With the director's office located, finding the archives was no longer a mystery.
A detailed floor plan of Site-167 hung on the wall, clearly marking all functional facilities.
The map revealed that Site-167 hadn't originally been built for anti-memetic containment.
In fact, its initial purpose was to house Caribbean-based anomalies, relieving pressure on Florida's Site-17.
It wasn't until 1961, when Marion Wheeler arrived in Cuba to investigate SCP-3125, that the Anti-Memetics Division took over entirely.
Luo Shu later found corroborating documents in the archives.
According to these yellowed paper records, before SCP-3125's outbreak on October 22, 1962, Site-167 had contained over twenty Caribbean anomalies.
Yet their designations and profiles bore no resemblance to those in Luo Shu's memory.
This could only mean one thing: after SCP-3125's emergence, these anomalies were either eradicated by it or abandoned here when the site was deserted.
Since he was already here, Luo Shu had no intention of leaving potential treasures behind.
After scouring the archives, he confirmed no further data on SCP-3125 existed.
As Marion Wheeler herself had admitted: She only remembered it was in Cuba—not where. That was the nature of anti-memetics—impossible to accurately describe or record.
Especially an entity as potent as SCP-3125. No paper trail could survive its influence.
With Site-167 offering no more leads, Luo Shu turned his attention to the forgotten anomalies.
He reasoned that while SCP-3125 might annihilate conscious beings, it likely spared inanimate anomalous objects.
Decision made, he descended to Sublevel-2.
The air here was thick with humidity, walls slick with moss, floors treacherously damp—a side effect of Site-167's proximity to Guantánamo Bay's seawater.
His first stop was a unit that once held a humanoid anomaly. Now, only bleached bones remained.
SCP-3125 didn't discriminate—human or anomalous, all got the same treatment.
He moved to the next unit: a massive water tank, similar to Site-17's mermaid containment chamber.
But when his pickup's high beams pierced the water, nothing stirred.
According to the disintegrating records, this once held an anomaly from the Bermuda Triangle—though specifics were lost.
Not redacted—just eaten by time. Ink had faded, pages crumbled to dust.
All Luo Shu could discern: Bermuda origin. Aquatic containment required.
As he turned to leave—
A violent tug yanked him backward.
Luo Shu whipped around just in time to see it—a whirlpool, over 5 meters wide, churning in the previously still water.
The pull was inescapable, dragging him and his pickup toward the abyss.
Bermuda Triangle's infamous vortex—right here.
This was no joke.
Ships, planes, people—anything sucked into the Triangle's whirlpools never returned. Some theorized it was a dimensional gateway.
And Site-167 had contained one?
Yet the containment zone was labeled Safe-class. Whatever this was, it couldn't be the full Triangle threat.
Just don't get sucked in.
Luo Shu flipped open the Anomaly Encyclopedia, activating Evolutionary Distortion to counter the vortex with telekinetic force.
The whirlpool's rotation slowed, its pull weakening—until, with a final shudder, it vanished back into placid water.
When dormant, it was undetectable, perfectly blending with the pool.
The Encyclopedia glowed, adding a new entry:
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Designation: Unnumbered (Rights retained by the SCP Foundation)
Title: Bermuda Vortex (Named by Luo Shu)
Object Class: Safe
Description:
A unique vortex originating from the Bermuda Triangle, responsible for numerous disappearances of vessels and aircraft.
The specimen contained at Site-167 is a juvenile, growing by consuming organic/mechanical matter. Mature specimens exceed 1km in diameter, exhibiting:
Cascade Effect: Internal waterfalls generate violent downward currents, dragging objects to crushing depths.
Cliff Effect: Disparities in water density (from colliding Gulf Stream/Canary currents) create sudden buoyancy loss—sinking submarines like stones.
Lens Effect: Under sunlight, the vortex acts as a parabolic reflector, focusing light to incinerate airborne targets.
Containment Protocols:
Minimum 10m×10m×10m water tank. No lid required (vortex consumes overhead objects).
No objects to be introduced into containment.
Observation strictly beyond 50m.
No high-intensity lighting (triggers Lens Effect).
Anomalous Property: Sinister Swirl
"The right side belongs to God; the left, to the Devil."
This ability conjures counterclockwise whirlpools replicating all three effects.
Status: Neutralized
Historical Note:
Medieval Europe considered left-handedness a mark of demonic pact. This superstition lingers—Western societies still associate "left" with malice (e.g., vilifying left-wing ideologies while romanticizing far-right extremism).
At its core? Hypocritical self-interest.
Luo Shu exhaled. One anomaly reclaimed.
How many more lurked in Site-167's drowned halls?