Global live stream of the containment of the aliens terrifies the alien fleet.

"Who's playing a joke?! They almost threw my phone into the sea!"

"Top 10? This is only the tenth? There are nine more even weirder ones coming up?"

"Number 173? Could there be hundreds of them in total...?"

"A new project from a special effects company? This looks so real! It's giving me goosebumps!"

...No one could laugh.

The statue stood silently, yet it instinctively made one want to take three steps back.

[Containment Item: Statue]

Project ID: Mysterious-173

[Project Level: Euclid]

[Description: Origin unknown. Material: concrete and steel reinforcement; Krylon brand paint residue detected on the surface.]

[The Mysterious-173 possesses high hostility and the ability to move autonomously. It activates immediately once it is out of direct line of sight.]

[WARNING: Do not break eye contact. Otherwise, you may face neck breakage or strangulation.]

The words appeared line by line, as cold as a legal code.

The next second, the scene changed.

Deep in the dense forest, mist lingered.

The statue appeared silently at the edge of the forest clearing.

Ahead... high walls and electric fences, red flags fluttering, this is the outer perimeter of the Yunshan Base.

Beside the statue, dozens of soldiers in black tactical armor were quietly gathering, armed with heavy weapons, their target clear.

Inside the Juxia, an officer suddenly looked up, his voice trembling:

"General! It's Yunshan Base! The Demon Squad! They're planning a full-scale assault on the containment area!!"

Du Ao's pupils constricted sharply, and he immediately gave the order:

"Rose! Depart immediately! Support Yunshan! Damn it... the demons are moving much faster than expected; even the Denuo satellite didn't detect anything unusual!"

Her long, wine-red hair, reaching her waist, swayed gently in the wind. The woman, with her graceful figure and stunning beauty, let out a cold snort, her eyes sharp as blades, exuding a chilling aura.

Ripples spread through the void, like water being gently stirred. She took a step forward, and her figure instantly vanished into thin air.

Super Soldier... Du Qiangwei!

It is also General Du's sharpest trump card at the moment.

When he first arrived on Earth, he knew his days were numbered, but he never expected his fate to arrive so swiftly.

The technology these demons possess has surpassed that of Denor. Otherwise, he could never have been completely unaware of their infiltration.

Fortunately...

The Foundation's projection prematurely revealed the location of the demon squad that was attempting to raid the Cloud Mountain base.

He also promptly alerted the Yunshan base.

Now, the only hope rests on whether super soldier Du Qiangwei can successfully intercept and kill this force!

But when he looked up again...

General Du's face turned deathly pale.

Not just him.

The officers in the entire South China Sea Fleet command center stared wide-eyed, their faces filled with shock and horror, as if they had seen something indescribable.

On the projected screen.

The demon squad paid no attention to the statue that stood out starkly in the wasteland.

Just consider it as discarded trash, or an abandoned work of art.

They continued their advance, stealthily approaching the Yunshan base as planned.

However, the next moment...

Under the watchful eyes of countless people, the motionless statue suddenly sprang to life!

With a bizarre extension of his arms, he snapped the neck of the last team member with a precise snap!

Demon Armor? Useless!

"Holy crap! Who just blinked? That statue... moved?!"

"Hiss... His neck was twisted into a pretzel?! Is this something a human would do?!"

"Why aren't those idiots in front reacting at all?! It's creepy!"

"They deserved it! These spies deserved to die!!"

……

The crowd erupted in chaos.

The statue, like a vengeful ghost, quietly trailed at the end of the procession.

What's even more outrageous is that it specifically targets lone prey, snapping their necks one by one without making a sound!

It's ridiculously fast, and eerily quiet!

In just a few minutes...

Of the dozens of elite demon warriors, only a handful remained at the front!

Finally, the demons at the front noticed something was wrong.

He turned around abruptly...

But behind him lay corpses, all his companions dead!

The eerie statue stood motionless not far away.

It was eerie! A suffocatingly unsettling atmosphere!

They roared and smashed the statue, searching everywhere, but found nothing.

But in that very instant...

"Click."

The familiar sound rang out again.

The ghostly figure reappeared, wiping out the last few people.

Inside the Devil's Castle.

"You wretched wench!! Investigate for me! What exactly is that SCP-173 that dares to jeopardize my grand plans?!"

Morgana was so furious that she flew into a rage, her breasts heaving so violently that the palace trembled.

This elite group is her trump card, which she has personally trained for many years!

Just like that... he confessed everything in just a few minutes?

Defeated by a moving, broken statue?!

On the Juxia.

General Duao, who witnessed the entire event, turned ashen-faced.

The strength of those demon warriors, even if not comparable to that of a generation of super soldiers, is not far off.

But in the face of this thing, there wasn't even a chance to resist!

What's most terrifying is its method of killing...

When you look at it, it's a stone; in the blink of an eye, you're dead!

"Get Rose back immediately! Quickly! This thing is too sinister! Extremely dangerous!"

Du Ao almost roared out.

"General... Sergeant Rose has been teleported through a micro-wormhole, but the signal cannot penetrate... We cannot make contact..." an officer replied in a trembling voice.

now.

Outside the Yunshan base.

The space rippled slightly, like water spreading out.

A tall, slender figure slowly walked out from within.

Wearing a tight-fitting leather armor, exuding heroic spirit... it's none other than the super soldier Du Qiangwei!

She swept her cold gaze around, her expression stern.

But when her gaze fell on the ground, a look of shock finally appeared on her pretty face.

Before my eyes...

The ground was littered with the corpses of demons, lying haphazardly.

There were no gunshot marks or signs of artillery fire.

The only thing visible was the necks of the corpses, all twisted like pretzels.

Even the seemingly indestructible demon armor was forcibly broken and deformed.

"This...how is this possible!"

Rose's heart sank, and a chill ran through her body.

On Earth, apart from super soldiers, she couldn't think of anyone else who could use brute force to strangle those demons like a twisted rope.

But absurdly...

She is currently the strongest super soldier! Everyone else? They're not even candidates!

Even she wouldn't dare say she possessed such terrifying explosive power!

Her gaze swept over the corpses scattered on the ground, and then suddenly stopped... The statue that stood out starkly in the depths of the jungle seemed particularly jarring.

Why are there statues here?

Not right.

Something's really wrong.

But right now, who cares whether it's reasonable or not?

Du Qiangwei's image has already become a trending topic on the entire internet!

"Run, beautiful! There's a ghost behind you!!"

"Keep your eyes on it! Stare at it intently! As long as you look at it, it won't dare to make a move!!"

"Holy crap, what kind of monster is this! It can even turn steel into scrap metal, this is just too overpowered!"

"Oh no, this woman's in trouble, she's about to turn into a human stump!"

……

The live chat was flooded with comments, and countless people were jumping up and down in frustration. But Du Qiangwei on the screen couldn't hear a single word of advice.

The only thing that can be confirmed is...

The bizarre rules that the foundation just announced are real!

If you look directly at it, it will remain as still as a dead object; but if you shift your gaze, danger will strike immediately!

Even Dukao and others failed to send a message.

The statue seemed to be enveloped by a distorted force field, and all signals were cut off.

……

Du Qiangwei stepped into the dense forest step by step.

The further I went, the colder my heart became.

The demon squad that had reported coming here to cause trouble was completely wiped out, with no one escaping unscathed.

He died silently.

The troops stationed at Lianyunshan Base were completely unaware.

Surprising.

Bizarre to the core.

Just as she turned to leave...

Behind them, the statue quietly moved.

A sinister, inhuman grin appeared on the face cast in reinforced concrete.

The stone arms slowly extended, coiling around her neck like venomous snakes.

The air suddenly turned cold.

In the monitoring room, General Du'ao's eyes widened, and his heart nearly burst out of his chest.

He frantically pounded on the communicator, but only heard a deathly silence.

"Behind us!! Rose! Look behind us!!"

He roared inwardly, his fists clenched so tightly they cracked.

Whoosh... Boom!

In the blink of an eye, the statue suddenly sprang to life!

But at the critical moment, Du Qiangwei's figure flashed mysteriously, as if she had stepped into the void, narrowly avoiding the fatal strangulation!

But the aftershocks still struck like a heavy hammer, sending her flying. Like a broken sandbag, she crashed into a giant tree and fell heavily to the ground.

"Holy crap!! This girl dodged it? The first time ever!!"

"That brief moment... was it teleportation??"

"They're both not human!!"

"Get up and run, beautiful lady!! Don't just stand there!!"

……

The audience was absolutely blown away.

Du Qiangwei collapsed to the ground, breathing heavily, her pupils constricted, and her heart pounding wildly.

She stared intently ahead... at the statue that had returned to its "normal" appearance, so still it seemed as if it had never moved.

It's it!

It was it that ambushed itself!

and many more……

A name flashed through her mind like lightning.

SCP-173... Must be looked at continuously, or you will be killed!

Yes! It's the containment breach that the Foundation just reported in an emergency!

That's it!

Sure enough, as soon as her gaze was fixed on the statue, it remained completely still, like a pile of scrap.

But if she hadn't personally experienced the near-severing sensation of her neck, she would never have believed that... a statue could really kill someone.

"Damn it! All communications are down! We're still a long way from Yunshan Base... If we shift our gaze even slightly, it will strike again!"

She gritted her teeth, a sense of powerlessness rising within her.

If it weren't for the instincts honed on the battlefield that saved her, that fleeting moment... the micro-wormhole teleportation... she would have already become one of those corpses on the ground.

But now a problem arises.

Could it be...?

She had to keep staring at this thing like that forever.

She didn't even have the courage to look up at the sky.

Just when Du Qiangwei was in dire straits and had no other choice...

Rumble!!!

The roar of the armed helicopters tore through the sky, pressing in like thunder.

"Is that Dad?"

Her heart skipped a beat, and a glimmer of hope had just been ignited.

But out of the corner of his eye, he suddenly caught sight of a pitch-black helicopter slowly descending, with the foundation's logo prominently displayed on its fuselage!

Immediately afterwards, a team of fully armed soldiers filed out.

Uniforms everywhere, armbands all the same... all bearing the foundation's logo!

What's even more bizarre is that these people's faces and figures are completely identical, as if they were carved from the same mold!

"Foundation? Clones?"