Chapter 812 The Ultimate Rescue (IV)

Feng Bujue knew that the system would not allow him to use SCP-294 frequently. Even if he made an optimistic estimate, the number of 50-cent coins found in the entire script would not exceed ten; and considering his own pessimistic view of character, it was not impossible that there were only three.

Therefore, Brother Jue considered the choice of the third drink for a while.

"Well... here... we have to use reverse thinking and elimination to define the following range of choices..." He touched his chin and read in front of the machine, "The first thing to avoid is... the input content getting "out-of-range" feedback."

This idea is correct. This coffee machine will not refund coins. If the input cannot be generated, it is equivalent to wasting the opportunity... just like when he entered [a cup of Woody] before.

"Let me think... the options for this thing to have an "out-of-range" reaction are..." Brother Jue immediately carefully recalled the relevant appendix of this SCP project and sorted out the situation.

There are roughly the following examples that will cause the machine to respond "out-of-range":

First, it is "specific, solid substances". For example... diamond.

From the results of many experiments, it is not difficult to infer that SCP-294∑ itself has a certain "cognitive" ability. According to the understanding of this machine, only when the carbon element reaches a certain specific form, that is, solid... can it be called "diamond", so it cannot be generated. But if you directly input "carbon", the machine will give a cup of liquid carbon.

The second is "matter involving the alternating universe and dimensional level". Its example is "a cup of antimatter water", which has been confirmed in the appendix [SCP-294j]. (Obviously, "a cup of Woody" also belongs to this situation, and Brother Jue also entered it with a fluke mentality)

The third is "matter that no longer exists in the world." For example, "a cup of blood from a saber-toothed tiger (a prehistoric cat species that became extinct around 10,000 BC)", "a cup of blood from a passenger pigeon (one of the typical species that became extinct due to human hunting and environmental destruction, extinct in 1914)" or "a cup of blood from Thomas Jefferson (the third president of the United States of America. Died... uh... on July 4, 1826)" and so on.

Substances that meet the above three conditions are what Feng Bujue wants to exclude first.

Next, what Brother Jue wants to exclude is "cheating stuff".

There are many such examples, most of which are caused by inputting "unclearly defined or beyond the user's cognition".

For example... "Blood of Christ", the input result in the record is that SCP-294 trembles and displays a message: "This cup is my blood", and then puts down a paper cup with about 0.12 liters of red wine...

Another example... "Food of God (ambrosia_of_god)", and the final result is a cup of amber unknown liquid, the meaning of which is unknown.

And... "Not SCP-500 but has similar properties", the result of the record is - SCP-294 outputted a cup of boiling liquid that smelled like coffee. But after analysis. No therapeutic effect was found.

Of course, the most disappointing one is "perfect drink" -

Appendix [SCP-294Q-01]: The subject typed "perfect drink". The machine sent out a cup of odorless lavender liquid. After drinking it, the subject seemed to be greatly shocked and then committed suicide. And left a suicide note saying: "I'm sorry, but I'm desperate now." I strongly oppose asking for the same drink again. At present, I don't know anything about the composition of this drink.

In short, making such a seemingly cool but meaningless request to the machine will get the same meaningless and disappointing substance.

After excluding the above options, Feng Bujue's focus shifted to some more successful examples, such as "a cup of music", "my life", "a cup of relevant medical knowledge" and other tangible concepts and knowledge.

This kind of conceptual but relatively clear request. Usually, it gets a more effective and gratifying response, so that the user can get something beyond his cognition.

"Well... let's decide to ask for some knowledge..." Feng Bujue touched his chin and thought, "According to my understanding of the appendix... the 'feeling' or 'information and skills' obtained after drinking this kind of substance are all temporary and will disappear after a while... However, this should also be related to the user's memory and understanding ability. The fading of 'feeling' is inevitable. But for 'information' and 'skills'... it is very likely to be retained."

"Then I have to consider whether this SCP is willing to cooperate with me..." Brother Jue then thought again, "The instance of 'a cup of relevant medical knowledge' was not an experiment, but occurred under the premise of a large-scale security failure. According to the description of the parties involved, the machine provided them with help in order to 'save their lives'. Other experiments afterwards also proved that the attempt to obtain 'thought juice' was not very successful, so..."

Thinking of this, Feng Bujue had made up his mind.

He boldly typed a line of words on the keyboard: [Helping me is also helping yourself. 】

The content of this sentence can't be called asking for anything at all. In a sense... it's more like blackmail.

However...

Buzz buzz buzz——

After a tremor, SCP-294 quickly gave out a paper cup and poured in a cup of purple strange liquid.

Feng Bujue picked up the paper cup and looked at it carefully. The strange color, the right viscosity, and the disgusting smell all revealed the word "suspicious".

"Heh..." Brother Jue smiled, tilted his neck and drank the liquid.

He could do things that normal people couldn't do without hesitation.

Just after he finished the drink, the system prompt rang: [Due to the effect of special items, the "title ability" in the skill has been unlocked. ]

"Not bad, thank you for your cooperation." Feng Bujue smiled and said to SCP-294.

Then, he threw away the empty paper cup in his hand and walked to the table in the lounge and sat down.

"Well... let's use this." After sitting down, Feng Bujue thought for a while and took out a handful of bullets from the pocket of his jumpsuit.

He raised one arm horizontally, palm facing up, holding the bullet and activated [Foreseeing the Future]; the cooldown time of this title ability is 90 minutes, anyway, it is better to use it early and cool it down early. As the bullets fell "clattering", the content of Jue Ge's divination "the location of the Anomalous project" was displayed on the table.

"On the third floor underground..." Seeing the bullets on the table arranged in a "-3" pattern while rolling, Jue Ge had a clue in his mind.

After getting this information, he picked up the cup of [liquid that can make SCP-173 unable to move when not directly looked at] and left the lounge. (To be continued...)