Chapter 208: The World Is a Strange Circle
Guan Li looked at the English name: "It was really written." ”
That's the name of the project...... How can there be a sarcastic temperament, and the systematic translation should be fine, right?
Glancing at the only two items, he clicked on the file above, and the new interface immediately unfolded.
What is "public knowledge"?
The generic definition is "public intellectuals", which is often used online to refer to certain groups of people.
In most common contexts, "public knowledge" is synonymous with "SB".
But in this dossier, it may be literal: public perception, the dominant perception of something by the human community.
The first thing that caught the Foundation's attention was the so-called "Historical China", an ancient and mysterious country that was even known as the "Land of Gold".
The world often regards Marco Polo's words as his exaggeration and conjecture, but what if it is true?
"It used to be true, and in an era when everybody believed in that book, China was what the book looked like. ”
- SCP-TW-001 - Known
When people suspect that there is a source civilization in the East, ancient China was born there, when people think that there should be a prosperous country on this land, and the rise and fall of thousands of years are manifested in time, and when people believe that the world pattern will change, the dragon of the East will rise miraculously.
This is a country that has taken on a counterpart image as human cognition has changed, a country that has never really existed.
The Foundation judged so.
"Yes, we have to tell you that 'China' is a lie. But so what? Our whole world is nothing more than a bigger lie, a 'normal world' that the Foundation has concocted.
Deceiving oneself is the greatest asset of human beings to survive in this crazy reality, and deceiving the world is their greatest attempt to rebel against fate.
So far, it seems that the results are good.
At least humanity hasn't played a desperate GG yet.
"It's another damn chair, and we didn't realize it existed until today! A formed state can't be turned back into a chair, at least don't let it become something more dangerous - I mean, control the 'XX threat theory' that is spreading all the rage in the Western world, unless you really want to face ■■■■■■. ”
Like SCP-2950-a chair: "What most people think SCP-2950 is, it becomes." ”
The incident occurred after an accidental containment breach.
In that catastrophe, which has been reversed, humanity has briefly lost its sense of "state".
They also lost their impression of "China".
And "China" did not disappear with the disappearance of cognition.
It starts flashing.
"I don't know how to describe it to you...... This community of people living in East Asia, no, this civilization, is constantly changing its form, and all of them are flickering. ”
Different versions of "China" under various definitions have appeared here one after another.
Poor or rich, mild or brutal, scientific or fantastical.
Each version lasts for anywhere from one day to three days, and then instantly transforms into the next, along with the perception of the country by almost everyone, including themselves, with only a fraction of the anomalous community spared.
At this point, the full picture of "SCP-TW-001-Known" has finally been revealed, and the final iteration of the document describes such an unstable state.
"It's not that we define it, never has been. It just borrowed our cognition and found the form that best fits the public perception - maybe from a parallel universe or something, who knows - we believe that there is such a country, so it came here, it's as simple as that. ”
- Addendum TW-001-355
"Tear down that wall, let people inside and outside communicate, and strengthen the world's perception of it. It will always be the way we want it to be. ”
"A stable, peaceful, and strong China that can assume the responsibility of leading mankind. ”
——O5-7
Guan Li was silent and saw the end, and a thought became clearer and clearer: "What do I think...... This article is just a way to praise our country?"
Especially in the last paragraph, the author's intentions are simply exposed.
"Maybe it's because he found out that the administrator is Chinese and wants to curry favor with you so that he can pass the trial." The system said.
What Esther could see, it didn't make sense that no one else could see.
In addition, "I am in all things" and "Endless" are both domestic works, and several times have proved that "the foundation administrator is a Chinese" has long been a well-known fact.
There are not one or two people like the future who try to go through the back door, but unfortunately they are facing the system, and all those troubled flattery are thrown to the blind to see.
The systematic review of articles only looks at the quality, and if it can pass, it will be released, and if it can't, it will be rolled, and the ruthlessness of the Foundation will be carried out to the end.
Well, only cold and ruthless to the outside.
Internally...... The system asked Guan Li expectantly after reading: "How is it? It should meet the standards of the 001 file, right?"
"It's ok. Guan Li dragged the mouse and pulled the page up and down, focusing on a few project descriptions, "The idea is not too novel, but the angle of entry is not bad, and the clinical cavity is a little less...... This isn't a big deal, but it's barely qualified. ”
Guan Li also knows that it is indeed a bit difficult to demand the future by the standards of legendary documents.
After all, this is only his first work, and it is also the first work of the TW series 001 file, and there is still a lot of room for improvement.
Keep up the good work, the future can be expected.
Guan Li posted these eight words to the comments under the page, exited the "public knowledge" file, and opened the next "Tide of Reason".
"Object Class: Archon"
At the beginning, Guan Li was pleasantly surprised.
Many people who don't have an in-depth understanding of the SCP Foundation assume that there are only three object classes.
Far more than that, actually.
The Foundation refers to all but the three general levels as "classified classes".
They have been created in key archives, some of which have only been used once or twice.
Asking a person how many levels of secrecy they know is an easy way to determine the depth of their SCP reading.
Taumiel and Neutralized are common, and Apollyon is not unpopular within the SCP community.
And Archon is the one that is extremely rare.
Archon, meaning archon, is used to refer to anomalies that are theoretically contained, but cannot be contained.
To put it simply-
Apollyon is too powerful to contain, Thaumiel is contained but can be used to save the world or contain other anomalies, Archon is uncontained, and if you do contain it, the world will be destroyed.
"The Tide of Reason" is one such Archon.
Its anomalous effects, its very existence, allow the world to continue.
"This project is actually ......" the system seemed to want to say something, paused and then gave up, "Forget it, you can see it when you read it." ”
Unlike "public knowledge", which directly defines an anomaly as a country, "Tide of Reason" describes this anomaly as human thinking, communication, and summarization.
No, it should be said the other way around.
It considers all human beings to acquire knowledge as an anomaly.
Reason is born out of the evil of chaos, and science sprouts from the flash of thought.
And then they become all the weapons we use against the outside world.
And this in itself is an "anomaly".
For human beings, reason is a mythical miracle, and for the world, reason is only an undeserved aberration.
The extremely conceptual description, as well as the large expanses of hazy sentences, make it difficult for the reader to understand the logic.
But Guan Li easily understood.
At the same time, he realized what the system was trying to say.
This project ...... Very Cthulhu.
Its format and terminology are SCP-like, with only the core setting being extremely similar to Cthulhu.
A similar cold universe, a similar gray history, the only difference is the tone of the narrative between the two.
That's the biggest difference between Cthulhu and SCP.
- The former is "Although humans have been struggling, they are useless." ”
- The latter is "Although there is no use for eggs, humans have been struggling." ”
Just the order of the words is reversed, but the emotional color is completely opposite.
The same is true of this "Tide of Reason", which is an anti-Cthulhu work based on a quasi-gram setting, which is particularly golden.
really responded to the things that Guan Li had fooled Wen Shen before.
Is this a coincidence or fate?
Everyone else writes new weirdos from Cthulhu, and it goes from new weirdos to Cthulhu.
Or at the moment when the "Cthulhu Orthodox Works" are about to appear.
"Shi Yin...... "Anyway, Guan Li remembered the author's name, "I remember that there is an archive in the main series that is also called 'Shi Yin'?"
The system retrieved the data and concluded: "Yes, SCP-3200-Time, a space-time unstable region with a diameter of 300 million light-years and expanding every year. ”
"The Chinese name seems to be the author of the country. After exiting the file interface, Guan Li also noticed this.
Although the entire site is equipped with an instant translation mechanism, at least in terms of usernames, they are able to retain the original language.
A name written in Chinese means that there is a high probability that there is a Chinese behind it.
Of course, this doesn't affect anything.
So Guan Li only paid attention to it for a moment, then forgot about it and began to look through the other documents in the TW series.
From the perspective of his fifth series, the new Foundation authors are the most influenced by the first series of the main site, and most of the archives have a distinctly "early foundation" style.
That is, the structure is simple, the format is rigorous, and the main thing is to win by the creativity of abnormal settings.
There are also some studies of the CN series next door, and they have played tricks in hypertext.
The overall quality is still uneven, there are many that can pass, and there are many that are more outstanding.
Guan Li looked all the way down the number, and Shengsheng saw the pleasure of drawing cards in mobile games: before opening the file, no one knew if it was a masterpiece or not.
It's not unlike what you feel when you're flipping through the main Foundation set.
Guan Li expressed great satisfaction with the review of the system, and praised it sincerely, and then planned to cross the river and tear down the bridge, "The time is almost up, and the current SCP community should be able to screen itself." ”
"So open editing permissions?" The system is ready to generate an announcement in the background.
"Open, and online with the scoring mechanism. "There's also the setting center for the TW series...... By the way, let's open it and give them a little more motivation to write. ”
System: "Announcement has been posted. ”