Star Railway: Building a Foundation from the Beginning

O5-7 reminded them that the audience's thoughts were racing again.

"I used to think that when Containment-2000 rekindled, the souls of the dead would be reborn in new bodies...... I didn't expect that, isn't that the case?"

"Who knows? Foundations in different worlds have developed differently, and the specifics of containment may vary considerably...... But I still hope that the séance is really reborn, not a bunch of pieces of meat that have nothing to do with the original. "

"O5-7 is a little bit wrong with the logic of the dead and clones...... It is illegal to let the dead, and those who have not been incarnated, talk about meaning...... Meaning is constructed retrospectively, and the same thing has different meanings for different people, even the same person at different times. "

......

"There is no contradiction in what you are talking about. O5-1 said calmly, "We care about the survival of human civilization as a whole. "

Yes, this is the goal of the Foundation.

O5-1's tense nerves finally relaxed a little, and he subconsciously leaned back, "In the meantime, we protect normalcy. "

"The survival and normalcy of human civilization are interdependent. "

O5-7 didn't speak, just pressed his hand against the pile of shredded paper, with a slight strain.

"Isn't human civilization made up of individuals?" he asked rhetorically.

"If all the atoms of human civilization, man, are dead, then we use Containment-2000 to recreate a human civilization out of thin air, will it still be the original human civilization?"

"Does it still have meaning to those who died?"

"What's more—if we activated Containment-2000 to perpetuate human civilization, so should our other actions. "

"But do we really have the confidence to say that our actions are all for the continuation of human civilization?"

"Take a good look at the investigation report you have on PNEUMA. "

......

As O5-7 spoke, a new archival material appeared on the screen.

[Containment: Why?]

[Item No: Containment-5000]

[Hazard Level: Safe]

[Special Containment Procedures:]

[Containment 27 Object-5000 is to be kept in Site-22's base storage unit and kept in an inactive state.] 】

[All documents and information recovered from Containment-5000 are to be stored on a secure server, and backed up upon request by the Archives Department.] 】

[File 5000-1:]

[Download File 0001-1]

[The following information was written and published after a unanimous decision of the O5 Council.] 】

[For those who are still unaware of our presence, we represent an organization called the Foundation.] 】

[Our previous missions have revolved around the containment and study of anomalous objects, entities, and various other phenomena.] These tasks have been a priority for our organization for more than 100 years. 】

[This directive has been changed due to circumstances beyond our control.] 】

Our new mission will be to exterminate all of humanity. 】

[There will be no further communication after that.] 】

Until this moment, the vast majority of viewers believed that the Foundation's position must be firmly on the side of humanity as a whole.

But the Containment-5000 file was like a thunderclap, bringing not only shock, but also infinite horror to the audience.

"What?????"

"No, what's the joke aside? The Pioneer Civilization has managed to create a perfect starting environment, and the Foundation has brought a wave of cleansing to human civilization by the way???"

However, some viewers have noticed that the content of the archive is incomplete.

"Is it possible that the full Containment-5000 file is no less than Containment-C-2000?

"Then the Foundation has no reason to wipe out all of humanity??? oh, the feat that death did not achieve, the Foundation did it instead!"

......

The audience's discussion is boiling, and on the light screen, lines of text are still being updated rapidly.

[Integration Document 0001-1]

[Immediately after their global announcement, the Foundation launched an attack on all of humanity. 】

[The reaction to the anomaly released by the Foundation has been swift, but the damage has already been done.] 】

[It's hard to say exactly what happened, but from my perspective—by visiting the Foundation network and keeping track of the news—I've learned a little.] 】

"I have to write down everything I know—so that after all this is over, if anyone is still alive, they will know what happened to us.] 】

[Containment-096]

[Photographs of Containment-096's face circulated on social media platforms.] 】

[Hundreds of deaths had been caused before the photograph was taken down.] As far as I know, this photo continues to circulate. 】

[Containment-196]

[A series of nuclear explosives detonate on the inside and back of Containment-196, causing a slight commotion in its sleep. 】

The resulting earthquakes and tsunamis have destroyed a large number of coastal towns around the world. 】

[Containment-662]

[Within twenty-four hours, an individual with the appearance of Mr. Deeds appeared in the vicinity of several of the principal heads of state, and assassinated them using any tool available to them, before quickly vanishing.] 】

[I don't know why this action stopped the next day.] 】

[Containment-610]

[Foundation agents embedded in several major cities, including New York and Delhi, have dispersed samples of Containment-610.] 】

[All civilians in the area, including the agents themselves, were quickly infected and assimilated by Containment-610. 】

[The Global Occult Coalition and the Church of the Broken God have worked together to prevent the further spread of Containment-610.] 】

[Containment-682]

[Released.] 】

【......】

[Containment-2000]

[The Foundation deliberately caused the eruption of the Yellowstone volcano in order to destroy Containment-2000.] 】

[As it stands, the anomalies deployed by the Manna Charitable Foundation have slowed down the impact on the environment at an alarming rate, but it's only a matter of time before we choke on the ash.] 】

One by one, the containment objects, those who have heard it, those who have not heard it, those who have seen it, those who have not seen it, keep swiping the screen.

A display of the Foundation's madness, the O5 Council's determination to destroy the world, and the last loyalty of the agents.

No one knows why they did it.

But one thing is certain.

- In a parallel world, the Foundation has destroyed human civilization with its own hands.

......

"Do you know why the Foundation of the Parallel World, those bastards, would do such a thing as slaughtering humans?"

"What are you and I sitting here defending against the so-called anomaly?"

"I guess you already know about the 2300 incident from the parallel world, right?"

"But the researchers who studied Project 2300 never told you why Event 2300 happened. "

"Don't you want to know why the intensity of the 2300 event is related to the level of development of human civilization?"

"Let's take a look at these video recordings. "

As he spoke, he pulled out a photograph and showed the atrocities of the Foundation to the members of the council.

"We in the alternate worlds - thankfully we haven't started doing it ourselves - have created a whole bunch of anomalies to fend off this catastrophe and send them back in time. "

"And that includes this thing, the statue. "

"The Foundation created this thing in order to cultivate the ability of humans in the past to resist anomalies, and sent this thing back in time, but 2300 years-"

In the photo, a large number of strange statues like peanut essence are running rampant through the city, replacing the crazy 05 to carry out the plan of annihilation.

That's Containment-173.

An extremely dangerous containment object that can break the neck of a careless person as long as no one is looking at it.

"These things are overflowing. "

“...... I'm sorry, Seven, I understand. O5-6 looked stunned, "You mean, the Foundation is killing people?" (read the violent novel, go to the Feilu Novel Network!)

O5-7 sighed:

"Think about it. Why didn't all the measures the Foundation had tried to make the humans of the past prepare in advance work?"

"Who knows these methods best?"

"......" O5-6 hesitated for a moment, then whispered, "Is it the Foundation itself?"

"Trust me. O5-7 shook his head regretfully. []

"If I had lived past 2300 years and was still the Foundation's O5 until 2668, I would have known how to decipher all the attempts I had personally made to fend off the anomaly. "

O5-1 is still struggling:

"And what's the matter with the PNEUMA piece you just mentioned?"

O5-7 says:

"There are some parallel worlds that haven't done this study. But some were carried out. "

"Probably a little later than we are — maybe more than seventy years later. "

"If the Foundation happened to know anything about what happened in the year 2300, they would obviously be aware of it. "

"One day, and sooner or later, the Foundation will discover that the awareness and thirst for uncertainty is inherent in the will of every individual. "

"The endless development of humanity itself is the greatest threat to normalcy itself. "

"Endless development depends on endless uncertainty, and the direction of development itself is also an uncertainty. "

"One day humanity will break out of the cage of normalcy, and this day usually happens in the year 2300. "

"If nothing happens, the Foundation may have to confront the 2300-year super-anomaly, and then won't realize it until 2668. "

"But occasionally, the Foundation will choose to do it early out of kindness—self-righteous benevolence. "

"Because Foundation technology in 2668 is much more advanced and cruel than in 2020. "

"Since the Foundation is going to destroy humanity sooner or later, it's better to do it sooner rather than later - at least at this time, the Foundation doesn't have that many inhumane means at its disposal. "

"I've heard that when they are killing all the lives of the world at all costs. "

"He also insists on the seemingly compassionate reason that anomalies are a source of endless suffering, and that eradicating anomalies is a source of endless suffering. "

"Do you understand the meaning of this statement? We will fight in the light so that you may die in the dark. "

Outrageous?!

This is just nonsense!

"So what are you trying to express?" O5-1 felt to himself, feeling the Foundation being insulted.

Even those sworn enemies of the Foundation would not stigmatize the O5 and stigmatize the Foundation from this perspective!

"Every one of us, including you, Seven, has dedicated decades of our lives to the Foundation, and we know all too well what we're doing. "

"We ourselves are part of the world order constructed by human beings, and everything we do is to protect the normalcy of human society and prevent anomalies from disturbing the order of the world. "

"Guarding order is not a sin, Seven. "

"We may do some necessary evils, but these are all for the sake of the stability of human society. "

"Normalcy is not some kind of monster with teeth and claws, it is necessary for us to be able to wake up and see the sun rise normally every day. "

"Even if there are some foundations in some worlds that do this, you have to know that the foundations of each parallel world are different. "

"There are worlds where we don't have anything at all, and there are worlds where people sit here with completely different people. "

"How can you be sure that we will be as desperate and vicious as they are, why would we slaughter everyone, and what reason should we have for doing so?"

"That's what your mouth says normalcy wants us to do, Klaus. O5-7 said.

"What we've been hoping to do for the last 20 years – to take full control of human society this year. "

"In the name of beauty, for the continuation of human civilization, for the protection of normalcy, isn't it precisely to help normalcy eliminate what it does not want to see?"

"And it's not just 727!"

"Normalcy wants us to open Containment-2000 after the disaster. "

"It's like the atoms in each of us are completely replaced almost every other year, with other atoms that are exactly the same. "

"It doesn't affect our lives. "

"Normalcy wants us to list narrative theory, reality theory, and thaumaturgy as anomalies, and it even wants us to include nuclear physics as well. "

"These things are going to change the current normal. "

In the same way, normalcy does not want uncertainty to exist, and does not want human beings to rely on uncertainty to continue to develop. "

"The history of human development is a very complex system. "

"Even the slightest difference can make a huge difference in the future development of humanity, which has been verified by our timeline observations. "

"This uncertainty of the outlook gives us hope for a breakthrough from our inherent destiny, but it is rejected by normality. "

"When one day—one day—the technological level of human civilization crosses the boundaries that normalcy wants humans to stay in, normalcy will remove humanity as its own cancer. "

"There's nothing out of the ordinary!"

"It is the will of the norm to hate uncertainty, to list all uncertainty as anomalies and then lock it down. "

"Normalcy is like a living thing – it wants us to be stuck forever at a certain stage of social development, so that it can survive forever. "

"In order to achieve this, it must prevent the continuation of uncertainty, which is the direct negation of the certainty that normalcy represents. "

"Normality is a constant thing, a certainty, an inevitable fate. "

"If the norm is changed, it's no longer the norm. "

"You've been emphasizing orderliness. "

"Don't you realize it yourself? Uncertainty is what you say about something that can upend this stability. "

"If human beings do not develop and explore new things at all, then human society can always maintain the current normalcy and stability. "

"—at the cost of giving up the possibility of humanity breaking through normalcy!"

"The Foundation has come up with countless excuses and justifications for the creation of anomalies. "

"Reality distortions, the intervention of the upper narrative, the rational definition of premodernity. "

However, reality is nothing but the homeostasis of normality, and narrative theory is nothing more than the genetic information of normality. "

"Without normalcy, these are nothing. "

"Normalcy is the emergent thing of human civilization, and the Foundation is its immune system. "

"The Foundation's Three Principles, Control, Containment, and Protection. "

"Protection is never about protecting people, it's about protecting normalcy, and humans are just replaceable cells of normality. "

"A cell can't live without, but it's replaceable. "

"It's never been the Foundation that guards normalcy, it's the normalcy that requires the Foundation to protect itself. "

The words fell, and the entire conference room fell silent.