Long-Wen may be the oldest-looking man I’ve ever seen, and with a 
will like iron. He just took everything we dished out, and didn’t say a 
word. Parks said that the next stop was his wife and grandkids, and 
that got him talking. Told us it was kept in one of the oldest parts of 
the city, some old temple. It had grown, and made wonderful things, 
but only the worthy could look upon it and not be overwhelmed by 

it. He said Henry was shown the wonders, in the hopes that he 
would be able to convince us to not take The Builder, but that he 
was not worthy, and was broken. 


We made him show us where they keep it. Long-Wen said it 
wouldn’t do any good, that it was buried too deep. They moved it 
deep inside when they first caught wind of the Agents; he said we’d 
never get it back. We’re doing Deep Work tomorrow, and we’re not 
coming out without it. 


Date: June 10th, 


Been out for a while. This place is amazing. At first, it was just a 
temple that was too big inside, neat but nothing new. Then we went 
in deeper. Whole rooms, altars, everything re-created and 
rearranged by this thing. It’s like someone built twelve whole 
temples inside this one tiny structure. Agent Parks set up a recall 
point in the main hall with some other Agents to make sure nobody 
sneaks up on us. We suited up and went to work. It started getting 
odd after hour six. Lots of hallways, not as many rooms. Then, 


eighty-three rooms all connected by those sliding doors, each with a 
tiny Buddha in the center of the floor, and nothing else. Lev grabbed 
a few for samples. We knew things were getting odd when we came 
to a perfect reproduction of the first altar room, but appearing to be 
made of one solid mass of wood. 


Thing was beautiful and totally seamless, and not a single tool mark 
on anything. Paul found some documents, and we scanned them 
back to Parks. He said they were about the object; apparently 
they’re calling it SCP-184 now. Parks said it talks about how they 
moved 184 deeper each time it made a new area. They thought it 
was some gift from God or something. Used it to expand rooms, if 
people would donate to the temple, or at least to the gangs that 
controlled it at the time. 


I've never been in a place like this. It’s getting harder to 

maneuver. The halls are starting to get strange, they go up at funny 
angles, and the last few rooms have been tiny. By Lev’s count, we 
should be twenty feet above the roof of this whole city by now. 


Date: June 12th(?), 


I’m getting sick of this place. Came to a branch yesterday, had to 
split the team. | drew the “up” hallway, and set out. Not sure how 
long I’ve been climbing. The halls aren’t regular anymore; they 
wave in and out, like a frozen earthquake. Everything seems to be 
made of stone here. Managed to squeeze into a side room to catch 
my breath, once | looked around, | saw everything was made of 
jade. It was all colored right, and had the right texture, but it was 
jade. Bed, chairs, table, books, everything. | sat on the bed for two 
hours and didn’t think. | got up and smashed the jade lamp that was 
probably worth more than my life, and left. 


I’m not feeling well. | feel really disconnected here, like an astronaut 
or something. It’s not like other areas I’ve been in. Never felt so 
alone. I’m fine, | Know that. It's Henry dying, the whole rotten city 
outside, and me being alone and able to think too much. Rats are 
tested for mental stability, and | passed with flying colors. It’s just 
my nerves. I’m sitting on a chair made of thousands of tiny dragon 
statues, writing on a table made of super-dense paper, and | am 


fine. 


Date: June (7) 


I’ve been out too long. Food low. Water low. Not out yet, but 
getting there. Hearing things. Keep thinking | hear voices. Been 
climbing for days. Saw light today. At the end of a side-hall, bright 
yellow light. | climbed into the hall and ran. Smashed through the 
door, and it was aroom. Millions of candles, all lit, but just another 
room. Pulled off my helmet, smashed the candles with it. Broke my 
lenses, neck seal, radio. Didn’t care. Sat and cried for 

hours. Dropped a pick down the shaft today, never heard it hit 
bottom. Almost jumped to go get it, but stopped. Got to find this 
thing. Going to smash it to bits. Stomp it. Crush it. 


Date: June (7) 


Food out. Suit can’t make any more water. Saw a hall with ten 
thousand doors. Ran down it, smashed a bunch, then kept 
climbing. Lost my boots. Floor looked like carpet. Made of super- 
sharp stone. Cut suit to ribbons. Feet too. Blood all over the 
shaft. Hope it appreciates it. Going to crush this thing. Feel it 
shatter in my hand. Hate this place. Keep hearing Henry. Keep 
telling him he’s dead. Won't listen. 


Date: (?) 

Top of shaft. Hall to forever. Lights everywhere. Going to kill the 
heart. 

Date: (?) 

Hell is Heaven 


Heaven is Hell 
Life is Wonderful 


Notes: Gordon Richards went missing during the recovery of 


SCP-184, presumed KIA. SCP-184 recovered by Team 
Zeta-9. Journal recovered in rubble left from destruction of SCP-184 
affected temple. 


SCP-185: The Radio 


Item #: SCP-185 


Object Class: Safe (Euclid class considered after incident 185-1. 
See document 185-1 for details.) 


Special Containment Procedures: SCP-185 is to be kept ina 
soundproof room with noise-filtering microphones for monitoring 
purposes. Standard guard procedures are to be used for this object. 
Ear protection must be worn by all occupants in the chamber, 
excluding test subjects. 


Description: SCP-185 appears to be a Russian R-105M radio used 
during the Cold War, except that it has a crudely-added keypad and 
LCD screen. The object can receive most radio transmissions, 
including encrypted signals. Attempts to determine how it can break 
even the strongest of encryptions have so far been fruitless. 
SCP-185 has a very long range, surpassing even modern radio 
equipment. It functions as a normal radio until input is added via the 
keypad. It seems that if a year is entered into the keypad, the radio 
will receive transmissions from the specified era (depending on if 
messages were being broadcast on the set frequency). This function 
was discovered when, upon entering the random number of 1939, 
Neville Chamberlain was heard declaring war on Germany. The 
possibility of experimenting with dates and times has been noted 
and is being researched. The possibility of entering future dates is 
being discussed; it has yet to be decided whether the benefits 
outweigh the risk of causing a time paradox. On the inside, the radio 
appears to be unaltered, and the keypad is contained in a box 
affixed to the side of the radio. Researchers cannot access the 
keypad due to the box being made from a metal that is yet to be 
identified. It cannot be cut and there are no determinable ways to 
disassemble it. 


Addendum: 


Document #185-1: Incident 1 


During a test, the year was set to -13.73 billion, during the time the 
universe was suspected to have been created. Sound volumes 
emitted by the object could not be measured with standard 
equipment. Survivors further from the incident reported rumbling 
sounds similar to recorded radio emissions from the sun. All those 
within 200 meters of the epicenter died of asphyxiation. Sound 
waves had ruptured capillaries in the lungs; autopsy reports indicate 
that the victims essentially drowned in their own blood. The device 
failed to operate for some time after that incident, and it was found 
that the device's internal battery pack had failed. Replacing it 
restored functionality. It was noted that the LCD screen was sill lit, 
suggesting that the device has no special power aside from the 
anomalous box. The sound waves have also rendered SCP- 
inoperable, leading to the reclassification of said SCP as 
neutralized. The radio seems to have received no damage. 
Structural damages have been reported on-site and a section had to 
be shut down for repairs. Testing has been postponed until further 
notice. 


Dr. 


Any personnel caught using the object to listen to music on duty will 
be disciplined. 


Object Request: 


Mobile Task Force Delta-5 is requesting to use SCP-185 to aid their 
mission of tracking down objects before our rivals. Task Force 
believes Iranians have important information and wish to intercept 
their transmissions. Request accepted. 


« SCP-184 | SCP-185 | SCP-186 » 


SCP-186: To End All Wars 


Item #: SCP-186 
Object Class: Euclid 


Special Containment Procedures: The site of SCP-186, 
comprising an approximately 300 km? area, is to be closed to the 
public under the auspices of a habitat restoration initiative for the 
European bison. An automated security perimeter is to be 
established, monitored by staff at Remote Site-355. Security 
personnel must patrol SCP-186 every two weeks; any anomalous 
phenomena observed within the security perimeter must be 
documented and reported to the Research Director. 


All known primary sources documenting the events of SCP-186 
have been secured by the Foundation. These materials are to be 
stored in the Site-23 Archives. Due to the age of the materials and 
the potential for deterioration, all access to these documents must 
be approved by the Site-23 Archivist and handled per their 
instructions. 


All instances of SCP-186-1 are to be secured in the munitions wing 
of Site-23. 


Description: SCP-186 is the site of an unrecorded military 
engagement occurring from 7/24/1917 to 8/13/1917 between 
elements of the Imperial German Army and forces of the Russian 
provisional government as part of the larger conflict of World War I, 
and the continuing effects resulting from its aftermath. This conflict 
came to be known to its participants as the Battle of Husiatyn 
Woods in surviving accounts. 


In July of 1917, an armed engagement between a detachment of 
approximately 500 German soldiers and the remnants of a Russian 
division scattered during the German counterattack to the Kerensky 
Offensive took place at the location of SCP-186. The forces met in 


heavily forested terrain outside the town of Husiatyn in what is 
currently Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine. On both sides of the conflict, 
combatants deployed anomalous weaponry utilizing technology that 
has yet to be duplicated or understood at present. This battle 
eventually resulted in the deaths or permanent incapacitation of all 
forces involved, and approximately 300 civilians in its general 
vicinity. 


SCP-186-1 consists of recovered weaponry dating from the initial 
containment of SCP-186 in 1917, and includes the following: 


¢ A highly modified weapon resembling the Skoda M1909 

machine gun, capable of causing extremely rapid tumor-like 

growths to appear within the body of any organism larger than 

a common lab rat 

Mortar shells specially designed to be fired from a Mortier de 

58mm type 2, containing a gas that causes animal cells to 

become unable to cease life function 

Concertina wire coated with an unknown hallucinogenic 

compound that permanently affects human test subjects upon 

entering the bloodstream 

¢« Remnants of an unknown incendiary device believed to have 

been detonated at the close of the conflict, accounting for 

what is estimated to be 34% of total casualties 

British Empire-issue No. 27 type grenades, containing a gas 

capable of passing through all tested gas-mask filtration 

systems, and causing humans to constantly experience the 

sensation of being on fire 

¢ 8x50mmR French rifle cartridges containing powdered human 
bone instead of gunpowder; purpose unknown 


Historical records indicate that the German detachment involved in 
the Battle of Husiatyn Woods, at the behest of a Hungarian military 
advisor named Matyas Nemes, specifically pursued the group of 
Russian forces in retreat, which at the time included French scientist 
Dr. Jean Durand. Based on documents of the era since suppressed 
by the Foundation, it is believed that these two individuals are 
responsible for the development and limited manufacture of 
SCP-186-1, and had attached themselves to opposing sides of the 
Eastern Front for the express purpose of deployment of these 


weapons in a combat setting. 
+ Research Log 186-7 


Research Log 186-7: Notable Anomalies Documented 
at SCP-186 


04/11/1923: A 3 km2 area in the southwestern portion of 
SCP-186 experiences a spontaneous die-off of trees. 
Decomposition occurs on an extremely accelerated time 
scale, and area is completely cleared of trees and other 
plant life within two weeks. 


01/13/1927: Despite temperatures consistently at -15°C, 
no snow is visible throughout central portion of site. 
Temperatures measured at site are consistent with 
surroundings. 


09/02/1932: The sounds of sporadic gunfire are recorded 
throughout the site, despite lack of observed presence of 
any civilians. Sounds persist for three days. 


05/30/1936: Agents Chekhov and fail to return 
from routine patrol of SCP-186. No subsequent traces of 
either person are ever recovered. 


05/15/1941: Acting in accordance with intelligence 
sources embedded in the Third Reich, Foundation 
personnel evacuate SCP-186 in advance of Operation 
Barbarossa. Subsequent to decommissioning 
observation posts, faint glow visible from 150 m 
documented by staff to move through site. Definitive 
visual contact unestablished prior to evacuation. 


10/29/1945: Containment of SCP-186 reestablished after 
discussions with Soviet Union officials. Upon initial patrol 
after reestablishment of containment, thirteen corpses 
dressed in uniforms and insignia of the German 4th 
Panzer Army and twenty-seven corpses in Soviet 22nd 
Army uniforms are discovered in advanced state of 
decay. No identifications of personnel are successful, as 


all identifying documents and insignia had been removed 
prior to Foundation containment. 


02/19/1959: Following the formation of a large sinkhole 
in the northeastern portion of SCP-186, four men are 
observed wandering the immediate area in a state of 
extreme disorientation, dressed in what are later 
identified to be severely decomposed and degraded 
World War I-era military uniforms of both German Empire 
and Russian issue. Subjects detained and routed to 
Site-23 for subsequent research. 


04/02/1959: After an extensive excavation of the site of 
the northeastern sinkhole, 23 persons are discovered 
buried at a depth of 15 m in a mass grave, alive despite 
decades of interment and various wounds and injuries. 
As with subjects discovered earlier, most are dressed in 
remnants of military uniforms of the World War | era and 
are presumed to be participants in the original SCP-186 
event. Extensive research at Site-23 yields little 
information, as subjects are unable to provide any 
meaningful information or communication to Foundation 
staff due to extensive psychological trauma and profound 
mental disorders. Foundation staff attempt to euthanize 
subjects after 3 weeks of research, but fail in all 
attempts. Subjects subsequently tranquilized, 
anesthetized and incinerated. 


07/29/1962: Prior to upgrades to containment facilities, 
security perimeter of SCP-186 found to be almost 85 m 
longer than originally documented. Inquiry later rules out 
clerical error as source of discrepancy. 


12/13/1975: Localized weather phenomena documented 
as occurring entirely and exclusively within SCP-186. 
These include sustained winds up to 120 kph, 20 cm of 
rainfall and temperatures temporarily reaching 48°C. 


08/12/1987: Packs of wolves, numbering an estimated 
200 total individuals, travel to SCP-186, mass at a point 
in the central region of the site, and immediately 


disperse. 


03/03/2009: A stand of three spruce trees is observed in 
the southwestern deforested area, the first documented 
plant life since 1923 event. Estimated age of trees is fifty 
years.