That was indeed a rabbit.
The body is not big, the hair is very long, there is no variegated hair on the whole body, it is as white as a snowball, because of tension, the whole body is rolled into a perfect circle, and even the head and tail are no bigger than Mr. Dagen's fist how much.
The old man fiddled with the tip of the rabbit's ears with his fingers, "Come, say hello to everyone."
The rabbit's long ears that were close to its back moved a little, then raised its head tremblingly, and stared at the strangers in front of it with two black bean-like eyes.
Then, Ji Thrush and the others heard a sharp, thin, childlike voice, "Hi, hello..."
Ji Xiaoniao: "!!"
Yes, he remembered.
In the SCP file at Site 7, there is indeed mention of this Snowflake Rabbit, numbered SCP826.
From the outside, this rabbit looks like an ordinary long-haired dwarf rabbit. The only difference is that it is rumored to be a genetically engineered product of a certain institution. —Usually after being frightened, it will blow up its hair to form an energy shield that can cover its whole body.
According to the experimental data, Snowflake Rabbit's energy shield does not last long, only about three to five seconds, and after the shield disappears, it is difficult for it to generate a new one in a short time.
In addition, although the energy shield produced by Snowflake Rabbit is very powerful, it is not absolutely invincible. When the force applied to it exceeds 900 Newtons, it can be broken.
Now that I think about it, this frail little rabbit obviously survived to this day relying on its short-term self-protection shield and the protection of the old man.
After the little rabbit finished asking, he quickly retracted his head, buried his furry face in his two front paws, and only secretly stared at Ji Thrush and the others carefully and vigilantly with a pair of dark peas.
"Don't be afraid, they won't hurt us."
The old man stroked the soft and fluffy fur of the rabbit, and comforted him softly.
The five Ji Thrushes exchanged glances in silence again.
To be honest, they never expected that there would be such a buy one get one free deal.
If they follow the task given to them by "Peach Blossom Spring" - "Return to Site 7 and successfully contain SCP items", then now only the five Ji Thrush and the old man and the rabbit leave here, and then return them to the SCP Foundation together with the canned man and his family Yes, even if they have completed the task, they can easily return to the "Peach Blossom Spring".
However, the old man made it clear that neither he nor the rabbit wanted to return to the SCP Foundation, and in exchange, he would provide a way to make them stronger...
Ji Thrush frowned, lost in thought.
"I know, you must be hesitating."
The old man didn't embarrass them for too long, but smiled and threw out his bargaining chip very simply, "But please believe me, the information I will tell you next will definitely not disappoint you."
Ji Thrush pursed his lips, but did not answer immediately.
Although he is the captain of the team, Ji Xiaoniao will never make any hasty promises in the face of such decisions concerning the advancement and retreat of the team.
According to Ji Thrush's own thinking, since there is still time, he really wants to listen to the old man's words, and then abide by the promise of equal exchange and let him and Snowflake Rabbit go.
But there are five people in the team, if he asks his companion to accompany him on an adventure, he must obtain the consent of the other people.
Ji Xiaoniao smiled at the old man apologetically, "I'm sorry, can we discuss it a little bit?"
The old man nodded, picked up the rabbit, and walked slowly to the corner to make room for them to talk.
Ji Thrush looked at the four companions: "What do you think?"
"I do not mind."
Mo Tiangen naturally knew Ji Thrush's character, so he shrugged:
"Anyway, our original goal is not the self-healer and the snowflake rabbit. If we can get the other two, it doesn't matter if we let them go, right?"
He paused, and then said: "And, if there is a chance to become stronger, I don't want to miss it."
Ji Thrush turned around and asked the Fan family siblings: "What do you think?"
Fan Hemian and Fan Luming exchanged glances.
To be honest, the Fan family siblings actually tended not to care about the conditions of the old man, and directly handed him and the rabbit over to the foundation.
After all, this is a "world" with A-level difficulty. It is rare that this time the progress is so smooth. The siblings are really afraid that there will be more troubles caused by long nights and dreams.
But at the same time, these two are veterans who have experienced eight more worlds than the three of Ji Thrush, so they naturally know the truth of "wealth and wealth are found in danger"-when the opportunity is in front of you, if you don't even try If you dare to try, then the two brothers and sisters are probably still wandering in the B-level difficulty at this time.
In fact, Fan Hemian hadn't thought about it. After the old man explained the method, he would turn his back on the appointment and forcefully take one person and one rabbit away.
But Sister Fan's family also knew that their team, especially Ji Xiaoniao, couldn't do such a thing of inconsistency.
Now that I think about it, Fan Hemian and Fan Luming were willing to trust him and join their team, wasn't it because the child and his two teammates were trustworthy and reliable people
"alright."
Fan Hemian also nodded, "We also agree."
Ji Xiaoniao finally looked at Ren Damei, his family.
Ren Jianmo didn't say anything, just stretched out his hand and held Ji Thrush's palm, with five fingers embedded in the other's fingers, silently expressing his support.
Ji Thrush's face turned red "shua", then silently tightened his fingers, and interlocked with Ren Jianmo.
Mo Tiangen and the Fan family siblings: "..."
Although Ji Thrush and Ren Jianmo have never kept secrets from them since they established their relationship, the three of them still feel that they have been stuffed with a big mouthful of dog food for no reason. Got some toothache.
"Old man."
After reaching a consensus, Ji Thrush held Ren Jianmo's hand tightly, stood up, and said on behalf of everyone:
"If your information is really useful to us, we will agree to your terms."
The old man smiled, and seemed not at all surprised by the decision of the five.
Holding the Snowflake Rabbit in his arms, he walked back slowly, sat down on the original seat, and began to explain: "Do you know how many of you know about SCP444?"
Fan Luming blinked, and quickly pulled out the number from his memory, "You mean... a special effect alienation device?"
The old man nodded, "Yes, this is it."
He turned to look at the younger brother of the Fan family, "So, how much information do you know about it?"
Fan Luming quickly summed up what he wrote down.
In the SCP file provided to them by Site 9, the SCP444 special effect alienation device is described as a huge machine with a size comparable to a supercomputer.
It only needs to provide some biological materials to the special effect alienation device, and this machine can carry out relatively precise "design" so that a certain creature has other attributes that do not belong to it. For example, it can make a cat grow a mouse tail, Or make a snake bear the four legs of a lizard, etc.
However, the failure rate of "design" using this machine is as high as 80%, and the failed subjects are likely to be left with permanent disabilities, and even have a certain probability of death...
As Fan Luming spoke, his face turned blue, and he couldn't help but look at the old man suspiciously:
"You don't mean to let us use it?"
The old man smiled and nodded.
Everyone was silent for a while.
For a moment, Mo Tiangen felt that the old man was either out of his wits, or he was deliberately trying to torment them.
The introduction on the "Special Effect Alienation Device" in the SCP file is very simple, and because this thing is too large and difficult to carry, the five people have never regarded it as the target of this containment. Regarding its information, Mr. Dagen just browsed it in a hurry After reading it again, I simply remembered the 80% failure rate.
He really wanted to complain, even if some of them were lucky enough to be the lucky 20%, but where did the "biological material" come from, and who would control that machine
The old man gently stroked the little bunny on his knee, and explained peacefully in his hoarse old voice:
"During the five years I was at Site 7, I participated in a total of 482 experiments, 243 of which were conducted with special effects alienation devices, averaging once a week."
He smiled slightly with emotion:
"I'm afraid even the researcher who presides over the experiment doesn't know. I probably have a deeper understanding of that machine than them..."
Afterwards, the old man told Ji Thrush and the others what he knew and heard.
"Please trust me."
He solemnly pledged:
"I will make you stronger."
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Meanwhile, the Poseidon team is in crisis.
They are at the Alpha Containment Center and encounter SCP327, Pegasus.
This celestial horse was exactly the one that Ji Thrush and Fan Luming had encountered before.
However, it is a new body of Pegasus, and has already killed its own body.
However, unlike the humanoid newborn body copied from humans, Tianma itself has a sense of smell far superior to that of humans, and even its clone can distinguish the difference between a humanoid newborn individual and a living person through smell.
Although the five members of the Poseidon team sneaked into Site 7, they also changed into white robes as a disguise just like Ji Thrush and the others.
But they were able to hide from the human newborn body, but they couldn't hide it from the Pegasus. Almost the next second they met, the monster with huge lethality had recognized them, raised its head and hissed, and moved towards the five invading horses. Those who jumped over.
The captain of the Poseidon team, a bearded man codenamed "Sea Eagle", was a veteran before entering the "Peach Blossom Spring". His ability is to make some bones grow rapidly and turn them into weapons.
The moment Tianma rushed over, the sea eagle had rapidly expanded the distal joints of its metacarpal bones, piercing the skin and turning into four sharp bone spurs.
Ji Xiaoniao once described the self-healing man as an old version of Wolverine. In fact, if he saw the current shape of the sea eagle, he would feel that the bone spur he conjured up was more like an uncle wolf.
Hai Ying took the lead, clenched his fist, turned the bone spur to the outside, and swung towards Tianma's calf.