Note: The character "I" in this part is Truong.
-January 1, 2020-
I live in a normal bedroom like any other bedroom, just a desk with wooden partitions, a normal bed, and a normal wardrobe. I also have a normal life, with my father working abroad in Korea, and I live with my mother and sister. No, that normality has been turned upside down.
Snow began to appear all over the Equator, strangely and suddenly, and snowstorms occurred everywhere. Everything is getting messed up! Everyone's lives are being turned upside down. Schools, factories and agencies were closed, causing economic activities to stagnate. The water froze, leading to a shortage of electricity because Northern Vietnam depends heavily on hydroelectricity. For example, the light bulb in my bedroom is now brighter than before. The tap water system is intermittently disconnected. It all sounds pretty bad, at least I can still use the Internet. The daily news is no more positive. Although there is enough food reserves to last for several more years, the world is facing an unprecedented crisis, people are freezing to death in many places, mainly underdeveloped and remote places. , terrorist forces are still raging and heartbreaking information about the number of people lost in snowstorms... But now it's different, the snow suddenly disappears after midnight... but it's still so cold that I and everyone else Everyone has to wear three layers of clothes...
It seems a bit too rambling, let's get to the main issue! It's 11am. My mother called me down for dinner. I went down and turned on the TV to watch the news, which has been my family's habit for a long time. This lunch is like any other lunch, with rice, vegetables, meat and some dried fish. Like many other Vietnamese families, I prepare rice for everyone, invite everyone to eat, and then start eating. Featured news on the 24h Motion channel was showing news about a snowstorm in Morocco that killed 24 people when suddenly, the TV flickered for a while and then...
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Sorry for disturbing your favorite show. For the safety of the world, we inform you, the paranormal agencies and every government in the world.
The information below was sent with the consent of the O5 council.
For those who don't know, we are the SCP Foundation. Our mission is to contain, secure, and archive anomalies. We have been faithful to that principle for the past two hundred years.
Currently, an organization called the Anti-Humanity Union has launched a holy war to destroy humanity. They use races that are said to come from legend and are not human, but are all cultured and cloned.
From December 25, 2019 to December 31, 2019, at least 50 million people were killed.
We ask you to stay calm and stay indoors. At the same time, comply with the following requirements:
- Destroy all animals in the house including dogs and cats, kill them no matter how much you love them, ensure your life first.
- Clearing trees and bushes indoors. But remember, keep some, you still need them so they release oxygen for you to breathe.
- If you see a dark figure with white eyes or someone who looks like a vampire, shine a flashlight on them or expose them to sunlight.
- If you live on the coast and hear singing, don't go near where the singing is coming from.
- Stay away from forests.
- If you see a flying creature that looks like a human, don't hesitate to shoot it.
- If you see a legendary creature, kill/dodge it.
- If you see someone with the ability to warp reality, kill them before they see you.
- If you have pain in your internal organs and begin to hear the sound of metal rubbing or develop a rash, itching, and increased skin sensitivity, [Interference]. For your family and the whole world.
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Mom: "Don't worry too much, Truong. They probably only broadcast prank programs, right? You really have a sense of humor!", giggling.
She: "Yeah, they were really joking, they actually made a TV show.", laughing loudly.
Me: "Just kidding-"
The sound of breaking glass came from upstairs. The laughter suddenly stopped, my mother volunteered to go up to the living room to check first. Approaching the door, my mother was grabbed by the neck and lifted up by a 5 meter tall tree man. Now my mother and sister realized that the announcement was not a joke, they were shocked, very shocked, and so was I, for the first time, we found a humanoid creature with the appearance of a tree. And now, he is strangling my mother, my sister tries to stop him by punching his leg (The Roots). This action doesn't work! The tree man looked down at my sister and also picked her up and strangled her tightly. As for me, I... leisurely picked up the lighter next to the fire table and turned it on next to this tree man's leg. He shouted loudly, his old eyes wide open, leaving my mother and my sister and trying to put out the fire that was slowly burning his feet. I continued to use Spark to create a ray of electricity aimed at his chest. The electric rays hit his chest, causing his chest to continue to burn, and smoke was emitted. Not long after, he was completely burned, now no more than a pile of coal lying motionless there. That's not the only name! A few other tall tree men smelled us and started rushing into the house. According to my count, there are 12 such names. They were like towering pillars, smashing through the corrugated iron roof like tearing a piece of paper, intending to kill my mother and me. One of them continued to reach for my mother and my sister, using all his strength to strangle them to death. I continued to use Spark three more times to repel them. I dragged my mother and sister to the backyard. It wasn't the best way but it was the only solution I could think of to buy time. Even my mother and sister didn't seem to have much strength left due to being squeezed too hard. The tree men did not stop but continued to destroy the level 4 house to search for us. The moment they destroyed the stove and saw us, a fire spread to all 12 of them and engulfed them in the heat of the fire. I was bewildered, standing in front of more than a dozen tree men being burned alive. H. Anh's mother and son arrived in time and rescued us!
H.Anh's mother: "Are you and your child okay? Luckily you came in time... See if your mother and sister are still alive! ", raising her chin.
Me: Sighing, sadness inconsolable, "I'm not breathing anymore, they're... gone..."
H. Anh's mother: "I'm very sorry for you, but now, we have to go now, I will take care of you for your mother because we are both close friends. Oh, remember to bring the bodies of the two of them, we should at least bury them properly."
Me: "Yes."
Then, I, along with H.Anh and H.Anh's mother, took the bodies of my mother and my sister, who had severely broken bones and bruises on their necks, and buried them in an empty plot of land next to my house. We completed the graves for the two of them. I clasped my hands in front of the graves of the two of them, but was quickly interrupted by H.Anh.
H.Anh: "Found out that there are 20 tree men moving in our direction in the distance of the rice fields. We have to move quickly.", announced with a worried expression.
Me: "But my mother and sister are gone... does this life still have any meaning?", replied with a sad, melancholy voice, my eyes looking down at the two newly built graves.
H. Anh's mother: "Don't be sad, you're not the only one who has to suffer the loss of your family, H. Anh and I also have to endure the loss of our husband and eldest daughter. We all have sadness and resentment in our hearts. Don't suffer alone, share with others, we will overcome everything together. Okay?", smiling but there was an indescribable sadness inside.
Me: "…yes!"
H. Anh's mother patted my shoulder, I stood up, followed H. Anh and H. Anh's mother out of the field, towards the People's Committee of Son Duong town following the call to gather by the cultural house. town. We quickly passed the tree men with large bodies but were very sluggish and slow. When we entered, we saw a lot of people there. Everyone is in a commotion and most of the stories are about the loss of loved ones, everyone's faces are sad and melancholy. Suddenly, a middle-aged man stepped on stage and said loudly: "Everyone, I know we are experiencing an unprecedented disaster. We have lost family, friends, relatives. As I have estimated here, the town's population is about 21 thousand people, but we, who gathered here, only have about 5 thousand people, the rest are lost, separated or unknown. accumulation. We will lament our fate, we will suffer, we will think about it. Are not ! We must stand up, we must be resilient, we must survive disaster together. Who agrees, RAISE YOUR HAND!". Everyone raised their hands, their will united as one, all agreed.
And, thus, Camp 1 SD was established. An iron fence was set up around the only small area of the town that had not been occupied. People used furniture in their homes as weapons, along with some remaining military guns and grenades. Others will search for and grow food crops for food. Men will take turns guarding at night. Everyday entertainment activities have been stopped. However, we (H. Anh and I) can still go to school in peace, like many other children... Regarding food, the reserve of rice and many other foods is enough to feed the remaining 5,000 people in the town in 7 years. Water and electricity continue to be maintained. And everything is fine…
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That night, while I and everyone else was sleeping, four men volunteered to go out to guard and continue building the iron fence and alarm system.
Mr. Hung: "This night seems to be long, everyone let's try together...", smiling while bending down to build the iron fence.
Uncle T.Hai: "It's also because the children have a better future. I brought some coconut jam, the four of us can sip it together to concentrate on work.", giving the other three a few pieces of coconut jam.
Uncle Lam: "Well, we are fated to meet each other, let's introduce ourselves. I am Nguyen The Lam, 37 years old, a carpenter, I am currently married with a wife and two daughters, the older one is 17 years old and the younger one is 11 years old."
Uncle Tan: "And I'm Phan Van Tan, 39 years old, a factory worker, I live with my wife who is 2 years younger than me and two children, the eldest daughter is 14 years old, and the youngest son is 8 years old. ."
Uncle T.Hai: "And I'm Nguyen The T.Hai, 45 years old, I work as a Physics teacher, I live alone."
Mr. Hung: "Let me introduce to everyone, I am Gia KT. Hai Hung, 23 years old, a police officer, currently single."
Uncle Lam: "Oh, Hung is only 23 years old. Or, someday I'll take you to meet my eldest daughter. He is diligent, hardworking, and very gentle. She's only 17 but her chest is very big, I'm sure you'll like it," then Uncle Lam laughed loudly.
Mr. Hung: "Ah, yes, if your brother is sincere, I will consider it too", laughing.
Uncle Tan: "If you two get married, don't forget me and owner T.Hai too, I will definitely give you both enough money to cover your living..."
So, the four of them talked while building an iron fence. While working, from afar, they saw a shadow, a very large shadow. Mr. Hung shined his flashlight towards the creature. In front of them was a three-meter tall gray wolf. It glared at Mr. Hung and then rushed like an arrow towards him. Mr. Hung dodged and used his pickaxe to hit the wolf's head. Strangely, it didn't do anything but jumped on Mr. Hung. Mr. Hung tried to struggle, but the other three people saw this and rushed to rescue Mr. Hung. They beat, they kicked, they threw stones at the wolf, but the wolf was absolutely unharmed. It used its large, sharp teeth like a knife to bite Mr. Hung's neck, causing him to die on the spot. Then, it turned to Mr. Tan and used its long claws to dig into his chest and gnaw on his face. The wolf massacred the remaining people present that night. When all four people were killed, the wolf continued walking into the night, searching every house and killing them one by one...
By dawn on January 2, 2020, the wolf had killed a total of 500 people out of a total of 5,000 people that night...
When the wolf arrived at V.Minh's house, like any other house, it rammed straight into the sturdy ironwood door. What he did not expect was that V.Minh was already standing there and seemed to have been waiting for him for a long time. The next second, he used Fire Swirl and successfully burned the wolf. The wolf fell to its knees, gradually transforming into a male Druid. V.Minh approached the druid who was being burned by the fire, looked at it for a while, didn't say a word and then left the house...
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Since that morning, that man (Khang Nam) has called for us to gather and defend (Temporarily called KN). KN announced that the number of survivors was only 4500 in the entire town, a decrease of 500 after the incident of the giant wolf and he asked everyone living to gather around a single area under the pretext of mutual support. each other more easily if an accident occurs. Of course everyone agrees. First of all, we held a burial ceremony for the other 500 unfortunate people. After finishing, we took all the furniture in the house from tables, chairs, wardrobes, sandbags, and cement bags to form a barrier up to 5 meters high, creating a fence with a radius of 3km around the cultural house - " The remaining "headquarters" of the city. There are 1,500 people rotating guard near the new fence, including women and children, and while on guard will be distributed weapons and some food. Studying at our school was postponed, but I was still able to study while I was on guard duty.
So seven days have passed, we have been guarding all seven nights, and the daytime is left to others. I silently cursed KN for his stupid decision to send children to the battlefield. Everyone found it absurd, but the adults did not object but supported it, as if they were hypnotized. The past week has been an absolute nightmare, we have been repeatedly ambushed by Ents (Tree People), Dryads and Druids. I have recorded the developments in the following table:
Day 1: January 2, 2020, 12 casualties, 50 Ents, Just a bunch of tree people with heights ranging from 5 meters to 7 meters. As expected, they are quite slow and can easily be destroyed by fire. But because they were lined up next to each other, towering like pillars against the sky, more than a dozen people jumped up and set themselves on fire to defend the rear line.
Day 2: January 3, 2020, 17 casualties, 10 Druids, The Druids have transformed into agile creatures such as giant wolves and giant eagles. They pose a bit of a challenge at first with their incredible speed and endurance. However, in the end, T.Hai defeated them by pouring sulfuric acid on them.
Day 3: January 4, 2020, 22 casualties, 1 Dryad, Her strength and beauty are truly a powerful pair. This Dryad's beauty captivated several boys and several men, and they were killed when she controlled the plant strings to strangle them to death. But, she was repelled when H. Anh tried to take control of the trees and Dat, Ky and T. Hai cleared the surrounding trees. At midnight, she left
Day 4: January 5, 2020, 37 casualties, 1 Dryad, 12 Druids, The tactics of this group are as follows: 6 Druids turned into giant wolves and acted as tankers moving forward, 6 Druids transformed The eagle's role is to attack the ground from the sky, all supported by the Dryad's power to control plants. This tactic proved ineffective against suicide militiamen carrying explosives, kerosene and other explosives.
Day 5: January 6, 2020, 41 casualties, 25 Ents, 7 Druids, H. Anh was detained for using magic, KN and everyone thought that the magic he used was related to the Dryads and Druids. V.Minh, Ky and Dat appealed but were unsuccessful. This was like a drop of water, the three of them separated themselves from everyone else. Even though we lost many of our main forces, everyone still won.
Day 6: January 7, 2020, 56 casualties, 8 Druids, 1 Dryad, 11 Ents, This was the first day everyone saw the combined power of Druids, Dryads and Ents. Ents will move towards the enemy, their large appearance will help them withstand well, while the strength of Druids and Dryads will be increased when near Ents due to the nature of Ents as plants. However, they were still repelled by the suicide tactic of charging at the enemy with explosives.
Day 7: January 8, 2020, 133 casualties, 10 Druids, 2 Dryads, 15 Ents, 1 Nymph, The second day of their combined strength campaign, this time also with the support of water-type Nymphs So whenever someone holds an incendiary or explosive substance and rushes to commit suicide, that Nymph will immediately put out the fire. They kept charging, I had no choice but to use my electric skills. As a result, I was arrested along with H.Anh.
-8 a.m. January 9, 2020-
While H. Anh and I were being held captive in an abandoned house, we suddenly heard the howling of wolves. According to our intuition, they were Druids, accompanied by Ents, Dryads and even also Nymph. Two militiamen holding guns to watch over us immediately ran to the battlefield, leaving us (H. Anh and I) alone. After those two people left, Dat and Ky, two people who had hidden well, came out. They used a crowbar to break the lock and help us escape.
Ky: "Okay, everyone listen. V. Minh suspects that Mr. Khang Nam is the mastermind that led to the current situation. His theory was that Mr. Khang Nam called on everyone to stay in a small area so that the Druids and their accomplices could more easily raid them. In addition, V. Minh considered his decisions to be wrong, such as letting children miss school and going out to guard. And I think Uncle Khang Nam uses a type of magic called Cuong Speech, this magic can control other people."
H. Anh: "So if you just don't listen, you won't get hurt?" Furthermore, banning the use of magic to counteract his magic as well as mobilizing the entire remaining population to guard and force them into a dead end, in my opinion, is essentially to search for people with the ability to capable of using magic, the ones standing in the way of stopping the enemy hordes from entering the camp."
Truong: "So Mr. Khang Nam is a spy for the Anti-Humanity gang? If he was a spy, why did the Druids, Ents and Dryads know to avoid killing him by mistake?
Dat: "Maybe Mr. Khang Nam is not human. In my opinion, and based on the information given by the SCP Foundation, it could be a Mimic, a shadowy humanoid entity that tends to imitate humans."
Ky: "How did you know that information? That organization only announced it once on TV."
Dat: "Just follow the translators who stole the SCP Foundation's announcement posted on the BBC to translate for views and money."
H.Anh: "You really pay attention to random things... Never mind, what is your battle plan with V.Minh?"
Ky: "V.Minh and T.Hai will take care of the Dryad, the spy and that water-type Nymph, Dat and I will take care of the Druid, and you and Truong go fight those Ents."
Truong: "Okay, let's split up and do it!"
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V.Minh: "So, Khang Nam…no, maybe I should call you by your code name, Koroid Neos, your plan seems to have fooled many people, you skillfully used magic to indirectly destroy Close to this whole town. You thought you could fool everyone, but you were wrong...well, now there are only two of us left in this cultural house...", V.Minh looked up at the stands of the cultural house, despite the light. In the rather weak room, the spy's silhouette was still clearly visible in his vision.
K.Neos: "A child? Wow, my plan was revealed by a child with his nose still not clean, I have to admit, you are more alert than I expected", he grumbled, then transformed into his true form. The black shadow with white eyes was less than 1.7 meters tall, but that was almost 20 cm taller than V. Minh, of course he looked huge compared to him, "I will gag you."
Neos rushed at V.Minh at incredibly fast speeds, but not fast enough for him to have time to use Dark Repel and knock him back to his original position.
K.Neos: "You…know how to use magic!? And that thing just now was…dark magic?", his white eyes widened.
V.Minh didn't say anything, this made Neos angry, he immediately created an illusion and quickly grabbed him. When the two were fighting, Neos discovered that V.Minh did not have the ball, he felt something was wrong. Before he could react, he and V. Minh teleported outside the cultural house. The rays of the winter sun, although weak, were enough to make Neos melt and evaporate. He screamed and tried to reach for something... but it was useless, exposure to the sun was causing him to die slowly and quickly. quickly. In the moment between life and death, Neos suddenly saw V. Minh's shadow gradually returning to its original place.
K.Neos: "Oh, I see…"
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Tuan T. Hai breathed heavily, holding a crowbar and glaring at the water-type Nymph named Serinos. At his feet were two Dryads who had participated in the massacre of the townspeople named Septican and Ferim. Needless to say, the two of them, while careless, went to pay their respects to their grandparents by T.Hai, everyone knew that he had put all his force into hitting the other two Dryads on the head.
T.Hai: "Those two bastards, those two bastards killed my family, this is what you have to bear, this is karma..., and you..."
T.Hai looked at Serinos, who was now trembling, she knelt down, clasped her hands and bowed to him. She lowered her head, not daring to look up. She felt so harmless at this moment. When there is no water source or teammates nearby, she is as weak as any other normal small girl. T.Hai stared at Serinos. Serinos has the appearance of a European girl with a height of 1.55 meters, wavy and shiny blue hair, sapphire eyes, she wears a sapphire dress and is barefoot. T.Hai continued to think that if he killed Serinos, his team would lose many advantages. Besides, having more allies is very important right now when the whole world is in disaster. He didn't kill Serinos because he was moved or had any compassion, maybe just a little. He had the feeling that she was not like those bloodthirsty and soulless Druids or Dryads…he saw the light in her emerald pupils, it was sympathy. Furthermore, Serinos is incapable of killing, or at least harmless in this situation. From encounters in previous battles, T.Hai saw Serinos' potential. Finally, he spoke.
T.Hai: "How do you feel when you kill someone?"
Serinos: "I…I'm sorry, I know these words have no meaning for your loss, but I was forced. Actually, in my mind and body, I don't want to kill anyone. I love fish, love every algae plant, love people and peace. Please…please don't kill me, I can't resist!"
T. Hai; "Oh, 20 meters from here is the river, why don't you try to drag your body there. You will no longer be harmless…"
Serinos: "I…I don't dare…(long silence)…uh…I…I surrender, I surrender, I don't want to fight anymore. You can do anything to me, as long as…as long as it lets me live."
T.Hai: Smiling smugly, "So, please join the human side, okay? This is the only path I can draw for you when your life is decided by me right now…"
Serinos: "I agree…I will work for you, to…let me live…"
T.Hai: "Okay, that's the deal..."
Serinos raised her head, she clenched her hands. Now, she will lose her freedom in exchange for the right to live. She wants to see this world, wants to see Fantasy races and humans living in harmony with each other. Serinos is feeling empty, she doesn't know where she will go, she can only hope that this new identity will not be too bad. T.Hai left, she quietly followed...
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Truong and H. Anh are standing in front of the bridge connecting the two banks, not far from the cultural house. Their faces were quite worried. In front of them were 100 Ents up to 4 meters tall moving towards them. They could clearly see that behind the line of tall trees were the corpses of people who had committed suicide. kill them, and be crushed by them like a tomato. Truong gulped, he knew that he and H. Anh would not have enough mana to use skills to destroy each Ent. At least, he had the best physics knowledge of all six people. Both of them were pondering, but time did not allow. The Ents would soon overrun this place, he knew he had to do something. Truong sighed, looked at H. Anh, they decided to fight and retreat at the same time, which was quite a smart tactic to deal with these large but slow Ents. Truong used the Spark skill a total of 12 times until he ran out of mana, successfully defeating 15 people with this skill alone. But the Ents still numbered 85.
Ky and Dat just arrived, it seems they have defeated the Druids, as evidenced by their staff in Dat's hand, it seems this team's healer can already deal damage to the enemy. The Ents also walked to the bridge. Ky used the Freeze skill to create a 20 cm thick layer of ice to hold them back. Dat continued using his staff to shoot spores at them. The magical spores burst, forming plant spikes that tied them to the bridge's walls. H.You quickly used Terra Wall to destroy the bridge. The bridge collapsed, causing the Ents to fall into the water. They quickly drifted out of the water and out of everyone's sight. V.Minh just arrived and applauded: "Wow, it seems we have defeated the enemy. Why is only Dat getting the spoils of war?", Dat replied: "Sigh, they destroyed themselves and their weapons, they are determined not to let all the weapons fall into the enemy's hands." . I tried really hard to get this staff!
"So, the enemy has been defeated, but there is no one left in this city. What now?", H. Anh wondered. "Um, now we can stay or listen to the government's call to take refuge in the super urban areas and the closest place to us is the Red River Delta…". Ky looked into the distance, T.Hai and someone else were returning to them. Ky smiled and said: "It seems we have something to resolve first..."