Luican had no time to think.
He instantly crawled into the belly of the Immortal Lion and then waited for the explosion to come.
The Lion's belly healed quickly around him.
Boom!
A shocking explosion sounded.
The SCP base was instantly destroyed.
An enormous mushroom cloud rose over the vast desert, covering half the sky.
The terrifying shockwave radiated outwards in all directions, turning countless sands to ash along its path.
A massive crater suddenly appeared in the endless desert.
The SCP base had been built deep within the desert.
Now, with the self-destruction sequence activated, the base was instantly turned to ashes, and everything inside was vaporized.
A military helicopter hovered over the desert. Luther looked at the mushroom cloud rising in the distance.
A trace of regret flashed in his eyes.
He could have changed history.
He could have been famous for eternity.
But it had all failed.
He had even been forced to destroy the base.
He would be punished when he returned to SCP headquarters.
"Sir, what should we do?"
Wilder looked at Luther.
They would have a hard time explaining this.
"I will write the report!"
Luther said calmly.
He had already thought of a countermeasure.
He took a deep look in the direction of the exploded base.
From now on, this base would become history.
The huge crater would slowly be buried by yellow sand over the years.
When the world grew quiet and the mushroom cloud dissipated, only the massive crater remained in the desert.
Yellow sand continuously flowed into the pit from its edges, filling it bit by bit.
In the quiet desert, a faint, crisp sound suddenly came from the bottom of the crater.
Cough...
The cough sounded abrupt in the silent desert.
At the bottom of the pit, a hand stretched out from the yellow sand.
Then, a second hand emerged.
The next second, a head with an indistinct face popped up.
"I survived!"
Luican stared blankly at the sky above.
He had survived.
He had seized that one-in-ten-thousand chance.
Although he was no longer in human form—most of the flesh and blood on his body had vanished, leaving countless broken bones—he had survived.
His skin was recovering; cells were reorganizing.
He looked like little more than a skeleton, but the immortal power was regenerating his body.
He was immensely grateful to have obtained the Immortal Lion's power.
Otherwise, with such injuries, he would have died long ago.
But the regenerative ability had saved him.
As long as it wasn't a truly fatal injury, he wouldn't die.
Given time, he could slowly recover.
He looked up at the rim of the deep crater above. He was sure no one would disturb him here.
No one could have survived that terrible explosion.
He had plenty of time to recover.
Time passed bit by bit.
His body recovered.
He climbed out of the yellow sand and stood at the bottom of the deep pit.
He looked up at the exit hundreds of meters above.
Getting out would be a troublesome problem.
However, the yellow sand from the surrounding area kept flowing down, filling the pit.
He didn't need to do anything but wait.
There was more and more sand under his feet; the deep pit was being filled bit by bit.
He just needed to move his feet and stand on the rising sand, and it would carry him out.
He didn't know how long it had been.
The deep pit was finally filled with yellow sand, and he stood upon it.
"Time to leave!"
Although he believed no one would come here, this was still an SCP base site.
Even destroyed, SCP personnel might come to investigate.
Therefore, he decided not to stay long. He chose a direction and ran quickly away from the area.
Not long after he left, a helicopter arrived at the site of the destroyed base.
Several figures descended from it.
"Scan for any signs of life!" one person said in a deep voice.
They took out instruments and began scanning for life underground.
"No signs of life detected!" came the report after a long while.
"Let's go down and look. Many documents weren't evacuated in time!"
After the man spoke, several cases were lowered from the helicopter. When opened, they contained yellow, sand-colored suits.
Once they put on the suits, they looked like figures made of yellow sand.
Then, their bodies merged into the sand itself, descending underground unimpeded.
Luican ran through the desert.
He had devoured the Immovable Nether Dragon and the Immortal Lion.
He had gained powerful defense and immortal power.
Therefore, his body was now incredibly strong.
Even after running for an hour, he didn't feel tired.
He didn't sweat a single drop.
He was shocked.
The SCP Foundation had been secretly fighting anomalies and researching them for countless years.
The difference between anomalies and humans was that anomalies possessed various special abilities humans lacked.
Humans studied anomalies, wanting to obtain their powers.
However, this research progress was very slow.
Although humans were the smartest species, their bodies were the weakest.
Any anomaly could easily kill ordinary people.
Humans could only rely on technological power to resist anomalies.
What they desired most, however, were the anomalous abilities themselves.
Luican looked at his own body in shock. He had acquired anomalous abilities.
If the SCP knew of his existence, they would definitely capture him and use him as a lab rat, dissecting him.
He was a miracle—the very result the SCP had always sought.
Luther had wanted to capture Luican precisely for this chance at fame.
Although Luther had failed to capture him, he had already made up his mind.
Humans can acquire anomalous abilities!
For thousands of years, many doubts had emerged within the SCP.
Many believed it was impossible for humans to gain anomalous abilities, that all efforts were in vain.
However, there were still many fanatical SCP researchers who believed it was achievable.
Luther had seen it with his own eyes.
And many task force soldiers had seen it too.
This would be earthquake-level news within the SCP.
Luther would definitely become a celebrity.
Luican took a deep breath. He couldn't afford to expose his existence in the future.
He couldn't even let his face be seen by anyone.
If Luther discovered he was still alive, he would undoubtedly mobilize all SCP resources to capture him.