Although the safe route kept changing, it would only take him about ten seconds to get from here to the bottom level of the base.
There was still enough time.
Therefore, he went to the lowest part of the base without hesitation.
Logically, he was currently in a desperate situation.
The lowest level of the base was the place with the highest probability of death.
Going there meant almost certain doom.
Of course, he had no way to leave alive now.
He could only go to the bottom of the base and strive for that one-in-ten-thousand chance of survival.
The base's safe route kept changing.
The system also constantly provided him with updated safe routes.
A dozen seconds soon passed. After untold hardships, he finally reached the bottom level of the base.
At the bottom of the base was a huge, deep pit.
This pit was like a meteorite crater.
In the center of this pit stood a massive cage.
Inside this cage was the Immortal Lion.
"Caution: Corrosive radiation detected!"
The system warned Luican.
Luican's heart also trembled.
Although he was a former SCP C-class personnel, the Immortal Lion was classified information beyond his clearance level. He had no access to it and was unaware of the surrounding environment.
Hearing the system mention corrosive radiation made his scalp prickle.
Corrosive radiation could reduce an ordinary person to a pool of green liquid in a thousandth of a second.
Although he had gained the defensive capabilities of the Immovable Nether Dragon, he was certain his current defense couldn't block this type of corrosive radiation.
This corrosive radiation was specifically designed to counter the Immortal Lion.
The Immortal Lion was a pinnacle Level 4 anomaly.
It was even rumored the Immortal Lion could fight some ordinary Level 5 anomalies.
Luican stared at the Immortal Lion in the cage.
It looked utterly exhausted.
It was suffering under the assault of the corrosive radiation, but its immortal power and terrifying regenerative ability allowed it to resist the corrosion.
Although its appearance was pitted and corroded, it was constantly healing.
However, despite its fearsome regenerative abilities, it had received no supplies, no food.
It was growing weaker and weaker.
When its energy was depleted, its regenerative abilities would fade.
Just like now.
This Immortal Lion had been starving for many days.
Without food or water, it had held on until now purely by willpower.
"This is simply torture!"
Luican couldn't bear to watch.
The SCP Foundation controlled and contained anomalies using terrifying methods. Any anomaly would be subjected to the SCP's extreme domestication procedures.
If it couldn't be tamed, it would be executed.
This Immortal Lion shouldn't last much longer.
Once it was exhausted, once it was broken, it would become a weapon for the SCP.
Of course, if this Immortal Lion held out, it would be judged a dangerous anomaly and secretly terminated.
The SCP Foundation would never allow such an uncontrollable anomaly to exist in the world of ordinary people.
The Immortal Lion's lethality to ordinary people was terrifying.
If released, it could likely destroy a small city!
"Does the host wish to devour the Immortal Lion?"
The system's voice sounded.
Luican's heart trembled. He only had a dozen seconds left.
"Devour!"
He had experience with this now.
This time, it felt very smooth.
An invisible thread formed between him and the Immortal Lion.
The Immortal Lion's body began to shrink, its flesh and blood rapidly disappearing.
The already exhausted Immortal Lion suddenly became panicked.
It roared, not understanding what was happening.
It felt its life force fading crazily.
It felt its body shrinking. It looked around in horror, unable to comprehend the situation.
This was beyond its cognition, touching on a blind spot in its knowledge.
Luican watched the Immortal Lion's shrinking body and felt changes within his own.
He felt the cells in his skin mutating.
Aging cells were being reborn.
The new cells possessed immortal qualities.
He was gaining the regenerative ability of the Immortal Lion.
He was ecstatic.
If he could fully obtain the Immortal Lion's regenerative ability, he would have that one-in-ten-thousand chance of survival.
"I want to live!"
He shouted in his heart.
He had just arrived in this world less than a day ago.
Dying in a single day would make him the most miserable transmigrator in history.
The desire to survive sprouted and grew wildly in his heart.
The Immortal Lion roared in fear.
It saw Luican and sensed a familiar aura emanating from him.
It instantly realized that Luican was trying to steal its immortal power.
Luican was the cause of all this! It looked at Luican with rage and roared furiously.
Its body slammed violently against the cage barrier.
It wanted to break out and kill Luican, but it was all in vain.
Its already weakened body, further drained by Luican's devouring, was much frailer now.
It could do nothing to Luican.
"The strong prey on the weak. I'm sorry..."
Luican sighed.
It was all for survival.
Even if he didn't devour the Immortal Lion, it wouldn't survive the base's self-destruction.
"Roar!"
The Immortal Lion suddenly stood up and roared at the sky.
Its unyielding figure looked immensely tall.
Even in extreme weakness, it refused to die lying down.
It was the Immortal Lion. Even in death, it would stand tall!
Luican was moved.
His heart trembled. All living things have spirit.
Although the Immortal Lion possessed world-destroying power, it ultimately couldn't escape the SCP's clutches.
Finally, the light in the Immortal Lion's eyes rapidly dimmed.
Its pupils lost focus.
*Boom!*
The Immortal Lion's towering body crashed to the ground with a thunderous sound, like a mountain collapsing.
Luican had just finished absorbing the Immortal Lion's power.
"In three seconds, the base will self-destruct. Host, please prepare!"
Luican's heart shuddered.
He had obtained the Immortal Lion's power, but he still couldn't guarantee his survival.
He only had a one-in-ten-thousand chance.
He rushed into the Immortal Lion's cage.
"System, open the door!"
The cage door required a password he didn't know.
The system connected to the base AI and instantly cracked the password.
The door slid open.
Luican rushed inside.
He went to the Immortal Lion's abdomen. Then, with his right hand shaped like a blade, he instantly tore open the Immortal Lion's belly.
The torn flesh was still healing instinctively. Even dead, the immortal power within the Lion persisted.