[Comprehensive Yingmei] Really nothing happened

After arriving at the Beckwiths' house, everything went much easier than expected.

Jormungandr just walked around every room, and the ghost entrenched in the house ran away in a hurry.

She was not surprised by this.Bullying the weak and fearing the strong has always been the nature of this race, even if it becomes a ghost, it will not change.

Also based on this feature, Yemengard can speculate that after she leaves, these ghosts are likely to make a comeback, and even become worse.

In order to avoid trouble, it can only be solved from the source.she thinks.

So, what is the source?In this regard, Yemengard was somewhat at a loss as to what to do.

She can't tear down the house and dig three feet into the ground, can she?

……

Later, she asked the Beckwiths if there was anything strange about the house before they bought it.

Surprisingly, there really are. (Jermengard: Then how did you guys buy it?!)

Although the decoration, location, and size of this house are very good, the selling price is unexpectedly cheap.Moreover, before this, there had never been any strange rumors about this house.

It's really strange. If there are no rumors, it means that nothing strange has happened. Then, why are house prices so abnormal?

Yermungandr decided to visit the library in the Nogatuck Valley.There must be some clues in some of the dossiers there.

……

Relatively speaking, Yemengard prefers places like libraries.

It was quiet enough—well, quiet enough for human hearing.Anyway, she is using a human body now, isn't she?

There are still many books in the library, and books represent knowledge—yes, I know, those little [beep——] books don’t count.

If he didn't know that he still had business to do, Ye Mengjiad really wanted to stay in the library forever.

……

Jormungandr did find some valuable information.

The old site of that house was once a place where certain Indians held their unique ceremonies.

Jormungandr: ...I should have thought of that earlier.

According to the routines in those movies (Ye Mengjiade listened to his colleagues in the SCP Foundation to summarize), in the United States, there are quite a few such things (the rest are all kinds of antiques and aliens) The blame is to be handed over to them.Well, let's get down to business.

It's probably easier to know what it is.Ye Mengjiade checked some relevant records, added some knowledge he had known before, and quickly went back to find that thing.

It was a small humanoid statue, and its costumes looked like those of the Navajo tribe, and it was a bit old.

As for how Jormungandr figured out the source of its clothing...of course it wasn't found in the library here.

In fact, when she was still in the foundation, she had checked the information of SCP-2750, and also found some background information.Didn't expect it to be used here.

……

After solving the matter thoroughly, Yemengjia left alone in a fairly good mood.

In any case, she preferred to be alone—even if other people were easy to get along with.

Because—in essence, human beings and the old rulers are completely different.

She was once a human being—but what could that mean?

Those years still accounted for too little in her long life.She will never again be able to truly understand human intent.

Then don't bother—why do things that don't have to be done?

……

Next... where should I go?Yemengard thought about it.

According to her calculations, it will take some time for the SCP Foundation to re-adjust the machine.If she can go back, then she can't fish too much during this time.

She found a map of the United States, and checked the relevant records of local history in the library - of course it cannot be very detailed, but as long as there is a problem, it is still impossible to completely hide the truth - especially for her.

"Then... let's go here."

Her finger landed on a certain point on the map.

Derry Township, Maine.

……

Derry Town is a relatively backward and closed place.

Its name comes from a county in Ireland, which has relatively complete educational facilities. Most of the children who grew up here returned to the place where they were born and raised after graduating from university.

This is indeed a bit strange, but it is only "some" - the meaning of "hometown" to people is always so special and so irreplaceable.Perhaps, Derry Town has such a unique charm that makes those elites who graduated from excellent universities want to lay the foundation for it with their lives.

But are things really as simple as we imagined?

Just about 20 years ago, several loggers were found murdered with extreme brutality on the upper Candus Zig River; about 50 years ago, a young man named John Markson killed his entire family with poisonous mushrooms Then he committed suicide; two years ago, on Halloween (yes, this time it’s not Easter), a special event was arranged in an amusement park, which attracted many children and adults to participate, but a big accident happened in the amusement park. The explosion killed nearly 100 people...

Jormungandr did some statistics and found that Derry had six times the murder rate of similar New England towns, and an appallingly high rate of missing children (forty to sixty children per year). teenagers disappeared for no apparent reason).No matter how times have changed, whether Derry Town is thriving or bust, these numbers remain high.

Teenagers, their three views are not mature enough, and the rebellious factor in their hearts is thriving. Many people run away from home because they think "this small place can't accommodate me", but most of them will choose to return after seeing the hardships of life. Home.

But in Derry, none of the teenagers who left home ever came home, never again.

Where did they go, how did they end up, how to prevent such a thing from happening again, how to improve the security of the town... It seems that no one cares about such important issues, or even thinks about them.

Child missing?Then let them disappear.

There's been a murder, the criminal is on the run, maybe still in town?It's okay...Derry is so big (it might look small to us, but they don't), we can't really be this unlucky to be that guy's next target, can we?Besides, maybe it was just the family who had a problem and attracted enemies, right?

Terrible explosions... huh, that kind of thing can only happen once, and besides, what do we have to do with it?

Such a place... Such a place, in human language, is so indifferent, how could so many people still want to go back after getting the chance to leave.

Presumably, they didn't really go back willingly, did they?

What kind of secret made them have to go back to Derry Town one by one?

Anyway, there's nothing to do, so let's go and have a look.Soon, Yemengard made a decision.

……

27 is a very common number, not a prime number, nor does it appear in any proverbs.If it is not a cube of three, maybe our impression of it is not even that at all?

In Derry, however, the number was given a darker meaning.

27 years is a cycle, a cycle with no solution.

Every 27 years, "it (it)" will appear here, killing some children in this small town.

No one knows its true form, no one knows where it came from, no one knows what it is, no one knows...how to destroy it forever.

It feeds on fear and has kaleidoscopic abilities—the only answers they've cobbled together.

Human power is too weak.Even after two industrial revolutions, it is impossible to arm yourself perfectly.

They had no way of killing "it" other than to play dumb and pretend that the teenagers who died were just runaways.

But, did you hear that?That is your child!Did you hear their helpless crying?Did you hear their desperate cries?

No, you heard me.

But, have you seen it?Have you seen your children?Have you seen their bitter tears?Did you see the blood gurgling from their wounds?

Yes, you saw it.

See without seeing, hear without hearing.Such is the state of the townspeople of Derry.

By burying your head in the sand like an ostrich, you can delude yourself into pretending nothing happened.

Living in a daze, self-hypnosis they live happily.

Most of those killed by "it" were teenagers.Therefore, those young people who survived the disaster, after their playmates died, patted their chests, told themselves "it's all right", and forgot everything.

How could it be so—so ruthless?

You are human beings, fragile human beings.You always carry an indelible label called "emotion".

In many cases, "sentimental" is not a commendatory word, it often makes people make wrong decisions.This kind of mistake, in fact, can be avoided as long as you think more about it, but human beings will never be able to learn from it, and make mistakes again and again.

But ah, that's just human nature.If even this point is gone, then what is the difference between you and the beasts?

……

Mike Hanlon's hands were shaking.

it came back.After that case, he knew, it came back.

When he was a teenager, they drank blood together and vowed to banish the monster forever.They vowed that if the tragedy happened again, they would come back no matter what, to confront it again.

it came back.This is its hunting ground, and everyone is its prey.Last time, they were lucky enough to defeat it and escape unscathed.Will they be so lucky this time?