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About the Gods 


At the beginning, the world was like an egg. When Pangu cracked it, 
the Great Abyss was formed. The Great Abyss was called Guixu. 
The gods were drawn to it like insects flying into a fire. There, they 
fought and consumed each other; hence Guixu was also the tomb of 
gods. Two Great Dragons, of Yin and Yang, also lurked beneath and 
fed on the gods, one called Fuxi, the other NUwa. The two Dragons 
mated and spawned nine offspring, and from the Nine Children, men 
were born. Hence men were the most distinguished among all 
beings. 


Tens of thousands of years later, the two Dragons fought. Fuxi was 
shattered, and Niwa was imprisoned in Taisui. The rule of men was 
broken, and the gods all cheered. 


Experiment Log 778 


A record of explorations of SCP-778. 


Test 1 

Three agents with two-way radios and standard day-hike supplies 
instructed to follow SCP-778 until the trail ended. 

Result: Sound of waterfall not heard. Trail ended after 7.6 km in an 
area of the park not reachable within that distance. Nothing unusual 
reported along the trail. 


Test 2 

Three agents with two-way radios and standard day-hike supplies 
instructed to follow SCP-778 until the trail ended. 

Result: Sound of waterfall heard. Trail did not end. After 12 km, 
agents were allowed to return. Although it arrived in the same place, 
the trail back was reported as different from the trail they had came 
in on, and required uphill travel in both directions. 


Test 3 

Three agents equipped with GPS tracking devices instructed to 
follow SCP-778 until the trail ended. 

Result: Devices recorded inconsistent movement within the park, at 
times moving much faster or slower than normal. Agents reported no 
anomalies and moved at a normal pace, arriving on a road 
approximately 20 km away from the entrance site. Sound of waterfall 
noted. 


Test 4 

Three agents dispatched to the road where SCP-778 ended after 
Test 3, instructed to follow it back. 

Result: Area completely grown over. No sign of trail. 


Test 5 

Three agents with two-way radios and standard day-hike supplies 
instructed to follow SCP-778 until the sound of waterfall was heard, 
then to travel off-trail until the source of the noise was reached. 


One Qilin among the gods had the shape of a deer and the face of a 
man, carrying large antlers with black and white patterns. Upon 
hearing the event, Qilin abandoned its form and fled to Saturn. 


A faceless god witnessed this, and laughed at it: “How come you 
fear the two Dragons this much?” 


Qilin answered: “Gods are the greediest and the most foolish of all 
beings, and men are descendants of the Dragons. Now that the two 
Dragons are both gone, the gods will surely feed upon the Nine 
Children and men. And when the Dragons return, they will surely 
consume all gods in turn. | only wish to avoid such disaster.” 


The Faceless God said: “The two Dragons will fight and consume 
each other, just like the gods do. No need to be concerned with 
this.” 


Qilin answered: “But one will surely remain between the two 
Dragons. And by then, we will all end up in its stomach.” And so it no 
longer responded to the Faceless God, and hid deep within the 
planet of Saturn. 


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About the Kingdoms 


In ancient times, a war between the Xia Dynasty and a kingdom of 
apes was fought. The Lord of Apes summoned the king beast and 
the mother tree, with animals and plants of a thousand kinds under 
its control; the King of Xia commanded soldiers and chariots of iron 
and bronze, and harnessed great weapons that could wipe out 
cities. 


Over fifty great wars were fought, with countless smaller battles. 
Wherever the fires of war reached, waters were vaporized and rocks 
were turned into sand. The savages who witnessed this all fled in 
terror as they thought of it as the wrath of gods. 


The war continued like this for over a hundred years, until King 
Mang of Xia rode a wyrm to the great salty lake, and met with the 
Lord of Apes. 


The King of Xia said: “The taming of beasts is the Way of the 
Dragon; the construction of machines is the Way of the Serpent. The 
Dragon and the Serpent are partners; hence the beasts and the 
machines originate from the same source. It is futile to continue the 
fight, so the war must end.” 


The Lord of Apes asked: “If the war is to end, what should we do?” 
The King of Xia said: “We can each rule one part of the land.” 


The Lord of Apes asked: “But the land is limited, what if we 
conquered it all?” 


The King of Xia pointed skyward and said: “The Milky Way is 
endless, and we can rule the stars.” 


So the Lord of Apes agreed. It is then decided that the Kingdom of 
Apes shall have the West, as well as Mercury, Venus, and Mars; Xia 
shall rule the East, along with the Moon, Saturn, and Jupiter. The 
war hence ended. 


Another few hundred years passed, Golden Crows, the sun spirits, 
caused ten suns to appear in the sky. The apes rested during the 


day and worked at night; the Xia people lived near waters and 
practiced agriculture. Hence both the Kingdom of Apes and Xia were 
greatly troubled. In addition, the Sun People, lead by Xihe and Dijun, 
revolted in the two kingdoms. They said: “We are the children of the 
suns.” 


The Kingdom of Apes sought to suppress them, but was 
unsuccessful with the interference of the ten suns. The Sun People 
then stole their great treasure, and made the king beast, the mother 
tree, as well as the thousands of animals and plants wreck great 
havoc. The kingdom thus collapsed, leaving few survivors amongst 
the apes. 


King Jie of Xia heard of the event. Terrified, he sent Scholar Yi to kill 
the ten suns with the Sword of Xuanyuan. Nine suns fell to the 
ground with only one crow escaped. But the fallen crows turned the 
land into a sea of fires, and Xia was doomed as well. 


Therefore it was exclaimed that: “Alas! Back then, weren’t the 
Kingdom of Apes and Xia prosperous? Ordinary people would 
regard them as saints and gods, and they also regarded themselves 
as heavenly people. Their domains were not only this land, but the 
stars as well. Yet they are but ashes now.” And among the stars 
people now saw, sometimes strange blinking lights could be found. 
They were what was left of the two kingdoms. 


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About the Kings 


The King of Ajia once called upon the Great Abyss, summoning the 
Three Lords of Death, and said: “I wish that | will not die.” The Lords 
of Death answered: “You may gamble with us.” Thus the king played 
cards with Yul, competed in throwing with Yama, and engaged ina 
chess match with Kshitigarbha, with the royal blood, the citizens, 
and the animals under his rule as stakes. 


The king lost. The Lords of Death hence took the souls of royalty, 
common people, and livestock. Disasters arose, plagues prevailed, 
and wars broke out. Less than one tenth of the people survived. The 
survivors revolted, killing the royalties and officials, and trapped the 
king in his court. 


Terrified, the king called upon the Great Abyss once more. A 
faceless god answered him, and said: “You must first die, and will 
then return in three days. By consuming all blood, you shall live.” 
The king hanged himself in the court, and the whole kingdom 
cheered. They exposed his body in the wild, where it was fed upon 
by the crows. 


Three days later, the whole city was lifeless. All were corpses, 


drained of blood. The god had sent its emissary. With a jade cup, 
the emissary held the blood of the city’s people, and presented it to 
the king. Attempting to drink it, the king grabbed the cup. But as his 
body was torn and broken from the crows, he dropped it by accident. 
The blood ran down and formed a river. The god sighed and said: 
“You cannot live and may not die.” 


The King panicked, and asked for the blood once more. But his 
chance was lost. The Three Lords of Death laughed, then turned 
into crows and flew off. 


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About the Beasts 


A man named Yang lived in the West, the land the Apes once 
walked, now ruled by Daevas. The Daevas practiced witchcraft and 
worshipped hideous gods. They might wear fancy clothes, but being 
beasts inside, they used humans as food, slaves and toys. People 
under their rule suffered. 


One day, Yang could not stand this any longer, and fled into the 
night. He met a monk named Bumo, who served Fuxi. 


Bumo said: “Fuxi is the Father Serpent, the god of metal, one who 
bears great wisdom. Your pain can be eased if you replace your 
flesh with copper, your bone with iron, your organs with clockwork, 
and your blood with mercury.” 


Yang was reluctant, turning him down: “If | abandon my body, how 
can | remain a man? Such is foolish.” 


Bumo sighed and said: “You may call upon the gods for help, but do 
not call upon the Mother Dragon.” 


Yang then bade farewell to Bumo. Soon after, the Daevas came and 
caught him. Locking him up with livestock, they decided to eat him 
on a fine day. It was then that Yang called upon the gods, but none 
answered. 


Weeping into the night, Yang heard the call of the Beast. It was the 
Dragon, who spoke to him: “I am Niwa, the mother of you all.” Yang 
regarded it as a god, and knelt. He offered goats and pigs in the 
cage as sacrifices to feed the Six Beasts under the throne of the 
Dragon. The Dragon then said: "Good. So you shall receive my aid." 


Yang thus became the Sorcerer, and herded dragons, snakes, and 
beasts. The Daevas could not match his power. They fled, leaving 
the city behind. Yang then said: "I shall be the Sorcerer King." As he 
finished, the Six Beasts all descended and congratulated him, and 
was fed with the city’s people. 


Bumo heard of the event, and led his monks to fight against Yang. 
When Bumo saw Yang again, he found that the being no longer 
resembled a human, but a serpent-like creature with four eyes and a 
huge mouth. Bumo exclaimed: “Once struggled against the beasts, 
he now became a beast himself, such a shame!” 


He defeated Yang at Yaluo, and drove him into Taisui. As a beast in 
the cage, Yang never again bathed in sunlight. 


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About Men 


During Shi Huang Ti’s reign, all lands were united, all savages were 
under the emperor’s rule, and people with rare talents came from all 
over the world to seek audience with the emperor. The emperor of 
Qin hence announced to the world that: “I seek eternal life.” 


Panjia came from overseas. He was of the ageless ancient people, 
and spoke the words of birds and animals. He talked about the reign 
of the Dragon and the Serpent, where the Great Tower of Jianmu 
led to the sky, the Paradise Garden housed all beasts, and the 
Kunlun Palace resided by men. With beasts locked up in the base, 
he built Epang Palace, where towers could reach the stars. He then 
wrote languages of all life into a tome and presented it to the 
emperor. 


The emperor asked: “Can | achieve eternal life through this?” 


Panjia answered: “If you can accomplish such great things, you will 
surely be remembered by all of your people, and live forever in their 
hearts.” 


The emperor was enraged, and burnt the tome. Panjia sighed, and 
disappeared into the flames, never seen again. 


Yufu came from the Shu state. He was the descendant of Cancong, 
a remnant of the Xia Dynasty. He talked about the Yellow Emperor, 
the kings Yao, Shun, and Yu, and how they managed to govern the 
land to prosperity through the Way of Fuxi. He first forged tens of 


Result: Waterfall noises heard at 4.2 km. Traveling was immediately 
made very difficult by the presence of large shrubs and trees. 
Agents persisted using knives to cut down vegetation until 
encountering several large footprints resembling [DATA 
EXPUNGED]. Upon noticing several large shapes moving in 
vegetation in the distance, possibly [DATA EXPUNGED], agents 
immediately returned to the trail and back to the starting point 
without any problems. 


Test 6 

Three agents with overnight backpacking supplies and equipped 
with semi-automatic weapons instructed to follow SCP-778 until the 
sound of waterfall was heard, then to travel off-trail until the source 
of the noise was reached. 

Result: Waterfall noises heard at 15.9 km. Heavy cloud cover at 
night made exploration and aural detection difficult, and team soon 
lost both the source of the noises and the trail. 

Last radio transmission stated that they were going to set up camp 
for the night in an unknown clearing, "at the edge of some sort of 
field", before radios were switched off for the night. Radio was 
apparently never turned back on. 

Communications operator at the base noted the sound of wolf-like 
howling in the distance, although wolves are not native to the area 
and this was never mentioned, and possibly never noticed, in the 
transmission. All attempts to recover the team have failed.