What exactly was SCP-CN-604's ability?
Luoshu had several hypotheses:
"Frame-dropping" – Its usual flickering state, granting optical invisibility.
Unimpressive. His Unobservable and Sensory Isolation antimemetics were far superior.
Magnetic field generation – The intense field after 27 seconds of invisibility.
Potentially useful, though he couldn't yet envision applications.
"Head-touch vanishing" – Its attack method, making people disappear.
The most desirable. If obtained, he could banish "God" or Abel to another dimension.
But when he flipped to The SCP Field Guide's newest page, the truth upended his expectations.
[Page: 90]
[Item Number: SCP-CN-604]
[Item Name: The Frame-Dropped Man]
[Object Class: Euclid]
[Abilities: Dimensional Traveler (Failed). This entity was an SCP Foundation enthusiast who attempted to traverse into this world. However, as a traveler, its Hume levels were insufficient to sustain a stable presence, leaving it "stuck" in a 0.32-second flickering state. You uncovered its secret and expelled it from this reality.]
[Status: Expelled]
[Interaction History: Click to Play]
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A dimensional traveler.
Luoshu's worldview shattered.
When he first awoke in this world, he'd assumed he was the traveler—a soul transmigrated into a murderer's body.
Later, as truths emerged, he questioned this, suspecting memory tampering instead.
But today, he'd encountered a genuine traveler—and banished it.
Why could he do this?
Hume levels.
After repeated reality-bending, Luoshu's personal Hume had steadily risen. Even without active distortion, his baseline now exceeded normal human thresholds.
When SCP-CN-351 (The Fortune-Granting Cat) borrowed his Hume to open a dimensional rift, it sparked his curiosity.
Coincidentally, Site-CN-06—due to SCP-CN-351's reality-draining nature—kept a Kant counter in one lab.
Passing by, Luoshu tested himself: His personal Hume exceeded 120, nearing the minimum for a Level 1 reality bender (130).
At this level, he passively suppressed ambient Hume and nearby individuals' personal Hume. Most wouldn't notice beyond feeling "overpowered" in his presence.
But for SCP-CN-604—a failed traveler with critically low Hume—Luoshu was like a spotlight drowning out a candle.
His proximity crushed SCP-CN-604's already fragile existence, dropping its Hume below the threshold needed to maintain even 0.32 seconds of presence.
Result: Instant expulsion.
Broader Implications
While SCP-CN-604 only added a page to The SCP Field Guide, it revealed critical truths:
Travelers exist in this world.
There are more of them.
Per "White Blood Cell," SCP-CN-604 wasn't unique—just the only one contained. Others roamed free, causing sporadic disappearances (classified as Vlam-level disturbances).
But this raised new questions:
How could these low-Hume travelers "erase" people?
Foundation researcher Professor Wang theorized victims were sent to parallel worlds, but Luoshu knew this was wrong.
A being that could barely sustain itself couldn't forcibly relocate others.
In Hume theory, higher personal Hume enables greater reality distortion. Low-Hume entities like SCP-CN-604 were passive recipients of influence, not active shapers.
The answer struck him when recalling another Edita Project anomaly:
SCP-CN-351 was also a traveler!
It bit victims to steal their Hume, boosting its own stability.
Similarly, SCP-CN-604's "head-touch" wasn't banishment—it was Hume theft. It tried to hoard enough reality to anchor itself permanently.
But unlike the cunning cat, SCP-CN-604 overdrained targets, erasing them entirely and drawing the Foundation's wrath.
The Edita Project's True Nature
This realization reshaped Luoshu's understanding:
The Edita Project wasn't just studying parallel worlds—it was intercepting dimensional intruders.
And someone (likely "God") had suppressed this truth, purging data like the PWA grenade's blueprints.
When Luoshu ordered "White Blood Cell" to retrieve PWA tech, it replied:
"My Lord, after SCP-CN-146's collapse, all Edita research was purged. No records remain."
Of course.
Deleting files. Falsifying conclusions.
What was "God" hiding?