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| Photograph of SCP-JJJJ Entry Point 03 at the time of discovery |
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Item #: SCP-JJJJ
Object Class: Safe
Special Containment Procedures: An outpost has been built over all known and newly discovered entry point into SCP-JJJJ. At least two armed guards are to be posted at all times in every outpost at all times. Access into SCP-JJJJ requires Level-3 security clearance and a written approval from personnel with Level-4 clearance. Any personnel entering SCP-JJJJ is to wear a radiation suit at all times. As of ██/██/2003, two stage airlocks have been used to seal all entry points to prevent Biohazard breach.
In the event where civilian discovers a previously unknown entry point into SCP-JJJJ, the Foundation will move to secure the location and administer Class-B amnesiac to all witness. Information-Suppression protocol will also be enacted to prevent any leak of information to the public.
Description: SCP-JJJJ is an subterranean complex located around 198 kilometer west of █████, India. The complex mainly consisted of labyrinthine corridors with several rooms, stretching approximately 5 kilometer underground. SCP-JJJJ supports an intricate network of iron and bronze pipes. Investigation into the pipes found that it was connected to an underground lake approximately 200 kilometer away. Radiometric dating put SCP-JJJJ at around 3000 to 2000 years old. As of this writing, five accessible entry points into SCP-JJJ has been found within 40 km of the subject. It is expected that more entry points would be found. Currently, many corridors into the deeper part of SCP-JJJJ are blocked by cave-ins and what appear to be crudely built barricades.
Initial exploration into SCP-JJJJ has found a large chamber, located roughly 2 km below sea level, containing a large cylindrical construct similar to a 20th century nuclear reactor. The build, which measure around 50 meter in diameter, is carved out of a dense material with similar make-up to volcanic rock and its interior is lined with 40 cm thick lead lining. It was apparently designed to withstand extremely high temperature and was connected to no less than 50 pipes, which might have acted as a cooling system. The cylinder emitted a very faint trace of Gamma radiation.
An unknown type of slime mold-like organism was discovered within the cylinder, found to be a fungus related to Cryptococcus neoformans through DNA test. This fungus, dubbed SCP-JJJJ-1, is shown to be able to digest all organic material. When SCP-JJJJ-1 is exposed to radiation above ███ rad, its cellular structures change into that of other organism temporarily. It is hypothesized that SCP-JJJJ-1 ‘remembers’ the cellular structure of the last tissue it digest and changes itself into it whenever they are exposed to sufficient amount of radiation. Possible reason as to why is unknown. During the change, SCP-JJJJ-1 cells appear to acquire the function of the tissue it copies.
Addendum-01: SCP-JJJJ-1 recovered from the original exploration changes into something akin to human neuron, but there is some… difference in the structure. My team managed to extract some organelles and examine them. I can tell you one thing: you won’t find those inside the neurons of any animals that we know of. —Dr. F. ████
Addendum-02: Presence of SCP-JJJJ-1 spore throughout the site was confirmed in ██/██/2002. Request to upgrade containment procedure due to concern over biohazard breach.
