at which the needle girl regained her long hair, the time in the illustrated book passed faster. In short, even if you are seriously injured, you are not afraid that you will not have time to take care of it.
After thinking about it, Lin You still added something.
"Safety first, come back immediately if something goes wrong."
The description of the butler bell does not seem to specify the usage time. But one thing is for sure, once Mr. Deeds is dead it will be counted as over.
The housekeeper smiled and said yes. He came in response to the call and followed the order of the bell ringer. He didn't look at other people at the moment, and walked straight to the corner where there was no one in a hurry.
From the monitoring point of view, he disappeared directly from where he was.
A series of actions and instructions flowed smoothly, so that the remaining teammates didn't close their jaws that were so shocked that they fell to the ground for a long time.
Even if you don't mention the demonic act of burning hair, sending someone to chase after that old lady who likes human flesh... It can no longer be described as "very courageous".
"Yes, I admit it."
Lin You took a deep breath.
"I'm the one who kidnapped Toshio from Sadako, do you have any objections?"
Teammates: "..."
Yi Shui shook his head.
Dare not dare to have.
"It turns out that there is a real person on the forum..." One of them said in awe, "Boss! Take my bow!"
When I didn't see it with my own eyes, I thought it was a post compiled by some guy to gain a sense of existence, but I didn't realize it was true until I experienced it myself! Although he just burned his hair, the aura of the other party when he did this made him have no doubt that even if Sadako was in front of him, he would go ahead with a stick.
"Farewell, farewell."
Lin You hurriedly waved her hand.
"Just now," she paused, "I thought of where I might find a living person."
Immediately there was another "ah" sound: "Of course, it means NPC."
It doesn't matter if she doesn't add this sentence, they were discussing how to find a former researcher or agent to inquire about the situation.
Teammates looked at her suspiciously. After such a toss just now, they knew who might be the most reliable person at the moment, so they didn't dare to speak casually, so they waited for her to continue talking.
"I was down here before," Lin You said, "I met SCP-682."
The man with glasses was the first to break the silence.
"What did you say?!" He opened his eyes wide, "682?!"
"Then how do you—"
He looked back and forth at Lin You, checking whether she had any missing arms or legs, "Why—"
Lin You could completely imagine what he wanted to say but couldn't say, it was nothing more than how you could come back alive.
How much the Immortal Lizard hates humans, as long as you understand it a little bit, it is very clear. Cannibalism is common, so it won't let people walk away from it completely.
"Oh," Lin You said lightly, "I asked 096 and 173 to beat him down."
Man with glasses: "…………………"
After being too shocked, he became numb, and he looked at the other party almost numbly.
…sorry.
After a while, he finally remembered to help his glasses that had almost slipped off the bridge of his nose.
"1, 173 and 096?" he asked with trembling voice.
I dare not look at that picture even thinking about it... No, I still have to watch it... Wait, should I watch it? !
"That's right, but that's not the point." Lin You waved his hand, "Anyway, it's already lying there."
"The problem is that when I saw it break through the ceiling, it brought down half a human leg, indicating that a massacre was carried out there... However, there may not be any survivors."
The air was quiet for a moment.
No one is stupid to be included in this book. Everyone present understands that if what she said is true, this will be their closest chance to the truth.
"Is it upstairs?" The teammates scratched their heads.
"In that case..." he hesitated, "I might know a way."
However, the safety of this road is open to question.
"Honestly."
Another teammate said quietly: "What if the elevator loses power half way through..."
"...Isn't it possible?" The square-faced boy who proposed scratched his head, "That's how I sat down."
"Try it."
Lin You didn't care much, and walked in first, "The big deal is to climb the elevator shaft. Now this is the fastest way. I guess you don't want to run into other SCPs."
This was correct, and the teammate who suggested that the elevator might lose power also walked in angrily.
From which floor did SCP-682 fall
Lin You tried to recall the scene at that time, and suddenly had a flash of inspiration.
-bright.
There was light coming through the opening of the hole, otherwise she would not have been able to see clearly that it was a human leg that fell together from such a distance. Although the rubble is layered and hard to distinguish, it feels more like sunlight.
It might be the top floor that was destroyed. Another point is that if there are employees who haven't had time to evacuate, they will definitely be there waiting for rescue.
Without much hesitation, she directly pressed the button leading to the top floor.
Strictly speaking, the elevator took only two minutes to go up. But no matter how short the time is in a closed space, it seems extremely long. The second the elevator door opened, they rushed out immediately, but—
"It's over."
Someone murmured behind him.
"We're late."
Someone hastily pulled Lin You, and she herself reacted quickly enough to find a nearby ruin as a cover to hide behind.
In a sense, she was right.
The elevator is not far from where SCP-682 fell. They went straight up and down to the top floor, only to find that it had been smashed everywhere, and there was a big hole in the ground. But as teammates said, they were one step too late.
The last researcher in a tattered white coat was climbing the ladder lowered by the helicopter, half of his body was soaked in blood. He didn't have the strength to climb any further, so he could only wait for the ladder to be pulled up little by little.
On the other helicopter, the rope ladder was only thrown halfway in the air, and a person jumped straight off.
He barely used a ladder, and he landed as agile as a leopard. That is, the moment he saw the man clearly, Lin You heard the man with the gold-rimmed glasses gasped.
Captain of Mobile Task Force Omega-7, "Pandora's Box".
SCP-076, "Abel".
He is lean and has tattoos all over his arms that show through the cuffs. His black hair was disheveled, and his gray pupils swept everything around him indifferently.
Abel, the second son of Adam and Eve in mythology. While it's not definitively proven how connected he is to the legends, that's what he calls himself after being found and revived from a sarcophagus tens of thousands of years old.
The reason why Omega-7 is called "Pandora's Box" is largely because of Abel's instability.
He can make his own weapons, is madly obsessed with fighting, and is satisfied with killing. He is an out-and-out killing machine.
Just like now, he is like a black panther hunting, leaning forward with a smile on his face, pulling a shadow-like crack out of thin air.
Lin You intuitively sensed something was wrong.
Maybe he heard the man with the eyes gasping, maybe he really smelled something, maybe it was the long-time fighting instinct that made him aware of their breath, or a combination of them - Abel turned The broken wall they hid from.
The hand that reached into the crack drew a pitch-black dagger.
His movements are extremely fast.
It was almost impossible to catch the process with the naked eye, she only felt that Abel was in front of her eyes in a blink of an eye. Coupled with his bloodthirsty smile, the sound of the blade piercing through the air is enough to make anyone terrified.
But just a second before Abel swung the blade down, Lin You caught a glimpse of a figure behind him.
—So she didn't even hide.
The blade wind brushed across his face, and stopped suddenly at the moment when he was about to strike. But not because of Abel's change of heart, but because—
Abel stared fixedly at the hand that gripped his wrist.
"oops."
It only took less than half a second to change his position, and the elusive evil god said in a relaxed tone, "I can't let you do it."
"Otherwise," Nyarlathotep smiled brightly, "how much fun would I miss?"