"The eternal city of Alexandria, the library of all history, the key to the fate of the world is in those shelves, and man cannot afford to use it. After reading 4001, the system lamented, "So the Foundation still has to enforce their usual principles in this great library." ”

Control the impulse to rewrite one's own destiny, contain the information and existence of the library, and protect the civilization that has survived to the present day and all that has spawned it.

Guan Li described it as a "deep and moving epic".

4001 is rich in a classical quiet beauty, picturesque.

So he affirmed his taste in the system's expectant eyes, "4001's entry point to 'history' is exquisite, but from an emotional point of view, I prefer 4100." ”

"......" the system was silent for a moment, "Well, that's great, too." ”

"That's great!" corrected Guan Li.

SCP-4100-Imperfect Future, like 4000 "Forbidden Lands", has the theme of "fictional history" rather than real history in the Foundation's worldview.

The two articles were written with very different results.

4100 looks into the distant future, an organization called the Stellar Congressional Protectorate.

The entire dossier is written from the organization's point of view.

And the 4100 ontology is the earth we are most familiar with.

"SCP--4100 has an ecosphere capable of sustaining carbon-based, oxygen-respirating life forms, but only a few terrestrial land-based non-aquatic life forms are capable of sustaining non-aquatic life forms, with a terrestrial-to-water ratio of approximately 10:90. ”

According to the Protectorate's records, 4100 was once the home planet of Homo sapiens.

Yes, only once, because it is now unfit for permanent habitation.

The Protectorate excavated the existence of "SCPs" from historical sources of Homo sapiens, and concluded that the classification of "SCP" objects as "anomalous" was due to a lack of scientific, cultural, or historical understanding of Homo sapiens.

They refer to the organization that organizes and classifies "SCP" entities as the "Three Arrows".

- because its prominent symbol is three arrows pointing inward.

And this symbol is exactly what readers know, the logo of the Foundation.

On the "Three Arrows" satellite in orbit 4100, the Protectorate found documents in the form of pictograms, presumably to facilitate the understanding of subsequent civilizations in the context of language barriers.

Pictograms use extremely simple images and colors to convey information, such as green for safety and affirmation, red for danger and negation, etc.

The Protectorate learned about the "SCP" objects, as well as the history and mission of the "Three Arrows".

The reader can also get a glimpse of the world of that era from these analytical statements.

The "SCP-173-Statue" is believed to resemble a Koshi drone briefly used by the shady rebels of Betelgeuse Seven Galaxy, and it is speculated that Object 173 is the predecessor of such an object.

The "SCP-914-Universal Converter" was positioned and believed to be part of the GEAR device, which at that time was used in most Challenger-class spacecraft.

The symbol on the "SCP-882-A Machine" pictogram is one of Mekhanion's religious symbols, and it is possible that this item is currently in church possession.

- Mekhanion is an intelligent mechanical life that inhabits the sixth planet of the solar system, namely Saturn.

On the pictogram of "SCP-2000-Séance", two words are spelled out from the white squares: "remember us", which means "remember us".

The Protectorate's comment was that "it is unknown how the Three Arrows were aware of the existence of the Galactic Standard Text when this pictogram was created." ”

In other words, even if 10,000 years have passed, the standard text of the galaxy is still in English.

Can the Interstellar Council Protectorate be considered a continuation of humanity on Earth, or even a continuation of the Foundation?

Perhaps.

We don't know.

More pictograms reveal the history that has been buried by time to those who come after it.

Pictogram-4000-1050 depicts an entity known as the "Destroyer" in large expanses of red.

The extant Homo sapiens see the "Destroyer" as an anti-god image who has destroyed their home world. It is estimated that the "Destroyer" killed 90% of life on SCP-4100, including 95% of Homo sapiens.

It is worth noting that –

The entity also appears to have been designated "SCP-4100" by the three arrows.

In the year 50025 of the Galactic calendar, it has been theorized that the "SCP" object on SCP-4100 was used in combat against the "Destroyer" entity.

However, this conjecture has been refuted, as most of the existing Homo sapiens still consider the "SCP" object to be an abomination.

In the year 54,000 of the galactic calendar, a Level 10 Behemoth entity matching the description of the Destroyer approached the solar system at nearly the speed of light and crashed directly into SCP-4100.

The Protectorate evacuated the system with most of its citizens, and they were able to witness the final fate of the Star of the Origin of Life.

When the "Destroyer" arrived at the wreckage of Earth's satellite, a message was received by all the ships of the protectorate in the solar system:

"We've been waiting for you for a long time, SCP-4100.

We're no longer here, we're long gone.

We no longer die in the dark, we have triumphed.

We live under the stars, humanity has fled you, and the protectorate will prosper.

We can't contain you, but we can destroy you.

We have waited for a thousand years just to send you this sentence:

Our planet has the speed of light, and this is not our spacecraft. ”

SCP-4100's documentation has been updated.

"SCP-4100 is a planet formerly known as Earth, which has been weaponized to destroy an entity that will devour most of the solar system. ”

The Earth was accelerated to superluminal speed, collided with the Destroyer, and perished.

The last pictogram was sent from the surface of the earth before it was destroyed.

The huge "Three Arrows" symbol on the map extends into a green arrow, obliterating the "Destroyer" in the form of a red skull.

And underneath it, there are more intact red humanoids.

There is more than one "Destroyer", and they will come again.

At the very bottom of the screen, three green squares are arranged in sequence.

- "Containment, Containment, Protection"

SCP-4100, it's not a perfect future, it's a hopeful future.

The "Destroyer" has destroyed Earth's civilization, and the Foundation no longer exists.

The protectorate, born on their corpses, has forgotten its past.

But human beings are still alive and free to live in the universe.

They will make new history.

It doesn't matter if there is no Foundation in that history.

Fictional history, fictional history that takes place in the future.

Use the future to turn the "future" into "history".

Even if you ignore the feats of the Foundation in 4100, this choice of "historical perspective" is impressive enough.

"The future is depicted under the theme of history, and it is perfectly to the point. Guan Li did not hesitate to show his appreciation, "What do you think of the system?"

"Uh, well, yes. "This time the system doesn't even beep quietly," 4100's explanation of 'history' is extremely subtle. ”

Of course, it still prefers the 4001.

That's how you stick to yourself.

"But speaking of which...... Does the 'Destroyer' mentioned in this article have anything to do with 1050?"

"It should be. The author of 4100 mentions 'SCP-1050' as one of his favorite items, explaining what the Destroyer is. ”

There is no author's comment in the database, so it can only be dictated by the system.

Guan Li nodded to indicate that he understood, "That's ......"

SCP-1050-The Obelisk of the Warning World, a large obsidian obelisk with 80 sections on its surface, some of which have been inscribed in lettering.

The fonts in the first few areas were completely illegible to the Foundation, with the earliest typefaces coming into the realm of the Jiahu inscription from ancient China, then Akkadian, and then Egyptian hieroglyphs...... Until 1943 in modern Russian.

The content of each text is the same warning: "Beware of the Destroyer. They came in millions from the dark realms where there was no starlight. For thousands of generations, they have been sleeping, lurking, waiting. Mighty nations rise and prosper, and there is peace and prosperity in the world, and then there is a dark hour, and they return to ......"

The exact same text, followed by a series of digital messages that have not yet been understood exactly.

Only the last statement "reconfirmed and announced" by the ruler of the time differs from the date of engraving.

At the same time, a series of radio signals are sent from the top of the obelisk to other planets.

The Foundation speculates that SCP-1050 is part of an interstellar "early warning" system.

It's like the ancient society used campfires to convey information - the watchtower that first discovered the enemy ignited the flames, and the next watchtower saw the burning smoke and lit its own flame.

In this way, the news of the arrival of the invaders was passed down through one watchtower after another.

The Obelisk is a "watchtower" erected in the starry sky.

It was built by an unknown civilization to warn of the arrival of the Destroyer.

This early warning mechanism has been in place on Earth for thousands of years, throughout the history of human civilization, until it was contained by the Foundation.

The Foundation weighed the risks of SCP-1050 and felt that the danger of allowing it to signal outwards and causing Earth to be noticed outweighed was greater than the obligation to warn other planets of the threat of the arrival of the "Destroyer".

So they blocked all the signals from the obelisk.

- As long as the earth is okay, it doesn't matter to me whether the other planets die or not?

Well, very anthropocentric.