Lin You has a balance in her heart.
When she first entered the dungeon, there were still fifteen empty card slots in the illustration book.
After the trip to Site 19, there are a total of five Scary Old Man, Occupy Mask, Immortal Lizard, Granny Yaga and SCP-173.
Besides, Ibis also counted the Itchyman and the "Roaring Man" that I met just now, and Lin You kindly helped Abel reserve a seat.
After all, abducting some SCPs is only part of the reason why she came here. Her real and original purpose was to use this place as a transfer station. It would be great if she could hijack a helicopter and fly to the area containing Abel's sarcophagus up.
Adding all these things together, there are still six empty card slots for her to consider.
Lin You took the time to ask Mr. Deeds, and the latter replied bluntly that he couldn't make too complicated things out of thin air—such as an airplane, but as long as he had a ready-made one, he could fly it as she thought. Even if we put this aside, although the housekeeper couldn't be outstanding in a certain field, he took care of quite a few aspects and provided her with a lot of help along the way.
Looking at it this way, it is natural to reserve a slot for the housekeeper, the only question is how to do it.
"I..." Iris hesitated, "What are you going to do?"
She has worked for the Foundation for a long time, and of course recognizes the little silver handbell, knowing that if she rings it, there will be a self-proclaimed British heritage, who will do everything possible to meet the ringer's requirements Butler, but she still didn't understand Lin You's intention of giving it to her.
"It's very simple."
Lin You said.
"When it's almost here, let's split up temporarily," she casually pointed in a direction, "You just need to go to a place I don't know, and hide the housekeeper's bell."
A little bit of understanding appeared on Yuan Wei's face, guessing what the other party might want to do.
"I won't go very far."
"I can watch the photos at the same time, and I'll let you know if they pass," she said with some trepidation.
Lin You nodded, "Then I'll leave it to you."
She saw a special containment cell in the photo Iris took.
Looking through the glass, the containment cell is empty, except for a hole in the wall just big enough for an adult's hand to fit in. The black hole looks very deep, and the specific situation inside cannot be seen clearly, and there are cracks like spider webs all over the edge.
SCP-1162, "A Hole in the Wall".
This abbreviation sounds a bit funny, but there is something different in that cave.
It was originally discovered by a task force agent in a concrete tunnel in China. After being unused for a period of time, it was spontaneously transferred to various parts of the world, and was rumored by local residents as a "magic cave".
As long as you reach in, you can get something that was lost or that you are looking for in your life. The price is that once you touch it, a random item on your body will also disappear at the same time.
What disappears can be anything, and of course there are high and low priorities. After various experiments, it has been proved that it will take the items it holds first.
But the Foundation also experimented with a naked D-Class. When the latter got his driver's license many years ago, his left kidney was also missing, and the examination found that all the blood vessels in that part of the body were neatly severed.
Lin You didn't know if this would work, after all, taking away the butler's bell didn't mean she lost it. But considering that SCP-1162 is not so stable in the experiment records, and she can be counted as looking for the housekeeper bell, she thinks it is worth a try.
There are three possible outcomes, one is that she can't get the housekeeper's bell, the other is that she gets the special item with two usage times left, and the third is the "body" of the housekeeper's bell, which is also what she wants.
In order to make it easier to move, Lin You tied the rope with the skull a little tighter, and the latter was also very understanding and silent. Iris looked at such a skull that popped out of nowhere, but she didn't ask too much, she had seen a lot of weird things in the foundation, so it wasn't bad.
Iris remembered the location where she took each photo, and she carefully led Lin You back to the route she remembers. The two of them tiptoed past three or two patrolling agents more than ten meters away. After Yuanxi confirmed her location for the last time, she leaned over and quietly pointed out the direction to Lin You.
The two parted ways.
Lin You walked through the corridor in the direction Yuan Wei pointed, and the furnishings in front of her became more and more familiar, until she walked a few steps forward, and recognized the door in the photo at a glance.
Without any hesitation, she went straight forward and swiped the ultra-finished card on the display screen.
The sound of the key turning was crisp, and after a "click", Lin You pushed the door open and entered. She closed the door and turned to the black hole in the wall no bigger than a hand.
"Okay, the experiment begins."
She stretched her arms, grabbed the buckle of the fanny pack, and took it off with the strap and card holder attached to it.
"I'm thinking about a very serious question," said the skull who was bent down and placed on the ground by her. "What if one or two of your cards are replaced?"
In fact, even Lin You was thinking about it.
"fine."
The illustrated book was in Schrödinger's state of existence before it was manifested by her, and this hole might not be taken away.
Lin You closed the bag, shook the card between her fingers, "Just use it to change."
She found this Level 3 permission card in the room where she was hiding when the Immortal Lizard was beaten fat by SCP-173 and SCP-096. Originally, Lin You abandoned the card processed by the universal conversion machine—let’s call it a “universal card”—after discovering its magical effect, but he never lost it, and now it just comes in handy.
Lin You got up, she took a deep breath, and put her hand into the hole.
After realizing what she had touched, her other hand was also empty. But before Lin You was secretly happy, she felt that what she touched was also a thin thing.
Lin You: "..."
What is this
She took it out and found that it turned out to be a wet room card, which looked familiar and had "103" marked on it.
She had definitely seen it, but couldn't remember when and where. Lin You stared blankly for a long time, and then suddenly realized "ah".
"That's when." She muttered, "Is that also my fault?"
The first time she entered the team dungeon—the black goat cub, each of the eight people at that time was assigned a room card.
Lin You belt was always on, but he couldn't tell when it disappeared. Now that I saw the water on it, I understood it—80% it fell when I jumped into the lake and was dragged down by the water ghost.
She is not surprised to get something from other dungeons, maybe this hole is connected to a different dimension. Among other things, SCP-096 and the epidemic doctor can still go to Kisaragi Station.
Most importantly - what would she want it for? !
Lin You gritted her teeth, and simply reached in with this card.
This time, what she touched was still a thin piece.
—The third-level card that disappeared.
Lin You: "..."
Skull: "... poof."
It couldn't help it, "Ahahaha" laughed out loud, but it ended up getting a shuddering blow. Lin You withdrew her hand and decided to try again.
... The room card of "103" was taken out.
"Co-authoring this is still against me?" Lin You didn't believe in evil, but no matter how much she tried back and forth, it was those two cards, "I still don't believe it—"
When she reached in again, she was suddenly taken aback by the touch she felt.
Lin You didn't even notice how the card that she was holding disappeared, she just groped for something in the hole suspiciously.
Only the fingers are long, very light, and the texture is like metal—
—Success!
She hurriedly took out this butler bell which was exactly the same as the original one.
Different from the state of the previous special props, at first glance, if it is not missing a bell hammer, it looks like an ordinary hand bell.
She turned the lettering on the inside around.
— "Forever Belongs to Me", the suffix is "SWJ".
The rule of "Box" is that ordinary items cannot be taken out of dungeons, only special props can be taken away.
But once it is triggered as a special item, there will be a limit on the number of times it can be used like before Lin You.
However, for Lin You's profession, since he got the butler's bell in its original state, it's not a problem.
She rang the bell.
A pleasant bell sounded from nowhere.
Their eyes met, and the butler who appeared at the door in response had a look of surprise on his face, but this surprise was quickly replaced by the usual gentle smile.
Lin You: "I guess, you should know what I want to do by doing this?"
"certainly."
The butler bowed humbly.
"It's my pleasure." He laughed.
After the words fell, Lin You saw that he was about to move, so she hurriedly stopped him.
"No, no, don't be in a hurry, I'll just mention it." She hurriedly said, "Do as before, and talk about the rest later."
Both of her skills are on the cooldown CD, and she can't be summoned even if she changes the card at this time, maybe it's only five minutes. It's better to keep it like this for now-you can trust him anyway.
The housekeeper smiled and said yes.
Picking up the backpack on the ground, Lin Youxin said that this was a big deal. She buttoned her bag again and walked outside, but when she followed the agreed direction to meet Yuanxi, before she took a few steps, she was interrupted by a voice from the opposite door.
"Who's out there?"
... ? !
Lin You stopped and looked at the door again.
She walked in a hurry, not to mention that there were no numbers on the door, so she really didn't bother to check these containment rooms one by one.
"Is anyone out there?"
Perhaps because there was no response, the other party's voice was a little more uncertain. The voice is very young, it sounds like a little girl.
Since it's a little girl—
Her heart skipped a beat.
The children taken in by the foundation are naturally not ordinary people, and if it is a little girl, the few she knows are more fuel-efficient lamps than the other.
There is the easiest way to check.
"Don't rush to ask who I am," Lin You said, "Have you seen SCP-682?"
"SCP... 682?"
The small voice hesitated: "Is it the big one that doesn't move, the one that looks like a lizard..."
Lin Youxin said that in the few times she met, SCP-682 was alive and kicking. But from the other party's description, she had already guessed the identity of the little girl, and gave a soft "um".
"Then I've seen it!" The little girl was very happy, "It played with me for a long time, and even drew with me!"
… This is hardly the same SCP-682 she knew.
Lin You was already determined.
SCP-053.
Just a three-year-old girl, the most special thing is her passive ability.
Any guy over her age who makes eye contact with her, or touches her, or just hangs around her for a while, gets paranoid and bloodthirsty, and tries to kill her. But if they did hurt her, she would die of a severe heart attack or epilepsy, and SCP-053 would return to normal in an instant, no matter how bad the wound was.
She herself is an optimist and ignores such effects.
SCP-053 was sent to terminate SCP-682. During the entire experiment, the latter remained motionless, allowing SCP-053 to silently endure whatever it did to itself—of course, a little girl didn't go too far, just drawing on its mouth.
These are enough for SCP-053 to unilaterally regard the Immortal Lizard as its best friend, and when the Foundation took it away, it cried sadly for a while. Of course, all this is another matter for the Immortal Lizard, it exploded in anger, and was so angry that it broke through the containment again.
"I know the lizard."
Lin You said, "I can take you to play with it."
SCP-053 obviously became excited, and asked hesitantly: "Really?!"
"certainly."
"I'm very familiar with it," Lin You said without blinking. "I've met several times, and I've always been impressed with each other. As long as there is a chance, I would like to get back all the old places."
Butler: "..."
Skull: "..."
It's the first time I've seen someone who can talk about vendetta so freshly and refinedly.