The agents looked around themselves nervously.
Everything was so familiar yet so foreign. The grass was dead, there wasn’t a single sound to be
heard, and not even a fly buzzing around in the air. All signs of life had disappeared. They
dreaded to think about what they’d find when they examined this world further, but they knew
they were here for answers. They continued on. As they walked around, it didn’t take long to
notice the corpses everywhere. Lying on the dead, yellow grass. Sprawled across park benches. Yet
none of the bodies were rotting — it was as if they’d died just a few minutes ago. Nervously,
they walked into a nearby house. There, the corpses of an entire family were
sat on chairs around their dinner table with plates in front of them, like they’d
died unexpectedly in the middle of a meal. It was the end of the world. But why and how? SCPs come in all shapes and sizes and mean
different things for the world. Some want to kill, others want to be left in peace, others can
coexist with the human race. But there are a few SCP that could blow all the other SCP out
of the water by ending the world completely. Whether a ZK scenario that changes nature and
natural order, a CK scenario that fundamentally alters reality as we know it, or an XK scenario
that destroys the universe and humanity, there are some serious threats out there. And
there’s little anyone can do to stop them. Everyone fears the big and scary
creatures from the SCP world, but some of the most threatening SCPs look
innocent enough at first. SCP 498 is literally an alarm clock. But there’s a catch. This alarm
clock is capable of killing humans and perhaps even destroying the planet. Here’s how it works.
Every 11 minutes, the alarm clock goes off at a sound of 30 decibels — that’s the sound
level of a quiet rural area. It’s so quiet most people could probably sleep through it.
But every ten seconds, the sound increases by four decibels. That might not sound like
much, but if the alarm is allowed to continue, there’s no limit to the devastation it could have.
A sound of 150 decibels can burst the eardrums of humans, and a sound of 200 decibels is enough
to kill a person. Meanwhile, a sound as loud as 1,100 decibels could destroy the world, because it
would create so much energy that it could create a black hole larger than the universe. With an
increase of 4 decibels every 10 seconds, it would only take a few minutes to reach that point.
The foundation has attempted to destroy 498 to bring its danger to the world to an end,
but so far, its attempts haven’t been successful. Instead, the only remaining solution is to ensure
the snooze button is hit every 11 minutes until the end of time. It doesn’t leave much room for
error, and things haven’t always gone to plan. The foundation used to rely on a mechanical arm to
automatically hit the snooze button — but one day, the arm malfunctioned. Foundation personnel
needed to step in and hit the button themselves until a new mechanical arm could be made.
It sounds simple, but it wasn’t. Unfortunately, there are some not-so-nice side effects
of being around 498, such as increased alertness. One of the agents charged with
guarding 498 became angry and aggressive and started arguing with the other agent in the
room, who was trying to reset the alarm clock. As they argued, 498 still hadn’t been reset and
was beginning to make more noise. Whenever the sane agent tried to move and reset the device,
the rogue agent would hit him to keep him away. After two minutes passed, the noise level
became so high that the personnel were in pain and the camera filming the whole thing began
to vibrate from the acoustic stress. Still, the rogue foundation member didn’t want to let anyone
near the alarm clock to put this all to an end. Eventually, another officer came in and managed to
shoot the rogue agent and activate the emergency switch to alert the foundation. But at this point,
his eardrums had ruptured and he was about to collapse. He failed to turn off the alarm.
A while later, a containment team arrived to find the original good agent lying beside 498
with blood pouring out of his ears, in a robotic state. He was lying barely conscious on the
floor but repeatedly pressing the reset button. At some point, he’d managed to turn off 498 before
it could do further damage and destroy the world. Both the officer and the agent survived
the incident, but much stricter procedures were put into place for the future. After
all, the world could have ended that day. So far, the SCP foundation has successfully
protected the universe by locking away 498 in secure containment and implementing the strictest
procedures. It’s currently in a soundproof bunker that can cancel 95% of sound waves. But if for
any reason the alarm clock couldn’t be reset or the foundation staff went rogue
again, it would destroy the universe. Most SCPs can be contained or guarded to minimize
their impact, like 498. But a few are so large that even the foundation can’t do much to
hold them back. SCP 3000 is a prime example. The foundation first discovered 3000 after
strange reports from fishermen around the Indian Ocean. One day, a submarine went down
to investigate with personnel on board — and they couldn’t believe what they found.
Deep underwater, they found an enormous, eel-like creature. It must have been hundreds
of kilometers long, and its head alone was unbelievably large — but the scariest part of all
was its eyes, illuminating the darkness. There was also a strange gray liquid surrounding 3000.
The closer the submarine got to 3000, the stranger they began to feel. The doctor onboard
started sweating, exhibiting anxious behaviors, and whimpering. Nobody could make much sense out
of what the man was saying, but he repeatedly talked about seeing darkness and nothingness.
As the submarine reached the eel, the doctor became totally insane, smashing his head against
the submarine window until the glass smashed. The mission had to quickly return back up
to the surface, but the doctor died. Nobody was sure what had happened, but they suspected
3000 has an impact on the cognition of humans. On a later mission, three divers went down
to find out more about 3000. Tragically, 3000 swallowed two of the divers and emitted more
of the gray liquid. Fortunately, one of the divers managed to send a sample of the strange liquid up
to the surface before also dying. It turned out the stuff was powerful anesthesia called Y909 that
causes confusion, panic, and memory alteration. The SCP foundation have used Y909 ever
since to help with other missions, but it’s not the kind of substance that
you want to get into the wrong hands. Nobody likes the idea of a ginormous creature that
makes them go insane and will possibly eat them, but it gets worse. Although the foundation
are still uncertain of many of the details regarding 3000, some theorize that
the creature could actually be asleep, explaining why it never moves from its position
in the Indian Ocean. But if 3000 were to wake up one day and harness its true potential,
the world would really be in trouble.
A 300-kilometer eel unleashing its
wrath on communities around the globe and emitting Y909 everywhere. That would
definitely be an end of the world scenario. Others think 3000, also known as
Anantashesha, could be a god. Maybe judgment day will arrive sometime soon...
Ready to hear something even weirder? Enter in SCP-3805, which may one day lead to an
XK scenario that destroys the universe. 3805 is a huge, embryonic entity lying
deep below the earth — in fact, what we used to believe were the natural geological
layers of the earth seem to be 3805 itself. The outer crust of the earth is actually the shell
of 3805, and the outer core below is a series of tunnels made of a gelatin-like substance. The
inner core is the embryo. It points to the conclusion that the earth seems to be some kind
of egg, bearing a creature beneath the surface. 3805 bears an embryo and seems to be in a state
of gestation. It all begs a simple question: what will happen when it fully develops?
Nobody knows, but it’s unlikely to be good news Whatever 3805 is, the foundation knows
it’s sturdy and not easily destroyed. All kinds of drilling, excavation, or
digging activities don’t impact it. However, in some places, interfering with
or provoking 3805 seems to make it spawn. In past expeditions or experiments when personnel
have drilled into 3805, it causes dark purple dust clouds filled with stars to form. As soon
as the external stimulation that created the spawning stops, these dust clouds also stop, so
they may be some kind of defensive mechanism. Currently, there are two spawns of 3805 above
the ground that nobody has managed to disperse. They formed their own passageways
and offer entry into 3805. A few brave personnel have attempted to take
expeditions to seal the tunnels to 3805, and others have accidentally stumbled across it in
oil drilling or similar operations. They reported seeing dark liquid, tentacles, and the joints of
a creature. While some escaped alive, others were less lucky. It seems that 3805 absorbed them.
Unfortunately, it’s difficult to collect much information about 3805 because of
its location. The high temperatures that deep into the core of the earth make it
difficult to actually get anywhere near it. But ultimately, it seems like humanity is at the
mercy of this insentient, sprawling being below the ground. It’s just a waiting game until one
day, 3805 hatches or breaks out of the ground and takes the world for itself. Perhaps it will
absorb everything and everyone on the surface. Worryingly, oil drilling operations
appear to have awakened the beast already, and the spawn now on the surface of the
earth puts human life in grave danger. Also lying below the ground is SCP-2935.
And this SCP is even crazier than 3805, because it’s not just threatening to hatch out
and destroy the world — it promises to alter time and reality too, causing a CK event.
From the outside, 2935 just looks like a regular cave. But instead of leaving to
some damp, dark grotto, it contains the passageway to an alternate reality.
2935 leads to an exact replica of the world we know, except for one key difference.
There’s no life there. It’s not just human life that’s absent but also animals, plants, and
sentient entities like machines and computers. After noticing strange radio signals coming from
the cave in Indiana, the SCP foundation sent a drone down the cave to investigate. They could
never have predicted what they’d find. There were corpses lying all over the ground, of animals
and humans alike. It seemed that they had died spontaneously and instantly, because the corpses
were dotted around, as if the people had been going about their daily activities when they died.
Mysteriously, there was a message being broadcast from the SCP foundation in the alternative
reality saying that there had been a containment breach and communication breakdown,
urging everyone to stay in their home. The foundation sent teams to find out more and
collect samples. They arrived to find the area almost exactly the same as the world on the other
side of the cave, but with all life gone. Even the most dangerous SCPs from the foundation had died.
The samples they took revealed some surprising facts. Each organism had suffered 100% cell
death, explaining why the corpses weren’t rotting. Judging by the date on a newspaper
found there, this had happened on 20 April 2016, or a few days before the team arrived.
But what — or who — had killed everyone? On a later mission, even stranger things started
happening. One of the personnel, agent Keller, was exploring a Foundation site in the alternate
reality, when he sent out an ominous message to the rest of the team. He told them to seal
the cave in and detonated the building where he was — killing himself and the rest of his
men. Incidentally, Keller’s corpse from the alternate dimension was the only one decomposing.
This is where things get complicated. It turned out that Keller had found an encrypted message
written by alternate-dimension Keller, who had set out on a mission to a different alternate
dimension after detecting strange radio signals from the cave. But when this alternate-dimension
Keller returned, he found every living thing in his own dimension dead. He then killed himself.
The Keller from this dimension opted to kill himself when he found out, worrying that if he
returned to his own dimension it would result in the death of every living creature there,
too. The Foundation promptly sealed the cave. Although there’s lots of uncertainty over how the
people in the alternate world died, the foundation suspects some creature is using radio signals
to lure foundation members down caves. If it succeeds, it could spell death and destruction in
an infinite number of realities and dimensions.
