Ji Thrush and the others immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
SCP624, an item recorded in the SCP Item File at Site-7, is named "The Canned Man Family".
They are a group of humanoid creatures with an adult height of only fifteen to sixteen centimeters. Their appearance is almost exactly the same as that of humans. The only difference is that the proportion of their palms and soles is obviously about twice as long as that of humans. Jumping is also more flexible.
In addition, the average IQ of this group of little guys is about 100. They use Xia Guo language with a little dialect accent every day, can read and write Xia Guo characters, and their living and eating habits are almost the same as the local residents. Lively and cheerful, humorous in conversation, except for the small size, it is completely an ordinary human family.
These canned figurines were discovered by the SCP Foundation about five years ago from an underground auction of private treasures.
At that time, there were only five of these villains, they belonged to the same family, and they lived together in a can of luncheon meat.
After being contained by the SCP Foundation, these little things claimed that their ancestors were aliens from space. They could not return due to a spaceship crash and had been wandering on the earth for thousands of years.
After a long time, their ethnic group scattered all over the world and became the legendary "elves", "goblins" or "dwarves", and their family lived in the Xia Kingdom for a long time, and they were secretly influenced by the dignitaries of various dynasties. Only through the continuous feeding and protection can they reproduce until now.
Strictly speaking, the "canned man" should be one of the most cooperative humanoid SCP creatures the Foundation has ever contained.
The five canned people have long been accustomed to the dead house life where they open their mouths and stretch out their hands, so they happily let the agents of the Foundation carry their "house" - the canned luncheon meat, and moved to Site 7 to provide them with In their containment room, they lived happily every day in the toy city built for them by the foundation, and even gave birth to the sixth and seventh new members of the family last year, a pair of twin babies.
It’s just that these canned people never imagined that the happy and carefree days would come to an abrupt end when the Queen Bee’s containment breach occurred.
"—Wow, ah, we were really scared to death!"
The little canned man numbered SCP624-3 is the "father" of the family. At this time, he is sitting in the palm of Ji Thrush, crying and crying about what happened to them in the past few days:
"We heard the sirens at the time, and knew that there must be a major accident at the site, but no one came to open the door for us, and we couldn't get out! We really couldn't get out!! And not long after, the water and electricity were cut off. Our food We will finish eating soon, if no one comes, our whole family will starve to death here!!"
"Wait a minute."
Ji Thrush pinned down the dancing little man with a finger, "You have been here for four and a half days, and the Queen Bee's light has been shining for several rounds, right?"
He stared at SCP624-3 suspiciously, "So, how did you escape?"
The expression on the villain's face froze for a second, and his eyes wandered to the side, "Just... just hide in the room..."
Ji Thrush curled his fingers, and flicked him somersault neatly, "Don't lie, as long as it is within the light wave coverage of SCP104, no matter it is cement, steel, wood or any other medium, it cannot be blocked, otherwise the outside will Not so many people will die."
As he spoke, he made a gesture to leave the villain behind, "If you don't tell the truth, we'll leave your family here and let you fend for yourself."
"Don't, don't, don't! Brother, don't!!"
The villain faltered for a second, hugged his thumb tightly in the posture of lying on the palm of Ji Thrush, and shouted repeatedly:
"I said! I said! But you have to promise me, you must take us out safely!"
"uh-huh."
Ji Xiaoniao responded noncommittally.
Of course, he couldn't let the villain know that their mission was to contain the SCP items, so no matter whether the villain was willing to cover the bottom line, he would definitely take them away.
"... Please come with me."
The villain softened his attitude, grabbed Ji Thrush's finger, and signaled everyone to follow his instructions to move in the model city.
Under the guidance of SCP624-3, Ji Xiaoniao and others came to the east corner of the room and lifted the roof of a concert hall.
Then Ji Thrush and the others saw an oval can of luncheon meat, with the lid made of aluminum foil upturned, and four little people stood in a row inside the can, all with their heads up, looking at them with wide-eyed eyes, carefully At a glance, one of the female figurines was holding two swaddling babies not much bigger than peanuts in her arms.
"This, this is our family."
SCP624-3 said: "Our secret is in the can, please take the can with you."
Ji Thrush picked up the entire empty can with his free hand, studied it carefully, and found that the inner wall was clean and smooth, and there was nothing suspicious about it except for the little man in the can, so he asked:
"So, what's so special about this can?"
At this time, the woman holding the child in the can spoke softly, "You put the lid on the can, leaving only a gap, and then take a look..."
Ji Thrush put SCP624-3 back into the can, then followed the woman's instructions, closed the aluminum foil lid, leaving only a gap, lit the flashlight, and squinted to take a look inside.
Then he saw that the bottom of the can had turned into a bottomless cave, and the little man in the can was standing at the entrance of the cave, staring at him eagerly.
Ji Xiaoniao: "!!"
He handed the can to Ren Jianmo, and the other four passed it on to read it.
"That's right, that's it..."
After reopening the lid of the can, SCP624-3 explained dejectedly:
"Our ancestors passed down a treasure to us, which can build a 'tunnel' between an airtight container and another airtight space, so that the two places can be connected to each other... Of course, the method used is only known to us, and it is also possible Can't teach you..."
He glanced timidly at the tall, tall humans, and murmured in a low voice, "Even the SCP Foundation doesn't know this secret... This time we've got all the tricks."
Ji Thrush finally understood.
No wonder the energy meter responds to these canned villains. In fact, what it senses is not these fragile little things, but the space-type treasures they store in the empty cans.
And because the cave connected to the inside of the can is strictly speaking not part of this space, the light waves emitted by the queen bee cannot affect the interior of the cave—presumably this family escaped being copied by the light waves to create newborn individuals by hiding in the cave The fate of the two has been stuck until Ji Thrush and others find them.
"alright."
Ji Thrush took out a piece of compressed biscuit from the pocket hidden under the cloth robe, broke off two pieces the size of a fingernail, handed it to the little men in the can, and then ordered:
"Go back to the cave and hide, and come out in five hours."
The canned man and his family nodded quickly, expressing that they would be obedient and would never come out of another space within five hours.
Ji Thrush thought for a while, and added:
"We will not report the secret of your canned food to the foundation, but how to explain to the foundation what you have experienced in the past few days is up to you."
After speaking, he covered the can and handed it to Ren Jianmo.
Ren Jianmo put the can in his "one cubic meter of freedom".
According to the characteristics of this collection, "One Cubic Meter of Freedom" can only accommodate inanimate objects, and it was originally unable to accommodate seven canned figurines.
But the little guys’ can house itself is a space-type SCP item. After they hide in a cave in another space through the “tunnel”, the can is essentially just an empty aluminum alloy container. Belonging to "inanimate objects", naturally it will not violate the use principle of "freedom of one cubic meter".
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After taking away the "canned villain family", Ji Thrush and the others left the room, preparing to go to their original destination.
They didn't expect to contain any biological SCP items, but they accidentally found the canned villain family, and took them away in their pockets without any effort.
This development was really smooth beyond everyone's expectations—now, as long as they obtained the Dionysus's Lamp and the Dragon-Binding Cable according to the original plan, they could complete the task assigned to them by "Peach Blossom Spring".
When they were looking for the stairs, they encountered three men in white robes. One of them had a pair of giant dragonfly-like compound eyes on her face, and she should be SCP523 Dragonfly Woman, who had been presumed to be permanently neutralized.
Ji Thrush and others mercilessly killed the three newborn individuals, and found the stairs on the east wing of the Bate Containment Center not long after.
However, at this time, Ji Thrush made a new discovery.
"wait."
He pointed to the pocket watch in his hand, "The energy meter has responded again."
With the previous experience of the canned villain, everyone stopped immediately after hearing the words.
Ji Thrush fiddled with the pocket watch, turned around in all directions, then raised his hand, and pointed to a corridor directly opposite the corridor, "The energy comes from that direction."
Fan Luming came over, "What kind of energy is this time?"
"It's 'power'."
Ji Thrush said: "Only this pointer moved."
In fact, because this is the nest of the queen bee, the two rings of "power" and "control" on the pocket watch often keep turning because of their position changes, and the quarter thrush also has to adjust the pointer every three to five times. Go back to the zero mark so they don't deflect too much.
But this time, Ji Xiaoniao was sure that only the red garnet pointer representing "power" moved.
"The pointer has deflected by more than 30 degrees. It seems that the energy is not small."
"Okay, let's go and have a look."
The sister of the Fan family said: "The people on this floor are all less dangerous humanoid creatures, so they won't be more troublesome than other things."
Others agreed.
A few people walked along the corridor for about 20 meters, and soon found the target—
On one of the doors on the right side of the corridor, a circular light spot suddenly appeared, and the light spot kept shaking, as if deliberately attracting their attention and trying to lead them over.