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- 1 FPT: Supreme Divinity, Containment Breach FPT：至高神性，收容失效 An unearthed artifact confirms that a civilization existed before the current era. As more relics from before the era come to light, the power of this civilization is gradually revealed to humanity. What destroyed such a mighty civilization? Will humanity repeat the same mistakes? Secrets emerge, and the supreme divine beings slowly awaken. The apocalypse draws near. Rifts spread, and disaster runs rampant. On that day, someone stood atop a peak, a roaming dragon at his back and blood-red robes 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 A D-Class Personnel's Fight for Survival D级人员的求生之路 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 161Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 The Foundation: From the Start, I Contained a Mahayana Cultivator 基金会：开局收容大乘期修士 [Anomalies + containment + gods + cultivation + wild imagination + rule-based horror] The history we know is a lie. This planet has existed for 4.6 billion years, while human civilization is barely ten thousand years old. On the scale of time, we are like mayflies. The truth is that humanity has never truly “ruled” this world. We just happen to live through their “dormant period.” And now, they are waking up. Contain. Study. Protect. We are not fighting off alien invaders, but “primordial —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 Star Dome Containment Logs: A Path Across Dimensions 星穹收容日志：跨越维度的命途 My new work is out! You’re welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 Transmigrating into the Foundation 穿越到基金会 I’m a new author, so please don’t criticize me harshly if the writing isn’t good. If you spot anything that needs improvement, leave a comment and I’ll revise it. The power scaling might get out of hand, so just treat this as fanfiction, or a weaker version. All characters in this book are fictional. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 When Factions Clash, I Become Director of the SCP Foundation 势力对抗我当SCP基金会所长 [Containment and summoning + satisfying but not mindless + endless upgrades + farming and development + a touch of horror, with elements from ten different genres] (Easy to get into) Countless transmigrators are dropped into a realm full of unknowns and opportunities, where the Transcenders must face a variety of challenges. Here, people can choose their preferred faction and power system. Some team up with legendary characters to set sail for distant waters; others command elf legions and wage 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 Countdown: Site 19 倒计时：Site19 [Foundation] When the steel fortress begins altering its own memories, street signs twist before your eyes, and photographs betray reality. An archivist must fight madness with words and uncover the truth behind the Site's awakening before cognition collapses. (Some of the original setting has been changed) 13Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 Containing Anomalies: I Am the Final Containment Measure 收容异常：我，即是最终收容措施 [Power Fantasy, Foundation] I am D-Class personnel 9527, about to be “humanely terminated.” When containment fails across the globe and the forbidden X-001 “Dominance Meme” is unleashed, the entire world descends into madness! A-Class investigators suffer mental breakdowns, S-Class anomalies tear reality apart, and even the O5 Council can barely protect itself! Yet I discover… it has no effect on me?! [Ping! Perfect immunity to the “Dominance Meme” detected in Host!] [Cognitohazardous informatio 61Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 The Foundation? I’ll Summon the Fourth Calamity! 基金会？我召唤第四天灾！ What do you do when you transmigrate into the SCP monster containment world? No worries, I've got The Fourth Calamity. (Relax, stay calm and composed, don't get cocky or impatient, and plan ahead.) (´-ω-`) I'll leave the rest to the Calamities (the players)! 18Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 I Delivered Food and Brought a Dragon Bone to My Late Mother 我送外卖，给亡母送回一截龙骨 [Mystery and the Supernatural] [Urban Legends] [Folk Beasts] [No System] [Delivery Rider] [Extreme Self-Healing] Three months after his former company framed him and got him fired, Zhou Yan had only 8.6 yuan left in his bank account. His mortgage payment had bounced, a breakup message popped up, and the food delivery station manager was still nagging him to finish his last three orders. At midnight, the platform assigned him a high-paying delivery worth 1,888 yuan. The pickup was at the rear 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 The Supernatural World: Starting with the King of the Noose’s Lament 诡异世界：从得到缢王悲歌开始 [5K Universe: On the Eve of the Human Extinction Plan] That which we serve is blood. The one we await is named the Strangled King. With my blood, I serve my king. Blissful suffocation, the sacrifice of sin as always. It was the wager made by the three brothers beneath the Tree of Knowledge, as the dynasty teetered on the brink of collapse. It was the chance that opened the crimson abyss beneath the roots. It was the dragon's mockery from inside its copper cage. This performance is a farce, as a 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 Paranormal Invasion? I'm Restarting the Age of Containment 诡异入侵？我重启收容时代 Anomalies are devouring this world. Humanity lives amid chaos and fear, with its efforts to conceal the truth proving woefully ineffective. And I, a Foundation researcher who transmigrated here, quietly pulled out the Standard Containment Protocol. 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 SCP: I Became an Immortal Containment Subject SCP：我成了不死收容者 [Superpowers + SCP-inspired setting + Past and present lives + One female lead + Unhinged male lead] Because of his younger brother’s schemes, Lin Xia died on a rainy night. As his resentment grew, an otherworldly presence quietly took root inside him. His body became a prison, and a terrifying journey of containment began. [Contained the Immortal Sin Lizard, gained the ability: Immortality!] [Contained the Evolving Butterfly, gained the ability: Illusion!] [Contained the Forbidden Statue, gaine 18Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 I, Lord of the Abyssal Source, Deploy SCPs from the Start 我，渊溯之主，开局投放SCP Behind-the-scenes scheming + dungeons + SCP + Cthulhu. In a world after the spiritual qi revival, the old order has collapsed and a new one has yet to take shape. Cultivation sects, magic cults, technological federations, and ancient bloodlines are all rising at once, ushering in a chaotic new era filled with both danger and opportunity. Ling Yuan, an ordinary young man from the modern world, accidentally transmigrates and binds himself to the Abyssal Trace System. He can project the seemingly f 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 I Descended into Marvel as a Containment Object 化身收容物降临漫威 A collision between Marvel and monsters? After the protagonist transmigrates and becomes an avatar of the Foundation, they encounter all sorts of interesting clashes in the Marvel universe. Who knows whether the monsters or the Marvel characters are stronger? 20Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 At the Foundation, I Risk My Life Chasing Antiques 人在基金会，为了古董玩命追 Cultural relics have been stolen, history plundered, and the history of Huaxia has nearly been severed. Gu Ling, an antiques dealer in a corner of the city, is thrust into a bizarre struggle over national treasures after accidentally acquiring a jade pendant. See what unexpected tricks this humble antiques dealer has up his sleeve. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 I Have a Legendary Containment Facility 我有一座传说收容所 Neon is the color of blood. Behind the elevator doors lurks a skinning ritual. A silent broadcast squats atop a signal tower. Your reflection... is smiling at you. This isn't an illusion. They're here: urban monstrosities that devour logic and rewrite reality. Some choose to surrender, embracing corruption until they become legends. Others wager their bones, flesh, and eyes, remaking themselves into weapons that can slay gods. (I made up some of the monsters myself, so don't complain.) 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 BSM Foundation: Classified Files BSM基金会绝密档案 Bizarre, supernatural phenomena, mysterious creatures. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 After Dying Ten Thousand Times, I’ll Create the Foundation 死亡万次，我将创建基金会 I got a System, but I wasn't excited, because I knew the world would end in a month. Lin Fan had been reborn countless times, rewound time again and again, and died countless times, but he never gave up. When the first station was successfully established and the first anomaly contained, he used each death and rewind to search for the truth. “Then I will save the world!” 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 Anomaly Containment: The Contained Entity Is Actually Me 异常收容：收容物竟是我自己 Containment breach. Meme contamination. Plaster statues stand in every corner of the deserted city. Dull yellow fog blankets the sky. A chuuni girl who claims to be the savior. A chosen temp worker who is himself an anomaly. In this apocalyptic city, is it a distortion of human nature, or a collapse of morality? Welcome to “Anomalous Containment: The Anomaly Is Actually Me” 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 Names and Traits of Contained Anomalies 收容之物特点名称 Containment + Stories Every contained item has its own unique traits, and each has a story of its own. Some contained items are special, though. If you want to write about SCP, feel free to take a look. You’ll find the information you need here. 16Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 Game Development: My Game Shocked the Entire Internet 游戏制作：我的游戏震惊全网 [SCP Foundation]+ [Arrival in the Real World]+ [Game Development] Read the story! Read the story! Read the story! The important things must be said three times… 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 The Complete Foundation Series Proposal 基金会大全系列提案 Humanity has existed for 250,000 years, but only the last 4,000 have meant anything. So what did we do for almost 250,000 years? We hid in caves, huddled around tiny campfires, afraid of the things we did not understand: explanations for how the sun rose, monsters with human heads and birds’ bodies, and stones that were alive. So we called them “gods” and “demons,” begging them for forgiveness and praying to be saved. Then their numbers dwindled, while ours grew. As the things we feared became —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 What Is 142857? 请问，142857是什么？ [Thunderstorm] I really don’t know what 142857 is, so please stop asking me. Ask again... and I’ll have to kill someone! [142857] 142857 is a cyclic number. It proves that a week has seven days. But you know, it isn’t just a number. It’s... [Taiji Mark] You are the one chosen by 142857. You bear a great responsibility... Please don’t let us down! [God] I created this world, and this world has not forgotten me. It is only right that I protect it. You... have crossed the line. [Crimson God] You se 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 What If There Were No Foundation and No A? 假如没有基金喝乌A It was an ordinary day. The Foundation was running as usual, with agents out in the field and researchers conducting their studies. Then that moment arrived, and every “anomaly” abruptly ceased to exist. No one knew why, and no one knew who was responsible. The world returned to normal. There was no longer any need for the Veil. But what about the anomalies? What happened to all the contained objects? Where did they go? Are they coming back for dinner? A mysterious number from Antarctica: March 20Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 Antimemetic Files: O614 逆模因档案：O614 They have no name. They have no form. They are saving the world, and the world is erasing every trace of them. Isabella Gray, a researcher at the Foundation, has made contact with “the Void,” a living vortex of forgetfulness designated O6-14. Its power is to erase information about existence itself, and it is quietly battling an ultimate cognitohazard capable of tearing reality apart. The only clues are fragments of data and its own warped senses. When the “purification” protocol launched by the 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 The Strange Interstice 诡异间隙 Survive in a world of terrifying anomalies, and study them in a quiet, protected society. Is it an illusion, or did I really transmigrate? Is the world distorted, or am I? Madness, the uncanny, horror, the mysterious, and an indescribable fear are watching you every moment. Our motto is “Contain! Control! Protect!” 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 The Life of a Special Forces Recruit, Starting from Zero 从零开始的特遣队员生活 [Cthulhu Mythos + Foundation Containment + Chinese and Foreign Mythologies + Apocalypse] (Slow burn, no cultivation, every plot thread will be resolved) Ye Sheng is clearly a dying man, yet he accidentally activates the System in a strange dream. But... what does it mean that contamination has been detected, the System is saving itself, and he, the Host, has to protect it? An axe that can cleave anything, a town trapped in a day that repeats endlessly, ancient fishermen pursuing Outer Gods thr —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 At the Break of Dawn, I Have an Official Website 破晓之时，但我拥有官网 Shen Yan is a twenty-year-old internet addict. While surfing the web, he stumbles across the Foundation franchise. The moment he clicks on it, he transmigrates straight into the Foundation universe, with the official website in hand. How will he rise to become a ruler of his own domain? 382Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 I Got a Containment System, Conquered the World, and Led Humanity 获得收容物系统称霸世界带领人类 (Powering up + wish fulfillment + no heroine + military theme) In his previous life, Zhang Yuan was a high school student who did nothing but read online novels at home. By chance, he was reborn in a world where no one had ever heard of the Foundation, and he acquired the Foundation System. Using what he knew about the Foundation, he rose step by step to become the strongest, uniting the world and even the entire universe!!! 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 The Foundation: Anomalies and Containment 基金会：异常与收容 Time setting: The near future, 2028. Technology is slightly more advanced than it is today, but the bottleneck in biotechnology has yet to be overcome. A global capital winter has made life difficult for tech startups. Location: The story begins at the headquarters of Xingqiong Biotech, in Shanghai’s Pudong Biotech Park. As the scale of containment grows, 23 secret containment sites will be established around the world. Background: “Anomalous entities” exist in the world, and these supernatural 31Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 Beyond the Veil 在帷幕之外 A person who does not exist An event that never happened Beyond the Veil Maintaining normalcy Beyond the Veil, in the Foundation’s world, a “meme” known as the System appeared, along with so-called “transmigrators.” —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 My Years in the Containment Apocalypse 我在收容末世的那些年 The facility that once protected humanity and contained the supernatural has begun destroying the Earth on a massive scale. The Foundation has had enough. As an innocent college student, how will Wang Tian survive this apocalypse and gradually make his way to the heavens? 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 Detective Conan's Anomaly Logs 名柯的异常日志 “Beep! Anomaly D-1095 has breached containment. Please begin recapture procedures immediately!” “Beep! Anomaly B-3058 has arrived. Please begin containment procedures immediately!” “Beep! Old Ones invasion warning! Old Ones invasion warning! Old Ones invasion warning! Countdown: 3, 2...” Gongqi Zhou: ... 17Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 I Started Out as 343 and Joined a Chat Group 我343开局加入聊天群 One day, he transmigrated into 343, a being just like a god. He possessed nearly every trait of a deity. Omniscient and omnipotent, able to command the winds and rain, rule over all things, and rewrite reality... To the people of the West, He was God. To those in the East, He was Heaven itself. Then one day, after fighting 096, He joined a chat group... —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 The Anomaly Containment Facility: My Ordinary Self and Her Strange Ways 异常收容所：常态的我与异常的她 [Foundation-inspired + immortal + urban supernatural powers + all kinds of anomalies + supreme divinity + apocalyptic endgame] Control, contain, protect. A chance encounter brought Su Qian into the anomalous world that had always existed alongside reality. The reflection in the mirror that kept calling out to him in the dead of night. Creatures that flitted between light and shadow, across flat surfaces. A boy weeping silently in the thick fog. Su Qian, the one tasked with maintaining normal 98Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 Starting from Path to Nowhere, I’ll Conquer the World 从无期迷途开始打穿世界 After bringing 99 worlds to an end, Cao Yansen encountered an unprecedented space-time storm as he transmigrated to the 100th world. All the imprisoned souls escaped, swearing to make Cao Yansen pay for his blood debt. Cao Yansen transmigrated into the role of MBCC Director and opened his eyes. “I... am Hell itself.” He battles across the eight wastelands, conquers every direction, and writes a blazing song of war. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 Succubus Shelter 魅魔收容所 [Not a Feel-Good Story, No System, No Cliches, No Harem, Setting-Focused, Imaginative] “Foundation Employee Onboarding Guide” 1. Never discuss financial matters with the “Administrator,” or you will be responsible for the cost of rebuilding the tax bureau. 2. Before opening any container, kick the spot marked with a kicking symbol. 3. The blankets in the employee dorms are usually extremely uncomfortable. If yours is comfortable, report it immediately. 4. Do not feed employees to the girl in the 35Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 On Building the Foundation from Scratch 关于从0开始建立基金会这件事 We Lost! We Run! We Over! Make the Federation Great Again! Our goal is to protect the Federation's people and make sure they don't know (crossed out) suffer from anomalous events! 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 The Foundation: The Last Light 基金会【最后的曙光】 When the wailing falls silent, the dead are reborn. When the rotten bloom with new life and the parched are watered once more, humanity's dawn shines again. Gripping the last broken sword we have, we strike hard at the dark, unknown monsters. Every human emotion will become an obstacle, and every concern for life a burden. Once inside, everyone will have only one goal. But are these monsters truly the only thing to fear? 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 The Foundation: How to Fight the Unknown 基金会：如何与未知战斗 [Related to the Foundation] We often say that an unknown enemy is the most terrifying. But the enemy of the Antimemetics Division is the unknown itself. How do you contain an entity you can't record or remember? How do you fight an untouchable enemy with perfect disguises when you don't even know you're at war with it? Stay tuned. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 Starting a Foundation in the Backrooms 在后室开基金会 Lin Mo accidentally transmigrates to the future and obtains a Foundation System. He travels between different levels, containing all kinds of entities and mysterious creatures to earn System rewards and rebuild the Foundation. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 Global Anomaly Resurgence: I Contain the Seven Deadly Sins and Become a God 全球异常复苏：我收容七宗罪成神 [Anomaly Containment]+ [No System]+ [No Harem]+ [SCP]+ [Cthulhu Mythos]+ [Foundation] My name is Lin Zeyan. When I was five, I was diagnosed with complete color blindness. But they didn't know that something even more terrifying wandered through my eyes: the “things that don't exist,” writhing in a world of gray and white. When the first splash of blood-red bloomed eerily across that gray-and-white world, I realized I wasn't the one who was insane. It was the world. The bronze bell at the Arcane —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 Anomaly Containment: Helping a Succubus Fulfill Her Wish from the Start 异常收容物：开局帮魅魔实现心愿 (SCP-style, featuring the 749 Bureau; no System. The protagonist is a contained anomaly who helps other anomalies fulfill their wishes) At some point, distortions began invading the world. Anomalies appeared one after another, gradually stirring up trouble in what had once been a peaceful world. To deal with all kinds of anomalies, countries around the world established special agencies. In Huaguo, the 749 Bureau was founded to deal with and contain anomalous creatures and objects. Then, one day —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 45 A Foundation Soldier Marries into a Female General's Family 我一基金会士兵入赘到女将军家 The Foundation's mission for me was to become a live-in son-in-law And my predecessor was a complete fool I've been racking my brains just to survive But the damn emperor still looks down on my wife's family Am I riding the subway to springtime, or sailing on a little boat of friendship? On the battlefield, I help my wife defeat her enemies At home, I still have to bail out my father-in-law I'm just too damn impressive Quick, let me strike a pose 16Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 The Endless World 浮世的未央 When things can no longer be explained by science, order will collapse, and rules will become meaningless. But here, all you need to remember is this: Stop thinking. Focus on your work. Take it seriously. Be ready to give your life at any moment. [Containment. Control. Protect.] Before dawn breaks, we will eliminate every unnecessary obstacle. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 Containment File 001: The Guide 收容编号001：引路者 [Foundation-style] [Decisive and ruthless] // FOUNDATION -- SPECIAL CONTAINMENT FILE // Item Number: WORLD-7 World Status: Entering [DATA DELETED] cycle Response Agency: Directly under the Board of Directors Core Mechanism: Specially numbered operative Latest Anomaly Report: Refuses to carry out the highest directive. Note: The motives behind its actions exceed the limits of logical prediction. Recommend raising its observation level to “Omega.” 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 48 I Contain All Things in the Shadows and Become the Savior 我于阴影中收容万物，终成救世主 Foundation + containment + System + anomalies When the supernatural descended, the army was routed by attacks from invisible things. But an apocalyptic dossier appeared in my mind. Others can only shoot at the unknown. I looked at the invisible statue that had snapped countless necks and calmly issued an order over the radio: “Keep your eyes on it. Pour the concrete.” When the first squad answering my call appeared behind me, I knew I would rewrite the rules of this world. A cure-all pill that h 65Reads—Score—Shelves
- 49 College Internship: I Blundered into the Anomaly Containment Foundation 大学实习，误入异常收容基金会 [Decisive and Ruthless] [Cold-Blooded] [Instant Kills, Every Time!] Wu Di, a college student majoring in civil engineering. He had planned to use his summer vacation to intern at a construction site, get a head start on the grueling work life awaiting him after graduation, and earn a little spending money. Instead, he stumbled upon an anomaly the likes of which hadn't been seen in a century. A giant, blood-squirting fatty sea-fig fruit inexplicably burst out of the ground. His coworkers trembled 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 50 I Was Contained After Wanting to Die, and Now I'm Invincible 想死的我被收容后无敌了 A top assassin sent by a hostile organization infiltrates the containment room. The assassin pulls out every trick in the book, while Lin Yue strolls through a hail of bullets and even takes a moment to correct the assassin’s shooting stance. After the assassination attempt, Lin Yue’s ability list gains [Gun-Fu Lv. Max]. He is assigned to deal with other dangerous anomalies. Faced with the “Shadow of the Void,” which can devour anything, Lin Yue walks right up to it, hoping to die. But when the 50Reads5.9Score—Shelves
