Chapter 195: Truth about SCP-3125

Chapter 195: Truth about SCP-3125

After injecting an extra-large dose of Z Class memory enhancer, his life had only a few minutes. He slowly opened his eyes and found that the whole world had become different.

Various Antimemetic anomalies were flying in the air. Many things he could not see before were presented before his eyes, and everything he had experienced appeared clearly in his mind. Zhang Jue and Yang Xue looked at him.

"Supervisor Gray, are you okay?" Yang Xue asked.

Gray hummed. "I'm fine now. Advisor Zhang, Dr. Yang. I remembered everything, what do you want to know? Ask quickly."

There was no need to ask. Zhang Jue laughed.

"Brother, since you've recovered your memory. Can you tell me what the item that jeopardized this site was?"

"It's SCP-3125, which has once again launched an attack on humanity," Gray said.

Surely that was the case. After hearing Gray's words, Zhang Jue's heart thudded. Originally, he was still skeptical about that video, but now it seemed that it was actually true. SCP-3125, the anomaly that had wiped out the Antimemetics Division, was back. Zhang Jue took a step without a trace and stepped in between Yang Xue and Gray.

"If it's really SCP-3125, then the moment you recovered your memory. You, including us, should all be affected by it."

Yang Xue didn't know what SCP-3125 was, she didn't even know the Foundation had that number, but she saw Zhang Jue's actions in her eyes. It must have been very tricky to get the always dodgy Zhang Jue to show such an expression.

Gray sighed, "According to Mr. Yang Wensong, SCP-3125 did not really die after the neutralization of the two doctors, Adam Wheeler and Hughes. It fell into a weak state, and it has been trying to resume its threat to humanity for so many years. Now, it has almost succeeded. This time SCP-3125 is different from any previous attacks. It no longer just wipes out those who know about it. Once infected by it, it will tamper with the memories of the infected and change their memories, and all the infected will become its followers."

This thing seems to have really evolved. After hearing Gray's words, Zhang Jue narrowed his eyes. According to the information he had read, SCP-3125 was a violent meme, and it had no entity. Updated from novelb(i)n.c(o)m

That's why the last Head of the Antimemetics Division was able to say something like, "Ideas can be killed with better ideas."

However, after that event, SCP-3125 seems to have learned its lesson. It is not so "violent". It has become "gentle" and even become the "prophet" to infected people. In a way, if it is allowed to continue to develop and expand, it will probably develop into a cult.

When it has enough followers, it will be difficult to defeat it. Another key question came to Zhang Jue's mind, "How does it spread its influence?"

"Identification." Gray said, "The way it is now, it needs you to identify with a part of its philosophy, and then it will board in the host's body and change that person's memory until they have all identified with it."

Although the process is more lengthy, this level of contagion is less likely to draw attention to itself than the previous violent form. Most likely, they were already infected but didn't know it yet.

Zhang Jue continued to ask, "Where did Yang Wensong go, and why is his coffin empty?"

"I don't know." Gray shook his head, "He left two keys with me and then disappeared, and I don't know where he went."

The keys were actually left to Gray by Yang Wensong. Hearing this news, Zhang Jue couldn't help but frown. Yang Wensong was meticulous and prioritized something more than anything. This was his habit of doing things.

Yang Wenbai and Yang Xue were the best examples of this. He left the key to Gray because he knew that someone else would come here years later and need these memory enhancers.

"Oh, he also said something to me." Gray said, "He told me to tell Dr. Yang Xue to forget it and remember it even more if she wanted to defeat 'it'."

To defeat 'it', you have to forget it and remember it even more.

Yang Xue faintly stared. Knowing that this is an important clue left by his father, it should be for SCP-3125. Decades ago, the last Head of the Antimemetics Division defeated it with a better idea, and this time it made a powerful comeback. Standing on the shoulders of its predecessors, the Antimemetics Division was already destroyed.

This message left by Yang Wensong is undoubtedly crucial. It could be said that it was a conclusion that several hundred staff members of the Antimemetics Division had thought about it while they were alive.

"Why did he choose me?"

In a trance, Gray went back to the past again. It was a week before they were to see the true form of SCP-3125. Yang Wensong called him to the roof of the building. Looking at the sand dunes in the distance and at the stars in the sky, the two had a conversation.

"You are...."

"I'm here to help. You should have seen me. As for my identity, it doesn't matter. Gray, do you know about the 'Femu' Cult?"

"No."

"That is an old cult. I read about it in an ancient book. They believe in killing. This cult was taught some killing techniques from the time they were a child until they reached adulthood. They grew quickly, from weak to strong in a short amount of time, and they took over a large part of Europe. You know how they finally died out?"

Gray thought very carefully but still could not get the answer.

"I... don't know."

"It's really simple, to defeat them, just join them. Other cults learn their practices by training the children how to killerasing their own advantage. I suddenly remembered a word. On our side, it is called internal roll."

Gray questioned, "But then, wouldn't all cults be the same as them? What's the point of defeating them?"

"Of course, there's a reason for it." Yang Wensong said, "Because in the end, people are not the same, a teenager will always be a teenager. Even if he has a compelling force, he will not become an evil dragon. An evil dragon is an evil dragon. Even if it's weak, it is still an evil dragon."

Gray thought for a long time but still did not figure out the reasoning. He looked at Yang Wensong. This Asian man was not very old, but his eyes were full of wisdom. For a moment, Gray didn't know how to reply.

"Gray, I can see that you are a gentleman at heart. At least more suitable for that matter than I. I hope I made the right choice. Good luck to us and you."

...

Gray repeated the conversation line by line. After saying the last sentence, he was in limbo. It seemed to have completely detached from reality. Immersed in his memories. There was Director Healey, his colleagues, his adopted daughter, and everything he had.

"Supervisor Gray?" Yang Xue tried to call out.

At this moment, Gray was bleeding from his eyes. No longer able to respond to their questions. His body swayed, and he slowly fell backward. Zhang Jue held him up.

"Advisor Zhang, Dr. Yang Xue." Gray opened his eyes confusedly, and with his last ounce of strength, he said, "I think I saw it. It's in our... reach...."

These were the last words of Supervisor Gray before he lived. After saying that, he closed his eyes completely. This original Supervisor of Site-237 died just like that. Yang Xue closed his eyes. Zhang Jue sighed.

The two brought him back to the surface, dug a pit in the sand dunes directly in front of Site-237, and buried him. Gray's abilities were not considered top-notch, but he had made outstanding contributions to the Foundation, Antimemetics Division, and to all of humanity.

Before Zhang Jue and Yang Xue arrived, he had lost almost all of his memory under the influence of numerous Antimemetic anomalies, and his only reason for staying here was his sense of duty. The Foundation was never short of such people, and the Antimemetics Division was the living proof of it.

After he'd been injected with a Z Class memory enhancer, the information he'd brought to them was crucial. Zhang Jue had put almost all the pieces of the puzzle together.

SCP-3125 is back and in such a covert way that it sent shivers down the spine. It implanted ideas into people's brains that would normally be undetectable. This should be the truth that Director Healey committed suicide. They waged their last battle with SCP-3125 but failed.

The consequences would be unimaginable if they didn't commit suicide and let SCP-3125 succeed in invading human society from this isolated site. Therefore, Director Hurley and more than four hundred researchers resolutely chose to die heroically.

How strange, they all chose to sacrifice themselves. But not Yang Wensong.